I went on the internet searching for a loan company to assist me with finishing my payments for college. Unfortunately after reading all of the above comments I now know that the company I had given $200 to (which is a lot for someone young in college) is a complete scam. An Indian man called me with a very strong accent from the phone number 1-682-503-3598. This man told me that I needed to be put on hold to speak to his supervisor. Then I get on the phone with the "supervisor" (was named Stanley Marshall) who also had an extremely heavy Indian accent, and told me I would be receiving a $2000 loan (which is what I requested) in my bank account by tomorrow. According to this "supervisor", he stated that all I needed to do was put $200 onto a MoneyPak card and give him the number on the back of the card as a deposit. I did so and got my money completely STOLEN from me. The two Indian men argued with me for days afterwards after I inceccently called them demanding my $200 back. They told me that if I did not stop calling them asking for my money back that they would call the police and I would be arrested. They said they "had all the information they needed in order to prosecute me." The "supervisor" then told me okay he would put it back into my bank account and never did. So now I am trading calls back and fourth with the GreenDot MoneyPak corporation trying to get my money back. Luckily I have my original receipt to send to the corporation, but I will stop at nothing to get my hard-earned money back. This is a complete SCAM currently being operated out of Euless, Texas. The phone number these scammers are calling from is a landline number as well. If anyone has any additional information to add about their own personal story with this fraud company please write your comments here. Thank you for hearing my story.
I have received two calls from this number. Both times they were from males with (I believe) india accents.
The first time I told them that I had just completed a bankruptcy hearing and if this were true it would have showed up on my credit report, plus the fact that I have never taken out any kind of a loan, especially one over the internet so I needed information from him so I could contact the police for identity theft. He wanted my laywers phone number so he could confirm that I had filed bankruptcy. I called my lawyer the next day and no one had called.
One week later I got the second call and told the male that they had already called me and they told me they were calling my lawyer. Well now I am told that I have another suit filed against me. I have a hearing problem and I couldn't understand this guy and asked him to slow down while he was talking to me. He gave the phone to another male with an accent and he started asking me questions. I stopped him and asked him his name. When I couldn't understand him I told him about my hearing problem and he started yelling (I guess his name) over and over again at me on the phone. I hund up. It is good to know that this is a scam because I really thought someone had taken my personal information and got a loan with it. I am still checking into these people because somewhere in there it sounded like they said my social security number like with PJ's above post.
Scammers are using bought/hacked/phished loan application data to extort payments for fictitious debts from victims and victims' families and friends.
The FBI warns about payday loan extortion scams here http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/paydayloanscam_120710
The FBI warns again http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releas ... nt-payday-loans
The BBB has issued several alerts on this scam, just google "bbb.org alert phony debt collector"
Report 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 http://www.naag.org/current-attorneys-general.php as appropriate.
Got a call and ansewered it. Indian man that I couldn't understand said he was calling about a collection on a loan. When I said I couldn't understand him he told me to hold on for his senior supervisor. I hung upand they called back 5 times in less than 20 minutes without leaving a message. When I called their number it went straight to voicemail.
Same as others previously said. A man with a strong India accent called, almost impossible to understand. Spoke very fast and unclear. Asked to him to repeat what he was saying like 50 times in 2-3 minutes. He kept trying to get my social security number, claiming there was an arrest warant for me and I was going to be arrested tomorrow. SCAM! I have never had any problems with the law. Turned the phone number over to my local police department.
i got a call yesterday from this number(682)503-3598 but didnt answer they left a voice message saying that i have a lawsuit against my name and social security number he sounded with a deep accent tho kinda like an asian and that there from american legal zoom they did say my first and last name correct so im doing research now to find out if there real because im so stupid. and im glad i didnt answer i probably would of gave out information so thx for the comments.