"don wilson" kept calling my office. (playing dumb knowing it was a scam) I said "what company are you from" and he said "law office". I asked which one and he said "law office" again. I then asked for a phone number to call him back on (again, playing dumb) and he just said "oh, well, im not, im not in the office right now"...i then just hung up on him.
Yes, "Eddie Jones" has called me, too and harrassed me. Hopefully everyone who has been victimized by them will it to their attorney general's office, the FTC and the FBI. I know I did. They are violating SEVERAL Fair Debt Collection laws.
I started receiving calls from these buffoons this May. I told them to stop calling and that I have given their info to my lawyer. The calls stopped for about a month, then started up again with a different number. Same thing, I told them to stop calling my numbers and they did for another month, then once again started up again. I told them that they were ridiculous and after a brief argument, I did hear from they until last Friday (September 26, 2008). I called them back this morning, at 214-618-5897, after another call from them and I told "Robert Tyson" and "Officer Steve Anderson" that my lawyer is currently investigating this with the police and that I have filed complaints with the FBI and FTC. Officer Anderson said that I need to have my lawyer call back by 5:00 today and that he will call me every minute until then. After I hung up on him, he called back 19 times within a 20 minute period. THis happened between 1:00 and 1:30. I never answered the calls, but one voicemail was left in a garbled sound that I believe said, "A@#hole". I have not heard anything since then, but I'm sure I will hear from them again.
This is nothing but harassment and is completely ridiculous. I have since filed more complaints with the FBI and FTC. Quite honestly, I am sick and tired of this crap.
I got a call at work today from a man with Indian accent stating his name is Eric Williams, Officer with Dept of Crime Prevention Investigation of New York City. He said I was a suspect in a case of defrauder. He wanted my attorney’s information and said he had an affidavit in front of him. He said "the police would be coming to my place of employment and putting me behind bars for 30 days." When I asked for the phone# there he said it was 646-461-3891 which is listed as a locksmith company in NY. I asked for an English speaking supervisor. He put on another India sounding man who said his name was Andy Smith, retribution officer. The caller ID showed the # as 052538374 which isn’t even enough #s for a telephone #. I quizzed them with many questions because they told me my social sec# and email address and home address asking me to verify that was me. I told them it might be but I wasn’t verifying anything until I understood what they were talking about. This is all because I applied online for a payday loan, but I never got the money and I never signed anything or accepted any loans. This seems to be some poor style of collections (which they broke every rule in the collection laws), or a scam. I am reporting this call to the CRIME Prevention department in our county law enforcement, and reporting it to the news to make people aware of scams.
I have received numerous calls that show up on caller ID as 0000 but the return number they ask me to call is 814-324-2005. They claim they are with crime prevention department and clearly have an Indian accent but names like James Johnson. They have my SSN and bank information and tell me I am in serious legal trouble. Clearly a scam.