I think I have been part of a scam. I have been getting calls at my job from someone saying I am part of a legal investingation. I finally talk with this foreign man and he told me that I was part of a legal investigation and they were going to send someone to my place of residence or employment to arrest me because I had not payed back a payday loan. They knew my social security number and everthing. They asked me if I wanted to settle it out of court and I told them yes. So they told me that I would have to pay $500 down and I told them I didn't have $500, but I could pay $250.oo. He said okay and told me to call him back when I got a money gram. We kept talking back and forward, but I finally got the money gram and set them the $250. He called me again but with another name on 2/21. He told me I would have to have $300 in by the 29th of February or they would send my the $250 back and proceed with the court fees and I would be arrested. I asked him to send me something saying I had payed the $250 and he told me that he could only send that after the balance of $1100.00 had been paid. I told him that I felt like this was a scam and he told me that I was on recorded lines and it was not a scam. We argued back and forth for a while and he told me to call him on the 29th and let him know if I had the money. I told him that I was willing to pay $100 a month until I got it paid. He first told me that the bank only would accept $500 then he said the bank would only accept $300. I then knew something was wrong. Whe I looked them up on the internet "United Federal Bank", the first thing to come up was stories about how they scammed people. Please let me know what I need to do in this matter
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