Debt collectors are in the business of collecting on your debts. The result is that debt collectors have to employ pressure tactics to get people to make their payments so they can close their account and be paid for their time and their services. While the majority of collectors collect unpaid accounts in a morally responsible way, there are fishy techniques that some of these companies use to get people to pay up, and to pay up now. In fact, some are not actually run by legit companies.
Common Collection Scams to Look For
One of the biggest scams is one in which the collector calls the debtor and tells them that they need to pay off an old debt. An old debt is one that is seven years or older or one that has exceeded your state’s statute of limitations, whichever one is longer. Old debts are to be discharged and the collector is not allowed to call and demand payment for an old debt. Don’t fall for this tactic.
Another common collection scam is when a company buys old debts from a bank or creditor. The company then looks someone up, calls them, and then starts harshly demanding payment. This company does not have any verification that the person that they are talking to is the actual person that has the debt, and they may call all of the people with that name that are listed in public profiles until they find someone who will own up to the debt, hopefully getting them to pay it off. If someone calls you and cannot verify your personal information for you, you should assume it is a scam. Remember not to offer your information to them, but to have them give it to you and also verify where the original debt came from.
One of the most common collection scams is for the creditor to actually tell you that they are going to take you to court or have you arrested if you do not make a payment. A creditor can call you and ask for payment, but under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act a creditor is not allowed to threaten to take you to court, to sue you, or have you arrested. If someone does use this scare tactic refuse to deal with them. Let them know that you know what the laws are.
It’s important to remember that you need to pay off your old debts. If you cannot make the payment or someone is trying to pressure you to make a payment you need to watch what you say. The reason for this is that in a lot of jurisdictions if you make a partial payment or admit over the phone or through the mail that the debt is yours, it will make an old debt new again or will verify that you need to pay off the amount due. If you receive a demand for a payment on a debt that is not yours, respond in writing and let them know that it is not your debt. This is called a dispute and you need to do this, otherwise it is assumed that the debt is yours and it will appear on your credit report until you pay it off.
Make sure to think of yourself first when collectors call. Remember that most collectors who are calling you are not trying to scam you, they are simply trying to do their job. Unfortunately for you, their job is to get their money back from you and this isn’t always a pleasant experience, especially when you don’t have the money to pay. Just remember that you can’t get blood from a stone, and if you can’t make a payment you don’t need to give in to pressure tactics. Remember that under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act that you have rights, too.
February 13th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Scam artists who claim to be representing “Quick Cash” are making fraudulent, “belligerent” and “harassing” collection calls in which callers threaten imprisonment and demand payment for defaulted loans from a variety of loan providers.
“Quik Cash” is consumer brand of QC Holdings (QC), an Overland Park, Kan.-based provider of short-term, “payday” loans. NEITHER QUIK CASH, QC HOLDINGS NOR ANY LEGITIMATE COLLECTION AGENCIES HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THESE CALLS.
Callers identify themselves as representatives of a collection agency called “A.C.S.” They typically confirm the victim’s identity, address, Social Security numbers, and bank information. They reference fake, overdue debts to “Quick Cash, “Sonic Cash” and other fictitious loan providers, and demand immediate credit card payments. They often reference fake court dates and possible imprisonment.
QC abides by collections standards set forth by the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act and the Community Financial Services Association.
June 5th, 2009 at 9:03 am
promest to lower all interest rates I had. They lied on their promse telling me if they counld not help they would refund my $1,100.00. Now they are telling me a have to do all these other things to get my money back, which one thing leeds to another. I just want my ccard refunded after 5 months.
August 20th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
There is another collections fraud scam which has recently begun making the rounds. If you have ever taken out a payday loan, even if you paid it back in full and on time or have done any business more complex than just buying a money order from a payday loan company, you could find yourself on the receiving end of this con game: Scammers posing as agents and/or attorneys of a fictitious state or federal agency call the former customers of these lenders claiming they owe for delinquent loans and will be arrested and sent to prison unless they pay up at once. The sheer nastiness and aggressive tactics of the callers as well as other factors have lead authorities to suspect that many if not all of the perpetrators are regular nine-to-five debt collectors who are running this scam in their spare time. This would also explain how they obtained access to the needed information. Although state and federal agencies regulate and when necessary discipline errand payday lenders, NONE have any interest in or jurisdiction over any customer accounts, delinquent or otherwise. Unless a borrower obtains a loan through identity theft or other outright fraud there is no way he or she can be sent to jail for nonpayment- period! Don’t be taken in by these crooks, if you get a call from them get as much information as possible, then report them to the FTC. DO NOT give them ANY personal information, and don’t send them a dime.
March 10th, 2010 at 8:37 pm
This is still happening. I received a call from Mike Copeland and Michael Davis. Pissed me off, they started calling at 4 am – first sign to me that something was wrong. I live in California and they were calling from California numbers. What the heck are they doing debt collection work at that time of morning? It is illegal to call before 8 am. I know this because a close friend previously worked for a debt collection firm.
I supposedly owe a $300 pay day loan that was charged off by the company in 11/09. I now owe $753.86. In trying to understand how I owed a loan I never received, I was transferred from person to person – all with American names, but foreign accents. And the way I was transferred was crazy – you could tell it was to a person in the same room though a different number. The background noise level was always the same regardless of what number I called or called me. Same threats others have received: pay day loan that I don’t owe, going to have me arrested, going to have my family arrested, going to get me fired, going to sue me BUT they have no information to give. You ask them questions they become rude and threatening.
The numbers I have been called from is 310-974-8964 and 760-514-0145. I tried my best to get information from them but of course, they have none to give. The company’s name that I got the pay day loan from is supposed to be First Cash International – I think. I was told that First Cash International gives loans under over 300 names so they could not tell me the name of the company I got my loan from or the exact date I received it into my bank account. Missed some of the conversation because the accents of callers I have spoken to are thick (sounds Indian) and the background so, so very noisy, it makes it really, really hard to hear. To resolve the debt, they wanted me to write a letter and sign stating that I acknowledged, and would pay the full debt. I was to have this letter notarized. The letter needed to contain my name, full mailing address, ss#, debit card number, name as spelled on my debit card, 3 digits off the back of the card, and the expiration date. They only take debit or credit cards as payment to settle the debt. I also needed to send a copy of my driver’s license and passport with the letter. When I asked there was no address to mail the letter to, I was told that the letter needed to be in the office immediately so I did not need an address – but I could fax it to 714-333-3058. The letter is a new twist to get even more information so I thought I would post to let everyone about it. I would not confirm any of my personal information they had (though they had the right information) feeling that this was a scam from the beginning. So I got off the phone, went online, looked up the phone numbers and did some searching to learn about this scam I had never heard about previously. Just as I suspected – a bad scam that tries to prey on one’s fears!
So what will I do? Report it to the State Attorney General’s office, put fraud alerts on my accounts/credit reports, and pray that they stop calling. This is the scariest part to me – people who have reported that they do not stop calling. It would seem to me that they would give their scam a shot, and if they do not get the desired result that they would stop calling. So, I guess i will be letting a lot of calls where I do not recognize the number go straight to voicemail.
March 19th, 2010 at 7:02 am
I had just recieved a call from someone who claims they are from first cash international! I have a $1000 debt that i have not paid off. I knew it had to have been a fraud when he started to threaten me. I could hardly understand what this guy was saying with his strong indian accent. If you recieve a call from first cash international then dont buy in to what they are saying!
March 26th, 2010 at 8:36 am
Just received the same sort of message/phone call today! Luckily or not so — i experienced the same thing last summer and gave into the demands for money…. but when I started quoting the law this time the person proceed to yell at me and then hung up. THe first phone message was actually hilarious at the end …. again in thick indian accents… “If you do not return this call or disregard this matter, I can simply say, Good Luck and God Bless.” I was like, WTF??? The first person that reached me claimed to be from Customer Affairs and Business Regulations of the Department of Justice (cuz they do this work?) then when asked why the connnection was so bad and where I could call them back — # 530-884-2914 — the “attorney” got on the phone — cuz the other person was her “para legal”. Told me that the name of their company was “Federal Legislators” and she proceed to read me an “affidavit” that was to be filed in California Superior Court at 3 p.m. today….. When I questioned by whom I was being sued she said, “Instant Cash” they own over 300 payday loan companies and I received the loan in November of 09 — so i said, sure, how about I check my bank records and have my attorney contact you back and counter sue for bank fraud and the identity theft you are attempting…. she proceeded to yell at me then hung up!
Please don’t be stupid like I was the first time I fell victim to this scam. These people are crazy adn have no power!!
April 7th, 2010 at 5:49 am
Wow, as I read the other posts…I am flabbergasted!! The same exact thing happened to me just a week ago. I received a call from a weird # and I let it go to voicemail. The guy had a STRONG indian accent but said his name was Mike Smith-an american sounding name. He left a VM stating that: Once again you have refused this message, please do not disregard this phone call as it is very time sensitive. If you do not return my call, then all I can say is good luck to what’s about to happen to you and good luck as your case unfolds. I was like, Who in the…..???!!!! He left a # to call back(they call from weird #s but leave even more weird #s to call them back) So i returned the call and this time a “Jeffrey”, again another american sounding name, answered. He proceeded to tell me that I defaulted on a pay day loan and he was calling from the attorney’s office representing Quick Pay Day Loans. When I asked him to give me info as to who I actually owed the money to-all he could say was Quick pay day has over 300 names in their database and he was not able to identify the lender. RED FLAG! Anytime I asked for info such as when I took the loan out, how much, what lender, they would yell and state that they would be sending a team of police to my job or residence to “drag” me to court or put me in jail tonight and drag me to court in the morning! RED FLAG again! Scary thing is I actually had a loan from a check’n'go online but I paid them off 2 years ago. So I was actually beginning to fall for this. They preyed on my fear. I told him that I wasn’t aware that I defaulted but I was willing to make the account good. He then said I could settle out of court. He said I needed to fax a notarized letter with my name, SS#, bank acct #, DOB, and other personal info authorizing them to make a one-time debit acknowledging that I owe a debt of $1,262. He also said to fax a copy of my driver’s license. I was so nervous, that I was actually about to do it!!!! I told him that I didn’t have that much and ask could I make payment arrangements, he started yelling, “Goodbye, maam, you’ll be seeing a team of police to drag you to court, if you want to pay your bills, just GO Away, Go Away!” I was like, Am I in a twilight zone??!!!! I hung up and told my mom and she immediately knew it was a scam b/c she had recently heard about it!! I then contacted the local police and made a police report. The calls have not stopped even after I had the police to call and say he was with the Police Dept. Funny thing is, everytime the officer would call they would put him on hold for a second and then hang up!! Beware everyone, this almost got me, but I did my homework and KNEW I wasn’t defaulted on any loan! And they cannot drag you to court a for a pay day loan!!!!
April 16th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
Same thing happened to me as well. It happened a month ago, and when I called him back and told him that I needed something in writing the calls stopped. However, they started up again today. Once again, I received several calls from someone with an American name but a strong Indian accent. My daughter also received calls from the same person. And he also called my employer. Just like the other posts, his message says that my return phone call is time sensitive, and if I or my retained attorney do not return his call, all I can do is “wish you good luck.” This time also he told me that as of Monday, I would be fired from my job, he verified by name and address, my daughter’s name and my sister’s name, my banking institution. I was driving at the time and honestly do not remember, but I hope and pray to God that I did not verify my bank account number with him. I did file a police report.
April 22nd, 2010 at 2:59 am
I got a call yesterday from a guy named Mike with a heavy accent. I did
have some pay day loans out that had not been paid. He demanded I fax hima letter authorizing his company to debit my checking account a certain amount every two weeks. When asked if I could mail it he said no I had to fax it! I told him my brother was an attorney and I would have him look over the info and call him back today. He said to tell my brother if he wanted a job to call him and he would give him a job. He also said if I had a brother who was an attorney to get the money from him immediately. He said my brother was a suceess and I was a begger and a failure and needed to fax this immediately and he had a warrant with my name on it ready to be sent to my address. He had my address but nothing else.
Scam!!
April 26th, 2010 at 4:13 am
I had something similar happen Friday April 23rd 2010. A man called me giving me an american name but sounded Indian. He told me that I took a payday loan from a bank that was a federal bank and that I was going to be arrested either at home, the courts, or my job that he was going to call ssi and tell them i was frauding. He has all my information name address ssn, routing number and bank account basically has my whole life. I have been to the loan agency that he sated he represents but they said i am ok and i am making my payment to them. He stated because I denied some of the information he gave me he was going to turn it over to an iinvestigator and that i would be arrested yet told me good luck and god bless you. My boyfreind told him it was a scam. When I called him back to get more information he refused to give it to me and told me not to call him anymore but it is scary to know that there are people out there that are scamming and destroying peoples lives. I went to the bank getting that resoloved I went to the state police post and states I had to go to the police station in my town which I will do and I am also gooing to call ssi today as well. How can these kind of people sleep at night. I hope they finally get busted and get what is deserved.
April 27th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
same thing as above happened to me today, they had everything, even my full social security # i called and reported it. make sure you let the proper ppl know whats happening just in case they try to use your info w/o cause or authorization.
May 13th, 2010 at 4:49 pm
same thing happened to me today twice and one call to my son. I so wish they would get caught
May 28th, 2010 at 5:08 pm
I received a call today from someone telling me my neighbor had taken out a Payday Loan and hadn’t paid it back; that they put my name down to get the loan. I don’t even know my neighbor well; they must be tracking down neighbors via addresses. This person who called, Keven Rogers, with a heavy Indian accent, told me that if I didn’t tell my neighbor to call him back within one hour, we would be sending the FBI agents, with the Social Security guys to my place to pick me up with my neighbor, that I would be sued and would be going behind the bars! He also said that if I didnt’ want to mess with the legal dept, I better tell my neighbor to call him back at 209-349-3112 or he’d send them to my house. Where do I report these guys????
June 3rd, 2010 at 4:25 pm
I have continued to receive on-again/off-again collection calls at all hours of day/night, with a number to respond to, along with the previously noted threats if no prompt reply. The agent stated was calling from Financial Crime Investigators. When I could track the call I submitted a complaint to the BBB of that area. Of course, probably million to one is every pursued. It’s still very upsetting to get these calls atempting to extort, with threats of court, arrest, etc. I received another call this afternoon, and picked up call while caller leaving usual script dialog, in very broken English, with threats. I told him I had spoken with him before, and his supervisor, and that I did not owe any said amount, but he said they say have heard this from “LIARS” before. A little more dialog, then he hung up. How can we get rid of these phone terrorists???
June 8th, 2010 at 6:53 am
i have a company calling me called DNR Recovery. i think, the first message was hard to understand and they wont confirm the name. wont give me an address, i finally got a state out of them, Illinois. I called the attorney general and she said it was a scam. The # they gave me was 877-855-1624. she said that prefix was not legit.got the 1st message thursday saying i would be garnished. called friday, the woman handling my acct was out until monday. called monday, got a supposed supervisor who would tell me nothing!!!!!! i literally read off the FTC rules to her, she said they make their own rules, would give me no info about them or the creditor. confirmed my address, her response was we sent you paperwork, i dont care if you didnt get it!!!total scam!!!!
they said i had an NSF for $500 in 2008 from a damn pay day loan co. totally bogus, not true!!! be careful!!! she stumpled over her words when i started asking questions so they have not been trained well!!!!
the pay day loan scams are out there, put them on the spot you will see how dumb they are!!!!
June 19th, 2010 at 12:21 pm
Anyone else out there getting calls from someone called DNI or DNR Recovery???? I cant tell what they are saying when they leave a msg, and the few times i did speak to them, they would not clarify it. I just got my 2nd call in exactly 2 wks, Thursday afternoon, down to the hour. Same girl left a msg, this time saying she spoke to me 2 wks ago, since i had not responded i would be going to collections on monday, and oh yes have a nice day!!!! I had a few nasty conversations with someone, as far as i know didnt speak to the one that left the msg, but i think they all lied about thier names. They are blocking their calls to me because its not showing on my call log, they just leave a number for me to call 877-855-1624. Tried to call that Friday about 3:30 pm, got their voice mail. I recited the FTC rules to one of them i spoke to, her response was dont care, you will be garnished! Even after telling her i did not owe the money, and legally they had to send validation info!!! Total scam, but seems they dont want to give up. Done everything i can so far, alerted my bank, checked my credit report, made a police report.. I would be curious if anyone out there has dealt with these people!!
July 2nd, 2010 at 10:19 am
OMG…this happened to me too! I was like what is really going on. A man by the name of Victor Gibson, heavy Indian accent, called me from 716-442-2824 and left me two messages stating I need to call asap because this matter is time sensitive and if I don’t call back good luck and God Bless. I’m like wtf, what is this about. I tried calling after the first message because he has such a heavy accent I couldn’t understand the phone number, after listening to the voicemail over and over, I finally got the right digits in order. I called the number and someone just answered “hello”. I said what business is this, he said this isn’t a business, I said well why are you calling my phone? He said who called your phone? I said Victor Gibson, he then transfered me to Victor Gibson. Victor was rude and belligerent and asked he can’t get into the legalities but he wanted to know if my last 4 digits of my SSN was xxxx and I asked was why are you calling me and what debt is this for? He said I’m calling for a loan you had with Quick Cash. I said Quick Cash, who are they, I don’t have a loan with Quick Cash, I don’t even know who they are. He said they represent over 300 internet payday loan companies and you may not recognize their name but you had a loan and you know you did. I said until you can answer my questions, I can’t answer yours so I’m disconnecting this call, and I hung up. I called back and asked for the manager or owner, and I was transferred to David somebody, another American name but heavy Indian accent, and the manager was just as rude and asked my name and I didn’t give it to him, all I said was if you continue to call me I will press charges because you are a fraudulant collention agency and he said if you accuse us of fraud we will sue you and hung up. I then realized it had to be a scam and just shook my head because it didn’t make sense. But I do want to report this incident, who should I report it to? I’ll file a police report per previous comments but if anyone has other suggestions please advise. thank you!
July 2nd, 2010 at 10:22 am
an additional note, I am irate that they have my information, that is definitely scary! I hope these people get caught and stopped asap.
July 7th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Hi Debbie,
I just starting dealing with this today!!! I was glad to see that the phone numbers matched 877-855-1624. Thanks for the postings. What finally happened? So it is a scam for sure, huh?
July 9th, 2010 at 7:00 am
Yes, we did yesterday. Charlie said my son took a loan out in 2009 on the internet. I knew it was a scam instantly. I told Charlie to go sell his Slurpys at the 7/11. We filed a police report and reports with the Federal agencies. If he calls back….I am going to tell him to be prepared, because he is about to meet Bubba in the Federal Pen.
I feel sorry for the folks that are going to fall for this scam, but I have warned all my neighbors and emailed all my internet friends to watch out for this scam.
July 11th, 2010 at 2:21 pm
Here is a whole website on this subject with the phone numbers and different scams they are using. http://www.callferret.com/area-codes/347-area-code.html
July 16th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
Call came a blocked call and says call back at this number (716-902-2018 ) man with Heavy accent say I owe him money . Something about crime prevention . I got a pay day loan and left them a check at a store . Was going to do it on the net and changed my mind and deleted it . So it was paid back as soon as I got paid with the check I gave them . Now this guy is calling telling me I will be locked up and now today says he will be calling my job. At the end of one call he says God Bless You . Something else about God. This is my 3 rd call and he even called my house . Lady with a different name lives there . She told him she is going to report him and look him up on the net . Gave him some choice words. He hasn’t called her again but he has called me. She said he calls again she will ask if he has his 75 virgins lined up . ROFL She is disabled and in pain .Maybe that is the only way to get rid of him . Give him back what he is giving . Any way glad to see I’m not a lone. I don’t think they will call my employer . I work for the government . I’m sure they don’t want to get to know them better . LOL Good Luck to All !
July 20th, 2010 at 10:36 am
“Marie” called me, stated she was going to garnish my wages for a debt with United Payday Loans that was taken out in 2008. She called me (I live in WA) before 8am. I gave her the name and phone number of my attorney. She stated she couldn’t give me her last name, or the address of her business, which is DRI Recovery (877-855-1624). I asked how come I didn’t receive any letters regarding this and she said the creditor had sent me letters but I never responded. I told her how come they hadn’t sent me any letters and she stated because they couldn’t. When I asked how is that legal pursuant to the FDCPA she stated they were the creditors but yet the account was placed in her office on 7/13/10. How can they be both the collector & the original creditor? Please. I actually do have an attorney and have worked with him very closely on matters like these so I know BS when I hear it. Off to file complaints with the BBB, FTC, and post on other pages because I can see this “Marie” has threatened others as well. They also called my place of employment from the number & it shows up on the caller ID as Excel Receivables. Also, further searching shows this number belonging to Ezell Williams and Associates. I’ve already filed complaints with the FTC, BBB and now the IL Attorney General.
July 20th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
They call me too! They called me from a 409-221-3206! This time is was a female!
July 20th, 2010 at 12:41 pm
They are calling from 409-221-3206 number be ware on this one too! I think they are terrorists trying to get us to help them finance their crap!
July 22nd, 2010 at 7:33 am
Same thing. got the call today. Saying they were in charge of the affidavit that was going to send me to court and they were trying to give me an opportunity becuase their attorney saw through my social security number! that I was a good, updstanding person with a good credit report. I asked repetedly for more information about what, how much, and from when I supposedly owed this. All he would say was it was to “Cash Advance America” and wouldn’t provide documentation. When I asked for it, he said “well if you want to just go to court and hire an attorney for 800 dollars instead of just paying what you owe because you got busy and forgot…and on and on.. ” OF COURSE I do not owe anyone anything and never had a payday loan through those people. Said he was from American Legal Processing Divison, and another time he said something that sounded like “Lion” Investigation Department. Gave American Names like Bob Cooper, thick Indian Accent. Said call before noon today or he would file the affidavit with the court. Number called from and callback number given was (484)696-4807.
July 23rd, 2010 at 8:45 pm
Marie called and left a message on my voice mail at work, saying they were investigating a fraud compliant against me and for me to call her back for the details. She left the number of 877-855-1624. When I call her back, she told me that I had gotten a payday loan in 2008 from a back and the check was return NSF. The origional loan acount was 565.00 but now it is up to $1,500.00. When I asked her to verify the debt and to provide me with the original debtor, she said that she did not have it, her supervisor had agreement with the original debtor. She told me that they would not take payments in money or cashier’s checks only credit card payment. She gave me an address in Bolin Brook Il, she even gave me 319 North Webber Road Ste 153. I told her that I would call her back on monday. Thanks for this website, I have seen other scams and wanted to check out the number of the website.
July 27th, 2010 at 10:37 am
I’ve received several calls and spoke to a Miss Garcia today regarding a wage garnishment related to an unpaid pay day loan with United Cash. I supposedly gave false bank information, etc. I asked for them to contact me in writing, and she stated they could not. She said she could ask United Cash but they were not obligaed to since they had attempted to contact me numerous times.
Calls cam from 352-353-0338 and 877-855-1624.
July 28th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
Keeps calling me at work from number 716-442-2824 and 818-584-7334. Can they be stopped?
July 29th, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Yea the same thing happened to me today as well. I received a phone call from a male with a deep Indian accent as well. He stated that I had defaulted on a pay day loan with “First Cash International” in the amount of 300.00 which was deposited into my account 2/2010. I had never heard of this “First Cash International” company before so I became suspicious. I hung up on the rep, booted my computer up and looked over my bank accounts to find no such activity had occurred. I proceeded to call the “law firm” back — whose name is ACS Law Firm located in “California”. I got another Indian sounding man on the phone who then told me that the funds were deposited in 10/2009 — RED FLAG!!! They couldnt even get the lie together. I told him that his company was a fraud and that I would be reporting him the the Federal Trade Commission, the BBB, and the Attorney General’s Office. He became very frustrated and began to yell so I hung up. I placed fraud alerts on ALL of my accounts and credit report. I also informed the FTC, the BBB, and the NYS Attorney General’s Office. I hope this is the end to the telephone calls. However, reading comments from everyone else it doesnt look like it will be. What a headache!!!!
July 30th, 2010 at 8:59 am
My kid got a call they threatened her and said if we dont hear from (me) she will be sued. I called 530-331-8232 Anderson and Assc. They had my info, Bank, address, SS# they wanted to confirm the last 4 . I asked who is sueing me they said Quick Cash International and I had 3 counts against me. I said I didnt have a loan and Mike Anderson hung up. I called back and got His paralegal and she said to be in court Aug 4 I said where she said California, I said what city she hung up. He too has a thick accent. Please if anyone has heard from this person please post , I see other phone numbers just not this one. I would feel better also he told my kid Good Luck!
August 6th, 2010 at 12:26 pm
Always contact the Federal Trade Commission, local police department and your local atty general’s offices to report these scams. Another #, same scam: 424 354 1709 (Beverly Hills CA).
August 11th, 2010 at 9:20 pm
I received a call yesterday at work. Same as everyone else. Strong India or Arabic accent. Said his name was Attorney John Samuels. Said I owed $520 for a payday advance from cash300.com but could not give me the date it was taken out of my bank account (probably because it never was! I haven’t had a bank account for months) He said I had to pay first before they would sent me any legal paper work (wtf) I asked to speak to some one who’s primary language is English and I asked for a number I could call him at. He gave me 707-706-2869 (its an unlisted land line)then said someone else would call me back. He called back 10 minutes later. He told me to email my photo ID to instant@cash4you.com with a statement saying I missed my payday loan payment due to “miscommunication.” I asked how I should pay them back. He said a prepaid credit card or western union. (red flag!)
I told him to call me back the next day. I ended up calling him back and asking for his California bar number and I herd him say “she wants a bar code” (wtf)
There is a Robert John Samuels on the State Bar of California. But the man on the phone gave me a different number than the one listed on California’s website. As well as a different phone number and address. He said they would sue me and I’ll have to go to California. So I told him to send me the paper work. He said it would take 3 days to get to me because they were in California (and I care because….)
By the way, the first minute of the conversation is a very bad connection (muffled and loud)
August 17th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
I have been getting phone calls on my cell phone for about the past two weeks from DNI or DRI Recovery and I can never understand what they say. I finally called them back today at 877-855-1624 and talked to some lady. She talked really fast and I couldn’t catch her name, but she said that I had an unpaid payday loan from 2008 and I needed to set up payments before it went to federal court. I told her that I have never had a payday loan and haven’t even had a bank account in at least 5 years. Then I asked her what company the loan came from and she said United Cash. She said I needed to pay it now or I would be getting court papers. She even had my social security number. Unfortunately for her I received scam calls earlier this year from the Indian guy with an American name and knew that it was a scam. I told her that I wasn’t paying and she could send me whatever papers she wanted because I already told the police about scammers having my social security number. Finally she said she’s see me in court and hung up. I have since blocked the number they call from and will be adding onto my police report from the earlier incident. Don’t give anyone money without checking them out first.
August 20th, 2010 at 12:49 pm
Got a call to my job Monday form a man calling himself Kevin Foster. who had a heavy Indian accent. You could tell he was trying to hold it in and sound Americanized. He begin to tell me how there was a warrant out for my arrest for 3 counts of cyber crime because I took aout an online loan that was in default. he begin to tell me my home address, ss#, and the fact that he had my work number made him seem authnetic. He soon begin to tell me police would be on their way right now, to pick me up from my job and haul me off to jai if I did not pay the amount of 1,255. 00 which was due today. I did indeed have an online loan, but I assumed I was in good standing with the company, so I begin to ask him for more info. I could barely understand anything he said because the phone on which he was using kept braeking up badly. As I begin to tell him this over and over again he became extremely mad and that thick indian accent came out. I knew something was wrong, so I hung up and called the loan company and asked had they sued me or put out a warrant for arrest do to the loan. They told me promptly that that is not them, and don’t give that guy any info. hey do not do business by harrassing people at their jobs. This guy called back over 4 times to work number and even asked to speak to my boss to let them know that police were on their way up to my job to arrest me. I told him screw off and get a life. And send the police so I can give them this number you gave as your contact # so they can get you.he hung up, ranting and raving in that accent… Kevin Foster my butt..
August 20th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
BTW.. It was a 408 area code number and the company I allegedly had a loan out was Quick Cash… Beware. I checked out that phone number and it belongs to a international phone company in California that provides service for overseas companies. Yep…
August 20th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
i just got a call on today saying that i owe a loan amount of 375. and i told them to call me back. afther i had a chance to look it up on the internet. the name was unitedlawyerservices. I knew they were lying because i didnt even have the internet when i was suppose to have taken out the loan. but when they called me back i told them that i will let them talk to my lawyer. and they got hostial and said they will call back in 30 minutes havent heard from them since. the nuumber was7605820311, and his name was bob harris so he said. dont know for sure.
August 26th, 2010 at 5:03 pm
I got a call from a scammer in cali a few months back and he almost got me. Now im getting a bunch from so called ACS as Tom Linafelt posted. Im going to try a new tactic and just ignore them. Glad to know when i got my payday loan from QC holdings they let my info out!!
August 28th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
I am sad to say that I was a victim of this scam. I was scared and paid these jerks the money they said that I owe. I feel like an idiot… If you get a call from these people, DO NOT PAY THEM!! It is a complete scam and they have no valid debt for you. I sincerely hope these people are caught and someone puts a stop to their illegal crap.
PLEASE DO NOT PAY THESE PEOPLE! Know your rights… you wont go to jail, and by law they have to send you proof of a valid debt before you pay it. DO NOT PAY THESE POEPLE!!!!!!!!!