I got a call from James and he was really rude. He tried to get me to make a payment . I told Him I wanted soemthing in writing he could not provide that for me. He said I would be taken to court in the Am.

I received a phone call and message said to have my attorney call back.  I called the number and a guy wirh  an Arab accent answered. Same story as above: payday loan transfer that I never got, very rude, had all of my personal info and threats.  I called back after he janged up the phone _ no answer. The following day he threatened me with warrants, subpoenas, and low credit report ratings. I demanded info in writting but all he told me was to check my email. I had my atty call number was temperarly our of order. The guy claimed to be Attorney General calling from the Superior Court of California by the name of MarK Stein.

these people are flat out scammers. do not i repeat do not give them any info. they say they are calling from oklahoma city but all the area codes are calif. they said they were my cash pick up. this needs to go to the authorities

Pretty similar situation as above posters.  I received two calls from Logan
Wolff--heavy accent, same threats, wishing me luck, called me at work twice.
Insisted I took a loan and they sent me e-mails to pay it--National Pay Day
Loans. $500 in April--on tax day, how ironic! Now, I owe $1,256.87 and they
will go after my references if I don't pay! Both times I told them it was
a Scam and hung-up.  My bank said I could close my account and re-open it
with a new account number.  What's really scary: they have my e-mail address
and bank name.  I asked to have the documents faxed, they refused.  Yeah,
real legitimate jerks.  I've never had a loan with this company. The other
number is: 875 820-6274

calling me to arrest me and fas the 323 739 3335 this is other he gave me 4084613101 and 7273621242 he is telling i own a payloan back in july 2009 and he had different accent  he said sent the officer to arrest me  he have phone number and last 4 of social and email address  he telling him letters and telling me to sent him  1027 dollar for unpaid 300 dollar within a 1hour  betwwen  1pm to 2pm  on 19 nov 09 while i was at work  i change my number  because harassesx me plz stop this person

I recieved a phone call on NOV 20th at 0730 about this guy telling me that i was going to be taken to court because of some money i owed to a loan company. He said that the creditors told him i applied on line for some kind of loan for 400.00 dollars and that they wired the money into my account. They also said a whole bunch of emails were sent to me on my work email about making my payments and them trying to find out if it was a real email. I called my bank and i looked at my credit inquiries, nothing was found on any money being put into my account.

i too have received VERY Threatening calls from the same number. The gentleman i spoke with the same Indian accent and called himself Steven Alexander. He asked me to Fax a Front a back copy of my Driver's License and also a Woman wanted to take my Debit/Credit Card number. Ha Ha! I was a little nervous because they said I would be taken to court and pay $9,999.99. I then received calls from the same number and it was the same guy and he said his name was David. When I said "David, I thought your name was Steven Alexander?" He said Hold for a moment, then He came back and said that his Senior Attorney Picked up the phone and asked for my info again. I asked for a Letter in writing and they began to speak over me and numerous times wished me "Good Luck for what is going to happen!" Can someone say scam? I want to catch these people

I am receiving the same type of calls.  I spoke to the guy and said I never took out a payday loan and that I wanted something in writing because I could not every word he was saying due to his heavy accent.  He said he couldn't send me anything in writing until I payed him $410 or I would have to contact my lawyer and fight this in court.  I told him I would call back once I've had time to think this over.  I never called back, so now they are callign me again.

I got the same call, a David Jones but funny think he called weeks ago for someone else, but said he was Michael Jones, same accent, same legal issue for someone else but now they are bothering me. Yeah i took out payday loans and got caught up in it but then took out a large personal loan and paid all those payday loans off and some of my bills and i know i dont owe any payday loans. so this is definitely a scam. i had to laugh at them, i said you;re not getting any money out of me. and when i asked for them to send me correspondence, they said they have been, lies, lies, lies.  i asked who is this loan company you are representing and thats telling you i owe them, they couldnt give me that information, said it was confidential.  whatever, he said i was a liar and that i was trying to run away with the money.  it was so funny, definitely not professional at all.  if you have a legal court case you get notified by mail or you get a visit with the paperwork to appear in court delivered to your home by a marshall.  but no one will come and arrest you and drag you to court on an unpaid loan.  dont let these idiots fool you or scare you, they threaten you, threaten them back.  its too bad people have to resort to doing this to other people.  i hope the authorities put an end to this somehow but until then dont fall victim and dont give away your hard earned money!

This number calls me, calls show up as private, the woman, an Indian accent, claims I have to have my attorney contact her regarding a lawsuit against me.  I have no loans out, payday or otherwise, except a mortgage and it is definitely not with who ever this company claims it is.  The lady threatens me with arrest and jail.  Today alone they have called me 8 times in 20 minutes.  She also ends her phone message with a blessing and a hope I survive the dire consequences ahead of me.  Sounds like a threat to me.

my situation is the same.  They kept calling me talking about a national payday loan place. They said Law firm when they answered the phone and thats all.  My messages ended with good luck as well. This is all a scam. My sister in law called back to see if they had her on file and tried to get more information from them. This # is registered to a cell phone in San Martin,CA.  This quote un quote business is not registered with the BBB strangely.  When my sister in law called back in they cursed her out and then hung up on her

I am a victim also with these people they are rude and threatening.  Will someone please tell me what to do about these people.  They always saying Good Luck and frankly speaking I am wondering if they are illegal immigrants, because they have a very thick accent and possibly scam artists that perhaps gotten so call info from these payday loan people.  Do anybody know who or where we can report these people!

I got a call saying that I committed some type of fraud by cash advance. I told them that I have a cash advance loan, but that the payment was taking out. they said that I needed to pay now or chance of going to court. I told them that I did not defraud anybody. They are to take out the money in the morning at 10 am. I think I got scared and did not know what to do. Should I stop this transaction? They had my last of my social. But when I went to look into the partial account number it did not match anything I had . What should I do

ok here is one for all of you, so i finally got sick and tired of these people calling my back to back, so i decided to call them back every five minuets to see how they liked it, and one time just to be funny i asked them if they had any job openings, and the man the i spoke to asked me for what and i said to be a Scam artist like you and he said hold on i will let you talk to our hiring specialist.So lady got on the phone and started asking my a bunch a questions, so i finally hung up. So i guess if any one is looking for a job hurrasing incent people here is the job for them.

I recieved a call from a Ronald Anderson and he said I owe 850.00 on a loan.... I never applied for a loan for that much..... Help

This is not only a scam.............these are more like threats.  As far as calling people at their jobs (where they are just scam artists).........that is going way to far and can cost innocent people their jobs.  This is definantly not something to just shrug off as a scam.  I have already contacted the FBI, FCC, and FTC.   When I get back in town, I will also be going to the police station and have them listen to the threatening voicemail that I am saving.  Not to mention I will be contacting the Attorney General of my state.   These people really need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent, this is way over board!

I just got the same call from a Robert Richards. They guy barely spoke English and said I had some kind of outstanding debt. His company? Lawfirm of Crime Monitoring Center. I asked for whatever information he has in writing and he got upset with me. Since he didn't want to cooperate, I hung up. He immediately called me back and left an extensive voicemail very similar to what was already posted above. As soon as I heard the name of the "rep" and the "company" he represented, I knew it was a scam.

these creeps are calling my daughter constantly at her job and on her cell phone, she never got a loan, DONT give in and send these people any money- they are a SCAM and unfortunately they are probably calling from pre paid cell phones so you cant trace them, but dont, give in to them, tell them you are contacting the police, which we did.

1st received a threatening voicemail from a James Samuel.......not even leaving reason for the call and why I needed to get an attorney.

When I called the number he left 408-461-3101, 1st it said call cannot be completed this time, 2nd a hateful woman said she was a lawfirm and that I owed on a payday loan and wouldnt give me any information.  Tried calling numerous times back and there was never an answer!

Who are these people.  They are calling me telling me that I have committed a crime and they are coming to pick me up at my work.  Please someone tell me what to do.  No loans have ever been taken out but we had fraud on our checking account and I think this is where they got our information.  The lady that calls says her name is Martha Mason and the phone number is 408-461-3101 but you can't call them back.  What the hell.  I have told my boss about it.

I received a call from a man named Steven Alexander Jr. stating that charges were being pressed against me for check fraud, and two other charges, and that it was a serious for a payday loan that was given to me and never paid back. I never received a payday loan, and began to tell him that if it was given to me, that it would have still been on the card because i used a prepaid card to get it. After a lot of going back and forth, he told me to fax over a letter of authorization to 323 739 3335 attn Steven Alexander Jr. I forwarded all the information over to the FBI

i also have been revieving phone calls from the number above, i never even took the loan from them i recived the application but never turned it in. i knew from the jump that this was too good to be tru. now not only do these people call me at home they are know calling me at work and actually left a voice mail for my supervisor with threats towards me being arrested and spending a number of years in jail along with the people i put down as refrences. i told them i can even provided them with bank statemnents proving that i did not get tht loan and they stated that the courts do not accept bank statements, after he said that i hung up and know when i try to call them back i can never get through. they also told me that they would have someone come and pick me up and take me to the court building but they could not even tell me when the court date was, i also asked for this all in writting and they would not provided me with that, the man told me to look in my junk email box to see if i recieved an emails from them, but he would not tell me who they were supposly from .

I too have been getting numerous calls a day, one right after the other, up to 10-12 a day.  The number always shows up as witheld.  I asked them why their number was witheld and they would not say.  I kept getting transfered around, my calls got dropped and then I would have to wait for someone to call back.  When they did call back they would be trying not to laugh as they once again try to impress upon me how serious this whole situation is, and they are going to send the police on Wednesday morning with documents for me to sign.  What started off as a payday loan of $300 turned into a $700 legal issue with the police being brought into it and one of the supposed attornies started asking all kinds of personal questions that I was not comfortable in answering.  I had let them know throughout the entire experience that I was not comfortable with his line of questions and he kept telling me that he would call me back and that "I must answer the phone when he does call.  Once he discovered that I am completely disabled for life, on a fixed income and unable to afford an attorney, he said he would talk to his boss and see what he could do.  He came back on the line and said that they didn't feel right sueing a disabled woman so that all I had to do was make sure I paid the creditor beginning next year.  Now instead of calling my phone over and over, why can't they just leave a voicemail if I don't answer, let me know what info I need to know to pay the creditor and be done with it.  Instead this one particular man keeps calling but he won't give me the number of the creditor so that I can call and make payment plans.  They just don't act like a real law firm.

I received many calls from this number.  A Mr. Robert Richard.  He starts out concerned, and then ends up threatening me with arrest.  He ends his phone messages with good luck.  I asked to haver it in writing and he got angry.  He said he has sent many emails.  He did have name, address and last 4 of my social.  I said I would report him and he used profanity about the judges and hung up.

I just got a call from Mr Brown from that number telling me I was going to be arrested by tomorrow morning if I didn't pay 5484.00 and was asking about my lawyers information and when I told him I needed to call back because I didn't have any information he seemed really angry and is expecting my call by 5 oclock today but after finding this site I guess I can breath easy. I never took there loan either.  I couldn't even understand most of what he was saying.

I recieved 3 calls apparently from India  +919830057831  they called at 530 this morning 3 minuts apart then 1 hour apart.  what can I do?

Called me today and I believe a few times last week, but with blocked numbers last week.  I never answer a number I don't recognize.  I searched the number today to see what it was and found this forum.  So I guess add me to the list for these unwanted calls.

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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.

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I have recieved 3 calls in the past 24 hours from these people. They say they are from National Pay Day Services. Original caller was going by the name of "Charles Browm". I ask to speak to someone who could speak better english. So a Mr. Clark got on the line. I told him I would call the authorites and he said lets do a conference call. I finally told him to quit calling me and then he said, and I quote "If you do not comply with my demands you will be sorry in the morning". I told him that was a serious threat and in the United States it was illegal.