i as well have gotten the same phone call saying i owe money for a loan that i did not apply for and they told me that i would be arrested at my work tomorrow morning and they have all my info which is scary including my ssn # when i told them i dont work there any more they asked me for my home address i told them that if this was a real law firm they would of had that info already when i asked how much i owed they first said i owed 10000 then they called me again two hours later and told me i owed 8250 bucks then they told me that they never called me before this call witch is bull my cell has 100 phone calls in 2 hours
My 17 yr. old son has received several calls on his cell number and at his place of employment from this scammer advising he would be arrested for a delinquent payday loan which he doesn't have and cursed him repeatedly. I contacted the mayor at Fort Deposit, AL and he transferred me to the Chief of Police. I gave the Chief this phone number and this crook is now under investigation. I plan to contact the FBI next if these calls persist.
** BEWARE OF SCAMMERS THAT CREATE BOGUS PAYDAY LOAN WEBSITES AND RECORD YOUR PERSONAL CONTACT AND BANKING INFORMATION. THEY USE YOUR INFORMATION TO SCARE YOU INTO PAYING MONEY YOU DON'T OWE. RESEARCH THE WEBSITE OR PAYDAY LOAN COMPANY BY GOOGLE OR BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU BEFORE GIVING TTHEM YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION. MAY SAVE YOU A HEADACHE IN THE LONG RUN***
Keep calling me this number on september first week and said his from burue of investigation and legal department, he also said had a complain against me in regards of my loan if I'm failure to pay they gonna send a sheriff in my address, and instructed me to buy a money pack and call them,I'm scared because I had loan from August but deferent amount and he said late charge fees was apply so went up double equivalent from my original loan.I spoked him @ 11:40am it end up 2pm because he said because I'm late one hr they charged me $1,000 plus $789.00 and he also if I pay that amount the charge will up to $8,000 and five years in jail,after that he hung up me.
I rcvd a call today and I told them to send a letter to my home and my lawyer will contact their law firm. I told them not to call back, thanked them and hung up the phone. It seemed to work.
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: