The number called me at work today 3 times and have been leaving messages on my phone. I have no idea who this person is and I need these calls to stop,
They claim to be Currency Fraud Investigations (CFI). for cash advance america.Do not respond to them.They are attempting to scam you and steal your money. They have deep middle eastern or east indian accents when I asked him to spell Currency he couldn't even do that! Really !
They have your information if you have applied for or inquired about a payday or other loan online, you enter your info in one form but that site will share your info with several other sites and services and before you know it it gets into the wrong hands.
They want you to pay with a paypower prepaid visa or a prepaid visa so it can not be traced, but they will hang up and threaten you if you ask any questions, they will call from several numbers so be aware, and even wait months in between before harassing you again.
Do not confirm any information with them, let them know you know it"s a scam and report them to the District attorney's office, FBI fraud and scam divisions. Regardless if you owe payday loans or not you will not go to jail for that, you may get a judgement against you and it will affect your credit,but you will not be arrested, so don't let them scare you with threats of arrest. not going to happen.
I received call after call from these people at work and on my cell with the same message telling me they have my bank information and all my personal information and I will be in a lawsuit if I do not respond or call them back. They use different numbers to call from (561-667-2283) but give 610-427-5270 as the call back number.
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: