Actually they are not telemarkerter's they are con artist trying to scam people out of money. It's illegal. They have set up different number's and shut down once they have been caught. They will continue to use threat to get money from people. Funny thing is I have called them non-stop today asking them questions about their company and guess what the number 201-830-1908 that they were using is no longer in service. Yeah right they are not a legal company. Just plain old con artist. So now what they will do is set up another number I'm ready LOL The Attorney General is actually aware and have been working on this case already recieved a call from the office.
Actually they are not telemarkerter's they are con artist trying to scam people out of money. It's illegal. They have set up different number's and shut down once they have been caught. They will continue to use threat to get money from people. Funny thing is I have called them non-stop today asking them questions about their company and guess what the number 201-830-1908 that they were using is no longer in service. Yeah right they are not a legal company. Just plain old con artist. So now what they will do is set up another number I'm ready LOL The Attorney General is actually aware and have been working on this case already recieved a call from the office.
A new collection scheme aimed at payday loan customers is threatening Washington consumers, says the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions.
The new phone collection scam threatens consumers with legal action or even arrest if they don't immediately make good on a phony payday loan the collector claims they took out two years ago
The department says the phony bill collectors, who may claim to be attorneys, even target consumers who may never have received a payday loan.
Here's how they operate, according to the state agency:
* Representatives of a company calling itself Financial Accountability Association make unsolicited telephone calls to consumers at home or at work. The scammers tell consumers that they are being prosecuted for loan fraud, bank fraud or check fraud because they have defaulted on a payday loan
* The scammers claim to be attorneys collecting a debt
* The scammers may threaten the consumer with immediate arrest
* The scammers usually tell consumers that they received a payday loan of several hundred dollars in 2008, they may tell the consumer that the debt has increased to several thousand dollars
* The scammers demand immediate payment of the debt by providing a checking account or credit card number
* If a consumer pays the scammers, they will continue to aggressively contact that consumer for even more money
* These scammers are highly persistent and may make dozens of threatening calls in a short period of time.
The company these collectors claim to represent, Financial Accountability Association, provides customers with a false address and phone number in California. The state says the scamers are not registered with the state and may be based overseas.
Here's what to do, says the state, if you are contacted by phony collections agencies:
If you feel you have been a victim of a loan scam, please contact the Federal Trade Commission at 382-4357 (1-877-FTC HELP). Because the scammers have access to bank account information and social security numbers, victims should consider themselves victims of identity theft and take appropriate precautions. The Federal Trade Commission has information for victims of identity theft available on its Web site.
The federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act says debt collectors must send consumers a written notice within five days of their first phone call, showing how much the consumer owes and where the debt is from. The law says collectors can not say or even imply that nonpayment is a crime.
They can't call before 8 a.m. or after 9 p.m. Collectors are not allowed to speak to a consumer’s employer about their debt. They are prohibited from harassing or abusing consumers and they must stop calling if the consumer asks them to
Please note that these scammers are frighteningly well informed, very persistent and extremely threatening. Anyone who has been contacted by them should take steps to protect their personal financial information and treat this as a matter of identity theft.
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Categories: Banking, Consumer Alert, General Business, Personal finance
Hi, just want to follow up on these people. I contacted the phone company they were using and it's callcentric. This is the reply I recieved from them. Although I know these con artist will still find a way to start again.
Hello,
We have found the client for the 12018301908 number and from our investigations it seems that this client is indeed fraudulent. We have blocked the account and prevented the user from further using the Callcentric services for any purposes, either now or in the future.
We apologize for the any inconvenience and thank you for informing us of this incident. If you have any further comments or issues please be sure to let us know.
If you have any more questions don't hesitate to contact us or preferably you may want to use our
Trouble Ticketing system, after you have setup an account, by logging in to your Callcentric account
(https://my.callcentric.com) and clicking on the Support tab and then clicking on Contact Support.
Malcolm P.
Callcentric Support
http://www.callcentric.com
Hello just wanted to follow up that these con artist are now using magic jack voip. The new number they are using is 609-606-5620. So watch out for it. Thanks.t