I too have been plagued by these people for almost a year now. They use various company names and the last name they gave me was Affidavit Consolidation Service. I have had them pretend to be officers of the court and they always use American sounding names and sometimes names of celebrities. They make claims that I have outstanding payday loans and that I will be charged with five counts of fraud or that my case goes in front of a judge the next day if I do not settle the matter with them. I have asked many times for them to prove that I owe a debt or even give the name of the company that I supposedly owe. They never have provided me any of that information; instead, they usually get angry and start insulting me, my family and Americans in general. I have also had them hang up on my countless times when I confront them, then maybe two or three weeks later, the calls start again. Why am I not in jail yet?
I do however have a suggestion for anyone else with the same "friends" that call me. Let's work together and fight fire with fire and get their names and contact numbers and pass them on to as many telemarketers (or any website that asks for a phone #) as possible. Let's clog up their phone lines every time they change their numbers, maybe we could even get enough people together to call them non-stop on a selected date like maybe Saturday 1/08/10. I'm going to post this on other sites like this one. Please help spread the word!
SOME GUY CALLED NICK THOMPSON CALLED ME AND SAID HE IS LAWYER... THIS PEOPLE ARE SCAM..... THEY ARE FRAUD THEY ARE TELLING THAT THEY ARE FRM ACS AND SAYING SOME KIND OF LEGAL CASE FILED ON MY NAME..... AND IF I AM READY TO GO OUT OF COURT SETTLEMENT THAN I HAVE TO PAY SOME AMOUNT AND THN ASKING FOR CARD DETAILS WHN I GOOGLED THERE NUMBER I FOUND THEY ARE SCAM... THEY ARE F*****G FRAUD. DONT TRUST THEM. THEY ARE SCANMMMMMMMMM...........
I Just got the found that this company is based in India and are Scam saying that they are the Debt Collection Agency and Back office of ACS , They are Based in City called Ahmedabad in The State of Gujarat , Its a callCenter Named "Technomine" and the Owner name is Kunal Nayak , Viral Nayak and Parixit . The Address of their office is Sarovar Plaza , Nr . Girish coldrink , CG road , Ahmedabad Gujrat , India .
I got this information When i Tried to Trace their number with Help of one of my Friend .
WALLINGFORD, CT, August 07, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Better Business Bureau is warning consumers about would-be debt collectors who call "payday" loan holders, threatening arrest if they don't pay immediately.
A payday loan, also known as a paycheck advance, is a short-term cash advance intended to cover expenses until the holder's next payday.
The callers claim they are lawyers with the "Financial Accountability Association" or the "Federal Legislation of Unsecured Loans," and they are armed with stolen personal information from their victims, indicating a major security breach of unknown origin. The names used by the scammers may change with time.
According to Connecticut Better Business Bureau President, Paulette Scarpetti, payday loan holders appear to be particularly at risk.
"Because the scammers have so much information about potential victims, BBB is concerned that this may be the result of a data breach. Thousands of people may have had their personal information compromised."
Reports received by Better Business Bureau and posted online explain the con artists threaten the loan holders of defaulting and claim they are being sued. The imposters threaten the loan holders with imminent arrest and extradition to California to stand trial, unless they immediately wire $1000 or provide bank account or credit card information.
Connecticut Better Business Bureau has advice for consumers who receive suspicious telephone calls about an outstanding debt:
-Don't be bullied into immediate action. Ask the debt collector to provide official documentation that substantiates the debt.
-Do not provide or confirm any bank account, credit card or other personal information over the telephone until you confirm the legitimacy of the call.
-If you believe a debt collector is trying to scam you, file an abuse complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) online at www. ftc.gov, or by telephone at (202) 326-2222. Also file a complaint with your Better Business Bureau at http://www.bbb.org or by telephone at 203-269-2700, ext. 2.
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The message left by the caller, self identified as a Harry Brown, indicated that they were calling on the behalf of ACS or Affidavit Consolidation Services and indicated that I should call 347-602-4546 before "Something goes wrong or something happens to me". He went on to say that my social security number and "Driving Lisence Number" were under "State Investigation" and they (indicating ACS) had recieved a "Soft Case File" and that I should give them a call before I got "In a Huge Trouble". The caller spoke clear enough english, but was not natural at speaking such. The caller used only my first name and repeated it numerous time throughout the message giving the feel of familiarity but the terms used were not ones used by "Accredited Collection Agencies within the U.S." I played the message to my husband and he did a reverse lookup on the number and the response came back as a Cell Phone from Bronx, NY. Further Web-search brought this forum to light and I decided to add my findings.
I get the same kind of call, but I get a women who has a strong indian accent, but yet her name is Kim Smith, get the hell out of here. Some how these people get your name and information either off something you did on line some kind of way. Since the internet only uses the last four digits of your ss# that's how they get that. Also, tell them you will report them to the Federal Trade Commission, ask them for information on why there are calling you, and the thing is these people are ususally frauds trying to get money out of you. I advise to anyone is to verify who every or what every they may say you owe money too. Ask them for phone number of this company, account numbers, and mostly ask them for a 1-800 number where you can get back to them on. Ask them to write you a letter of vertification about this company to whom you suppose to owe to. Also, do not volunteer any, any information to them about you that gives them leverage, If they suppose to be calling you on something you owe than they should have all this information, which I sure they don't (been there done that). Good Luck and God Bless, all I'm saying is the more you pressure them for information on why they are calling the less you will get back, sometimes they even hang up. I had a call from the same number but they called themselves ACS Services. (See what I mean).