These stories above all sound like, what just happened to me. This company DCA LAWFIRM has been calling and leaving threatening messages on my phone all week. I called them today, it was a middle eastern man with a pretty thick accent, he said I took out a payday loan and never paid it back. Now I am wanted for stealing, fraud, money laundering etc. This was the first time I was hearing of this. I asked to speak with someone that I could understand better. I was put on hold, and then another person came on the phone that had a different name but sounded like the exact same man. They said if I didn't pay at least 50% of what I owed then a investigator, sherriff, and court official would come to my house tomorrow morning to arrest me and bring me in front of the judge. I am alone with a 3 yr old son, he told me that CPS would take my son until the matter was resolved !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So now I am really freaking out. I asked for a company website and he said that it was confidential and he wasn't allowed to give it out. I asked for the dates that I suppossedly took this money and he didn't have accurate dates, he just said it was from a long time ago. I tried to call the phone number he gave to me 718-842-6472 and it just rings, but then he will immediately call me back from a blocked line. These people now everything about me, name, birth date, last 4 of my ss#, old addresses, where I used to work, my old supervisor etc. Oh and they can only take payment in the form of an electronic funds transfer. So scared called my husband at work, he started laughing. I know it sounds silly to most, however I am scared. Even if it is a scam- they have all my information !!!!!!!!! I have a very close friend that is a NYC cop. I called him and he even said that according to NYS law the things that they said couldn't happen. eventhough I have been reassured I am still scared and shaking. I hope that this information will help someone and no one else falls for this [***] !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This number called me today with a completely different kind of scam. They have been calling for days, so I called them back and point blank demanded to know who they were. Someone with a middle eastern accent claimed they were some kind of technology company, claimed I had contacted THEM for some kind of service with Google Ad Words. All false. I told him to take me off their list. I am sure they will be calling back shortly.
For the last several days I have received repeated calls from this number. I don't answer and waste my time or phone minutes on unknown callers. SO far, no message left. I hate scammers! This came after I got a bunch of calls from someone trying to get me interested in graduate schools so maybe that's where they got my number? The one call I took from those guys was just pathetically obvious Indian rotocallers.