Looks like he's back - I've been getting threatening calls from someone with a very heavy foreign accent - sounds East Indian or Pakistani. I did apply last week for a quickie loan & have since been deluged with calls from 800#'s, texts & emails - I'm thinking this dirt-bag got my # that way. I didn't even accept any of the loan offers made to me. but I guess my junk is out there now - live & learn. I called the # back & the same accented voice answered & told me it was a law office. I hung up - if he persists then I guess I'll be calling the FBI & BBB. Meanwhile, I'm going to see about getting the # blocked.

Message on my phone that they are going to arrest me if I do not call back

Victor Smith called me also....saying the same B.S. The number came up as a New York number,but he said he was in L.A. So I ask them what the three branches of goverment was and he had no Ideal what I was talking about....Thank you victor smith for helping me get a new S.S.#.......DUMBASS.

Here is the phone information from FoneFinder.com:
347    342    NWYRCYZN06    New York    GLOBAL CROSSING LOCAL SERVICES, INC.-NY    CAP

They're operating with a number in New York.

One thing to be weary of with these types of scam companies:

They are toothless, but at the same time, our laws are toothless against them as well. Since they only operate in the United States with a phone drop (or likely a phone spoof to hide the real number), it would be nigh impossible to get them shut down or extradited to the US for proper prosecution.

Even in the event you do get a judgment after taking them to court, you'd be hard pressed to ever collect the money on it. The best advice I can give, having dealt with many a unscrupulous debt collector, and made a pretty penny to the tune of $10k off them all combined, would be to Forward all of the information to your state's Attorney General as a formal complaint.

So please, to help combat these scams, forward all pertinent information to your state's attorney general as well as Cuomo's office in New York.

A complaint form can be filed here:
http://www.ag.ny.gov/resource_center/complaints/complaints.html

The more complaints the better, as it takes many voices on the same problem to bring the task to the radar of the AGs. With enough complaints, we may well see our Attorneys General take action on these scams more swiftly.

Yea he called me about a dozen times on my cell phone, then he called my job.  I am in the military and this could cause a bunch of hassel on my behalf.  he said that i owe a bunch of money to a loan company and then they were having the police come and arrest me and take me and my boss to court to have me locked up.  this is some bullsh!T if i ever heard one i dont know what they think that they can achieve from this but its old i wish that they would grow up and get a job were they can make money the right way.  this is a resession peoples money is there life and its hard enough taking care of yourself and your family then these people call demanding money for somthing that you dont have.  its some crap ill tell you what.

Victor Smith, scumbag terrorist keeps calling my phone for 4 weeks claiming I have a lawsuit, well where the hell is it and whose filing it, he will not say just becomes beligerant and irate. I have reported him to the FBI, FTC, attorney general and the police.  He even threatened my children. Once my 8 year old son answered the phone and Voctor Smith told him they were were gonna die unless your mother sends us $2000, my son was upset and cried.  This is the lowest scumbag on earth. They need to get some real jobs and stop trying to scam Americans.

This Number keeps calling me saying i owe money for a loan and they are filling out criminal and fraudulent charges against me and wont give me any information

Idiot calling himself Victor Smith called and threatened me if I didn't give him my credit card number,  of course I said no and he screamed and said he was going to see that I was r@@@@.  I called my brother and he googled the number and this some surfing on the internet, he told me this was a scam. That these lowlife terrorist were doing this to a lot of Americans trying to get money to bomb America again.  I reported this to the police, and the US Secret Service.  Now I'm going to play hardball with these criminals.  I am waiting for them to call me back so I can record everything they say and have it played all over the USA so Americans want send these criminals money. DO NOT SEND THEM ANY MONEY.  THEY ARE TERRORIST

My phone rang and it was a Kevin Smith. He said I was being sued but did not say by whom or for what. I called my sister whom works in a legal division in the court house, she said I was nowhere on the docket, then she did some investigative work and found that this is a scam, lead by terrorist.  They call people whom they have stolen their information from the internet and use scare tactics to try and get them to wire money. They try to collect money from payday lenders I am told, but they are not the real payday lenders, they have just either stolen or been given your information by the payday lenders.  I have never received a payday loan but a while back I did fill out an application for one but was denied.  So how can I owe anyone.  I stopped worrying about this when I finally realized, no one can prove they gave me a loan.....It's all a hoax.  Payday loans/lenders should be illegal.

So if you get a call from this number, you need to hang up or better yet, tell them you know its a scam. I have saved several voicemails and calls from this number and they are quite beligerant and vulgar.  I personally plan to do all I can to expose these terrorist and shut them down.  My brother is going to build a website that will play these voicemails and let everyone hear the scammers.  I will comeback later and give everyone the site.  We are going to do whatever we can to STOP these predators.


They even threatened to have me jailed and thrashed and said some other forms of torture that would happen to me if I didn't pay. They have heavy thick accents and their English is not that good.  They even laugh and joke to each other as they are yelling at you.  It was frightening at first but now I am just mad and want to shut them down.

I owe bills but I don't owe this outfit. I have had collections calls before from Medical expenses I had before but not any of them were this foul and cruel.  I've had a collection call when I got behind on my car payment but none ever this vulgar.

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.

 Do not send them any money.

THIS IS A TOTAL SCAM, A VICTOR SMITH CALLED ME AND LIED SAID I OWED MONEY. I CONTACTED AN INVESTIGATOR AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A TOTAL SCAM, THIS IS NOT EVEN A COMPANY AFFADAVIT CONSOLIDATIONS SERVICES, THE NAMES AND NUMBERS ARE BOGUS. THEY ARE SCAMMERS, TERRORIST TRYING TO EXTORT MONEY FROM AMERICANS TO FUND THEIR TERRORIST ACTS. DO NOT HELP THEM, DO NOT SEND THEM MONEY. CALL THE UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICES. SAVE YOUR VOICEMAILS AND RECORD EVERYTHING THEY SAY.  INTERPOL WILL EVENTUALLY SHUT THEM DOWN. DON'T BELIEVE A WORD THEY SAY, THEY ARE LIERS AND TERRORIST.

Hey Elisie Sue I hope you  post your web site so we can go to it. This victor smith has being call for over 6 months,and he not calling for me but a friend of mine. He has all her info work, friends, and he calling everyone and if you tell him youve reported his scam it really piss him off. the last call from victor said he was call for the law firm off gary fields. I tracked the number to a landline in huntington ny.  I also found a law firm of gary field in huntington. ive contacted them so they are aware of this guy.i did call victor number back631-350-5030 and got a jason smith(go firgure) now when you call it goes to voice mail. hopefully mr. fields can help stop this guy. you can file a complaint with att. general office,FBI, and make sure your friends and family know about this guy if he has called them yet he will. we have filed a compalint sence the very start of this and the list keeps growing. good luck really would love to see the site.

The best thing to do to get these guys to leave you alone for while is to  give them information from a credit card that is no longer valid. Switch a couple of the numbers on the card and give the expiration date of a valid card. Make the payment arrangements a month out. Even if it does not stop the calls it may at least alert the banks that these guys are a fraud.

Call them several times a day and try to order a pizza.

Call them over and over and say nothing.

Have fun with it!!!!!!!!!!

Give them a tast of there own medcine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fake Debt Collectors and Collection Tactics

If consumers did not have enough to worry about having to deal with rising credit card interest rates, late fees and over-limit fees, zombie debt, and fervent bill collectors, now we have to worry about collectors calling about fake debt.

While many legitimate collection agencies follow the FDCPA, there are some collectors out there that are only running a scam operation and will be quick to use threats and scare tactics to get you to pay up quick. Their scams turn up in mailboxes, on the internet and through the telephone every day. Some collectors pose as national banks, government agencies (FBI, CIA), or even popular celebrity stars to gain personal information. These phony collectors may threaten to repossess your house, issue a warrant for your arrest, or even garnish your pay check, all of which are against the FDCPA rules. Some of which are even laughable (for example, there is no debtor?s prison in the United States).

Fake debt scammers rely on the fear and lack of knowledge about debt collection laws within the population. They also figure that a certain percentage of their calls will be received by individuals who may be carrying debt on credit cards anyway and may be susceptible to intimidation. When collectors use misleading statements and fail to provide identification, they are breaking the law. Never pay money to a possible thief. Keep cool when you hear from collectors to avoid this collection abuse.

Many times, people who took out payday loans online in the past are most susceptible. If you took a payday loan, be aware scammers may have access to your Social Security number and other personal information, and keep your guard up against such tactics.

Ironically, real "deadbeats" probably wouldn't fall for these scammers, since they have no intention of repaying their creditors anyway. But upright citizens may doubt themselves, thinking they've forgotten to pay a bill. Many times, the sums involved tend to be fairly small, so some people may be tempted to just pay the "bill" and "get it over with."

Ways to Protect Yourself Against Debt Collection Scams

Review your credit report frequently to find inaccuracies.
Be aware of your current creditors and how much you owe.
Ask creditors for identification before you provide any information over the telephone.
Reporting Fake Debt Collectors

If you ever receive a call from anyone identifying himself as a debt collector, the law requires that the debt collector provide you with identification, and that the debt collector refrain from making misleading and threatening statements.

You can report any problems you have to your state Attorney General?s office www.naag.org and the Federal Trade Commission www.ftc.gov. Many states have their own debt collection laws that are different from the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Your Attorney General?s office can help you determine your rights under your state?s law.

http://www.internetautoguide.com/credit-cente ... on-tactics.html

This is the 3rd time the people have left a voicemail.  The criminals claim to be Affidavit Consolidation Services and their call back number is:  646-443-2091.   They have been impersonating as federal law enforcement and that I will be arrested for fraud E-check!@#$#@! on some payday loan I didn't pay!@#@!   I have complained on as many internet places as I can, but I want public to be informed of this scam phone number:   646-443-2091

A man calling himself Victor Smith called me and left several voicemails, saying there was a lawsuit filed against me, but did not say what for, so after several calls, I finally called him back and was transferred to 3 different names, all voices sound alike, they seemed to not know they had used Victor Smith. I asked him who was suing me and he gave me the run around, first said First Cash Advance then Cash something else but he did have my social security number and my old banking information.  I told him I didn't owe anyone and he started yelling and saying I had better settle with him or trouble would unfold on me, then he used God's name and said a bunch of other crap, seemed to be bipolar because he went from shouting to a very low tone, from using vulgarities to using God's name.
I found it entertaining for a moment because I've never heard of such then I hung up, he called back a few days later and I told him he was on ABC news and his scam was exposed, he hung up.  Later a woman with a Indian accent called me using the same old script. I hung up on her. She called back several days later trying to talk all bad and said well you will be arrested on your job in 24 hours. I said ok, come and arrest me.  That was 4 days ago.  This morning she called again, reading same old script, I guess she forgot I was suppose to be arrested yesterday.  I hung up on her. Three minutes later she called back and said don't hang up on me and the police are on their way, I said ok.  That was 3 hours ago.  

What bullcrap, It is ashame that our government will not stop these guys in their tracks. I called the US Secret Service, and the attorney general, they said they are working on shutting down these criminals and we all would need to report them anytime and everytime they called.  They also said no matter what they say, do not send them money.  They are not a collection agency, they are believed to be terrorist trying to extort money from Americans.

Report them.

These cowards had better stop calling me.I for sureas hell aint gunna send them a dime, i wish they would show up at my door as they promised come on buddy

I was called by a Vincent JOhnson then a Vincent Smith then A Kevin Johnson, all the same guy with an Indian Accent.  I googled their numbers and found out it was a scam. Read the information below if you have been getting threatening calls from these crooks and do not send them money they are thieves and crooks.

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.

Some scumbag scammer called me from this number and said there was a lawsuit against me for not paying a loan.  What a bunch of lies. I asked the scumbag that called himself Steve Smith (Indian Accent with American name) how stupid is that, well I asked him where was the paperwork.  He got upset and started cussing and screaming. I thought it was funny, he called back several days later same guy and called himself Victor something and said there was a lawsuit against me from payday something or other and I asked where is the paperwork and he said he was downloading it now and I said well send it to me and who is suing me, he rattled on some nonsense so I hung up. Its a total scam, first off, I don't owe anyone anything but GMC for my truck and I am up to date on that so I knew he was lying.  He called again about a month later, and I told him Iknew he was a scammer and he yelled and cussed. I then called the police and gave them his number, they replied that it was a scam from some payday lenders and people/idiots overseas. To everyone out there that gets a call from this number. do not pay these thieves anything, its a scare tactic to try to get you to send them money.

Glad I googled this number, this retarded idiot just called with an Indian Accent claiming his name was Victor Smith and I had a lawsuit pending and I needed to call him back right away.  I became afraid for about 3 seconds and then realized, This is a scam.  I heard about it on ABC news. ..These lowlife scumbags need to be shut down

Some stupid idiot that calls himself Victor Smith, keeps calling me and threatening my children if I don't give him my credit card numbers so he can extract $500 to help settle a lawsuit that is filed against me. I ask him what lawsuit and whose filing it and he starts calling me nasty names and saying your going to get f**** and so will your kids and then he calls my job and starts yelling at whomevers answers.  I have checked, I have no lawsuits.  He is harrassing me terribly and I want him to stop.  I have called the police dept. and they say its a world wide scam.  Well today I called my cousin who is an anchor for a local tv station and we are going to try and get this on tv. Hopefully I can record and play his threats.  we are also calling the Attorney General.  I work hard and don't need someone threatening me.

This guy with Indian Accent called my cell phone said his name was Victor Smith, the told me if I didn't wire him $700, I would go to jail the next day.  I asked him why,  he said I was being sued but wouldn't tell me by whom or what for.  He just screamed and became irate when I told him he was a lier. .Threatened to have my entire family jailed.  Said only God could help me. Sounded Indian, had an American name, he was indeed a lier. I'm tired of the foreigners trying to scam us.  Our Government needs to do something about it...DON'T SEND VICTOR SMITH A DIME, HE IS A SCAMMER.

CALLED AGAIN THIS TIME HE SAID HIS NAME IS MIKE JOHNSON SAME ACCENT AND IF I DONT CALL BACK GOOD LUCK TO ME.  IM AT MY WITS END HE WONT STOP NO MATTER WHAT I DO . HE IS HARRASSING THE PEOPLE AT MY OFFICE.

I GOT TIRED OF THEI MIKE HENRY CALLING ME AT WORK SO I CALLED HIM, I HAVE NO PAYDAY LOAN, AND I CAN PROVE IT VIA MY ACCOUNT VISA CARD STATEMENT. AS SOON AS I TOLD HIM I WANT SOMETHING IN WRITING HE HUNG UP AND I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM HIM SINCE.I ALSO REPORTED IT TO THE MY VISA CARD ACCOUNT.  HE SAID I HAD A PAYDAY LOAN ON THIS DEBIT CARD, WHICH IS NOT TRUE BECAUSE YOU CANT GET A PAYDAY LOAN THRU A DEBIT CARD ALLTHOUGH IT IS USED LIKE  A CHECKING ACCOUNT BUT NO LOAN HES JUST A SCAMMER. BUT I PITY THE PEOPLE HE HAS SCARED INTO BELEIVING THIS.

I received a call form a Middle Eastern Person with a very deep accent as well. My story is very similar to the ones before me. He said his name was Dann Dawn, he said he was an attorney. He called my place of employment and said I owend money on a A payday loan. He said the Mother Company was called " Advance Cash USA" He had my social security number, my Drivers License number and my address. He messed up when I asked him where was the so called loan deposited, he gave me an account # I never heard of. It was pretty scary though because he had most of the numbers but he was off by 4 or 5 digits. I never received a loan or applied for one. He was very abusive, rude and unbearable to deal with.

GOT TEXT FROM 262-995-1354 MY WIFE CALLED BACK FROM HER PHONE;LADY HUNG UP AFTER WAS TOLD WE HAVE NO CREDIT CARDS MY WIFE CALLED BACK MESSAGE SAID CHECK NUMBER TRY CALL AGAIN; THEN  347-342-2095 STARTED CALLING HER AT WORK TEXT READ YOUR CARD HAS BEEN DEACTIVATED

For the last couple of days I have received phone calls at work and at home telling me that a lawsuit was being filed against me for owing money to Cash Advance.  I supposedly received funds from them back in September 2008 and they wanted me to pay them around $750.00 over the phone in order to stop the lawsuit.  Since I never received funds like this I knew that it was false, but I think that it is really scary the amount of information that they had on me.  They knew my name, the place I work at, my social security #, my bank account #, my home address, and my e-mail address.  I talked to two people with heavy Indian accents: Mike Phillips and Kevin Johnson.  I am going to contact the FDC about this.

A MIKE HENRY KEEPS CALLING WORK EVEN THOUGH I HAVE TOLD HIM THIS CANT BE DONE , HE SAYS YOU AFRAID TO LOSE YOUR JOB? SO I SAID YES AND THEN HE SAID THEN LISTEN TO ME I AM CALLING FROM ACS LIKE AFFILITADED COLLECTIONS SERVICES, HES VERY HARD TO UNDERSTAND WITH HIS ACCENT , HE IS VERY ABUSIVE AND SWEARS AT US ALL IN THE OFFICE, THE ONE GAL COULD NOT UNDERSTAND HIM AND HUNG UP  ON HIM TWICE  AND THEN WHEN I ANSWERED HE SAID " YOU STUPID F*&^ DONT YOU  EVER HAND UP ON ME "  " ARE YOU IDIOT"  WHEN SOMEONE ELSE ANSWERS HE STARTS TELLING THEM I AM WANTED FOR FRAUD AND A LAWSUIT  THAT OUR OFFICE IS INVOLVED AND GIVES THEM MY PEROSNAL INFO SS# ECT.  ONE MAN THAT ANSWERED HERE SAID I DONT CARE AND DONT HAVE TIME FOR THIS!!  SO WHY CAN THEY CALL MY WORK AND KEEP THIS UP THREATNING ME THAT I AM GOING TO BE ARRESTED AND THE POLICE ARE COMING TO MY WORK IN AN HOUR AND SO ON HE JUST KEEPS ON AND ON IM NOT GOING TO LOSE MY JOB BUT THE OFFICE IS GETTING TIRED OF IT.  I DONT KNOW WHAT HE WANTS AND I CANT GET A ANSWER OUT OF HIM AND I CANNOT HANG ON THE PHONE  AT WORK, HE STARTS WITH  WANTING MY PERSONAL INFO THAT I WONT GIVE HIM AND THE SWEARING IS FOR THE BIRDS, IM GOING TO CALL THE POLICE DEPT HERE AND SEE WHAT OR IF THEY CAN DO ANYTHING. THEN REPORT HIM TO FEDERAL TRADE COMM.

http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-661-210-4680

Exactomondo.

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
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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
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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.


http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-858-248-4818#pqP47Cwar9gApUAjL6vNH3A

At LONG last...these scammers are fimally getting the national attention they so richly deserve:

Full release from the Better Business Bureau:

Widespread Harassment from Phony Debt Collectors Raises Concerns of Mass Data Breach, Warns BBB Scammers may have Social Security and bank account numbers, home addresses and employer information

Chicago, IL ? August 5, 2009 ? The Better Business Bureau is issuing an alert about phony debt collectors that are calling consumers nationwide and claiming that they have defaulted on a payday loan and will be arrested if they don?t pay immediately. Claiming to be lawyers, the scammers say they are with the ?Financial Accountability Association? or the ?Federal Legislation of Unsecured Loans? and are equipped with a disconcerting amount of personal information about their potential victims.

?Because the scammers have so much information about potential victims, the BBB is concerned that this may be the result of a data breach,? said Steve J. Bernas, president & CEO of the Better Business Bureau serving Chicago and Northern Illinois. ?Thousands of people may have had their personal information compromised, and given the scammers? tactics, it appears that those who have previously used payday loan services could be particularly at risk.?

According to reports received by the BBB and posted online, the scammers accuse the victim of defaulting on a payday loan and claim they are being sued. The phony debt collector threatens that, if the victim doesn?t pay as much as $1,000 immediately via wire or by providing bank account or credit card numbers, he or she will be arrested and extradited to California within the hour to stand trial. The scammers often may have the victim?s Social Security, old bank account numbers or driver?s license numbers as well as home addresses, employer information and even the names of personal friends and professional references.

The BBB offers the following advice to consumers if they receive a suspicious telephone call about an outstanding debt:
* Ask the debt collector to provide official documentation in writing which substantiates the debt.
* Do not provide or confirm any bank account, credit card or other personal information over the phone until you have confirmed the legitimacy of the call.
* Review recent copies of your credit reports to ensure that the alleged debt is not affecting your credit. Consumers can do this for free once every 12 months, and can find more information here: http://www.ftc.gov/freereports
* Under the Federal Trade Commission's Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, debt collectors may not harass, oppress, or abuse any person while attempting to collect a debt.
* A debtor may be contacted between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. only and can be contacted at work unless instructed not to.
* File a complaint with the FTC online if the caller is abusive, uses threats or otherwise violates federal telemarketing laws.
* File a complaint with BBB online at www.bbb.org if you believe a debt collector is trying to scam you.

http://www.thinkglink.com/article/2009/08/06/ ... eading-says-bbb

Everyone....I am reporting this to my local FBI....here is the website to find your local FBI contact http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/FBI_LocalOffices.php
Good Luck....I will be checking back to see any updates...