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 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 are annoying... cause somehow they have my parents number and threatening them now too... and i dont even know who these people are.... they left a message on my parents voicemail about contact my lawyer and i have a court date and i will be serving time and so will the rest of the family.... the government or the fcc needs to find awy to stop this!!!!
he calls with treath your going to jail or you have a court date he has an american name but sounds like he's from iran or something area areound there.