Just got a call today from James Demello, telling me that the sheriff is going to come and arrest me in one hour where I work and when I start asking questions about who I owed when I don't owe anyone a cash advance he got mad and said that he will send all the documents to the sheriff because of not paying the $1,500 which he is asking from me. He told me to pay it 30 minutes. I even ask him what is my case number and he got so mad. He said if I can't pay $1,500 within an hour I will be put in prison for 6 months and will pay more than $9K. Got so terrified and nerveous..So what I did is check his name online and here you are, saw this post on him. Thank God this is just a scam.
Thanks for clearing up this dude's name...Kevin Meen. I can barely understand what he says except, "All I can say is good luck to you" after threatening me about something. I called and had to leave a message. I have never gotten a Cash Advance USA pay day loan, so I know he's bogus. I will wait and see what he does. How about a class action suit? All of us who's gotten the calls.
This person so called James Stevens with a thick middle eastern like people who is from Iraq or somewhere keep calling my phone. He left a message talking the same thing and weeks before some other person with the same time of accent called with a different name and number. It is nothing but a scam when you get a call like that call you local authorities, FTC, AND the FBI and give them the numbers and the phony name and anything else you can think of.
Same thing as everyone else said. A man who called himself Attorney Marks stated that I needed to pay several hundred dollars to avoid being arrested the next day. He new my social security number and my email address. He couldn't accept payment via a credit card or via my bank. He wanted me to go to a Walmart and do a bill pay voucher via Western Union. He had absolutely NO details about the loan (i.e. what company, how much I supposedly borrowed, account number, etc.). I was so worried. I told him that I couldn't pay the amount he wanted because I just didn't have it. He told me that if I paid half then he could put my case on hold and that would give me time to come up with the rest and avoid me getting arrested. In the back of my mind I knew something just didn't sound right; however, I was still scared and kept thinking...well, what if this is real. I literally had a family member drive to Walmart. While she was on her way to pay, I contacted the police and told them. They said, NO, don't pay, it's a scam. They googled the number and said---IT'S A SCAM. So grateful that I read everyone's info from this site to know not to pay. Thanks for posting!!!
This is a criminal extortion ring operating out of India. ABC News released an investigative report on it in June. The FTC has indicted one of its ringleaders for criminal fraud: