They do it because there are A LOT of people that fall for it and actually pay their "debts" rather than face getting arrested. I almost fell for it. It's free money for these people and they need to be pranked themselves. I'm in the process of finding a radio station that does these kind of pranks and having them call as the FBI or CIA and scare the sh** out of them for a change.
I knew this was some sort of scam when they called my fiance' on Thanksgiving day, saying that she will be locked up tomorrow. She applied for an on-line loan,but nothing came of it because she doesn't have a checking account. I'm going to go further with this and report them to my people in New York and see what kind of bulls@#! they are trying to play with a career criminal/Thug Scout..Ya' heard me..Holla'
Just got a call from 6075952045. This Is a total scam. I also filled out for a online loan and been getting calls no stop from people in India. This one they threaten me by saying police will be at my residence tomorrow. I responded by telling them to go ahead and send them! I will be home all day, also that that I know they are frauds and can kiss my A$$! he said ok and hung up. Also recieved other calls saying I'm approved for a loan I just have to pay the intrest amount on the loan first. When i said that made no sense why would i pay intrest the person got pissed and hung up on me lol. Ummm ya If I wanted a loan obviously I am not going to give u money up front for it. Another call said I have been approved for a grant from the USA government of course a Indian woman called who could barely speak english lol get it together people Americans are not that dumb lol just block the numbers FYI they are using google voice to call that's how broke they are very unsophisticated...
Adam called me from 607-595-2045 saying he was coming to pick me up at 9:30 in the morning. Said I had a case. What a @$%^ scam. We will get you ADAM!!!!!
So I got a phone call this morning and when they didn't sound like an American I hung up! They called a second time and left a message saying I had a lawsuit filed against me and left the name Adam , so I called back and the guy said I had a lawsuit filed against my name and social I asked for what but he didn't say . So then I was all nonchalant about it and he told me to stay at my address until 3:30 so that I may be arrested and I was like OK so he got mad and hung up.