They called me at work! This call was from "John Miller" who said he was from Oakview Law Firm. He said it was about a payday loan, which I've never taken. I asked when the loan was taken and he wouldn't tell me. I asked how much it was for...again, he wouldn't tell me. I told him I knew he wasn't calling from the REAL Oakview Law Firm and I knew he was a scammer and to stop calling.
I have recieved multiple calls from this phone number; 5 were recieved on the afternoon of Friday, March 2, 2012 (3/2/12) and 5 more calls were recieved at 8am on the morning of Saturday, March 3, 2012 (3/3/12.) Each time this number called me multiple times in a row, in a matter of minutes. The calls were made to my personal cell phone; I did not answer any of the calls, but recieved the following voicemail information: ”Hi, this is an urgent message for A*** H*****. Please do not disregard this message. My name is STEVEN JACOB and I am calling from OAK VIEW LAW FIRM. This call is regarding am urgent business matter. You must call me back the second you get this message at 347-394-1572. Again,my number is 347-394-1572. You must not disregard this call and call back immediately. Your Social Security Number, with the last four (4) digits being 'XXXX' is currently under investigation by your State. You must call my number back immediately. The only thing I can do if you disregard this message is wish you good luck as this situation unfolds upon you.”
Another messsage, almost identical to the first, went so far as to say "May God have mercy upon you as this situation unfolds upon your head."
Really??? Absolutely no legitimate collector or business-person would conduct themselves this way. I have personally spoken to an agent at the FBI about this as they have an open case regarding it. All I can pass along to anyone reading this is DO NOT give these people any information, they obviously have some of your personal information somehow, and unfortunately use that to pressure folks into paying them money on completely bogus debts.
And, for the record, the man "Steven Jacob" was EXTREMELY Indian-sounding, it was actually difficult to make out much of what he was saying; I had to replay the messages several times to understand it. Also there was a lot of background noise, like it was some sort of call-center or something.
Beware! Don't be afraid to tell them you know they are FRAUDULENT, and a SCAM, usually then they will drop the call....or, do what I did: Call them back, leave THEM a nasty message, call them out on being liars, fraud, scammers, whatever, and demand that they remove your phone number from whatever "system" they are using to harrass you through. The gentleman I spoke with at the FBI a short while ago said that what I did was likely the MOST effective response you could possibly give them, aside from simply not speaking to them....but, as I have witnessed, just ignoring them didn't make the calls stop. The agent with the FBI said usually these types of calls will cease pretty quickly if they can't reach you, or if they do reach you, and you tell them you know its FRAUD!!!
Just like the rest of you guys that posted these guys called me too. I told them let's bring this to court then they hung up. I googled the number and found this site. Called them back and had fun calling them names and asked where they were located because 347 area code is located in new York or something. They told me they were in Pakistan lmao!! Then they asked me if I would like my number taken off there calming list because they hacked some system or something. Told them to have a bad day then said bye.
I keep getting calls from this guy and I gave him the number of the local police to find the person he was looking for. Internet reports said this would stop him. However, he called right back and eventually told me to "go to hell."
I have gotten calls from these people also. They have first called my job and telling my emplees about it and telling them that I really need to call them back. I knew its all be a scam because they tried this same thing last year and when I told them my Aunt was a judge they got really mad and started yelling. When they called again I informed they that i tald to the general attorney they never called back. Now this time they called my personal cell and was using a cell # from my area code, so I called the number back that they called me from and they have some how managed to use some one elses number to get a hold of me. When I was talking to the other person and letting them know what was going on they where still tring to call me using that persons phone number. duh they are really stupid now. So when I hung up from talking to that other person I called the 347 number and was told that I was talking to this Jack Coopers boss who by the way is Indian guy i let in to him. He tried to talk to me and I told him to drop it because I have it all on my phone id he was really quik to say good bye.. They are nothing but scam artist..
I too have received calls from this number before, but just this morning, the number called me 12 times in a 10 minute window after i told him to stop calling, I ended up banging on a pot really loud when they called and told them im calling the authorities, they stopped calling for now, I did, however, call my local police department and am waiting for an officer to come take a harassment report, I'm glad I found all these posts. They had called me before and I told them, unitl I see paperwork form a court of the U.S. or speak to an American or English speaking person, I won't deal with them, I also told them that I'm not giving them any information and they started telling me that they already had my info and wanted my attorneys name.