I received a call from this number saying that there is a fraud suit against me. They were calling me on behalf of a cash advance that I applied for in the past. They said that I owe a balance of $398.00. My question to this person was how come this is the first time hearing about this. Since the company has my address, why didn't the contact me by mail and I would have resolved it at that time. I am not handing over any money until I can verify the information. This is not the first time that I have received calls about this. I check my bank statements frequently and the cash advances that I applied for have been deducted from my account. I would appreciate an investigation into this matter.
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 in June. The FTC has indicted one of its ringleaders for criminal fraud:
These people have called me several times and even my place of work. I told them to stop calling but they have not stopped. This is harassment. Stating that has a legal case filed against me & that he is going to call my job & I am going to lose my job & that he is going to filed a warrant with the courts so the police can arrest me. when I called back he told me the same thing but would not tell me who I owe or what this is in regards to, he also refuses to put it in writing. I have no clue what this person is talking about therefore I told them not to call my phone again because they are harassing me.Caller: Attorney Office of Eldelson & Associates
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 in June. The FTC has indicted one of its ringleaders for criminal fraud:
This morning a lady with a heavy Asian accent identified herself as Samantha Forrest, called my wife telling her that we owed the IRS $5900 for filing or not filing some wrong information. She told my wife that we only had today to pay back that money to the IRS...she gave this Samantha Forrest my number to notify me about about issue. She called my 5 minutes later and tried telling me the same story but I kept on questioning her about any type of IRS employee number, I asked to repeat once again and gave me a different number. I then asked her to transfer me to any supervisor and said ok, put me on hold for 3 seconds and somply hung up. This type os scam was full of red flags. My wife's caller id showed a Texas area code and phone number , my caller id showed washington dc ...she asked my wife who does our taxes, something the IRS will surely know., she told my wife not to notify anyone else about this phone call, last nut not least, I knew that the IRS does not call you on phone, they notify you by letter.
Harassing calls from this number stating I committed fraud, will lose my job and that I owe money to cash advance payday loans. I have been receiving threatening calls and messages for two months and he said I have to pay $687.00 or he will start legal proceedings against me.