Omg I received the same exact email yesterday and I thought something was wierd about it I thought about calling and flipping the fck out but no answer then when I heard the voice and accent I knew something wasn't right so I googled the number and it took me here!! And now reading all these I know it's a scam

I received this same email from Jeff Foster from Allen & Overy.  In the past it has been from another law group but always the same horrible grammer and use of the english language.  Different phone numbers or no number at all - but always stating American Cash Advance - which there is no such company and they do not do loans on line.  The one time I actually was scared enough to call back-I couldn't understand most of what he said as he ranted and cussed at me.  Finally I had enough and said come on over and arrest me and he hung up.  I called the district attoney here - nothing.  It is very scary that they have all my information correct.  I have reported this is the past but nothing has came of it.

I received a phone call from this number.  It is a scam.  They left me a voicemail and it basically says the same the email does.

PEOPLE, take a close look at how that "letter" is written. Look at the spelling, the sentence structure, the syntax......NONE of that would indicate that this is a legitimate, professional letter! A bar-certified attorney would NOT write a letter like that!              

"we were trying to reach you since a couple of days regarding a very serious matter about a lawsuit filed on your name stating that you are doing some fraud and Civil litigations."

Civil litigations? WHAT are "civil litigations?

" am really very sorry to say you that you are going to be legally prosecuted in the Court House within couple of days. Your SSN is put on hold by US Government, so before something goes wrong I thought that I shall call you and notify you about this matter. But as I was not able to reach you I am sending you a final notification Email."

What part of this sounds remotely professional? NONE of it!

Forward the whole "email" to the FTC, have a beer and RELAX! This scam/sham email is not legit!

Total scam.  Someone has sold them personal information about people who might have taken out loans or filled out applications for loans in the past.    These scammers are predators; they scope their intended victims carefully.   If they feel you've been in financially difficult times in the past,  and might have taken out a loan, they will try to scam you and extort money from you.

They will throw around a lot of legal jabberwocky about "arrests" and "jail" and that sort of thing to make you think you've been charged with a crime.  Which is total nonsense.  Only the District Attorney can file criminal charges.  Private law forms have nothing to do with it.  It's all so much nonsense, but they try to scare people.

As you can see they are picking on women.  Usually they pick women, single mothers, the elderly and members of the immigrant community.

Be ware.   If they've attempted extortion once, they will try again.  

E-mail communications are not legal notices of anything.

Report them:  http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx

Do not return the calls.  Do not talk to them.  Do not give them any information.  Do not give them any money.  This is a total scam.  Report them

See:  http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx

The callers are located in India.   They spoof US numbers.

Legal action wouldn't work.  These people are in India and beyond the reach of US laws.   The Indian government shuts them down every once in a while, but the population is so huge and there are so man opportunities for scamming people living in the US, UK, Canada, NZ and AUS, that the call centers just spring up again.  

Still, make a complaint.  http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx

If an enough people complain, maybe something can be done, but I don't know what.

Any time you receive a communication  where someone threatens you and then asks for a Green Dot Money Pak to make everything go away,  you know it is a scam.  

Money Paks are untraceable.  

This is a total scam.

One important thing to remember if these losers have any of your personal information such as your social security number, date of birth or drivers license make sure you register with identity protection notify the credit agencies as well as your banks!!
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Mine too. All my personal info was in the email. And I had the exact message.

It a scam don't believe them. F$$$$$$$$K Them

I received the same e mail. My ss# was wrong on it. I looked up the law firm and searched Jeff Foster attorney. He does not work at that law firm. Then I googled the phone number and I landed here. Must be a scam.

I got the same message in an e-mail today....it's scary that they had my SSN# only problem is....I haven't had a bank account in about 5 years......and I haven't done a loan on line loan. These people are scam artists and we need to do something about them.

Here is what I got in the e-mail:  Let me introduce myself. I am a Senior Attorney Jeff Foster from Allen & Overy Law Firm. As we were trying to reach you since a couple of days regarding a very serious matter about a lawsuit filed on your name stating that you are doing some fraud and Civil litigations.

I am really very sorry to say you that you are going to be legally prosecuted in the Court House within couple of days. Your SSN is put on hold by US Government, so before something goes wrong I thought that I shall call you and notify you about this matter. But as I was not able to reach you I am sending you a final notification Email. So please take a piece of paper and write down your case file ca#91768 and second thing since it?s a legal matter you will be needed my help, so please write down my callback number is (929) 800 2015 Ext 221 For the records you.

The Factual Basis for the complaints is as follows:-

Violation of Federal Banking Regulation.
Collateral Cheque Fraud.
Theft by Deception.

The Legal Affidavit States that -------- Was Monitored online Using the Email Address:  In Order To Solicited Funds From a Website which is Own and Operated By American Cash Advance. The Funds Were Successfully Transferred Into Your Bank, Utilizing an interstate EFT ( That stands for Electronic Funds Transfer ) But at The Time Of repayment When the Clients Attempted To Extract The Funds Back there were 6 EFT's Returned Constituting Worthless Electronic Cheque, So As of Now Rather Than Chasing You For Money They Have Simply Decided to write This money as a loss and deemed to be stolen As well as press charges against you in your state under your social security number.

Now this legal affidavit has been taken care by FDCPA Law Fair Debt Collection Practice Act Chapter: 9 Section: 19

This means just two things for you.

1) If You are on any state Supervised probation on pay roll , you will need to top contact the officer about this case and make them aware about this case.

2) If You have any prior Conviction Including But Not Limited To Worthless Cheques, Grand Theft, or money Laundering Please Make it a note that the attorney General of your state would handle this case as that of an habitual offender , as your state is strictly zero tolerance state.

This is also to inform you that my clients that are your creditor have got all the rights and legal authorities to inform your current employer about what you have done in the past and what shall be the results and the consequences once this case would be downloaded which might lead to termination.

Finally You do have a right to an attorney if you don't have one or you cannot afford one, One Shall be appointed to you But Please make sure You Have Someone To help you out regarding this case, because once this case would be executed and if you lose the case against the jury then the legal charges which would be levied upon you would be $11958 ? this amount would be excluding your attorney charges your bail charges and the outstanding amount you owe to the clients.

If you need some further information please call us back on our number.

Senior Attorney:- Jeff Foster
Number:- (929) 800 2015

I got this exact same e-mail in my in box today June 5th 2014. I was scared to death thought I was going to lose my job go to prison and so much more. I thought abut calling the guy back then decided to look it up on-line first so glad I did.

The security team from the REAL Allen & Overy Law firm will be contacting this Jeff person. I forwards them emails he keeps sending me.

Received the e-mail with the law firm:  Allen& Overy Law Associate.  When I called the number I got a voice message and could barely understand what the person was saying.

He just sent me another email and used another law firm, well i went to there website.. This is what it says:


ALERT: Attempted scam using Allen & Overy name
30 May 2014
Please note that there is currently a scam being run which is utilising the Allen & Overy brand. Please enter ByLine.

The scam involves people purporting to be from Allen & Overy emailing members of the public, primarily within the USA, and attempting to extract payments from them under the threat of legal action. The email often claims to be from ?Attorney Jeff Foster?, and provides a contact telephone number 929 800 2015.

Please visit www.actionfraud.police.uk (UK residents) or http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx (USA residents) for further advice and to report this scam.

This is from Cary Kane Law website. That is sad the he disrupts their business.

'FRAUD ALERT
If you received an email from someone named Jeff Foster claiming to be part of this law firm, it is a fraud and do not send him any money. Contact the FBI.'

We need to ban together and get this scum bag.

I got the same email from this guy today. I called him back to ask for documentation and he started cursing at me. So i had my actual attorney call them back. This guys tells them he never called me and never sent me an email. My attorney warned him not to contact me again only go through him. He just hung up. I will wait to see what happens. Scum.

i got this same email on 5-30-14 saying i owe a company called american cash advance for a loan of $300 that was direct deposited into my bank account and now i owe $11,958 in court costs and that does not include the outstanding amount of the unpaid loan i called the the number in the email to find out what  was going on seeing as how i have never taken out a loan in my life Jeff Foster was rude and very unprofessional it sounded as he was driving around in a 18 wheeler as i would know because i drive  a 18 wheeler for a living i plan on taking legal action against this claim since he has my social security number bank name along with account and routing number home address and my personal email address and a old phone number that i no longer  have anymore so if he wants to play hard ball i am game and i am personally going to do my best to put a end to the harassing emails thanks to who ever might read this and i hope that you did not send this guy any of your hard earned money

I got one like this with the Allen & Overy Law Firm as well. It scared me but now that I know I wasnt the only one to receive it. Its a scam.

I received the same exact email and it is a scam!!!!

For Extortion Scam Operations,  File reports with the FBI, your state attorney general and Department Of Justice,CFB,FTC & FCC..

http://www.nw3c.org/
http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx
http://www.fbi.gov/
http://www.stopfraud.gov/report.html
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/#&panel1-1
https://esupport.fcc.gov/ccmsforms/form1088.action
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/
http://www.fraud.org/

Also read up on the laws and your rights:

http://800notes.com/arts/Jb8EW-eDhQA/harassin ... ou-need-to-know
See Residents post here also:
http://800notes.com/forum/ta-34af6a034ba34b6/unending-collection-calls
Templates of Letters:
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-319-242-7350

http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpajump.shtm
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/askcfpb/search ...
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/pdf-0096-fair-credit-reporting-act.pdf
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection

And see:

http://800notes.com/forum/ta-944ec1426a8bcbb/ ... service-attacks
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http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0258-fake-debt-collectors
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http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubs/pressreleases/extortion_scam.htm
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http://www.fdcpa.me/fake-process-server-injunction/
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I received the same email except the company name was different ......was so upset and I asked them to send me a copy so I can see about this loan and he said I can see it after I am areested!  Or I can pay the amount now!

Thank you

Yes I receive this same email today. Hs name was Jeff Foster he said he was the Senior Attorney with Allen and Overy Law Associate and they being trying to reach me for the past couple days

Report them to the FTC - www.ftc.gov and your state's Attorney General - www.naag.org (you can find your state AG at this link).

It's a scam - neither fax, phone or email is a legal means of "serving" someone a court summons!  You can safely ignore - in fact, please do send the email to the FBI at their Internet Crime Complaint Center - www.ic3.gov.  And per the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) - you should NOT pay any caller who refuses to MAIL - again, do not accept email or fax - proof that you owe a debt and proof that your caller has the legal right to collect said debt.  Refusal to mail this documentation is a violation of federal law.

So what do I do about this. They send me a email today about this. I was in tears also. How do i report them