I live on the big island of Hawaii. Today, Martin Anderson of WCCI called me from Texas, saying a California prosecutor contacted him to find me about a payday advance incident and give me the whole "pay now or you will be prosecuted" schtick. Two years ago I was dumb enough to fall for this and sent over $500 to a company in Jacksonville Florida.
MARTIN ANDERSON is the name used. 832-377-3048 is the number.
I received a call from a 414 number but the same company wcci when he contacted me I was petrified he told me it was a white collar crime and I would be arrested so he verified all of my information over the phone I told him I knew I hadn't repaidthe loan but it wa a tuff time I was going through he said the state of Florida was trying to throw the book at me and I would be facing jail time long story short if it were not for what I researhed I was about to wire money to Robert Schaffer and associates as he called his firm thx god I read these blogs etc.. He had me so scared and then he said I stole money it was the worst phone call ever thx you to everyone that shares this info.
I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL AROUND 9:15 AM ON MARCH 10 2011 FROM A MAN CALLING HIS SELF BY THE NAME OF JOHN SCHWARTZ WITH A AREA CODE OF 817, TELLING ME HE WAS A INVESTAGATOR FROM A LAW OFFICE AND I HAD A BAD CHECK ON ME FROM THE YEAR OF 2009 FROM A PAYDAY LOAN PLACE THAT WENT THROUGH MY BANK AND IT WAS SENT TO HIM NOW AND IT WAS IN THE AMOUNT OF $608.18 AND I HAD TO PAY IT BY THAT DAY. I THEN STARTED GETTING UPSET AND TRYIN TO ASK HIM SOME QUESTIONS BUT HE WAS VERY RUDE TOWARD ME AND HATEFUL.. I STARTED ASKING HIM IF I COULD PAY IT IN PAYMENTS AND HE SAID NO..... I HAD TO PAY IT IN FULL THE SAME DAY BY 11:45AM WITH A MONEY GRAM FROM WALMART. I THEN STARTED WORRYING HOW IN THE WORLD I WAS GONNA COME UP WITH THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME. THAT WAS ONLY GIVING ME A LITTLE OVER 2 HOURS. HE STATED IF I DIDNT COME UP WITH IT BY THEN THAT THE COUNTY POLICE WHERE I LIVED WAS ALREADY AWARE OF IT AND ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS GIVE THEM A PHONE CALL AND THEY WOULD COME ARREST ME, I TOLD HIM I HAD NEVER BEEN IN ANY TROUBLE WITH THE LAW BEFORE AND DIDNT WANT TO BE NOW. HE SAID WELL I BROKE THE LAW AND IF I DIDNT GET THE MONEY SENT TO HIM I WOULD BE GOIN TO JAIL. HE TOLD ME TO CALL HIM BACK BY 11:45 AND TELL HIM SOMETHING, THEN HE HUNG UP THE PHONE. I GOT OFF THE PHONE WONDERING WHAT TO DO CAUSE I DIDNT WANT TO GO TO JAIL, BUT WHERE COULD I GET THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM THAT QUICK, I STARTED CALLING FAMILY MEMBERS TRYING TO BORROW THE MONEY AND TELLING THEM THE BAD NEWS. I SCARED MY GRANDMA AND MOM TO DEATH NOT TRYING TO. MY DAD THEN THOUGHT OF SOMETHING, WE CAME UP WITH 600 OF IT. WELL THEN ABOUT 11:40 HE CALLED BACK AND ASKED HAVE I COME UP WITH IT AND I TOLD HIM I WAS ON MY WAY TO WALMART TO GET A MONEY GRAM TO SEND IT TO HIM. THEN HE SAID GET SOMETHING TO WRITE WITH , HE GAVE ME INFO TO WRITE ON THE MONEY GRAM WHEN I GOT IT, HE TOLD ME WHERE IT SAYS COMPANY NAME LINE TO PUT WCCI THEN HE TOLD ME TO GIVE HIM A CALL BACK AS SOON AS THE CLERK GETS THE MONEY FROM ME AND GIVES ME A RECIEPT WITH THE REFERENCE NUMBER ON IT TO GIVE TO HIM. WELL I GOT TO THINKIN ABOUT IT I THEN WENT TO MY LOCAL COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE AND EXPLAINED EVERTHING TO THEM AND THEY SAID IT DEFIENTLY SOUNDED LIKE A SCAM , TO TELL THE PERSON TO GO AHEAD AND DO WHAT HE HAS TO DO, THEY RAN MY ID AND SAID I HAD NO WARRENTS ON ME NOWHERE. THEN WHEN I LEFT I WENT BY THAT LOAN PLACE AND TOLD THE LADY THERE ABOUT EVERYTHING , SHE TOLD ME IT SOUNDED LIKE A SCAM TO . SHE LOOKED IT UP AND SAID I ONLY OWE $444.75 ON A LOAN THERE AND THE DATES HE GAVE ME WAS NOT EVEN THE RIGHT DATES EITHER, I DIDNT EVEN HAVE A LOAN TOOK OUT THERE AT ALL ON THE DATES HE HAD. SHE GAVE ME A 1800 NUMBER TO CALL AND FIND OUT HOW THEY WANTED ME TO SEND MY PAYMENT TO THEM CAUSE THATS WHERE MY CHECK WAS SUPPOSE TO BE AT NOW. SO THEN I LEFT AND WENT HOME STILL WONDERING IF THIS COULD BE REAL OR NOT. AS SOON AS I GOT HOME HE CALLED AGAIN WONDERING DID I EVER MAKE IT TO WALMART I TOLD HIM YEAH BUT THEY TOLD ME I HAD TO HAVE $ 46 DOLLARS TO GO WITH IT TO BE ABLE TO SEND IT THERE FOR THAT AMOUNT AND I DIDNT HAVE IT SO I WAS GONNA HAVE TO GO BORROW IT FROM MY MOM FIRST HE SAID OK JUST GIVE ME A CALL BACK WHEN I GET IT SENT. WELL THEN I STARED TRYIN TO FIND OUT MORE INFO ON THIS BEFORE I SENT THIS TO HIM BUT AT THE SAME TIME I WAS SCARED TO. LATER ON HE CALLED AGAIN AND MY DAD ANSWERED THE PHONE AND TOLD HIM I WAS GONE TO MY MOMS TO GET THE REST OF THE MONEY TO SEND. WELL I FOUND OUT THAT THE NUMBER HE WAS CALLING FROM WAS FROM TEXAS AND IT WAS A LANDLINE PHONE, AND IT WAS UNPUBLISHED. THEN I THOUGHT IF HE WORKS IN A LAW OFFICE IT SHOULD SHOW UP AS A BUSINESS NUMBER BUT IT DIDNT SO THEN I LOOKED UP LAW OFFICES LOCATED IN TEXAS WITH THAT NUMBER AND FOUND NO RESULTS. I THEN STARTED WONDERING IF THIS WAS A SCAM OR WHAT. HE NEVER CALLED BACK THE REST OF THAT DAY, WHICH SEEMED WEIRD CAUSE HE TOLD ME HE HAD TO HAVE THE MONEY THAT DAY. I WAS STILL WORRIED COULDNT REALLY EAT OR SLEEP OR NOTHING. THE NEXT MORNING CAME HE CALLED AGAIN ASKING ME WHAT HAPPENED I DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO SAY SO I JUST MADE UP A LITTLE LIE TELLING HIM MY CAR BROKE DOWN ON ME ON THE WAY TO MY MOMS HOUSE SO I HAD TO GET IT FIXED NOW, HE ASKED WELL HOW MUCH MONEY DO U HAVE I SAID 600 AND HE SAID WHEN WAS I GONNA SEND IT TO HIM I TOLD HIM I WASNT SURE CAUSE I HAD TO GET MY CAR FIXED FIRST HE ASKED WELL HOW LONG IS THAT GONNA TAKE, I SAID I DONT KNOW. THEN HE STARTED BEING VERY HATEFUL AND TOLD ME TO STOP TELLING HIM A LIE, THAT HE KNEW I WAS THEN THATS WHEN I SPOKE UP AND TOLD HIM I WENT TO THE SHERIFFS OFFICE AND THEY SAID I HAD NO WARRENTS ON ME AND THEY TOLD ME THEY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THIS EITHER AND I ALSO WENT BY THE LOAN PLACE WHERE I HAD THE LOAN AT AND SHE TOLD ME MY CHECK WASNT EVEN THAT MUCH THAT HE TOLD ME IT WAS THEN THATS WHEN HE REALLY STARTED SOUNDING ILL AND STATED OH NOW U GOT ALL THE ANSWERS THATS OK WE WILL JUST TAKE IT IN OUR HANDS THEN AND HUNG UP ON ME. I THEN WENT TO THE SHERIFFS OFFICE AGAIN AND TOLD THEM THAT HE WAS STILL CALLIN AND WHEN I TOLD HIM I HAD BEEN THERE AND BY THE LOAN PLACE HE GOT MAD AND TOLD ME HE WAS GONNA TAKE IT IN HIS HANDS NOW AND HUNG UP. I HAVE BEEN DOIN RESEARCH SINCE THEN AND FIND NOTHIN ON HIM AT ALL. I NEVER SENT HIM NO MONEY AND I THANK THE LORD ABOVE I DIDNT CAUSE NOW THAT I HAVE READ THESE SCAMS AND THEY SOUND JUST LIKE MINE I FEEL VERY RELIEVED . I WAS SCARED I WAS GOIN TO JAIL OR PRISON OVER SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE WAS TELLING ME THE LAW ENFORCEMENT DONT EVEN DEAL WITH AT ALL . I WAS SO SCARED........ IT WAS THE WORST PHONE CALL I EVER HAD.......THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR SHARING UR INFO.
i received a call today from someone claiming to be from the Law Office of WCCI from the # 202-706-6169 by the name of Oliver. He said threatning things to me about finding me and arresting me for negligence and for a hot check. i have no idea of the extent of the law but the felony he was screaming scared the crap out of me. I started googling the name and number and found this site. I asked for him to send me something in writing and that i was going to contact my lawyer but he then started yelling at me. I rather not send my money via money gram to him i rather speak directly to the business and settle this matter. Wow what people will do.
Yesterday I got a call from WCCI, a Mr. Travis Sullivan. He also called my 78 yr old mother and told her "I was in big trouble". I called him back and he threated to have me physically picked up on bank fraud charges for a pay day loan unless I paid in the next 2 hrs. VERY, VERY RUDE and upsetting as I am a nurse and could not deal with this at work. I sent via Western Union $100 and was put on a "hardship" agreement to pay the balance of $479.00. I am sick as I just decided to google this company and discovered all these posts! They upset my mother and put me through hell while I was trying to work and take care of patients. Also, I lost $100 of hard earned money that should have been for my family. Boy....I feel really stupid. Don't let this happen to you.
Yesterday I got a call from WCCI, a Mr. Travis Sullivan. He also called my 78 yr old mother and told her "I was in big trouble". I called him back and he threated to have me physically picked up on bank fraud charges for a pay day loan unless I paid in the next 2 hrs. VERY, VERY RUDE and upsetting as I am a nurse and could not deal with this at work. I sent via Western Union $100 and was put on a "hardship" agreement to pay the balance of $479.00. I am sick as I just decided to google this company and discovered all these posts! They upset my mother and put me through hell while I was trying to work and take care of patients. Also, I lost $100 of hard earned money that should have been for my family. Boy....I feel really stupid. Don't let this happen to you. BTW...phone number is 281-206-4496.