214-723-5572

some phsyco called me with and indian accent saying that i am under arrest for som leagl matter would not say what hang up on me calling me names had my personal info ss# address and acalled my business

I had the same incident, the guy had an Indian or Arabic accent stating my son's name, ss#, and address saying that he had some legal issues and wanted him to call him back at this number.  He said his name was Office Sean Michaels. He didn't even know how to pronounce the state name correctly.

I HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM. THIS MAN CALLS MY JOB EVERYDAY. HE HAS AN INDIAN ACCENT, DOESN'T SPEAK ENGLISH VERY. HE IS VERY RUDE. I HAVE ASKED FOR SOMETHING IN WRITING, BUT HE TALKS OVER ME AND THEN HE HANGS UP THE PHONE. HE HAS MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AS WELL. I NEED TO KNOW WHAT I NEED TO DO TO GET STOP THIS PERSON FROM CALLINH ME. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP? THE NUMBER THAT HE CALLS FROM IS 2142450943.

This guy loves to call and issue hollow threats, he called me and once i called him back all he does is scream and then hangs up.  I verified he is not with Dallas PD.  If this guy gets on the phone with you he will not talk, just yell.  Call him every so often try to talk to him, HE WONT.  Also, his number is a cell #.  I intend to keep calling him till he tells me what he wants.  I am on medical leave for a few more weeks, so i have plenty of free time.  If anyone else gets a # for him post here.  Have a great day!

Ignore their threats; it's a scam aimed at stealing your money.

This is a very active group of overseas scammers who attempt to extort money from Americans with a myriad of false and illegal threats. They alternately pose as debt collectors, federal and state law enforcement officers, lawyers and bankers. They use any number of phony names such as US National Bank, US Legal Investigation Bureau, Hopkins Law Office, Morgan Associates, White Collar Crime Unit and many more.  These crooks also use caller-id spoofing software and/or VoIP to disguise their real location and to make it appear that they are calling from American area codes.

One thing to 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.) And since these foreign dirtbags routinely impersonate law enforcement, it's also important to remember that American law enforcement officers aren't in the business of debt collection.

The bottom line is, these are criminals trying to steal your money. I suggest you do all the following (most of which you can 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) File a complaint your state's attorney general, the contact information for whom is at www.naag.org

5) 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.)

By the way, here's just a small sample of numbers used by this particular group of scammers. Read the reports and you'll see the same pattern time and again -- phony organization names, thick foreign accents, and oddly worded threats that are so melodramatic and ridiculous that they're laughable:

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
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-949-743-1156

Hope this helps.

This number is from a cash advanced. they called me today and said the same thing. they cant arrest you but if you took out a cash advance online or any other kind of debt you owe this is how they received your number

Very rude. called my work three times. its from a cash advance i took out and haven't been able to pay back. they cant arrest you for it though. but if this number is calling you. Thats most likely what it is.

I received today a call from the Officer Shawn Michael. It was the same as I have read, he knew my SS#, where I worked and everything, so at first I thought he was legite and then as we progressed in the call, I really became susspicious cause on one hand he's telling me that this company was just notifying me that they were taking me to court then he tells me that they want to make a settlement. I did make a payday loan on line and one company just disappered and stopped taking money out of my account, so after several attempts to try and contact them I figured they would eventually call me. It clinched it for me that something was up when I called him back and requested something in writing. At first he told me he was just going to tell them I wasn't interested in settling this and to pursue legal recourse then I get a call back from another guy, also with an Indian accent saying he is the representative of MW Marketing and he will tell "Mr." Michaels to email me the agreement. Well I got the email and there's no contact information, no business name, it was something someone just typed up. So I emailed him back and told him I appreciate him emailing me however I did some research and did not like what I found on the internet and was going to investigate it further before I paid any money to anyone. I told him I was going to seek legal council and since Monday was a holiday, I would call him back on Tuesday. He told me the person I needed to pay was the manager for MW Marketing, by the name of Paresh Choithani in Union City New Jersey. I don't know, but I am going to do some more research.

I was wondering what the company name was you took the cash advance out with. I just got my call at work today. The guy had such a thick Indian accent he was hard to understand.

Trust me these guys are not Police Officers.  I have researched them fully and they are located in Dallas, TX.  They also use cell phones.  The best thing to do is call the local office of the FBI and report them for extorsion.  I have learned that if you call him and ask him what PD he works for he gets very irrate and will hang up on you.  Also, he seems to be a FLO-RIDA fan, if you listen to his voice mail.

Thanks Brian. That makes me feel better. My husband is a deputy here in Palm Beach so I picked up on that right away, but the Payday loan I made that the company folded up on was a year ago, so I thought well maybe...but things he was saying just did not make any sense to me. And when I started researching it online and found all this, I knew that this was bogus.

I did call him back and ask him what department he worked for and he did just that, he hung up.

Then when this guy called me from "MW Marketing" identifying himself as the supervisor, well needless to say, I stopped right there.

I did't even get a voice mail when I called back, I got this load music like his cell phone went on in his car and he didn't know it.

I'm going to speak with my husband tonight on this for sure. I've got all my notes I made during the phone call today and the email they sent as well as my response to them.

I cant remember the name of the company i did the pay day loan through. i have it written down some where but can you please write me with the results and what you had to do? i would love to get this taken care of but i dont feel comfortable giving someone i cannot understand for the life of me my debt card information. I gave him my cell phone number and hes already left three messages on it even though i told him i didn't get off until 4 (i live in FL).

That's really stange, where do you live in Florida cause that's where I live. Don't need your address or anything, but I find it strange that you and I both received a call from these fools today.

In the morning i had an call from someone stating that if i am interested to buy some products but i was in sleep & he again & again he was trying to sell that thing & earn the money. So i think he was from some marketing bussiness.But i am really frustrated by getting this type of call.

Joe, was it from the same number as we have reported? That is really something. I want to keep the police informed about what I find out. Did the guy sound Indian? Have a heavy accent?

Hey
Im in jacksonville FL. in found notes from another web site. i googled MW marketing like in your prevoius notes and it says it's from Mid land marketing. a loan company that closed.I did take a loan out through them and when i tried to pay it back i couldnt find the # again, or information on the company and now im getting this call. He hasnt called me since friday but i know he will tommorw. im not sure what to do?

See my message above from May 22 for information.

I'm curious if anyone has received any other calls. I remembered something last year that happened to me, and I think these guys burned me last year.

Yeah i had someone call me with this same situation different name and number in September and i paid the full amount. now im not sure that i should have.

Yes. Others have received these calls:

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
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-949-743-1156
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-245-1402
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-245-0922
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-214-723-5572
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-310-499-9983