844-346-2140

got a call from this number stating that they were state's attorney about it payday loan posited into checking account this world and which over the counter cash from a payday loan Advance America

left a message claiming to be with the state attorney office and claimed to have a warrant for my arrested but in fact it is a collection company for a payday loan.  Once  I told them to contact my attorney I was meet with a click & when I called back I was passed from person to person.  

So i recieved this call on my cell while at work said they were with the attorney generals office and that i was being charged with two felonys due to payday loan i never took out used my ex boyfriend and mom as refrence my mom had never heard of the company then they said they qould make it all go away for 300 dollars i spoke to a mr. laury well when they took it out of my account it showed as kauffman &associates still no email paperwork i was promised and been almost two days needless to say so changing my account info

I received 4 calls today from this number within less than 30 min. If each one. Totally different people. I was told there I will be a warrant issued for my aarrest. Please tell me if this is a legio company to start payment arrangements with this company. I was told to go put the money on.my prepaid card then call them back with the information. What shall I do. As I type this letter they have called me 3 more times.

If they tell you that you are going to be arrested and want an untraceable payment method they are a scam and are in violation of Federal law, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.  This is clearly an extortion attempt.  Remember, the FTC says to never pay or offer to pay anyone who calls by phone that does not provide written proof sent by US Mail, not email or fax, that you owe the debt and they have a legal right to collect it.

Have you received proof of debt by US Mail? By law they are required to send you it, if you ask. Not fax, text, or email - US Mail. It is also illegal in the USA to threaten a debtor with arrest. Prepaid card? You mean a CASH service, that can be picked up anywhere in the world? Nigeria, or India for example (get it?). If your State allows recording of phone calls (1 party consent, 2 party consent - do an online search for your State) tell them you are recording all calls. Then tell them they don't get  a dime until you have received something in the mail. Stand your ground as you may be getting calls from foreign 3rd world criminals trying to extort money from you on fake debt. It's nothing new, been in the news a lot.

Called left threatening messages even called my relatives claiming to have two warrants for my arrest in addition claimed to be with the state attorneys office. All of which was false & against the law.  I filed a complaint with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and contacted a lawyer

Called and said they have two warrants for my sisters arrest claimed to be with the general attorneys office. Which I know was a lie & against the law. Disclosed personal info about my sister which also is against the law. They didn't realize I was a paralegal and knew a little bit about federal laws & regulations concerning collecting debts, so I called my sister & she filed a complaint with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and I have a lawyer at my firm looking into legal action on behave of my sister. People it's important to report these type of calls to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau what they are doing is against the law!!!!  

Ni I haven't received anything in the mail . I did take out a payday Loan in 2011 and defaulted. my husband had to  quit work due to his health applied for disability and just start getting it a month ago. So its been hard trying to keep us above water. These people are calling my son saying that his number was left for reference by me. He just got that phone about a year ago. They are telling him I am going to jail if I don't pay them something today. They ate calling me and him from 4 different numbers. Is this Legit???

Good move!!!

File a report with the Financial Protection Bureau and contacted a lawyer.  What there are doing is legal!!!

Warren,  R U saying what they are doing is Legal???

I rec'd call today by Kaufman & Assoc stating they rec'd my file today & I had 24 hours to contact them & in leaving the message the woman messed up because then she said an attempt had been made to send me correspondence. It was sent to my old address &  returned. I've been at my now address for 1 year & my forwarding label ended 09/01/14. How could you receive the file today on your desk, send letter & have it returned to you all in 1 day.  This is when I knew this was nothing but a scam. They even gave me a file case number & I did call & can't wait for them to call me back. I also reported the call to the Consumer Financial Bureau.

Said they were a state attorneys office looking for my sister about a financial fraud.
Obviously a scam. Why would they be calling me? She has a phone.

Recvd a call from this number...sd with arbitration Dept State of Texas...sd issuing a warrant from case. In Jan 2008...I told Them I was contacting my attorney to assist with this and the guy got upset and said he will see me in court...then hung up.

Call the police as soon as they contact you. Scam pieces of crap!!!! Don't erase voicemail either. Most importantly don't pay them anything! They will just take your money and run. Call TX Attorney General they will explain it in detail what these people are doing to innocent people. It's disgusting and they need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law!!!!

They have contacted me so I know its b.s. but I run with it I offer to deliver the money in person and they never tell me where there at then I say lets go to court well 2 years and still waiting. REMEMBER never pay.These people are to lazy to get a job so they want you to pay them to harass innocent people.

For at least the last year, an illegal group of debt collectors have been terrorizing consumers, their family, friends, and employees threatening to arrest the individual of an unpaid loan or other debt (their generally don't even owe). Be aware debt is a civil matter, not a criminal matter, and you can't be arrested. They threaten a warrant if the victim does not pay a sum of money by the credit card over the phone.

Some of the people they are calling do not owe a debt.  Others they are calling have already settled their debt with the organization who owns the accounts. Even if you do owe a debt, do not be deceived by the actions of this group.  Many of the accounts they are attempting to collect they do not own.  In other words, if you pay these people, that is not going to clear your debt with its rightful owner.  

Although when pressed the callers give the victim an address in Columbia South Carolina (usually a vacant lot) or Atlanta GA (often a parking lot near the bus station or a Peachtree Road Address). They are actually out of the Charlotte North Carolina area. The scammers are using the following business names (and there are many others, and they seem to create new ones daily).  They will normally answer the call back number as “Investigations”.  They often call people with a recording claiming they are looking for a "defendant"

Richardson Simms and Associates
Johnston & Moore
Holland, Dempsey, and Associates
Hughes and Berkeley
RJ Financial LLC
Ondrick and Miles
Anderson & Banker Mediation or Pre-Trial Litigators
Reynolds, Hill, and Associates
Berkley and Associates
Kaufmann and Associates
Sanderson Blaine & Associates
Blaine and Associates
McKenzie Reid Associates
Kennedy, Kline, & Associates
Nationwide Asset and Recovery
Piedmont Investigations and Procurement
Raffino, Garrison, & McCoy
Greenman, Schwartz & Associates
McCoy Law Group
Salem Associates
Reynolds and Associates
Ryan, Carter and Fields
Berman, Maxwell and associates
DOF Investigations
Vaughn & Associates
Bailey Rowe and Associates
Berkley Hughes and Associates


Here is a set of links to a variety of threads on this forum that document this group and its behavior. They include the experiences of victims as well as a former employee or two that quit within a week of finding out exactly what was going on. They also include responses from consumer advocates and people who are really criminal justice professionals advising victims of what to do

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-748-8367
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-719-1725
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-676-3492
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-805-5549
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-751-1084
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-803-2349
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-775-2417
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-775-2418
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-755-3417
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-746-3946
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-676-3485
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-966-3768
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-699-9749/2
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-966-6246
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-678-5437
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-967-0061
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-746-3948
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-791-2353
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-699-6246
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-735-8624
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-751-1083
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-736-3678/2
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-966-8529
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-967-2633
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-460-1576
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-609-3074
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-576-6210
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-601-5849
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-230-1283
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-658-0438
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-510-9327
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-509-0338
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-803-0755
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-511-0627
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-509-3033
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-509-0339
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-511-0631
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-883-2350/2
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-244-3381
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-0269
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-295-9550
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-966-6277
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-511-4248
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-725-5312
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-756-9997
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-1278
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-0531
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-0273
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-719-5041
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-791-9102
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-512-400-2637
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-585-730-6153
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-1712
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-800-657-1430
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-643-7815
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-860-3119
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-860-2973
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-831-4161
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-316-3547
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-714-134-4576
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-948-4460
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-415-1851
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-678-389-6196
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-584-6184
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-210-239-1791
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-844-245-7180
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-415-1287
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-440-210-9666/2
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-455-6485
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-425-201-0376
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-393-3515
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-406-272-8763
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-393-0743
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-408-9651
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-254-0813
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-727-260-5017
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-330-849-2731

Since this group is actually operating out of the Charlotte area, the proper local jurisdiction to file police reports would be the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
http://charmeck.org/city/charlotte/CMPD/Pages/default.aspx

You can make a report by telephone - If calling outside the Mecklenburg County, the Non-Emergency Crime Reporting: 704-336-7600

You can also make a police report online at
http://charmeck.org/city/charlotte/CMPD/Pages/ReportACrime.aspx

Thank you for this information. Why can't anything be done about these people? They are relentless.