251-272-3731
AL, US
manoj
manoj
2013-12-10 12:52:17
Unknown
i got  a call from 2512605142, and they said that they were from vodafone service and would like to update my 3G account , and told me to switch off my phone for 2 hrs,without any ques i switched off my phone ,but after few minutes , something striked in my head that the person who called me havent mentioned his name , he was so anonymous that i switched on my phone , and what i saw was that family members called me many a times , i called them back and my family members asked me where i am and how i am , they said that someone kidnapped me and in return of me they want 1 million rupees via net banking , so i quickly logded a complaint to near police stn, what this guys do is that they tell u to switch off ur phone , and call up ur family members and ask for money in return of u, this guys are so professional that they get all ur info within 3 secs as u r connected with them , so guys b careful, dont pick such calls , ignore them
don f
don f
2013-09-07 17:21:12
Debt Collector
These guys are scum they are located in Mumbai lndia. Different numbers they use are 251-272-3731,902-212-3021,, 207-369-8754 this is a scam my attorney says that since these pigs are offshore there isn't muchhe can do. suggests to me to ignore them.
coconut
coconut
2013-08-27 22:55:42
Debt Collector
someone with a bad accent named harry cooper told me or my attorney to call him. at some division. if I disregard this message he wishes me luck. I don't know wtf hes talking about. big scam .. don't like someone trying to freak me out and scare me.
Tamianth
Tamianth
2013-08-27 04:02:23
Unknown
Please do file reports with the FBI, your state attorney general and Department Of Justice,FTC & FCC..

http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx
http://www.fbi.gov/
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/
https://esupport.fcc.gov/ccmsforms/form1088.action
https://complaints.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx?panel=2

Also read up on the laws and your rights:

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

And see:

http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0258-fake-debt-collectors
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http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubs/pressreleases/extortion_scam.htm
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Section 809 of the FDCPA http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre27.pdf requires 3rd-party debt collectors to give debtors written notice of debt (the key word is *shall*) :
"§ 809. Validation of debts
(a) Within five days after the initial communication with a consumer in connection with the collection of any debt, a debt collector shall, unless the following information is contained in the initial communication or the consumer has paid the debt, send the consumer a written notice containing?
(1) the amount of the debt;
(2) the name of the creditor to whom the debt is owed;
(3) a statement that unless the consumer, within thirty days after receipt of the notice, disputes the validity of the debt, or any portion thereof, the debt will be assumed to be valid by the debt collector;
(4) a statement that if the consumer notifies the debt collector in writing within the thirty-day period that the debt, or any portion thereof, is disputed, the debt collector will obtain verification of the debt or a copy of a judgment against the consumer and a copy of such verification or judgment will be mailed to the consumer by the debt collector; and
(5) a statement that, upon the consumer?s written request within the thirty-day period, the debt collector will provide the consumer with the name and address of the original creditor, if different from the current creditor."
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A Collection Agent May Not?

Here are the top 11 actions prohibited by the The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act:

Misrepresent Him or Herself

  A debt collector may not misrepresent himself as an attorney or law enforcement officer.

Use the Telephone to Annoy or Harass

  A collection agent may not cause a telephone to ring or engage any person in telephone conversation repeatedly or continuously with an intent to annoy, abuse, or harass anyone at the called number.

Threaten Arrest or Lawsuit

  A collection agent may not threaten a consumer with arrest. It may not threaten legal action that is either not permitted or not actually contemplated. In other words, a the threat of a lawsuit may be an empty one.

Use Abusive or Threatening Language

  A debt collector may no use abusive or profane language in the course of communication related to the debt.

Publish a Bad Debt List

  Publishing the consumer?s name or address on a "bad debt" list is prohibited.

Contact By Embarrassing Media

  A debt collector may not communicate with a consumer by post card. It may not use any language or symbol, other than the debt collector?s address, on any envelope when communicating with a consumer by use of the mails or by telegram. A debt collector may use its business name if such name does not indicate it is in the debt collection business.

Contact a Consumer at Work

  A collection agent may not communicate with consumers at their place of employment after being told this is unacceptable or prohibited by the employer.

Seek Unjustifiable Amounts

  A debt collector may not demand any amounts not permitted under an applicable contract or as provided under law.

Contact a Consumer Represented by an Attorney

  A collection agent may not contact a consumer after it learns the consumer is represented by a lawyer.

Communicate With a Consumer After Receiving a Validation Request

  If a consumer sends a written §1692g response within 30 days, the collection agent may not communicate with the consumer until it mails the consumer the requested verification of original creditor's name and address.

Communicate With Third Parties

  A debt collector may not reveal or discuss the nature of a consumer?s debts with third parties other than the consumer?s spouse or attorney. A collection agent may contact neighbors or co-workers only to obtain location information. It may contact a third party again if it has reason to believe the information the party provided previously is false.

Bills.com FDCPA FAQ

Below are questions Bills.com readers ask frequently:

Can a Collection Agent Call My Cell Phone?

  Yes. However, if you tell the debt collector it may not use that number because it is a cell phone, it may not contact you again at that number.

I Keep Receiving Dozens of Calls From Collection Agents. Is That Legal?

  No. Unscrupulous collection agents will use "block parties" or "office parties" where they contact a consumer, multiple neighbors, or co-workers telling them they need to reach the consumer on an urgent matter. This is not permitted under the FDCPA.

A Collector Says I Will Be Arrested if I Do Not Pay

  This was a true statement before the US Civil War, but has not been true since. People may be arrested if an aggressive judge files a bench warrant for a person who does not appear at a hearing relating to a lawsuit regarding a debt. However, in that case, the offense is the failure to respond to a court order, and not the existence of the debt. As stated above, it is illegal under the FDCPA to threaten a consumer with arrest if the consumer does not pay the debt.
jeremiah
jeremiah
2013-08-27 03:50:10
Prank Call
Same thing here i spoke with a man claiming to be april.. James... From crosby law firm and he had six cases against us.. If we didnt pay....we were going to jail..... I just called and called until he blocked my number.....
Tarra
Tarra
2013-08-26 20:07:14
Unknown
They called me at my office desk stating they will forward my information to the local police if I did not get legal representation from their firm.
Tarra
Tarra
2013-08-26 20:06:17
Unknown
I just received a call from Crosby Law Firm in Mobile Al stating that I took out a loan with Advance America and I committed fraud, check fraud and they are going to press charges against me and freeze my account.  I stated that I am recording their conversation and then they said they could not hear me and hung up the phone.  I am glad to know that I am not the only one who received this call from Glen Bonds who sounds like he is from India.
tom
tom
2013-08-26 16:52:03
Unknown
numerous calls to phone and work.. gets rude and vulgar on phone.. i give them the respect i get.. none. and then they call me but unable to call them..
Furious
Furious
2013-08-24 00:37:34
Debt Collector
I received a call from this same number at my place of employment, some guy named Danny??? foreign accent, from Crosby Law Firm claiming there has been a lawsuit placed on me. So I advised that I never received any Certified letters or prior calls regarding this issue/matter. Then I said this call is being recorded, he thought I was asking if he was recorded me. I said He is being recorded. He continued on. So he said, "Oh you haven't received anything in the mail? This posed a red flag #1. So I asked him to send me the proper documentation regarding this so called law suit. He never responded to that and he began on the defense and asked if I had a lawyer to represent me, I told him that he needs to prove that this exists. Whatever it is? He still didn't provide the original debtor information, red flag#2. He then threatened that tomorrow a Sheriff will be at my door if I don't resolve this matter. I said then I'll be waiting. This is the worst scare tactic I have ever heard. By the way, my current position is a COLLECTOR.  LOL. So I am very familiar with collection laws. FDCPA and business to business collection laws. So, I then I did some research and can not link any businesses to this number. but then I remembered Last Saturday I applied for a payday loan (desperately needing a few dollars) and I never went through with the whole procedure, all my personal information is out there, foolish me. I got several calls all week until I let all of them know, that I wasn't interested. I believe these fools think that since I didn't move forward with a payday loan, they can scam me out of money. Ha. Never will happen. When I got home today, I was FURIOUS. I couldn't believe that the world has come to this! these hole in the wall crooks are scamming people. I am very familiar with any and all of my debt. So if you scums are out there reading my post, believe me I will find you, sue you and you will be sorry that you EVER tried to scam this beast with this kinda mess ever in your sorry lives!!
Johnathan West
Johnathan West
2013-08-23 23:23:22
Unknown
They have been calling me since yesterday. Jason brown and senior officer glen bond from Crosby law firm. They have all my information. Scammers from India.
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
2013-08-23 20:44:16
Unknown
This is a criminal extortion scam operating out of India. They are making the calls utilizing VOIP and the names of legitimate firms to make it appear the calls are originating from within the US. There is NO "company" or "debt" and you will NOT be arrested. They are harvesting and/or buying consumers' personal identifying information from unscrupulous websites like the one you may have filled out an application with, and you need to do whatever you can to protect yourself. This includes: Notifying the FTC: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/, placing fraud alerts with all three credit bureaus, notifying your bank and employer and letting these criminals know you are aware they are attempting to extort money for a non-existent debt and have alerted the authorities.

ABC News released an investigative report on this scam a year ago:

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/phantom-debt-co ... ory?id=16512428
Hassled
Hassled
2013-08-23 20:39:45
Unknown
Man with an Indian accent called and said that I had a law suit against me
About advance America pay day loan. I never dad a loan with them
He said I owed 871 dollars and needed to pay it or I would be picked up by the cops
He gave me a 900 number from california for advance America but they have a 855 number and are from Florida
Disregard their threats
HC
HC
2013-08-23 19:20:43
Unknown
I just received a phone call from 251-272-3731 and left message on my work voice mail stating that person ( I did not get name) was from Crosby Law Firm with American Cash in California. Told me not to disregard this message about a fraud which I did not get a loan from these people. Please be aware and do not fall for this scam.
IRRITATED
IRRITATED
2013-08-23 16:15:25
Unknown
VER PRIVATE PERON BT THIS 251723731 NUMBER KEEPS CALLING AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOHEY GET INFO AND CAN THREATEN SOMEONE AND GET BY WITH IT  HOPE SOMEONE STOPS THESE PEOPLE SOON THANK YOU   I HAVE TO CHANGE ALL NUMBERS
SANDRA
SANDRA
2013-08-22 22:41:57
Unknown
I have had numerous calls from a Mike anderson saying that i owed numerous of loans online and he told me he was going to put me in jail and have this investigated and then started to be rude and telling me to have sexual favors to him.I called the police and \filed a complaint.
Elena
Elena
2013-08-22 19:56:36
Unknown
I got a call from this number 1-251-272-3731 telling me I have a law suit against me on a loan I never got, and he can transfer me to their paralegal for more information from me. Ha I told him your a scammer and  you do not make no sense to me and why would they be calling me about this law suit.  Your trying to set me up for money, I told him I had enough, let me speak to your paralegal he said " no I do not want too".... I said cause your scanning people! I never got a loan and I never got a letter in the mail, he said that was my problem, I said nope its people like you that think they can get away with this I know your kind and what you do to people. My co-workers get calls from you so called company and we had officer listen on your scams, He hung up on me!
Ann G
Ann G
2013-08-22 17:23:34
Unknown
I received a phone call from this number 2512723731 spoke to a ignorant Indian lady. I cursed her out and she cursed me back said I need to get an attorney or a officer was going to pick me up in 24 to 48 hours at my place of employment. The Indian cow also left a voice mail. This needs to stop I am not paying anybody nothing. I do not know them they did not send me a letter. This is a Scam.
Beth
Beth
2013-08-22 17:18:24
Debt Collector
Got a call from a Allen Wattson from 251-272-3731 saying that i owed some American Advanced and that if i didnt pay $410 by the end of the day that i would be picked up from work and put in jail for 30 days. They said they had my social and so when i asked to verify just the last 4 he said he cant do that over the phone so a big red flag went up. Also I know that a law firm does not call you unless you ask them to. I googled alot and came up with a Crosby Law Firm in Mobile, Al. I called this law firm to verify information and the lady told me these people are from india and her firm is working with the fbi to shut them down. If they call anyone again call the law firm they are calling from and report them.
Amy
Amy
2013-08-22 03:22:46
Unknown
I received a call on my cell and work.Stating that he was given my information from Advanced America to file court proceedings for a supposed debt that i owed. many threats were made from him. I contacted Advanced America as well as filed with cfpb.
Fed up
Fed up
2013-08-21 23:43:11
Unknown
I agree I want to know how they are getting our information because that is the true source of this issue.  These people are able to scam so many people because they are able to get our information from somewhere and the fact there is nothing the police can do I agree we all should keep calling them repeatly so they know what they are doing.
Krism919
Krism919
2013-08-21 23:14:46
Debt Collector
Called me three times today I picked up one time and told them to stop calling me or I'm filing for harassment . They didn't call back no more but I want to know how do they get your phone number and address????
Kahm
Kahm
2013-08-21 22:53:05
Unknown
they called my sister and I and so we called them back about 50 times from different numbers they got very upset but our thinking;  figured they are taking our time lets play their game, it was fun, at one point they got very frustrated and asked "how many phone lines do you have! our response more then  you got.  We continued to have some fun for a while, they soon stopped answering their phone and all we got was a busy signal, it was fun while it lasted. so folks go have some fun took me back to my younger days when we would prank call asking if someone's fridge was running!  LOL at least while we were harassing them they were not harassing others.
kahm
kahm
2013-08-21 22:45:30
Unknown
Called me and my sister several times so we decided to play their own game we called them over 50 times and gave them hell just kept calling from different phone different lines at one point they asked "how many dam phone lines do you have"  response from us "more then you got"  had a lot of fun with them.  now they won't answer their phone LOL we figure if we tie up their lines for a while at least they can't harass others for the time being.  So everyone go have fun with this.
Fed Up
Fed Up
2013-08-21 21:50:19
Unknown
I started calling the phone number back repeatly telling them I wanted more information on this debt.  The guy got really rude with me and told me he was going to love watching me get into trouble and going to Jail.  He told me to stop calling and that in 24 hours the investigators would come to my work to arrest me and I could fight with him them.  Then he proceeded to tell me that if I didn't stop calling them that he was going to file harassment charges against me.  So I told him how can you do that when you I have messages that you left on my cell phone as well as my work phone telling me to call them.  He hung up and the last six times I have called as soon as I say my name they hang up.
Fed Up
Fed Up
2013-08-21 21:42:25
Unknown
Over the course of the last few weeks I have received phone calls from two different companies claiming that I had a fraud case against me and that the police would be coming to my work within 24 to arrest me. 251-272-3731 and 415-295-5685 both times same story two different payday loan places.  Contacted the payday loan place and they told me that I had never taken a loan from them and their suggestion to me was to file a complaint on the FCC.gov website.  I am tired of people like this wanted to scam people I would just really like to know how they get your number and information because they have called my cell as well as my work.
Bill
Bill
2013-08-21 20:34:18
Debt Collector
A man by the name Al Smith called and told me and my husband they was work on fraud chargred and in 24 hours  cops would be at are house and his work and they calling his work too.. and after I started asking questions he started treating us too. WHAT CAN BE DONE? He called from mobile mobile,Alabama from number 251-272-3731
zrbrown
zrbrown
2013-08-21 17:24:08
Debt Collector
This man by the name of Steven called me and said, there was a federal law sute filed against my social security number. Phone he called from was 251-272-3731. They also use a California number 458-207-0414.I have reported this to the police.They are very rude people!
steven
steven
2013-08-21 13:55:58
Debt Collector
Got the same call from a travis marshall, they not only call n threathen me now their callin my work tryin to get my ssn
Lexi
Lexi
2013-08-21 02:02:50
Unknown
Before you all received these call had any of you recently applied for any online such as mortage help, debt consolilation, or loans . That could be where they gained your name phone numbers and/or ss numbers . I had the same problem recently . Quickest way to stop the calls...change your number .
mary
mary
2013-08-20 22:09:43
Unknown
Been getting them.same story about being sued for fraud and Crosby firm. I called him on his bluff and he threatened me. New my Soc # and address. The knowing my Soc # scares me.I called police..said not much can be done. He called me twice after reporting it to the police but I wont answer. What can we do??
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