It's a scam that goes by such names 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) Your state's attorney general, the contact information for whom is at www.naag.org
5) 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.
6) File a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en
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 received a call from an Amanda Powers, ( special investigator ) and
she would give no information other than to threaten to send my 65 year
old mother to jail. It's a sad thing when people resort to this kind of
[***] to collect on a debt that they won't verify. Even if it was
legitimate, It wouldn't get paid without documentation.
I received a call from this company yesterday May 12, 2008. The call back number this time was 240-235-4179. This of course was the second phone call. The first time they tried to claim that a debt, even though listed on my bankruptcy, was not covered and needed to be paid. Otherwise I would be arrested. That particular call came back in December and was from the 240-696-8260 number. I contacted my lawyer that handled my bankruptcy and they contacted these idiots. To my surprise I received another phone call from these [***]. I tried to tell them that they needed to file any collection attempts through my lawyer and they said that my lawyer needed to call them. I asked which state their company business license was registered. The [***] Joe Ferguson told me to pick one. Then the name calling started. I was actually called a [***] by [***] Joe. This company is very fraudulent. Everyone needs to ban together and report their illegal practices.
will not quit calling and making threats to smy family saying that i owe 5000 dollars on a 212 dollar debt and that if i do not pay this 5000 dallars i am going to jail!! I have already contacted an attorney and he says this is illegal!! This needs to stopped now!!!!!!!!
These are some bold A** people, they called me with the same ole story.. Karrie Mullins , daniel hoffman, and they even went as far as mentioning a lawyer by the name of Andrew brizsky. I looked the lawyer up under lawyer.com and no where to be found. If they were soooooo legit they would tell me where they are located, who they are. And if i had 4 felonies from it, wouldnt i have some type of certified letter in the mail by now?? Creditors do not harass you in that way. duh!! I also got calls from these numbers also, 240-696-8261, 240-764-4264.