Please do not fall for these threats. Ask for validation of the debt, proof of any payday loan because this company uses information that consumers place on a "pay day loan" site that is actually a phishing site for private information. Check with your state Attorney General office because if legal action is threatened and they are a valid collection company, they must pursue legal actions. Also, any collection company must provide proof of the debt if requested.
They threatened to call references and I don't even know how they got them. I am turning the information over to the authorities. Don't fall for this it is a lie. When I attempted to call them back after calling them onto the carpet they got mad and wouldn't answer my phone calls. Instead they threatened to call my job and my references. I haven't applied for a payday loan so I am not sure how they got references. Don't get taken in by this.
From the legitimate website of American Legal Services:
http://www.americanlegalservices.com/
SCAM ALERT
There is currently an offshore scam. These scammers claim to be from American Legal Services. They call people telling them that they must send money today or they will be arrested tomorrow. If you are called by these people, do not give them credit card or any other numbers.
Get the address they want you to send the money to, then call your local F.B.I. and report them immediately.
report them to ftc.gov If enought people complain, at the very least they will have to ditch this phony number and get another one. I guess they keep majic jack in business.
This Call is a scam, I've spoke them a few times and told them to just file.. take legal actions if they want. They wanted to work out a deal for money and asked a bunch of personal questions which I refused to give. I could barely understand what the guy was even saying.. he said one day his name was Charlie Brown and Today he changed it to Officer Ben Bedict lol
I received a call from this number through my place of employment & my cell phone, I kind of thought this was a scam because I noticed that these type of calls are by a person with a foreign accent (more of in indian/arab). Funny thing about it is their using american names like Andrew Johnson & Dawn Morrison LOL!
You can have all the proof you need. Just get the guts to call up and say it. :) We'll deal with you guys the same way you think you can take us on, kids :D
And we'll provide an address too. Get all the help you need. Cuz, or else, we'll make you suck off donkeys :D