My first question was why is an investigator calling me from Washington DC, to tell me that I'm going to be arrested TODAY in a county over 3,000 miles away from WA. First DUMB mistake, then they wanted me to verify my SS# but I proceeded to tell them that they were the investigators they should know this information! Scary thing is they did know this information but I told them that they wrong.
Like you all I received a message from "JASMINE KEY" who left a message with a uncle of mine who I haven't spoken to in years and had never used as a reference on anything. The uncle contacted my mother with the message to call Ms. Key as this matter is important and I will be arrested as of today 3/12/2013!!! I called Ms. Key listened to her BS about check fraud/white collar crime on an account that I had over 10 years ago and stated that I passed a fraudulent check to a company that I never even heard of. NOTE: I DO NOT WRITE CHECKS/DO NOT OWN CHECKS!!! However they have me on camera, my signature matches ect. ect. Then they go on to tell you that they can STOP the action and get you some help after answering a series of personal questions after being transferred to the mediator "ADRIANA" to "TRY" to get more of your information and extort money from your account in any way possible.... BEWARE OF THE CROOKS>
I didn't give them a chance to go any further I told them that they will be hearing from my attorney real soon if they ever try to contact me again!
I wanted to report a call from a man by the name of John O'Brian, Sr. and a woman by the name of Adrianne Jacobs from the above number. They noted they were with the "white collar crime unit" of the District of Columbia in Washington, DC and turning over my case of a "fraudulant check" to the authorities who were going to have me incarcerated. I told them I had no criminal record, ever, and that they were mistaken. This man who called himself a "mediator"- legal counsel-- claimed to be with the government. When I denied that I had a fraudulant debt/check with Approved Checking Cashing Payday loans, he began to scream and yell at me. He proceeded to threaten and harass me with a yelling tone of voice and how I would be arrested and how he knew my social security number and address. He also even knew the name of my bank. I told him to "bring it on" because I knew he was lying and told him he was a scam artist. I immediately called the local company that he had referred to and the district manager called me back. The company is NOT happy that scammers are using their name to harass, lie, and steal from people. This is very scary that these scam artists have my ss # and information. Just a warning if you get a call from these thugs, I recommend just hanging up on them!
This sounds like extortion dressed as debt collection. The agents' horrid threats are empty and their conduct is illegal. As early as possible it's critical to determine if your collector is domestic or yet another South Asian faker. The former you can sue into submission; the latter tend to be out of reach.
My notes from October 2011 on payday loan and "hot check" collectors are linked below.
http://800notes.com/forum/ta-429fb24ec2162e3/ ... -numbers-here-2
See also this FTC alert: "Fake Debt Collectors"
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0258-fake-debt-collectors
(former title: ''Who's Calling? That Debt Collector Could Be a Fake'')
The following will be useful if you have a US domestic collector calling:
official FTC guidance and staff opinions on the FDCPA, PDF copy of the Act
http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpajump.shtm
CFPB Q&A on debt collection practices
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/askcfpb/search ... bt%20Collection
I also received a call from Adriana (sp) from fraudulant check division and was looking for an ex sister in law from more then 13 years ago. I have not had any contact with this ex sister in law 10 years at least.