Here's a hilarious YouTube recording of "Mike J. Anderson":

Upon answering the phone, he says "State's Attorney Office.  This is Mike Anderson."  He doesn't identify the name of the state he "works" for.  Which makes sense, because he has run this scam out of at least three states: New York, Texas, and California.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anJ_X8jZx5s

This all came from Mike J Anderson

Got a email saying that there was going to be a arrest warrant issued for me if I didn't call within 6 hours. Even attached a document with my name on it saying it's a arrest warrant.  

I just got a email from Mike Anderson saying he had a arrest warrant that would be filled against me if I didn't call within 6 hours. Even attached a document with my name on it saying it's a arrest warrant.

This person has sent me an email stating I was money laundering which is false.

Please report this phone number (845) 789 5009 and email from Authorized Law Enforcement Attorney <attorneymike.anderson@aol.com>

Mike J Anderson

(845) 789 5009

State Attorneys Office

Amenia, NY 12501

I received the email listed below and it was sent from : Authorized Law Enforcement Attorney <attorneymike.anderson@aol.com>

We received a Case File against your name.

As it is extremely urgent an time sensitive situation for you.

As of now I cannot discuss anything over this e-mail
.
But if you call me right away i might be in a position to help you out.

Kindly call as soon as possible before the court case is filed in order to get a

settlement before you have any trouble at your home or job.

Mike J Anderson

(845) 789 5009

State Attorneys Office

Amenia, NY 12501

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 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.

Read this investigative report ABC News did on this scam:

Hundreds of thousands of cash-strapped Americans have been targeted by abusive debt collectors operating out of overseas call centers suspected of links to organized crime in India, law enforcement officials told ABC News.

The calls are part of a massive scam, one that appears to target struggling Americans -- especially those who have gone online to apply for payday loans. Armed with personal information from those pilfered applications, the threatening callers, who claim to be debt collectors poised to initiate legal action, have managed to pry loose millions of dollars from their victims -- even when the victims never owed money in the first place.

"This is what we call a phantom debt collection scam," said Jon Leibowitz, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. "It's a very pernicious and innovative new fraud."

Working through call centers in India, the commission estimates that the criminals have dialed at least 2.5 million calls, persuading already cash-strapped victims to send them more than $5 million. Some have reported receiving dozens of calls per hour. They are victims like Cindy Gervais, of New Orleans, who went online for a quick loan when her husband's car was hit by a driver who didn't have insurance.

Even though she paid the loan off, the so-called "phantom" debt collectors with Indian accents began calling to say she still owed money.

"He more or less told me that if I didn't pay, they were going to have someone on my doorstep to arrest me," she told ABC News. "And that they were going to contact my place of business, and tell them what kind of person I am."

At first, she said she resisted. Then the calls became more frequent, and started to ring on her cell phone, and at the grocery distribution company where she had worked for 27 years.

"I was more or less in panic mode because he told me there would be someone before noon at my place of business to arrest me and take me to jail," she said tearfully. "So I agreed to pay him."

After receiving scores of complaints, investigators with the FTC said they began tracking the calls, and following the payments. They alleged the payments led them to a California company run by an Indian-American named Kirit Patel, and that such scams would not be possible without American front men.

"I would say that all roads of this scam, or many of the roads of this scam, lead back to Mr. Patel," said the FTC's Leibowitz.

ABC News tracked Patel for weeks, from the suburbs of San Francisco to Austin, Texas.

Patel refused to talk. But his lawyer, Mark Ellis, said he believes it is far too early to pass judgment on his client. Ellis, a Sacramento-based attorney, told ABC News that Patel was hired for a nominal fee to set up an American shell company, and had no idea what the call centers in India were doing.

"I can tell you, he was as snookered by the people in India as anybody," Ellis said. "He's a 69-year-old man who is nearing his retirement who thought all he had to do was set up some corporations and everything was on the up and up. He's completely dismayed that he has become the lightning rod of this entire problem."

A close friend of Patel's also defended him in a brief interview at his home, saying Patel was not trying to defraud anyone -- he was just an unwitting, bit player in a larger scheme.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/phantom-debt-co ... ory?id=16512428

I recieeved the same email from a Mike J. Anderson from the state's attorney office in New York thereatening me of arrest if I didnt call as soon as possible before the court caseis filed.   The spellinga nd grammer in the email is terrible.   I was to call 845 789 5005.  Not !

Thanks for the post, I was worrying a long.

I got the exact email, and had  instant attitude...lol but this person needs to be stopped...I have sent this to my states lawyer and my lawyer as well....

I got the same email about the arrest warrant except it says they are in Chicago.  Looked at it very closely and there are several mispellings plus proper names are not capitalized on the 'warrant".  Didn't seem right to me.  And just checked the email ... its from an AOL account!  I would think that if it was from an actual officer of the court, the email would have a government address!  I must say, they are getting creative!

I received the EXACT e-mail, but different phone number. I forwarded the e-mail to the Texas Attorney Generals office as well as my own states.

Get in touch with Green dot, they recovered some of my money from fastcash. Green dot does not want to be involved with people scamming and do not want thier product used in illegal activity.

I am receiving threats of imprisonment and harrassment from 1-786-505-7875 - supposedley atty Mike Armstrong

Me too. I forwarded the e-mail to the TX attorney generals office.

"...arrested for cheque farud ..." -- Curious.  Is that the EXACT spelling they used: cheque??
(eyeroll, lol)

same  message  a warrant for y  arrest unless  I call them  for  a  seetlemnt

Its a extortion scam! What they are doing is very illegal!

File reports with the Internet crime unit:

http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx

And of course this should also be sent in to your State Attorney Generals..

I just recivied a email with warrant that is fake from a lawyer name mike j Anderson.... claming  I have money laundering .... I wish it stop it had me highly upset..... the attorney that supposedly sent it . they sent it from a attorney that passed away......

I just got the email with a arrest warrant for me from mike j Anderson saying I was being arrested for cheque farud  then on the warrant it says money laundering... it was from 786 505 7875 but I never been to tx... is this a real thing or forgien scan... can some please answer me .. when did the start sending arrest warrents online they normally send a cop out to get u...  so is it a scam or real somebody please help me with answer....

This person keeps calling my home and sending me fake arrest warrants.

I got the same e-mail. They are trying to get me for check fraud.The e-mail isn't on any type of letter head. Just plain letter.  It had an attachment showing an arrest warrant.I called them by blocking my number a few times and I got different people saying they were this so this so called attorney. So are these people really scammers?

JESSICA, I got the exact same email from thus guy and it looks so suspicious. He said they're trying to get me for check fraud. I emailed him back and I'm asking for an answer. There's an attachment of an arrest warrant from Texas. I called the guy and they sound like they're from India.

File reports with the Internet crime unit:

http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx

And of course this should also be sent in to your State Attorney Generals..

Am trying to find some way to do this.  I understand.

I got the same email.  They updated the "Arrest Warrant" document with my name but the other parts of it are from a different case.  Even the charge was incorrect.  Also, they have no idea in an email how the State Attorney General's Office would sign their name with their information.  We would know exactly what the state was, etc.

I looked up the phone number and it was not a Texas phone number but a Miami one.  THIS IS A FRAUD!!  I AGREE!!

This is a fraud.  I just called and was not forwarded to a voicemail that said it was the State Attorney's Office.  Also, why are they filing a case in US District Court.  They would have to be part of it.  Also, the supposed "Arrest Warrant" shows the charge as Money Laundering so they couldn't update it to change it to "cheque fraud."

This is a TOTAL FRAUD!! BEWARE!!  I have reported it to Florida's Attorney General's Office.  Not much that can be done but please note NOT TO GIVE ANY MONEY TO THEM!!

I ALSO RECIEVED THIS EMAIL WITH BOGUS ARREST WARRANT. SO I CONTACTED TEXAS DISTRICT ATTORNEY. YES MIKE J. ANDERSON WAS A DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN HARRIS COUNTY....BUT HE DIED...AND NO ONE IN TEXAS SENT ME THIS NOR DO THEY SEND OUT WARRANTS IN THIS FASHION, I WAS INSTRUCTED TO FILE POLICE REPORT TO PROTECT MY IDENTITY. SO I FILED WITH THE NEWTON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE IN DECATUR MS. I ALSO CONTACTED THE FBI THEY HAVE A INTERNET CRIME DIVISION IT CAN BE GOOGLED @ IC3 OR BY GOING DIRECTLY TO THE FBI WEBSITE. YOU WILL  NEED THE POLICE REPORT TO FLAG ALL CREDIT AND PERSONAL INFO. I SERVED TEN YEARS IN THEY NAVY AND 1 FULL YEAR IN IRAQ. I PUT MY LIFE ON THE LINE FIGHTING AGAINST TERRORISM...ITS SAD WHEN THE HAVE FOUND ME AT HOME AND HAVE EXPLOITED ME. THEY DONT KNOW WHO THEY ARE DEALING WITH. I WILL CONTACT EVERYONE WHO WILL LISTEN CONCERNING THESE TERRORISTS I WILL FIND A WAY TO SHUT THEM DOWN! SO IF WE BAND TOGETHER WE WILL SNUFF OUT TERRORISM AT HOME.

"Kindly call as soon as possible before the court case is file in order to get a settlement before you have any trouble at your home and job
Mike J. Anderson
(786-5057875)
State Attorneys Office
TX
Mike Anderson
lawyer_mike_anderson@aol.com"
I got the above email with arrest warrant and I call the number listed. The person answer say he name is Attorney Mike J Anderson and I own IRS about $ 50000 money laundry and start asking the information and if I have Attorney too but I refused to give him any information told him my lower will contact him this number. Since Attorney answer the phone directly not sure and the number shows Florida state not TX. Is that any way we can find this people.