415-200-0254

Have you done anything to stop the calls

I too received threatening calls from these jerks, saying that they would send the criminal charges they are bringing against me to my job and that I had two hours to make a payment or contact a lawyer. Is this legal??

sounds similar to what i got, only one digit off 415-200-0250, threatened to have me arrested by 9:00 tonight.  has anyone ever really talked to these people?  gotten any names?  it's important because if they are the same ones calling me, they have ALL my info, and could have yours.

I recieved a phone call last evening from theses people with a threatening message - ending with God help Me! I then called a number back - I  spoke with an indian man who called himself Andy hunt- A different man placed the original phone call. They said this was from an early payday loan i took over the computer(In feb 09) for $350- Now is $1,033 owed due to non-payment and collections fees, and court costs. Mind you I have not heard anything or recieved any paperwork for this. They knew my place of employment, and my social security #! They threatened Toplace documentationto my employer to hav me fired. They told me I had to write an apology letter to them(Tey told me exactly what to write. They then recorded me reading it to them , and then said i must have it notarized and sent to them by the morning!When I read the part about How I owed them $1,033 - I specifically stated as a add in on the recording that i do not know how it is this much. They then told me that i had to send them $100 immediately. Not by mail- BUT by a prepaid card only- I was to go purchase one for $100 and call them back by 10 am or they were pressing charges for check fraud, criminal intent, etc.. These people are horrible people. They told me they were going to the courts at 10:01 am if they did not recieve their $. That I would have to go all the way to california by friday or i was going to jail!. This morning I went through all the details, and talked with a friend. this makes no sense. I calleda lawyer from the state cappitol building. they said it sounds like an abbusive scam with scare tatics. Bottom line- What these people are doing is illegal. You mustbe presented with official court documents Sappena(SP?) hand delivered. Then you contact a lawyer and it gets settled through them. I also spoke to the state attorney generals office which gave me the same information. I then tried to call these people back- andy hunt's personal business line (supposedly). They refused me to speak to him- said they were only a security gaurd!I asked him the name of the company -during our coversation he gave me too different names. Finally when i demanded an address for these people he refused me several times- I even asked him" you are telling me sir that you don't know what building you are even working in?" He hung the phone up on me!!!! What these people are doing is outrageous and they really need to be stopped!

This is not legal at all. Firt court papers have to be drawn then you have to be legaly presented with the documents. Then they can not make you go there - or else. It will be handeled by lawyers. If they threatened your job, and they take any action to have you fired- keep the proof/ contact a lawyer/ and sue them for harrassment/ slander/ etc... And you would have every right to do so.  If they contact you again the ONLY thing you should say is I contacted a lawyer and to file what you need to - I will be waiting for the propper documentation and court papers- AND that is it. DO NOT give them any other information.....
These people are vicious people and need to be stopped. THINK they do not want a check(not even a bank authorized check) or a money order- They only accept a prepaid $ card- that you have to call them back with a code for. Untraceable!!!! These are Frauds!!!!

oh my god! i got the same kinda call only the number was 415-200-0263 it was almos exactly like yours pnly the mans name was ryan ritch and alex smith

I received a call from this number 415-200-0263 telling me to call today and threatening to have me arrested and my children.  That I owed 300.00 to a payday loan that had to be paid.  The address they gave was in Campbell Ca. and when I placed the address into goggle it came up as a home in Ca. for sale.  They knew my name social # my address everything.  He claimed his name was Matthew Parker and the law firm was crime monitoring center.  The lawyers name were Daniel Bush, David Walker the accent to this man was very hard to understand.

I rec a call from an 801 number (same as above) these people are under inv by the ftc for consumer complaints regarding their tactics. Best thing u can do is report them to the ftc

I rec a call from an 801 number (same as above) these people are under inv by the ftc for consumer complaints regarding their tactics. Best thing u can do is report them to the ftc

I have had these calls for over the last two weeks to my work number and cell number.  They have called over 10 times today and have left messages.  Last few calls have been from a "Mark Williams" who has the strongest accent and then today it has been "Shawn Hardy"...so yes, I feel as though I need to change my cell phone number (which has been the same for over 5 yrs now) and my work number...I don't know what to do !! They say I need you or your attorney to call me ASAP!! Don't disregard this message, if you don't return the call or your attorney of record either all I can do is wish you Good luck, then I couldn't understand the ending.  Said something mean and then Goodbye!! Wow!!  Yes, I must report them.  I am honestly going through some issues and yes I have applied for loans on line previously yet ...wow I have never been called this many times!!!  Terrible!!! WEll, there you have it....this is my story!

"They say I need you or your attorney to call me ASAP!! Don't disregard this message, if you don't return the call or your attorney of record either all I can do is wish you Good luck as your situation unfolds upon you"

They also called me at 6:30 am on a Saturday!  They have left 4 messages on my work line and 3 messages on my cell in the last 45 minutes.  Two of the ones on my work line were because he messed up his script so he hung up and called back within seconds to try again.  Nice thing to come back to from a meeting.  Somehow, I don't think they actually want my "attorney of record" to call them back, because their practices are highly illegal.

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-714-333-2981

This is just another one of hundreds (and perhaps even thousands) of numbers these overseas payday loan debt collection scammers are calling from:

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-9141:

It's a scam, and all their threats are false and illegal.  The bottom line is, these are criminals trying to steal consumers' money.

Here are a few news reports and government advisories warning consumers about this scam:

ABC News:  http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1
West Virginia Attorney General:  http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm
WTAE TV4, Pittsburgh:  http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/call4action/17285785/detail.html
Florida Commissioner of Consumer Services:  http://www.800helpfla.com/newsletter/2008/092008.html

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 gobbylgook 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, Christian Nicholas & Associates, US Federal Bank, Sonic Bank, Hopkins Law Office, CashNet, 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.)

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 (
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.naag.org

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/1-336-553-3965
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-909-6789
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/1-310-909-8245
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

...and, many, MANY more.

I had been getting calls from this number for the past couple of weeks.  I got drunk and actually answered the phone Friday night.  After some banter, I told the guy to f*** off, and he then proceeded to try to have phone sex with me.  I hung up on him, and he called right back.  My husband answered the phone, and the guy asked him how much I charged.  I got back on the phone and told him to mail me $15,000, and then I would talk to him.  LOL  I haven't heard from them since.

This man named Patrick Wilson called me on my job and basicially told me that he was going to bring criminal charges against me and that i was going to lose my job. He would not tell me what company i was with. He knew my email address so i asumme it was from 1 of three payday loans i had online. This person had a very heavy indian accent. I have decided to file chapter 7 bankruptcy. I have retained an attorney with assistance with this matter. I go to see my attorney again on 11/2/09. i will inform him of this. This is really sad when [***] like this has to go to this extreme. I think all payday loans online or storefront should be outlawed.

i just got the exact same call from a man calling himself Gary Jones.  the phone number is 510-606-7361.  I just laughed and told him to stop doing this to people.  he hung up on me.