214-245-0943

Caller claims to be from Us National Bank in reference to a pay day loan that was never taken out.  Has a Indian accent.  Keeps calling my job and threating to send me to jail.  My boss told him not to call anymore and I have told him also not to call.  He calls with differnet names Jimme Cliff, Ron Collins and Harley Brown.  Deep accent can hardly understand him.  Who can you report these people to?

As you probably already guessed, it's a scam. There is no US National Bank and, most likely, this is the same group of foreign scammers who use caller ID spoofing software or VoIP to disguise where they're really located.  One thing it remember is that anytime someone calls you demanding money to prevent your arrest, it is ALWAYS a scam. No debt collector (let alone criminals posing as debt collectors) have the authority to have anyone arrested for anything. (And it's illegal to them to threaten such a thing.) These scammers also routinely impersonate FBI agents, police and other law enforcement officials, which, obviously, is illegal as well. (Besides, law enforcement officers aren't in the business of debt collection.)

The bottom line is, these are criminals trying to steal your money.

You and your boss have done the right thing by telling them not to call again. In addition to that, I suggest you do all of the following (most of which you do online):

1) The U.S. Secret Service is responsible for protecting the country's financial infrastructure and payment systems from international and domestic threats. Call or write your local Secret Service field office to alert them to the details of this attempted extortion. The addresses and phone numbers for the local Secret Service field offices are listed at http://www.secretservice.gov/field_offices.shtml or in your phone book.

2) Alert the FBI at https://tips.fbi.gov  Be sure to tell the FBI that you are being targeted by extortionists over the phone and give them all the details.

3) File a complaint with your local police. Most police departments will take a report over the phone.  Be sure to tell them that you're being targeted by an extortionist and give them all the details.

4) These criminals used a Texas phone number to call you, so file a complaint with the Texas Attorney General at http://www.oag.state.tx.us/consumer/complain.shtml 

5) File a complaint your state's attorney general, the contact information for whom is at www.naag.org

6) File a complaint online with The Federal Trade Commission at https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01

If these crooks call back, promise them nothing, pay them nothing and tell them nothing other than that you know they're a scam and that you've reported them to law enforcement. (And be sure to report them to all the agencies above each time they call you.)

Hope this helps.

i received the same phone call too on wednesday he say his name is john oconnor he ket calling my work and after i ask him for the bank info and the phone he hung up on my face

I have received phone calls telling me they are with the While Collar Crime Unit and they say I owe money to US National Bank. I was so frightened I went to an attorney and had him call. He told me he thought it was a scam but I got another call and it scared me again. I just received another call from this guy saying his name was John or Don Rogers and to call him or suffer what is soon to fall upon me. His number was 214-245-0943. They call me at work.  What is this and how do you stop these people? Something needs to be done.

Caller said his name was either John or Don Rogers and to call him at his direct humber which is above. Said to not ignore this call. If I did, he said to wish me luck for all the bad things that will fall upon me. He has an Indian accent. However, this is not the first person to call me. I've had a woman call and another man. Don't have their names with me right now.

Got called back again. Three times in one day. Can't someone do something or locate these people? Threatening to have you arrested at work is very scary. And once again, they never tell you who they are with or give you an address. Who would pay something over the phone without proof of debt? However some would because they scare the heck out of you by saying they are charging you with fraud and they have an email address on me.

Many of these kind of scam calls come from outside the United States. That's why it's important to report them to the Secret Service, the FBI and the other law enforcement agencies listed in my message above from May 16.

File reports every time the scammers call you. And try telling them that you know they're a criminal scam and that you've reported them to law enforcement.

The main thing to remember is that these crooks aren't arresting anyone. They're not even in America and, even if they were, debt collectors can't arrest anyone for anything and law enforcement officers aren't in the business of debt collections.  There's nothing to be scared about; annoyed, yes, but not scared. Just ignore their ridiculous threats and report them to law enforcement.

By the way, here's just a small sample of numbers that this particular group of scammers call under. Read the reports and you'll see the same pattern time and again -- thick foreigner accents, oddly worded, non-sensical threats of arrest, fake names like US National Bank, US Legal Investigation Bureau, Hopkins Law Firm, etc.

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-925-262-1327
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-678-954-6346
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-341-4004
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-856-831-0640
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-949-743-1140
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-410-505-8128
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-917-464-2534
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-210-858-6602
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-775-2121

That's precisely what these crooks are trying to do -- scare you into giving them your money.  So don't be scared.  The best course of action is ignoring their ridiculous false threats and reporting them to the federal and state law enforcement officials listed in my message above. I'm sure your attorney would agree. (By the way, that moronic "call us or suffer what is soon to fall upon you" line is very typical of this crooked operation; they use similar lines that that all time. Another such line they use is "call us back or only God can save you from what is about to happen." lol! These foreign criminals apparently have seen way too many old, melodramatic movies and think people in America talk that way.)

If these crooks call you again, tell them that they are not getting any money from you, that you know they're a scam and that you've reported them to law enforcement.

And for your information, see my message below with 800Notes.com links to other reports about these very same group of criminals.

I recieved a call todat from this number. stating I owe money to a internet payday loan. which I  did but have paid. I asked for proof by mail of validation of the loan, they will not give it to me. state I am trying to avoid paying them and they are sending someone to my work to arrest me. States money owed to us national bank, payday loan co. was TJG. When i asked for their address on phone number they said I was being rude and avoiding them and hung up

I've recieve this same call at my place of employment there's Kevin,and Don Rogers all have that same accent can't   understand them. They told me there company's name was FCD Finicial Crime Division. Things started feeling really fishy with me because in 05 I did recieve a payday advance I paid all my fee's and I've called to verifity with the company as well.    The company stated you owe us nothing. So this Kevin call's me harrassing me to pay this down payment. My concerns was what am I paying for which they don't give you the information. So this morning I got up looked up FCD and this came up with Secret Services so of course I got scared and then I call Our local office and spoke to one of the field officers I explained every thing and he stated this is not us calling you we aren't coming to your job he stated it seems like scam so after that conversation I call this attoney and spoke to Laura she look the phone up for me and I saw were not just me but alot of people are being scam. How are they getting our information. I also reported this to my local police department and they stated if you recieve the call again don't say anything just hang up the phone and continue to do that until they see they don't have a fool don't lead into anything hang up. After several of these call they will move unto some one else.

I've received several calls from 214-245-0943. Caller was male, with an Indian accent. Stated he didn't know what happened to me, and I would be facing an embarrassing situation if I didn't handle this legal matter immediately. This person calls my work number at least 3 times a day leaving the same message. He never directly said that I'd be arrested. He didn't state where he was calling from or who he represents. That's why I thought to look up this number and see if it is a scam. Looks like I'm not the only one targeted. It does seem odd someone would call threatening legal action if I didn't return their phone call.

I got a calls from this same exact number a couple weeks ago and it scared the mess otu of me, no I do not want to be arrested at my job and it did sound kind of strange that it was happening.  The thing that got me is that when you call the number back they just say hello instead of saying the name of the business, the name they told me for the company was IBM based in Palm Coast , FL.  should I just ignore this or follow through with the payments.

See my message above from May 16.

this is a total scam, I got the same type calls, they couldnt tell me who the loan was from, but that I owed $4786 , then he said wait I have another call, he said that was the lead attorney and he is willing to settle for $2579.   Payments Weekely of 985.  I told him I would call him back. I called the FBI office here, it is a scam, they cant do that.......dont give them the benefit, hang up on them.

They called me today threating me and wouldn't give me any info but the scary thing is they had my SSN# I told them I was recording our conversition and it didn't stop them from threating me with jail and they wanted $800.00 I wish they could hunt these people down and lock them  up forever

I made the mistake of calling this number to see if anyone actually answered. Well I called from my cell phone without blocking my number first. STUPID ME!! Now they called me back, and I hit ignore. Now I just gave them my cell number. GREAT!

I decided to give them a dose of their own medicine. I called them about 10 times in a row and hanging up in their face. He finally said "quit calling here!" Now he's calling me again. LOL Stupid!! My voicemail just said "you are calling 214-245-0943, do not ever call here again." HAHAHA [***].

I keep getting pestering calls from the same Indian accent dude(s) looking for someone named Rick Webb (not my name) just about daily.  I googled it real quick and saw that it was a scam and tried to play along with them just to mess with them back and they just ended up hanging up on me.  I would then call them back and demand to know who they are, telling them that I am Rick Webb of course, and they threatened me with arrest at my place of work, etc.  Total scam!! I ended up telling them that I knew it was a scam and that I was reporting them to the authorities so we'll se if they keep calling.  Jerks.

I just received a call from this number again at work. I answered the phone and recognized his voice so I hung up on him. He called back twice and left a message. He said "you just hung up on me, you don't know who the hell I am. You just wait until tomorrow morning you will be sorry." He then read off my SSN and my place of employment. He read it in such a manner that you can tell he was reading from a script. He also said you just wait, I'm going to call your manager right now. Why can't they just leave me alone?