The caller who could hardly speak English said I had three allegations against me and I will be arrested the next day along with my friends, who were used as references on a credit card Ihad applied for?  I do not know how he got this information.

Called said friend took money and that the police would be arresting me!

Funny you have your name listed as Kevin Jones because that is the name of the so called "officer" that called me.... Lol~you have been reported to the REAL police A***ole, can't wait till they come knocking on your Haji door!

I started getting these calls today!!! phone number was a 949 area code! Guy with a heavy accent left me a voice mail telling me that I was going to be arrested tomorrow if I didnt call them back. And I found it sort of odd that he had a heavy accent and told me his name was John Smith, so anyways, I called them back "john smith" was busy so I talked to "john green"... they kept asking me for my attorneys name, and would not give me any info until I gave him my attorneys name and phone number, now why/what would they use that for??? I called the state police and made a report, gave the officer the number, he called them. Got a call back from "john green" he asked if i called the police, i said yes, he said what did they say? I told him I gave the cop the phone number and he would call him, then he said he did call me and that same officer will be the one to serve me tomorrow!!! The officer then called me and I told him what the guy had just told me and he said he never said that. He also said to forget about it and call him if they call me again!

It is a SCAM!  If you call Sonic Cash the neumber they will give you to call is 989-497-0580, which is apparently homeland security.  I spoke with "Harry Jones" yesterday who could not even give me aproper address for me to send a "C and D" letter.  The zip code he gave me has to many numbers in it. Call the FTC and you states Attorney General.

As someone above said, "Kevin Jones" may actually be one of the scammers! If you  have a delinquent debt (did not pay back all the loan), the payday loan store that you owed money to has SOLD your debt to these clowns! I say clowns because if they were a real law firm, they would have given you the law firm's name and phone number! Go ahead! call (949)258-3112! I'll bet you the phone number is out of service! These phonies are a collection organization of some sort who call PRETENDING to be a law firm in order to scare you into paying up, because the payday loan store SOLD your bad debt to these idiots! Make them serve the "papers"!!! They CAN'T!!! They are not for real!!!

I know you criminals can barely speak English, but if you're going to post phony 800Notes reports, try to have someone who can type without an accent do it for you. lol...sheeeeeesh!

I had the same phone call last Friday Dec. 5th as well. And when I called the number all weekend, it said the number was out of order. Well this morning I tried again and some guy answered with a Foreign accent stating he was a law firm working with Sonic Cash. I do not have a payday loan with Sonic Cash and I am more pissed off as to how they got my "WORK" blackberry number and calling me making threats!!!

I received a call from this number on Friday, December 5th of 2008. The person who called presented them self as a police officer at a court house with  the name of John Sparks. There was threats of having me and my family placed in jail on Monday.

When I returned the call and question who was calling me I was hung up on and when I called the firm that I though was trying to take me to court.

She called the number and fould out it was a law firm in CA working for Cash Land.

I have received no letters from Cash Land dealing with the amount I owe them. I have been out of work since January and filed for SS Disability
without an answer as of to day. I have been trying to pay off everyone I owe but with my limited funds its taking me sometime.

Nice try anyway, Jagdesh!

So, how's the weather in Mombai?

Kevin Jones is working for the scammers. At least now he isn't using an obvious name like "Denzel Washington" or "Steve Martin".

Still painfully transparent, though. LOL!

has called numerous times and can not understand him.  too much background noice but threatened me with arrest.  something about a loan and I;ve no idea what he's talking about.  will not tell me who he is with or if he is telling me i sure can't understand him.  this guy really rude and harassing.  Have been recording his calls for the police and my attorney.

I received a cal from this number on a Sat. morning stating that if I or my Lawyer did not call them back I owuld be in big trouble.  The man had a very heavy accent.  I am not going to call these people back if I don't have to.  I do owe on a payday loan but want to see everything in writing before I make any payments.  I am confused to as to why Kenin Jones you were arrested???

I have already posted two messages above. As I said, I panicked and payed! I DID owe the loan store and they must have SOLD my debt to this party, because they knew all my information!, including SSN!!! That came directly off my loan application! I also had two references I listed on the application and these people named them too!! As I said above, if you have or had delinquent debt, your debt was SOLD to this outfit and they wanna get paid!! Whatever it takes!! The question then becomes, is it legal! Since I already paid, I have contacted the Fraud Department of my credit card company, but disputes cannot be made until these folks are paid! I'm still a bit nervous though because I DID not pay back all the loan! Regardless, if you decide to pay, let your credit card's Fraud Department know! Best of all, talk to a lawyer who specializes in consumer affairs(if you can afford it) and explain your situation. Maybe you can ask for a free consultation! As angry as Iam, I still did NOT pay back all the loan. Only a lawyer can straighten this one out!

So I am confused..here..

You were actually arrested and taken to court? Everyone has had the same number to call them and they had no such actions take place. Were you arrested for something else?

its 949-258-3112
my above post has "3" instead of "2" in end...

NO!!!!
I got a call from this number 949-258-3113
i think they r the investigation dept.
Officer named Shawn Richards briefed me about the loan i owed and i forgot to pay back...
next day sheriffs really came to my residence and took me to court!!!
bt thank god my attorney got me out f it!!!
this is scam or what i dunno bt i was in trouble when i read this thread!!!

The same thing happened to me on 12/3! I panicked and payed! Don't make the same mistake!! If you have delinquent payday loan debt, the payday loan place may have SOLD your debt to these clowns, who now wanna get paid!
They bought more than just your loan, they now,in effect, own your loan application and all your private data too!Including knowledge of your SSN!!!
  If you don't have delinquent debt, someone who used you as a reference on a loan application now draws your name to these crooks! Remember!! They wanna get paid!

I had delinquent payday loan debt and received this type of call on 12/3! I panicked and payed! After I calmed down, I realized that the payday loan store I didn,t pay off SOLD my debt to these clowns who use strong arm tactics and intimidation as well as illegal business practices to recoup the debt! What really scares me is that these crooks not only bought my debt from the payday loan place, they bought my personal info., including my SSN!!! That's how they know all your info. when they call! I did a reverse phone look-up and it only came up with two first names( no last names or addresses) and the phone is currently out of service! Area code 949 is Newport Beach,CA in Orange County.

It's a scam, and all their threats are false and illegal.  See my message below for details about who these crooks are and how to report them to federal and state law enforcement.

It's a scam. And all their threats are false and illegal. ABC News and the West Virginia Attorney General have warned consumers about this scam; here are the links:

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1
http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm

This is a very active group of scammers, many of whom are calling from India (and probably other countries) and are in cahoots with a group of American pay day loan scammers. They attempt to extort money from consumers with a myriad of false and illegal threats, and alternately pose as debt collectors, federal and state law enforcement officers, lawyers and bankers. Their trademark is to use meaningless legalese gobblygook phrases like "We are downloading warrants against you" or "We are filing an affidavit against you." Another trademark phrase is to threaten the consumer with something like this ridiculous phrase: "If you don't pay then only God can help you."

Typical of many financial scams of this variety, they usually demand payment via Western Union or MoneyGram or credit card. They use any number of phony names such as US National Bank, Federal Investigation Bureau, US Legal Investigation Bureau, Legal Affidavit, Sonic Bank, Hopkins Law Office, United Legal Processing, Morgan Associates, United Pay Services, National Processing, White Collar Crime Unit and many more.  These criminals also use many phone numbers from many area codes; they're probably using caller-id spoofing software and/or VoIP to disguise their real location.

The main thing to remember is that anytime someone calls you demanding money to prevent your arrest, or demanding your lawyer's name so they can sue you, it is ALWAYS a scam. No debt collector (let alone criminals posing as debt collectors) has the authority to have anyone arrested for anything. (And it's illegal to them to threaten such a thing.) And since these foreign dirtbags routinely impersonate law enforcement, it's also important to remember that American law enforcement officers aren't in the business of debt collection.  (Debt is a civil, not a criminal, matter.)

The bottom line is, these are criminals trying to steal your money.

A consumer posting a complaint about these same scammers at http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-718-831-7157 notes that 718-831-7157 is associated with an India-based "outsourcing" telephone bank.  Though a reverse search on WhitePages.com shows that 718-831-7157 is an unlisted land line in New York City, information on Debtbuyers.Com shows that that number is used by India-based Intellisourze. (Source: http://www.debtbuyers.com/debtbuyers.asp ) My guess is that it's a VoIP phone number.

This is another piece of the puzzle that fits in perfectly with other information about this scam. There are some reports on 800Notes that have suggested that the crooks behind this offshore scam are also the crooks behind the notorious Bass/Ellis Crosby & Assoc./States Predisposition scams in Florida and Georgia. The interesting thing is that the number of complaints on here about the US National Bank/US Legal Investigation/Federal Investigation scam skyrocketed *after* April 7, 2008 when Florida obtained a $1.3 million judgment against Ted Ellis Crosby, shutdown his operations and barred him from ever conducting debt collections in Florida (Read http://myfloridalegal.com/newsrel.nsf/newsrel ... 5257424005858A6 ) There's certainly a good chance that the crooks placing these calls from India are doing so on behalf of the American crooks behind the Crosby/Bass/States Predisposition scams.

Here's the contact information for the phone bank in India:

IntellisOurzE BPO
701, Sapphier, Nr. Cargo Motors,
C.G. Road Navrangpura,
Ahmedabad - 9. (Guj.) INDIA.
E-Mail: info@intellisourze.com
Website: www.intellisourze.com

A check on the domain name "intellisourze.com" shows that the website and name registration was created on May 8, just one month *after* the Crosby scams were shut down in Florida:

Domain Name: INTELLISOURZE.COM
Registrant:  Pragra Infratech Pvt. Limited.
Email:  ankur.ranpariya@pragra.com  
908, Aksaht Tower, Nr. ICICI Bank
Opp. Rajpath Club, S.G. Highway
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India 380054
Tel. +91.7926871353
Creation Date: 08-May-2008
Expiration Date: 08-May-2009
Domain servers in listed order: ns5.znetindia.com ns4.znetindia.com
(Source: http://whois.domaintools.com/intellisourze.com )

Though scam calls from these crooks have been going on long before May 8, the frequency of complaints about these calls increased considerably after Crosby was shut down in early April.

This is conjecture, but appearances suggest that Crosby and company were originally running a two-pronged payday loan scam operation -- with some calls being made from Jacksonville, Florida and other calls being made from a phone bank in India (and possibly other countries); then, after the Florida Attorney General shut down the Crosby scams in Florida, the Crosby crooks transferred most of their scam efforts to the India phone bank.

If you are targeted by these criminals, be sure to report them to all the following federal and state law enforcement agencies (most of which you can do online or over the phone):

1) The U.S. Secret Service is responsible for protecting the country's financial infrastructure and payment systems from international and domestic threats. Call or write your local Secret Service field office to alert them to the details of this attempted extortion. The addresses and phone numbers for the local Secret Service field offices are listed at http://www.secretservice.gov/field_offices.shtml or in your phone book.

2) Alert the FBI at https://tips.fbi.gov  Be sure to tell the FBI that you are being targeted by extortionists over the phone. And if the crooks claim to be law enforcement or lawyers, officers of the court or bankers, be sure to include that information in your report.

3) File a complaint with your local police. Most police departments will take a report over the phone.  Be sure to tell them that you're being targeted by an extortionist and give them all the details.

4) File a complaint your state's attorney general, the contact information for whom is at www.naag.org

5) File a complaint online with The Federal Trade Commission at https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en

If these crooks call back, promise them nothing, pay them nothing and tell them nothing other than that you know they're a scam and that you've reported them to law enforcement. (And be sure to report them to all the agencies above each time they call you.)

By the way, here's just a small sample of numbers used by this particular group of scammers. Read the reports and you'll see the same pattern time and again -- phony organization names, thick foreign accents, and oddly worded threats that are so melodramatic and ridiculous that it's laughable:

http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-925-262-1327
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-678-954-6346
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-341-4004
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-856-831-0640
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-949-743-1140
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-410-505-8128
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-917-464-2534
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-210-858-6602
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-775-2121
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-949-743-1156
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-245-1402
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-245-0922
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-723-5572
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-2863
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-718-831-7157
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-2857
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-858-244-0444
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-954-678-9724
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-610-571-3252
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-310-909-8245
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-321-221-0018
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-408-404-1520
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-901-328-9342
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-908-244-2001

Someone  with a foreign accent called me saying that I owed money on a payday loan and I was going to be arrested on Monday.  I do not know how he got this information and my SS number.  He was very rude and I could hear other people calling in the background. i kept asking for inforamation and he would say a loan. very scary.

DID ANYONE recieve a e-mail before this started happening askin g for your contact info for a settlement or some dead billionaire that left you money? then days later start to get these calls?

I am getting the same phone calls!!! and he wont leave me alone.

This is a scam folks.  Check out the internet.  just type in the number or go to  http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre18.shtm

Some "officer' with a foreign accent called me saying that I owed money on my credit cards and I was going to be arrested the next day.  He also asked about my references - mentioning their names.  I do not know how he got this information and my SS number.  He was very rude and I could hear other people calling in the background.  I told him to quit harassing me and I would call the police.

omg are u kidding me this guy keeps calling me about a loan with sonic cash and i DO NOT have a loan he says if u dont return my call "Good Luck" what is this!!! he has my social security number!