This is a criminal extortion scam operating out of India. They are making the calls utilizing VOIP and the names of legitimate firms to make it appear the calls are originating from within the US. There is NO "company" or "debt" and you will NOT be arrested. They are harvesting and/or buying consumers' personal identifying information from unscrupulous websites like the one you may have filled out an application with, and you need to do whatever you can to protect yourself. This includes: Notifying the FTC: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/, placing fraud alerts with all three credit bureaus, notifying your bank and employer and letting these criminals know you are aware they are attempting to extort money for a non-existent debt and have alerted the authorities.
ABC News released an investigative report on this scam a year ago:
This Indian Guy name Anthony Marcello keeps on calling my job....making legal threats...I have no clue what he's talking about...he says he's going to keep on calling my job until I make a payment agreement with him.....
Do NOT pay him anything! He's a scammer calling from India. Report the call to the FTC, the FBI and your state's Attorney General. Next time he calls, let him know that the FBI is monitoring and tracing all calls he makes to you. And if you haven't already done so, let your HR Dept or manager know you're the victim of harassment by scammers - print this page out, if need be to give to them.
identifying themselves as investigators from the boston ma police department criminal division harrassing my husbands boss at work will call 20plus times a day everyday tried to call and talk to them and "bryan scott" said he had spoke to my mother in law two days ago however she died 4 years ago then said he spoke to her sister who died 4 months ago when confronted with dishonesty he got very belligerant and said he was going to call my husbands work every five minutes for the next 25 days. Was extremely stupid and uncooperative what can I do to stop the calls the original debt is not even legitiment. Was unprofessional and disrespectful call ended with him telling me "F" off and that harrassment was going to begin immediately and would not stop.
A man calling himself Steve Adams from DFS has been calling me all day at work and leaving me messages on my cell phone--talking about a problem with my social security. I continually hang up when I hear the background noise.