I received a call both at my dad's house and my ex-step mothers house from a Mike Wallace indicating he was a attorney, and that I was suppose to be in court over fraud and that I was going to get arrested today if I didn't get ahold of him for payment. I looked up the number, its a number located in palatka, fl that is a cell phone. It goes to a voice message with some fake company name. (i looked up the company and nothing is listed). Complete scam. I contacted my local police department. They referred me to contact the district attorney to file a formal complaint. My dad called this guy back and let him know that we were turning him into the district attorneys office and the guy told him that I was a [***] and that his exwife was a [***] and that was why she left him and then hung up. wow.. total scam. Sad cause its around christmas time and i guess thats when the ghouls come out to grab money from people that don't take the time to research. BEAWARE!
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.
The FTC has indicted one of its ringleaders for criminal fraud: