I just got this call as well but could not understand his name. He did claim the same as everyone else that I would be arrested as well as my boss at work. They claim to be from some cyber crime division. I am not sure if this is a computer talking or just some guy that never took how to speak English while in school. I tried to call back at the number they gave me multiple times with no answer. I read about the online payday loans and I did fill out for one as well. I have also had numerous places deduct money from my account from these same loan companies that I never aggreed to. I actually had to have the bank freeze my account and will have it closed in 30 days from yesterday 2-20-2011. Scammers suck
This company (Terrace Law Office, Identity Theft Company, Huntington Law firm, etc) is located outside the US. It is a scam. They are not law officials, they are not a law firm, they are not even licensed to work in the US. They do, however, have multiple agencies attempting to locate them for International Fraud!
Two of my employees have been hit with this scam. They called them at home with threats of arrest, kidnapping, etc. They even threatened to arrest people who had been listed as references for the $3000 loan that neither of them had taken out. Both of these calls happened at different times, about 2 months apart.
The biggest problem with their phone calls was... we ARE Law Enforcement employees. LOL!!! So, they are trying to tell us all this stuff about them being from our county and coming to arrest these people and the only people who could arrest them are the people we work with!!! Obviously, we were able to quickly discern that this is a completely bogus and illegal operation.
Unfortunately, there isn't much you can do. They are violating FCC law, FCRA law, etc. But, being in Pakistan pretty much makes it impossible for anyone to track them down. Sure, you can tell them not to call. It's not going to do you any good, whatsoever.
One of our Investigators at work shared a FABULOUS deterrent. Get an airhorn from Wal-mart. When you answer and it's them, blow the airhorn into the phone. Eventually, they get tired of it and quit calling. It's worked like magic!
I got a call from an "officer" Alex taul. He is.claiming to be with the cyber xrimws unit and I owe a 1530 loan I got online. He barely speaks English and told.me if I didn't pat it today I would have federal officers coming to my work to arrest me. At first I panicked because I have a three year old autistic son. I called my local police department. They called him back for me and magically went dead then hung up on gin when the scanner realized it Washington the police. These guys are [***] who try very hard to intimidate you. They centre had my personal information. But regardless of their threats don't give in to them.
I have been receiving phone calls from this number from someone with a bad english accent claiming to be Officer Charles Williams. He's been harrassing me at work and at home. He stated that i have taken out such and such amount in loans and that if i didn't call him back today that i would be arrested by the sheriff either at my place of employment or at my home.
received message from same #. said i or my lead attorney need to contact immediately regarding cyberspace crime. said if they do not hear from me then the police will come to my home or work and arrest me and at that point they can do nothing but wish me good luck. then click...end of call.
this call was not a bad english accent but an indian accent.
received this same message a few min ago, saying the same thing to you guys, indian acent mand by the name of john something, i couldnt understand him saying his last name, but yes the exact same thing like DC..