516-833-3293

I received a call from this number on yesterday, and it was the worst expereince ever! To try & make a long story short, these scam artists have used the same name, such as Officer Norman Smith, Ryan Smith, or Michelle Jones. I gave them no information whatsoever! The call starts of by telling you there is a possible lawsuit against your name and SS#. The guy told me that he was calling on behalf of TJF Corporation. From there, he said that I took a loan of $500 out in January 2008 from Cashnet. I knew nothing of the matter. I went on to tell him that I knew he was recording me, and that I knew this was a scam. He then asked me if I was aware of any company such as Cash Net or Citi Finance. I told him no. He asked me to repeat my statement, and I told him that I wasn't agreeing to do anything until he gave me the information I need so that I can report it to my attorney. He then told me that they would go ahead and file it, and hung up. I have googled this corporation, and found out they have called others under different phone numbers. I have already reported this to the FTC & the FBI. For those of you who have been hit by the same incident, I'd advise you to do the same thing.

I also today, received a call from these fools, They want to continue to harras you but never would they ansewer your questions, I asked them where exactly are they calling from especially when the number comes up as 056, some crazy number whereas they have their number blocked, and I was told the same thing about a lawsuit against me and my ss#, but what you need to realize is they are scam artist, if you owe money or not you don't have to answer to these people, tell them you want what ever they're talking about in writing, but don't give them your address, if they supposely know about you they should have all the information they need. Don't voluteer any information to them.  I always argue with them about my rights as a consumer, I never tell them if I am the person they looking for, all they ask is my relationship, I tell them its none of their business.  After awhile they hang up. I do agree you should report their number and FTC, and the FBI, both have a website. Good Luck,

This is a scam! I have now received 2 phone calls from these scam artists. The first one was to my cell phone about 3 weeks ago, and this morning had a voicemail on my work extension from them as well! The guy can barely speak english, threatening a lawsuit due to 2 unpaid payday loans that I never took out. The 1st call he said he was with Texas Joint Financial and the 2nd call he said he was with National Affadavit Processing center. This morning I called them back and told them I know it is a scam and that it is being reported to the FBI and he started yelling back " No, YOU A SCAM!" lol!! Like he was 2 yrs old. I then told them to learn some english and hung up. I have since reported this to the FBI and suggest you do the same. They seem to be getting desperate- changing their call back numbers and supposed company names.

Same thing happened to me. Check out all the articles written on ripoff report.com. Here is the link: http://www.ripoffreport.com/searchresults.asp?&q5=&searchtype=0&q1=ALL&q3=&q2=&q7=&q4=&q6=acs%20debt&start=0.

How do we catch these people?

calls and says they have a lawsuit against my ss#.  also has called relatives and my employer. calls sometimes 3-4 times in a row.  i have not talked to them....

I just received a call this morning in regards to the same of the above saying that he was from National Averdavid Processing Division and from TJF.  He said I was on a recorded line and I didn't give any information anyway and he said that he was going to transfer the call to his supervisor and funny enough it was him who pretended to be the supervisory.  I informed him that I was not providing any information and if it is so important mail it to me.  I told him that Iwould be getting a lawyer and he said that a lawyer would not help.  I just disconnected the call.  He said his name was Kenn Murthy....

The same thing has been happening to me. They say they need my ss# and something about a illegal dispute. I can hardly understand what their saying. They don't speak good english at all. But I contacted the FBI and i recommend it to anyone else that's going through this too.

I just got a call today saying the samething to me with the same response. I asked who was the client they were representing and because I wanted to speak to them directly.  They connected me to another area then this person said that they couldn't give me any information as to where the funds were deposited to because my account was now with the legal department.  I  spoke to the legal department and Mr. Murphy.  He couldn't give me the name of the client or the date that the supposed deposit was.  I told Mr. Murphy that I would be contacting Attorney Richard Blumenthal regarding this case.  They had numerous numbers:
516-833-3293 (legal dept)
323-928-4377 (Mr. Fox or Mr. Johnson)
5-248-0189 (first call)

I have receive several threathening call at my home and at work from a Shelly Brown and Keith Simms. Threathening me with a law suit in regards to a payday loan call Quick Cash...I told him that i will folowing up on this with my attorney and he then became very rude and started yelling stating he is coming to get me. and that he going to get me fired.

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-714-333-2981

This is just another one of hundreds (and perhaps even thousands) of numbers these overseas payday loan debt collection scammers are calling from:

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-9141:

It's a scam, and all their threats are false and illegal.  The bottom line is, these are criminals trying to steal consumers' money.

Here are a few news reports and government advisories warning consumers about this scam:

ABC News:  http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1
West Virginia Attorney General:  http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm
WTAE TV4, Pittsburgh:  http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/call4action/17285785/detail.html
Florida Commissioner of Consumer Services:  http://www.800helpfla.com/newsletter/2008/092008.html

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 gobbylgook 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, Christian Nicholas & Associates, US Federal Bank, Sonic Bank, Hopkins Law Office, CashNet, 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.)

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 (
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.naag.org

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/1-336-553-3965
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-909-6789
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/1-310-909-8245
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

...and, many, MANY more.

Started receiving these calls about 2 months ago and finally started getting really rude with them... Tired of them calling... Now they are calling from a new number... So watch out for this number also 424-571-9735