I am receiving threatening calls from this number stating that there is a lawsuit pending against me for payday advances (which is not true). They are threatening to have the police come to my office and arrest me. Will only tell me they are Cash Advance, Inc. but will not give me their names or address to the business. When I give them my attorney's name and number to call, they start screaming obscenities at me and then hanging up. Will call the next day as if they've never spoke to me and start the entire conversation over again. If I could have more information, I would have my attorney send a letter threatening a lawsuit of harrassment and any other pertinent suit that would be substaintial enough to have them stop these phone calls.
they started calling me yesterday .late at night and today saying i am being sued from 2 people for social security fraudi call this number and it rings then beeps and hangs up
I got a bunch of calls from this number today they called my girls phone and my cousins phone sayin all that [***] about me having 3 federal charges against me for credit card fraud, check fraud, and grand theft due to a payday loan...and i stated well i have never in my life got a payday loan nor have i ever forged a credit card or checks...then he threatend me with 6 months in jail if i do not comply...so i told him where to stick that crap...but i will find out where they are...they arent gonna threaten me with jail time..hell no...im gonna drop the hammer on these [***]...i hope they all get whats coming to them..
Called me at 7:04 this morning saying that I was going to be arrested for a past pay day loan. Hello I have not gotten a past pay day loan. They even knew my old employer and last 4 of my social. This is extremely. I scary. I was basically told the same thing as Scott. This is getting ridiculous, someone needs to do something about them.
This is a criminal extortion scam operating out of India. They are making the calls utilizing VOIP and the names of legitimate firms to make it appear the calls are originating from within the US. There is NO "company" or "debt" and you will NOT be arrested. They are harvesting and/or buying consumers' personal identifying information from unscrupulous websites like the one you may have filled out an application with, and you need to do whatever you can to protect yourself. This includes: Notifying the FTC: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/, placing fraud alerts with all three credit bureaus, notifying your bank and employer and letting these criminals know you are aware they are attempting to extort money for a non-existent debt and have alerted the authorities.
ABC News released an investigative report on this scam in June. The FTC has indicted one of its ringleaders for criminal fraud: