Just got a private caller who identified thgemselves as a loan fficer and I was approved for a 8000 dollar loan and I should call Sr Loan Officer Joel back at 347-478-6816. Beware total scam
Scammers pretend to be law enforcement (police, sheriff, Feds, AG's Office, fake cop agencies with made-up names) and may be using bought/hacked/phished loan application data to extort money or personal info for fictitious crimes.
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 FBI warns again http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releas ... nt-payday-loans
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 http://www.naag.org/current-attorneys-general.php as appropriate.
These skum bags need to get a real life. They want to scare you into giving them your debit or credit card numbers. Tell them that you want proof of the dept being owed. In the USA by law dept collectors have to send out proof of a dept being owed via certified mail. Also what law firm or agency calls from a cell phone or private number?
Yesterday, William Blake imposing as a lawyer called my job and cell phone stating that I have a lawsuit against my name and social security number from a payday loan. I never had a payday loan from the company he stated. When I start to inquiry info, he hung up on me. He stated that he has my Social Security number. He also stated that I was going to be arrested on Monday and I needed to get a lawyer. I knew it was scam. I could hear others in the background like they was in a telemarketing place. The phone kept breaking up on his end. These people need to be found and put away. I'm trying figure out how they got my personal information!!!!!
This is a criminal extortion ring operating out of India. ABC News released an investigative report on it in June. The FTC has indicted one of its ringleaders for criminal fraud:
In the meantime, you are going to have to do whatever you can to protect yourself. That includes letting them know they are running a scam and are reporting them to the authorities