714-408-4296

saying i owe some money from a payday loan

They too tried contacting me at work and also my cell phone number... harassing me every day... but they also said my social security number on my voicemail on my cell phone.  Is this a legitamate collection agency?

they called me last night told them my lawyer would be in contact with them but when i called them today they kept hangin up on me and would not give me any info on it i kept calling back they just kept hangin up and then told me not to call there anymore my lawyer is going to contact them to find out if it is real or not

They called my last night on my personal cell phone and left a message on my work phone number.  They claimed that I was being charged with some sort of "cyber crime".  Unfortunately, he was hard to understand through his accent and bad phone connection.  After I started asking which law enforcement agency was involved, they got very defensive and claimed that they weren't affliated with any police department.  I informed them that I personally work with my local law enforcement agency and would verify any claims of charges against me with them, at that point they hung up on me.  They also had my address and other personal information.  This definitely feels like a scam and I'm forwarding all the messages that I recieved from them to my local Sheriff's office.

Is this number for real?  They just called me and were threatening me with law enforcement coming to my place of employement.  What's the best course of action with this?

I just went through this today, they knew my name, ssn, address, bank information, email address etc.  The "david" that I spoke with told me that if i interrupt him when he talks he will disconnect the call.  He opens up with saying, " in about 30 minutes there will be officers to come and take you to jail on account of issues with cybercrime"  i kept asking him questions anyways, if he was a 3rd party collector anything, and got no where.  he hung up on me, and i called the police and filed a report.

So what did the police say when you advised them?

Hey everybody FYI - this is a long running scam, if you ever applied for or took out a payday they have bought or stolen your information.  They will threaten all kinds of crazy stuff - arrest for fraud, cyber cime, decetion etc.  They are scammers. I have been getting these calls every couple of months for a while.  I have verified with the two companies I had loans with that they were paid off, but that doesn'y stop these people.  I bet they had thick middle eastern accents and gave you alot of you rinfoamtion, they have stolen it, that's how they know so much about you.  Stand up to them, they are horrible, they even called my work, forntunatly my boss was very understanding. Report them to your state attorney general, the FBI and homeland security.  Give them any names and numbers that you have and keep posting onthis site when you get calls, the numbers change often.  Also, check out the warning from the Kansas Attorney General Steve Six.
Good luck

I gave them every piece of information that I could, the number that showed on my display when they called, the number they advised me to call, they listened to the voicemail, and i took notes when they were telling me what is going to happen.  I filled out a report, and I am closing out all my bank accounts and reopening them.  I also ran my credit report (free annual report) and saw nothing out of the ordinary.  I am still going to fill out information on identity theft, as I am no going to play around with this.  I have a case number, and they are sending the information to the district attorneys office.  I am also going to send this to my attorney general, and the FTC.  the police officer said that if they call again, play along, just know that they are playing you, probe them, ask them questions, offer to fix whatever the issue is, and take notes of EVERYTHING.  I have set to record the convo, found that nifty little gadget on my phone a little too late sadly.  Good luck to everyone on this!

do you have the link to what the KS atty general said? Im very curious.... KS is close to home ;)

http://www.ksag.org/page/debt-collection-scam

nevermind i found it!

I got a call from them yesterday and I just cuss them off I think that is best thing to do with this kind of people..stupid people

So everybody on here is 100% sure this is a scam?

100% sure. what makes you feel otherwise?  If this was a legit debt collector, there are certain laws that govern over them, called the FDCPA, and what they do is HIGHLY illegal for a debt collector.

Just the threats they were making, it makes a person pretty uneasy.  I guess the "Police arresting me" put me a little on edge, it's a scary thought that someone can pick up a phone and say things like that.

Thats okay I was scared half to death too, someone coming at you threatening you, and having all this personal information about you is very scary!  They just called me again for a "last chance settlement" and i played along quite nicely, got them on recording.  :) gave the info to my local police as well as the atty general.

Hey. Thanks for you all posting your inquiries on here. I just started getting this phone calls and would like for them to stop. I have NO idea what they are talking about. What can we do to make the phone calls stop?

I have got several calls today saying the exact things that everyone above was saying, that the police were coming out to arrest me and take me to jail for a "cybercrime" I had no idea what they were talking about and they kept hanging up on my when I would ask any questions. Then they would call me back screaming at me, the guys name was Ryan and spoke with a very think hard to understand accent. They had all of my information and told me unless I paid $555.00 today i would be arrested and held in jail for 7 months. This is very scary i was in tears, my husband tried calling them back and asking what company they worked from and they kept hanging up on him. I too am calling the police and reporting this.

ok someone called my job harrassed my co worker and told me they are sending the cops to my job at eleven am tomorrow and my home they had all my information and i was scared then i called someone I knew and they gave me the number to the federal trade commission and itis 8773824357 they took my info and also told me to call the consumer protection in my state which is 18007717755 I live in new york city by the way im livid

We have to all do our part to get this company shut down.  If we all make sure to record and document what they are saying, we can exact what they are threatening on them.  Ryan was the name of the individual threatening me too.  This will not stand.