On Friday 10/14, I too received a message from Deputy Eddie Smith from the Attorney General Office, stating that if they don't hear from me within 24 hours I'm going to jail. Saturday morning I received a call from this number again. It was an Indian man stating that I took out a cash advance loan for $6,000 and in order to prevent me from going to jail I have to send him $320. I asked where his office was so that I could go to meet with someone in person. He told me I could not, he instructed me to send the money to John Algarin by western union to Phil, Pa. I told him to give me 15 mins. so that I can go to the check cashing center, he agreed. I walked to the 7th pct, waited for the call and handed the phone to the police officer. About 20 mins. later I received another call from this number and the person told me he knows where I live and now I'm going to regret this because he's taking everything I have and he's sending his police to my home in 10 mins. I must admit I was very afraid. I hope the authorities get to the bottom of this Mark Brown and his crew.
I just received the same call, with a supposed "Deputy from New York Police" saying that they will show up at my door and to call this Attorney Mark Brown. Once I talked to him he said he was working for a client about a payday loan I took out. Well I have never taken a payday loan and told him I saw this site and he was being reported for fraud calls and he hung up on me.
On Friday 10/14, I too received a message from Deputy Eddie Smith from the Attorney General Office, stating that if they don't hear from me within 24 hours I'm going to jail. Saturday morning I received a call from this number again. It was an Indian man stating that I took out a cash advance loan for $6,000 and in order to prevent me from going to jail I have to send him $320. I asked where his office was so that I could go to meet with someone in person. He told me I could not, he instructed me to send the money to John Algarin by western union to Phil, Pa. I told him to give me 15 mins. so that I can go to the check cashing center, he agreed. I walked to the 7th pct, waited for the call and handed the phone to the police officer. About 20 mins. later I received another call from this number and the person told me he knows where I live and now I'm going to regret this because he's taking everything I have and he's sending his police to my home in 10 mins. I must admit I was very afraid. I hope the authorities get to the bottom of this Mark Brown and his crew.
NO-ONE has an arrest warrant put out on them from these morons. They wouldn't call you first and inform you of the warrant, if there is an arrest warrant out in your name the police already know where you are!
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 in June. The FTC has indicted one of its ringleaders for criminal fraud:
These [***] holes call me once a week. How did they get my home number, cell and work number. At first I was a little scared, but then realized I don't owe anybody. They just hung up on me when I said I know your a scam artisit.