Have gotten 2 calls from this number today, spaced about 4 hours apart. I didn't recognize the number, so I didn't pick up. However, a friend I work with has also gotten a bunch of calls from some company using this number, claiming to be a payday lender that she owes money to (she doesn't), and claiming they were going to have her arrested, etc. I helped her get rid of them.
IF YOU DON'T OWE MONEY TO ANY PAYDAY LENDER, DON'T LET THESE PEOPLE FRIGHTEN YOU INTO PAYING SOMETHING YOU DON'T OWE WITH THEIR THREATS. It is common practice for them to buy a phone number list and just start calling random people, and make the following threats:
*you owe an outrageous sum for a payday loan you took out 2 months (or 6 months or a year, etc) ago
*you will be arrested if you don't pay
*they are "downloading you" or "downloading affadavits for your arrest"
*they are sending the police to your workplace at 2 pm (or 1800 hours or 3 pm, etc) to arrest you
*they are going to call your supervisor at your workplace
DON'T LET THEM SCARE YOU. If they demand you pay, turn right around and demand that they show proof that you owe them money. Ask them for the following, and it will stop them cold:
*ask for the name of the payday lender, address, phone number, and your account number
*ask them to confirm your bank account information (they won't be able to - and if for some reason they have that info, you need to close your bank account immediately)
*ask them for a copy of the contract you signed to take out the loan (any LEGAL payday lender will have this - if they say it was done online and there's no contract, tell them NO DEAL)
*when they threaten to have you arrested, take you to court, etc - call their bluff. If you don't owe a payday loan, they will have a hard time taking you to court over it. And you cannot be arrested for defaulting on a loan - we don't have debtor's prisons anymore!
I hope this helps someone else deal with these scumbags.
THESE PEOPLE DEFENITLEY ARE SCUMBAGS, THEY HARRASS YOU AT WORK THEY CALL YOU ON YOUR CELL PHONE, NOT ONLY THAT, THEY DO TELL YOU THEY ARE GOING TO SEND SOMEONE TO ARREST YOU AT YOUR HOME OR WORK PLACE, THATS A NON STOP.
This people call my home at least once a day and ask for a person that I don't know. They have been asked to stop calling and told they have the wrong number, yet they still call. My daughters were home today and answered the phone, they are ages 16 and 7. The man began harassing them and I came home and took the phone. He began spewing insults about my daughters and them answering the phone. Really now, since when can these people decide who picks up my telephone when it rings. I told them today if they ever call my home or insult my daughters again I will be pressing charges against them. That of course made him insult me. Well, at this point my temper got the best of me and I called him a very un-nice name. This was after his insults to my daughters and myself. These people are horrible do not let them bully you into anything. I will be contacting my phone company tomorrow to have a tracer put on and filing a report with the police if they call back. Never once have they said who they are I guess just calling people and asking for random names is a positive business practice in this organization.
We are a retirement village. This number calls multiple times daily and hangs up without talking or leaving a message. This is a nusiance call that needs to be stopped.