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.
This is a criminal extortion ring operating out of India. ABC News released an investigative report on it in June. The FTC has indicted one of its ringleaders for criminal fraud:
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.
These people keep calling me from all different numbers this is the latest one, keeping telling me this is a collections and wants my banking information and i refuse and they yell at me and tell me that the police are going to arrest me. I advised them to send me documention paper work and to give me name of company and address and I will have my lawyer call them and they say no and that there is no supervisor available to talk to. So i dont give info but they call about 30 times a day.
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.
The FTC has indicted one of its ringleaders for criminal fraud: