818-533-2241

i did at work and on cell phone, when i called back, would not give any info just asked if i had an attorney - very rude people

I just got a call from this number- left a very threating message on my voicemail. When I called back they were saying that I took out a loan that that they were going to have me arrested and also call my work it would cause me to lose my job.
I am not really sure what to do, but they were very rude and also threating.

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1     Richard Morgan
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Age: 50 Years     

5424 Newcastle Ave
Encino, CA 91316

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Phone Type:     Land Line
Carrier:     Pac-west Telecomm Inc
Time Zone:     7:57 AM PST
County:     Los Angeles
Average Income:     $49,131
Average Home Value:     $331,800

This is not the first time I have received a call like this. It is a scam that comes from those cash advances you get over the internet. Do not confirm anything to them and just hang up on them. You can also make a police report if you want. I just received the same phone call and when i called back and told them that they were being recorded by the police department and they hung up.

It is a scam
keep calling their 888 533 2241 and give them hell over the phone

888 532241 is a scam
keep calling them back & give false info to them

I rec'd messages on my cell phone that I need to call this # 818-533-2241 back the second I hang up.  This is an urgent matter do not dis-regard this call.  This was at 2:40 p.m. since I don't check my messages on my phone until after work...They called me at work, wanted to know if I had an attorney and If so what was the info.  I said I can call you back.  They gave me the same # .....I called when I got off work no answer...Then my cell phone rang again and I answered they put me on hold and some guy named Andy Hunt came on and said they were calling for a loan I never paid and I said I didn't take out a loan
they said they would be garnishing my paycheck and that I would be subpoena at work tomorrow.
My attorney calls back to say it looks like a scam.

So has anyone rec'd court papers etc....have they followed through with their threat ?

This is a scam. I call the Burbank police department, the number is from a pre paid phone. If anyone can get an address from these people please call the Burbank police department (818-238-3272). When I ask for ther address so I could send them a payment,they said thats ok they did not need my payment and hang up the phone. PLEASE DO NOT GIVE OUT ANY INFOR..........

this person is so dam stupid he calls peoples work and gets people in trounle with their place of work not good he just call me work about i hr a go and talk to my hr departament, not good for people getting this calls

Got this rude guy calling me with 818-533-2241 claiming his name is Mike/Michael Anderson an attorney whos client are suing me for an unpaid loan.  Never took out a loan.  He gave me a bogus bar# for the California State Bar that belonged to someone else.  I even called that office asking for Michael Anderson who has no such person working there. Said because I interupted him that the police were coming out to arrest me and for theft, fraud, and conspiracy of some sort.  These guys have personal information about me and when i asked for an address to mail legal documents, he gave me an address which I am going to figure out which agency to give it to.  He sounds out of state...in fact possibly out of country since I remember calls being broken up and unclear from overseas. Phone he also called me from was 808-214-9289 that has some kind of recording from an ancian woman. California Bar advised me to call my local authorities and federal authorities.

I received a call today at work and on my cell phone from a Bob Wilson from this number. When I called back and asked for him a Mike Anderson came on the line talking about a loan I made through Fast Cash International. He stated he was with Anderson Law and Assoc.  He had some of my personal information and when I started to question him he got very rude stating he was gonna send papers to my state and have me arrested then he hung up on me. I dialed him back and said I was gonna have my attorney call him, he hung up again and have not called back yet. He would not answer any questions about his company or the case. I provided the information to my attorney.

Got that phone call from a man claiming to be an attorney.  Asked for his attorney bar # and found this guy to be a fake.  Name did not match the bar#.  Now I have been calling him all day and night asking for info on my bogus case.  He told me that the police were coming to arrest me.  I am still here.  Google the number and the company he says he represents. Mine was from Fast Cash International.  Mike kept hanging up on me when I asked him questions or gave him a little resistance.  What happens if you kept calling them back for info on your bogus case or account? File a complaint.

Got that phone call from a man (Mike) claiming to be an attorney.  And boy was he RUDE!  Asked for his attorney bar # and found this guy to be a fake.  Name did not match the bar#.  Now I have been calling him all day and night asking for info on my bogus case.  He told me that the police were coming to arrest me.  I am still here.  Google the number and the company he says he represents. Mine was from Fast Cash International.  Mike kept hanging up on me when I asked him questions or gave him a little resistance.

WHAT HAPPENS IF EVERYONE WAS TO CALL THEM BACK?  FILE A COMPLAINT? Now if the claim is legiitimate, then consult an attorney. If not, block your number, call back the number and ask tons of questions regarding the hearing, your account, your court location, time. Anything!

Got that phone call from a man (Mike) claiming to be an attorney.  And boy was he RUDE!  Asked for his attorney bar # and found this guy to be a fake.  Name did not match the bar#.  Now I have been calling him all day and night asking for info on my bogus case.  He told me that the police were coming to arrest me.  I am still here.  Google the number and the company he says he represents. Mine was from Fast Cash International.  Mike kept hanging up on me when I asked him questions or gave him a little resistance.

WHAT HAPPENS IF EVERYONE WAS TO CALL THEM BACK?  FILE A COMPLAINT? Now if the claim is legiitimate, then consult an attorney. If not, block your number, call back the number and ask tons of questions regarding the hearing, your account, your court location, time. Anything! JUST KEEP CALLING!

Hey...police said not to call them back just call the police.  I called the bar too and they said to call the feds. This could be international. CALL THE POLICE.!  Police in CALIFORNIA was already notified. Call your attorney to.  And to let anyone else no.  THIS IS A SCAM. If the guy starts complaining, JUST HANG UP AND CALL THE POLICE! The more the police is called the more we can them and the FEDS find these guys!

I received a life-threatening call from this number, stating that if I wanted to save my life, and the life of my best friend (he knew her name and my SSN last 4 digits, picked up on the internet) I needed to show up for court with my best friend, but did not say where!  He threatened my life, so this is known as a FEDERAL Crime!!  Inform not only your local police department, but the FBI as well.  These guys will be caught, have no doubt on that...they always slip up. This number is from a pre-paid phone...How stupid can they be!!! LOL.  
Being in a family of law officers, lawyers, and judges, I know when to investigate and how to investigate.  So do not worry folks...this is a scam that will end badly for these men. In the mean time, DO NOT give out any information to them, ESPECIALLY your back account numbers, SSN number, and your address.  And calling them back is useless, and only fuels the fire.  Just call your local phone providers, and have this and other numbers associated with it blocked. STAY COOL!!! :0)

I just got the same call , i didnnt answer it what else can we do i am not giving any information out and just let them take me to court they are not going to have a leg to stand on

For at least the last four years, possibly longer, a group has been calling former payday loan applicants advising them that they have defrauded a bank and are now being sued for non-payment of a loan.  The callers will claim to be calling on behalf of an attorney's office (name varies), the Dept. of Law and Investigation, ACS, or other similar combinations below:

United Legal Processing Division
Midline Marketing
Crime Monitoring Services
Monetary Crime Division
U.S. National Bank
Attorney General’s Office (usually in California)
American Legal Services
Affidavit Consolidation Services (ACS)

You will be threatened with arrest, a costly trial and possibly worse.  In no shape, way or form can you be arrested for non-payment on a consumer debt.  Do not believe these threats, as they are without merit and cannot be carried out in the manner they allege.  

Who are they?

In the past when pressed by law enforcement for an address, the callers have provided the following information:

David Morgan and Associates
Morgan & Associates
Morgan Associates
954-727-8481
1155 Northwest 85th Street
Wintergarden, Florida  33150
(Address is likely invalid)

The collector's MO matches a once legit collections agency called Ellis Crosby & Associates.  Here are some links on them:

http://www.budhibbs.com/collectorpages/ellis_crosby_and_associates.htm
http://www.budhibbs.com/collectorpages/EllisCrosbyJudgment.pdf

They have been previously fined over $1.3 million for various violations.  They have been known to use phone banks in India to make their calls, which more or less coincides with the difficult to understand accent many of us detect when we are contacted.  

The last time this group went by any "official" name was back in 2008:

Ellis Crosby & Associates / Douglas & Morgan Associates
4494 Southside Boulevard Suite #200
Jacksonville Florida 32216
Phone:  800-928-3536 / (904) 928-3536
(Address is likely invalid)

There are NUMEROUS consumer alerts out against this group of individuals:

Florida:
http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/061107/met_176207561.shtml

Kansas:  
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2010/01/ks_debt_collection.html

Colorado:  
http://www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov/press/ ... lls_likely_orig

Rhode Island:  
http://www.collectionscreditrisk.com/news/rho ... -3002135-1.html

West Virginia:
http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm

Missouri:
On July 15th, 2010 a Public Awareness Bulletin was sent out by Missouri Information Analysis Center.  

"..received reports from individuals in Ohio and Illinois reference suspicious telephone calls they received. In both instances, the callers are reporting that a voicemail is received from a man, with a Middle Eastern accent, identifying himself as an officer working with the Financial Crimes Unit.  The message indicates that the reason for the call concerns a loan made by the receiver or someone in the receiver's family. The voicemail requests that a return call be made and a telephone number is provided. When a return call is made, the caller is asked to provide personal identifying information such as their date of birth and social security number.

Reports indicate that the calls are frequent and persistent and that they even threaten arrest or legal action if information or money is not provided. It appears that the individuals making these calls may have access to some records connecting individuals and their relatives.  Missouri does not have a Financial Crimes Unit and all indications are that this is a fictitious agency. If you receive a similar phone call, please be advised that it is a scam and please contact your local law enforcement agency or the Missouri Information Analysis Center at 866-362-6422."

Bottom line:

Do not supply the callers with any additional information.  Inform them you have reported them to law enforcement and hang up.  If you haven't already, go ahead and report the calls to local law enforcement, your state's Attorney General and beyond.  Look up the local Secret Service branch's information in your area and get in contact with an agent there.  

If you ever applied for a cash advance online, your information is out there.  
Possible sources for the breach of your privacy are:

* The scammers obtained your information from Teletrack - a reporting agency used by many cash advance lenders to determine their risk lending to you.  The service is able to tell cash advance lenders if you have existing loans with other companies, for example.  Many state laws prohibit borrowers from having more than two cash advances out at the same time.

* The scammers created their own fake payday loan application site.  People looking for a cash advance went to the site and applied, thus freely providing the scammers with their information for malicious use at a later time.  

* The scammers were able to get into the database(s) of cash advance lenders - probable targets being Sonic Payday and Cashnet USA.  


How to protect yourself:

* Inform your employer.  You are likely getting calls at home and/or at work, so make sure your employer is aware the calls are part of a scam and to not take them seriously.  Advise the callers that they are no longer allowed to call you at work.  If they continue to call, document the date and time of the calls you received.  Save voice mails left if at all possible.  

* Change your number(s).  For some this may not be an option, for others a one-time number change can be done free of charge.

Be advised - any references you listed on your payday loan application will be contacted.  Let those people know that this is a scam, and they can disregard.

* Use Google Voice.  Google Voice is a great replacement voice mail system for just about any phone number you use.  Messages can be transcribed and voice mail recordings can be saved as mp3 files.  

Pro Tip - call the scammers with a Google Voice number before turning off your old phone numbers.  Make sure when you call you identify yourself so they can start up their script.  At any point after they have your information pulled up just hang up.  They will then start religiously calling your Google Voice number.  At this point, you are free to change your regular phone number(s) and enjoy not having these people ever call you again.  (And laugh at the fact these people are basically talking to a brick wall several times a day)

The scammers change their numbers frequently.  Law enforcement used to think it was because the callers ran out of minutes on their prepaid wireless accounts or they were shuttered due to fraud, but now they understand it's simply to evade detection by savvy consumers online.  With the proliferation of VoIP, it's even easier for the crooks to stay a couple of steps ahead of law enforcement.  Below is just a sampling of the 30+ numbers that have been used in recent memory.

1-201-244-7722
1-209-349-7382
1-209-797-2212
1-212-500-0839
1-213-256-0408
1-213-995-3039
1-281-763-0433
1-347-289-3902
1-347-844-6817
1-347-844-6831
1-424-354-4270
1-516-232-8905
1-516-232-8935
1-518-212-0219
1-561-300-8018
1-561-210-4185
1-626-200-4646
1-631-456-4041
1-646-274-1143
1-646-810-8635
1-650-241-4604
1-707-401-4056
1-707-633-2789
1-708-401-0535
1-716-442-2824
1-717-862-4080
1-718-705-8669
1-760-514-0132
1-760-563-5384
1-772-318-4938
1-850-201-1111
1-858-777-1977
1-859-908-2281
1-866-860-4509
1-877-226-7488
1-888-706-7463
1-888-771-9249
1-888-785-4479
1-909-327-4870

So can they really do anything to you?

It's not a simple yes or no answer.  Logic dictates that, if they really wanted to take you for a ride and drain your bank accounts, they already would have.  

So, why haven't they?  

Authorization.  

Why do you think you are being called so much?  Perhaps it is because they like the sound of your voice?  No, they have to have your authorization to take any form of payment from you, period.  The callers know their audience, and that audience is typically a bunch of people that have applied for payday loans in the past.  Most of those people they call couldn't afford an attorney if they wanted one, and are so used to receiving collections calls that so long as they sound like a real collector, they will likely be perceived as one.

Furthermore, they don't even really want to talk to your attorney - that just sounds official and scary enough.  A real attorney would take the callers to task and write them off as two-bit con artists.  The callers need you, in writing, to authorize payment against the fictitious debt they claim you owe.  Go ahead, ask them for proof you owe the debt - more commonly known as verification of debt.  See what they say.  A phone authorization carries very little weight, so if they have something signed by you on file, you are done for - and the callers know that.  That authorization is the only thing these callers are doing by the book, and for good reason.  If they just went all willy nilly and made an ACH debit from your checking account, without your written approval, you could in turn report the transaction as fraudulent to your financial institution.  In about 7-10 business days, you would get the funds returned to your account.  Then the scammers would be up against a bank and their team of lawyers and investigators.  

Bottom line:

If you haven't paid the callers a dime, don't.  If you planned on paying them to shut them up, just don't.  Remember - you are not being contacted by a legally licensed, ethically owned and operated collector.  Read up on the FDCPA - http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre27.pdf - and know your rights.

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