This is a criminal extortion scam operating out of India. They are making the calls utilizing VOIP and the names of legitimate firms to make it appear the calls are originating from within the US. There is NO "company" or "debt" and you will NOT be arrested. They are harvesting and/or buying consumers' personal identifying information from unscrupulous websites like the one you may have filled out an application with, and you need to do whatever you can to protect yourself. This includes: Notifying the FTC: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/, placing fraud alerts with all three credit bureaus, notifying your bank and employer and letting these criminals know you are aware they are attempting to extort money for a non-existent debt and have alerted the authorities.
The FTC has indicted one of its ringleaders for criminal fraud:
Person who speaks poor english is calling saying they are from the attorney general's office and a lawsuit is filed. Then the person gives no information but wants a return call to give details of the lawsuit.
Repeated phone calls and threats of calling the sherriff on me saying I took a payday advance when I didn't. He has my personal information i.e. work number, SSNumber, etc.
YES GOT A MESSAGE OF THIS JOHN SOMETHING STATING THAT HE IS CALLING FROM THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND HE NEED FOR MY ATTORNEY OR I TO CALL HIM BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE DUE TO A COMPLAINT HE RECEIVED WITH MY SOCIAL, FUNNY THING IS THAT I WENT TO THE LOCAL ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE AND HAD NOTHING AGAINST ME. ANOTHER THING IS THAT THIS SO CALLED JOHN COULD NOT EVEN SPEAK PROPER ENGLISH, COULD NOT PRONOUNCE MY NAME AT ALL. WHEN I TRIED CALLING THE NUMBER BACK THERE IS NO ANSWER AND NOT EVEN ABLE TO LEAVE A MESSAGE.