I got a text from this number. Best guess it is spam. Dam thieves never quit. Claim to be Financial crimes Enforcement Network. No such network exists.
Received a message from this number ("Last warning from law enforcement FINCEN. You committed to take care of outstanding loan but finance company couldn't recover remaining balance. Its a fraud. We are filing this case in court on Monday. Text us back if you are willing to make payment outside court and prevent further legal steps.")
I researched the abbreviation FINCEN and a it does pull up a government owned organization, sent them a message so that this might get resolved and I also sent a message to my carrier about this number.
I got a text from the number claiming to be the FINCEN accusing me of fraud. I called back from another number but they somehow still knew my name. I asked which company reported me and they said Cashnet USA. I've never had anything with them. I called Cashnet and they said this is an ongoing issue and any valid collector will not send text messages. Scam.
I got the same message. Telling me to call or the court will get a hold of me. Because this is a fraud on my name & they will filling paper on me. In the court fee will be high so call & make payment plan. I at work & try to call but no answer so I text them back & no one text me back.
Not paying a debt is a civil matter, not a criminal one. Read the following and use the links to learn what you should already know about how debt collection is supposed to work, and report these crooks as well while you are there.
Criminals masquerading as debt collectors attempt to extort money from people by scaring you into believing that you will be criminally charged (they use the bad check or hot check claim a lot) and go to jail, lose your driver’s license, have wages garnished without actually being sued or going to court, be sued, and a variety of other variations on this, all for an alleged or nonexistent debt. One of the tricks they use is to call your family, friends, neighbors and/or places of employment (past or present or both) to create panic and embarrassment so that their intended victim calls them and they can scare that person into paying their extortion money. They will use the words “Mediator”, “Arbitrator”, or “Law Office” to make you believe that they are something other than a debt collector want-a-be and that they don’t have to follow Federal and State collection laws. They do have to follow those laws, but they won’t. They mention that they have received a Fax document, to create the sense of urgency. They also tell you that if you fail to call them back you are "waiving your right to council", which is pretty much nothing but hogwash. They also use the “process server” ruse who calls and claims he is going to serve you, but then says you could avoid it by calling another number where they will ask for money to “make it go away” (this is actually the same place, they work in teams, one pretending to be the server, and the other usually pretends to be a lawyer). Process servers do not ever call ahead so that you can dodge them. Process servers get paid to serve papers, nothing else.
Read up on your rights here and also make a complaint at this government site: http://www.consumerfinance.gov/
Also file a complaint with your State Attorney General's office.
List of State AG’s offices: http://800notes.com/faq/attorney-general