So i reported the information i posted above to not only the local police but also the state police and they believe this guy is not in the USA but has somehow gotten a NY number. . . . so i began thinking and remember that A few months ago, somehow someone intercepted my husbands and my bank account and routing number and they were printing off paper checks using our account number. We were reimbursed from our bank for the fraudulent checks and closed the account. Almost immediately after closing the account we began receiving calls from this very number (I knew the phone number was familiar to me, I just couldnt remember how), it was the same man with a thick middle eastern accent. This time he was calling to inform us that we had been approved for a zero down auto loan. He only needed to confirm our address, names and social security numbers and we would be in our own car within a few days! lol, I never gave out any information. I would ask him to stop calling and he would say OK and then 10 minutes later my phone was ringing with this number again! I reported this to the police and they called the guy and spoke to him, the calls had stopped completely until this week. I believe this guy is the one who had printed phony checks using my account information. There isn't much we can do except change our number, which I am not doing. He is out of the US and is a thief, simple as that but I dont know who could possibly deal with this! The police departments i reported this to said there wasnt much they could do and my phone company said they cant block one specific number.
LMAO @ Jack, Im sure this is the same little pr!ck who threatened me tonight. NOTE TO SCAMMERS:: Its called "English", and if you are going to try to rip americans like me off, you may want to brush up on it. hmmm I wonder if authorities would have a way of tracing your IP through the post you left and find you. JACK must be short for [***]
Today, I received a message to contact an unnamed attorney at 718-513-7309. I returned the call answered by a DENNIS RICHARDS. He asked me for my case number (I had no idea of what he was talking about). When I asked what this was about...he said (I think) that he was not able to discuss this, that this was a legal matter. Without prejudice, I must point out that I had great difficulty understanding what he was "explaining" due to his thick accent. I point blank told him this and asked to speak with someone else. After being put on hold, "someone else" came to the phone...him, again. SUSPICIONS!!! He informed me (From a script) that I had committed fraud, was subject to further investigation...and that he was calling to help me resolve this matter without it going to the courts and on my record!! He finally to me whom he represented and that they would not help me. What Mr Richards did not know, was that I had already made payment to the real creditor. I gave him the contacts number, he supposedly called them and that were gone for today. During all this, my wife had the contact on her cell phone...she is listening in on Mr Richards offer to rescue me...for a price. But, this must be done today!!! I informed Mr Richards that the party "gone for day" was listening in ... he hung up!!!
My husband and I decided to give this guy a taste of his own medication. I called under a made up name and agreed to completely cooperate in paying the 810.00. I told him i had more than enough to cover that and could get a bank check. He told me for security purposes they only accept money directly through an account with my name. either a credit or debit card or bank and routing number. he even gave me a formal format to send a letter of authorization to. lol and then i reamed him out for attempting to scam people and commiting fraud. my husband has called him a few times, let him file a harassment claim against us and then we can find out who this jerk is. he calls my husbands work and calls my home all day. he has left threatening messages. i got one this morning saying that if we didnt deal with him we would celebrate our Christmas in jail. lol
Being in this biz, I would advise you all to get this all on tape and get phone records proving what you say is true. Get an attorney, get your attorney general involved, the NYS attny general is HIGHLY involved in persuing debt collectors to the fullest extent of the law.
Any collector call you they HAVE to give you something in writing proving that you owe.