these people call to read you an "affidavit" accusing you of criminal culpability involving fraud. They will tell you that you didn't pay back a pay day loan and tell you a subpoena is being sent to ur address which they have. They identify themselves as a law firm in california named "law firm." lol. They don't request money so I don't know what their angle is but this is war I will prank call them twenty times a day if need be!
I got a phone call today from these so called lawyers with a heavy distinct Indian accent, basically accusing me of criminal culpability involving theft, receiving a payday loan via the internet and refusing to pay it back. They claimed they were representing an loan entity called "instant cash" that had over 300 businesses within the US. The guy then read off some affidavit. When i asked this Indian accented guy to confirm which of my banking institutions received the funds ... he stammered and paused, ... then stated that he did not have that information. I then queried as to what confirmation did they have to prove that I even received any such funds, again, the Indian guy could not confirm. At this point he started to become agitated and sort of loud, ... you will be picked up on Friday and you will pay $5,000. At this point, I could not contain myself and burst out laughing. The guy still shouting eventually hung up. I called back some hours later and blocked my call, and was not too surprised when I got unusual static and answering service. Very unusual behavior from a law firm. I am going to report this incident to the FBI and Law Enforcement Agencies. This was my experience.
Lotus333, I could not have explained it better. Your explanation hits the nail on the head. I think their ploy is to scam and defraud people out of money by accusing them falsely and then trying to force them to set up and make payment arrangements with them. They probably will require bank account information and such other details and then siphon your account dry. This is nothing but fraud and has to be reported to the authorities. I am going to report this as soon as possible. I like your idea about the prank calls though, pretty neat.