they call saying i owe them money the guy's name is james watson, didn't say what company he worked for just i need to call him back and gave me this number, they call all the time under blocked id and private.
Just got a call from Ricky Rhoden. They had been calling from 925-887-0255 and have now switched to 213-784-5745. The calls are scripted as I have received 5 of them in the last hour.
First thing is don't answer the phone. And if you do, no one gets legal notification of any legal matter via the telephone. This is a scare tactic. If there was a sheriff's deputy at your door or notarized mail delivered to you, then perhaps seek legal advice. However getting calls from a phone bank, and yes that is what this is, is annoying but that is all there is to it.
received a call from james watson, thick indian accent. apparently representing "Financial Accountability Association." Stated i had a lawsuit against me but would not give me details. Other research online is saying these people are scammers/fraudulent and it is scare tactics by PDLs to get you to pay up. He asked me to have my attorney call him. How does he even know I have an attorney? Needless to say, I haven't replied.
they call saying i owe them money the guy's name is james watson, didn't say what company he worked for just i need to call him back and gave me this number, they call all the time under blocked id and private.
They left 3 messages on my cell phone, no clue how they got that number, I do not give it out to strangers. I live in Indiana so they are all over the country. They told me to have my attorney call, I wonder how they are going to feel when my attorney really does. It should be funny. These people should be more careful because you never know who knows someone important or if you really do have an attorney, as most people do not. I encourage everyone to keep the messages and report to the attorney general in your state these calls.
Hello,
So.. First let me appoligize for my poor grammar skills before we start.
This all Started Monday Jun 1st 2009 for me i was shopping in Wal-Mart when i received a phone call from this finanical accountability asscosiation. I had no pen and no paper to take down important details that i "Needed" for this guy so i told him to call back in an hour or so after i got home from shopping.
An hour elapses he calls me back Telling me his name is Daniel Martinez and a story about how i took a payday loan out (June 08) and how i am being charged with 3 crimes, I appologize i don't recall exact things he cited, anyway after he gets done trying to scare me the first red flag pops in my head as He starts pouring information of my bank account, SSN, and Relatives and telling me an appology letter must be sent to my creditor, even though he refused to give me their number, second red flag, and would not give me the firm that he worked for their physical address.
He tells me the fax must be sent within that business day to avoid conflict and that i might be able to reach and OOCR, out of court resolution, with the creditor in the amount of $1458.93 and that is if and only if i get this fax over to him today.
I tell this guy that no law firm in their right mind does business over a fax without giving out their physical address and without proper summons or proper paperwork backing this up he proceeds to get angry so i hang up on the fellow, He calls back i Do not answer and he leaves me a message Saying "Andrew, do not send me the fax don't send the fax. I dont want your money..... go f*** yourself."
I listen to this voice message laugh and call this guy back at 925-887-0242 after googling their business to find no records i try to locate a Mr. Martinez on the California Attorney's list and find no luck their but what i do find is this website proving my doubts. So, i have the home-field advantage call this guy back laughing in his face i ell him take it to court see you there so he gets upset and passes me round to 4 or 5 people all with Heavy Indian Accents with American/hispanic Names, Andy Hunt, Julian Marshell, Lisa Fernandez and a few other nameless co-workers.
In conclusion, This is a scam this website helped me out a lot and i thank you all. How do they get all of this information some of you might be asking? Well, from reading a mix of this site and a few others all of the story's have something in common. This is a scam, People doing it Have thick accents, We all have taken out or visited a payday loan site so this leads me to one conclusion that the sites employee's are keeping some of the sensitive information such as SSN Bank #'s and trying to make coin off of us on the side, Or the more logical explanation these payday loan sites have in their terms and agreements something hidden to where they can sollicite your information to outside third party. and we can see what they are doing with the info.
I beg each and every one of you pass this website on to anyone that you know or that u think might have taken a payday loan out or might have even browsed their website as i did. I ask you take action against these Con-Men call the local officials and inform them so if people call asking for information about this they know how to respond with the next would-be victim