I am so glad to find these posts regarding this phone number! I received a call on 3/29; called them back and they informed that I failed to pay back a cash advance, ignored notices to my Yahoo email (used only for junk, btw) and that I now owe in access of $5,000. They said I would receiving a subpoena charging me with 1)Violation of Federal Banking 2) Check fraud and, 3) Deception. While I very stupidly received cash advances it was not from this company which they said was EZ Cash USA (Easy Cash USA?) or one of its affiliates; when I pressed for attorneys, I believe they said D. Williams & Associates, with an address that I couldn't completely understand, at 1345 ?, ? CA 92392. This morning I contacted my bank, we searched my records and did not anything related to the information these "gentelmen" gave me. My bank closed my current checking account because individuals had the last 4 of my SSN and checking account. I called the number back to accuse them of fraudulent, illegeal activity; they would not let me talk and insisted that I hire an attorney and be at the court house on the date specified on the subpoena. The 2 "gentlemen" that I spoke ot identified themselves as Tom Burke and Eric Johnson. Their initial phone call scared me to death. I have worked for private attorneys and now for a state attorney general and I know this is not the procedure for serving a subpoena or notice of a suit filed but it still scared me to death. Maybe I will appear at the courthouse on the date specified (if I receive a subpoena) with a friend from the U.S. Attorneys' Office, a friend from the FBI, State Highway Patrol, County Prosecutor's office, etc....wonder how they would respond to that!
Received a message on my voice mail at work today, from Paul Martin at 310-359-0445. He spoke in a broken Indian-English dialect. Threatened me with serious law suit, as apparently I took out a pay day loan (I too applied for one but, didn't follow through with it). Left the above return phone number and said if I didn't return the call that he wished me well in the forth coming leagl suit. When I called the number, I got a recorded message that told me I had reached Christian, a childs voice, perhaps in his early teens. I knew at that point that it must have been a scam.
I received a call from 52946605 the first time at 6:45am, and did not answer. The caller did not leave a message. Approximately 2 hours later, I received another call from the same number. Again, I did not answer, but this time the caller left a voicemail. A man named "John Winston" with a very thick Indian accent, informed me that he needed to hear from me or my attorney as soon as possible to take care of a "serious issue." He also said that if I failed to return his call, GOOD LUCK. I was definitely curious as to why I would need an attorney for anything, so I promptly returned his call at the number he provided to me, which was 209-442-2612. When I called, "John Winston" answered and he then told me that he was reading me an "affidavit." He told me I was being taken to court for violation of federal banking, check fraud and deception and that I now owed a payday advance company for around $5200, excluding court and attorney fees. I was confused as to how this could have occurred, as I have never done any sort of payday advance. I told him that this had to be some sort of mistake. He then said is this (my name) and once I answered yes, he then proceeded to read me my address, my employer, my email address, my checking account number and my social security number (I did not tell the caller whether or not my information was correct). He then said that they would be contacting my employer to let them know of the charges. I asked "John Winston" the name of this company that I allegedly took the loan from, and he replied that it was "EZ Cash International" and that the loan repayment was due in January of 2011. I asked the original date of the loan, and he said he was not authorized to give me that information and when I asked for the company's contact information he said that they would not talk to me because they were suing me. Annoyed at the fact that I felt he was being unnecessarily disrespectful to me and his inability to answer any of my questions, I told him to proceed with the next step and that I would see them in court. He said that I would be receiving documentation in the mail (we will see if this happens). Later in the day, I googled the 8 digit number he initially called from, and found this website. I immediately called my bank and cancelled my checking account. I am worried that he knew my social, but fortunately I have credit alerts set up through all 3 bureaus. He called me 4 times at about 3:30pm again, but I did not answer any calls. I plan on contacting the local authorities to file a complaint.
This person has called my phone and even my job saying that there are legal charges pending against me. I know I didn't even take out a loan so therefore he needs to stop calling me.
thank goodness i googled this number I feel better seeing that this is a scam. I put a fraud alert on my credit reports and talked to my bank. This should be against the law for sure and they also threaten to sue me but when i tried to talk to them and not give them any information they got nasty and hung up on me.