I recieved a phone call from a number AT WORK that told me I was being taken to court by this man claiming to work for the law firm and that I had to be in court tomorrow. This is not right, and if it was true, no documents have been mailed.
I have received the same calls as you. Told me the were the "Law Firm" for Cashnet Usa calling because I got and never paid back a payday loan which is not true as I never received a loan. Said they had filed a case against me and I had to be in court at 11am and that they were sending someone to my house to arrest me so I better have someone to bail me out. Said I owe well over $5000 with all the legal fees. To me it just smelled like a scam mostly because I never got a loan from Cashnet and also because they said that I had to be in court but I was never served or mailed papers from the State of Maryland.
I contacted Cashnet. Told them that someone called representing them and before I could get it all out she was like, "I'm so sorry. We get at least 50 calls a day from people just like you that get these calls. These people have nothing to do with us. It is a scam. Please dont give them any information. We are investigating. Please hold for the fraud department." I was transferred and they took all the information about my calls and they said they have an ongoing investigation going on. The number to call at Cashnet is 866-254-3581
i also had someone call me by the name of Michel vactner. he said i was wanted for welfare fraud. but i did a little digging and found out it was a lie.
I got the same call. They have been calling my cell phone for a week and leaving me URGENT messages to call them and then yesterday they called me at work, and gave me the same line about me oweing on a payday loan, which I knew that I never took out. They said I needed to take care of it today or I would have to go to court the next morning. They said someone would show up at my work to take me to court. Scary part is, they had some of my personal information, and some of it was correct.
I called my bank and they suggested, to be safe that I close out my accounts and open new ones, and that I check my credit report for anything I dont recognize. It was definitely some sort of scam, just seems no one really understands what exaclty they were trying to do.
Just make sure that you do not give them any information, or confirm anything.
I received this exact same phone call yesterday, they told me that they would be there today to serve me a warrant for my arrest and I would have to explain it to a judge. They said that I could pay them the $1095.00 or I would have $4,000-$5,000 in court costs. They call me several times a day, yesterday just got a little more heated. The woman who calls says her name is Anna Wilson, the supervisor name is Ryan. They said that they are calling from Cashnet. I called Cashnet, they also own Advance America, I had a loan with them years ago. They believe this is how they got my name. They new alot of information about me, where I worked, where I live, my last four of my social, where I bank at, my kids names. I was very frightened and I thought that I had been a victim of "idenity theft" and almost paid it so that I didn't go to jail. I called the Sheriff Department and they helped me to understand what happened. Whatever you do, don't give them any information!!