No, they never tried to take any money. Thankfully they didn't have my Bank Info. But even if they did I filed a fraud alert just in case. They seem to have my address, social security # and phone number. On several occasions I have almost had comical conversations with them. Once they know you really know they are a scam they change their tone... The crazy insults start flying and its pretty funny... They will get tired of calling you, just don't answer and they will move on. Just make sure to let them know you know its a sham. They stopped for a while after I let them know I called the state attorney, filed an alert through my bank and that I monitored my social security. The scary thing is... Most of these guys BELIEVE they are in the right. Whoever they are working for has convinced them that we really have defaulted on a loan. Its bizarre. Its been about 5 months since I heard from them, I called them many times until the old umber I had stopped working... Today was the first time since then. I'm a web developer and have an anonymous line from work, so in my down time I prank them quite a bit... I'm childish like that though. ABC did a story on them a while back... Heres a link that might explain it in better detail... http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm
Joshua, My husband and I received the phone calls starting yesterday, they told me that they were going to find me and lock me up for 6 months because I owed 250.00 from over a year ago..(which is not true never applied for a payday loan in my life)....But you made my husband and I laugh...my husband called them at least 250 times yesterday, it was quite comical at times..but they are now contacting our home number, I called our local channel 7 news investigators, as well as the FTC, but everyone says they could never find out who these people are...there has to be something that can be done, this is just ridiculous, they can't think that they can actually get away with this....My husband finally started threatning them back when they told him we were "stupid white american's and that we will never catch them!!!"
I've received the same calls too. Numerous times on my work phone. They called about 15times in a matter of 20min. I couldnt understand the voice message, so the next time they called I answered and they said they were calling because I owned NetCash from a payday loan I took out over a year ago. Said that they needed my attorney info and that I would be served with papers and taken to court tomorrow morning. THey said I owed $1495.37 and that it needed to be paid in full in 1hour or else. Told me that if I wanted to pay them directly today I would need to fax in an apology letter and a letter of authorization. Also they would not provide me any of "NetCash's" information. Not the exact name, website, address, phone number, etc. Said they were not at liberty to disclose that information. But they knew my bank info, address, last four of social, and work number. I finally asked the name of their company and they said "National Affidavit Processing Division," guy said his name was Jack Adams. I had to keep calling back several times because he kept hanging up on me, or in hopes that I would get someone that spoke clear english. He kept yelling at me and telling me that I was a bad person and that I could not contact NetCash directly because they didnt want to talk to me, just press charges. After researching th ephone numbers and info, sounds like a scam to me, and I dont think I will waste my time worrying about it. In the meantime, I have closed my checking acct and opened a new one at a different bank, and blocked their numbers from my phones. (Also, they claim they are a law firm, and not a collection agency)
Exactly. These are the same ones I have been dealing with for a while. They are in no way legit. It is scary how they seem to have your information. Im thinking they purchase it from Pay Day Loan centers or something. I have received a pay day loan in the past, but they are all in good standing and it was some time ago... I did the same as you, started another account and notified my bank. They operate from India so there is nothing any agency can do from here. Sad. Check this link out. http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm