415-373-5242

I called this number and I was told it is a law firm

I received a call form this number and that stated that I was being charged with a crime of fraud and when I asked for more information from them they were quick to state that they we not at liberty to discuss the details of the crime, only that I frauded some company named InstaCash and the amount with legal fees was $545.37, they were based in Irvine. I did a reverse number check and it belongs to a landline in San Francisco, and I will be placing a complaint with the Attorney Generals office.

Also they will call from another number 714-006-6000. That number when called back will not go thru, you will get a busy singal.

I just received a call from this number 4153735242, they left a message on my work voicemail.  Told me if I didn't call, they wished me good luck.

I received 6 missed calls from 714-006-6000. Then my boss called me from work and told that this person named John was harassing the pharmacy trying to reach me. They left a number. I called them back and told them not to contact me. I am going to report them to the attorney general's office and they called my work 6 times in a half hour today. They also called my cell phone 7 times in a half hour. They left me a message that I was going to suffer the concquences. What ever that means.

i just got this call saying i owe money 2 and i dont they threatened me with jail

I received a call today from the same 714-006-6000 at my work. it was a guy named George Miller who claims to be a lawyer with the Mcgoogan law firm. (we actually called the mcgoogan law firm and he is not associated with them.) I was threatened with jail time and that my kids would be taken away because of check fraud and a payday loan i never repaid...funny I haven't had a payday loan. George had me call him back at 415-373-5242. I did a reverse call lookup and it is a landline phone that is a private number..(why would a lawyer want a privet number?) I will be contacting the attorney general and I recommend anyone who receives this call watch you id, he had my social #. this is a major scam..especially around tax time. I will also be talking to a lawyer about him defrauding me.. i recommend the same for everyone else..lets stop this jerk!!!!

this number keeps calling me and I have yet 2 anwser...should I or should I just keep ignoring it?

I have receive @ least a dozen calls from this number in last few mintues...i never anwsered but looked up the number right away and found this...should I anwser the call or call them back?

I have received several calls from this number also.  If they are really attorneys than why do they call your home before 8:00 am.  That is against the law and shouldn't an attorney know that.  Why would they call you at 7:30 am and threaten you with legal action and jail, if they were for real, the law is no collection calls before 8:00 am and none after 9:00pm. I am so mad right now that I have told these people off when they called my home and my cell phone.  I am so sick of people scamming people.  I am getting in touch with my local police and my attorney general.  Dont let these people get away with this!

LONG RUNNING AND KNOWN SCAM - ALL OVER INTERNET AND NEWS


Fake Debt Collectors – Terrorizing Consumers

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1


MORE ON FAKE DEBT COLLECTORS
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-9141
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/call4action/17285785/detail.html
http://www.800helpfla.com/newsletter/2008/092008.html

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2010/01/ks_debt_collection.html   latest release of information on this scam

http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm
Attorney General Darrell McGraw took the extraordinary step today of warning the public about a band of scam artists making threats to consumers who allegedly obtained Internet payday loans in West Virginia and across the nation. The consumers they threaten never obtained a loan at all or paid it off years ago.

Internet payday loans are short-term loans or cash advances, usually for 14 days, made over the Internet via interactive web sites and secured by an agreement authorizing debits of the loan and all fees owed from the consumer’s checking account. These loans typically charge interest rates ranging from 600-800 APR and are unlawful in West Virginia.

The scam artists, who speak English with a foreign accent, call themselves “U.S. National Bank,” “Federal Investigation Bureau,” “United Legal Processing” and numerous other phony names. They refuse to disclose real names and addresses and are believed to be operating “off the grid” from homes, automobiles, or from off shore locations or foreign countries, including India. Since the scammers have kept themselves purposely well hidden, thus far no law enforcement agencies have succeeded in locating or shutting them down.

The scammers typically pose as law enforcement officers, investigators, lawyers, and bankers and threaten consumers that they will be arrested for “bank fraud” or other fictitious crimes unless money is wired immediately. They simultaneously scare and confuse consumers by using meaningless legalese gobbledygook phrases such as, “We are downloading warrants against you” or “We are filing an affidavit against you.” Consumers who don’t immediately fall for the scam are warned, “Only God can help you now.”

The scammers almost always call consumers at work several times a day, and tell their supervisors, “Your employee has committed fraud and is about to be arrested.” Such threats have proven unsettling even to the most savvy consumers and employers who suspect the calls are fraudulent.

Attorney General McGraw stated, “Ordinarily my office protects consumers from fraudulent activities by seeking injunctions in court. But legal action cannot be taken until the scam artists can be located. Even then, it is unlikely that the persons behind the fraudulent calls and extortionist threats would obey a court order. In this case, the consumer’s best defense is to be armed with the knowledge of the scam so that all demands for money can be resisted, despite the false but scarey threats of arrest.”

McGraw added, “Because the fraudsters make a special point of calling consumers repeatedly at work, employers must understand that the consumers are innocent victims of a criminal enterprise and cannot stop the calls from coming. I also wish to assure the citizens of West Virginia that my office will continue to do everything possible to locate and shut down the outlaw debt collectors.”

More information about this fraudulent debt collection scheme is available at the Attorney General’s website, www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam. Any consumers who have been threatened by these persons or wish to file a complaint about another consumer matter may do so by calling the Consumer Protection Hot Line, 1-800-368-8808, or by obtaining a complaint form from the Attorney General’s web site.

It's a debt collection scam. And all their threats are false and illegal.
This is a very active group of scammers, many of whom are calling from India (and probably other countries) and are in cahoots with a group of American pay day loan scammers. They attempt to extort money from consumers with a myriad of false and illegal threats, and alternately pose as debt collectors, federal and state law enforcement officers, lawyers and bankers. Their trademark is to use meaningless legalese gobblygook phrases like "We are downloading warrants against you" or "We are filing an affidavit against you." Another trademark phrase is to threaten the consumer with something like this ridiculous phrase: "If you don't pay then only God can help you."
Typical of many financial scams of this variety, they usually demand payment via Western Union or MoneyGram or credit card. They use any number of phony names such as US National Bank, Federal Investigation Bureau, US Legal Investigation Bureau, Hopkins Law Office, United Legal Processing, Morgan Associates, United Pay Services, National Processing, White Collar Crime Unit and many more.  These criminals also use many phone numbers from many area codes; they're probably using caller-id spoofing software and/or VoIP to disguise their real location.
The main thing to remember is that anytime someone calls you demanding money to prevent your arrest, or demanding your lawyer's name so they can sue you, it is ALWAYS a scam. No debt collector (let alone criminals posing as debt collectors) has 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.  (Debt is a civil, not a criminal, matter.)
The bottom line is, these are criminals trying to steal your money.
A consumer posting a complaint about these same scammers at https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-718-831-7157 notes that 718-831-7157 is associated with an India-based "outsourcing" telephone bank.  Though a reverse search on WhitePages.com shows that 718-831-7157 is an unlisted land line in New York City, information on Debtbuyers.Com shows that that number is used by India-based Intellisourze. (Source: http://www.debtbuyers.com/debtbuyers.asp ) My guess is that it's a VoIP phone number.
This is another piece of the puzzle that fits in perfectly with other information about this scam. There are some reports on 800Notes that have suggested that the crooks behind this offshore scam are also the crooks behind the notorious Bass/Ellis Crosby & Assoc./States Predisposition scams in Florida and Georgia. The interesting thing is that the number of complaints on here about the US National Bank/US Legal Investigation/Federal Investigation scam skyrocketed *after* April 7, 2008 when Florida obtained a $1.3 million judgment against Ted Ellis Crosby, shutdown his operations and barred him from ever conducting debt collections in Florida (Read http://myfloridalegal.com/newsrel.nsf/newsrel ... 5257424005858A6 ) There's certainly a good chance that the crooks placing these calls from India are doing so on behalf of the American crooks behind the Crosby/Bass/States Predisposition scams.
Here's the contact information for the phone bank in India:
IntellisOurzE BPO
701, Sapphier, Nr. Cargo Motors,
C.G. Road Navrangpura,
Ahmedabad - 9. (Guj.) INDIA.
E-Mail: info@intellisourze.com
Website: www.intellisourze.com 
A check on the domain name "intellisourze.com" shows that the website and name registration was created on May 8, just one month *after* the Crosby scams were shut down in Florida:
Domain Name: INTELLISOURZE.COM
Registrant:  Pragra Infratech Pvt. Limited.
Email:  ankur.ranpariya@pragra.com  
908, Aksaht Tower, Nr. ICICI Bank
Opp. Rajpath Club, S.G. Highway
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India 380054
Tel. +91.7926871353
Creation Date: 08-May-2008
Expiration Date: 08-May-2009
Domain servers in listed order: ns5.znetindia.com ns4.znetindia.com
(Source: http://whois.domaintools.com/intellisourze.com )
Though scam calls from these crooks have been going on long before May 8, the frequency of complaints about these calls increased considerably after Crosby was shut down in early April.
This is conjecture, but appearances suggest that Crosby and company were originally running a two-pronged payday loan scam operation -- with some calls being made from Jacksonville, Florida and other calls being made from a phone bank in India (and possibly other countries); then, after the Florida Attorney General shut down the Crosby scams in Florida, the Crosby crooks transferred most of their scam efforts to the India phone bank.

If you are targeted by these criminals, be sure to report them to all the following federal and state law enforcement agencies (most of which you can do online or over the phone):
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 if the crooks claim to be law enforcement or lawyers, officers of the court or bankers, be sure to include that information in your report.
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.wvago.gov
5.    File a complaint online with The Federal Trade Commission at https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en
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 it's 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
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/1-904-425-2863
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-718-831-7157
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-2857
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-858-244-0444
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-954-678-9724
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-610-571-3252
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-310-909-8245
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-310-499-9983


Scam alert: Bogus debt collectors
By Leslie McFadden • Bankrate.com
Monday, Aug. 3
Posted 2 p.m.
Bankrate reporter Leslie McFadden contributed this entry.
This scam isn't technically about credit cards, but it is scary enough to post a warning. The Better Business Bureau issued an alert today saying consumers across the country are getting phone calls from bogus debt collectors claiming default on a payday loan. Of course, the consumer needs to pay a large fee to avoid arrest -- as much as $1,000.
The caller poses as a lawyer, and may threaten extradition to face trial if the consumer doesn't pay up immediately.
What makes these calls alarming -- and perhaps convincing -- is that the perpetrators reference the consumer's personal information, such as the person's Social Security number, driver's license number, previous bank account numbers, home address -- even personal references.
"The amount of information they have is really troubling," says BBB spokeswoman Alison Southwick. She adds that the amount of data points to a possible security breach.
Spread the word to your friends and family: Don't give out personal or financial information to an unknown caller. Scammers can spoof Caller ID to display different numbers, so trust your instincts over technology.
The BBB offers these tips:
•    Ask the debt collector to provide official documentation which substantiates the debt.
•    Do not provide or confirm any bank account, credit card or other personal information over the phone until you have confirmed the legitimacy of the call.
•    File a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission online if the caller is abusive, uses threats or otherwise violates federal telemarketing laws or the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
•    File a complaint with the Better Business Bureau online if you believe a debt collector is trying to scam you.

Thank you for the information, they just called me 2 more times, I told them again to stop calling, they really disgust me. It is a shame that my kids have to hear me telling someone off over the phone and have to know that I am being threatened like that.

I received a call from this number, it was a guy named David Cooper (hard to say with the accent) he asked that I call him back at 415-373-5242 on a time sensitive matter  and stated if my attorney or I did not return his call he wished me good luck as the situation unfolds and God Bless. I returned his call and was threatened with jail time and that I would be served at my work and sent to California to face charges of check fraud for payday loan I never repaid. (Not True) I asked for more information from him. He was quick to state that he was not at liberty to discuss the details of the crime, only that I defrauded some company he would not give the specific company. He said the parent company is named InstaCash.I did a reverse number check and it belongs to a landline in San Francisco that is a private number. (Why would a lawyer want a privet number?) I will be contacting the attorney general and I will be placing a complaint, I recommend anyone who receives this call watch your ID, he had my social number and my banks name. I am closing my account there and contacting The FTC. Also contacting the credit reporting bureaus this is a major scam. I am talking to a lawyer about him defrauding me. I recommend the same for everyone else. Let’s stop this jerk!

I received a call from this number twice on my cell and once at my work.  This guys knows my ss#, drivers license number, old bank account information, where I work, etc.  I was told that I had three charges filed against me and that I needed to appear in court within two days.  I was also told that I needed to contact my parole officer.  WTF, I don't have a parole officer and never obtained a payday loan from this place called Instacash USA.

We recived a call a week ago stating that we owed money and that if we dont call back than god bless us threw the procedings. We called back and John Conner  said that we commited a crime and he will see us in cort or will have us in jail. We traced the numbers and one is disconnected and the other is to a home in San Fran. Today they are calling again and we told them that we have informed the police and the fbi and he is now treating us and that we will be investigated. This guy has been calling over and over again.

i received the same calls. they tell me that i am going to be investigated for fraud if i do not send them money. the guy that called said his name was david conner and he was an attorney. he started calling at 7:30 in the morning and when i would answer no one was there. i would call back and he changed his voice. i finally told him that i have an attorney and to stop calling

caller identified himself as David Cooper.Wanting me to pay $745.37 for a payday loan that I don't have.

I just received a call from that number and they told me the exact samething....what is this all about??

First of all, this scam would be hilarious if it was not for the fact that these low lifes had my SSN & that I was affiliated with the Army (retired actually).

Caller ID showed 714-006-6000 & left a message very similar to ONEEYES's posting.  The message left the name of Julian Ross, but I briefly spoke with a Dan Wilson @ 415-373-5242. He told me to listen & not interrupt him.  I had two days to appear in criminal court in California.  I can't repeat what I suggested he do with his threat!!

I don't know what disturbs me more . . . the personal info these jerks have or the insult to my intelligence about my supposedly committing fraud, etc.  

Good luck to everyone!

I received the same call from 1-415-373-5242 from a David Cooper. They had my ssn number and my e-mail address. He began reading something and asked me not to interupt him. He said I committed 3 felonies by obtaining a pay day advance on-line, however I have not obtained a pay day loan. Once I became resistent he said he would see me in court in California and he hung up the phone. They have called back at least 5 times since then.