I have started receiving these phone calls from this same man and he is very rude and nasty, he will not give any information threatened that I would lose my job be arressted and would never be able to work any where else ever again. here is the phone number they are using 1-415-236-1921

they keep making harrassing calls saying they want to spk to an attorney

To all:

I got the same call and same story, I'am a Law enforcement officer and they told me that I would be arrested the next day. Please, I told him, arab accented male, gave him my headquarters address, please pick me up. This subject hung up, surprise, surprise. So me being me, I kept on calling over and over again til they hung up on me.

Listen, you cannot be arrested for outstanding debt. It's a civil matter, most cases, proper way, wage garnishes, sued no jail. The courts have alot other important matters to handle then the worlds debts.

Very rude gentleman saying his name is Fred Lawson with Morgan asso. ( they do not exist) Telling me I am going to jail for an unwanted debt.

Don't be alarmed it is a scam.  I have had the same call from a Brian Jones. They change their names and leave no addresses because of paper trail. I asked for verification for a payday loan in which I did take out a loan for in 2006, but it was paid. It was only $250.00 but they tried to charge me over $1,000.
They threatened me with prison and stated fees were high because of attorney fees and interest. After not using my head, I had to change my Bank info after giving them some info. Then red flags went up. They call themselves Morgan and Morgan LLC. They are bogus, do not give them any info.They even have a website, but it may not be the same people. It's probably people riding on another debt collectors name and when you look them up it looks real. Be careful folks!!!

I received a call a few weeks ago to my work. It was a guy with a thick accent telling me that I was going to have a case downloaded into the court system out here the next day if I did not pay them. He said I had a past due Payday Loan for $490 or so. He said if I did not pay it then I would end up owing over $5 grand, They would report me to my work for writing bad checks, and he said NO attorney could fix this for me. I kept asking what company he was from. He just kept saying a California Law Firm. He had a lot of my info. Including a name of my work that is ONLY on my paycheck. We have like 3 different names associated with my work. And I thought it was weird that he knew that name. After 20 mins I finally told him that I was NOT paying him and he could talk to my Attorney. This person called my cell phone later on and left a messaging basically saying the very second I got the message to call them and do NOT delete the message. He said if I do not call him back that all he could do was wish me "good luck".  I ignored it. Now Yesterday a call came across my cell phone but the phone # on it was 0000. Just FOUR zeros. I was like ok that is weird, thats not a phone # yet it was calling me. I answered and nobody was there. Two mins later it called again. I answered and it was the same so called California Law Firm calling me.He said the same stuff. Except I owed his client an even $500 for a payday loan that I took out. He said if I don't pay I will $8000 once it goes to court. He again said I was going to be prosecuted for writing a bad check on a Payday loan and no attorney could help me. This time I told him that I was aware that this was a scam. I told him I knew he was calling me from a call center and not a "law firm" I also informed him that I manage a collection agency for a payday loan company and BY LAW in my state you can NOT prosecute anyone that writes you a post dated check (as you do when you get a payday loan in my state) I told him I was reporting him to the Attorney General and a few other agencies. He then started to studder then just hung up. I haven't heard anything since. The # they left on my voice mail was 661-270-6635.

I received a call from a David Boston, very hard to understand, told me that I have listen to him and then I can speak.  He is with a law firm called Morgan & Assoc.  they have all of my information, I had applied for online payday loans some time ago.  He said I owed them $498.57 and that they were not going to let me pay it back, they are going to file a suit against me with Superior Court on Friday, this is Tuesday.  THey are going to file criminal charges for Check Fraud and put it in the newspaper to make an example of me. I borrowed this money and did not pay it back, I asked him what account it went into, he told me and I advised him that, this account was closed for over a year, when did the money go into the account.  He will not tell me. So I said if I owe it I will be glad to pay, well let me get an approval with my supervisor but dont hang up if you do this is your last chance, I held for a long time, my phone disconnected so I did not call back. He called back, so obviously not my last chance, said i had to write a letter stating my information and I would never do anything like that again, said I had to fill out an application, I asked him to email me the instructions and the application,he said no you have to write it on a piece of paper and fax it to me exactly what I tell you. I asked him for his website, he said I could not have it until I pay them then they will send me all of the information on the case in the mail.  I checked on line and found several items about them. I have filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission.  I blocked the number from my phone as well.

We just spoke with one of these scam artists and everything he said was exactly like all these emails. His name is an american name, John Connor but yet he has a thick foreign accent. He threatened us a bunch of times threatening to send my Mom to jail for not paying them and to contact our attorney.
I told him he was he was using caller id spoofing software and is really calling from out of the country. He kept hanging up on me when I told him all of this.  He was very rude and angry and just kept threatening.
He had alot of my Mom's information.

I got a call from them also claiming that they were from Quick Cash, I did have a loan with them back in "05" but the loan had been paid off. I went to the Quick Cash here in my town to confirm that they had hired this very very rude company to represent them on a closed case. The manager of the store called the number right there in front of me... They stood by the wild claims that they were representing Quick Cash, needless to say the manger is going to have the company as well as the phone number reported to the proper authorities.  Based on everything I've read on this site, they are the same people calling from Morgan and Associates, claiming to be a law firm, americanized names with very very thick indian accents. They throw around heavy threats of being charged with fraud and being reported to your employer for these types of crimes. I just had to post because they are calling from a new number now and I just want to make sure that the next person that comes along is aware. The number they called me from was 407-401-7463... BEWARE they are just trying to take your money....

I took a payday loan out in March 2009 paid off on Dec 2009. I filed bankruptcy. This so called Morgan Associates keep calling my job and leaving me voice mails. this guy can barely speak english Very heavy Indian accent and it sounds like they are recording the call. telling me they fell sorry for me and they will come to my work place. Do not give them any information!!! from my point tell them you will
have your attorney call them. Bunch of scammers!

Let me guess, they all have middle eastern accents and americanized names.  This is a scam. If you ever applied for or recieved a loan online they have either stolen or bought your information.  I was getting calls of a similar sort but form different number, same threats, they even called my employer.  I have doubled checked with the companies that I did have loans with to make sure everything is in order with them, thats how I found out about this scam.  These people may give you the name of a company, but I bet if you look it up you can't find it anywhere, or if you do find and call they have never heard of you. I got scared and suckered in by these people once and never will again.  They change names and numbers often, if you got one call you may get more from different numbers.  Good luck, do not pay them!!!

Have anyone been getting calls from 425-998-1964 rude saying that you will go to jail and demanding payment on a payday loan (cash net) claining to with cyber crime divison.

I keep getting calls from the same guy.. He is very rude.. He calls my work several times a day, my managers tell him he cant call there and he gets very rude and says he doesnt care and demands to speak with me.. I have made a police report on this matter..

i have been receiving calls from morgan and associates with a different area code 760-514-0134. the persons name mark hamalton is  hardly speak english.behalf of untied Cash Advance   He had my social security number. He asked if I had other cases against me and if I was prepared to face federal charges and arrest.  i asked him to when was this account opened he would not give this information until i send in my information .After awhile I told him that I would agree to pay and sent my credit card information for the amount of 411.00 and called him back and he never gave me anything to go by and he hung up. called my bank and BBB closed my credit card right away.

I received a call at work today from 904-592-6283 today. I am GR from June that complained before.  This time I was not at work yet so they talked to the Admin and my manager and told them that they were going to be arrested if they did not give them my cell phone #.  Thank goodness they knew this sounded fishy so they didn't.  Our admin immediately called the FBI becasue they were treartening a place of business. The called said his name was James Robinson with a heavy middle eastern accent.

i think we received a call from the same people this week. the person i talked to name was james parker. i said i owed 839.00 from a payday loan i took out in november 2007. he knew my social security number and checking account number which i just opened this year. he had a foreign accent as well. told me that if i didnt fax documents over such as when i opened my bank account and a copy of my bank statement to him that i was going to jail. a woman called me first and gave me this number to call 949-743-1157. she told me that the issue was time sensitive and that if she didnt hear from me or my attorney that she wishes me good luck. these people need to be stopped. i did exaclt as this website told me to and contacted the FBI,FTC, and my local police department.

Thank you for this email and information. I was contacted by US Legal Investigation Bureau yesterday and for some reason remained stoic when they spewed their lies. There was a phone call on my voice mail at work today which I did respond to and a friend of mine, who is an atty, conferenced me in on the call. The man who is very rude, very thick accent, refused to give any information on the alleged debt, or how much was owed.  He became very angry everytime we asked a question. I was so relieved when I saw the name of the company in your email. I have followed your suggestions and contacted all of the agencies mentioned.

Thank you for your knowledge and your validation that these guys are scam.

Ria

I received several calls from a man name Jason from US National Bank on behalf of Cash Advance. He left me threatening messages on my home saying that it was a time sensitive issue that if I did not return the call that he wished me good luck. When I finally called him back, from my cell phone, my call went right into a voice mail.  I just hung up.  Then 30 seconds later this person called back on my cell phone.  He stated that I owed $5000.00 for a payday loan that was supposedly taken out by me back in 2007. He asked if I had other cases against me and if I was prepared to face federal charges and arrest.  He spoke with a heavy foriegn accent and very fast with his threats.  After awhile I told him that I would agree to pay him but that I needed time.  He wanted an answer in 20 minutes or my case would be "downloaded".  

I then went on the internet and try to do a reverse phone look up on his number. I looked for any information on Cash Advance or US National Bank and I found websites like this and was able to confirm that this was a scam.  I did not give him any personal information but he had personal details from me.  Thankfully the account he mentioned was closed.  I followed the advice on this website and reporting this to all of the agencies mentioned.  I then called him back and told him that I was aware that this was an extortion scam and that I had reported him to the FBI, FTC, etc... and to not call me again. I told him that I had recorded our converstaion and was sending it to the FBI.  I told him to never call me again. He then wished me good luck and hung up.

Update:

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 who are posing as federal law enforcement. Be sure to give as many details as you can.

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://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01

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

They just called my job AGAIN, I recorded the conversation on our digital phone system. They threatened to show up at my house tomorrow morning to arrest me. I contacted the BBB, FTC, FBI and local police.

Update from my blog dated 6/4. The caller id # is 856-831-0640 call back # 310-499-9983.  Today they left a treating voice message on my phone @ work.  I called them back on the 310-499-9983 and asked for Angela Williams.  They asked my name(man name Rick Simmons)and never would tell me their company name. I continued to aks for Angela Williams. They out me on hold for a long time. At first Angela woudl not come to the call.  I insisted that I wanted to talk to Angela and no one else.  When Angela came to the phone I told them her our call was being recorded and that I hdd reported them to the Federal Trade Commision (which I have) and the local FBI office (also which I have) and for them not to call me again. She gave the phone to Ricky (i guess he is ht ename fo the day) I him the same things I told Angelaand that I am again reporting the call to the FBI and Federal Commision along with a copy of that phone call.  They kept asking me for my name and asked me what I felt they had done wrong.  I would not entertain any questions. I asked them directly not to call my job again and any correspondence any debotrs has wiht me they should do it in writing. I said what I had been told to say and hung up the phone.

Regarding that 310-499-9983 call back number:

http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-310-499-9983

I have received calls from the same Morgan Assoc. .   The first caller is a woman identified as Angela Williams.  Then she gives the phone to a bery rude man identifying himself as Daniel Paige. I began to research them on the internet and found this page.  Thank goodness! Same thing a payday loan from 03' and it was with US National Bank. I called the Secret Service as listed by bloger"ec".  I was advised to report the calls to the Federal Trade Commision.  If and when the rude person calls back I can tell them that under the rules of the Federal Trade Commisons I have reported them and the telephone # they are calling from.  The callaer id says a 849- and the call back # is 310-499-9983.  The agent advised me not to stay on the phone wiht hem long and NOT TO GIVE ANY INFO OUT.  I was also advised to protect my identity.

I received the same call as collen above. I was very frustrated and I have reported them to all the above agencies. They also go by US National Bank, and Department of Restitution. I have dealt with a Leo Walters and Ricky Simon. The code they use for Moneygram is 6181 and the business is registered as IBM-Impact Business Marketing. They have their code city as Palm Coast Florida. The number lsited with Money Gram is 888-954-4040 and if you dial this number it is routed to a cell phone number of 904-993-2800. I also was told I will be locked up for a payday loan, charged with several counts, etc. This is an eye opener to share with others

This is the same group that keeps calling my husband and I. DO NOT give them any information - they are trying to scam you.  Follow what ec suggests above and keep your financial data safe!  This is the number that they keep leaving as a call back number.  Report any such calls to the correct law enforcement agencies (secret service, your state attorney general's office, etc.).  They have posed as collection agents, attorneys and the police.  They are just a bunch of criminals trying to prey on your fear.  Ignore the calls when they come to you!

i have been receiving calls from morgan and associates with a different area code 856-831-0640. the persons name is sebastian and can hardly speak english. i asked them to stop calling me and they start talking really nasty to me. i asked him for his address of his company and keeps saying it's a law firm in california named morgan& associates. i hung up on him after he wouldn't give me an address and i told them it was a phony company.

As you probably already guessed, it's a scam. This is the same group of foreign scammers who use caller ID spoofing software or VoIP to disguise where they're really located.  (They go by many phony company names such as US National Bank, Morgan Associates, Hopkins Law Office, US Legal Investigations Bureau, White Collar Crime Unit, etc.) One thing to remember is that anytime someone calls you demanding money to prevent you from being charged or arrested, it is ALWAYS a scam. No debt collector (let alone criminals posing as debt collectors) have the authority to have anyone arrested for anything. (And it's illegal to them to threaten such a thing.) These scammers also routinely impersonate FBI agents, police and other law enforcement officials, which, obviously, is illegal as well. (Besides, law enforcement officers aren't in the business of debt collection.)

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

I suggest you do all of the following (most of which you can do online):

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 give them all the details.

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://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01

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 sampling of phone numbers used by this group of offshore scammers. Read the reports and you'll see the same pattern time and again -- thick foreign accents, oddly worded and non-sensical threats, and fake business and government names:

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

I received a voice mail last week from them, then they called back today and I answered. Saying I owe $2k from a $300 pay day loan from 2003! Said they can not give me any information other then they are calling to inform me that I'm going to have charges filed against me in 48 hours. I asked for written information and they said they can only send it to my attorney. So I said I didn't have one and to fax it to me instead and they refused. I asked for a manager and the manager hung up on me when I asked for written proof of a debt from over 5 years ago! I spoke to a Keith Parker.

Very rude man stating he was Brian Johnson from Morgan associates in California.  Stated that I was going to jail if I didn't have my lawyer contact them before 4pm this afternoon.  Never heard of them.  He had my social security number.  Tried finding Morgan and associates can't find them anywhere.

A debt collector looking for my ex.