315-532-6038

I keep getting calls from this number wishing me good luck if I don't return the call or my retained attorney. Who is calling me.

It is a scam. They call me several times in one day then I do not hear from them again for any where from two weeks to a couple months. They have personal information and are very threatening. Don't fall for it though.

Same here, they call me all the time too, looks like they are making their rounds since we are all posting around the same time. Don't fall for it guys, "Peter Scott" told me that I had to be in court in California in a few hours because I didn't pay something, and if I didn't show up, I would be arrested. I told them next time they use that line, the least they could do is send a fake warrant to my door.  :)

I am a suspect in a case, I need to contact my atty by 11am tomorrow or I will be taken to jail

I just got the same call from an indian guy named David Smith saying that my attourney needed to call him back and if he didn't hear from me all he can do is wish me good luck in the matter at hand

I got the same call but called his bluff and got mad and hung up on me.  Sooooooo being the kind and gentle man I am I called him back and told him what opening in his body he could put his [***] in. Then I calle my states AG office and reported him as a scam. They are taking over the situtation now.

These guys can kiss the darkest part of my ass.

I received the same message this morning asking me what is my attorneys name so I said for what, Mark Smith said that I filled out an application in September 2008. Mark said since I did not pay the 300 dollars back now I owe 890 dollars. If I didn't pay it while we were on the phone he's going to process this and I will either get a subpeona at my door or the police will either pick me up from work or my home and take me to jail. And yes he also left a nasty message on my answering machine that I saved of course. So Mr. Mark Smith you can kiss my black a......

PROTECT YOURSELF!  IMPORTANT INFORMATION YOU MUST READ – HOW THE SCAM WORKS AND WHAT AGENCIES TO REPORT THEM TO
LONG RUNNING AND KNOWN SCAM – ALL OVER INTERNET AND NEWS FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS NOW

Fake Debt Collectors – Terrorizing Consumers

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1


MORE ON FAKE DEBT COLLECTORS
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-9141
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/call4action/17285785/detail.html
http://www.800helpfla.com/newsletter/2008/092008.html

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2010/01/ks_debt_collection.html   latest release of information on this scam

http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm
Attorney General Darrell McGraw took the extraordinary step today of warning the public about a band of scam artists making threats to consumers who allegedly obtained Internet payday loans in West Virginia and across the nation. The consumers they threaten never obtained a loan at all or paid it off years ago.

Internet payday loans are short-term loans or cash advances, usually for 14 days, made over the Internet via interactive web sites and secured by an agreement authorizing debits of the loan and all fees owed from the consumer’s checking account. These loans typically charge interest rates ranging from 600-800 APR and are unlawful in West Virginia.

The scam artists, who speak English with a foreign accent, call themselves “U.S. National Bank,” “Federal Investigation Bureau,” “United Legal Processing” and numerous other phony names. They refuse to disclose real names and addresses and are believed to be operating “off the grid” from homes, automobiles, or from off shore locations or foreign countries, including India. Since the scammers have kept themselves purposely well hidden, thus far no law enforcement agencies have succeeded in locating or shutting them down.

The scammers typically pose as law enforcement officers, investigators, lawyers, and bankers and threaten consumers that they will be arrested for “bank fraud” or other fictitious crimes unless money is wired immediately. They simultaneously scare and confuse consumers by using meaningless legalese gobbledygook phrases such as, “We are downloading warrants against you” or “We are filing an affidavit against you.” Consumers who don’t immediately fall for the scam are warned, “Only God can help you now.”

The scammers almost always call consumers at work several times a day, and tell their supervisors, “Your employee has committed fraud and is about to be arrested.” Such threats have proven unsettling even to the most savvy consumers and employers who suspect the calls are fraudulent.

Attorney General McGraw stated, “Ordinarily my office protects consumers from fraudulent activities by seeking injunctions in court. But legal action cannot be taken until the scam artists can be located. Even then, it is unlikely that the persons behind the fraudulent calls and extortionist threats would obey a court order. In this case, the consumer’s best defense is to be armed with the knowledge of the scam so that all demands for money can be resisted, despite the false but scarey threats of arrest.”

McGraw added, “Because the fraudsters make a special point of calling consumers repeatedly at work, employers must understand that the consumers are innocent victims of a criminal enterprise and cannot stop the calls from coming. I also wish to assure the citizens of West Virginia that my office will continue to do everything possible to locate and shut down the outlaw debt collectors.”

More information about this fraudulent debt collection scheme is available at the Attorney General’s website, www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam. Any consumers who have been threatened by these persons or wish to file a complaint about another consumer matter may do so by calling the Consumer Protection Hot Line, 1-800-368-8808, or by obtaining a complaint form from the Attorney General’s web site.

It's a debt collection scam. And all their threats are false and illegal.
This is a very active group of scammers, many of whom are calling from India (and probably other countries) and are in cahoots with a group of American pay day loan scammers. They attempt to extort money from consumers with a myriad of false and illegal threats, and alternately pose as debt collectors, federal and state law enforcement officers, lawyers and bankers. Their trademark is to use meaningless legalese gobblygook phrases like "We are downloading warrants against you" or "We are filing an affidavit against you." Another trademark phrase is to threaten the consumer with something like this ridiculous phrase: "If you don't pay then only God can help you."
Typical of many financial scams of this variety, they usually demand payment via Western Union or MoneyGram or credit card. They use any number of phony names such as US National Bank, Federal Investigation Bureau, US Legal Investigation Bureau, Hopkins Law Office, United Legal Processing, Morgan Associates, United Pay Services, National Processing, White Collar Crime Unit and many more.  These criminals also use many phone numbers from many area codes; they're probably using caller-id spoofing software and/or VoIP to disguise their real location.
The main thing to remember is that anytime someone calls you demanding money to prevent your arrest, or demanding your lawyer's name so they can sue you, it is ALWAYS a scam. No debt collector (let alone criminals posing as debt collectors) has the authority to have anyone arrested for anything. (And it's illegal to them to threaten such a thing.) And since these foreign dirtbags routinely impersonate law enforcement, it's also important to remember that American law enforcement officers aren't in the business of debt collection.  (Debt is a civil, not a criminal, matter.)
The bottom line is, these are criminals trying to steal your money.
A consumer posting a complaint about these same scammers at https://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. And if the crooks claim to be law enforcement or lawyers, officers of the court or bankers, be sure to include that information in your report.
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.wvago.gov
5.    File a complaint online with The Federal Trade Commission at https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en
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:

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-925-262-1327
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-678-954-6346
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-341-4004
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-856-831-0640
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-949-743-1140
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-410-505-8128
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-917-464-2534
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-210-858-6602
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-775-2121
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-949-743-1156
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-245-1402
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-245-0922
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-723-5572
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-2863
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-718-831-7157
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-2857
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-858-244-0444
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-954-678-9724
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-610-571-3252
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-310-909-8245
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-310-499-9983
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-771-9249   Scammer posting here as GARY and GARRY JONES
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-860-4509   Scammer posting here as Mike Henderson
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-212-500-0839   Scammer posting here as Ricky
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-201-244-7722   Scammer posting as Carole, David Brown and Amanda
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-626-200-4646   Scammer placing false postings at this new number as silshan kanniue and Tina – preparing a new number to use.
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-424-354-4270   Scammer placing false postings as Rose
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-785-4479   Scammer posting as Robert
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-909-327-4870   Scammer placing false postings as Marry
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-646-274-1143   Scammer placing false postings as Karen Miller
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-561-300-8018   Scammer placing false postings as Marco Polo (real original)
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-226-7488   Scammer placing false postings as SAM, David S


Scam alert: Bogus debt collectors
By Leslie McFadden • Bankrate.com
Monday, Aug. 3
Posted 2 p.m.
Bankrate reporter Leslie McFadden contributed this entry.
This scam isn't technically about credit cards, but it is scary enough to post a warning. The Better Business Bureau issued an alert today saying consumers across the country are getting phone calls from bogus debt collectors claiming default on a payday loan. Of course, the consumer needs to pay a large fee to avoid arrest -- as much as $1,000.
The caller poses as a lawyer, and may threaten extradition to face trial if the consumer doesn't pay up immediately.
What makes these calls alarming -- and perhaps convincing -- is that the perpetrators reference the consumer's personal information, such as the person's Social Security number, driver's license number, previous bank account numbers, home address -- even personal references.
"The amount of information they have is really troubling," says BBB spokeswoman Alison Southwick. She adds that the amount of data points to a possible security breach.
Spread the word to your friends and family: Don't give out personal or financial information to an unknown caller. Scammers can spoof Caller ID to display different numbers, so trust your instincts over technology.
The BBB offers these tips:
•    Ask the debt collector to provide official documentation which substantiates the debt.
•    Do not provide or confirm any bank account, credit card or other personal information over the phone until you have confirmed the legitimacy of the call.
•    File a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission online if the caller is abusive, uses threats or otherwise violates federal telemarketing laws or the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
•    File a complaint with the Better Business Bureau online if you believe a debt collector is trying to scam you.

These guys have called me several times and I spoke to them twice. This occurred shortly after I applied for a short term loan online from Bank of America, who then apparently gave my information to a dozen other companies who all proceeded to call me/e-mail me/text me within the next 5 minutes and continued to do so for the next couple weeks. I did not take ANY of their loans as they were all extremely high interest rates, I swallowed my pride and borrowed money from my grandparents.

That is the only reason I let these guys give their shpeal and I listened with mild concern since I thought there was perhaps some legitimate reason they were calling me. That while even though I can rather easily prove I never received any money from anyone, that perhaps someone got my information and used it for themselves.

About a month after I applied for the loan is when these crooks started calling me. The first time they called my cell, listing an unknown number so I didn't answer. They then immediately called my work phone. They asked to speak with me and asked that I verify the information they had on file for me (which was all accurate). They then said I was being sued for "cyber crime" and "internet fraud" for the amount of around $1600 for a loan I took and never repaid and were asking for my attorney's information. I told them I've never heard anything about this and though I had applied online for a loan I did not take one. His response was "Dear God! I can't believe nobody has contacted you about this! My gosh!" - at this point I was 99% sure this was a scam. He then said to hold while he transfered me to one of their lawyers, who, while still having a noticeable east Indian accent, spoke much more fluent english (I assume this was a specialist transfer since I "bit" the bait).

After he summarized the allegations against me I told them to send me this information in writing. They were very threatening to me and said "your name will be put in the papers," they'd get me fired from my place of work, and "only God can help you now." I laughed and told him "I don't know what country you're calling me from, but here debt is a civil suit, not criminal. I can't be thrown in jail for anything regarding what you accuse me of." At this point he made some more threats telling me if I didn't pay the money now I would be taken in by the police, and don't try to run because they'll drag me in from the streets. I asked him twice, politely, to please send me any legal injunctions against me in writing so I could consult my attorney. I've yet to receive anything from them ;)

I look forward to having some fun with them the next time they call me assuming I have some free time.

I got a call from a number one digit off (315-532-6069) It appears to be the same folks since I called back the number listed above. They threaten you and have personal info. They did contact my brother who was listed as a refrence on my old mortgage. I asked ofr detailed info and they got nasty and had no details for me and got very rude. I contacted the attorney generals office and filed a complaint.

I received the same type of message from the 315-532-6038 that I should return the call or my attorney should call if I ignore this then good luck,

Just got another call and this time I called the number back and they had all my info as I applied for an online payday loan. They say I owe money to one and that they are trying to collect. Well I know for a fact that I do not owe any payday loans at this time so it's definitely a scam. Some people have numerous outstanding payday loans and don't remember who they borrowed from so they end up sending these people monies to get them off their backs when they don't even know who they are representing.

Just received a call from this same number. He called me at work and his name was Paul Smith but I could barely understand him. He threatened me and then told me if I didn't return his phone call than "God can only help you".

Hi,  it sounds like the basic scam.  I talked with a friend of mine and she is going through the same thing, But,  if this is a scam to get my info,  im 3we8 and still do not pay anything on line. Nor do banking'  old school italian way and not lazy and smart go to the bank.  After reading all these comments what a scam.  Not only that,  how dare these people have the right to upset these innocent individuals,  who may be working up their credit scores buying a house and working  and keeping bills in tact. The phone number she was called upon was 315-532-6038.  My friend was told the same old story,  u must call as soon as possible,  or u will have to go to court.  She tried to contact the individual.   Wrong number.  I have had this happen in the past.  I find the best way to deal with bill collectors.  right on.  Ask" who am I speaking with?  What is your name and contact number?  Who is your supperviser if i have any other quesjtions   They will eventually hang up.

I received a call at my work by Charles Green saying basically the same thing. And that they were going to send a fax to my boss's attention to have me terminated if I didn't give him my attorney's information and my home address.
Scary thing is, they had the last four digits of my ssn.

I received a call from a man named Charles Green from this number saying I would be arrested at 11 am tomorrow morning if I didn't give him my attorney's name in regards to "a case pending" against me.
I laughed at him saying that there is nothing "pending" against me and "why would I need an attorney."
He got very hostile and said that he would send a fax to my boss's attention that they terminate my employement imediately.
What is this place that's calling me at work and why do they have the last four digits of my SSN?
Some one please take care of this scam.

You likely applied online for one of those payday loans!! Naturally to get the loan you have to have all your pertinent information to secure the loan. I have applied before but have always paid them in full and yet I still receive the calls. I believe they prey on people who get the loans and don't pay them back and don't even remember who they borrowed from and are willing to send them money to stop the phone calls.

Please avoid this its a scam

Hello everyone!!  Whoever these dirt bags are, contacted me yesterday at work and demanded me to have the name of my attorney and their phone number.  I asked them for their company name and their phone number, to which I called back a couple of minutes later.  Both parties had a very pretend Indian type of accent and read to me that if I didn't respond, that they would have me arrested.  I told them that since I was at work, I would call them the next day (Tuesday 11May).  Meanwhile I entered their phone number into Google Search and found a slew of people that had been contacted by the same people, saying the exact same thing to me as they did to them.  
On Tuesday, 11May2010, from 8:30am till noon, I tried to call them and all I got was either dead air or the phone just kept ringing and ringing.  After giving up, I received a phone call around 1:35pm, these people calling me again asking why didn't I call.  I told them I had tried to call and if this is supposed to be a law office why were their phones not working for almost 5 hours?  The guy responded with "Our phone lines have been down".  Question, why would he ask me "Why didn't I call" if he knew the phone lines had been down, if that's really the case. HHMMM???

After telling him where he could go and hung up.  He called back yelling stating that he's going to get me fired, to which I hung up.  I called my manager right away to inform him and between the time I hung up with this piece of work and the time I got my manager on the phone, he had already called my work and making threats.   My boss just brushed it off and told me not to worry about it.  I contacted KCPD and left a message of an office or detective to call me back regarding this.  

DON'T FALL FOR IT!!  YOU WORK HARD FOR YOUR MONEY, DON'T LET SOMEONE INTIMIDATE YOU INTO YOU GIVING YOUR MONEY TO THEM!