443-221-4540

Told that this was for a bill that I was suppose to pay but failed to do so.  When I asked what it was for they kept repeatedly asked me if I wanted to pay in code or out of code.  When I asked what that meant, they still would not answer me.  They called me at my work number.  I told him not to call me there but at my home.  He told me that I had to tell them whether I was going to pay this in code or out.  I have no idea what this was for and they will not tell me what it is for.

I got the same call. This is a scam but I am trying to figure out how they had so much of my information.

Called this morning saying he was from State Farm Investigation department telling me my brother in law was under investigation and I was used as his reference.  He could barely speak english and was VERY rude.  I just called my agent to ask if this was legit (I have State Farm) - she said it sounds crazy and do disregard.

That is what really scared me too.  They had so much personal information that it bothered me. I contacted my Attorney General's Office and filed a complaint against them.  I have not heard from them since my first call.

I called this number back and asked who they were with.  They said that they were Financial Crimes Investigation-- Division of Federal Crimes.  Basically, a bunch of bull.  I searched what they told me and
http://greatermd.bbb.org/fcdscam/ <<<< the better business bureau is saying this is a scam.  These people have stolen your information.  You need to find out where they got the info and from and go back to that company, these people have your info.  Please read the article at the BBB website.

Now the number is disconnected.

Yep..its disconnected.  They will just get another number established and try again.

I just received a call from this number yesterday. I received a call from "Officer Jason M" his phone kept breaking up and he said he was from the US Financial or it could have been Federal Crimes Investigation. He had a lot of my personal Information. He did say something about fas cash but then back peddled and said this has nothing to do with the bank or that co. He spoke w/ a heavy accent, broken english. He threatened me with arrest at my place of employment if I didn't listen to him. I asked him what this was about and would like to clear this up. He yelled and me. I wasn't even raising my voice to him at all. He gave me the above phone# and then said I have 15 min to call him back or I would be arrested. During the phone call he did say if I didn't want to pay him I would have a lawsuit but he wouldn't give me any information. I filed a complaint with the FBI- Fraud Unit.

READ THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SCAM - THIS WILL ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS - BUT YOU MUST READ IT

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
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.

I have recieved the same call today from officer jason, and they were very rude and yelling. The told me they were from the department of financial crime investigation. They also had a very strong accent. They have been calling me at work and home. This is very scary because they also have a lot of information on me.

I filed a complaint with the FTC and my Attorney General's Office.  I received a call from the Attorney General's Office this morning who told me to put a fraud alert on my credit report (which I did yesterday), and contact the FBI about the incident.  I filed my report this morning.  Hopefully they will not contact me again.  This actually had me and my husband very concerned.  They just knew way too much info.

So is it possible that we could present a class action lawsuit against the site that was supposed to be secure and our information was hacked from?

I believe my information was taken from loanbyphone.com,  they callef both my coworkers at work whom i listed as references, so I am 110% positive that this is where the information was stolen from.
Anybody else from the same website?

I recieved a call from this number yesterday. First it was an unknown number which they left me a voice mail on my cell phone stating do not erase this message. I called the number back several times only getting a message saying something about the phone line finally when someone did answer I asked for Nick Johnson who left the message and was told they had to call me back when they did they called me back on another number 916-395-0000 this time he said he was lieutenaut Winston with crime investigation regarding a internet payday loan. When I questioned it and asked him to fax me over all the information thats when he told me that I would be arrested by the end of the day. When I told him he sounded just like the first calling he then hung up on me. I did report him to the Sheriff's dept. But the seem to have all my personnel info. I'm pretty sure they got it off the internet. I don't know what else to do can someone please tell me.

The same thing is happening to me -- I've recieved three class total, one to which I answered.  I spoke to "David Anderson" of Federal Crime Investigations and he claimed I took out a loan and never paid it back.  He had a heavy accent, and was very RUDE.  He said that my "back taxes on non-payment" were $1100, demanded that I fax over my photo ID, social security info and wire him the money so that it would be solved "out of court."  He then said that if I didn't solve it out of court, it would cost me up to $7000 with lawyer fees, etc. in court.  

I told him I wanted to speak to my lawyer and would not release any information as I had NO IDEA what he was talking about.  He said, "YOUR LAWYER CANNOT HELP YOU.  We are downloading warrants against go, we currently have an affadavit against you."  I know I never accepted a loan, and I know I would have recieved legal documents had I been in collections of some sort.  On top of that, when I declined payment and information, he kept insisting that he would send officials to my workplace and "put me behind the bars." OR that he would contact my supervisor and ruin my reputation and social security number for life.

I hung up, googled the number and found all of this information!  I contacted my local secret service, wrote to the FBI, and placed my accounts on fraud alert.  I made my co-workers and employers aware of the situation.  They have not currently called my place of work, and I want to change my cell phone number, but I believe this will ensue phone calls to my office.  Catch 22.

Either way, this is frustrating.  I cannot find the original website where I entered this information (months and months ago..) to contact anyone -- so this is upsetting to know my info is floating around out there in some criminal's hands.  

If anyone has an updated info, please post!

I received the same phone call,He had left me a message stating that he was Officer Don Rodgers and that he was with federal crime investigations and I was to call him back as soon as possible and that if i failed to then i was going to face the worst nightmares of my life.So I called him back and got transferred four different times till I got to him and while I was on hold they played crappy nutcracker music  that was really loud and all scratchy and the notes didn't even line up. as i proceeded to ask for him while being transferred the last time, the guy told me one moment and i heard him laugh.I started to talk to Don Rodgers and he stated to me that he really wasn't a police officer and that he was trying to collect fees from a payday loan that I had already paid off and he told me that i owed him $550.00 by tomorrow before noon or I would have the police at my door to put me behind bars. but then also proceeded to tell me that if i cant make that payment that i will have to go to court and pay him 10grand in fees for court.I got very upset about this situation, had no clue what I was going to do. none of this made any sense to me and I thought my life was over! I told him that i was going to have to find a way to pay him money and that i would have to call him back tomorrow. He told me that i needed to call him at 10am because he has to send in paperwork.  So I got off the phone to think about how i was going to come up with this money, then called him back worried about whether or not if i cant come up with this money that i would be behind bars and he told me.. Don't worry about it, you have a commitment with me and that he would talk to me the next day.... I got off the phone still very upset  and Google the number.. found out it was all just a scam, I have not called him back or contacted the police about this. but he did call me a hour after i was to get in touch with him and left it ring twice and then he hung up, did not leave a message.

They called my phone twice then my work phone yelling at me and threatening to have me arrested for bank fraud they couldnt tell me any information then when I asked for the name of the company to research it they gave me another number and person to talk to and I could hear the same guy telling the other guy my details.  I told my boss just incase they called repeatedly to work.  It was scary until I questioned them then they got aggressive and mean and I work for a collection agency so I know that those tactics are against the law.

He said I am under investigation for fraudulent info with the state... This broken English loud speaking man said I would lose social security #, job, and be arrested if I did not respond to his demands. I was skeptical from the jump because of his mannerisms, he has no people skills. Anyway the 1st thing I did was look the number up online and found out about the scam.

Consumer Alert: Attorney General warns Kansans of debt collection scam

January 29, 2010 -- Attorney General Steve Six is cautioning Kansas consumers about telephone calls from apparent fake debt collectors who are impersonating law enforcement officers in an effort to extort money from consumers.   Consumers are warned to not submit payments to these fraudulent debt collectors.

When calling, the scammers most often state they are attempting to collect a debt related to an internet payday loan obtained by the consumer, but which the consumer never repaid.  Consumers state they have never obtained such a loan or paid off the loan years ago.  The scam artists have most recently identified themselves as ACS, National Affidavit Processing Department and United Financial Crime Division, but may use additional phony names.  It appears the phone numbers used by the scammers are “spoofed” numbers, so that the number appearing on a consumer’s caller ID is not the actual number of where the call originated. It appears the calls in question may be originating from outside the United States.

When questioned, the individual calling refuses to disclose the full name or address of the collection agency they claim to represent.  These scammers have been able to provide consumers with identifying information, such as the consumer’s social security number, home address, e-mail address, names of family members and the consumer’s computer IP address.  Since the callers are able to provide valid personal information, consumers may become confused and believe they are being contacted in regard to a legitimate debt.

If the initial debt collection scam is unsuccessful, consumers have been re-contacted months later with the scammers posing as law enforcement officers or officers of the court.  Typically, the consumer is threatened with arrest for fraud or some other fictitious crime unless the consumer agrees to immediately wire money via Western Union.  The fictitious officers strive to frighten and confuse consumers into compliance by using legal sounding terms such as “We’re filing an affidavit against you” or by stating a lawsuit has been or is in the process of being filed against the consumer.

A hallmark of each scam has been calling consumers repeatedly at their place of employment.  This scam hit home when an employee of the Kansas Attorney General’s Office was repeatedly called both on her cell phone and at work.  Despite the employee’s repeated verbal disputes, the caller refused to provide any identifying information to allow her to send a written dispute. The scammer also continued to call her numerous times a day regarding a payday loan she denied obtaining. Two months later, she was again contacted by telephone by an individual identifying himself as an “officer”.

“I denied owing the debt and refused to pay without being provided validation of the debt. I was then told, ‘If that’s the case, I will have local law enforcement come to your place of business and drag you out kicking and screaming’,” stated the employee.

“It is important for consumers to know their rights under the law,” Attorney General Six said. “If a consumer is receiving calls from a debt collection company and believe it is a scam, I encourage them to contact our office immediately.”

Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), collectors are required to send consumers a written notice within five days of the initial contact.  The notification should contain  information such as the amount of the debt, the name of the creditor to whom the debt is owed and a statement informing the consumer they have thirty days to contact the debtor in writing to dispute the debt or request validation of the debt. In addition, legitimate debt collectors are prohibited by the FDCPA from making false or misleading representations, such as the consumer has committed a crime, implying nonpayment will result in the consumer’s arrest, or using the threat of violence.

More information is available on the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act at http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre27.pdf.

To register a complaint with the Kansas Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division, call 1(800) 432-2310 or visit www.ksag.org.

http://www.ksag.org/page/consumer-alert-attor ... collection-scam

they have called me two times with the exact same scheme,threatening to have me arrested and whether i want to settle out of court(not code-you probably couldn't understand him!).thanks to my daughter and her knowledge of the internet we found out it was a scam.hope no one gets taken,the first time they did this i almost fell for it

I received a call from this number this morning and could not understand a word the person said.  I have received a couple of calls like this recently, and they are very harassing and rude.  I believe these may be the same people that called my last place of employment and told my boss it was regarding a personal legal matter.  It was very embarassing, and they could not supply me with any documentation on the supposed debt.  They wanted me to get a Visa gift card at Walmart and send them money.  They called about 25 times a day and I ended up in the hospital with chest pains.  My boss was very upset and it got me into trouble at work.