yea the same foreign man has been calling me about a law suite for a loan they have saying he was filling a law suite against me and he knows my ssn# as well i asked him questions and he hung they phone up i then called back numerous of times and the phone doesnt even ring it says hello and this mailbox is full.
I received a voice mail from a foreign indian man I could hardly understand his message except he kept repeating this is a legal emergency and I needed to call him right away!. He has called 3 x's so far today. I think this is a scammer.
This is a version of the you-have-committed-a-crime extortion scam and you are being...
1. charged with fraud or passing bad checks or embezzlement or
2. served with a court summons or arrest warrant or bench warrant or whatever or
3. located in preparation to being served or for a lawsuit or to be arrested or
4. whatever stupid crap reasons they will think up next.
And you have to...
1. call back with your case number or
2. confirm your address or SSN or whatever so you can be served or your papers can be processed or
3. pay $895 now to avoid paying $5,000 in court or
4. whatever stupid crap reasons they will think up next.
Beware extortion scams come in many flavors and they constantly evolve to stay one step ahead of the law.
The FBI warns about payday loan extortion scams here http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/paydayloanscam_120710
The BBB has issued several alerts on this scam, just google "bbb.org alert phony debt collector"
Never do what they tell you to do but report them to the Internet Crime Complaint Center http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx , the Federal Communications Commission http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm , the Federal Trade Commission https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/ and your state AG, as appropriate.
Just received exact same phone call. When I told him it was bogus he told me to just wait because the sheriff was on his way to arrest me. I would lose my job & not be able to get another for 6 months. Also told me they were going to freeze my credit report & I would never be approved for anything ever again. Told him he was full of it & he decided to then cuss & threaten harm to me. No clue what this is about but he had last 4 of SS#. That's all he had so whatever.
I got a call this morning and saved the voicemail. I haven't actually talked to the guy or even been able to leave a voicemail. The thing says it's full... probably from all you good people telling him off. I'm mad that this is happening, but glad that there are other people out there who know what's going on.