872-213-9369

This number keeps calling and when answered no one is there

Huge scam. They tell you that you owe money and if you don't pay, they'll send you to jail. This guy also said that they would make sure I would lose my citizenship, which is an absolute laugh. Don't believe them. The law firm they claim to be with has stated online that they do not do what these scammers are claiming. Plus, they use a live.com email, which no self-respecting attorney's office would do.

NOTE: USA does not people in prison because of debts. You can be court ordered to pay someone and can go to jail because of contempt of court, but not prison.

There is a very easy way to get them to stop calling, plus annoy the hell out of the scammers. I pulled a play out of their own book. With my google voice number, I continually called them over and over and over again, then fwd back their email to them over 100 times. Finally got a response back "F*** off, B****". I've not heard a word from them since. Nothing but a scammer trying to prey on fear. So turn it back on them. They will leave you alone.

They are real...first I thought they r not and hung up then they sent some guys after 3-4 days and now I have the notice to be in the court plus they informed my employer...now I have to deal with this

How conveniently vague your story is, not to mention a train wreck of improper English, and a tiresome clone of many other shill posts like it.

More on the fake payday collectors here:
https://800notes.com/forum/ta-429fb24ec2162e3 ... -numbers-here-2

I just received my clearance certificates

There are some collection agencies who r trying to get money out of people by ruining the image of Sam Wilson who I called and confirmed that he works with Edward Clinton...I got my clearance certificates just a day ago. Everything has been taken care off

This is an offshore payday loan debt collection extortion scam that has been going on for at least five years. The FBI is aware of it but is unable to go after those involved due to lack of money and manpower. I looked back and found some old information which may prove to be helpful:

They obtained your information through Teletrack:

Kudos to "Sam" for giving the most intelligent and informative posts on this scam. READ, Bookmark and use as needed:

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-631-456-4041/2

http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/paydayloanscam_120710

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-951-489-0227

} "I just received my clearance certificates"

Which means what to anyone? I have losing lottery tickets and a stack of gift certificates. Probably worth more than whatever you think you have. I don't know how you and "Sue" expect us to swallow any story about wired payments to extortionists setting you free of a debt claim you never got validated, if that's the meaning we are meant to infer.

They are NOT scam.....I just got my clearance certificate. They are trying to help and people who are avoiding are the ones who are running away from debt

Please clarify your story, what was the name of the company and why did they say you owe them?

It is not possible to "run away from debt" which never existed. Strangers on the phone who make hostile remarks and illegal threats cannot prove their debt claims. Guess what else, Skippy Shillington, "clearance certificate" is not a term applied to consumer debt in the States.

The federal rules these thugs are breaking:
http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpajump.shtm

This is the 2nd time these people call me! Saying that there is a lawsuit against me and that if i dont respond they will send people to find me at my house and my job. They also have the last 4 digit of my ssn. I hate these people

edward called me from this number today 2/10/2012 when i returned call  no answer. so i loked the phone number on line and foud it was a scam . he said it was edward from clinton law and people will go after my family and come to my door  they had better stop or i will call police. never mind i called them anyway

This person called Edward from the Clinton Law Firm has called my cell & work, has been very threatening. Says there is a lawsuit against me, which is not true

Here is the deal
I called the law firm that represents who they say is who it is they told me they got access to people info through looking for a pay day loan. So if you searched for a pay day loan, car loan or anything online they hacked the list and have access to it. This is why you are getting the call. Its not them they told me that basiclly its all bunk... DO NOT GIVE THEM MONEY ITS A SCAM... Call the Attorney and read this http://clintonlawfirm.blogspot.com/2011/11/wa ... sam-wilson.html You can find out a lot from this article. I hope it helps... They can't arrest you its bs and they can't do anything they are some where over seas its total bull. read up...

called my mother in law a [***] and prostitute. must be related to rush limbaugh.....

I just received a call from the scumbag too just now. I like Myah's explanation. I received an email from another "lawyer" this morning with the same scare tactics.  They were both from online lending companies where I didn't even took out a loan. He threatened to blackball me from finding work and I would be fined 150 thousand dollars etc etc etc.

Even scam artists are outsourcing. On Tuesday in its first crackdown on fraudulent telemarketing in South Asia, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it was shutting down two California-based companies that used a call center in India to defraud Americans out of more than $5 million over the past two years.

Workers in India made threatening calls to Americans getting them to pay money on debts that they didn't owe, the FTC charges. At an FTC press conference in Chicago on Tuesday, fraud victim JanLaree DeJulius explained that she had received a call from someone claiming to be an enforcement officer from the (phony) "Federal Department of Crime and Prevention," who threatened to have her arrested and have her wages garnished if she didn't pay a bill of more than $730. The scam artists had gotten her name and information from a payday loan her ex-husband had taken out in her name.

"It was very embarrassing," Dejulius said. "He knew everything about me so I agreed to set up an installment." She is not alone. According to the FTC, more than 8 million calls were made since 2010 and at least 17,000 transactions processed across the United States related to the global scam.

On Tuesday under request from the FTC, a U.S. District Court in Chicago stopped the international operation, charging Varang K. Thaker and two companies he owned, American Credit Crunchers, LLC, and an affiliate Ebeeze, LLC, with violating the FTC Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

"This is a brazen operation based on pure fraud, and the FTC is committed to shutting it down," said David Vladeck, director of the FTC's consumer protection bureau. "Consumers should not be pressured into paying debt they don't remember owing. Legitimate debt collectors must provide consumers with both written information about the debt, and instructions for protecting themselves if they don't think they owe the debt."

According to the FTC's charges, Thaker used Social Security numbers and bank account numbers obtained from payday lenders to identify the victims for his scam. He outsourced the work to an Indian call center, where workers made threatening calls to American consumers to pay fake debt or collect on bills for which they were not authorized.

Thaker was not available when contacted by telephone on Tuesday. A woman who claimed to be Thaker's older sister and asked not to be named for privacy reasons said he is working with the FTC to help the Indian government pursue the fraudster call center operators. She also said he was innocent in the scam. "He was being used by somebody. He didn't even know where they got the information," she told The Huffington Post by phone. She said that her brother got 10 percent of the earnings from the scam operation.

The FTC charges against Thaker are the latest in a series of police actions by the government agency to put an end to rogue debt collection operations that have become more frequent in the aftermath of the Great Recession. In January, the FTC struck a $2.5-million settlement with debt-buying company Asset Acceptance, LLC, charging that the company had falsely represented itself to customers, including making up phantom debts that customers no longer owed. Last October, the FTC filed a complaint against seven other fraudulent debt collectors, alleging that they had engaged in the same techniques -- demanding money from customers who owed nothing at all.

The growing number of Americans who are unable to pay their bills has meant there are more companies looking to profit from their economic difficulties.

Debt collectors have been taking more aggressive tactics as fewer people are able to make ends meet or are in a cycle of debt. More than 30 million Americans are in debt collection, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Since 2010, more than 4,000 complaints have been filed with the FTC and state attorneys general about fraudulent debt collection calls, the FTC said.

Charles Junitkka, a personal bankruptcy attorney who represents clients in the New York City area, said, "In the last few years, the desperation of the collectors and their efforts have intensified because of the economy."

This story has been updated to reflect comment from a woman who says she is the sister of Varang Thaker. Thaker himself was unavailable for comment.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/21/ftc- ... _n_1289751.html