I just got a call from officer Robin Smith from the Financial Crimes Unit....he said on my message that he will take legal action against me. He said there would also be legal charges that will be filed in my county. Scary part is that he had my work #. It was about a payday loan......
claim they are a "law office" wont tell you who they work for. claim they are officers kevin petterson and robin smith. always about unpaid payday loans. they want either cash now or to take you to court. number comes up as out of area, is a cell phone. if you call them they dont pick up, but will call you back. located out of jacksonville florida. very thick accents.
6 Aug 2009
Better Business Bureau has issued a national alert about phony debt collectors that are calling consumers nationwide and claiming that they have defaulted on a payday loan and will be arrested if they don’t pay immediately.
Claiming to be lawyers, the scammers say they are with the “Financial Accountability Association” or the “Federal Legislation of Unsecured Loans” and often have the victim’s Social Security, old bank account numbers or driver’s license numbers as well as home addresses, employer information and even the names of personal friends and professional references.
BBB Alerts About Phony Debt Collectors
6 Aug 2009
Better Business Bureau has issued a national alert about phony debt collectors that are calling consumers nationwide and claiming that they have defaulted on a payday loan and will be arrested if they don’t pay immediately.
Claiming to be lawyers, the scammers say they are with the “Financial Accountability Association” or the “Federal Legislation of Unsecured Loans” and often have the victim’s Social Security, old bank account numbers or driver’s license numbers as well as home addresses, employer information and even the names of personal friends and professional references.
These folks have called us several times and even called people we know and threatened us and them. The caller identified himself as "Ricky Watson with the financial crimes unit". They demand we pay them by Western Union immediately to avoid going to jail and to "save ourselves". They refuse to identify the name of their company, what we owe money for or to send us anything in writing. The calls continued even though we demanded something in writing and told them not to call anymore. We requested an address to send them a written notice to not call but they would not give us one. We recorded them and then called the State Attorney General and gave them the phone number. They called them and got the same runaround. BUT they have not called back since we did this.