I received a call from this number yesterday. Stating I owe $1900 on a payday loan that I allegedly took out on a closed bank account. They say its from 2011. I had the same bank account until 2012. They advised this was fraud and they were going to have me arrested if I did not pay them a settled amount of $1500.00 by end of business yesterday. I then got a call from lady stating she was with our local sheriffs dept and she had a warrant application for me if I did not send her a stop issue letter, that I would be placed under arrest today. I was to fax it back to her. She left no details. I tried to call the number back that was on my ID and it was a fax machine to our local sheriffs dept. I have a friend who works in the office so I called. They have never heard of this "Ms. Taylor" and "Brian Jones" who called me the first time stating he was having me arrested has been named before is this exact same scheme. I have turned this over to my local authorities and the attorney general office. This person had way more information about me than I would think he can get off the internet, which tells me someone has sold him my info. I am not paying them a dime regardless and if they call my work one more time, they are going to prosecute him for harrassment on a government line. They sent me an email with an attached letter stating I owe this and they are attempting to collect a debt. But they did not send any proof of any debt. And every phone number, address, and person is different. I sure hope something is done about this before someone gets caught up and possibly robbed blind. Even my local authorties say its a complete scam. I am so glad I called my paralegal friend and the administration in my town. This is scary to say the least!
They also called me and I disputed the debt. The first gentleman was friendly and said he would place my account on hold until I could verify. I pulled my bank statements for the time period they said I received a pay day loan from a company called payday yes. Needless to say there was no deposit ever made to my account. I called the gentleman back numerous times with no response. I finally tonight called the 423-271-3567 number and spoke with a woman and she told me they would issue a warrant tomorrow by noon if I didnt make payment. I told her I didnt receive funds during that time period and she told me she didnt care and I cannot dispute with their company. Out of curiosity I asked her who the company was that is filing this claim against me and she said she couldnt tell me and when I asked for a supervisor she said she was the supervisor and hung up on me. I even searched the supposed payday yes company on line, called their 888 number and nothing, rings once and then busy. SCAM written all over it!
I have a friend who works in our PA's office here in my town. She said they can not issue any warrants. They can threaten all they want. The process is they will have to file with the courthouse in your area. The authorities will then contact you via letter and you can handle from there. I have turned them into the authorities in my town and the attorney generals office. Please read my message above. Its crazy. I hope no one has fallen for this scam.