My husband has recieved calls today from this company...I am not stupid and went to the bank to retrieve printouts and am considering sueing the callers myself for the threats, and harassment they are putting into my home and the worry they have caused my husband.
DO NOT TAKE THIS CALL!! BLOCK IT!! READ BELOW!! THIS IS A SCAM UNDER ANOTHER PHONE NUMBER IN THESE FORUMS!! CLAIMS HE IS CALLING FROM DFF LEGAL DEPARTMENT!!!
OK... So Im getting the same guy, caller ID is saying unknown number. He is giving me the name MICHAEL CHAVEZ with DFF LEGAL DEPARTMENT, with this phone number: 610-200-8026. I KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED! About a month ago, I googled "payday loans"... I looked at several different companies/websites. I even went as far on one website (I have NO idea which one) to fill out a little info. But I stopped, never completed the application and closed my browser. All of the companies payback rate was either double or tripple the small amt. I needed, and I just couldn't bring myself to agree to that. The next day, and for the next three weeks I recieved 50+ emails a day from multiple payday loan websites, and they were calling my house phone all day trying to loan me money. I began to unsubscribe from the emails, and hang up on all calls. For the past week I have been getting calls from this unknown number, but would leave no message. TODAY I was home and caught the call. It was this guy! Same strong indian acct. Same threats. I was being charged with theft by recieving, electronic fraud, and identity theft via email. He had ALL my personal info, S.S.#, bank act.#, home address, e.t.c. HOWEVER, he never said he had my bank routing #. Yet he did know my banks name. Threatened to arrest me, was going to take my house, I would be paying him $3000+, kept throughing the word "federal" around. He said I borrowed the money from CASH ADVANCE or CASH NET..then he named off around 20 other diff. payday loan companies that I could have borrowed it from. I KNEW THIS WAS A SCAM, so I entertained him a bit. I asked how much did I borrow? He said "Between $250 & $350" I asked why he didnt know for sure, he talked over that. I then told him to listen to me carefully, that I to had been recording the conversation, and that I had never recieved any deposit into my bank act. from any payday loan company, nor had I requested or authorized any deposit.I told him that I would be contacting the police about this & my attorney, and would be listing a fraud alert on my bank act. And that if he ever called me again, I would sue him as well. He screamed he would be calling me again, and that he was coming to "my town" tomorrow to file these charges "into my name" and I would be arrested tomorrow. Said he was going to call my job, I laughed real hard and said "Go ahead, I'll give you the number...it's 911, I'm a cop". He hung up. Just to be on the safe side, I called my bank... they say I have to close my act. and open a new one to protect myself.... what a hassle.
I got the same type of call ,stating his name was Steve Hogan w/ DFF.He had me very upset at first,but I'm not sure this is legit. I told him that and then he began to get upset w/ me as well. So should I just ignore this call or call him back to further investigate? It worries me that he had so much of my personal info. and bank info. I asked the same questions you asked and he responded w/ range of money supposedly borrowed too. I believe it is a SCAM too. He demanded I pay his department immediately or further action would be taken against me. What should I do ?
I got the same calls from the same ppl w/heavy Indian accents, yelling and threatening me. When I asked to spk to a supervisor, he says, "No! and will do all the above stuff like arresting me and putting me on google.." I said, well send me documents on this so called debt to prove validity... Of course, "no" again... I just dnt answer calls anymore, and hopefully will stop. This happened last year, and I sent a letter requesting validity od debt and to stop calling... Eventually calls stopped until now. I do remember looking up pay day loans, but never finished app & closed browser. That's when calls started again, & just like everyone else, had most of my info. Here's the thing though... Whenever they call back, my work # comes across, not the 610# anymore. My cousin is a State Trooper, I'm abt to have him get some heavy hitters involved! This crap has to stop w/these Indian scammers!