I received a call from this number stating that I owed a debt from a payday loan company of around 300.00, but now I owed 564.00. They gave exactly one hour to pay the bill, 'They told me to get a good criminal lawyer and I would never be able to get a house or car. If I did not pay within the hour, I would end up paying over 8000.00 to the company. I asked for the information in writing and they said they would send the information to my job and my home. They would not give me any information about the date and time these transactions were made or the name of the company. I decided to see what information comes in the mail. Theu told me I had 3 counts against 1 Violation of Federal Banking regulation 2 Collector check fraud and 3 Theft by deception. I am going to see how this ends. I will not give them any money but I do intend on investigating this company of caller.
THIS IS AN EXTORTION SCAM. Scammers use bought/hacked loan application data to extort payments for fictitious debts from victims and victims' families and friends.
The FBI warns about payday loan extortion scams here http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/paydayloanscam_120710
The BBB has issued several alerts on this scam, just google "bbb.org alert phony debt collector"
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.