Who falls for this junk? Officer Thomas Brown from the Federal Division of Federal Crimes? With an Indian accent? Most FBI agents call themselves "Agents", not officers. I saved the voice mail, too funny. Will get back at them, that is for sure.
Got a call from a office Michael Anderson saying I had to pay $200.00 or go to jail - that I recieved a pay day loan I did not pay back - from Cash Advance USA never heard of them and did not get a pay day loan. They are very cruel. DO NOT ANSWER IF YOU A CALL FROM THIS NUMBER.
I got a call from this guy to Officer Michael Anderson and another guy named ROb Murphy. They threatened to take me to jail for a $210 dollar loan from cash advance usa that i have never accepted or seen before. they have even called my job and were rude to my managers!!!! SCAM!!!! As soon as i asked the guy if this was legit or a scam he started yelling at me and counting down from 10!!!!!!
I just got off the phone with someone who deals with dept collector harrassments and scams, and since this business is unknown/not legit the most that can be done is to block the number and contact your ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE!!
Same thing happened to me today. Except their names are captain David brown and officer micheal Anderson, and are middle eastern accent. What out for these people. He was cussing at the end of the conversation, and had a police officer call me, stating he was a sheriff, not true, called the number back and went to a 911 dispatcher. Really smart. Gave the names to the dispatcher, and no names were there.
I recieve these calls at least once a day. Even sometimes at work. Thankfully the woman who works as our receptionist is a little old lady with an attitude and a heart of gold. They've been threatened with harassment charges before, and usually when I get a call like this from an unlisted number, IF I answer it and they start in with this bologna, I just calmly explain that this call is being recorded to be forwarded on to my attorney, and to the State Attorney's office for violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (linked below). This is not a legitimate debt collector, and the company they claim to represent has even put up warnings on their site about this scam. I've even had one person in this kind of scam look me up on Facebook while on the phone with me and make lewd suggestions and how he was going to find me and do unspeakable things to me and my family. That was the first time I ever received one of these calls, and I immediately called the Sherriff's office. When the deputy arrived, he called back the number and actually got a hold of the person who was trying to scam me and told him that he WAS an officer of the law, which scared the guy enough to hang up the phone and shuffle his 'number scrambler' so that number wouldn't redirect to his phone again.
Remember, there is something out there protecting you in case of a legitimate debt. http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpa/fdcpact.shtm