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He asked for my coworker, and told the coworker they were coming to lock him up, and asked for his Social Security number.  We hung up on them. When they called back again, I asked him for details and he said his name was Mike Entin and calling from The Prosecuting Attorney's Office and wanted to know if I was speaking on behalf of said coworker.  I transferred him to Human resources, and may call the number later and see who answers!

I received a call from this number. I could not understand them sounded foreign. But said I needed to call back urgently or my attorney.  I have no clue who this is!

This # called me multiple times on my cell and then my work place... they are scam artist claiming to be Peter Smith from the state attorney office. Threatend to come to my job with the police to arrest me for a payday loan that was owed. He had my social security # my work # and address. I was terrified of the fact the fact that this phony man with an accent had all my information when I do not have  a pay day loan...if any one calls from this # it is a scam to get you to pay $$$$$$

they just called me with my information stating that i owed money on a payday loan. what is scary is that they had my information and stating i owed $700+. and that i should have my attourney call them back. dose anyone else smell scam???

They just called my phone saying the same thing . Also they had a so called cop calling my phone too . This isn't real right ?

rude, caller leaving messaged for unknown person told them several times still continuing to phone

same message  calling  saying have  my attorney call  them there is  a warrant   against my  ss  number

This is a scam, do not I repeat do not listen to them, I have reported them with my father-in-law who is with the FBI.....just ignore the calls. They can not do what they are claiming they can do.

SCAM!!!  They stole info from anyone who looked into a payday or personal loan then use that info to try and scare people into paying for a "customer service charge" to cover the cost of processing the loan info.  They do not have the power to arrest you! Also for a financial charge you are summoned to appear in court, not jail. Guys are frauds!

I was called at work.  They told me that I had a lawsuit pending and there were charges.  I asked them, is it a lawsuit or charges filed against me?  I told them they were lacking professionalism and they are not allowed to call me at work.  If anything, someone from the law enforcement office would come physically to where I am at and take me into custody.  Anyway, long story short, I called them back a couple times to get information.  They called me at work and threatened me to never call them back.  I smiled to myself and said, "OOOKKey DOkie"..  These people do not realize that they called a military base with lines that are monitored all the time.  

I started to receive calls 3 days ago from various numbers. some as early as 6:30 A.M on Saturday and up til 10:00 P.M.. I did a reverse number search and found that the area code numbers weren't valid prefixes in the US. They apparently roll the telephone numbers to numbers that can make it look like they are in country. I finally answered a call  to try to put an end to the frustration. The individual tried to be very forceful and represented himself to be an attorney. I asked him the nature of his call, and he said he was not authorized to discuss( He's an "attorney" and can't discuss. He used all of the techniques stated in the posts above, including telling me the police were going to arrest me tonight. I said can you send them sooner. I also thanked him for staying on the line long enough for me to be able to track his call and named a few cities in his area I found were where the calls originated, he then hung up and attempted to re-call me to harass. I called my local police dept. and they were unable to help, but advised me to file complaint with state attorney.

I just got a call from a man told me to call this number and speak to an attorney. I called the same number the man called from said he was an attorney he knew my social my address my employer. Said i owed a loan said all my emails were at the court house. I couldnt use my bank statement to prove it was paid. Couldnt tell me how much the loan was. Told me they were sendin for my arrest for stealing money from a company and calling my employer to notify them. I got very loud and hung up. Called sheriffs depart. Someone needs to do something!!

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

I got a call from this twice today saying the police and fbi are gonna arrest me and some how they got my full ssn and contacted my work and my manager informed me about that

It is very scary that these people have information like social, address, place of work info...etc, however, it is a SCAM!!! I have gone as far as speaking to a division of the FBI who told me exactly what the caller said, etc before I told him anything. DO NOT give them any info. I have been instructed to disregard all calls...which I do. Call after call does get annoying but I try to ignore them.

same  call  them right  away or I will be  in big  trouble

This number keeps calling, states  its from the State Attorney's Office. The male has an Indian accent and states that he is going to have you arrested. when I asked what was I going to be a recipe for the mail started cursing and using the beer foul language and then hung up on me started laughing.

they have been calling my cell phone and my work phone which is a place of business on a military installation and idk what i can do to have them stop callibg my work place.

Received 3 calls so far today claiming they are from Citibank and I was approved for a student loan of 10k which I did not apply for and the callers is a foreign sounding male probably from India oh well I hope he enjoys blowing up my phone with calls because I won't be answering they must loan this number out because most of the 2013 posters stated it was bill collector.

I keep getting the same call from these people stating to be Citibank as well. As soon as I said "Not Interested" he just hung up. No thank you for your time or nothing. Big Scam!