800-325-6000

Western Union

Called about some prize that i have won and they are asking for $2250.00

A man called me from this number this morning and said his name was John Jones. He had a very heavy Nigerian accent and said that he had $10,000 in an account waiting for my son. My son is only 11 so I asked him what the purpose of his call really was. He was adamant that 'someone' had left $10,000 in an account for my son and that all I had to do was give them my credit card details so he could 'unlock' it and transfer the funds to me.

Obviously, this is a scam and there really is no holding account worth $10,000 for my 11 year old son. If they expected me to believe this, they were more foolish than I thought. I informed the man that what he was doing was fraud and that all calls to my machine are recorded and would be sent to the police for further investigation. The man became very aggressive and threatened violence against my son which I will not tolerate. I then hung up the phone and will be calling the police tomorrow morning as I am not sure whether this mans threats were to be taken seriously or not.

i just got an email asking me to send $350 to unlock a payment of $5000.
to reach a total sam of $1500000 to be send to me every day and they
have giving me this phone number to call and an MTCN number with
the website to westren union to track the payment.

i check the site to see what i will find >> big frauding game.

so people out there be careful and dont belive them

This man called saying he was with the attorneys office Eana Elber and that I had an outstanding loan with a company that he would not disclose and that I would have to send him money today or be sued in Pennsylvania.  I live in Texas!  I have looked up this attorney and they do not exist!  I asked for the loan information such as the company name and address and phone number and asked for the date that I had supposedly taken out the loan and to send me verification.  He refused and got angry!  He gave me this 1-800-325-6000 number as a western union number to send my payment to.  The orignal number that he had called from was 412-360-8427.  I looked this number up and it is also a fraud!

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.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


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 received a phone call from a man with a heavy Indian accent by the name of David Thomas who said he was with Reader's Digest.  He told me I had won $250,000.00 and all I needed to do was tell him where I needed the money sent.  I asked how they found me, why I had "won" this money since I have no subscription to Reader's Digest and do not read it, and why I was being contacted at my place of business.  He informed me that I was being awarded the money because I payed my bills on time.  I asked what bills because I do not have a subscription to Reader's Digest.  He informed me that I pay all my bills on time, I said for instance my utility bills etc?  To which he replied yes.  He also asked if he had the correct person, and then proceeded to give me an old address to which I have not lived at for over 5 years now.  All seemed very fishy to me at that point.  I told him that I was uninterested in his offer unless he would give me a call back number, he would not give me a call back number for himself and therefore I told him I was going to hang up on him because I felt this was a scam since he kept calling my place of business bothering me.  He then proceeded to get very edgy with me and told me that I was a grown lady and could do as I pleased.  So, I hung up on him.

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.

Technomine CallCenter
Sarovar Plaza,
Near Girish coldrink
CG Road
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Owners: Kunal Nayak ,Viral Nayak and Parixit

Automated call said it was Western union confirming a Quick pay transfer. Gave a confirmation receipt number. Since I had transferred no money or anything else I called Western Union. They said it was a scam. Sounds strange as they asked for no money or info and the originating number seems to be Western Union in Texas.

Note the word you yourself use "seems" -- it seems too good and it is.

Called today -- left this as Western Union

My mother received a call from a gentleman at 646-657-1419, he told her she won $35,000 and could
verify his authenticity by calling "western union" number 800-325-6000 and that she should call him back after speaking to "western union".

Recieved a message on my cell saying they were from Western Union something about a money transfer. 732-694-2151 was the number on the ID return number was 800-325-6000. Did not return call.

I had  a similar experience as well

want to give money 20000

said I had received $5000 from Western Union from a man named Lawrence Bridge. I just hung up the phone.

THIS IS A SCAM. THERE ARE A LOT OF RED FLAGS IN THIS MESSAGE, I KNEW NOT TO FOLLOW THROUGH.

Hello Joseph,

How are you? Hope you're fine. Your probation is scheduled to start on Monday and you will have to accomplish quite a few assignments. On your first day you will be provided with the Online Control Panel access, you'll learn the basics of the database management system and you'll have to do some data entry.

But first off I'd like to clarify what my job is all about. I work closely with Administrative Assistants. You're supposed to keep me informed of any incoming payments sent by investors, providing all applicable information essential to complete the transaction. Once payment is received and verified I am supposed to send it to the property owner. I'm working on commission and if I am absent you'll be managing transactions on my behalf each earning you up to 7 per cent of the transfer amount on top of your base salary.

During the next 3 weeks you are supposed to complete at least one transaction for the training purposes. Let me describe this task in details: our company has to receive a deposit payment for the property in Eastern Europe. It is now confirmed that the transfer is going to be made within a few days. And as soon as funds are deposited and cleared it must be sent to the property owner in Europe by wire transfer. Our company provides an escrow service for our clients, therefore all payments must be completed through the company's corporate account.

You have to be able to perform such transfers on your own, and therefore you will have to make some preparations. It will help you to avoid potential mistakes in the future:
1. You need to find the nearest locations of the MoneyGram and Western Union agents with transfer limits up to $4500. You can get this information by calling Western Union information line - 800-325-6000 and MoneyGram at 800-666-3947
2. You will not have access to the company's account during the trial period. In order to handle the transaction you'll have to use your own account. Any account is acceptable as long as it's not in debt. In order to proceed to the next step please complete and return this form:
 - Bank name:
 - Local branch address:
 - Holder name:
 - Account Type (checking, business, etc.):
 - Account #:
 - ACH Routing #:
 - Wire Routing #:
 - Cash Withdrawal limits (in person and through the ATM):
 - The date when your account was opened (optional):

All personal information will be treated in the strictest confidence. Account information will be used to schedule your first salary payment.

Sincerely,

Mr. D. Ovitz
Financial Manager

This is another scam coming from this number? Wow just how slow are they to shutting down this operation? This is an email that was sent to me.
__________________________________________________________________________

I SENT YOUR MONEY

This morning western union outlet where I deposited your money called me asking why you have not send the $65 to enable your transaction go through. They said that they wire $5000 to you but the head office will not allow the transfer to go through because you have not send the $65.

Track this information online now and see that $5000 was sent to you and is still available to pick up by you as the receiver but western union will not give you the $5000 unless you pay the $65. Track it at www.westernunion.com and select the country Benin as the sending country or you can do that through calling western union tracking phone number (+1)8003256000 and follow the voice proptly, Call this number (+1)8003256000 and follow the voice direction and put the MTCN 2031555328 and you will see that the money is available for your pick up.

MTCN:2031555328  
Sender First Name:Ogu
Sender Last Name: kingsley

After you have track this information and see that your money is available for your pick up, contact the paying agent Eric Amos and ask him how and where you will send him the $65 so he will release your first $5000 to you immediately without any delay as soon as you send the $65 to him, okay.

This is his contact information so send an email to him now:

Name:Eric Amos    
Email: officemail355@yahoo.com

Provide your bellow information to him:
Your name:.............
Your City:.............
Your country:..........
Your mobil/home/direct phone numbers.

Remember that your total fund is $750,000.00 and you will be receiving it in $5000 twice a day which will be $10,000 daily untill you receive all your money from western union. Make sure that you contact Michael Okafor immediately as I instruct you and he will release your first $5000.00 to you, okay.

Regards
Martins Joe.

Got a call Sunday on my cell (from 876-417-2678) saying I had won 2.8 million dollars from MEGA Millions and Home Shopping Network. This check was going to be delivered in person to me along with a new Mercedes car. All I had to do was go to Walgreens and get a claim card made for $499 so they could handle some sort of tax obligation or something. Said I didn't want to do it so they said they could help me out with a bonus money gram at Western Union for $14,000 but I still needed to get the claim card at Walgreens for this time $199. They gave me a tracking number to check with Western Union which they said could be reached at 1-800-325-6000 to check that my money was available. I then search this number online and found out it was a fraud. I pretty much knew it from the beginning but they are so persistent that even if caught in a lie they'll still go on. Almost felt sorry.

Today 28 Jan 2013 we had a call from overseas (we live in France) , a girl sounding Chines or similar, but speaking French and asking to speak with my wife about Western Union. My wife was out but she asked us to call back. As we ran this scam check we won't be doing that! Thanks everybody!

I rec'd a call from 800-325-6000 Western Union and 800-450-5000 listed only as Toll Free.  The caller was Ansh Roy, IB Tech Support, New Delhi, India, claiming that my Dell computer was being hacked and I was under "grave danger" of having my identity stolen.  I needed to purchase all of this anti-hacking protection tools for the special price of $249.00.  I told him that I had to think about it first and asked for a phone number where I could reach him.  Of course, he would not give me a number so I told him to call me the next day as I was very suspicious of the call.

Since my computer is fairly new, I contacted Dell to check if they had made the call and I was told that Dell would never call a customer without giving a case number and they also checked to see if a call had been made to me, which it had not.  I gave all of the information I had about the call to a Dell Supervisor and he told me if the man called back to try and get as much information as I could so that Dell could report it.  

The man called today at 9:00 a.m. from the Western Union 800 number.  I told him I needed a phone number to contact him because I was going to call Dell Inc. to find out why I needed all of those programs.  After a lot of talking,  he reluctantly gave me 720-924-2226 as a contact number.  I looked it up and it is an unlisted number in Deckers, CO.  

Dell will never solicit their customers to purchase any programs.  This is a huge scam!