6314564041
Country: USA
631 area code:
New York (Babylon, Brentwood, Brookhaven)
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- Tina from Michigan| 2 repliesI keep getting the same calls from the same number, It IS a fraud...heavy thick accent. Calls me at work cell phone....demanding money for a fake loan. I just cuss them out and hang up.
- Caller: Law office of Shawn Woods
- Call type: Debt collector
- lamet replies to AnonPROTECT YOURSELF! IMPORTANT INFORMATION YOU MUST READ – HOW THE SCAM WORKS AND WHAT AGENCIES TO REPORT THEM TO
LONG RUNNING AND KNOWN SCAM – ALL OVER INTERNET AND NEWS FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS NOW
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
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/1-888-771-9249 Scammer posting here as GARY and GARRY JONES
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-860-4509 Scammer posting here as Mike Henderson
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-212-500-0839 Scammer posting here as Ricky
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-201-244-7722 Scammer posting as Carole, David Brown and Amanda
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-626-200-4646 Scammer false postings at this new number as silshan kanniue and Tina – preparing a new number to use.
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-424-354-4270 Scammer false postings as Rose
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-785-4479 Scammer posting as Robert
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-909-327-4870 Scammer false postings as Marry
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-646-274-1143 Scammer false postings as Karen Miller, Chichi and Tom Little
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-561-300-8018 Scammer false postings as Marco Polo (real original)
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-226-7488 Scammer false postings as SAM, David S
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-706-7463 Scammer false postings as George
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-209-349-7382 Scammer false postings as Towanda Robinson, Shannon Walsh, Jack Dawson and Cynthia
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-760-514-0132 scammer false postings as Suzy01, Johanna Hall, Cindie McMellon, Michael Dublin, Mark Williams, Carol and Rio (800notes removed some of the scammers posts because the all came from the SAME IP ADDRESS)
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-209-797-2212 scammer false posting as Jaison Connar
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-707-401-4056 Scammer false posting as John Carner, KSR
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-650-241-4604 Scammer false postings as jhon and Kevin
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-708-401-0535 Scammer false posting here as JHON
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-518-212-0219 Scammer false posting as Prince Christian, Arpit
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-718-705-8669 Scammer false postings as Alicia
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-707-633-2789 Scammer false postings as Rojer, Minni, Rhone, Smith and Lisa – preparing a new number to use to steal money
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. - marthajane| 2 repliesI don't owe anyone anything. Yet I was told by a male person with a thick Indian accent that he was calling from the law office of Shawn Woods because I had failed to pay some debt. It is a scam and no one should respond to these calls.
- Caller: Law office of Shawn Woods
- Roc| 1 replyOk folks... these people again are calling my phone number at work everyday 6 if not 10 times everyday. I have already posted about them 6/15/10. I have had enough of these felons !!!!! I'm now sitting and waiting with all my goods ready and the tread of the phone call and to hear a voice and I have decided after 5 years (which I have pledged never to harm other living things as a white witch)! Now I have a spell to cast sent to me by a real coven that sends back evil deeds 10x10x10x10 and so on, a KARMA spell ! In other words I have found a spell that will not harm me nor my KARMA finally for bringing harm onto another. This acts out on those that with intent to harm other living things and humans for personal gain ... this will reflect there evil deeds back on them 10 x 10x 10 and so on. So it is up to the dirty deed doer to change his/her ways or their lives and all like them near by will be a living hell until they see there ways and do no harm to others ever again! It not only sends back karma but attaches a dark shadow onto them which feeds on this type of meat/soul which it would have done anyway if deeds are not corrected that are evil . It is Soooooooooooooooooooooo powerful and potent ! I feel the talisman vibrating with anticipation and such hunger I can barely touch it! This karma spell can cross oceans and even follow one pass this life. So if any white witches are out there ready this please join in and lets not only get the caller but the entire bee hive with thier queen bee's as well. Evil never wins it turns on its self in the end and eats and devours its own self in time.... lets push the clock ahead!
- Caller: Attorney Shawn Woods inc
- Call type: Debt collector
- lonecub replies to AnonI am just wondering which Payday Loan site you used? I got a call from this number today. I have been getting calls like these for months.
- Sandorgold88Just put the number on your reject list and file a complain @your local police station. If he is stupid enough to leave a message save it
- Sandorgold88Now it is a new ph#:559-853-1529 Do not answer or give personal info
- Sam| 1 replyI have been receiving phone calls from this group since late April / early May of 2010. There is a good chance that they also attempted to contact me roughly two years ago before I entered into Chapter 7 Bankruptcy protection, as I faintly remember hearing the same script more or less.
As others have stated, the callers are difficult to understand. Generally speaking their command of the English language is quite poor and their accents are hard to follow. At times they will get certain words or phrases mixed up. It would be funny if it wasn't for the fact that they had:
a) Your SSN
b) Your home address
c) Your work address
d) Your banking info
e) Names, numbers and potentially the addresses of "references"
f) A complete and total lack of ethics and a basic understanding of the FDCPA.
I have personally filed reports with the following agencies, often with limited (if any) success:
Local Police
my state's Attorney General's office
FTC
FBI
Secret Service
Generally the local police won't be able to help much. The callers are using a combination of prepaid cell phones and VoIP, making them difficult to trace. Also at their disposal are various spoofing tactics being implemented to catch people off guard - meaning the number that appears on your Caller ID isn't the number that is calling you for starters. Without gaining a subpoena for the billing information for the numbers in question, the local police won't be able to get very far.
My state's Attorney General's office couldn't offer much assistance either. I received a form letter in the mail that my complaint was received and I would be contacted if they needed additional info. It was more or less the same information I obtained from the FTC. They each advised me not to give the individuals over the phone any account information or to authorize payment. That's just common sense, though.
I never got anything from the FBI, either. There is a good chance that since I haven't suffered a monetary loss that my concerns are low on the totem pole. I hate to say this, but that is truly the case. Unless you were in the hole for a $1,000 (or more) you aren't going to get much more than "sorry to hear about your situation, change your phone number and move on". I seemed to get some activity from the Secret Service. I spoke with agent Doug Zloto. (Google him, referencing threads like these plus his name and you'll find his number also) He seemed to care a bit more than the average person, but after giving him access to my Google Voice account, there has been no further activity from him that I'm aware of.
In the meantime I changed the wireless number the fraudsters had access to, they have no direct way to get a hold of me. (Calls at work have ceased for some reason) That in turn resulted in my "references" getting phone calls from the crooks. Here is a word of caution for women that have been getting these calls - don't say anything and just hang up. The callers are quite abusive towards women callers. Why? Possibly the culture. If they are Indian / Pakistani, women are second class citizens there. You will be treated like garbage. This happened to a family member when she was trying her best to be extremely nice over the phone.
The callers currently attempt to reach me through the female family member and an unused Google Voice number that they managed to find of mine. I keep the Google Voice number open because, well, I can't delete it yet. So, about every day, 4-5 times a day for the last week, I get voice messages from them. It's usually just two full messages though - the other calls are broken up with static or they are attempts to read the script until the callers then screw up. Really, they are that adamant on getting the script 100% that they will hang up mid-sentence and call back 30 seconds later.
At this point it's a stalemate with these people.
1) While they have the lion's share of information on us, they can't really do anything with this information.
Why? Think about it.
If they were to ever take funds out of your account without authorization, it's fraud and worse (for them) it is traceable. That's why they won't do anything with your information, contrary to threats they make. The money from your account has to go somewhere, and either your bank or a law enforcement agency can determine where the money was routed. As a bank customer you are protected - you'd get the stolen money back in your account after 7-10 business days and the bank would be temporarily out the funds deducted from your account while they conducted their investigation. The bank, along with law enforcement, would track down the fraudsters and apprehend them. The fraudsters do not want to incur the wrath of a bank, just extort money out of you. Remember that.
Your authorization would absolve the bank from any and all liability, leaving you holding the bag. Never give them authorization for anything - for all you know the call is recorded.
2) We have no information on them.
Seriously, this has been going on at least since 2008, possibly longer than that based on some accounts. (6 years??? Holy crap!) You would think someone would have slipped up by now. Sadly, they haven't. We can continue to grow our own intel on them and compile lists of aliases and phone numbers used, along with paraphrases of scripts used in order to educate other victims. I'm actually putting together a site now in the meantime where I'll host audio files and lists of previous numbers used. 800notes.com is great, but no two calls are exactly the same. It would be nice to have a site dedicated to the scam and how it works.
So that's where I am with these calls. I have suffered no monetary loss, though I have been harassed both at home and at work. They threaten me with arrest and other "fun" things in order to get me convinced I have to pay them. My friends and family have been targeted and local and federal law enforcement agencies haven't been able to put a stop to things. So, it is what it is. I am out a wireless phone number I had for roughly six years, which is terrible since I was using that line when looking for a new job.
Whenever I'm bored I spoof my number using Google Voice and return the calls. I've called them the poster children for birth control, etc. Basically a lot of nasty things that I'm sure the moderators here wouldn't appreciate me repeating - bottom line nothing nice. I always like to close saying their parents must be real proud knowing their sons weren't man enough to get real jobs. That usually gets a decent response.
Way I see it - they can't do anything to me. (Despite a threat yesterday that my life would be f'ed up) They can threaten all they want but my credit is frozen and my bank information has changed. I've changed the only number they could really access me directly on and I've instructed my employer and family to not answer the calls. I just call and harass them now when I find a few extra seconds. What's the worst they can do to me? Charge me with harassment?
Nope, then they would have to identify themselves.- Caller: Just a bunch of habba dabbas
- Call type: Debt collector
- SamOh, and don't bother contacting Cashnet USA about the calls. Their "fraud" department could honestly care less. Their "investigation" is merely a means of buerocratic CYA. I would even be surprised at this point if actual law enforcement is involved in any shape, way or form at this time.
There is a good chance that the information these crooks have on us was obtained from Cashnet USA - either from a database leak or from a collector that was once authorized by Cashnet to call on delinquent customers. The other chance is they have access to Teletrack, and pulled all of our information off of there.- Caller: Habba Dabba
- Call type: Debt collector
- Know your rightsFor more information on this scheme and how to protect yourself, visit:
http://habbadabbacalls.yolasite.com/
I started that page to document the scam and help people defend themselves against the callers.- Caller: Habba Dabbas!!! Illegal Collectors!!
- Call type: Debt collector
- amandaMy husband has been getting calls regarding his friend. we are guessing they stole something where w references as the are good friends. after researching i called them back and they said we needed to give the name and number they provided to our friend. i asked where they were calling from what legal office and where? they told me shawn woods new york. i told them i would not pass on the info as i knew it was a scam. she ( an indian woman with a thick accent) told us it was very important legal matter. i told her im not passing anything along as i knew it was a scam and that they were full of crap. she got defensive and said i needed to tell my husnad to tell my friend to call. once again i told her no its not going to happen. and hung up. i called back and i think got the same woman she was very rude and i told her to take us off her calling list. she said that it was a legal matter and she cant do that . i told her she needed to or i will take legal action as this is harassment and crap. she said u do that u go ahead and call some one and hung up one me. this is all fake and no one should fall for it. our friend had this happen to them before and it was out of california last time. i even went to the bar association which on their website they claim to be apart of and when u search their name nothing comes up. i then googled new york lawyers and and they are not listedl. if u got to their websit they dont even put new york in 2 words its spelled "Newyork" everytime except for the address. also when i our message machine tells you where they call from the number wasnt even the same area code. its all a scam!
- Call type: Debt collector
- amandaMy husband has been getting calls regarding his friend. we are guessing they stole something where w references as the are good friends. after researching i called them back and they said we needed to give the name and number they provided to our friend. i asked where they were calling from what legal office and where? they told me shawn woods new york. i told them i would not pass on the info as i knew it was a scam. she ( an indian woman with a thick accent) told us it was very important legal matter. i told her im not passing anything along as i knew it was a scam and that they were full of crap. she got defensive and said i needed to tell my husnad to tell my friend to call. once again i told her no its not going to happen. and hung up. i called back and i think got the same woman she was very rude and i told her to take us off her calling list. she said that it was a legal matter and she cant do that . i told her she needed to or i will take legal action as this is harassment and crap. she said u do that u go ahead and call some one and hung up one me. this is all fake and no one should fall for it. our friend had this happen to them before and it was out of california last time. i even went to the bar association which on their website they claim to be apart of and when u search their name nothing comes up. i then googled new york lawyers and and they are not listedl. if u got to their websit they dont even put new york in 2 words its spelled "Newyork" everytime except for the address. also when i our message machine tells you where they call from the number wasnt even the same area code. its all a scam!
- Call type: Debt collector
- Sacs JohnI dont know why they report it as scam,i had taken a loan from internet site worth 300$,but faild to pay it.if u consider late payment charges,it would com around $600,bt they made it in 425$,thanks to restitution officer dwayne &attorney shawn woods
- Caller: Law office of shawn woods
- Call type: Debt collector
- DaveHey "Sacs John"
Nice try, why not use your real name, Habib, perhaps?
Too bad your spelling, punctuation and character spacing makes it obvious that you are in fact one of the scammers that everyone on this site is complaining about.
http://lawofficeofshawnwoods.com
101 New York Ave #204 Halesite, NY 11743 Phone: 631-456-4041
"Attorney Shawn Woods" yaaaaa, not so much.
I looked on the New York State Unified Court System which is the regulatory entity for attorneys in New York but to my surprise no Shawn Woods. Oh ya I went ahead and sent a hyperlink of your bogus law firm site to them, so hopefully your web host Lucnet Infotech will be getting a subpoena in a few days.
http://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/attorney/AttorneySearch
Imagine my surprise when I traced the office phone number back to a cell provider in Brentwood NY, so I had to drive over to the address only to find no such numeric on New York Ave. Turns out 101 would be the parking lot of the Prime Restaurant, so I grabbed a bite.
101 New York Ave
It looks the more information that gets out here on you scammers, the harder you are going to have to work for the pittance you are able to con out of the non-informed victims.- Caller: http://lawofficeofshawnwoods.com
- RocReading all posts above...Damn! they always use cash net usa ...once they called me and didnt know how much I owed they said or with who. Again these people got $1200.00 out of my OLD bamk account and have me on a SUCKER list and I had the bank after them, 5 years ago, looks like still nothing ... They called my work again today and seem to always do each month around the 1st of each month. This scam maybe India based or USA.
Over the last 5 years or so they always have different names and companies but all that speak your sure your in India, bad English ! Another thing they have in common they will not FAX nor MAIL you proof of this bill...why, because then it would be breaking the law with the US postal (mail fraud)! They do not want that because then the USA government would be on there India [***]!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got a blow horn and am waiting for the next call, brains will be on the floor with whats left of there ear after the spell !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Again am awaiting to Hex that bee hive with a MEAT HUNGRY Karma spell but need to hear the callers voice! (10x10x10x10x10 you Fing jail birds)! Oh yeah you MF's also did collect more than I need in a coven at this time... We all want your black tasty souls as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yummy yum for the tummy! I know you read these because of your past comments.... I'm waiting be sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo careful who you call, never know whats on the other end WAITING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!- Caller: no mess
- Call type: Debt collector
- RocI must add to the scammers that read our e-mails here, pass the word... Somehow you got my mothers phone number. She just the day before was released out of Urgent care with 3 strokes the eve before... this I PROMISE YOU! I WANT YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BAD I CAN TASTE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That spell will be cast on you. 10x10x10x10x10, all I need is a voice to thread it back to you all, call again please, please... this spell is from a Black witch coven not WHITE! Your souls will be dragged to a karma HELL... this is REAL! You will pay now ...not after your death! So will anyone connected to you/your Evil deeds, co-workers, and friends and FAMILY and yet to be FAMILY! You think prison was bad.... that was a small taste , very small taste !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Death and your soul is forever and so is this Demon attached spirit.... enjoy ! Please call?
- Caller: 631-456-4041
- Know your rightsAll the information the habba dabbas have on you was obtained from an application you filled out online. There is a strong possiblity that it was for a payday loan, although some suggest they never applied for one directly.
On most applications, you will provide the lenders with the following bits of information:
a) Name, address and phone number
b) Social Security Number, Driver's License
c) Banking Info - Name of institution and account #'s
d) Employment information
e) References - names and phone numbers they will use first when skiptracing if you default
You have already willingly provided this information out to a third-party, so there isn't a whole lot that you can do to undo what has been done. What you need to focus on now is cutting your losses.
1) Freeze your credit file - $10 fee with each of the three credit bureaus. If you file a report with the police for indentity theft, you can have this charged waved.
2) Close the old accounts the scammers reference and open new ones.
3) Change your phone number
Visit my site http://habbadabbacalls.yolasite.com/ for more information about the scam and other ways to protect yourself.- Caller: Habba Dabba
- Call type: Debt collector
- statute is up replies to ElzeothisI would look up your state's statute of limitations on collecting on defunct payday loans. For Texas, it is four years...you are stating yours is five years old or older. If the statute of limitations is up it doesn't matter what they say, they cannot do anything to you.
- DonnaI received a call from this number today and I ask him ,Truy Wikson, for the address where I could send the money ( which I ahve no intention of doing !! ) and he wouldn't give me an address unless I gave him the specific date I was sending the money order. I have been getting these calls for months now and they are even calling my friend on her cell phone looking for me. I told this guy today I had saved all the messages that he and the others have left me and had turned them over to the local police and the FBI and told him to stop harrassing me or I will file charges against them. I'm sure it won't stop them but am very tired of this. Also, the numbers they call from are from over seas as they are very long numbers, but to call them back is a US number. I think that is strange also.
- Caller: Working for Pay Day loans
- Call type: Debt collector
- Know your rights@Donna
1) They *are not* working for payday lenders. They are a group rougue collectors that have unparalled access to a specific group's private information.
2) They will *never* provide you with an actual physical address to send payments to. Adding the US Postal Service into their scheme was never their intention. That could ultimately jack up the charges against them and allow other federal agencies to jump into the investigation. They will ask you to write up a document with the information they require to do an ACH debit from your checking account and fax it to them.
*Never* fax them anything.
3) The best way to stop the calls is to change your number.
a) Sign up for Google Voice. (It's free)
b) Call the habba dabbas (that's my term of endearment for these fraudsters) from your Google Voice line and be sure to identify yourself when they ask. When you call from that number, they won't know who you are. At some point after they have started their script about needing your attorney's information hang up. They will update their records with the Google Voice number - don't explicity ask that they do this.
c) Call your phone company and change your phone number.
**Warning** Your references on your loan application will be called - tell them to change their numbers or disregard the calls.
d) Turn off Google Voice - make all calls go straight to voicemail and turn off any and all notifications. (E-mail, text, etc)
Now the phone calls have been effectively stopped. You can check voice mails on the Google Voice line from time to time to see how often the habba dabbas call.
You still need to:
1) Put a freeze on your credit file with all three bureaus
2) Change your banking information
After those steps have been completed, you are now free from their reign of terror.
You can always e-mail tarak.thakarar@gmail.com and tell him that his buddies are still scamming you if the calls continue beyond several weeks.- Caller: Habba Dabba
- Call type: Debt collector
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