678-954-6346

A Ron Collins calls and says that he will have you arrested if you do not call back and when i did speak with him he asked for my SS # and when I would not give it to him he said they he was going to have be arrested and hung up on me..I do beleive that this guy is not real as he could not tell me the company he was from or why he was calling

Person called and demanded SSN.  Called every filthy name under the sun.  Said I would go to jail.

Caller would not identify what company he worked for nor what the business was he was calling reguarding. He basically was trying to verify my personal information such as name and social security number. He insisted that I would be arrested within 24 hours and to be ready they were sending a police officer over right away. I in turn called the local authorities who arrived and explained that there was no reason for them to arrest me and that it was a basic identity theft case. BE CAREFUL!!!

We just got a nasty message from some guy saying I am going to jail and told us that he is a police officer.  We are calling the authories and tracking the phone number to an Atlanta Georgia address.  I suggest everyone else does the same thing.. he has people's personal information.

This is a CRIMINAL operation going by the name of "United Legal Investigations" as well as:

"United Federal Bank"
"States Predisposition Services"
"Bass & Associates"
"Impact Business Marketing"
"Ellis Crosby & Associates"
"Jackson Phillips & Associates"
and many others.

Bill McCollum, the Florida AG, has just successfully obtained a $1.3 million dollar judgment against Ellis Crosby and a permanent injunction barring him from doing debt collections in his State again:

Florida AG Wins $1.3 million Judgment Against Debt Collector
April 8, 2008

A state attorney general wins a $1.3 million judgment from a Jacksonville collection agency on a suit filed in 2005.

The Florida state attorney general announced Monday that his office had obtained a $1.3 million judgment against a Jacksonville debt collection agency stemming from a suit the office filed in mid-2005.

Attorney General Bill McCollum said that Duval Circuit Court Judge L. Haldane Taylor ordered collection agency Ellis Crosby & Associates – and its owner Ted Ellis Crosby – to pay some $1.3 million in restitution and civil penalties for what the judge called the willful violation of Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Business Practices Act and Florida’s Consumer Collections Practices Act. Judge Taylor also placed a permanent injunction on Crosby that will prevent him and his company from engaging in debt collection activities in the state.

Under the judgment, the company will pay $388,000 in restitution, $700,000 in fines and $253,000 in fees and investigative costs.

McCollum’s predecessor, current Florida governor Charlie Crist, filed the suit against Crosby and his company in August 2005. Since the original suit, the Florida AG’s office has hit a number of Jacksonville-area collection agencies with lawsuits (“Florida AG Keeps Hitting Jacksonville Collectors,” Dec. 12, 2007). McCollum became the state’s AG in early 2007, winning election in 2006.  

McCollum said that testimony from victims and witnesses revealed that Crosby and company used tactics such as posing as law enforcement officers, threatening seizure of property, and even threatening bodily harm. More than 380 consumers filed complaints against the firm with the AG’s office.

“This case should put similar operations on notice that the penalties for such deceptive business practices can be very costly,” said McCollum in a statement. “Florida authorities will not tolerate unscrupulous individuals who victimize our citizens in potentially difficult financial situations.”

http://www.insidearm.com/go/arm-news/florida- ... -debt-collector

http://myfloridalegal.com/newsrel.nsf/newsrel ... 5257424005858A6

Go to the Florida AG's website and file a complaint:

http://myfloridalegal.com/contact.nsf/contact?Open&Section=Attorney_General

Do not answer the call from Ron Collins from United Legal Dept...it is fraud...it's a scam..they are trying to get your social and all your information it's identity theft...please don't answer they will ask you to send a payment of $500 by Visa credit card...

Caller Ron stated that he would have me arrested in twenty-four hours if I didnt call him back I didnt sounded shady and had strong accent I didnt understand him.

A man with a very strong accent called stating he was Officer Ron Collins and needed to speak with a manager. I told him there was no manager in my office and he asked again for a manager concerning a coworker. It was hard to understand and he said something about our company has been named in a lawsuit, something about the State's Attorney and my coworker would go to jail. He hung up on me so I called the number back just to see what the 'greeting' was when they answer the phone, it was this same 'Ron Collins' and he yelled what do you want! I hung up and we looked the number up online. This guy is a [***]!

Good Morning

I also recieved a call from Ron Collins, I am tring to find a common link how did he my bank info. I bank a wamu , I was wondering if this could be the connection.

Patricia

It's a scam, and most likely calling from offshore.  You may want to report this call to the following:

1) Your state's attorney general, the contact information for whom is at www.naag.org

2) The FBI at https://tips.fbi.gov

3) The Federal Trade Commission at https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01

If this foreign dirtbag calls again, just tell him that you've reported him to federal and state law enforcement. He'll yell and scream and threaten; it's all hot air. Just laugh at him, and report him to law enforcement everytime he calls.

On April 24 a Ron Collins called my job and stated that he was from United Legal Investigators.  He new my Social Security Number and banking information.  When I started asking him what the phone call was in reference to,he said that I was a criminal and that I would be going to jail in 24 hours. He said get of the phone you B...H and put your manager on the phone.  I again asked him what he wanted to know from me because he ask to speak directly to me. This Ron Collins called me and [***] and hung up the phone. Calling me back at work 5 more times so I ask my manager to talk to him and he used profanity with him and wanted him to also verify  SS number.

See my message above for information on reporting these criminals to federal and state law enforcement.

Got a voicemail at work from someone with a very, VERY thick foreign accent.  Said it was urgent and if not call back was made, I would be arrested.  Sounds like a scam.  I called Crime Stoppers in Atlanta.  I suggest that if anyone else gets a call from them to contact the local authorities.

I recieved a call today at work from a man claiming to be a legal investigator named Erin Carter.  This guy new my email address my ss# and my last address, scary huh? He said I took a loan out online and that I commited bank fraud and if I didn't pay up I was going to get arrested.  This [***] can't even speak english, wtf? Who do I contact to solve this problem?

First of all, contact the FTC and file a complaint:

https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup

They have violated at least two sections of the FDCPA, by threatening to have you arrested and by claiming that you committed "bank fraud".

If that doesn't work, file a complaint with your State's Attorney General's Office.

we have had these people calling for a long time! and they have been calling from california and now from atlanta and jacksonville and i would love to know the atlanta address you have!!!! you can email me at brianhocutt@bellsouth.net! thanks so much!!!!!

we have been getting the same calls they have now put our 14 month old daughter in this and are making sexual comments towards her to my husband well as you know he is very pissed! we have an active case against these people and are trying to get these [***] off the street if you have ANY information that could help us get these [***]!!! please we need to get these people off the street!! we can be reached at 919-801-2975

It's a scam. There is no "US National Bank" or "US Legal Investigators". This is the same group of foreign scammers who use caller ID spoofing software or VoIP to disguise where they're really located. They also use many other fake names such as National Crime Division, Financial Crime Division, United Federal Bank, US Legal Investigation Bureau, Hopkins Law Office and Morgan Associates, just to name a few.

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. The interesting thing is that the number of complaints on here about the US National Bank/US Legal Investigation scam skyrocketed *after* 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 )

One thing for everyone to remember is that anytime someone calls you demanding money to prevent your arrest, it is ALWAYS a scam. No debt collector (let alone criminals posing as debt collectors) have the authority to have anyone arrested for anything. (And it's illegal to them to threaten such a thing.) These same scammers also routinely impersonate bankers, lawyers, FBI agents, police and other law enforcement officials, which, obviously, is illegal as well. (Besides, law enforcement officers aren't in the business of debt collection, and debt is a civil matter, not criminal.)

The bottom line is, these are criminals trying to steal your money. I suggest you do all the following (most of which you can do online):

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 give them all the details.

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://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01

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 again and again -- phony organization names, thick foreign accents, and oddly worded false 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

The link above to the Florida Attorney general press release was truncated. Here's the corrected link: http://myfloridalegal.com/newsrel.nsf/newsrel ... 5257424005858A6

yeah we know it a scam we are trying to STOP them!!!! any information from anyone will be great! there are going to be detectives looking at these pages! we gave them the web sites so make sure you post on here what all has happened to you so they can help us stop these people!!!!