This is a criminal extortion scam operating out of India. They are making the calls utilizing VOIP and the names of legitimate firms to make it appear the calls are originating from within the US. There is NO "company" or "debt" and you will NOT be arrested. They are harvesting and/or buying consumers' personal identifying information from unscrupulous websites like the one you may have filled out an application with, and you need to do whatever you can to protect yourself. This includes: Notifying the FTC: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/, placing fraud alerts with all three credit bureaus, notifying your bank and employer and letting these criminals know you are aware they are attempting to extort money for a non-existent debt and have alerted the authorities.
ABC News released an investigative report on this scam a year ago:
This foreignor calls my job 20 times back to back cussing out the people who answer the phone if they dont get me to the phone. He says i owe him tbousands of dollars and he need my bank info or im going to jail
This is a criminal extortion scam operating out of India. They are making the calls utilizing VOIP and the names of legitimate firms to make it appear the calls are originating from within the US. There is NO "company" or "debt" and you will NOT be arrested. They are harvesting and/or buying consumers' personal identifying information from unscrupulous websites like the one you may have filled out an application with, and you need to do whatever you can to protect yourself. This includes: Notifying the FTC: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/, placing fraud alerts with all three credit bureaus, notifying your bank and employer and letting these criminals know you are aware they are attempting to extort money for a non-existent debt and have alerted the authorities.
ABC News released an investigative report on this scam a year ago:
This guy keeps calling my phone, saying that I owe money and that I will go to jail. He call all day long, so I know it was scam from 6 months ago when it started. I bill collecter is not going to call you that many time per day and talk to you they way that he does. I had applied online for a something and from that time on I have these calls.
THUS GUY HAS BEEN CALLING OUR WORK ASKING FOR SOMEONE AND WE TELL HIM SHE DOES NOT WORK HERE ANYMORE SO HE STOPS CALLING AND WHEN WE TELL HIM SHE IS NOT HERE HE ASKS US IF WE WILL SUCK HIS ####. HE CALLS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN SAYING THE SAME THING TO US. I TOLD HIM THAT THE CALL WAS BEING RECORDED AND HE THEN SAID WHY AM I CALLING HIM. ( BECAUSE HE DON'T WANT TO GET IN TROUBLE) THIS IS A TOTAL SCAM.