It's a debt collection scam. And all their threats are false and illegal.
This is a very active group of scammers, many of whom are calling from India (and probably other countries) and are in cahoots with a group of American pay day loan scammers. They attempt to extort money from consumers with a myriad of false and illegal threats, and alternately pose as debt collectors, federal and state law enforcement officers, lawyers and bankers. Their trademark is to use meaningless legalese gobblygook phrases like "We are downloading warrants against you" or "We are filing an affidavit against you." Another trademark phrase is to threaten the consumer with something like this ridiculous phrase: "If you don't pay then only God can help you."
Typical of many financial scams of this variety, they usually demand payment via Western Union or MoneyGram or credit card. They use any number of phony names such as US National Bank, Federal Investigation Bureau, US Legal Investigation Bureau, Hopkins Law Office, United Legal Processing, Morgan Associates, United Pay Services, National Processing, White Collar Crime Unit and many more. These criminals also use many phone numbers from many area codes; they're probably using caller-id spoofing software and/or VoIP to disguise their real location.
The main thing to remember is that anytime someone calls you demanding money to prevent your arrest, or demanding your lawyer's name so they can sue you, it is ALWAYS a scam. No debt collector (let alone criminals posing as debt collectors) has the authority to have anyone arrested for anything. (And it's illegal to them to threaten such a thing.) And since these foreign dirtbags routinely impersonate law enforcement, it's also important to remember that American law enforcement officers aren't in the business of debt collection. (Debt is a civil, not a criminal, matter.)
The bottom line is, these are criminals trying to steal your money.
Technomine CallCenter
Sarovar Plaza,
Near Girish coldrink
CG Road
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Owners: Kunal Nayak ,Viral Nayak and Parixit
I suggest that you ignore their threats and turn the tables on them by doing the following:
1) Give them nothing, and tell them nothing other than that you've reported them to federal and state authorities.
2) File a complaint online with the Federal Trade Commission here: https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01
3) File a complaint with the consumer affairs division of your state's attorney general. The contact information for each state's attorney general is listed at www.naag.org Just scroll down to the national map and click on your state.
4) Since these crooks are using a telephone phone to extort money from you, report them online to the FBI at https://tips.fbi.gov/
5) Contact an attorney to defend your rights and pursue these crooks. There are plenty of consumer law professionals who work on contingency in matters like this. Here are links to websites that either provide attorney referrals or are law firms that specialize in suing outlaw debt collectors:
Consumer Credit Advocate Bud Hibbs - http://www.budhibbs.com/First.htm
National Association of Consumer Advocates - http://members.naca.net/findanattorney.php
Warren & Vullings, LLP - http://www.fairdebtlawyers.com/
My Fair Debt - http://www.myfairdebt.com/
Consumer Counsel Group - http://www.consumercounselgroup.com/
Ridiculous scammers! Called me at work as well! Strong accent, but his name was Alex Smith. I asked if he thought consumer were really that stupid to which he replied "yes, stupid". I asked him not to call back. 360-215-1654 was the number. Please call as many times as you like. Give these jacka$$es a dose of their own medicine.
I received a call from Dept. of Crime Prevention, and the man's name is Roger Stone. When I called the number, an women with a heavy Indian accent answered and wanted to know my last name and the number that I was called on. I advised the woman that they called me and should have that information. I requested to speak to the person that called me. They threatened to arrest me. They stated wanted my attorney's name and they even gave me a case number. I asked who I got the loan with and they advised that i got a loan with payday cash. They had my personal information which they could have gotten from loans that I have had in the past and paid back. The names given were a Roger Stone and Kim Jones. I asked where they are calling from and they stated California. The number given was 661-347-6528. I believe they buy cell phones and use them for a while and then get rid of them.
I received a call from 052-901-233 is what the caller id says, he says his name is Ryan Burke from Legal Department Prevention told me, i was going to be arrested and filed 3 different charges for not paying back a payday loan. ( I NEVER TOOK OUT). I hung up on him he called me back 8 times in a matter of minutes. Left me a nasty voice mail said he was going to send the authorities to my job, if i did not stop acting childish. He had my social and everything, what do I do? The number he gave me to call back was 814-324-2010