called my elderly mother said she was being sued out of harris county. he proceded to call her 3 different times and tried to get her to correct him on her ss# she said she does not give that imforation out to any one and hung up on him. I called the # thought it was odd when i told him not to be calling my mother at all he hung up on me so i called back and back no one would answer the ph. just a answering machine would come on i also got curious and suspicious along with my sister located this on line thanks to all the people that take the time to put this out there my concious was eased keep it up to stop this from hurting elderly and us people as well what ever age they may be. may 23,2008
called my elderly mother said she was being sued out of harris county. he proceded to call her 3 different times and tried to get her to correct him on her ss# she said she does not give that imforation out to any one and hung up on him. I called the # thought it was odd when i told him not to be calling my mother at all he hung up on me so i called back and back no one would answer the ph. just a answering machine would come on i also got curious and suspicious along with my sister located this on line thanks to all the people that take the time to put this out there my concious was eased keep it up to stop this from hurting elderly and the u.s.a people as well what ever age they may be. may 23,2008
My daughter called me and told me that someone named Brandon Callahan called her today, June 3, regarding her sister who lives in a totally different state. He told her that he was a private investigator and had been paid by a someone to locate her sister as there was a complaint filed against her in Maryland. He had my name, my ex-husband's name, all my other children's names and other personal information. My son in law did some quick research and discovered that the phone number 240-235-0635 was connected to a collection agency and found your web site which he passed on to me. The man made it sound like my youngest was being charged for a criminal act of some kind. My other daughter was terrified and refused to give him any information. She immediately called me and was totally hysterical thinking that her sister was going to be arrested at any moment. My oldest lives in North Carolina and my youngest in California. This is really scary. He had so much personal information about the family. These people are out there frightening innocent people. Right now I'm really ticked off.
It's scam. They go by various names such as MoreStar Consultancy, LLC; Litigation Consulting Service, LLC; Claims & Warrants; and North American Asset Investigation Bureau, LLC (NAAIB). For details, read consumer credit advocate Bud Hibbs' report on these scammers: http://budhibbs.com/debtcollectorpages/NAAIB.htm
One thing it remember is that anytime someone calls you demanding money to prevent your arrest or criminal charges, it is ALWAYS a scam. No debt collector (let alone criminals posing as debt collectors) have the authority to have anyone arrested for anything. (And it's illegal to them to threaten such a thing.) These type of crooks also routinely impersonate FBI agents, police and other law enforcement officials, which, obviously, is illegal as well. (Besides, law enforcement officers aren't in the business of debt collection, and debt is a civil, not a criminal matter.)
The bottom line is, these are criminals trying to steal your money. Ignore their illegal threats and report their attempts to extort money from you to all these federal and state law enforcement agencies:
1) The U.S. Secret Service is responsible for protecting the country's financial infrastructure and payment systems from international and domestic threats. Call or write your local Secret Service field office to alert them to the details of this attempted extortion. The addresses and phone numbers for the local Secret Service field offices are listed at http://www.secretservice.gov/field_offices.shtml or in your phone book.
2) Alert the FBI at https://tips.fbi.gov Be sure to tell the FBI that you are being targeted by extortionists over the phone and give them all the details.
3) Maryland Attorney General http://www.oag.state.md.us/Consumer/complaint.htm (Litigation Consulting claims to be in Maryland)
4) Ohio Attorney General http://www.ag.state.oh.us/citizen/consumer/complaints.asp (MoreStar claims to be in Cleveland)
5) Your state's attorney general, the contact information for whom is at www.naag.org
6) File a complaint with your local police. Most police departments will take a report over the phone. Be sure to tell them that you're being targeted by an extortionist and give them all the details.
7) File a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01
If these criminals call back, tell them that they aren't getting any money from you and that you've reported their scam to federal and state law enforcement. They will react with the usual moronic, false threats. If possible, try to save any voice messages they leave and, if legal in your state, record their calls if you speak with them. (Inexpensive phone recorders are available at Radio Shack-type stores.)
I got a call today from a "Ronnie Freeman." He told me that I was named as a defendant for a civil law suit and that if I didn't cooperate I woudl face a hefty sentence in jail. He asked for my info and I refused and hung up. He called me back 2 min later and told me I had now just accumalated another offence because of that and if I would take care of the debt out of court he would forget about this new offence...unbelieveable. Do not trust!!!