This is absolutely a SCAM! I received a call from John Miller. He is calling from a call center and has a heavy middle eastern accent. John doesn not say what company he is calling from but tells me that it important that I do not disregard his call and if I do, then good luck to me. I think I will take my chances and not call back.
( I never write on forums, I'm too shy but here goes nothing!!)
This person calling is male and claims his name to be Steven a paralegal for Gardner & Douglass law firm. His caller id shows (202)621-2407 He has a strong middle eastern/Indian accent. Collecting debt for American cash, the address he provided me is 1500 K st. Washington dc 20005. I have tried goggling all information on this individual and cannot find anything. This person cannot provide any information on the debt owed. He calls several times a day to threaten legal action and arrest if i do not settle this debt. Hangs up on me several times when confronting him with questions like why haven't i seen a single letter or email on The debt or his company. While calling back a female answered the phone and directed me back to "Steven" . this guy is obliviously successfully scamming people because he will not stop. i am in process in filing a telephone harassment report with my local police dept. and urge you all to do the same.this person must be stopped.Please ask as many questions as you can and if he hangs up on you, call him back. If anyone has more info or advice please post. He has threatened me and my wife.So this has became personal.
PLEASE NOTE !!! THESE SCAMMERS ARE ALSO IMPERSONATING THE US GOV'T / SEVERAL GOV'T OFFICES AND PERSONS....BEWARE !!!
- new twist is they are also impersonating DEA officials with threats to arrest you unless you immediately send money via wire transfer / western union to some offshore country !!!!! obvious scam !!!
some are landlines...many are cell phones...some are spoofed and linked to offshore foreign countries !!!!
we've traced back most of these numbers to offshore foreign call centers in INDIA / THAILAND / AFRICA / JAMAICA ETC....
here's a few other numbers posted from the same area code offering a wide variety of scams / fake emails and scams after posting something on craigslist ( old scam ) ...... collecting for non existant " payday loans "....free money / scam giveaways / calling on behalf of a humane society..... $1,000's in free gov't money......... etc etc.....stories change out all the time......and the usual nonsense!!!
** mysteriously call to claim they have several thousand of dollars to send you....just provide you bank account and credit card right away etc etc.........scam scam
several of these are the usual long ongoing scams such as : you have won a free walmart / bestbuy gift card....or you have won a free ipad etc......all long ongoing scams
202-621-0436 ( offshore foreign call center ? ) poor english and violent on the phone! claim to be giving away $1,000's in free cash....just give them all your personal info etc........
The person from this number is making numerous calls daily to my daughter he says his name is Sean Williams. He has threatened to have her arrested at work and even throw her in jail. I told her to ignore any and all calls from this number and if not to start telling him that we would be filing charges against there company for harrassment. MAybe anyone recieving calls from them should turn the tables on them and start asking them the same questions they are asking of them and them tell them they will have charges filed on them for harrassment.
Yes It is a shame I just got the same calls and I know the law so when they start talking about someone come to the job to lock me up I knew something was going on. Then I start questions them and asking for an address and that's when they hung up on me. Please pass the word about these dirty dogs!!
It seems like I get a call from this guy every 4 to 6 months. I've even been told that he knows where I live and will come to my house and kill me and my family. I respond back with "go right ahead. I know your in India and won't be able to bring the amount of fire power I have behind my front door." They even call from an offshore number - +011 91 202-621-2407 (for those of you not familiar with offshore numbers, all the numbers above are an offshore number, they just don't show up with country codes). Thanks to MagicJack and Vonage, they are calling from those types of lines, which of course are untraceable.
Even if you defend yourself, threaten them, etc the calls will never stop. I have friends, family and myself that all suffer from this [***] and frankly I'm getting tired of it. The government isn't going to stop this from happening so we need to figure this out on our own. If anyone has any suggestions please share. Like I said, spout off, shout back, whatever. The calls will stop momentarilly. They'll start calling you all over again in a few months once they think you have forgotten.
What scares me the most is they have your bank account info, social, DOB, address, etc. This is a HUGE breach of privacy and I don't really blame these guys, I BLAME THE GOVERNMENT FOR ALLOWING PAY DAY LOAN COMPANIES FOR BEING ABLE TO SHARE OUR INFORMATION. Why are they not being punished or having to pay innocent people back that end up sending money to these [***]?