646-461-3892

calls me at work and on my cell tell me if i do not pay i would be arrested.  when i ask for some paper work he got upset started to yell at me and ask me where was i the police would be there in an hour if i did not pay.  i told him i was going to call the police myself and to hold on he hung up.  but before he hung up he old me to go to western union or money gram and to call him when i get there then he would give me the information on how to send it.

Same senario happened to me with the number. Robbie Williams called my house and job telling me i needed to pay or face jail.  Before I was a nurse I was a debt collector and knew the approach and verbage used was crap.  i contacted the FBI and gave them the number and my information for them to research.  these idiots called me on my day off after a double while i was sleeping.  i hope they learn a valuable long lesson.  If we went to jail for debt in this economy... who would be left to work!

I just had the same call and the person had such a heave accent I could barely understand him. He left a very long message on my cell phone.

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
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
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
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.

I just received the same call. David Johnston called me and he hung up on me because I was asking too many questions. I called back and spoke with Robbie Williams and asked him why David hung up on me. He did not give me an asnwer. I told Robbie that I was going to call the local poice myself and have them call him. He said ok.

had robbie williams call here twice for my fiancee. Said we borrowed mone yada yads. before he called off of number6465254064 police were 'supposedly' picking him up at noon a few weeks ago. scariest part is the fact they have our bank information.

im so glad i read this!!

Had 23 calls on my cell, 4 calls at one work number, 14 calls at another work number and 1 call to my mom all on 3/8/10.  When I asked them to send proof of debt they sent me this:

As per the conversation that we had towards a pay day loan resolvemnet this is a notification mail sent to you for the last time towards this issue.This loan was  given through PAY DAY CASH(lendor).The company after making numerous efforts to reach has now decided to persue further legal actions againts you.The totall amount at this moment that includes all the interest,penalty fees and other fees as per the contract is 810 $.After this no more attempts would me made towards resolvements.For resolvement do get back to us within next 24 hours.

 For further queries you can call our hotline number that is 646 461 3892.



Thanks
MICHAEL SINCLAIR
( Accounts Manager)
Pay Day Cash Pvt. Ltd.
P - 646 461 3892
F - 646 607 3355

I responded by sending them this:

This is a formal letter of cease and desist.  

You are hereby formally notified not to contact me at work, cell or any other number.  You are hereby formally notified that you are not to contact anyone who may know me.  You are hereby formally notified all communications must be done through US Postal Service to my home address.

I have discovered that this is a scam and fraud.   I have notified the Oklahoma Attorney General, FDCPA, Better Business Bureau of Oklahoma and New York, Western Union Fraud Division and also my local law enforcement agency.  I have also put a fraud alert on all of my credit bureaus.  (https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/6464613892)

You have not provided me with the documentation I requested so therefore, you can not continue to collect this until you provide me with the original loan documents, you may mail those to my home address by means of the US Postal Service.

If you have any questions, please contact my attorney, Drew Edmondson at 405-521-3921.

Sincerely,


This Michael Sinclairs email address is:  prelitigationservices@gmail.com

I was scared to death yesterday and when I got home I did research and found www.whocallsme.com and found out it was a scam.  

I have talked to Gary Thomas, Eric, Michael Sinclair and they wanted me to send money western union to a Gerry P. Hunt.....no way....Please beware

This person continues to call at work, asking for one of my employees.  When I tell them that this is her place of business and she can not receive personal calls, he says it is a business matter and I must take a message.  The number given me is the same 646-461-3892.  At one point, he was calling so often I hung up on him and he called right back, yelling and irate at me for hanging up on him!  This is ridiculous.

Consumer Alert: Attorney General warns Kansans of debt collection scam

January 29, 2010 -- Attorney General Steve Six is cautioning Kansas consumers about telephone calls from apparent fake debt collectors who are impersonating law enforcement officers in an effort to extort money from consumers.   Consumers are warned to not submit payments to these fraudulent debt collectors.

When calling, the scammers most often state they are attempting to collect a debt related to an internet payday loan obtained by the consumer, but which the consumer never repaid.  Consumers state they have never obtained such a loan or paid off the loan years ago.  The scam artists have most recently identified themselves as ACS, National Affidavit Processing Department and United Financial Crime Division, but may use additional phony names.  It appears the phone numbers used by the scammers are “spoofed” numbers, so that the number appearing on a consumer’s caller ID is not the actual number of where the call originated. It appears the calls in question may be originating from outside the United States.

When questioned, the individual calling refuses to disclose the full name or address of the collection agency they claim to represent.  These scammers have been able to provide consumers with identifying information, such as the consumer’s social security number, home address, e-mail address, names of family members and the consumer’s computer IP address.  Since the callers are able to provide valid personal information, consumers may become confused and believe they are being contacted in regard to a legitimate debt.

If the initial debt collection scam is unsuccessful, consumers have been re-contacted months later with the scammers posing as law enforcement officers or officers of the court.  Typically, the consumer is threatened with arrest for fraud or some other fictitious crime unless the consumer agrees to immediately wire money via Western Union.  The fictitious officers strive to frighten and confuse consumers into compliance by using legal sounding terms such as “We’re filing an affidavit against you” or by stating a lawsuit has been or is in the process of being filed against the consumer.

A hallmark of each scam has been calling consumers repeatedly at their place of employment.  This scam hit home when an employee of the Kansas Attorney General’s Office was repeatedly called both on her cell phone and at work.  Despite the employee’s repeated verbal disputes, the caller refused to provide any identifying information to allow her to send a written dispute. The scammer also continued to call her numerous times a day regarding a payday loan she denied obtaining. Two months later, she was again contacted by telephone by an individual identifying himself as an “officer”.

“I denied owing the debt and refused to pay without being provided validation of the debt. I was then told, ‘If that’s the case, I will have local law enforcement come to your place of business and drag you out kicking and screaming’,” stated the employee.

“It is important for consumers to know their rights under the law,” Attorney General Six said. “If a consumer is receiving calls from a debt collection company and believe it is a scam, I encourage them to contact our office immediately.”

Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), collectors are required to send consumers a written notice within five days of the initial contact.  The notification should contain  information such as the amount of the debt, the name of the creditor to whom the debt is owed and a statement informing the consumer they have thirty days to contact the debtor in writing to dispute the debt or request validation of the debt. In addition, legitimate debt collectors are prohibited by the FDCPA from making false or misleading representations, such as the consumer has committed a crime, implying nonpayment will result in the consumer’s arrest, or using the threat of violence.

More information is available on the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act at http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre27.pdf.

To register a complaint with the Kansas Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division, call 1(800) 432-2310 or visit www.ksag.org.

http://www.ksag.org/page/consumer-alert-attor ... collection-scam

Called me and told me i owed 444.44 can anyone stop them from doing this, i told them that i would deal with the police and the hung up on me,

I just recieved a call at my home, and my job and a call to my sister out of state. So I did a little research on the internet along side with my boss and we read through all the emails that we as consumers wrote. At first I was like what happen.... but when i got a call from my sister and checked with my job they both asked for the officers badge number and the guy wouldnt give it to them. Then both my sister and boss could hardly understand what the guy was saying and just asked to speak with someone who could speak clearly and english he hung up! Everyone please beware of all the unwanted phone calls. And use the internet to do your research. You will find out all you need to know in seconds. Beware!

We received a call at our office today from Alex, who said he was with the Department of Crime Prevention. He was trying to contact one of one of our employees, whom he stated was involved with a legal lawsuit. He had a distinct Indian accent and was a little rude on the call when we began asking for more information. We did not inform the employee and began researching the telephone number and it was just as I had expected.

Scammmmm
Neal Johnson is scam.

I received a phone call yesterday around 2:00 P.M. Stating they were calling from the crime preventive office and that I owe $444.00 to a loan lender back in 2009. He stated his name was Alex and his extension is 162 in I had any questions to give him a phone call regarding my case. I want to know who is it or what going on.

I too received several calls to my home phone and messages were left on my cell phone today.  My mother answered the phone calls at home and said the jerk could barely speak English and was very rude.  She told the caller NOT to call back and he kept calling six more times.  I called the number left on my cell phone and the guy said his name was Robert Smith (not very creative) and he told me he was from The Crime Prevention Unit Office and that if I didn't resolve the matter of owing a cash place money, then an investigator from the police dept. would be over shortly.  I told him that was fine with me since I knew I hadn't done anything wrong.  After the call, I called the cash place where I actually am paying and they gave me the number of Homeland Security and mentioned that the call was a scam.  Homeland Security informed me that this whole thing is considered Identity Theft and to let all of the credit bureaus know what happened.  Also, he mentioned that I should immediately let the bank know.  If you need the number to Homeland Security, it is:  (989) 497-0580.

It is 9:00 am and I have already received 4 calls from these people this morning.  Very heavy Indian accent very hard to understand.  Same way yesterday.  It seems like every 3 - 4 month I get these calls constantly for about a week then it stops for a awhile and then starts up again.  People get a life and a real job.  I will not answer your calls or return your message so stop waiting your time by burning up my phone.  If there was a real legal issue then why haven't I received any information through the mail?????

leave me alone....I don't have time to play games

(Names that have been left on my voicemail: Phillip Brown, Ike Williams - highly unlikely that these are their real names)

I receive phone calls from 646-461-3892 and 917-284-9293 and they claim to be with ACS - Affidavit Consolidation Services....do your reseach....this company does not exist.....

My friend just had a call also from this number asking questions about me and if I didn't call or contact them i wass gonna be arrested but he didn't want to give out any info it just happens to be my friends son is a fbi agent so he's gonna check this crap out

Received calls, lots of them. Scared me half to death. Name was Keith Jordan. Heavy accent. Said I owed them $552. or I was going to jail in 3 days. Called my brother, my previous employer and who knows who all else, telling them I was in serious legal trouble and to get me to call them as soon as possible.

Also connected to annother name Jeffery Morgan at 877-615-0508.

Will report to police and FBI.

Still shaking but now because I am furious.

Margaret....its a scare tactic don't fall for it you cannot be arrested for owing money..when they call you and threaten you just laugh at them that upsets them very much,you see there purpose is to control the phone call and upset you once they know they cant control you they will stop calling you