do not know who called her name was shirley,when a guy called back, he was very verble and ask what my name was. But he ask using cruss words what the hell is your name.

They have been calling me since July/Augst of 2009.....  this last one, just 2 minutes ago gave me his name as Shawn Lee from National Affidavid Processing and the phone number was the same that has called everyone else.  I have many complaints with the Federal Trade Commission, and this will be one more.  I have kept an extensive log of all names and numbers.  Good luck on finding someone that will and can finally get rid of this ridiculous bs.  It is vey unnerving, especially calling at my workplace but someday it will stop......

2/28/11: I received a phone call at 7:30am from these people. The middle-eastern sounding man on the phone started out pleasant enough with "how is your day today?", but as soon as I said it is very early in the morning and "what do you want", he became very verbally abusive and threatened me with "arrest" & "JAIL". I informed him that I know his company is a scam, and whatever he is selling or trying to get out of me I am not interested in. I hung up. He then called me three more times, each time screaming a profanity into the phone and then hanging up. (He called me an insolent b**ch, then a "godless mother f****er", etc.)

OK, here is the deal: Actual collection agencies in the United States are legally bound to collection laws under the FDCPA. Under the FDCPA, they cannot call at unreasonable hours, they cannot call repeatedly to harras, cannot use profanity or threats, cannot "pose" as law enforcement or threatened arrest or imprisonment, must provide documentaion by mail of the alleged debt, etc., etc.---I could go on and on about how many laws these guys are breaking. But here is the thing--these are laws for debt collectors in the UNITED STATES. These idiots are from another country altogether, so yes, they basically can do and/or say whatever they want on the phone. They CAN'T, however, follow up with any of those threats, so you can ignore them, tell them it's a wrong number, etc. (What ever method you chose to get them to stop calling.)

I myself decided to just give them a taste of their own medicine, and started calling back over and over. The guy on the other end was screaming profanities on the other end, and I would just hang up. I finally decided after 5 calls to quit, because he literally sounded like he was going to have an anurism or the top of his head explode or something. On the 6th call back, he started screaming right off the bat, so I siad very quietly (so he would have to shut up to hear me), "do you want to make a deal?" He stopped and asked what deal, so I told him, "it's obvious you don't like being harrassed and neither do I; so the deal is if you stop calling me, I will stop calling you." He then sang (yes SANG) "we will, we will F**K YOU", and said he is "coming to pull $7000 out of your a**" (that is funny, because I have never purchased anything for $7000 in my life, so this definitely is a scam), and that "you and everyone in your family will have mouths full of sh*t." So I asked quietly again, "is it a deal?" He then said "you are free to do whatever you want, I will not speak with you again." I took that as a yes, told him I won't call as long as he doesn't call me and hung up.

3/1/11: I received another call from these idiots at my work, and then they called my cell phone again. This time the number wa 972-798-3106, but it's the same lowlife from 817-210-4060. I waited until it was after business hours, called back to the voicemail and left a message stating that I was the legal representation for a client (myself), and that after researching, it is obvious they are operating illegally. I also said, "regardless of how many times you call, or different numbers you call, my client WILL NOT release any monies to you. I strongly suggest you spend your time on someone else, as this harrassment will never result in any profit to you." We will see if it works...

3/2/11: Here is an update, thought you all might find this interesting and maybe even a good suggestion:

S­hawn called again Wednesday morning and this time told me that it was a serious legal matter of $7000. I asked him, "OK, I give up--tell me what the $7000 is for?" He said it concerned my mortgage, and if I didn't pay $7000 by 5pm that my house on "XXX Magnolia Way" would be foreclosed on. Here is the funny inside scoop: First of all, I haven't lived at that address for 3 years. Second, I was renting...I did not own it much less have a mortgage. Third (and this is the real biggy)-THAT HOUSE BURNED DOWN TO THE GROUND ON 9-11-2008. So I told Shawn, "well, I don't have that kind of money, so go ahead and foreclose on it" (I had a hard time doing this without laughing). He said "what????", was silent for a long time, and then said, "we are F***ing SERIOUS, we will foreclose it!" I stiffled my laughter and said, "I know you're serious, so just foreclose on it" and hung up.

OK, I had a good laugh about that, but then I decided why stop the fun there? I went online, and I looked up every free insurance quote, every free vacation offer, every FREE spam anything that I could find and filled the "have an agent contact me" forms out with HIS name (Shawn Li) and HIS phone numbers (817-210-4060 & 972-798-3106)­. Hopefully his line is ringing off the hook with telemarketers calling HIM now. It was so simple, I don't know why I didn't think of it earlier. Hopefully every scammer from here to eternity is now calling and harrassing HIM.

Keep in mind...the only reason I did this to him is because he is an out-of-country scam artist; he is not a legitimate debt collector. If you are receiving calls from a LEGITMATE debt collector, I would definitely not advise doing this.

But on the other hand, just think--if all of us getting scam calls from a specific number did this? Their phones would be so busy getting spammed themselves, they would not be able to call out to us.

Just a thought...

GOT A CALL FROM THIS NUMBER TODAY THEY SAID I OWE A PAYDAY LOAN FROM A YEAR AGO AND IF I IGNORE I WOULD BE ARRESTED AND HAD TO GO TO COURT WHEN I TOLD HIM TO EMAIL ME THE LAW SUIT HE SAID HE HAD TO GET PERMISSION FROM HIS SUPERVSOR AND HE WOULD CALL ME BACK . BUT HE DID NOT CALL ME I KNEW IT WAS A SCAM

Here is an update, thought you all might find this interesting and maybe even a good suggestion:

S­hawn called again Wednesday morning and this time told me that it was a serious legal matter of $7000. I asked him, "OK, I give up--tell me what the $7000 is for?" He said it concerned my mortgage, and if I didn't pay $7000 by 5pm that my house on "XXX Magnolia Way" would be foreclosed on. Here is the funny inside scoop: First of all, I haven't lived at that address for 3 years. Second, I was renting...I did not own it much less have a mortgage. Third (and this is the real biggy)-THAT HOUSE BURNED DOWN TO THE GROUND ON 9-11-2008. So I told Shawn, "well, I don't have that kind of money, so go ahead and foreclose on it" (I had a hard time doing this without laughing). He said "what????", was silent for a long time, and then said, "we are F***ing SERIOUS, we will foreclose it!" I stiffled my laughter and said, "I know you're serious, so just foreclose on it" and hung up.

OK, I had a good laugh about that, but then I decided why stop the fun there? I went online, and I looked up every free insurance quote, every free vacation offer, every FREE spam anything that I could find and filled the "have an agent contact me" forms out with HIS name (Shawn Li) and HIS phone number (972-798-3106)­. Hopefully his line is ringing off the hook with telemarketers calling HIM now. It was so simple, I don't know why I didn't think of it earlier. Hopefully every scammer from here to eternity is now calling and harrassing HIM.

Keep in mind...the only reason I did this to him is because he is an out-of-country scam artist; he is not a legitimate debt collector. If you are receiving calls from a LEGITMATE debt collector, I would definitely not advise doing this.

But on the other hand, just think--if all of us getting scam calls from a specific number did this? Their phones would be so busy getting spammed themselves, they would not be able to call out to us.

Just a thought...

I've been getting messages from these people for the last few days and, believe me, once I found out from these message boards that this is a scam, it's completely lifted all anxiety.  I called them back today and said, "How long do you want to keep playing this game back and forth?  There are alerts with law enforcement agencies from across the country about you guys, so clearly this is a complete scam."  The guy asked me, "What do you do?"  I think he was trying to see if I worked in law enforcement -- I told him, "None of your business.  Why do you want to know?"  There was a pause for about 10 seconds and then he said, "This matter is now closed.  Goodbye."

My mother also got a call the other day and just told them that I've already reported them to the police, FTC, etc.  That seems to work best with these criminals -- if you mention law enforcement, they get nervous and hang up.

Unfortunately, my story is not all positive.  About six months ago, my parents and I got repeated calls from these people with threats that they were going to put a lien on my father's house because he was a reference, etc.  In retrospect, it seems crazy now that I didn't call them on their bluff back then, but honestly, I really wasn't sure if it was legit or not.  So I ended up paying about $700.  Immediately after paying, when I had a chance to think about it, I realized there was no way I had a debt outstanding.  Unfortunately, I had signed their authorization form, so it was too late to do anything about it.

That's a $700 lesson for me, but hopefully a free lesson for you.  DON'T give these people information, don't get into a discussion about whether or not there's a debt.  Just tell them you've reported them to the police and hang up (or wait for them to hang up).

received a phone call at 7:30am from these people.  The middle-eastern sounding man on the phone started out pleasant enough with "how is your day today?", but as soon as I said it is very early in the morning and "what do you want", he became very verbally abusive and threatened me with "arrest" & "JAIL".  I informed him that I know his company is a scam, and whatever he is selling or trying to get out of me I am not interested in.  I hung up.  He then called me three more times, each time screaming a profanity into the phone and then hanging up.  (He called me an insolent b**ch, then a "godless mother f****er", etc.)

OK, here is the deal:  Actual collection agencies in the United States are legally bound to collection laws under the FDCPA.  Under the FDCPA, they cannot call at unreasonable hours, they cannot call repeatedly to harras, cannot use profanity or threats, cannot "pose" as law enforcement or threatened arrest or imprisonment, must provide documentaion by mail of the alleged debt, etc., etc.---I could go on and on about how many laws these guys are breaking.  But here is the thing--these are laws for debt collectors in the UNITED STATES.  These idiots are from another country altogether, so yes, they basically can do and/or say whatever they want on the phone.  They CAN'T, however, follow up with any of those threats, so you can ignore them, tell them it's a wrong number, etc.  (What ever method you choose to get them to stop calling.)

I myself decided to just give them a taste of their own medicine, and started calling back over and over.  The guy on the other end was screaming profanities on the other end, and I would just hang up.  I finally decided after 5 calls to quit, because he literally sounded like he was going to have an anuerism or the top of his head explode or something.  On the 6th call back, he started screaming right off the bat, so I said very quietly (so he would have to shut up to hear me), "do you want to make a deal?"  He stopped and asked what deal, so I told him, "it's obvious you don't like being harrassed and neither do I; so the deal is if you stop calling me, I will stop calling you."  He then sang (yes SANG) "we will, we will F**K YOU", and said he is "coming to pull $7000 out of your a**" (that is funny, because I have never purchased anything for $7000 in my life, so this definitely is a scam), and that "you and everyone in your family will have mouths full of sh*t."  So I asked quietly again, "is it a deal?"  He then said "you are free to do whatever you want, I will not speak with you again."  I took that as a yes, told him I won't call as long as he doesn't call me and hung up.

Funny, I haven't received a single phone call from him after that.

Well I had some fun with these idiots today. I have been getting calls now from 27 different numbers since June of 2010, always a new name of a company. But this one is really good. I have been able to determine they are in a off shore call center. Todays number was 972-798-3106 Officer Steve Rans of the Crime Investigator Department for as he stated in a recorded call Harrison Law Firm in Tyler Tx is his employer, when I asked for the Bar number for the primary principal he had no idea what I was talking about, I stated you can't be a law firm unless you have Bar members. Told him that was his tip of the day. I asked for the HQ number he provided me with 310-578-1122 which I called and by the way 310 is a LA area area code, the number just rings, I called from my google voice number.

I was informed in the recorded message that I was under a Federal Investigation and they have my SSN these people have managed to obtain a list of distant family members in another state and call them as well. I informed APU (Steve Rans) that I am a CIA agent and I am doing my own investigation. He told me I was being rude I continued to ask the same direct questions about who they work for and locations, I told him he should take not of a proper investigation process. And I do know that he is in India and he is using a prepaid cell phone. He hung up.

The sad part here is, people believe this crap. I love games. So bring it on. Ill play with you on the phone all day long.

But please, anyone that stumbles upon this information. DO NOT GIVE THEM ANYTHING AT ALL. Not even your name, question them. You have done nothing wrong. They are the criminals. And we should all pull together to get this madness stopped. Maybe today he will leave a few people alone, as I sure had him worried, when I told him exactly what city he is sitting in. At this time I don't want to provide this information as, it is going to turn into a true investigation, we are just looking for the right information.

I am a lawyer and called this number for a client after she received a call from "Kevin Brown" at this number and he threatened her with a criminal action.  The only criminal activity is the repeated threatening telephone calls this outfit is making!  When I called, I spoke with a man with a thick Asian accent who claimed he worked for an attorney.  When I asked him his name, he claimed it was "John Anderson" lol, seriously, I started laughing at him.  I repeatedly asked him the name of his company or law firm and he got very agitated and said "that's not my problem" and "I am not here to tell you how to spell" and he finally hung up on me.  If you get a call from these jokers, please try to get the name of the company so that we can all file official complaints.

I would like to share my story also. I am still sick to think that these bozos have my personal information. I was sitting at work today when my cell phone buzzed on my desk. I waited for a message to be left and then I checked it. The Indian sounding man instructed me to call him back right away that I was being sued for non payment of a loan with US Fast Cash. His name was officer Shawn something with the crimes investigation unit. He said I hadn't paid my loan (which I did right away) and that he wanted my attorney information to send the arrest affidavit. When I asked what company it was he got rude and raised his voice. I said I wanted to talk to a supervisor. He pu me on hold and came back trying to change his voice but I busted him. He got pissed and put someone else on with similar accent. He was even more belligerent with me. He was yelling by now demanding I tell him where I was so they could "get me picked up". I laughed and he called me a bi***. I immediately hung up and called US fast cash and checked with them. They said it's a scam and to contact the federal trade commission and file a report. It was the same form I had filled out when people tried to scam me on craigslist. Basically my local state police told me that unless I was really out alot of money it just goes into a databank. He said the FBI are too busy and understaffed to worry about my piddly complaint. As I was talking to us fast cash, my coworker told me I had a call holding. When I picked up it was officer Shawn telling me that I hung up on him. I yelled at him and said I knew it was a scam and I had called the police and reported them to the government and then I hung up. They haven't called back yet. I did let my parents know that if they got any calls to tell them the same thing and hang up. Is so scary though. The one time that I was desperate and applied for a cash advance loan I now get this. Wish I could erase my info online. I hope the jerks don't get anyone else.

They say they're from the Federal Department and are collecting on a bill. I talked to three different people yesterday and they all had Middle Eastern accents. I went to the police about it because some of the things they were saying sounded "fishy". The police gave me a website and told me to report it to the FBI. They were threatening me, saying I could be arrested, etc.