800-860-1813

You're not the only one.  I have an investigator looking into them.  They had personal information of mine

yes, these people keep calling me,too. They say they are from some legal service, and that they are coming to arrest. IGNORE ALL CALLS

Voicemail from Officer John Peter with a thick Indian accent had the name of both me and my friend, but called her my sister.  Said she had some sort of legal repercussions pending against her and if I didn't want to have any of this effect me or show up on my credit report, I needed to call him back.

An officer supposedly name Officer Jenkins keep calling one of my friends asking for me. I called the number back and it keeps saying all circuits are busy. The sh** is really pissing my friend off and me as well. I don't have problems with the law and I know they don't call from 800 numbers.

I have received several calls from this number. Caller is always male, heavy Indian accent, and always asks for Thelma Davis in regard to some "fraud activity" that Thelma has done. I have no idea who Thelma Davis is. I've received other collection/junk calls for this person as well. I tried to call this 800 number to complain (not that it would have done any good), but the call doesn't go through--fast busy signal. What to do?

got a few calls from the same company with 4 different callback numbers...heavy indian accent... when i argued with him that i had no idea who it was they hung up !!!!! they had my SS and bank info.. BE CAREFUL !!!!

I got a call from an Officer Mark Johnson from US crime suspect Dept. He actually sounded like a woman to me. Said that I should call them back at 1-800-860-1813 ext 1008 and it was an urgent matter. If i didnt call back, something bad was gonna happen to me at home or at work and that Only God can help me. They even had a case number that they quoted when they called which happens to be my SS #. When I tried to call back the number, it said that the number cannot be reached from my area. That is just wrong to threaten pple like that. Someone needs to sue them. What should I do to take action. I have not broken the law.

these people called my parents about my brother and they are very upset.  I called back and lit into officer carl anderson.  I'm just curious how your investigation is going.

The call was listed as unavailable and i did not answer. A message was left stating by Office New Thomas and he had my name and i was told to call be immediately before something bad happend to me. I called and another officer "same voice might i add" said he could not find my name and i refusred to hang up till he told me what he was calling for. The officer informed that the person handling my case was out side smoking and would call me back. The officer did not call me back so i called again and a woman answered and said she needed to speak with my mother and had her name as well. She stated my moms number was disconnect (which it is not) the woman was very rude so i gave her a few words and she hung up... make a long story short i called back and got a fake confirmation number for my mom 3214567890 they are crzy!!! my mom called and they told her they didn't have her name on file and hung up! Use caution if you do speak with these people!

OMG.... These people is trying to scam everybody, they keep calling me saying the same bull, and the bad part about it they have so much personal info about me. They can't speak English either, I just talked to a lawyer and he said that number has been reported soooooooo many times so please disregard it.

OMG.... These people is trying to scam everybody, they keep calling me saying the same bull, and the bad part about it they have so much personal info about me. They can't speak English either, I just talked to a lawyer and he said that number has been reported soooooooo many times so please disregard it.

THIS IS A CRIMINAL OPERATION!

ABCNews says that the West Virginia Attorney General is warning people about fake debt collectors who will call you repeatedly at home and at work, threatening you with arrest for not paying a debt... that doesn't even exist.

The scammers operate under names such as U.S. National Bank, Federal Investigation Bureau and United Legal Processing, said West Virginia Assistant Attorney General Norman Googel.

The callers also have invoked the names of actors Denzel Washington and Steve Martin, people who've received calls tell ABCNews.com.

Googel said that the scammers have been impossible to track down, but ABCNews.com spoke to one man who claimed to be associated with U.S. National Bank. The man said he works for Financial Crime Division, a company he said provides services for USNB.

The man refused to give his name and gave little information about his company.

Steve Martin? What? When ABC tried to get the fake debt collector to tell them about his company, he responded in a thick accent: "It's not necessary that each and everyone knows about Financial Crime Division, and probably one of them is you." Yep. Definitely one of them is us. (To hear a clip of this conversation, click here.)

ABC says the scammers are targeting people who took out payday loans and have access to lots of personal information that may have been stolen from payday lending websites. One consumer who was interviewed for the report said that he was intimidated into sending the scammers $800. They claimed he still owed the money on some loans he took out in 2005. He had paid the loans off last year, but threats of arrest scared him.

"I was scared to death," he said. "Everything they said literally just stressed me out to the max."

The scammers like to use scary-sounding terms that are meaningless such as "downloading affidavits," identify themselves as "Denzel Washington," and say they are calling from "Steve Martin's office."

ABC says consumers with complaints about U.S. National Bank are encouraged to contact the FTC, and their state attorney general's office.

http://consumerist.com/5039903/fake-debt-coll ... t-of-your-money

http://www.wvago.gov/press.cfm?ID=444&fx=more

The following is an excerpt from ec's post:

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-718-831-7157

It's a scam.  There's no such thing as a Federal Investigation Bureau or United Legal Processing.

This is a very active group of overseas scammers who attempt to extort money from Americans with a myriad of false and illegal threats. They alternately pose as debt collectors, federal and state law enforcement officers, lawyers and bankers. 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, White Collar Crime Unit and many more.  These crooks often use caller-id spoofing software and/or VoIP to disguise their real location and to make it appear that they are calling from American area codes.

(By the way, 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* 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 )

The main thing 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.) 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. 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 who are posing as federal law enforcement. Be sure to give as many details as you can.

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 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

Hope this helps.

calls again! these people are crazy, definitely a scam also calling from 631-409-8424 ext 1045 name is Sam Smith today the other day it was officer thomas and blake williams!

We also have been contacted by this person with an accent telling us to send money because we are in trouble. We will find them..... 1-800-860-1813 ext 1022 Alex.

got a message from officer Alex also att ext 1022 as well with and accent advised that there was a legal issue that my name was tied to and that i needed to call him right away before something happens to me I called vack and spoke with an officer mike who advised that a friend had used my name on som fraudulant and illegal documents and that she had put my name and number opn the papier wich made me legally responsible after I replied that I did not sign any papers and that I was not responsible for anything. The officer than told me that an officer will be to my house in an hour and that I was going to jail. I have gone off on my friend and called the police (which is a good idea to report this issue to as well, not the going off on the friend part Ha Ha). My sister in law told me to google the number which is when of course I found this sight. Thanks for sharing guys you don't know the stress these pleople have caused me today.

Payday2go don't have connection with them. I am from payday2go (online loan company) I am receiving lots of call complaining about this fraud collectors and callers experienced harassment and asking them some payments. I even check our database but the callers don't have existing account with us, they are just using our company name to collect money. please visit our website at www.payday2go.com
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