I received an email from a man name William C. Jones claiming to be from the Federal Trade Commission. Stating I have an arrest warrant because I owe a payday loan $640. I do not have any payday loan. I called the number from the email 202 239 0637 I got the answering machine a man speaking an Indian accent. These people are very DUMB SCAMMERS TRYING TO EXTORT MONEY FROM ANY AND EVERYONE THEY CAN!! DO NOT FALL THEIR SCAMS!!!
This phone number has been calling me all day. Very bad English stating that I am being sued and I will be arrested in 3 hrs at my home. When I asked him who's suing me and why he hung up the phone. The man knew the last 3 digits of my social and address but, whenever I confronted him with more informing he hung up me. I
I have been receiving phone calls from this number for the past 2 days they are threatening me with a law suit and they say not even God can help me. When I confronted the man that speaks horrible English with suing them for harassment after getting his name and the company name he hung up. His name is Steve Parker and the Company name is ABS Legal
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:
been getting a call from this number all day they even called my job then he had the nerve to tell me the federal marshals will be at my door to expedite me to California to face charges and I need to pay 484 dollars and I will get a email within 3hrs of my charges and my social security number will be black listed and I'm going to lose my job and want be able to get unemployment well them hours has past and im waiting and the call said from Washington dc told me my kids will go to dcfs told his [***] bring it
Calls started coming in last October and I actually gave the fools 502.24. Now the calls are starting again from the following numbers: 630-869-1339 Downersgrove, IL,713-955-5673 Houston, TX,214-814-5828 New York City, NY ,917-259-6808,202-239-7552 Washington,DC. The first time they stated they were Amscot and I paid Pinnacle Payment Process Center. Called for weeks, spoke to different managers who all said they would send the information as to when I took the loan, where the check was cashed, etc. Never got anything but a fake letter stating I paid.