347-625-3142

I just received a call from this gentlemen by the name of John Reefe from this number 347-625-3142 he told me that they are going to take me to court if I did not pay 1,298 dollars claiming its from Woodforest Bank saying for bad checks and all but luckily I had sense enough to go online and google all this information he gave me. He told me I had to go on and pay 25% now which would be $325 now and by the 4th pay the other 75%. Any way he said his name is John Reefe,the person that I was to wire the money off to was Heather Fwitver in Clarion,Pa be very watchful and careful as to who you give your information to.

SCAM! Do not respond to these criminals. Whoever they are, I have gotten calls from them for going on 2 years now. They call from different numbers all over the United States and even in Mexico. It's always....always a foreign sounding person (either Spanish or Muslim) and the voice mails left always start with "(Your name)...the very second you receive this message....blah blah blah".

They called my work one time and I was in the mood to play their little game back at them. After arguing with this foreigner for about 3 minutes, he threatened to call the "Sherriff" on me. So I asked them what county I was currently in and they couldn't answer. I asked how are they going to call the Sherriff if they don't even know which county I'm in at the time. I then told this person to get the hell out of my country...and I said that because I am CONVINCED this is a scam run from Mexico or by other foreigners trying to prey on American citizens. There have been too many calls from Mexico and every time it's someone that speaks very little English. They then started to call my office, from 3 different lines all at once....letting it ring and hanging up...for about 5 times. I guess I ticked them off by giving it back to these little jerks.

That's the facts people, just DO NOT fall for their intimidation tactics.

I just got a call from this number state he is from the Federal Government to collect a debt. He was calling for my husband. I told him my husband just had a stroke and he is not able to talk to him. He state he want him to call him back. So I call him and ask him what was the name of his company he worked for. All he would say I work for the Federal Governement. So I told him I will contact the federal governement myself and report him. I wanted his address and he would not give me that. So I hung up on him.

My advise to anyone who get calls to collect a debt contact the company yourself before you give any money or speak to them. You will save yourself money and time with these foolish people.

This needs to stop they should not threaten people.... When they don't have reason for it....get a real job

He has another one working with him in Reno, Texas. 817-381-1424 He ended up hanging up on me..lol!

See my post. He left a nasty message on my phone for someone he made up. He is NOT FOR REAL! Report him to police!

I received a call from this same number a lone with my family members telling me and my family member that they are bringing criminal charges against us because I got a payday loan from Advance Cash Net on an account that I had, but the account was from a prepaid visa and I never received a payday loan on this account.  I called the company that I have the card through and had them research my account from beginning to end and there was nothing.  At first I was thinking that maybe I did get a loan on this account because I remember applying for a payday loan with this account but I didn't remember receiving the loan.  Once I spoke with the company and ensured me that I didn't have any transactions from this payday loan place I started to research the payday loan place online and found that there are many people that have received the same call that I received.  When I called this number back it didn't ring, it was just complete silence.  How do these people get all my information withotu me telling them?  This is crazy!  People today are so deperate for money they will do anything to get it.  I'm so happy I have enough sense to do my research and not fall for this BS. Just like others stated this man his name is Aden so he said... stated that he was calling from the Federal Department of something that I don't remember, but it just didn't sound right to me.  

PEOPLE PLEASE BE AWARE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT WILL LIE AND CHEAT AT ANY COST!

Just as an FYI, everyone, I have attempted something that you might find interesting:

I have been reading through these posts almost daily for over 2 years now.  This whole scam irritated me in a unique way for some reason, and I have been hell-bent to try anything and everything I can to help stop anyone else being a victim or give them any more funding for whatever illicit purposes they are involved in.

I hadn't received a call from them in over a year and a half, and then all of a sudden, they called me today.

I have chosen numbers from random posts on this forum from other people.  Keep in mind that none of these numbers had ever contacted me!  I called back and started asking questions, acted a little bit worried and when they asked my name, I gave them a fake one (said I was Chuck U. Farley, which the humor was completely lost on them).  I would then hang up.  LITERALLY WITHIN 30 MINUTES I started receiving calls for Chuck U. Farley about a warrant for my arrest, a huge bill for a payday loan that wasn't paid, check fraud charges, etc.  Chuck U. Farley doesn't even exist, the name was an invention of my imagination, but they sucked onto it like leaches thinking it was yet another person they could scam out of money.  As soon as they had a phone number & name, a bad debt of outrageous proportions "magically appeared".

On that note, I agree that we seem to be getting nowhere with assistance from our own government.  I have filed complaints with every branch I can think of (& some new ones I found online).  There has been no response, action or resolution.  I have resolved to just keep trying to help as many as I can from sending their hard earned money, and for myself start seeing the humorous side of it all.  Here is a previous post I listed.  It may give you some good ideas on how to deal with them, but at the very least it should add a little humor to your day:

"Here's some more ideas to add in there:

They have started in with a new number now (347-625-3142), so the game begins again!  This time when the guy identified himself as an "officer", I told him he has called a crime scene and I started interrogating him.  He hung up after some stuttering and stammering.  Anyone who did not see my last post, here it is again with some more creative ideas on how to deal with these idiots:

"OK, first off, everyone CALM DOWN and don’t freak out about these guys.  No matter what they say or what they threaten, they CAN’T do anything to you.  I know every one of us has tried filing reports with law enforcement, FTC, FBI, ic3, etc.  It doesn’t seem to work, because these guys aren’t even in the USA.  So take a deep breath, relax and don’t let them ruffle your feathers.

Now, I started getting these calls about a year ago.  I have personally used all of the tactics below, and they do stop calling me for about 6 months…so the way I figure it, a little time out of my day to give them back a taste of their own medicine is worth it for 6 months of peace and quiet.  Keep in mind, as well, every minute you spend screwing with them on the phone is a minute they are NOT able to scam someone else.  (And the only way they will ever stop is if nobody pays them any money ever again!)  And now for the fun part—how to screw with them back.  I will start with the easiest and move up the line with the more time consuming:

If you have no time to mess with them:
a.    Just don’t pick up the line.  Let it go to voicemail and delete the message.
b.    Pick up the line and immediately hang up.  Keep doing it until they stop.
c.    Pick up the line and use an air horn or police whistle blown straight into the mouthpiece of the phone.  (I personally like the canned airhorn the best.)
d.    If they call while you are driving, turn the radio up as loud as possible and answer the line on speakerphone.  Don’t say anything, just let them listen to the blasting music.  Heavy metal music works best, but I personally have a CD with Star Spangled Banner on it, so I play that as loud as I can.  Just leave the line open with the music blasting until they hang up.

If you have a little more time to mess with them:
a.    Ask if they are related to the deceased (insert your name here as the “deceased”) or just a family friend, because “the viewing of the body if for family only, but the memorial service is open to everyone.”  Ask if they would like directions to the funeral.
b.    Simply tell them that you have read all about their scam on the internet & seen it on the news on TV, so you aren’t paying anything.  Don’t listen to any response, just hang up on them after saying this.
c.    Use this one only if you are willing to be as crude as they are:  Using the name they gave you (i.e., “Officer Mike Taylor” was the last one I got), say, “Is the this THE Officer Mike Taylor I read about on the internet?  Is it true what the posts online say, that you have such a small d**k that even camels won’t have sex with you?”  Then hang up on them.
d.    (For this one, I must first apologize to PETA and all vegans, but it highly offends the scammers because they consider cows to be divine beings.)  Tell them you don’t have time to speak with them, because you work at a slaughter house and you have over 100 cattle you need to “kill off” before the end off the day.  Then hang up on them.
e.    Are you good with theatrics?  Then try this one…it was actually highly effective for me:  Put on your deepest, scariest, growliest voice and just whisper into the phone over and over, “I command the demons to come for you, I command the demons to come for you, I command the demons to come for you…”.  Just keep whispering it over and over until they hang up.  I think this one worked well because they are quite superstitious.
f.    If you know a foreign language, answer the phone in it and just keep talking in unintelligible phrases.  The more obscure the language, the better.  Don’t know a foreign language?  Pig Latin seems to work just as effectively.
g.    Ask if they are calling from the convenience store, and can they give you last night’s winning lottery numbers, because you are sure you have won.  For any response they give to it, just keep yelling over and over, “I won! I won!”
h.    When you answer the phone, ask them where your pizza is and tell them because they didn’t get it to you in the “30 minutes”, you’re not paying for it.  Hang up.
i.    Tell them you are at work right now, but to call you back on your “home” phone, and give them this number: 202-835-0778.  (This is the scam and fraud reporting division number at the FBI.)  Hang up.

If you are REALLY p***ed off, and have plenty of time to screw with them:

a.    Go on to Craig’s List and post an ad in the wanted section or services section  saying you are looking for a payday loan company because you need a loan.  Ask they call you right away.  List the scammer’s name and phone number as the contact information.  (This sends the scum-sucking bottom feeders off to call the other scum sucking bottom feeders…LOL)
b.    Go online and look for every free daily horoscope, free insurance quote, free mortgage lending, etc., and click on the “have an agent contact me” link.  Type in the scammer’s name and phone number.  Viola!  Now they will get flooded with telemarketers as well.
c.    If you would like to blow off steam, and have no problem with swearing, just keep calling them over and over pretending you have Tourette’s Syndrome by just screaming obscenities in the phone until they hang up.  This works pretty good in the car, because no one else can hear you and it is a good tension reliever.
d.    Log onto these payday loan sites and enter all of the scammers’ information on it.  This way they might even wind up on their own list!
e.    (Do NOT attempt this one unless you have state of the art spyware & virus protection, and even then, you still are taking a risk):  Go into your spam folder on your computer.  Find every email you can about “you won millions of dollars” or “the Nigerian lottery” or something to that effect.  Send it back with all of the scammers’ contact information.
f.    Research for the phone numbers to both local and national TV news stations “breaking news desk”.  Again, tell the scammer on the phone to call you at your “work number” and give the number to the news station’s phone number.  (Hopefully, if the news stations get enough of these calls, they will start airing more stories about it, reaching more people and reduce the number of victims that fall for this.)

Again, before sending money to ANYONE, stop. Think.  Do you have any paperwork showing you owe money?  If not, ask for paperwork.  If they refuse to send it, they are scammers.  A real collection agency will always: 1. provide paperwork; 2. never yell or cuss at you; 3. never require you to pay first before receiving paperwork; 4. never identify themselves as an officer of law enforcement; 5. never threaten you with jail, arrest or physical harm.

I been getting these calls as well... That I owe 1059.00 for a payday loan.... And which I probably do but I've tried working with a payday loan specialist where they help me pay my loans.... But anyways these ppl wanted me to settle with them and I asked for the name of the original creditor  number that sent them my bill and I had asked for a dispute in writing to make sure everything was legit.... But now they are threatening me by putting me in jail.... And if they dont have all this in writing then I dont want to send them the money the way u guys all talk they dont seem legit.... I just dont want to go to jail...
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Nobody EVER goes to jail for a PDL. Threats of arrest are pure BS! A loan is a civil matter. And don't come back here with some line about "a bad check...". That bird has been shot down here ad nauseum.
If you owe a debt, make arrangements to pay it. To the original creditor or the collection firm that provides you with written validation of their claim. Delivered by mail. NOT e-mail or fax. If they fail to provide you with that proof...they are FRAUDS. Simple as that.

Well, thought they would give up after all the "h-e-double hockey stix" I gave them back, but they were stupid enough to call me back today.  It went something like this:

Me: Hello?

Scammer: I want to speak to "John Doe" <real name withheld; caller has heavy middle eastern accent>.

Me: Yes, can I help you?

Scammer: No. I want to speak to "John Doe".

Me: Well, this is "John Doe"-do you want me to speak with you or not?

Scammer: Yes, I am calling with the FDBC.  That is the Federal Department Bureau of Crimes.

Me: Oh yes!  You are the scam artists I have been reading about on the internet!

Scammer:  Uh...ummm...what?

Me: I have been reading online all about your scam.

Scammer: What scam?

Me: The scam were you terrorists are trying to threaten US citizens in order to drain money from them.

Scammer: Uh...ummm...there is no....ummm...scam.  Its uh....ummm..."click". <line disconnects>




What an idiot.  I have said it once, and I will say it again for any shills, scammers, thieves, con artists, etc. that watch these threads:  I will NEVER pay you a dime.  I will NEVER fall for your lame threat tactics.  And, best of all, I will NEVER give up returning the harassment back to you!  By the way, thanks for leaving the phone number...I will be most happy to post it on every site I can find to let people know you are frauds and will be entering your phone number into every telemarketer database I can find so that you get flooded with harassing phone calls.

Ta-ta for now...I am off to have some fun at your expense with your phone number...

I just received a message from a supposedely Legal affair officer by the name of Mike Taylor from 347-637-6594 informing me by name that I was in a serious issue and was to call him back immediately. His english was very poor. I have no debts so I don't give it any credibility as no Company name is left on the message.

This was such a brilliant post. Thank you!

347-625-3142 is now using a robocaller to call an leave messages to call that number before they file a lawsuit.

Not only does No one EVER go to jail for a PDL,  the lenders also have no legal recourse for collections because the loans violate the federal usery statutes.  Most states make this public info but some don't.  The only thing they can do is put your name on a "do not lend" list which is referenced by account number.  PDL, for this of you interested, are classified as predatory loans which also makes them collectable.  This is why they try to bully people into repaying.  Tell them to "bite" you!!!!!

Received a call from a man who spoke perfect english from this number and really, just hung up after he did not even know who he was calling and trying to get information from ME! Scam alert. So don't waste your time. Ignore them.