i just got a call from this same number telling me if i dont have my attorney call them at this same number my file will be downloaded into the courts???? all India speaking people from an obvious call center - what a fraud!!!!
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:
This number called me today and said I was under arrest about a loan. I never recieved a loan and he insisted that I had a warrent. Contacted the local pd and they told me about this scam.
Received a call from this number the person would not leave a message with my secretary only that he needed me to call him back. I called back only to get a beep to leave a message. I did not leave a message. The caller identified himself as Mike Anderson a State Attorney from California. My daughter received the same type of call around this time last year. The caller stated that she had been named as part of an identity theft ring and they were giving her the opportunity to pay a settlement or she would be arrested. They provided her work address to really seem legit even provided a bogus ID number.