It's the payday loans people trying to scare you. Absolutely nothing they can do.

Caller called in 4 times with a different name, each time they called they were claiming they were having sex while on the call.

Using names John, Tina, Melissa and Jake.

Absolutely disgusting, apparently this is a Google Voice number if that helps anyone.

I have received many calls at my work reguarding a debt. When I was speaking with the man "Jerry Carter" he said he was from the FBI and  that I had to pay or I would be brought to court and arrested. Gave my cell phone number and asked him to stop calling my work phone. He continued to call off many phone number including 770-217-4667, 916-395-0001, 973-862-4233 and told other employees at my job that if they dont put me on the line they will send arrest warrants for me and the other employees. They accused me off smuggling drugs and trafficing employees out of my workplace. My manager at work called CashNetUsa and told them about the matter and they said they would never do collections in that manner and dont have foreign employees. I have all the recordings on tape and feel violated because they gave multiple people my personal information.

I received a call from number 973-854-4262 from a FBI officer Mike Adams.  He did not specify what he was calling about. He stated that he had my ss# when he read it, it was wrong and that charges are going are going to be filed against me with the FBI.  I returned his call after 9pm and nobody answered.  He contacted by sister left a voicemail and stated he was with the FBI and he was trying to get a hold of me that I am in a very serious legal situation with the FBI.  She returned his call and he could would not give her any information or what company he was with.  She then inturned contacted the FBI agency and did a three way call and this Brian Atwood hung up on them.

Then I received a call on July 3rd at 8:38am from Office Mike Adams stating he was the FCIU.  His words exactly "It's in your best interest to contact me. Be ready as I am going to be the worst nightmare of your life to death."  Then another call came into my cell phone at 11:55am from this Mike Adams at 973-854-4262 their is a legal complicant against my ss# and this is a time sensative matter and if you don't return my call be ready or else."

I called back and left a message that I was contacting the BBB regarding the threats from this company.  The messages left in my voicemail is evidence. If a company could not even give a name or the exact reason why they are calling then we know this is a scam.  If they keep calling my phone and leaving life threating messages it will be used as evidence in a law suit against them.  

Also it's against the law to pose as a federal agent and actually not work for them.  

No more calls received as of 7-6-2009.

I got a call from 973-854-4262. I had an employee who apparently owes money for loans and they asked me if i would like to settle now or go to court. They also asked me my mailing address which i would not give. The Person I spoke to was Eric Scott and I believe this is some sort of collection agency with scare tactics.

they also called me just to let some of you know i have contacted the authorities they are scam artists that use hard nose tactics from overseas dont pay them anything i probably will change my number soon

Same infomation on other numbers with an India-Speeking man with an American names giving me information about a friend and that I should call back. He states to be ready for the worst nightmare of my life, etc. I filed a complaint with the Attorney General of New Jersey several months ago, so the information is spreading. ITS ALL A SCAM - DO NOT RESPOND DO NOT CALL AND GIVE ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION. If this was a legitimate Police call, they certainly wouldnt call and use such language, they would speak clearer, and definitely not in a room where you can hear people probably scamming the next unsuspecting citizen. When are we going to take America back people? Get out there and vote and get these P.O.S. politicians out of office and get someone else in there who cares.

This is my second post! As before a foreign man called my work repeatedly and then when i called back there was no ringing...within seconds he returned my call at home, this time from a different name and number as the first. My husband talked to him this time and informed him that we know of his scam and he needed to stop calling and harrassing me. The man asked for my husband's name and threatened to find out who he was and press charges and have him arrested too. After a few nasty words, he predictably hung up. He is a total scam artist! The new number that he left to call him back at is 973-975-0943...report this number also if you receive these calls!

did you read the previous post from Alfalfa on July 10th??    

The one that clearly states that this is A SCAM???  

I SUGGEST YOU READ IT !  

Fake Debt Collectors ? Terrorizing Consumers

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1


MORE ON FAKE DEBT COLLECTORS
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-9141
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/call4action/17285785/detail.html
http://www.800helpfla.com/newsletter/2008/092008.html


http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm
Attorney General Darrell McGraw took the extraordinary step today of warning the public about a band of scam artists making threats to consumers who allegedly obtained Internet payday loans in West Virginia and across the nation. The consumers they threaten never obtained a loan at all or paid it off years ago.

Internet payday loans are short-term loans or cash advances, usually for 14 days, made over the Internet via interactive web sites and secured by an agreement authorizing debits of the loan and all fees owed from the consumer?s checking account. These loans typically charge interest rates ranging from 600-800 APR and are unlawful in West Virginia.

The scam artists, who speak English with a foreign accent, call themselves ?U.S. National Bank,? ?Federal Investigation Bureau,? ?United Legal Processing? and numerous other phony names. They refuse to disclose real names and addresses and are believed to be operating ?off the grid? from homes, automobiles, or from off shore locations or foreign countries, including India. Since the scammers have kept themselves purposely well hidden, thus far no law enforcement agencies have succeeded in locating or shutting them down.

The scammers typically pose as law enforcement officers, investigators, lawyers, and bankers and threaten consumers that they will be arrested for ?bank fraud? or other fictitious crimes unless money is wired immediately. They simultaneously scare and confuse consumers by using meaningless legalese gobbledygook phrases such as, ?We are downloading warrants against you? or ?We are filing an affidavit against you.? Consumers who don?t immediately fall for the scam are warned, ?Only God can help you now.?

The scammers almost always call consumers at work several times a day, and tell their supervisors, ?Your employee has committed fraud and is about to be arrested.? Such threats have proven unsettling even to the most savvy consumers and employers who suspect the calls are fraudulent.

Attorney General McGraw stated, ?Ordinarily my office protects consumers from fraudulent activities by seeking injunctions in court. But legal action cannot be taken until the scam artists can be located. Even then, it is unlikely that the persons behind the fraudulent calls and extortionist threats would obey a court order. In this case, the consumer?s best defense is to be armed with the knowledge of the scam so that all demands for money can be resisted, despite the false but scarey threats of arrest.?

McGraw added, ?Because the fraudsters make a special point of calling consumers repeatedly at work, employers must understand that the consumers are innocent victims of a criminal enterprise and cannot stop the calls from coming. I also wish to assure the citizens of West Virginia that my office will continue to do everything possible to locate and shut down the outlaw debt collectors.?

More information about this fraudulent debt collection scheme is available at the Attorney General?s website, www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam. Any consumers who have been threatened by these persons or wish to file a complaint about another consumer matter may do so by calling the Consumer Protection Hot Line, 1-800-368-8808, or by obtaining a complaint form from the Attorney General?s web site.

It's a debt collection scam. And all their threats are false and illegal.
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, 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.wvago.gov
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/1-310-499-9983

I received a voice message on my cell phone from a man with an East Indian accent claiming to be Officer Mark Mark Nicholas from some Federal Investigation Firm claiming he had my social security number and that I was involved with some investigation and that I better call him.  The message was not clear and I could barely make out what he was saying.  He called my phone 3 times. I was worried because he claimed to have my social security number, but now I am beginning to think it was a bogus call.  My cell phone number is on the DO NOT CALL REGISTRY.  I don't know how he got my number.  I looked up the number and found it was based in Newark New Jersey from a land line.  Have other people received a phone call from this man and from this number 973-854-4262,

My wife received a voice mail from "Federal Crime Investigation" and was given this number as a call back number. She did not call them back. The next morning I received a call on my cell from a man, who spoke very broken English, who identified himself as Officer Mark Nicholas with Federal Crime Investigation. He was asking if I knew a certain person. He had to spell the name for me because he could not pronounce it so that I could understand what name is was asking about. The person he mentioned is a relative of mine. He said that this person was a prime suspect in a federal crime and asked that I have them call him at this number. I smelled a rat, so I looked up the number online and found this website. The number that showed up on my cell phone was an incomplete number - 52986703.

An officer Joseph Newman badge number 181 left me a voice mail stating that he was calling from Federal Crimes Investigations. He needed to speak with me asap so that legal actions would not be taken against me. He knew my full name and repeated it twice. Told me to call 973-854-4264 and when I did it went to a voicemail with no greeting message. Freaked me out.  He called from a strange number too 052-986-703. Evil creeper. Hope they find 'em.

You BET it is a scam!

http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-714-333-2981

This is just another one of hundreds (and perhaps even thousands) of numbers these overseas payday loan debt collection scammers are calling from:

http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-9141:

It's a scam, and all their threats are false and illegal.  The bottom line is, these are criminals trying to steal consumers' money.

Here are a few news reports and government advisories warning consumers about this scam:

ABC News:  http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1
West Virginia Attorney General:  http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm
WTAE TV4, Pittsburgh:  http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/call4action/17285785/detail.html
Florida Commissioner of Consumer Services:  http://www.800helpfla.com/newsletter/2008/092008.html

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 gobbylgook 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, Christian Nicholas & Associates, US Federal Bank, Sonic Bank, Hopkins Law Office, CashNet, 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.)

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 (
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/1-336-553-3965
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-909-6789
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/1-310-909-8245
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

...and, many, MANY more.

The plot thickens...

'Graham Smith' called me back today but this time he said his name was 'David Warner'.  I told him that was strange because he sounded exactly like a 'Graham Smith' that left me a message the day before.  He assured me that it was his partner who left the previous message.  He asked if this was my social security number (I don?t do well deciphering broken English) and I told him it wasn?t.  He asked if this was my address and I told him it was not.  As this point he was angry and it was even more difficult to understand him.  He said the cops would be coming to my house to arrest me and to not call this number back, ?Buh Bye?, and hung up.

Well I couldn?t let our conversation just end that way.  So, armed with the information from this website, I called the 973 854 4262 number that was left on my voicemail yesterday.   This time a different English-as-a-second-language person answered the line and I asked if I could speak to 'David Warner', 'Joseph Nueman badge # 181', 'Mike Adams' or 'Graham Smith'.  The person who answered was silent for a moment.  Then he said, "You don?t want him to call you back?"  I said,"Yes, but more importantly, I don?t want to be accused of committing a crime.  I would like to work with my local police department to straighten all this out.  Please provide me with some additional information so that I can correct this issue."  He put me on hold again and then came back on the line to say, "Don?t worry, he won?t call you back."

I thanked him and insisted for additional information to rectify this very serious issue and he said, "Do you know why I?m helping you?  Because I like you.  You don?t want to know what?s going on here.  He won?t call you back."  Then he went on to ask if I had a boyfriend!!  That was more than enough proof for me that this is a scam.  I immediately hung up the phone and ignored the next 4 phone calls in a row from that number.

The lesson learned here is that you can catch more flies with honey.  If you get a call from this number, as annoying as it may be, try to save your angry remarks for happy hour.  Do not provide or confirm any information.  Let them know you will be happy to work with your local police department to solve this issue; that?s the last thing they want to hear!

I was on another call when a call came into voicemail from an ?Officer Graham Smith?.  English was obviously not the caller?s first language.   He announced he was calling from the Financial Crime Investigation Department and his callback number was 973 854 4262.
He said, ?As soon as you receive this message, give me an urgent call back before I can take any legal action so that your name and your social security number (?) and before I can send someone after you for your place of residence.?  He then made a very bad attempt to recite what sounded like my home address.  He went on to say something else in undecipherable broken English and ended the message with ?Until then, uh, have a good day. Buh Bye.?

973-854-4262 called and stated my 8 month old son had taken out a loan and i could pay it or god would take care of me. have contacted the authorities and reported the incident. also, when i told him i knew it was a scam hesaid to me, f you. we all know what that means.

I received a message at my work from an Officer Joseph Meyer from the FBI. When I received the message and called the number back they put me on hold and this so called officer answered and preceded to tell me that I was being charged with three criminal counts involved with check fraud. He never gave me a company name that was charging me until I asked for the name. He asked me if I wanted to settle the complaint from USA payday loans or If I wanted a criminal record. I told him that my bank statement could prove that I had never taken out a payday loan. Then he said that he was going to call my job and make sure that I was fired and I lost everything I have. Then he hung up on me. This is a complete violation of my privacy! I will be having a Sheriff coming to my house tomorrow to file an official complaint! I suggest everyone else do the same!

I am from Wisconsin, and I just received a phone call from a Joseph Nueman badge #181 this morning and he said he was with Federal Crime Investigation calling about a Cash Net USA Loan that was wired to my account and that I didn't pay back, and I have several counts against me including fraud, and that if I don't get their help first, that they would take me to court and that someone would show up at my door step to arrest me or come to my work.  He knew where I worked, and my address, social security # and 2 of my closest relatives, with their numbers and addresses.  For one thing, I had this Loan 4 years ago, and I filed it in my bankruptcy last year, which he said doens't matter, that this is a crime I commited.  But, I know that Federal Government would not be threatening me when I ask what are you talking about?  He kept getting mad when I asked what are you talking about lol.  So he said fine we will not help you, and you will get arrested haha, just wait and watch when they arrest you at your door!  I was shaking and so scared, thinking well I didn't commit any crimes....this guy is crazy!  So sure enough, I found more stuff on this number, which is a big relief to see that they are fake.  I am going today to file a police report, and everyone should, so they can investigate where the calls are coming from. Call, then at (973) 854-4262 and tell them they can just wait and watch for the police to show up at his door!

Caller ID: Private Name Private Number
Caller: Federal Crime Investigation

Wow, sorry about the triple post! My computer kept giving me error messages, too. Gotta love technology sometimes...

I received two back to back calls from this number today. I was in school when the calls came in, so I let them go to my voicemail. Both messages were very garbled, but I was able to make out that it was Mike Atwood, and that he was an officer from the Federal Crimes Investigation Unit. He said I needed to contact him "right now", that there was a serious criminal case pending against me and that if I didn't phone his office today it would be "too late" to solve this matter...he also added in that I needed to make a payment with him over the phone when I called "or else". LOL! I actually started flipping out when I got these messages(until I did some investigation of my own and learned it was a collection agency, obviously acting illegally.)
 In addition to this, my boss, my relatives, and a few friends have also received similar voice mails to this regarding my situation.
 I do have some debt, and my assumption is one of these companies have hired these guys to collect on it. But it's illegal to pose as a federal officer, number one; number two, it's also a crime to threaten someone's life or say they will be arrested if they do not pay.
I did block my phone number and I called this number back...a man picked up and said"Can I help you?" I recognized the voice; it was the same guy that called me.
 I will be pursuing matters with the Better Business Bureau if me or anyone I know receives any more calls pursuant to this nature. I know now I am not alone. Thanks to everyone for sharing their stories! It made my day. :)

I received a call from number (973)854-4262 from an Officer Joseph ?.  He said that I received an internet loan and I was being charged with three federal charges from a company called CashNet which I have never heard of.  He said I could settle over the phone for an amount or he would have to take legal action and the cops would show up at my house and have me arrested.  He had my complete social security number, address, email address, and named off two people that I knew.  I never gave him any information.  I called the police and filed a report for identity theft.

Someone who identified themselves as Officer David Warner called my company's HR dept, demanding to speak to myself or my supervisor.  Fortunately, my company will not divulge any personal information.  This "David Warner" would not say where he was from, why he was calling, only that he was from New Jersey.  He left the phone number 973-854-4262 as a contact number.  I thought something was fishy, so I looked up on the internet, and found that this has happened before.  I have not called the number.

I recieved a call from an individual named Officer David Warner from a Company FCID. First he called me an M F. Then he told me to be ready to face a legal action against me. He said he called my manager at job and told them everything about me. He also said for me to be ready for the cops and Attorneys to come pick me up at work or at my house. He said you might want to hide in a corner. Then he called a M F again.