THIS IS A SCAM!!!! I got the same threatening phone calls today at both my work and on my cell phone. I kept the guy on the phone for about 15 minutes trying get more information. He said they were a law firm but refused to give me the name. He had a very thick accent and I could barely understand him. He would yell at me when I would not copperate and disclose information to me. He said that I had taken out a $400.00 payday loan in 2009 and never re-paid-which I too have NEVER taken out a payday loan. He said if I did not settle this debt with him today (It would have cost me $600.00) then I would be "removed from my residence or place of work" on monday by 11 am and taken immediately to court where my DL would be immediately suspended and my SSN would be "blackmarked" causing me to loose my job and be kicked out of my house and I would never regain uneployment. I immediately called my local PD and reported it. They took a report and advised me to call the credit bureaus and put a fraud alert on my SSN and to also change my bank account information. Once I told the guy on the phone that I would be calling the police myself to verfiy that I am "wanted" he hung up and I have not had a call since. They state they are located in Los Angeles and the area code is a CA area code, however, most of these calls are not actually originating in the US. Hope that helps. I would file a police report just because you can never be too careful.
Someone called who might be a an Indian decent, has a really heavy accent and told my husband that he is from a Law Office and that I need to call him back to settle a debt. I know these people are scammers and phony.
Someone called me from this number and said that I had charges pending against my social security number but didn't state why or how. He said that he was a sheriff and that the police were coming to my job to take my manager and me to the local courthouse. He then said that I would have to pay $2500. I really thought this was a joke because it didn't make since. But they had called my work number and cell number several times. I called my local phone company to trace the calls and they said they were frrom an automated system.
So I called the number the next day and a women with an west indian accent answered the phone. When I asked her for the name of the company, she wanted to know my name and number. Since I wouldn't provide her with that information she hung up by said thanks for calling crimestoppers. I know this was some kind of scam.
If anyone has experienced this type of call please let me know what you did to resolve it.
I'm still unsure about who this number is-- but they left a message about being 'legal offices' and saying that if I did not respond to the phone call that I would be arrested; so I keep calling, and everythime I ask for the woman who left the message they hang up on me, or tell me that I will be taken into custody on Monday for an unpaid loan (I've NEVER taken out a loan-- ever.).
THIS IS A SCAM!!!! I got the same threatening phone calls today at both my work and on my cell phone. I kept the guy on the phone for about 15 minutes trying get more information. He said they were a law firm but refused to give me the name. He had a very thick accent and I could barely understand him. He would yell at me when I would not copperate and disclose information to me. He said that I had taken out a $400.00 payday loan in 2009 and never re-paid-which I too have NEVER taken out a payday loan. He said if I did not settle this debt with him today (It would have cost me $600.00) then I would be "removed from my residence or place of work" on monday by 11 am and taken immediately to court where my DL would be immediately suspended and my SSN would be "blackmarked" causing me to loose my job and be kicked out of my house and I would never regain uneployment. I immediately called my local PD and reported it. They took a report and advised me to call the credit bureaus and put a fraud alert on my SSN and to also change my bank account information. Once I told the guy on the phone that I would be calling the police myself to verfiy that I am "wanted" he hung up and I have not had a call since. They state they are located in Los Angeles and the area code is a CA area code, however, most of these calls are not actually originating in the US. Hope that helps. I would file a police report just because you can never be too careful.
This same number called my work today using the name Frank Jones.This is the second time this has happend with in the last year.The last name he used was jeffery stewart,same accent different names.Someone needs to get these guys,and stop them from harrassing us.