3852223771

Thanks and I will be calling them tomorrow.

Got a call from 385-222-3771.  Same stuff as all these posts.  Beware of these payday loan companies.  Most of them are not very honest, they will sell your info to scammers like this.  Even if you do not eventually agree to the loan, or paid it back in full, they have your info before you agree to the "loan", so you are screwed.  If they claimed to be Barns & Thornburg, call the real Barns & Thornburg main Indiana number and report the incident.  They are trying to catch this guy and were very helpful

Got two calls in a row fromthis company this morning threatening legal action. I have received several simialr calls in the last few weeks from various numbers and companies with the same threat. Pay up on a payday laon (I have none) or go to jail. I know this is a scam and I know a legit company would sen me something in writing. I dont answer calls from numbers I do not know and I no longer call back.

This  below article was posted today on yahoo about debt collection scams. (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/feds-millions-t ... -130032235.html)

A Georgia firm called millions of consumers attempting to collect on "phantom" debts, and tricked consumers by citing personal information purchased from payday loan lead generators, federal investigators allege.

A lawsuit against Universal Debt and Payment solutions and a host of related companies was revealed Wednesday, alleging the firm's tactics included purchasing personal information from data brokers that operators could use to convince victims to pay debt they didn't owe. Agents would use names like "LRS Litigation Group," "Worldwide Requisitions," and "Arbitration Resolution," and tell consumers they risked jail time if they didn't pay immediately. The claims were bolstered by operators' citing personal information, including bank account numbers, the CFPB alleges, that had originally been obtained by payday loan lead generation websites and sold to data brokers.

"Our lawsuit asserts that consumers were harassed, threatened, and deceived as part of a reprehensible scheme to collect debt that was not even owed," said CFPB Director Richard Cordray. "We are taking action against the many parties that allegedly contributed to this phantom debt collection operation. The ringleaders of the scheme, the telemarketing company that broadcast millions of robo-calls, and the companies that processed the payments should all be held accountable for taking advantage of vulnerable consumers."

In one example cited in the lawsuit, a consumer complained that he received a threatening call while he was asleep.

"The caller stated that he had a 'restraining order against (the consumer) to appear in court if I didn't settle with them.' The caller said the consumer had 24 hours to pay $500 on a $1,600 debt to Bank of America, or the collector would 'contact (the consumer's) employer to levy (his) wage, and they were also contacting the local police to serve papers,'" the lawsuit alleges. "According to the complaint, because he was scared, the consumer provided his bank card information. After making the payment, the consumer's wife informed him that they had never done business with Bank of America."

A phone call to the number listed for Universal Debt was answered by a man who said he was sick and was unable to answer questions about the lawsuit. Asked if he had a lawyer, he said he couldn't afford one.

The CFPB lawsuit also names several service providers, including Global Payments, which processed the debt collector's credit card payments.

"Payment processors provided substantial assistance … enabling the Debt Collectors to accept payment by consumers' bank cards when the Payment Processors knew, or should have known, that the Debt Collectors were engaged in unlawful conduct," the CFPB alleges.

The firm did not immediately respond to requests for interview.

The CFPB also named Global Connect, LLC in the lawsuit for enabling the debt collectors to initiate millions of calls.

"(It) provided this service when it knew, or should have known, that the messages it broadcast for the Debt Collectors were unfair or deceptive, and materially contributed to the Debt Collectors' scheme," the lawsuit says.

Global Connect did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The alleged scheme plays on a common problem — consumers who don't know if a debt collection call is legitimate. If you're worried about whether you have any debts haunting you, you can check your free annual credit reports for collection accounts. And if you want to see how a collection account can hurt your credit, you can check two of your credit scores for free on Credit.com.

Same here.  Two calls so far, this time i got the Dan guy.  Says I received a 2k payday loan wire transfered to my account in March 2012.  Last 4 of my soc, my old bank account, now closed.  I did not rec any such loan.  Calling the lawyers they say they're from.

Its a total scam.  They are trying to get you to settle on a payday loan from 2011. Criminals

I got the same message from the same number. Scam.

I got the same message from the same number. Scam.

I got the same message from the same number. Scam.

They keep calling and i'm not answering!! Thank all you guys for the information on these scammers!! i have filed a complaint with the FTC. Hopefully they will stop!! People need to get a life!!! They calling from all different types of numbers!!

They are now calling under the name of Rudman and Dowd Litigation.  This is a scam.

They called my home phone  and said that they are from the division of pre trial processing and that there are 2 allegations to be filed against my daughter and they will be actively pursuing my place of business and residence. And once they find me I give up the right to try to settle.  They mumbled "Barnes Thornburg Associates

Follow up  We called and were told it was a Payday Loan collection. We never used Payday Loans ever. Looked up Barnes Thornburg online They are a REAL company but their front page says beware fraudulent phone calls and they NEVER solicit over the phone  http://www.btlaw.com/

This is one of THREE numbers using similar message and same name

Total scam.  These are white collar criminal spoofing Barns Thornburg which is a legitimate firm.  Ignore them and block their calls.

They are basically debt scammers.  Ignore them and block their calls.

They are not Barnes & Thornburg LLP  Barnes & Thornburg LLP is a legitimate big-time law firm and lobbying company.  The people calling are debt  scammers spoofing their name.  Barnes etc has a warning on their site.

See:  http://www.btlaw.com/

Fraudulent Solicitation
Scam Notice
Barnes & Thornburg LLP urges consumers to avoid fraudulent money collection scams using the Barnes & Thornburg name or names similar to it. Barnes & Thornburg LLP is a law firm, it is not a collection agency and it does not directly contact consumer debtors demanding immediate payment of money. Any such uses of the name, or names similar to, “Barnes & Thornburg” in this setting are unauthorized and fraudulent. Consumer debtors who receive these calls should exercise extreme caution and seek their own legal advice or contact law enforcement.

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP  is a big-time law firm and lobbying  company. It is totally legitimate.

I received a call from this number with a request to speak to my daughter. I told the caller she didn't live here. He gave me a "case number" and said this was a legal matter requiring immediate action. I provided my daughter's address (which he already had), and told him to remove my number from his call list. He told me he would continue to call every day until I gave my daughter his message. I told him that she was a grown woman and that I was not responsible for her business matters. I suggested that if they had her address they should just serve her. He told me to quit being a "b----h". I'm thinking that this is some predatory collection agency. He would not tell me the name of the company but his name is Bryan Cook. He also said that I must have done a terrible job raising her, since she owed someone money. He stated that  this was the problem with society today.

Received call from this number. Googled it SCAM