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i have also been called with the same exact phrases....three counts of criminal charges, you will be in jail in 48 hours, payday advance, us bank, etc...i was absolutely livid. they also called my grandparents. The FBI told me they coouldnt help because it was over the phone. The FTC said it would go in a database. The local police said they would look into it. i told the creep on the phone i know they are scammers, and everyone knows about them. He seemed very angry, and he didnt want to answer me when i asked if he was in nigeria. Another thing, everyone needs to get Life Lock. It is legit and it protects you for a million dollars. Also, get spyware on your computer and run it very often. i dont understand how i was targeted. I never had a loan from such a company. He only had old info on me too. Does anyone know how they get our info? off of our credit report?

I'm surprised an FBI agent told you that considering that wire fraud (which includes the telephone) is a federal crime. I know that other people have contacted the FBI about these crooks and have had a more receptive attitude. It just seems that whether the FBI gives a darn or not depends on who at the FBI gets the initial complaint.  The luck of the draw, so to speak.  You may also want to give the Secret Service a heads-up; see my message earlier in this thread for a link.

By the way, the best spyware security software that I've found is totally free to download and update:  Spybot Search & Destroy -- http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

they called SSA headqrts looking for me.  spoke to employee here and employee have me the vmail.  I called to see what this is about and indian guy - could not pronounce the company name they work for and asked for my SSN to look up my file. they also asked for my address and cell #.

I just hung up and search the web for scam on this phone number and ended up here.

I can't be certain, but the way they got me is I had defaulted on a payday loan.  There is a database of people that defaulted on payday loans (can even have been years ago). This company is using that database as a lead generator.

I just sent an email to this company in India.  Thank you for giving us their website.  I told them that the FBI, CIA and the Secret Service are working together investigating them and that every time they call me I was told to report it to the agent (I even gave his name) with the SS, he can keep the other agencies apprised of what these scam artists are doing so they can stop them.

SAME PEOPLE NOW CALLING FROM 949-682-0309. SAME SCENARIO, SAME THREATS. USING NAMES JAMES MATTHEWS, JAMES CAMERON, RONNIE GOFF, AND PETE STARKS. AND YES , WHAT THEY HAD MATHCES WHAT I HAD 2 YEARS AGO

ABC News just did an investigative piece on this particular scam operation. Here's the report:  http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1

ABC News just did an investigative piece on this particular scam operation. Here's the report:  http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1

Is anyone going to provide ABC News with some more info? Just curious. My theory on this is that we don't want to overtly alert these people that they are being investigated, correct? Just wondering what thoughts are on this. But then again I think that they must be working in some way that keeps them from being caught, and that is how they are getting away with this. But it's got to be only a matte of time...

I can tell you guys this much. I got the furthest with the FTC and the Secret Service, but you have to avoid the terminology "identity theft" for anyone to listen to you and take a report. And if the screener that answers the phone at your local Secret Service office tells you that it has to be a loss in excess of $10K, tell them this is already being investigated by other Secret Service offices and if that doesn't work, call another office. I had to call three before I got through to an agent. Then when you get an agent on the phone, lead them to this website for starters. This is important because I think this is bigger than we know or most of us realize so don't give up. We have to stop these people.

FYI...the Attorney General of West Virginia recently issued a press release warning consumers of this debt collection scam. Here's the weblink:  http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm

FYI...the Attorney General of West Virginia recently issued a press release warning consumers of this debt collection scam. Here's the weblink:  http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm

These calls are bogus!!!! Do not fall for people calling from the above number somehow they got your information off of the internet and they willt try to use it against you.

Thank you Bob.  I just posted my rant.

File a criminal complaint.  In CA harrassing phone calls is ILLEGAL.  You're lucky you only got two calls a day...I got TWENTY!

I so sorry to hear they upset you that much Jennifer.  After reading all of these similar stories, I'm hoping to start a major crusade against these losers.  They would not leave me alone until I made a police report for harrassing phone calls and the officer called the number and told them in no uncertain terms to leave me alone.  I am not through with these jerks yet.