I got a call from a Jim with a strong indian accent saying I owe money for a loan. Would not say the loan company specific name but that they are the legal department of "PDL". No real information, but they seem to have all of mine. They called my cell# and work #. Very frustrating and rude. Number on my caller id was (052) 695 757, but the callback number was 347 286 7112.
Spoke w/ an officer Patrick Minor, threatihening me that its a legal matter and my SSN is on file , also that if i do not respond i may loose my job,etc.. very thick accent
i received a call also from someone names sonya -- she left a threatening message and said i owe 2000.00 -- said call is from acls. accent very very hard to understand.
I also received a call from a man calling himself John or Shawn Morris (I think) because accent so heavy hard to understand. I saved the nessage and had to replay sev x's. The bottom line was "he" said he was with the Federal Crimes Investigation....said he had something against me and my social ending in.... which aren't last four #'s of my social. H went on (very fast) saying I needed to return his call and maybe he could try to do something to help me in this matter. He then was saying something about I could lose my job and other stuff!! I am sure the calls will continue..I am going to save them and after a cpl I will report this to Atty General State of Fl etc....
THIS IS A SCAM. Scammers pretend to be law enforcement (police, sheriff, Feds, AG's Office, fake cop agencies with made-up names) and using bought/hacked loan application data to extort money for fictitious crimes or your personal ID.
The real DEA warns about fake-DEA extortion scams here http://www.justice.gov/dea/pubs/states/newsrel/2010/denver111010.html
The real FBI warns about payday loan extortion scams here http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/paydayloanscam_120710
The real FDA warns about fake-FDA extortion scams here http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/2009/ucm195814.htm
The real FDIC warns about fake-FDIC extortion scams here http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/specialalert/2010/sa10131.html
Report to the Internet Crime Complaint Center http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx , the Federal Communications Commission http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm , the Federal Trade Commission https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/ and your state AG, as appropriate.