855-264-2060

I got a call from this number knew my state where i live and my last 4 digits of ss# said there is complaints against me they left me a message and my phone did not ring

I got a few calls from this number. They were very rude and claimed that I had to pay them a settlement to get out of going to court. It is a total scam, I found out that this number does this to a lot of people

This number called me today at my work. Charles Anderson was his name. Sounds like they're from India. Telling me I have to pay $575 or they were gonna have me arrested. Kept calling repeatedly and we had to unplug our phones at my work!!

They are from India.  Complete scammers who do their best to scare people into paying money for bogus debts.  They succeed too, except that more people are becoming savvy to their tricks and know that in the US, debt is civil, not criminal, so no one is going to jail or be arrested.  Print out this forum thread and give it to your HR Dept and/or manager, so they know that you're not the only one being harassed by scammers.

I agree with Elspeth, print this out and take it to your work and show it to your obss's. If they are calling your work , the boss's should also file reports..

https://800notes.com/forum/ta-86217073a9c8dad ... 077595690349410
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http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0258-fake-debt-collectors
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http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubs/pressreleases/extortion_scam.htm
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Also read up on the laws and your rights:

https://800notes.com/arts/Jb8EW-eDhQA/harassi ... ou-need-to-know
http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpajump.shtm
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/askcfpb/search ...
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/pdf-0096-fair-credit-reporting-act.pdf
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection
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For Extortion Scam Operations, file reports with the FBI, your state attorney general and Department Of Justice,FTC & FCC..

http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx
http://www.fbi.gov/
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/#&panel1-1
https://esupport.fcc.gov/ccmsforms/form1088.action
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/

Caller is calling our plant asking for an employee, who owes him $511. Caller wouldnt give anyone any information other than his name and phone number. He won't even give any to the employee, just wants him to pay. He's been getting more and more aggressive. He's been calling literally off the hook since 8am. completely tying up our business lines. (i'm not kidding at all...) they call on one line, the other is lit up and it's them on the other line. As soon as we answer they're now calling us idiots. (we're having fun with them too now)

they tried getting our last names so they could "call our local sheriff"  to issue warrants.
I told them we contacted the police and the FTC, they're response? "no one will be able to help you"

They did the exact same thing to us. We unplugged our phones... but are now messing with them equally as bad as they are.. i think they're getting sick of us..

Got a message on both my cell and work phones stating that they were trying to get ahold of me or my attorney. The person on the voicemail was almost indeciferable, possibly asian or indian, except to clearly say "legal action, Yes, legal action" and threatening to have sheriff come. To the best of my hearing they billed their company as "Sharp". This is clearly a scam, luckily I have a private office number at work, so (here's hoping) they can't bug my boss too.

this is the second time it has happened to me and I actually had to contact the Secret Service, per local PD, since this was a money matter and calling from overseas so it became federal. They told me this was huge scam from overseas and that people were paying it since they were so freaked out. The asked if I wanted to trace put on my phone because it would be one of the few ways to actually catch these people.

I got a call minutes ago and let them know that my phone was being was traced by agents and that I hoped they continued to call me, so that they would be the one's going to jail. The gentlemen responded with "we will remove your number" and then "your number has been removed"

A man called my office from this number a couple of months ago asking for an ex-employee. When informed that the person he requested was no longer employed here, he asked my name. Then he started moaning my name over and over asking if I wanted to do completely obscene things to/with him. I laughed and hung up.

He called again today, asking for the same person. When I told him my name again, he said, "Oooooh, I was hoping you would answer." and began the same thing. I hung up again. He called back directly and left an very detailed obscene voicemail.

The same thing happened to me, saying that had a lawsuit against me because I defaulted on a loan. I have never took out a loan before. They even called my job, I don't know how they got my information but they did.

I just had this happen from this number, last week it was from a different number. I called and filed a report with my local attorney generals office. Today however I called them back repeatedly to see how they like it. The first time they answered some guy answered that spoke english. The next few times I got a call through a non english person answered and I called him out and said he's been reported to the FBI. He said FU and hung up.

So I received a call at my place of employment just a few minutes ago. My foreman contacted to make me aware of the call stating the man on the line is saying he is from The Bureau of Crime Investigation and his name is Mr. Smith. Lol. He also stated that the man has a foreign or Indian accent.  Once I answered he wouldn't give me information so I hung up. My boss figured it was a scam. Hope they don't call back again.

Just received a call frm this number the guy said I owed a collection on a $300 loan couldn't tell me frm where or who then hung up on me. I called back they knew who I was then Charles the manager got mad at me told me not to call back because I already talked too someone then his a** hung up on me.

This place is a total scam. I asked for a physical address so I could send them a cease and desist letter. He gave me an address that does not exist in Fort Myers Florida with a zip code for Miami Florida. Called my work and I told them not to call me at work anymore that it was illegal and he said he didn't care if it was illegal. Called my secretary 8 times in a roll and each time had a different name. Do not fall for their act. I asked them if the debt they say I owe was legit then send me proof. He said he didn't have to he was just going to have me put in jail for it in 4 hours unless I wire him the money I owe. Well it's been 6 hours and they cannot put you in jail for a bad debt.

I got a phone call from an indian sounding man   from the 855-264-2060.......he left a message  that he had a legal matter to discuss.....

This # has Repeatedly called my work phone

Wow!!! I just a got call from this number just a few minutes ago.  He knew my state and the last 4 digits of my social and said that there is a complaint against me.  I told him that this is a scam and he said not to blame him or their company if they call my employer.  Is this really true?

That's what he told me to he said he was going to tell my company I was commenting fraud.. I told him I would sue his [***] for harsement and told him I was filling chapter 7 snd to talk yo my lawyer he said no this is a personal matter and my lawyer can't help me. He a scrammer and [***]

This is a criminal extortion scam operating out of India. They are making the calls utilizing VOIP and the names of legitimate firms to make it appear the calls are originating from within the US. There is NO "company" or "debt" and you will NOT be arrested. They are harvesting and/or buying consumers' personal identifying information and you need to do whatever you can to protect yourself. This includes: Notifying the FTC: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/, placing fraud alerts with all three credit bureaus, notifying your bank and employer and letting these criminals know you are aware they are attempting to extort money for a non-existent debt and have alerted the authorities.

Read this investigative report ABC News did on this scam:

Hundreds of thousands of cash-strapped Americans have been targeted by abusive debt collectors operating out of overseas call centers suspected of links to organized crime in India, law enforcement officials told ABC News.

The calls are part of a massive scam, one that appears to target struggling Americans -- especially those who have gone online to apply for payday loans. Armed with personal information from those pilfered applications, the threatening callers, who claim to be debt collectors poised to initiate legal action, have managed to pry loose millions of dollars from their victims -- even when the victims never owed money in the first place.

"This is what we call a phantom debt collection scam," said Jon Leibowitz, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. "It's a very pernicious and innovative new fraud."

Working through call centers in India, the commission estimates that the criminals have dialed at least 2.5 million calls, persuading already cash-strapped victims to send them more than $5 million. Some have reported receiving dozens of calls per hour. They are victims like Cindy Gervais, of New Orleans, who went online for a quick loan when her husband's car was hit by a driver who didn't have insurance.

Even though she paid the loan off, the so-called "phantom" debt collectors with Indian accents began calling to say she still owed money.

"He more or less told me that if I didn't pay, they were going to have someone on my doorstep to arrest me," she told ABC News. "And that they were going to contact my place of business, and tell them what kind of person I am."

At first, she said she resisted. Then the calls became more frequent, and started to ring on her cell phone, and at the grocery distribution company where she had worked for 27 years.

"I was more or less in panic mode because he told me there would be someone before noon at my place of business to arrest me and take me to jail," she said tearfully. "So I agreed to pay him."

After receiving scores of complaints, investigators with the FTC said they began tracking the calls, and following the payments. They alleged the payments led them to a California company run by an Indian-American named Kirit Patel, and that such scams would not be possible without American front men.

"I would say that all roads of this scam, or many of the roads of this scam, lead back to Mr. Patel," said the FTC's Leibowitz.

ABC News tracked Patel for weeks, from the suburbs of San Francisco to Austin, Texas.

Patel refused to talk. But his lawyer, Mark Ellis, said he believes it is far too early to pass judgment on his client. Ellis, a Sacramento-based attorney, told ABC News that Patel was hired for a nominal fee to set up an American shell company, and had no idea what the call centers in India were doing.

"I can tell you, he was as snookered by the people in India as anybody," Ellis said. "He's a 69-year-old man who is nearing his retirement who thought all he had to do was set up some corporations and everything was on the up and up. He's completely dismayed that he has become the lightning rod of this entire problem."

A close friend of Patel's also defended him in a brief interview at his home, saying Patel was not trying to defraud anyone -- he was just an unwitting, bit player in a larger scheme.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/phantom-debt-co ... ory?id=16512428