got a call from213-289-3802 saying that i have a cash with them and i ask what company they gave a bogus on and i told him to repeat it again he told me that i know so i told him i wanted the company name and that i was going to call my lawyer he hung up on me.
Today (9/5/12) I received 3 calls from a guy that has an accent of a person from India, from the #213 289 3802 that said his name was Ruben Brown and that I have a case against me in Ft Lauderdale where I live and the police would be at my door the next day. Well at the end of the call he said his name was Brown Lincoln and when I called the number back, a woman answered that spoke little English and verified the person's name of being Brown Lincoln. When you talk to him he is very argumentative and loud and tell you that you have a payday loan and that you better make arrangements to pay it right then or you will be prosecuted.
When I began to question him he would not answer and got very loud and when I didn't answer him back he got mad and hung up. I looked the number up on Google and it shows that this is a landline number out of Los Angeles but there is no name listed unles you pay for a name search. He has called me in the past and I find that he will stop for a few months then start up again. I told him before that I was an attorney and he hung up on me, now he has started again.
These jerks call on all phones repeatedly can not even pronounce the name of their company correctly and expect me to give them my personal information over the phone. Like hell I am not that stupid. crime prevention specialist in some senators office my [***]. Call center you can hear phones ringing like crazy and oter people saying the same crap to other people. Dont fall for it call phone company and attny general with the nyumber and the fake name they used.
This is a criminal extortion ring operating out of India. ABC News released an investigative report on it in June. The FTC has indicted one of its ringleaders for criminal fraud:
I just recieved a call from a man saying that a situation had come up with my name and social security number. He said that I owed money to a company called Speedy Pay and that my not paying would result in someone coming to my place of employment and picking me up and taking me to court. He had an indian accent and said that if it went to court that I would pay in excess of $8,000 but if I made arrangements over the phone I would only have to pay $340 and it would be over. He had my name and gave me my bank name which I may get rid of now, he also knew where I worked, yet I do not work there anymore. He could'nt tell me anything about who he worked for so of course I told him to send an army. I looked up the number afterwards to find it was a scam based some where in California.
Did you get a payday loan while you worked at that last work location the scammer had? The FBI says scammers have gotten hold of payday application loan info and are using the data to extort payment for fake or already-paid-off loans http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/paydayloanscam_120710