Calls usually pick up the week you are paid, generally 2-3 days before your direct deposit or paper check is received. They also get more intense around the holidays because people are shopping for gifts or going on vacation. This is a predatory and illegal money lending scheme. Ignore the calls. Do not pick up. Do not engage.
Received call from this number at my place of employment. Once I picked up the call, I heard on-hold music playing and remained silent until the music stopped about 30 seconds in. I thought someone would then pick up the line and begin speaking but the call was either dropped or they hung up.
I have had similar calls in the past from numbers like this with music playing before hand. This track in particular has been used by the foreign sounding callers that threaten you with arrest and going to court over a payday loan. Loans are a civil, not a criminal matter. If you have outstanding payday loans, check and see if they are legal in your state of residence and that the lender is (1) licensed and (2) following your state's guidelines. If your lender does not have a physical presence in your state, often referred to as a storefront, I would strong suggest contacting your Attorney General's office for additional information about the company and to possible file a compliant.
The only thing more dangerous than an informed consumer is an uninformed one. Learn the facts. Know your rights.
Another call from this number received at my place of employment. Music again, no one on the line to speak with to determine who the company is and what business they had with me or another person that I work with here. (Calls that are not directly answered forward to backups, so this call may not have been for me specifically)
Received my third call from this number since last Thursday. Number calls both my wireless number and my work line. Not sure who the company actually is, what business they have with me or what their intentions are once they do reach me. Between the frequent calling and 'on hold' music that plays, I have to suspect this is a collection agency of some kind.