same as other numbers, man with Indian accent, generic American name. says you owe money and you will go to jail unless you call back and pay. blah blah blah. blocked this number.
When will these people get a clue. They keep calling me for the past year from different numbers using different names for companies that include Federal department of law and investigation, Williams and Associates, New York Law Offices and different names==Kevin Jones, Allen Smith, Micheal Martin, David Allen and all with heavy Indian accents. Their speech is the same with that i or my retained attorney call them immediately and if not, wish me luck as the situation unfolds on me and God bless.
At one point, not this number but a different one, keep calling me on my cell and work number threatening to have me arrested and wanted to know where I wanted to be picked. They refuse to supply any documentation for this suppose loan that I took which I did not. They would not say what court that I was to report to the next morning and he called several times impersonating a detective, police and assistant district attorney with the same voice but different name and using the same number. My office that it was funny but it got old really fast. they still call my cell. I am about to change the number to stop these calls but I am sick of them.
I have reported this to my local police, state investigation department and local district attorney and BBB. Filed a fraud alert on my credit.
Just to let you know, if you request a documentation for a debt, it has to be supplied.
And I have not been arrested, picked up or any documentation has been sent to me. SO IF YOU GET THESE CALLS, DO NOT PAY IT.
Read below:
You cannot be jailed (a felony punishment) for debt (a civil crime). Jail is only for serious crimes like robbery and are handled by criminal courts while debt, like divorce, is handled by civil courts. These [***] are stupid scammers and you should not pay them money. What's happening to you is happening to many people all over the country. Scammers are using bought/hacked loan application data to extort payments for fictitious debts from victims and victims' families and friends. If you call your state's Attorney General's Office consumer division, I guarantee you they will tell you it's a scam and not to pay them. The loss of personal data like SSN to criminals is serious but in this case, they cannot harm you. You might be at risk for ID theft so you may want to put an alert on your credit file but that's your choice.
The FBI warns about payday loan extortion scams here http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/paydayloanscam_120710
The BBB has issued several alerts on this scam, just google "bbb.org alert phony debt collector"
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.
Thank you for this blog I just got a call today and I was like I wanna
Hit this strong Indian accent guy in the head! They keep saying someone else name who probably owns this number ghat I just got a month ago! They don't have a single clue that people change numbers and other people gets other peoples old number. Anyway I'd like to thank you for this info.
Yep, I just got one too. He said if I don't return the call then all they can do is wish me luck. Awww, how sweet! I didn't get the jail warning but a wish of luck. What a jerk.