Yes...this is a scam...I've had phone calls from this area code months ago-all middle eastern accents...& also received the threats of going to court, losing my job ....blah, blah....blah...I have not gone to court nor have I lost my job....These people such as the one below stating this is not a scam...& we all better pay or else, should learn to communicate with proper English and terminology.....because you have given yourselves away as part of the scam artists.....
This number is actually for a scam they say you failed to pay on a payday loan. I had 2 of them and the company that they mentioned I never applied to. They said it was a $300 payday loan but that I owed over $8,000. They said I would be arrested within 48 hours and that I'd need a criminal lawyer. So if this number calls you'll know what to expect.
I have been receiving calls from this number for awhile now.. I can' barely understand the man when he leaves a message because he doesn't speak very good English. Anyways they told me that I need to be in court at 11:30 and hire an attoney.. The court is in California! I am in Cincinnati!! He also said that I can be charged over $8000.00 be arrested and put in jail for 30 days! Oh and my employer will be contacted and my job in in danger! What the heck!
Every 6 months I get ridiculous amounts of phone calls from this number for at least two weeks straight. They call my home, cell phone and work. He tells me that he is a government employee and that there is a warrant out for my arrest. He tells me that the police will come to my job and I will be jailed for at least 30 days. He states that he will make sure my eployer fires me and that I must come out to LA to get this taken care of. After 2 weeks they disapear for another 6 months.
Me too, he states I will be jailes and there will be an investagation and my will be $8,000 dollars. They will pick me up at my place of employment or my residence. Also he states he works for a Law Firm (not). Crazy!!!