646-213-1090
Did you get a call from 646-213-1090? Read the posts below to find out details about this number. Also report unwanted calls to help identify who is using this phone number.
lacy11 Sep 2008- FYI...the Attorney General of West Virginia recently issued a press release warning consumers of this scam. Here's the weblink: http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm
- dave11 Sep 2008Caller by the name of Arnold Watson from United Legal Processing Division called me threatened me with a class action lawsuit against me and arrest. Said I was in legal trouble. I've paid all my loans with my old account number and never recall signing up with another one.
These scammers are calling from different numbers and they even had the audacity in calling my relatives and calling my work number. These people are continously harrasing me making false accusations about me having bank fraud. I've already filed a police report against these scammers. If anyone can help me I would greatly appreciate it.
Other Numbers:
817-432-6217
646-213-1090
Other Names:
Frank Jackson
Jack Samuel
Note: what's scary about this situation is that they do have my SS#, email, home address.- It's a scam. And all their threats are false and illegal.
ABC News just did a report on this particular scam. Here's the link to the report: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1
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, Sonic Bank, 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 http://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.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:
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-925-262-1327
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-678-954-6346
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-341-4004
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-856-831-0640
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-949-743-1140
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-410-505-8128
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-917-464-2534
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-210-858-6602
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-775-2121
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-949-743-1156
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-245-1402
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-245-0922
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-723-5572
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-2863
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-718-831-7157
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-2857
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-858-244-0444
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"How is a sincere criminal going to get ahead in his profession if his victim fails to cooperate? Almost all crime depends on the acquiescence of the victim. If the victim refuses his assigned role, the criminal is placed at a disadvantage." -- Robert A. Heinlein, 1985- And the Attorney General of West Virginia recently issued a press release warning consumers of this scam. Here's the weblink: http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm
- I have the same problem, the same guy also but I have also spoken to a mr brown, andy Taylor and even Robin Williams! I have called the police and sherriffs department on these people, Arnold Watso said he was a federal officer and even gave me a federal liscence number, when trying to get info about wh was making the charges he finally said that it was from cash net underwritten by USA STATE NATIONAL BANK. when I tried to get him to give me more info he said I wasnt taking this serious enough and he was wasting his time,then he hung up on me. before this he said that I was being arrested at 4pm today.
- HI. I ALSO BORROWERED MONEY AND PAID IT BACK, BUT LAST NIGHT I GOT A CALL FROM A GUY NAMED JIMMY CARTER AT RHE SAME # YOU LISTED 646-213-1090 HE HE WAS GONNA SUE AND ARREST ME THAT I OWED 725.00 AND NEEDED TO PAY HIM BY TODAY SO I CALLED UNITED LOANS WHERE I GOT THE ORIGINAL LOAN FOR 300. AND THEY SAID IT WAS PAID AND THEY WERE NOT CALLING ME, COME TO FIND OUT I WAS BEING SCAMMED BY THIS JIMMY CARTER I CALLED JIMMY CARTER BACK AND TOLD HIM TO GET SCREWED THAT HE WAS SCAMMING AND IF HE CALLED OR MY SISTER AGAIN I WOULD HARESS HIM AND CALL HIM CONSTANTLY FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM HIM SINCE. ALSO MY SISTER CALLED THE POLICE AND THEY FOUND OUT IT IS A SCAM FROM INDIA WORKING WITH SOME PEOPLE IN THE US.
- YOu can call the federal trade commission.Their number is 1-877-438-4338. They can help you with fraud scams!! The scam artists have my info too. You need to put fraud alerts on your social security and place a fraud alert on your credit report. To do the credit report go to www.fraudalerts.equifax.com then click on file 90 fraud action. I have filed a police report too. When you call the federal trade comission you need to have your case number with the police department.
- Cat12 Sep 2008These jokers called me twice in 5 minutes and they sound like they're from India. One of them said he was from the United Legal Division and that there was a lawsuit against me and that the authorities were going to pick me up and arrest me. I didn't give my name and the guy got really mad and insisted that he know who he was speaking with.
The second time they called another guy saying his name was Officer Watson (again sounded Indian) asked why I hung up on him and went into his speech about having me arrested for failing to pay a bill. These guys are scammers so don't give them any information. - SARAH17 Sep 2008I was just contacted yesterday by these people. They left a message saying that I had some legal matters that needed to be dealt with. I called them back (646-213-1090) asking for a James Wilson. He was out, but the Senior Officer was available, his name was Will Buxton. He said that I had taken out a loan in July 23, 2007. I checked my statements and there were no deposits in my account on that day. I had taken out a loan in 2006 through Payday loans but paid that back. It was not through CashNet. He said that it was my responsibility to have contacted the company CashNet when the payment was paid in full in writing to stop the interests rates etc. Now they wanted a fax with an apology with a credit card or debit number in one hour or 6 agents were coming to arrest me for criminal charges etc and I would be in jail for 6 months-BEHIND BARS! So I asked where can I send this fax and they said are you sure that you will do this because my trust in you could lose my job. Then Will said that I owed $1,250, but honestly there is no way that I could find that kind of money, I said maybe I could. Then I asked for the fax number again and he hung up on me. I waited 10 min and called back and Will Buxton had stepped out, then it changed to he was with the state attorney. I then asked for James Wilson, since he was the original person that had called me. I asked for the attorney's name so I could call him and they said that his name is Roy Cambel . (213-226-6944) I said is he MN's state attorney and he said no, he is the California state attorney, but he was busy. I then said, how do you know that he is busy and can't take my call if he is in CA and you are in NY. James then yelled at me and said that I needed to quit being smart, either I wanted to take care of this or not. I said, well you have to give me the fax number or this can't be done. Then I said why are you yelling at me, when you are the ones trying to retrieve the funds. He then said, ma'am call back in one hour and you can speak to Will, he will be back. I said, well I was told that 45 min ago and I am calling back now. If I wait until then, it will be to late and I will be hauled off to jail-Will said. Then he hung up on me again. So I went to my bank and checked my statements a year back and there was nothing from this company. So I called back again. This time I spoke with Will Buxton and they were irate because I had called them 4 times. I told him that I just left my bank and that there were no records of this CashNet depositing funds into my account on July 23, 2008 or ever. He then started yelling at me and said that he knew that I didn't want to take care of this and that he was going to give the call to have my file downloaded to the state and in 45 min I am to be arrested! WELL, I am still here. However from your site, I took the steps that I was instructed to do. I called the FBI/sent an email, then I contacted the FCC, the FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection, Secret Service of MN, but those calls were transferred to Chicago, so I have to call them this morning. I also filed a report with my local authorities with a case number. Now I have to go to my bank and close my account, because the account number they have is for my business and then I have to contact all 3 credit bureaus and let them know what is going on. This is frustrating also scary. They have my SS#, drivers license, which they said that they would suspend until this was paid in full, my home address, my friends names(ones that I put down for referrals, thank god both of their numbers have been disconnected).Here are the names and phone numbers that have been calling, also there is an Ameriloan that has been calling too. All of them have thick accents, but very threatening. Saying that I took funds when I didn't. CashNet, U.S. State National Bank, United Legal Investigation Bureau and State Attorney Roy Cambell. The two officers were Senior Officer Will Buxton and Officer James Wilson. Phone number is 646-213-1090 and they do leave that number as a callback number. The fax number is 914-462-3657. When you call they just say hello and not United Legal Investigation Bureau. This needs to be stopped!
saraharthur89 10:15 AM- Good job tweaking these moronic crooks and reporting them to law enforcement. Because of people like you who refuse to be victimized by this scam, federal and state law enforcement are slowly coming around to the threat posed by these foreign callers and the American scammers who hire them. If they call again, you may want to have more fun by telling them that you've reported their scam to the FBI and the Secret Service...that's sure to generate another yelling tantrum. :)
- By the way, here are some complaints regarding the phone number given for "Roy Campbell" -- http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-213-226-6944
And in case you didn't see these earlier, these are links to warnings about this scam:
http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1
- virgil jones19 Sep 2008
- MAD22 Sep 2008On Saturday 9/20 I received a phone call from 646-213-1090 demanding payment from a past due payday loan through the internet by Midland Marketing Company. They had all my information and he was very pushy telling me that a lawsuit would be file if I did not pay the amount that same day. He told me that I would get arrested and have to pay $15,000 in fines and/or 2 years in jail. That they were ready to send the documents to my job and home. Throughout the phone call, I got scared and told them that I would pay it but until the 29th of September, he put me on hold and said he would talk to his superiors, not to hang up or else. When he came back to the line, he asked me how much I had and I told him nothing at the moment. He told me I can call friends to ask to borrow money, after I kept on telling him that I did not have any money, he said ok how about $200 today and the rest later. He then proceeded to tell me that I needed to do a letter stating my name and SS# and apologizing for the fraud that I committed. At that time, I refuse and told him that I did not feel comfortable writing this, he got mad and staring yelling, so I hang up. He called me within a couple minutes and just told me that because the phone call was interrupted he could no longer do anything for me and told me good luck and the lawsuit was going to continue. All weekend I was very worried about, I did some research at the internet looking for Midland Marketing Company and I could not find anything. Monday morning, he called me again and left me a voicemail, the voicemail said this is officer Ricky Johnson and I am calling from United Legal Process Division and this is the last change you have to resolve this matter. After this call, I Google the number and I found all the information about being a scam. I then decided to call the local police. The police informed me to simply hang up every time this person calls me. It is amazing what people do for money.
- Anonymous25 Sep 2008Just so you guys know, every one of the names I've seen this company use so far could be (or are) false, and taken from obvious sources to the right people. Celebrity names are obvious enough (Steve Martin, Robin Williams, Denzel Washington... seriously?!), but Frank Miller is a comic book/graphic novel artist, Will Buxton and Roy Campbell are characters from popular video game series', James Wilson was a signer for the Declaration of Independence(!)... the list goes on. Just thought I'd throw that in there.
- LJ25 Sep 2008My mom, dad, sister, and I all received calls from this number. They have my name, address, social security, checking account number. I am VERY worried that they are going to steal money from me as I do NOT know how they obtained any of this information!!!! This is a TOTAL SCAM. They said I am going to jail and that I will be arrested immediately. As soon as I told them they were a fraud they called me a F$*#&ing b***h and hung up. They continue to harass my family and threaten me.
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