I have got several calls from these people with the name Jason and Danny and Harry John. From a 310 547 8686 and 3476061267 and 2022396000. Told me I had three criminal charges collateral check fraud check deception and violation of federal banking. Then I made my lawyer call and they cursed him out. And threatened me with jail for six months. I tried explaining to them that I am eight months pregnant and I can't afford what they were asking for then I told him I have never got a loan in my life. So these people are full of it. But me and my lawyer are taking this further and we are suing cause they caused me to stress myself and my baby. Good luck guys just don't answer or get all the numbers blocked that they are calling from!
they called supposedly from the "hopkins law firm" very hard to understand accent. I have NO idea what it could be about and am always leary of these types of calls
Hey guys, I'm a lawyer, working very hard to track these guys down. I have four clients with issues but for the life of me can not track this company down. if you wanna go to my site and submit your story that would help me.
This person from the 9252621327 number called me at work the other day about an outstanding payday loan.(The most stupidist thing I have ever done was to take that out)It was suppose to be payed back by debit from my bank account.)This man name James Cameroon I believe I may have spelled the last name wrong has called my job many times and was told by an assistant not to call back. He still did. He has threatened me with jail and told me they were going to download my case several times whatever that means. He told me my problems would get worse. He asked if I have ever been picked up by my job and I said no. Several times he wanted my attorneys name. He said he was going to file wire charges and fraud charges on me. This is a 300 dollar loan he is charging for 600. I asked why so much and he screamed at me look at your contract. I was very upset and shaken up on the first call. THe second call I gave him a hard time but he would not give me an address or let me speak to a supervisor. When I told him (I know this was wrong please forgive for saying this) to go back to where he came from he got upset and told me God Bless You. Im trying to find out what I can do to make the phone calls stop
First of all, relax. No debt collector has the authority to have anyone arrested for anything. The criminals calling you are no different than the infamous Nigerian email spammers; their goal is to steal your money by gaining access to your bank account and credit card numbers. The only difference is, the Nigerian spammers play on your sympathy and these phony debt collectors play on your fear.
I'm not sure who is actually calling you, but their method resembles that of the notorious Bass Associates/States Predisposition/Jackson Philips/United Federal Bank/United Processing Legal Department scam. (They go by many other names, most of which are meant to sound like government or banking entities.) Here's a recent news article from the Florida Times-Union about this criminal operation and how the Florida attorney general is pursing them even as they fled for Georiga: http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/120107/met_221875639.shtml
Quite a few grifters like the Bass operation not only route many of their calls through various U.S. area codes, they also have calls placed from offshore -- all in an attempt to disguise their identity and location. Another common ploy is to convince the victim to send money via Western Union. These 800Notes reports are pretty typical:
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/