610-571-3252

This is yet another in the long list of numbers from "officer so-and-so" who can't speak English and who call to threaten you and say that there is legal action against you. When I call back, there is never an answer. Has anyone ever actually talked to these people? Who are they? The last one actually said "If you don't call me back, only God can help you."

As you correctly surmised, it's a 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 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, 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.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/1-925-262-1327
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

I got a call from this number (610-571-3252). It was the same fellow that called me two days ago from 904-328-3050 threatening that I was going to be arrested if I didnt get this matter taken care of.  Long story short, I spoke with the FBI and they said I would have to report it to the local authorities, which I did, and also the FCC. They also gave me an internet address to report it at also, which i did as well: www.ic3.gov. Its more for internet scams, but has a telephone option too.  I told this person that I reported him to the FBI and told him not to call me anymore. The police told me they need a trace on the call, using *57, in order for me to file a report for harrassment, which is my next plan of action.

I got a call from this 610 571 3252... they are obviously indian usuing american names like shawn carter as one of them told me they said my wife whom they described to me as MY FRIEND took out an internet loan last YEAR in the amount of 350 and that the balance is now 550 to settle " Out of court" and to keep "from going to jail" when they 1st called they left a message saying that a friend of mine has done some crimainal activity and put me down as a guaranteer and that i too was responsible. when i called the number back from my caller i'd once the answering machine picked up there was no prompt saying the name of the company or anything just dead air. that was clue number 1. when i finally spoke to a rep thers only two guys it seems ( the other guy is mike also indian)  every question i asked him he had to put me on hold finally he put shawn carter on he tells me the date of this so called transaction which just so happens to be 5 days after our newborn cam home from the hospital.. during the 1st 2 weeks of my wife being with the baby all she did was go to baby appointments and nurse. SHE NEVER GOT ON THE COMPUTER DURING THAT TIME. these people dont even know she's my wife they keep calling her my friend BOTTOM LINE scam. they called me this morning i said send me something in writing he said make the payment 1st and then u will recieve something in writing ARE U KIDDING ME?? not once had he even asked for my mailing address. I TOLD HIM I KNOW YOUR A SCAM STOP CALLING ME!!

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

I have recieved three calls from 052-556-790, although the "john anderson" says his direct line is 610-886-1206. The first message was informing me that an affidavit was filed against my friend's social security number and I was listed as a reference and before legal procedures and I get in big trouble to call him back on his direct line.  After calling my "friend" (who is actually my daughter) she found this site.  I called back the number and asked for John A. , I was told he would transfer me and asked why i was calling-- i said I was returning his call and did not know what it was about. they wanted to know the number I was calling from. I hung up.  The next two calls repeated the same adding that I was not responding so I obviously was not serious about this matter, so he would be proceding with legal formalities and would see me in the courthouse. Also, repeated that if I did not respond I would be in big trouble.
I am in the process of reporting this to the authoritys-- just wanted to let people know there is another number  to add to list

yes i have actually spoken to them....they claim to be representing netcash on unpaid payday loans and threatened to have me arrested if i did not wire money immediately.i responded by telling them to arrest me so i could sue thier butts

I have received calls from them also and told them "don't ever call this number again" and hung up on them.  When they called back I just hit "dismiss" on my phone and they have not called back since.

Received calls from (904) 410-8370 and (904) 410-8373, Sean Carter, thick Indian accent. Federal Investigation Service,
male, claiming to be with Federal Investigation Service about a pending court case and arrest warrant.  Have a couple of voice messages left if needed.  Have blocked the numbers but he continues trying to scam me.

This is (one of many) criminal extortion scams that have been going on for years. Many are operating overseas and out of the reach of US law enforcement, while others are operating within the confines of prison cells here in the US, using contraband cell phones. Others are using VOIP. Either way, they are able to disguise their identities and locations, making them next to impossible to prosecute. There is NO "company" or "debt" and you will NOT be arrested. They are harvesting victims' personal identifying information and you need to do whatever you can to protect yourself. This includes: Notifying the FTC: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/, placing fraud alerts with all three credit bureaus, notifying your bank and employer and letting these criminals know you are aware they are attempting to extort money for a non-existent debt and have alerted the authorities.