724-825-4886

First they went to my job and said that they were a FBI agent and left a number for me to call I called it back they were saying that I owe there client money for a old internet payday loan and that I was having a law suit put against me.

Same as above...very strange.  Foreign accent and asked for a friends contact information.  He also said that he was from the ACS office and that there was a law suit against my friend.   I just hung up and told him not to call back.  The caller ID number is 810-677-471, only nine digits???  

Anyone have ANY IDEA what this is????

WALLINGFORD, CT, August 07, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Better Business Bureau is warning consumers about would-be debt collectors who call "payday" loan holders, threatening arrest if they don't pay immediately.

A payday loan, also known as a paycheck advance, is a short-term cash advance intended to cover expenses until the holder's next payday.

The callers claim they are lawyers with the "Financial Accountability Association" or the "Federal Legislation of Unsecured Loans," and they are armed with stolen personal information from their victims, indicating a major security breach of unknown origin. The names used by the scammers may change with time.

According to Connecticut Better Business Bureau President, Paulette Scarpetti, payday loan holders appear to be particularly at risk.

"Because the scammers have so much information about potential victims, BBB is concerned that this may be the result of a data breach. Thousands of people may have had their personal information compromised."

Reports received by Better Business Bureau and posted online explain the con artists threaten the loan holders of defaulting and claim they are being sued. The imposters threaten the loan holders with imminent arrest and extradition to California to stand trial, unless they immediately wire $1000 or provide bank account or credit card information.

Connecticut Better Business Bureau has advice for consumers who receive suspicious telephone calls about an outstanding debt:

-Don't be bullied into immediate action. Ask the debt collector to provide official documentation that substantiates the debt.
-Do not provide or confirm any bank account, credit card or other personal information over the telephone until you confirm the legitimacy of the call.
-If you believe a debt collector is trying to scam you, file an abuse complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) online at www. ftc.gov, or by telephone at (202) 326-2222. Also file a complaint with your Better Business Bureau at http://www.bbb.org or by telephone at 203-269-2700, ext. 2.

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same as above. James Edward is the so called FBI agent who called me. says my brother owded money and they want me to pay money to help him. stated that they were going to file charges if i didnt.

These people contacted me on 1/12 saying the same thing. They call out of a the Number 810-677-7471. This is not a U.S. Number. I tried to reverse look-up on it and got nothing. However realizing that the people all have accents. I ran an international reverse search and found the exact number 810-677-7471 was a Kabal Afganistan local number. Because most phone dont show the counrty code during calls it just shows up 810-677-7471. The full number with area code is 93-810-677-7471. These people are operating out of some little shack in the middle east.

I have received calls from them all week, 7 times today alone!  When I spoke to them last I asked them if they had my e-mail adress on file, they stated they did so I asked them for an e-mail to back up their claim and reistered mail sent to my home adress on file! This adjitated them immensly. I also asked when the FBI became involved in small claims? Being a formal agent for the DOD I know who handles what type of crimes. I was told that I was to be arrested today, still waiting for that too! Of course the last voice mail now changed to Monday. Guess federal agents get weekends off now. I have made reports to the BBB, FTC, and the FCC and since it is a Kabal number, maybe I will make a report to Homeland security too, terroist use scams like this to fund their wars.

I have received calls from them all week, 7 times today alone!  When I spoke to them last I asked them if they had my e-mail adress on file, they stated they did so I asked them for an e-mail to back up their claim and reistered mail sent to my home adress on file! This adjitated them immensly. I also asked when the FBI became involved in small claims? Being a formal agent for the DOD I know who handles what type of crimes. I was told that I was to be arrested today, still waiting for that too! Of course the last voice mail now changed to Monday. Guess federal agents get weekends off now. I have made reports to the BBB, FTC, and the FCC and since it is a Kabal number, maybe I will make a report to Homeland security too, terroist use scams like this to fund their wars.

I was contacted earlier this week on 1/27/10 and 1/28/10, and I expect they will try again next week after reading these complaints!

I did not pick up the phone due to the fact that it came up private name and number, however they did leave messages.

What I could make of what they were saying was something like this:
His name was Mike Brown and he was an investigator with the United States Investigation office.  My name and social security number was attached to some type of investigation and that I needed to call back or have my attorney call back.  If I didn't, he was going to go forward with the investigation and I was going to be in big trouble.

O.K. clue number 1: Since I know I haven't done anything wrong, what the hell is this all about?

clue #2: United States Investigation office?  I mean how original is that?!

clue #3: Since when does an United States Government office call up with someone who can barely speak English!?!

clue#4: Where is the legal paper work to back this up?!

clue#5: How professional is it to tell someone they are going to be in big trouble! especially when no reason is even given!

clue #6: An arabic, who obviously wasn't born here is named Mike Brown?

clue #7: Private name and number showing up on caller ID.

It didn't take much to google this number to find out what this was all about and wasn't surprised by what I see.

I am turning this over to the police, don't really know if they can even do anything about it but it's worth a shot! I also like the idea of Homeland Security.

They can waste all the breath they want on my answering machine, because I'm not going to ever pick up!
PLEASE warn all your friends and families so that you can maybe save someone else from getting scammed!

The number that I was told to call was 724-825-4886

Received an incoming call from a guy who definitely could not speak english.  He demanded that I call back as soon as I listened to this call.  He did not identify his company or himself, but left the number 724-825-4886 as return number.

I will be forwarding this information to the Better Business Bureau, and the Consumer Protection agency.  I am currently in bankruptcy, so I won't be contacting him any time soon.

I received a call from 724-825-4886 with the exact same details as everybody has listed above. A man with a heavy foreign accent called my work line with the name "Michael" and said I was in trouble with companies filing lawsuits against me (didn't give me any reasons), I told him I was out of the office and to leave a message (eventhough he proceeded to give all the personal information to who he thought was a secretary). All he left was his phone number. I immediately tried to call the number back and got a very generic voicemail of "please leave a message after the beep" no company name or business directory. I've worked for collection agencies before so I know all about the rules and do's and donts.

This same number has called my cell phone. I didnt answer because I received a call from 817-717-7310 earlier at my work number and they demanded that I pay 679.00 today or I was being sued by an old pay day loan. The guy had a real heavy Indian voice. I asked him where he was calling from and he said New York; When I looked up the area code I found Texas. He gave to 2 hours to come up with the money. He knew a lot of personal information about me. I am definitely reporting this to the BBB!

I receieved 2 calls today. One from 724-825-4886 another from 817-717-7310
I didn't answer the 724 area code. The 817 one -the guy had a really heavy Indian accent and demanded that I come up with money because I was being sued.

Received a voicemail on my direct line at work from 724-825-4886 from a man with a heavy accent (West African?).  The man claimed he was "Officer Cooper" and claimed that I owed $100.  I couldn't make out where he was from or who I supposedly owed the money to.  I have never used my direct work phone number on a credit application.  Obviously, I did not call him back!

This man call me he said that I fault on a loan that I never even got he said it had been sent to my account when nothing was sent to my account I was trying to asked him question and get info out of him he kept trying to hurry up and get off the phone quick. This is crazy

When I called the number back and then hung up they called back and on my caller id it came up Emergency 911 - I can't believe it.  Don't answer any of these calls, even if you ever had a payday loan and paid it off they somehow get your info and will never let you know who you owe the money to.

i received the same calls from both numbers  724-825-4886  & 817-717-7310.  heavy indian accent..  says he is an officer of the us state legal investigation. & that i owe money for a loan. n if i dont pay today the police will b at my door to arrest me.   names he called me with were  1. john hudson, 2. robin jackson, 3. david cooper, 4. jake anderson, 5. james edward & last but niot least 6. mike brown.    wow  these as*******   really have no life  to try n scare people into giving them money.  well i reported them to the police & the ftc, bbb & homeland security.   i asked them to send me an email stateing that i owerd them.  n it took them 3 days to send it.  wen i finally got it.  it had a ketter head from kivlighan law office.  so i looked up the law office n called them  they never heard of any of these people.  so when they called back.  i told them off  n told them that i r4eported them to the police & to stop harassing me.  n he asked me how long agao did u call the police.  i was like does that really matter?  i know for a fact this is a scam.  what ever you do  dont pay them a dime.

yea i got that same call too  emgerncy 911  & 724-825-4886  & 817-717-7310.  DONT PAY ANYTHING?   BIG SCAM

I received the same call but the name of the person that called me was Alex Wills and his telephone number was 559-853-1529. Said the same thing about a payday loan for the amount of $430....I thought payday loans were even amounts, such as $100, 200, etc. When I asked about a callback number, I was given the 817-717-7130 number and was then told that the 559 number was a branch office # and that the 817 was the main number. He also told me that he was calling from Kivlighan Law Association. I advised Mr Wills that I would need documentation verifying the debt that I supposedly owe, he told me that he would need to speak with his supervisor....I told him I would hold...he then came back on the line and said that I would receive documentation once the matter has been settled and I advised him that the law states that if a collector or collection agency calls regarding a bill that you supposedly owe, you can request a copy of the information verifying the debt that you owe and that it is their responsibility to provide it once I request the information. I told him that I would call Fast Cash International since they are the ones saying that I owe them money and call him back. I Googled Fast Cash Intl and discovered so many people who have complaints about this attempt to scare people into paying money.

(559) 853-1529 this number has been contacting my family. Stating to them I took money from a website, and that they needed to pay them back on my behalf. I have been dealing with these people for more than six months.