201-942-2840

Country: USA
201 area code: New Jersey (Bayonne, Jersey City, Union City)
Read comments below about 2019422840. Report unwanted calls to help identify who is using this phone number.
  • 0
    Jessie
    | 2 replies
    I received a call yesterday.  Not from this number.  The number that showed up on my caller id was the local police dispatch (I found out later).  I was driving so the call went to voicemail.  It was from a Violet Watson.  She identified herself as a state county sheriff with a warrant for my arrest.   She stated I needed
    to call her back at 201-942-2840 or turn myself in immediately to my local police.  She had the address of the PD and everything.  So I did just that and they called her.  She immediately put them on hold when they identified themselves and never came back.  When they called back and I called from my cell phone all calls immediately went to a voicemail.   Obviously they had caller id and had now flagged my calls.  So somehow they are routing their calls so they now show up as local on people's caller id.  This way people are more likely to answer not thinking it is a bill collector or tele marketer and then they try to scare you into sending money.
    • Caller: Violet Watson, Connecticut Sheriff Department
    • Call type: Debt collector
  • 0
    XFIT replies to Jessie
    Don't worry everybody they are paying there dues!!!! Im am torturing them!! called them 300 times today!!! LOL!!!!
  • 0
    Enevie Mullone
    Receiving calls from the Federal State Bureau for Legal Affidavits from New Jersey.  Using illegal practices concerning the collection of a debt.
    • Call type: Debt collector
  • 0
    Olivia M
    I got a call from this number at home and I did not call back.  They proceeded to call our employee service line and told them that I need to go turn myself in at the Sheriff's Office and gave me their address.   I called them back and they had me on HOLD for a long time.  She said she was Officer Alice Watson with the Federal State Bureau of New Jersey.  Lots of Legal mumbo jumbo.  I request everything in writing and she said they had tried to contact me through email and I had not responded so they did not have to provide with anything else.  They mentioned United Cash Lonas and they seem to be a scam also.  I asked for an address and I got the following:
    300 N Ave
    Westfield NJ 07207  
    I have not been to find the address.
    • Caller: Federal State Bureau of New Jersey
    • Call type: Debt collector
  • 0
    Michael
    I received a few calls from a Deputy Sheriff Barbara Price and they will not tell me the date of the pay day loan i took out and only mentioned United cash Funds. I kept asking for info so I can settle this to see what they woul;d say and she said that they are not authorized to do that. I keep getting these %#$%$^%$%$ phone calls and i can't even sleep at night because of the threats of legal action and coming to arrest me. This needs to be stopped!!!
    • Caller: State Dept. of NJ
  • 0
    Debra C
    I got a call from Violet Watson with the Federal State Bureau of New Jersey. She said there were criminal charges againt me for not re-paying a payday loan. She then read off all of this munbo jumbo about the charges against me.....in the meantime I looked up the # online that she was calling from, that's how I got here!! She asked me my intentions and I said I have no intentions since I never got a pay day loan and I am looking at the posts about your calls online right now. You are not going to scare me into giving you any money!  She hung up.
    • Caller: Scam
  • 0
    alshockeymom
    This number showed up as a 911 call and she stated that I need to call 201-942-2840 or they would have me arrested on Monday.
    • Caller: Officer Barbara Price
    • Call type: Debt collector
  • 0
    Karen O.
    | 2 replies
    We just received the same voice mail that a New Haven County Sheriff's Office was gonna arrest us if we did not turn ourselves in within 12 hours.  We called the number to see what these federal charges were against us and was left on hold for approximately 10 min.  During that time, I googled in the phone number on-line and low and behold, here I am.  The lady Michelle Morris could not provide any information about what this federal warrant was about, and then hung up on us.  I called her back and blasted her as I am a legal secretary and proceeded to tell her to briing it on.  Come arrest us.  I will destroy you in court and hung up.  Let's see if they call back with anymore threats.  If they do, I am contacting the State Attorney Genera's Office in CT.
    • Caller: Federal State Bureau of New Jersey
  • 0
    MIKE replies to Karen O.
    that happen to me today.. I told them to give me their addres and they said they cant do that...ITS ALL A SCAM!!!!!!!!!!!
  • 0
    MT
    I received a cell call asking for my wife.  The caller said she was Deputy Watson of the Garden Grove Sheriff’s Department.  She said my wife was in trouble and had a warrant out for her arrest!  News to me!

    The caller ID showed 911!  

    I was suspicious from the start.  Since when do deputies call husbands that there is an arrest warrant for their wife?

    I also know Garden Grove has a Police Department!  I pointed this out and she had no idea of the difference and no explanation.

    She told me to have my wife call the Federal State Bureau of New Jersey, 201-942-2840.  and to ask for Federal Verifications, Michelle Morris ext. 1010.  

    I asked for her badge number and department's phone number.  Badge #91455, and phone #.  

    I called the GG Police Department, turned out to be the same number she gave me, and was pleased to actually speak to a communications operator who informed me they don't have deputies in their department!  I asked her if there was a Watson in the department, only to find out there was a Lt. Watson, and he would not address himself a deputy.  

    I will now report this to my city police.  This is fraud!  It is also illegal to impersonate a law enforcement officer.  

    This person is operating outside the law with total disregards to any person's legal rights!
    • Caller: Federal State Bureau of New Jersey
  • 0
    Lotus replies to Jessie
    Scammer... we just reported them to the NJ police dept.
  • 0
    SH
    Yes, Miss Violet Watson just called me today and I asked her what it was regarding and she even gave me an email address for myself that I do not use publicly.  She read all the legal mumbo jumbo and when she mentioned the Sheriff's Department, I told her that I would be giving her name address and phone number to the FTC.  She boldly told me that she was not concerned and I told her then, no problem.  She asked me if I had a criminal attorney and I asked her if she had one.  I told her to not call my office again.
    • Caller: Federal State Bureau
    • Call type: Debt collector
  • 0
    K
    I just got a call from Violet Watson at ext 1717 she would not tell me what its in regards to she said shes from the New Jersey Federal Bureau if I didnt call her back by 3:00 she will turn it over to the State Sheriffs dept..I have NEVER been to New Jersey. I called back and she was out(after being on hold for 10 mins) and she would call me back in 30 mins that was over an hour ago! SCAMMERS
    • Caller: Federal State Bureau of New Jersey
    • Call type: Debt collector
  • 0
    Tired
    I got a call from Ms. Watson on Friday while at a wedding so it went to voice mail and she left a message saying there was a legal complaint against me. She said she was with the Federal State Bureau of New Jersey and I needed to call her back right away to avoid being arrested. I called back because I was confused the first time it went to voice mail the second time I called back a guy answered and I asked for ex. 1717 she came on the phone and wanted me to verifiy my information. I told her that I would not give any information she called me. She started to get upset and said that I took out a payday loan didnt pay it back so they were charging me with like four different charges, when I still wouldn't give out my information or settle with her she said that the Anoka County Sheriff would arrest me on Monday. I said I didn't do anything wrong so I will take my chances. Today I called the police department and made a report about the call.
    • Caller: Federal State Bureau of New Jersey
  • 0
    Really?
    I just received a phone call from Ms. Violet Watson @ 201-942-2840 ext 1717.  SHe informed me that I have not yet paid back some kind of loan and that if i didn't pay it by 1pm the same day, she would red flag me and report me and I would be prosecuted in court.  I asked her to send me some information regarding this since i never received any kind of loan and she told me she could not do that.  But she did tell me that i would be prosecuted for check fraud and a bunch of other mumbo jumbo.  She informed me that if i wanted to clear my name, i could go to a WalMart and get a prepaid visa debit card to pay off the loan amount.  I told her i never received a loan, so i wont be making any payment.  She advised me to get a lawyer because they will be taking legal action against me.  Is this b*tch for real?  I would have no problem getting a lawyer and going after her for harassment and falsifying information.
  • 0
    Teri
    I received a call from Violet Watson today as well, I am at work and all I got from her at this point was that she has a legal matter against me to discuss.  I abruptly cut her off and told her I would call her back when I was able to, I also told her I would be googling her 1st.  Now that I know the situation, and I will be screwing with her and then reporting her for falsely inpersonating a government agency.
    • Caller: State Bureau of New Jersey
    • Call type: Debt collector
  • 0
    denise
    called to harass me about owing money from a payday loan....that i never took out...and if i didn't pay they where going to arrest me
    • Caller: unknown
  • 0
    Bronx School replies to Karen O.
    We received a call from Michelle Morris for one of our staff as well.  She listed this number:201-942-2840.
  • 0
    Vickie
    Received message at work from Mack or Mark said with Federal Security Bureau of Ivestigation has a legal complaint forgery.  Man had a foreign accent said to call back asap don't ingore this message.
  • 0
    danielle
    Received a call from 203-623-7446 claiming to be with the New Haven county sheriff department. Stated I was in a "hot mess" and if I didn't call back immediately then everything would be irreversable. When I called back she told me she needed my social security number and DOB. I advised her that I was not going to give her my personal information and that she could not ask me for that. She said she couldn't discuss what she needed to tell me unless I gave her that information and that if I was uncooperative they would have to continue with what they had and that it would be irreversable.
    • Caller: Claimed to be New Haven county Sheriff Dept
    • Call type: Debt collector

Report a phone call from 201-942-2840:

The company that called you.