402-817-7843

The following message was left on my voice mail:

District 217 Fraud and Diversion Team: You are being contacted on a case set to be filed with your court system today.  Contact the team immediately at 402-817-7843.

The message made no sense to me, so I did not return the call.

Same thing just happened to me about an hour ago...however, I answered.  Was told that there was a fraud case pending against me with 2 felony charges of check fraud.  ??  Stated that I had a cash advance loan, which NEVER happened, that I apparently defaulted on. Whatever...just another scam.  They stated there was a warrant out for my arrest.  I told them to come get me...they then hung up!  I blocked the number.  Scam, scam, scam...beware!

Stated they were a fraud agency and going to file a  case in my City's courts.

Caller said I took a payday loan that never happened. Some guy said I would get probation to pay it back.. wth.  Really. . Scams

District 217 Fraud and Diversion Team: You are being contacted on a case set to be filed with your court system today.  Contact the team immediately at 402-817-7843.

District 217 Fraud and Diversion Team: You are being contacted on a case set to be filed with your court system today.  Contact the team immediately at 402-817-7843.

got a call this morning at 8:30, saying that I have 2 warrants out for my arrest........couldn't find my whistle, ( to blast his eardrum) would not have done any good as it was a recorded message......scam scam scam

SCAM they even told me it would take 24-48 hours to get my name off of their "list". They originally told me they are from the fraud division and there would be someone at my door within 24 hours. I told them there is no way what so ever this is possible so please take me off your list. (fist call they made, lady just hung up on me) (second lady, told me I have to allow 24-48hrs) SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM

Those idiots just called again.. jesus. Wth. I've never hada payday loan. Scam scam scam..

I have been getting the same calls since last year 2014,  just got another one now.  Same MO as all the rest of you people.  I have kept a record of the phone numbers,  all starting with 402 coming out of Nebraska.  I guess Corn Huskers got nothing else to do but SCAM us working people.  Always a recorded message,  going to court, filing a case etc etc.  I called our Sheriffs Office and they have no record of a court case with my name.  Go get a real job or start picking corn..........................

Got the same call...division 217 Fraud and Diversion, said they were issuing warrants for my arrest and that I had taken out some sort of payday loan.  I have never taken out a payday loan, nor would I.  Meanwhile, they had a very old address for me in Chicago.  I haven't lived in Chicago (or Illinois, for that matter) in quite some time. I hung up and will be blocking that number, but will be keeping a close eye on my credit report.  There is nothing there so far to indicate a late loan payment or any account in collections.

This is a common ploy by criminals attempting to extort money from people by scaring you into believing that you will be criminally charged, go to jail, lose your driver’s license, have wages garnished, be sued, and a variety of other variations on this,  all for an alleged or nonexistent debt.  They also use the “process server” who calls and claims he is going to serve you, but then says you could avoid it by calling another number.  Now why would a “process server” want to do you, a stranger, a favor, and at the same time not get paid to deliver the papers?

Federal law (FDCPA) requires them to send you a letter (US MAIL ONLY) within 5 days of their first contact that contains their name, physical address, the creditor’s name, and the amount of the alleged debt.  It also must contains “mini-Miranda” telling you that it is an attempt to collect a debt and that all information will be used for those purposes.  The one other important thing that this letter must also have in it is that you have a right to dispute the debt within 30 days receipt of the letter and if you do so, all collection activity must be stopped until the debt is verified.
Read up on your rights here, get template letters to send and also make a complaint at this government site:  http://www.consumerfinance.gov/
Also file a complaint with your State Attorney General's office.
List of State AG’s offices:  http://consumerfraudreporting.org/stateattorneygenerallist.php

Same thing to these people keep calling me

Same phone call with the same story. First one I answered was a Detective Boyce and the second time was Investigator Hill. I enjoy having fun with them, as I know they are trying to scam people. I let them go on and on and then tell them that I want to pay. They tell me that they can't take cc info over the phone and that I need to wire the money or get a prepaid card and call them with the account number. I then tell them that they can rot in hell with all the other low life POS. They get upset at that point and start to threaten you and your family and pet gold fish if you have one.

Called saying I owed on a loan I paid off years ago. Then when I asked for a company name she was from and case or validation number she put me on hold then got back on and was frantic saying she didn't have that information. Total scam

i got a call twice a day today from 402 817 7843,  seems to know my personal profile. It said they are from district 217 and diversion team. That I am being contacted on a case set to be filed with our court system. That I need to contact the team immediately. I did call the number  and they said something about payday loan I did not pay which I have no clue what they are talking about. Scary because like I said it seems real but it takes not because I don't have nothing to do with payday loan.

I just received  the same message twice in one day I where they were calling from and they financial affairs the person name was Brandon Robinson I ask for a phone # so my attorney  could  call them back and he then got upset  and said I will just go ahead file it today ... then gave me a different #to call them back at 1 614 407 7843 I look up the phon #ir out of the state of Ohio, .. it this is very annoying  and up sitting that people are crazy enough to do stupid stuff like this ..the next time I receive a call like this I going to to my friend who is a police officer and ask him what to do about calls like this and let him listen to these messages .. to be continued. .

I got a couple of calls from this number this afternoon, left a couple of exactly the same messages and mentioned about a fraud case being filed on me.

The Infamous "District 217" Scam

Some crazy scamming operation.  It has a  history on 800notes.   Somebody always calls saying they from  district ( or division) 217 and start their debt scamming at that point.   No idea where they are located.  Usually they say you’re being charged with some sort of serious crime.  Total clap-trap.
District 217 Scam Numbers

202-706-6163
202-827-0663
202-827-1620
206-973-0589
224-704-0653
228-533-8570
228-207-2635
253-220-5511
303-951-4754
303-562-1923
402-218-4660
402-218-4663
402-952-4444
512-827-3784
512-582-7677
512-949-3666
713-331-9159
720-222-1501
720-381-1628
844-388-5435
901-217-8974
844-276-0353

Report them:

http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection  (Threatening arrest or criminal process in order to collect a civil debt is a clear violation of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act)

Also contact your local attorney general

If they continue to bother you, and you know you do not owe any money,  tell them that you know this is  a debt scam and that you are making a complaint to the police for extortion.  You might have to yell at the scammer and talk over him or her.  Once you get a copy of the police report and they call you again , just read out the  file number and the name of the PD or Sheriff’s office involved.   Tell them you’ll be glad to send a copy to them at whatever address the jack***es are working out of now.  If you can find them.

Wanted me to wire money by midnight then call a number and leave the number off the receipt on someone elses voicemail