I have received several calls from these people. They claim I owe for an online payday loan. They are rude, tell me I am going to jail. When I ask for specific information about the alleged "loan" they tell me that they don't have to give that type of info. To either pay the money or go to jail. I reported the last number they called me from to the FTC and put a trace on the # as well as reported it to my local police department. DO NOT deal with these people!
I was called by this company stating that I had an outstanding pay day loan so I asked for specific details as to what the loan was for and they could not give me the exact amount of the loan and origination date, So i asked for David Coopers bar number and checked it out on the state california bar website to check his ID. I then Called the REAL David Cooper and was told that their was a scam going on and that the number I called is probably a Skype number being used. Im glad that I did not send them any money. I have a Fraud alert on my credit report and I am wondering how they got my information without my consent in the first place. All the people I talked to from this company had Indian accents, So my guess is that they were not even from this country.
I have received several calls from these people. They claim I owe for an online payday loan. They are rude, tell me I am going to jail. When I ask for specific information about the alleged "loan" they tell me that they don't have to give that type of info. To either pay the money or go to jail. I reported the last number they called me from to the FTC and put a trace on the # as well as reported it to my local police department. DO NOT deal with these people!
I was called by this company stating that I had an outstanding pay day loan so I asked for specific details as to what the loan was for and they could not give me the exact amount of the loan and origination date, So i asked for David Coopers bar number and checked it out on the state california bar website to check his ID. I then Called the REAL David Cooper and was told that their was a scam going on and that the number I called is probably a Skype number being used. Im glad that I did not send them any money. I have a Fraud alert on my credit report and I am wondering how they got my information without my consent in the first place. All the people I talked to from this company had Indian accents, So my guess is that they were not even from this country.
THIS IS A SCAM. Scammers pretend to be law enforcement (police, sheriff, Feds, AG's Office, fake cop agencies with made-up names) and using bought/hacked loan application data to extort money for fictitious crimes or extort personal info.
The real DEA warns about fake-DEA extortion scams here http://www.justice.gov/dea/pubs/states/newsrel/2010/denver111010.html
The real FBI warns about payday loan extortion scams here http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/paydayloanscam_120710
The real FDA warns about fake-FDA extortion scams here http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/2009/ucm195814.htm
The real FDIC warns about fake-FDIC extortion scams here http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/specialalert/2010/sa10131.html
Report to the Internet Crime Complaint Center http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx , the Federal Communications Commission http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm , the Federal Trade Commission https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/ and your state AG, as appropriate.
absolute [***], don't give them on dollar, they will try to bully you with threats of jail and anything else they can do to get you to pay them, but don't do it, they can't even give me a date or a dollar amount of the money put into my account, I'm hopefull that the FBI finds them soon!!