Called me stating i had a payday loan and had defaulted on payment adv i needed to go buy a Green Dot Money pack from walmart for $450 dollars to stop legal proceedings, would not give me anymore info, he know my address and email, called police said it was a scam, we'll find out tomorrow right?
And since when have police officer's done the job for a law firm? they need to hire a process server in order to "serve" a "subpoena".
Some man with an Indian Accent just called me and told me he was from a law office in California Larry Parker and that I was being sued and hung up on my when I demanded to know why. I called the 661 243 3225 back and he answered like he was picking up a home phone. not like he actually worked for a lawyers office. I think its a scam.
Just received a phone call from a ridiculous indian man saying he was an american(which was a lie of course) and said i was in some sort of legal trouble. I told this dude that I had no legal problems in my life and that he needed to lose my number. He then asked me what my name was. I said, "you called me, you should no my name." He started shouting. I told him "look dude, you don't know me, and ya need to get to steppin." He asked me if my name was __________ __________ which it was, but i said, NOPE! This is all a scam.
I received about 5 calls from this number, with 2 voice mail messages stating that I had 3 charges filed against me. I could only understand his name which was Stephen Jones, after asking him to repeat himself several times he then proceeded to tell me that I was going to be arrested the next week by my local sheriff's office. It was really scary since he knew my address and the sheriff's department address.
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 a year ago: