I too got messsages from Craig Stevens and Mack Anderson stating that either me or my attorney should call them back regarding avery urgent business matter. I call and talked to Craig Stevens and was threatened that if I did not pay them $200 before 5'o clock that afternoon that I would go to jail; I was told that I had to appear in court in California the next day and if I did not appear that they would take out abench warrent for me; needless to say I was scared and I paid them $200. Then they call me back and said I need to pay them the remaining balance or their would be police at my door the next morning. I have tried to call ever since and can not get through. Please Help I cant afford to go to jail if this is real.
YOU SHOULD ALL GET TOGETHER PHONE NUMBERS WITH 213-232 STARTING IN 213-232-4300 - 4399 OR GREATER IS A BIG SCAM OFFICE DEBT COLLECTORS. I'VE BEEN SEARCHING THIS WEB SITE AND THESE PEOPLE HAVE MANY PHONE NUMBERS UNDER THIS COMPANY WITH COMPLAINTS. GO UNDER MANY NAMES ECT WITH THE PERSONS WHO CALL U AT HOME ECT. IMPERSONATION LAW OFFICIALS OR ATTORNEYS IS A FEDERAL CRIME. DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY INFORMATION, SSI#'S, BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION ECT. THIS ARE ILLEGAL DEBT BUYERS OR SOME HOW ARE SEARCHING THE AREA OF A FORMER PERSON WHO OWES A DEBT AND WILL SEARCH LETS SAY. IF YOU LIVE IN (LA) AND THERE ARE 5 KNOWN ( JOHN PIPS) WITH IN THE AREA AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WITH THAT NAME . THEY WILL CALL ALL THOSE PEOPLE ATTEMPTING TO HAVE SOMEONE WITH THAT NAME PAY OFF THAT PERSONS DEBT EVEN IF ITS NOT THEIRS. IF THEY HAVE YOUR SSI, BANK INFORMATION THEY MIGHT HAVE BOUGHT IT OFF LINE WHICH IS LEGAL BUT BAD. THIS IS MAJOR PART OF THE ILLEGAL SCAM.
these people are criminals. they use numerous names and phone numbers. between march of 2008 and june of 2009 they got over 10,000 from me because they are convincing and make you think that maybe you do owe. these people are horrible and it is very illegal for them to tell you that you will be arrested for not paying off a loan. look up the fdcpa rules that govern bill collectors. abc has also done a story on their type of scam. it is interesting that they go onto this site, and on several of the different numbers they use post the same message, and use a different name every time. they all have a very heavy indian/pakistani accent, but american names like Jason Bourne? Do not give them information! I found out the hard way, they started to take money out of my acct. using my card number that i had given them for one of their "debts". If you have given them any information, cancel your cards or close out your accounts!! Luckily when I saw the first unauthorized transaction, it was only a 30.00 debit but it easily could have been more.
I don't mean to ramble, but I want everyone to be especially wary of them and to PLEASE learn from my mistakes! Report them everytime they call to anyone and everyone you can think of! They must be stopped!!!