216-920-0511
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Rating: +1
Super tech - 20 Jan 2008
Super tech - 20 Jan 2008A guy called me from this number and told me I had three hours to pay back 30,000 dollars that I supposedly stole from som bank or he would have me arrested.
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Rating: 0 ec - 21 Aug 2008
ec - 21 Aug 2008ABC News just did an investigative piece on this particular scam operation. Here's the report: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1
Rating: 0 Irritated - 7 Feb 2008
Irritated - 7 Feb 2008Left message on my home answering machine threatening me that he will take legal action against my employer, my home, WTF? And he says his name is Alex Rodriquez and speaks with a heavy Indian accent. Maybe he wants to be A-Rod or something. Anyway, called the dude back and left him a message to send me info in regards to the call because I have no idea what he's calling me for.
Caller ID: 216-920-0511
Caller: United States Investigations Dept Ohio
Rating: +1 aggitated beyond - 8 Feb 2008
aggitated beyond - 8 Feb 2008Did they send you any documation? I just talked to an atty in Boston, MA
who said it is unlawful and can have them arrested for this kind of practice. Also advised me to call Police if he contacts me again. How about you?
who said it is unlawful and can have them arrested for this kind of practice. Also advised me to call Police if he contacts me again. How about you?
Rating: +1 Scared - 18 Feb 2008
Scared - 18 Feb 2008This has happend to me as well. Located below is a number for the fbi. I will give them a call. The guy even yelled at me because I kept asking him to send me some paperwork. He said he was going to call the police and have me arrested.
Rating: +1 aggitated beyond - 8 Feb 2008
aggitated beyond - 8 Feb 2008Same guy Alex Rodriquez says he traced my husband's SS and Phone # to this address, and is going to send agents because we are doing illeagle activity on the internet????!!!Is this a shakedown, or what??
This is a nut job!!!
This is a nut job!!!
Rating: +2 FBI-Cleveland Division - 13 Feb 2008
FBI-Cleveland Division - 13 Feb 2008Anyone who has been contacted by telephone number 216-920-0511 and has been threatened or told that the caller was representing a government agency, please contact the Cleveland Division of the FBI at 216-522-1400 (our phone number can be verified by visiting www.fbi.gov and clicking on the link in the upper left “Your local FBI office”) and ask to speak with Special Agent Andrew Burke.
Thanks, SA Burke
Thanks, SA Burke
Rating: 0 Scared - 18 Feb 2008
Scared - 18 Feb 2008I got a call from the same guy at 216-920-0511/ He called my job and said that he will call my boss and the director of my company. He also said that he will report me to the saint petersburg police and have me arrested. I am very scared because I have a baby coming and I can not afford to go to jail. He did not want to send me information. I ask to speak to a supervisor and it seems like he changed his voice. I even offered to settle with a payment plan if he send me the documentation with account# amount owed and the company who I owe. What can I do? I ahve lost a lot of sleep on this.
Caller ID: Scared in Florida
Caller: CMG group/United states lega processing
Rating: 0 ec - 22 Feb 2008
ec - 22 Feb 2008Relax. It's a scam.
A couple things to remember. First, no debt collector (let alone a criminal posing as a debt collector) has the authority to have anyone arrested for anything. When a stranger calls and demands that you pay him money to avoid being arrested, it is ALWAYS a criminal scam. The fact is, someone who is really subject to arrest can't get out it by paying money. Besides, debt is a civil matter, not a criminal matter. The crooks calling you are counting on the fact that you're not aware of any this and that they will scare you into giving them your money. Don't fall for it.
Second, if you regularly peruse 800Notes and other consumer websites, you'll see that this "Pay Me Money Or Go To Jail" grift is an all-too-common scam these days. Often times, the calls are placed from other countries and, with the help of American accomplices, routed through American area codes. Other times, the calls are made within the U.S. but routed through different area codes. They callers often pose as law enforcement officers, lawyers, officers of the court and other government officials. Obviously this is illegal, too. And, more often than not, they'll demand that you send them the one via Western Union; this is another red flag indicating that the caller is a fraud.
Here's what I suggest you do now and each time they call:
1) Ignore their threats. Give them nothing and tell them nothing except that you know they're crooks and that you've reported them to the FBI and the police.
2) File a complaint with your local police. (It's also to a good idea to let your supervisor at work know that you've been targeted by these criminals and request that your supervisor help in reporting these calls to the police.)
3) Report them online to the FBI at http://tips.fbi.gov
4) File a complaint with your state's attorney general. The contact information for each state's attorney general is at www.naag.org. Just scroll down to the national map graphic and click on your state.
5) File a complaint online with the Federal Trade Commission at https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01
6) Check out these websites for more information on protecting yourself from fraudulent debt collectors:
http://www.budhibbs.com/First.htm
http://www.naca.net/debt-collection-abuse/
http://www.fairdebtlawyers.com/
http://www.myfairdebt.com/
http://www.consumercounselgroup.com/
http://www.creditlawnetwork.com
Good luck!
A couple things to remember. First, no debt collector (let alone a criminal posing as a debt collector) has the authority to have anyone arrested for anything. When a stranger calls and demands that you pay him money to avoid being arrested, it is ALWAYS a criminal scam. The fact is, someone who is really subject to arrest can't get out it by paying money. Besides, debt is a civil matter, not a criminal matter. The crooks calling you are counting on the fact that you're not aware of any this and that they will scare you into giving them your money. Don't fall for it.
Second, if you regularly peruse 800Notes and other consumer websites, you'll see that this "Pay Me Money Or Go To Jail" grift is an all-too-common scam these days. Often times, the calls are placed from other countries and, with the help of American accomplices, routed through American area codes. Other times, the calls are made within the U.S. but routed through different area codes. They callers often pose as law enforcement officers, lawyers, officers of the court and other government officials. Obviously this is illegal, too. And, more often than not, they'll demand that you send them the one via Western Union; this is another red flag indicating that the caller is a fraud.
Here's what I suggest you do now and each time they call:
1) Ignore their threats. Give them nothing and tell them nothing except that you know they're crooks and that you've reported them to the FBI and the police.
2) File a complaint with your local police. (It's also to a good idea to let your supervisor at work know that you've been targeted by these criminals and request that your supervisor help in reporting these calls to the police.)
3) Report them online to the FBI at http://tips.fbi.gov
4) File a complaint with your state's attorney general. The contact information for each state's attorney general is at www.naag.org. Just scroll down to the national map graphic and click on your state.
5) File a complaint online with the Federal Trade Commission at https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01
6) Check out these websites for more information on protecting yourself from fraudulent debt collectors:
http://www.budhibbs.com/First.htm
http://www.naca.net/debt-collection-abuse/
http://www.fairdebtlawyers.com/
http://www.myfairdebt.com/
http://www.consumercounselgroup.com/
http://www.creditlawnetwork.com
Good luck!
Rating: 0 ec - 18 Mar 2008
ec - 18 Mar 2008The correct FBI link is https://tips.fbi.gov
Rating: +1 Bogus2Go2 Again - 22 Feb 2008
Bogus2Go2 Again - 22 Feb 2008Called back 216-920-0511 message will report to the FBI. Received call again (call id, no name) & I asked Who is this, Indian asked the same question. Will call the FBI good bye.
Caller ID: none - have recorded message
Caller: United States Legal Processing Dept
Rating: 0 ec - 22 Feb 2008
ec - 22 Feb 2008Good job on reporting them to the FBI! Do that each time they call, plus report them to the other law enforcement agencies listed in my message above. Here's an excerpt from an article last year in the Lewistown Sentinel about this scam:
"LEWISTOWN - Moving beyond traditional mail and e-mail scams, local residents are reporting a new scam attempt in Mifflin County. Recently an area man called police during the last week of November, saying he received a phone call, supposedly from "Officer Nick," from the United Legal Investigations Bureau in Texas. The "officer" told the man that he needed to send $500 to the company in Texas, or he would be arrested. When the man questioned the caller, the caller became belligerent. Police say that this is indeed a scam, and that no one should cooperate with the United Legal Investigation Bureau. Anyone who feels they are the target of a scam should contact their local police department immediately."
Also, here are just a few of the many phone numbers these grifters use:
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-480-365-0155
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-210-858-6602
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-800-918-3844
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-678-954-0520
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-800-918-3849
My advice to anyone receiving these calls: ignore the threats; don't send them anything; don't tell them anything other than that you have reported them to federal and state authorities; and report them to law enforcement every time they call.
"LEWISTOWN - Moving beyond traditional mail and e-mail scams, local residents are reporting a new scam attempt in Mifflin County. Recently an area man called police during the last week of November, saying he received a phone call, supposedly from "Officer Nick," from the United Legal Investigations Bureau in Texas. The "officer" told the man that he needed to send $500 to the company in Texas, or he would be arrested. When the man questioned the caller, the caller became belligerent. Police say that this is indeed a scam, and that no one should cooperate with the United Legal Investigation Bureau. Anyone who feels they are the target of a scam should contact their local police department immediately."
Also, here are just a few of the many phone numbers these grifters use:
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-480-365-0155
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-210-858-6602
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-800-918-3844
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-678-954-0520
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-800-918-3849
My advice to anyone receiving these calls: ignore the threats; don't send them anything; don't tell them anything other than that you have reported them to federal and state authorities; and report them to law enforcement every time they call.
Rating: 0 Firestratt - 22 Feb 2008
Firestratt - 22 Feb 2008This guy called me also about paying over $1,000 for a PayDay Loan. Does anyone know if we can legal action against these people? Threatening to arrest me, come to my job, etc
Caller ID: Alex Rodric
Caller: United States Legal Processing Dept
Rating: 0 ec - 22 Feb 2008
ec - 22 Feb 2008See my messages above for links to law enforcement.
Rating: 0 firestratt - 23 Feb 2008
firestratt - 23 Feb 2008Ive reported them to the FBI in Cleveland and all that. So thank you for your very helpful information, but is there anything I can do personally like possibly prosecute them, take them to court or maybe file harassment charges or something against these people? I mean these people have my SS#, checking number, they know my company that I work at.
Caller ID: Alex Rodric
Caller: United States Legal Processing Dept
Rating: 0 ec - 23 Feb 2008
ec - 23 Feb 2008Glad to hear you reported them to the FBI. If you also file complaints with your state's attorney general and your local police, that may help lay the groundwork for either federal or state authorities to undertake a civil and/or criminal investigation.
As for your filing civil suit, you have more than enough grounds to do that...these crooks are serial violators of federal and state debt collection laws. I suggest you consult a consumer law professional, many of whom work on contingency. These websites are either law firms that specialize in suing outlaw debt collectors or consumer law advocates who make referrals:
National Association of Consumer Advocates - http://www.naca.net/debt-collection-abuse/
Warren & Vullings, LLP - http://www.fairdebtlawyers.com/
Consumer Credit Advocate Bud Hibbs - http://www.budhibbs.com/First.htm
My Fair Debt - http://www.myfairdebt.com/
Consumer Counsel Group - http://www.consumercounselgroup.com
Credit Law Network - http://www.creditlawnetwork.com
Good luck!
As for your filing civil suit, you have more than enough grounds to do that...these crooks are serial violators of federal and state debt collection laws. I suggest you consult a consumer law professional, many of whom work on contingency. These websites are either law firms that specialize in suing outlaw debt collectors or consumer law advocates who make referrals:
National Association of Consumer Advocates - http://www.naca.net/debt-collection-abuse/
Warren & Vullings, LLP - http://www.fairdebtlawyers.com/
Consumer Credit Advocate Bud Hibbs - http://www.budhibbs.com/First.htm
My Fair Debt - http://www.myfairdebt.com/
Consumer Counsel Group - http://www.consumercounselgroup.com
Credit Law Network - http://www.creditlawnetwork.com
Good luck!
Rating: 0 ec - 20 Jun 2008
ec - 20 Jun 2008Update:
A consumer posting a complaint about these same scammers at http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-718-831-7157 notes that 718-831-7157 is associated with an India-based "outsourcing" telephone bank. Though a reverse search on WhitePages.com shows that 718-831-7157 is an unlisted land line in New York City, information on Debtbuyers.Com shows that that number is used by India-based Intellisourze. (Source: http://www.debtbuyers.com/debtbuyers.asp ) My guess is that it's a VoIP phone number.
This is another piece of the puzzle that fits in perfectly with other information about this scam. There are some reports on 800Notes that have suggested that the crooks behind this offshore scam are also the crooks behind the notorious Bass/Ellis Crosby & Assoc./States Predisposition scams in Florida and Georgia. The interesting thing is that the number of complaints on here about the US National Bank/US Legal Investigation/Federal Investigation scam skyrocketed *after* April 7, 2008 when Florida obtained a $1.3 million judgment against Ted Ellis Crosby, shutdown his operations and barred him from ever conducting debt collections in Florida (Read http://myfloridalegal.com/newsrel.nsf/newsrel ... 5257424005858A6 ) There's certainly a good chance that the crooks placing these calls from India are doing so on behalf of the American crooks behind the Crosby/Bass/States Predisposition scams.
Here's the contact information for the phone bank in India:
IntellisOurzE BPO
701, Sapphier, Nr. Cargo Motors,
C.G. Road Navrangpura,
Ahmedabad - 9. (Guj.) INDIA.
E-Mail: info@intellisourze.com
Website: www.intellisourze.com
A check on the domain name "intellisourze.com" shows that the website and name registration was created on May 8, just one month *after* the Crosby scams were shut down in Florida:
Domain Name: INTELLISOURZE.COM
Registrant: Pragra Infratech Pvt. Limited.
Email: ankur.ranpariya@pragra.com
908, Aksaht Tower, Nr. ICICI Bank
Opp. Rajpath Club, S.G. Highway
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India 380054
Tel. +91.7926871353
Creation Date: 08-May-2008
Expiration Date: 08-May-2009
Domain servers in listed order: ns5.znetindia.com ns4.znetindia.com
(Source: http://whois.domaintools.com/intellisourze.com )
Though scam calls from these crooks have been going on long before May 8, the frequency of complaints about these calls increased considerably after Crosby was shut down in early April.
This is conjecture, but appearances suggest that Crosby and company were originally running a two-pronged payday loan scam operation -- with some calls being made from Jacksonville, Florida and other calls being made from a phone bank in India (and possibly other countries); then, after the Florida Attorney General shut down the Crosby scams in Florida, the Crosby crooks transferred most of their scam efforts to the India phone bank.
If you are targeted by these criminals, be sure to report them to all the following federal and state law enforcement agencies (most of which you can do online or over the phone):
1) The U.S. Secret Service is responsible for protecting the country's financial infrastructure and payment systems from international and domestic threats. Call or write your local Secret Service field office to alert them to the details of this attempted extortion. The addresses and phone numbers for the local Secret Service field offices are listed at http://www.secretservice.gov/field_offices.shtml or in your phone book.
2) Alert the FBI at https://tips.fbi.gov Be sure to tell the FBI that you are being targeted by extortionists over the phone who are posing as federal law enforcement. Be sure to give as many details as you can.
3) File a complaint with your local police. Most police departments will take a report over the phone. Be sure to tell them that you're being targeted by an extortionist and give them all the details.
4) File a complaint your state's attorney general, the contact information for whom is at www.naag.org
5) File a complaint online with The Federal Trade Commission at https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01
If these crooks call back, promise them nothing, pay them nothing and tell them nothing other than that you know they're a scam and that you've reported them to law enforcement. (And be sure to report them to all the agencies above each time they call you.)
By the way, here's just a small sample of numbers used by this particular group of scammers. Read the reports and you'll see the same pattern time and again -- phony organization names, thick foreign accents, and oddly worded threats that are so melodramatic and ridiculous that it's laughable:
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-925-262-1327
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-678-954-6346
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-341-4004
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-856-831-0640
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-949-743-1140
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-410-505-8128
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-917-464-2534
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-210-858-6602
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-775-2121
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-949-743-1156
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-245-1402
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-245-0922
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-723-5572
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-2863
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-718-831-7157
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-2857
A consumer posting a complaint about these same scammers at http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-718-831-7157 notes that 718-831-7157 is associated with an India-based "outsourcing" telephone bank. Though a reverse search on WhitePages.com shows that 718-831-7157 is an unlisted land line in New York City, information on Debtbuyers.Com shows that that number is used by India-based Intellisourze. (Source: http://www.debtbuyers.com/debtbuyers.asp ) My guess is that it's a VoIP phone number.
This is another piece of the puzzle that fits in perfectly with other information about this scam. There are some reports on 800Notes that have suggested that the crooks behind this offshore scam are also the crooks behind the notorious Bass/Ellis Crosby & Assoc./States Predisposition scams in Florida and Georgia. The interesting thing is that the number of complaints on here about the US National Bank/US Legal Investigation/Federal Investigation scam skyrocketed *after* April 7, 2008 when Florida obtained a $1.3 million judgment against Ted Ellis Crosby, shutdown his operations and barred him from ever conducting debt collections in Florida (Read http://myfloridalegal.com/newsrel.nsf/newsrel ... 5257424005858A6 ) There's certainly a good chance that the crooks placing these calls from India are doing so on behalf of the American crooks behind the Crosby/Bass/States Predisposition scams.
Here's the contact information for the phone bank in India:
IntellisOurzE BPO
701, Sapphier, Nr. Cargo Motors,
C.G. Road Navrangpura,
Ahmedabad - 9. (Guj.) INDIA.
E-Mail: info@intellisourze.com
Website: www.intellisourze.com
A check on the domain name "intellisourze.com" shows that the website and name registration was created on May 8, just one month *after* the Crosby scams were shut down in Florida:
Domain Name: INTELLISOURZE.COM
Registrant: Pragra Infratech Pvt. Limited.
Email: ankur.ranpariya@pragra.com
908, Aksaht Tower, Nr. ICICI Bank
Opp. Rajpath Club, S.G. Highway
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India 380054
Tel. +91.7926871353
Creation Date: 08-May-2008
Expiration Date: 08-May-2009
Domain servers in listed order: ns5.znetindia.com ns4.znetindia.com
(Source: http://whois.domaintools.com/intellisourze.com )
Though scam calls from these crooks have been going on long before May 8, the frequency of complaints about these calls increased considerably after Crosby was shut down in early April.
This is conjecture, but appearances suggest that Crosby and company were originally running a two-pronged payday loan scam operation -- with some calls being made from Jacksonville, Florida and other calls being made from a phone bank in India (and possibly other countries); then, after the Florida Attorney General shut down the Crosby scams in Florida, the Crosby crooks transferred most of their scam efforts to the India phone bank.
If you are targeted by these criminals, be sure to report them to all the following federal and state law enforcement agencies (most of which you can do online or over the phone):
1) The U.S. Secret Service is responsible for protecting the country's financial infrastructure and payment systems from international and domestic threats. Call or write your local Secret Service field office to alert them to the details of this attempted extortion. The addresses and phone numbers for the local Secret Service field offices are listed at http://www.secretservice.gov/field_offices.shtml or in your phone book.
2) Alert the FBI at https://tips.fbi.gov Be sure to tell the FBI that you are being targeted by extortionists over the phone who are posing as federal law enforcement. Be sure to give as many details as you can.
3) File a complaint with your local police. Most police departments will take a report over the phone. Be sure to tell them that you're being targeted by an extortionist and give them all the details.
4) File a complaint your state's attorney general, the contact information for whom is at www.naag.org
5) File a complaint online with The Federal Trade Commission at https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01
If these crooks call back, promise them nothing, pay them nothing and tell them nothing other than that you know they're a scam and that you've reported them to law enforcement. (And be sure to report them to all the agencies above each time they call you.)
By the way, here's just a small sample of numbers used by this particular group of scammers. Read the reports and you'll see the same pattern time and again -- phony organization names, thick foreign accents, and oddly worded threats that are so melodramatic and ridiculous that it's laughable:
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-925-262-1327
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-678-954-6346
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-341-4004
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-856-831-0640
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-949-743-1140
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-410-505-8128
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-917-464-2534
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-210-858-6602
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-775-2121
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-949-743-1156
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-245-1402
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-245-0922
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-723-5572
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-2863
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-718-831-7157
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-2857
Rating: 0 ec - 21 Aug 2008
ec - 21 Aug 2008ABC News just did an investigative piece on this particular scam operation. Here's the report: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1