THIS IS A SCAM. Scammers are using bought/hacked loan application data to extort payments for fictitious debts from victims and victims' families and friends.
The FBI warns about payday loan extortion scams here http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/paydayloanscam_120710
The BBB has issued several alerts on this scam, just google "bbb.org alert phony debt collector"
Report to the Internet Crime Complaint Center http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx , the Federal Communications Commission http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm , the Federal Trade Commission https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/ and your state AG, as appropriate.
I was asleep in bed on Feb. 10, 2011, and a call came in at 6:54 am -- waking me up. There were actually 2 calls from the same phone number, one right after the other. I didn't answer. Later, I checked the messages and there was a brief message left on my voice messaging, but it was only background noise. The person calling didn't say anything. The Caller ID said only "N CAROLINA" at phone number "910-663-8332". Using a reverse phone number search on whitepages.com, it said it was a cell phone number from Burgaw, NC.
i got a call from this number as well. they said there was a suit against me for a loan or fraud or something like that. i never had a loan a day in my life. the guy had a very thick accent. he was tryin to get me to settle a debt for 298 dollars. but he could not tell me the debt amount or supply documents. and when i let my local police department call them back it rang 2x and they sent it to voicemail. its a big fraud from someone wanting money.
I got the same call threatening me with a lawsuit and even read my personal information to me. When I called the number back they just answered ''hello how can i help you". If you can find out who these people are, I would like to report them. They have a heavy foreign accent, possibly Indian and very difficult to understand.