904-239-3952

I received a call today from a John with a heavy foreign accent.  He said that he was from the Financial Crimes Division.  He also said that I was in a big legal mess that I need to call before they take further actions.  He left my social security number on the message along with the following closing" now have a good night".  The number he left for me to call was 904-239-3952 but the number on the caller id was a local number.  When I called the number back, it only ring then went to busy.  Do anyone have any advise or comments?

got the same call. same message and he was calling my family giving them my social as well!!! called a financial lawyer and he said that he is violating numerous consumer rights laws with the message itself. save the message and contact someone (financial lawyer) right away! don't know how it will turn out but I am pretty confident that what he is doing (john) is not legal by any means...

Just got the same call from John Kadler,which is a totally fake name considering his thick foreign accent. He left the last 4 digits of my social security number, he must be reading from a script because he said the exact same things to me. I think he's from a payday loan company because I recognize his voice from a previous call. I'm not worried about it because I can't be in any more of a financial mess than I already am.

I got the same call, also from a "John", who said almost word-for-word what you have here.  On his message he also read off (correctly) the last 4 digits of my SSN.  Does anyone have any more information about this?

SCAM! SCAM! SCAM!

Fake Debt Collectors Terrify Consumers
Alleged Debt Scam Calls Threaten Consumers: 'Only God Can Help You Now'

Scammers masquerading as debt collectors and law enforcement officials have terrified consumers with threatening phone calls and bilked them out of thousands of dollars, officials with the West Virginia Attorney General's Office say.

Law enforcement officials in West Virginia say they're struggling to track down alleged scammers who use repeated phone calls, threats and fake names to try to swindle consumers out of thousands in supposed debt repayments.
Prosecutors said that the scammers, who speak with heavy foreign accents, are known for repeatedly calling people at home and at work and threatening them with arrest if they don't repay supposed debts -- debts that, according to West Virginia officials, don't actually exist.

The scammers operate under names such as U.S. National Bank, Federal Investigation Bureau and United Legal Processing, said West Virginia Assistant Attorney General Norman Googel.

The callers also have invoked the names of actors Denzel Washington and Steve Martin, people who've received calls tell ABCNews.com.

Googel said that the scammers have been impossible to track down, but ABCNews.com spoke to one man who claimed to be associated with U.S. National Bank. The man said he works for Financial Crime Division, a company he said provides services for USNB.

The man refused to give his name and gave little information about his company.

"It's not necessary that each and everyone knows about Financial Crime Division, and probably one of them is you," he said.

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Story?id=5621205&page=1

http://consumerist.com/5039903/fake-debt-coll ... t-of-your-money

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-245-1402/2

http://www.debtconsolidationcare.com/collection-agencies/financialcrimes-division.html

I also recieved a call from a John Catelor, heavy accent and hard to understand, from the Financial Crimes Division regarding a friend of mine, who according to John, had 3 serious charges pending if not resolved by tomorrow morning. The charges were Bank fraud, insurance fraud and, I think, a bad check.  
John stated that if the matter wasn't resolved before tomorrow morning, charges were going to be filed against him. John also mentioned I was put down a a reference on some of the forms.  

He, John, told me he was in Jacksonville, Florida

Received the same call with the same instructions by someone with the same heavy accent. While I was at work I was called and at home.

Got the same call and called local police and Attorney Generals Office. They said it is a scam and not to worry about it.  He alsp told me that he was sending the police after me. I told him I would be waiting in the front porch for them.  He used the name Frank with a heavy foreign accent. When I asked him to send me the papers in the mail he said he would do that after I paid, I told him to they have to send it to me and he got all flustered and hung up. He also said he was Jacksonville, FL.

I just received a call from "John" from the financial crim division.  Same guy with a thick accent.  I told him I wanted the name of his company and the address as he was calling me at work and I wanted it to stop.  All he could tell me was "Financial Crime Divinsion." I asked him for the name of the firm, he told me that was the firm's name.  I told him I wanted the address for the firm as I wanted to send a letter to them and they could send all documentation to me via writing, he would not give me the address kept saying the same script over and over.  He told me I needed to have a pen and paper and I needed to listen to him and write down some information.  I told him I listened to him before and when I did he did the same thing, would not give me a name and address for the company he was calling from.  I told him I was not going to listen but he was going to.  I told him I do not want him calling my job and I hung up.  Oh did I remember to mention he left 2 voice mail messages on the mail mailbox at my office telling me I better get in touch with them or good luck to me?  Good thing I am the one who picks up the voice mails.  In my opinion if he is legitimate then they can send me something in writing, not this phone call threatening that I am in serious trouble stuff.  I have such bad credit it doesn't matter, he can't ruin me, I am already there, thanks to my ex!!  If I can get any further information from these clowns I will post it here for all to see.  Thanks for posting your info, at least I know what I am up againse, illegal practices!!!

It must be from a pay day loan because its the only website in which I gave all of my info............never will again - the loan was denied but that is the only way they had the last 3 of my social and my work number

Received same kind of call, except no SSN numbers but they did use my son's name.  They said if either of us didn't call then they would assume we were running away from the problem, "and then all I can say to you, is, good luck".  His name was Nick Fleming and I could barely understand him.  I hope someone can catch these people.

These people called theating me with jail time if I don't pay what company is this please tell me so I can sue the [***] out of them the guys names were Tom Jackson and Eric Johnson and Tim Kelly I didn't understand a word the said

Just got a call. Heavy-accented man "This message is intended for (my name). My name is Ricky Watson and I'm calling from Investigation Services in ____ Virginia..." Unfortunately, the message was accidentally erased, but he went on to say that there was some legal action pending against me and to call his division back immediately as soon as possible before he procedes with his legal action against me & left the following phone number... 904-239-3952 and (get this....) it sounded like he said "God Bless" at the end. EXCUSE ME!!! How can a sneaky snake criminal follow the God I believe in????  I would HATE to be in his shoes or even next to him when his day of judgement comes!!!!

I work in the Human Resources department for an organization and this guy called 3 times in a row to talk to the same person. Each time I told him the person quit 3 years ago and last night about 9 pm he left the same message that he left all of you. Its easy to tell that he is not professional because you do not say " You will be in big legal trouble if you don't return my call".

Someone named Matthew B called my sister asking for my husband and told her that he used her name and number to commit fraudulent activities. He told her that if she didn't pass on the information to him that she was going to be in big trouble right along with him. He gave her his name (she couldn't understand his last name due to his heavy Indian accent). She said she would pass along the info, but he needed to lose her number. He said, "If he calls me back in within 30 minutes, then I'll lose your number." I immediately googled the number he left 904-239-3952 and came across what everyone here is saying. I called the Attorney General's Office and filed a complaint with the Consumer division. Then I called my sister back to tell her it was a scam, and she told me the guy called her back and was on the other line. I told her to click back over and tell him that she is aware that this is a scam and that a call has already been made to the Attorney General's office. When she clicked back over, he wasn't there. I also filed a complaint with the FTC. The number that showed up on her caller id was 10303339747.

I got a call from "office John Kadler" (indian) stating all of the above except mine was for passing bad government checks and theft by deception. That's awesome, I didn't know I was such a criminal. I asked him if the call was recorded and he said yes. I told him I was calling my lawyer, the police and John Matarese and he told me "I better shut my mouth" Keep in mind, he called me at work. I called the number back and a woman with a think Indian accent answered "hello" I asked her the name of the company and she said financial crimes division and said I just wanted to make sure and hung up. I did file a complaing with the police department and John Matarese. I have enough debt since giving birth last year with the high deductible I have, but I know this is a scam.

I JUST GET CALL FOR A "OFFICE WITH INDIAN ACCENT AT MY JOB, HE WAS VERY RUD AND NASTY TO ME AND MY CO-WORKE. WHEN I WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT SOME WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HE HANG UP THE PHONE, AND I AND I TRYING TO TALK TO HE AND THE ARE GIVING ME THE RUN AROUND. HE TOLD ME TO CALL MY LAWYER.AND HE WANT TO KNOWN IF I AM WILL TO HANDLE THIS

Our friend got a similiar call from a Mike Ludahl also with a heavy foriegn accent from Financial Crime Division in Jackville FL. stating that we put him as a reference on a payday loan and that he and my spouse were invlove in bank fraud, and other legal allegations. the call back number was 904-239-3953. I called and spoked with a Rick Watson also with a heavy paskistanian accent. Since I would not settle for the little information given to me I was passed on to other so call investigator and supervisor with american names such as James White. The financial institute name given was Arrowhead Investment. They wanted me to sent a fax with an apology for defaulting my visa card info. $972.00 fax# 407-650-3106. Last time I'll do a payday loan over the internet. I do remember stating to my husband that the background sound like a telemarking scene, so I decided to search the internet for these companies and saw this page with the same calls as I got. Besides knowing that our payday loan were paid in full how can one know along with suspicion that these guys are scammers. Because I sure other folks have been taken in by these people.

Just got a call from "Ashley James", same accent. She said I would be fired from my job by the end of the day, I laughed at her, then she asked to speak to my supervisor and I asked to talk to her's. Then she preceded to rant and rave about I don't know what because I couldn't understand half of what she was saying. Finally, I took charge of the phone call and let her know that I wasn't having any of her [***]. I advised her that the financial crimes division is a part of the FBI and it's against the law for her and anyone else to misrepresent themselves as law enforecement. I also advised her that the FCC rules state that I can civilly sue for harassment, threats, and misrepresentation. I also adivsed her that there was no way in hell her name was Ashley James (didn't really know that, but due to her accent it was a guess). I don't think she liked losing control of the conversation and she hung up. These people call and try to appear aggressive so we can back down but if you just take charge and let them know that their running their [***] on the wrong person, they'll get the picture.

I received same call from man with heavy type accent, not to mention the bad connection of wherever idiot was calling from!  He said he was Officer So n So (whatever name he pulled out his @ss since I can't understand him any ways) talkin bout the same BS he said to everyone else posted up on here. So yeh... won't be doin the payday loans anymore since my bank is kind enough to offer direct deposit loans! besides, them payday loans is a rip anyways.