I have had the same problem. I did apply about 2 years ago online for a payday loan and that is when this nightmare started. They not only call me at work and my cell phone but also call my 80 year old mother saying I took out a loan and have to pay $_____ or I am being arrested or they claim to be a "fraud investigator"!! They scared her to death and she paid them because she has not heard of this scam. I now I am having to pay her back for something I didn't owe! Also, I recently filled in an application for free college courses at Coursera.org and evidently the website was not secure. I now get about 100 emails a day most of them from payday loan companies and guess what.....I am also getting the calls from the scammers again. Please file complaints with the FBI online, attorney general, and put a fraud alert on your credit reports.
Got a call from this number 214-635-4611 saying that I was approved for a $2000 loan. Wanted me to send them $200 by western union and they would send me them 2000.00 plus my 200. It is a scam. When they didn't get the money, they began calling me 5 to 7 times a day stating that my money is ready and kept insisting that I send the 200.00. They began cursing and yelling at me. When I would asked them questions, they would get mad at me and curse me out and then hang up. They are using different names such as, Gavin Woods, Attorney John Davenport, LLoyd Davis, Mike Anderson, Dale Smith and Joseph. They also call me from a 415-484-6151 threatening me that they have a lawsuit against me for $8000.00 and that they were going to call my employer. I retired on disability and do not work. They call me a liar and threaten me again and again. I told them to stop calling me. But they keep calling me. I hope someone can catch theses people and prosecute them to the fullest.
I GOT THE SAME CALL TO MY WORK AND I HAVE IT ALL RECORDED SINCE ALL CALLS COMING IN ARE BEING RECORDED.. THEY TOLD ME THAT I OWE 800 DLLS ALSO AND THAT MY CASE WAS GOING TO BE USE IN COURT TO BE AN EXAMPLE TO OTHERES . THEY ALSO TOLD ME THEY WERE CALLING FROM AN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. CALLED THAT NUMBER BACK AND ALL THEY SAY IS THAT I'M CALLING LAW FIRM BUT THEY DO NOT SAY NAME OF THE LAW FIRM.