My grandma got a call its a payday loan scam company telling elserly people to go to walmart and send cash via western union.Scam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do not send these people money report them to the fdcpa and the attorney generals office this has to stop!!!!!!!!!!
me too: voice mail with message stated that was investigator Robin Wright and that was working on a case being downloaded in my county today that has my name and SS# attached to it. 3rd message with diff people each time!
At first i didnt know what to think about the phone call..but i did open several payday loans back 3-4 yrs ago... I went the some financial harpship so i defaulted on my loans...which sucked but im glad they called me so i can resolve this before it got bigger.. they were a big help..
John Reyes, don't tell me you really gave them your info! These people call me and leave messages 2 or 3 times a day, (I've never had a loan) each one different, but they're all scams!! I talked to the police and now I am calling the numbers back and they hang up every time. So I am going to start answering and play their game-I will give them fake info. and keep them on the line, hopefully it will irritate them as much as it does me!
Total scam. Little better than extortion. Being in debt is not a crime and you cannot be arrested for it. Only public prosecutors file charges for bank fraud. If you had committed that kind of crime you'd have heard about it from law enforcement and you' d have written correspondence from the bank. You would NOT have heard about it from some scammery-scummery debt collector by way of cold call. There's no way a defaulted payday loan can be magically transformed into a criminal case for bank fraud.
Ignore these calls and block them.
Report them:
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection (Threatening arrest or criminal process in order to collect a civil debt is a clear violation of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act)
Also contact your local attorney general
If they continue to bother you, and you know you do not owe any money, tell them that you know this is a debt scam and that you are making a complaint to the police for extortion. You might have to yell at the scammer and talk over him or her. Once you get a copy of the police report and they call you again , just read out the file number and the name of the PD or Sheriff’s office involved. Tell them you’ll be glad to send a copy to them at whatever address the jack***es are working out of now. If you can find them.