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Has anyone received a call from these people?  I do not know who it is or what they want.  On the Caller ID it states IP Communications.  I think the IP stands for Internet Protocol.  I don't want to call these people back if it is going to direct me to some foreign country and charge me a arm and a leg or both of my arms and my legs.  So if anyone out there knows who these people please let me know.
Thanks

Yes, I received a call from them and the caller spoke with a very heavy foreign accent and claimed his name was "Robert Moyer" and that he was calling from the United States Crime Investigation Dept. located at "Bel----something St. I couldn't understand the rest, Boston, Maine 77033".  Hellooooo...there is no Boston, Maine and 77033 zip code is in Texas.  FRAUD! FRAUD! FRAUD!

I just got a call from them as well this is a HUGE scam. DOnt give them any information just listen for the most part and you can file a claim with the BBB.

Here is some helpful information that i have received:

I have recieved the following helpful information and wanted to pass it along:

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation’s consumer protection agency, enforces the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), which prohibits debt collectors from using abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices to collect from you. The more ludicrous a debt collection call seems - the more likely that it may be fraud or a scam.

A few of our clients have received calls from companies, such as The Department of Crime Prevention, U.S. National Bank, Affidavit Collection Services (ACS), Federal Investigation Bureau and United Legal Processing, who claim to be collecting payment on behalf of their lenders.  Many of these fraudulent companies acquire personal information through the internet and use fear based tactics and false threats to force people to pay them.  It is important to know that you cannot be arrested or taken to jail for not paying your payday loans.

Some of the clues to know that these calls are not legit are as follows:
The representatives speak with very thick Indian accents.
The representatives speak very broken English.
The call comes from untraceable phone numbers (000 for example)
Refuse to provide pertinent information about their company.
Refuse to provide a statement confirming your loan or information about the loan.
The Loan is probably one you don't ever remember getting.
They will call obsessively and well beyond the point of harassment at your home or your work.

Nothing that they say is true.  They will claim that you will go to jail, that they will come to arrest you at your work or your home, and other such viscious nonsense if you do not pay them money by a certain time.  If what they say seems really outrageous and exceptionally scary - chances are they are the scam company.  A lot of times you'll hear the foreign accent with a very "normal" name like John Smith or Michael Jordan and there will be many voices in the background like they are calling from a call center.

Under no circumstances should you provide these companies with your payment information.

If you are suspicious about a call you receive do not hesitate to request the companies information and a statement confirming your loan.  All companies running a legitimate operation will not hesitate to provide you with their information and a statement confirming your loan.

You may be asking what we can do to stop these calls.  Unfortunately, the answer is basically nothing.  We have called these numbers many times for our clients and it has not stopped the calls. They are just trying to steal money from you and they will not stop until they get you to give in.

The best advice that I can give you regarding that is you talk to the person on the phone and just tell them that you know they are a fraud company, they will not get any money from you, that you are recording this conversation and will use anything that they say against them so they might as well stop calling you.  This has been going on for months and the callers are calling from India - there is nothing that the FBI can even do to stop it.  What I've discovered from talking to clients who interact with these people is that, if they know they are getting to you, they'll continue to call you.  Most clients who speak calmly to them and just tell them that they won't be giving them any money have had the calls decrease or stop completely.

Below are some articles related to these scams. This is especially helpful to share with your supervisors at work if these calls begin to happen on the job.

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1
http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/call4action/17285785/detail.html
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2010/01/ks_debt_collection.html

It's funny, but I kept saying FU scammer, over and over, lol.  he actually yelled "I am not a scammer and hung up on me" Todays call from this number is the 1st one in a month for me.  It's actually kind of fun to get these guys to lose it and scream.   :)