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Extortion Scam Related to Delinquent Payday Loans
Washington, D.C.
December 07, 2010 FBI National Press Office
(202) 324-3691
— filed under: Press Release
The Internet Crime Complaint Center has received many complaints from victims of payday loan telephone collection scams. Callers claim the victim is delinquent in a payday loan and must repay the loan to avoid legal consequences. The callers purport to be representatives of the FBI, Federal Legislative Department, various law firms, or other legitimate-sounding agencies. They claim to be collecting debts for companies such as United Cash Advance, U.S. Cash Advance, U.S. Cash Net, and other Internet check-cashing services.
According to complaints received from the public, the callers have accurate data about victims, including Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, employer information, bank account numbers, and the names and telephone numbers of relatives and friends. How the fraudsters obtained the personal information varies, but in some cases victims have reported they completed online applications for other loans or credit cards before the calls started.
The fraudsters relentlessly call the victim’s home, cell phone, and place of employment. They refuse to provide any details about the alleged payday loans and become abusive when questioned. The callers have threatened victims with legal actions, arrests, and, in some cases, physical violence if they do not pay. In many cases, the callers harass victims’ relatives, friends, and employers.
A man with a heavy accent has called me from this number, BACK-to-BACK and also at my work, claiming that a lawsuit has been filed against me. All they say is that they are from the "DA's office".
I also received a call from this number on my cell phone at 7:45 pm 1.7.14. I did not understand the name of the firm he was calling from, when I pressed him he transferred me to a paralegal. This person said I was being sued for not paying back a payday loan from US Cash (which I never took out). He said the money was deposited on 12.3 or 12.13 2013. Verified my deposits and guess what, I had not received this amount from this company. The $679.00 is exactly the amount another company and fraud number tried last week.
This number is calling me saying they have a lawsuit against my social security number, but they won't tell me the nature of the case. They are harassing me at home and on my job.
I received the same phone call as well and after several failed attempts to gather information from them I then received a call from someone claiming to be a Denver investigation officer. I got her name and badge number and when I called the number back which did go to the Police department they told me that they have gotten a lot of these phone calls today about the same thing and that the badge number did not exist.
I kept getting a call from this number n I finally spoke with them n they told me I was being sued and a cop would arrest me at my job the next day when I ask for info they wouldn't give it to me so just like they did to me I kept calling them n telling them I called the police and gave their number n I wanted to know what loan I received and when and they told me to call their customer service line and told me the number was 911 and she laugh and hung up then they blocked my number