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:
when people call with this scam report them to the FTC. Here's the web site: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/
If we keep reporting the scammers maybe it will stop!
I just received the same call today and boy am I pissed.....I little relieved to hear the above testimonies though.....but I promise I'm not done with this! I just got married friday and my wife had to hear this today.
My work received 6 calls from a Robert Black. I then called them back and spoke to John Anderson! They said I was being sued from Southern USA because I owed money from a loan I didn't accept. I asked to speak to his supervisor. The supervisor was Kevin Nash and unavailable. This is a scam!!! However I was more concerned because they knew the last 4 digits of my check account number!!