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Just got another ne of these calls myself from the same number.

i was in a meeting and got an email from my company's call center rep janet that someone had just called for me from Mrs. Shawn at 877-601-5871 ext. 268 and I need to contact her ASAP about a court case. I was already aware of this scam, I've had a few calls from them before. I knew immediately since I haven't had a payday loan, paid off all of my debt last summer, and was already aware of this crap. I thought for giggles I'd call the number back just to see if someone answered and someone actually did. Before I even got to put in an extension number someone lady answers "good morning may I help you?" No company name, or anything. I just hung up, had my head of communications Dept block the number and just ignore it. Don't fall for this crap.

This is crazy! I am currently investigating the calls I have recieved as well from the same company. I asked for them to give me till this week so that I could look into the matter due to the fact I was almost scamed just last year. Its just a major bother because they are calling my job.This time they are National Payday Recovery Group formerly EWA but their number is the same 1-877-601-5871 ext 257 Ms. Cartright.

Call saying there is a wage garnish against me to call back right away

I have  2 calls that come in, one from a polite person at "mrs MPO"who says they are "reducing my debt"from 970 to 300 dollars", followed by a threatening oriental male voice who says ïf you don't pay you know what will happen...ï am a widow with 2 children

my call was from Myshon, ext 265-she could barely enunciate.

Received a call at my place of employment from Ms Hardy. She claims she is verifying information for a wage garishment for a payday loan.  This is a scam, I do not have a payday loan.

I received a call from 877-601-5871 from a Mrs. Hardy.  She said I had a an unpaid payday loan from
6/01/2010 I don't know if this is a scam or not.  Can somebody please let me know if they should be getting my bank account info.

Received a call from "Michelle" stating that she was a court mediator and that she was calling about a court order she received.  She called from a cell phone number 630.486.1900 and gave me this 877 number and that I could only call back 9-3 monday through thursday.  No information provided.  Very suspicious.

I just receivid a call from Mrs Hardy as well. Caller ID comes up as 630-486-1900, yet her message was to call back to 877-601-5871, etx 249. It's annoying and if my HR person didn't know me so well, it would also be embarrassing.  PAINS!

same person lisa perkins called my phone too did not answer though i hate scammers.....

I got a call today from Ms. Jackson saying that my drivers license will be suspended because of a payday loan that I know nothing about, I told her that I'll be reporting them to my local police....this is total harassment!!!!!!

1-877-601-5871 Just received a call for that number stating about garnishing my wages for a $300.00 loan which i did not take out.  I have received phone call from different company's regarding this United Cash Advance Company or Cash Payday Loans.  It is a SCAM ask the guy how they would be garnishing my wages since i am not working plus why wait four years to collect on a $300.00 payday loan.  He got angry and i hung up.  This crap needs to stop how can someone stoop so low into scamming people.  How do you become that.

I just had a voicemail at my work on ony cell phone stating I need to call back ASAP x252 or that they are going to garnish my wages to the tune of 25% of my paycheck.  They are a scam!1 I have been told that these people can not collect anything from anyone if you are in the state of California as they are not licensed to do so - not licensed in bascially any state!! I will not call them back

Can these people actually contact your Human Resources Dept and garnish your wages.  I have received 3 calls this week stating they are going to garnish my wages also.  I don't owe them any money?

I received a called from Mrs. Mills and she told me that they are withPDL and they are going to garnish my check. She wanted my cc# and the minute I told her that I need proof she said that they did not have to send me proof. Tell me what person in this day and time will give out CC# without no proof. I told her that I report them to the BBB and she hung up

I received a call from this number today and was told to call regarding an outstanding pay day loan.  I don't have any outstanding payday loans.  I was also told they had a court order to garnish my wages.  This is a scam and fraud to get monies from unsuspecting U S citizens.   Dont pay and don't call.  Report to the attorney general office.   Let's get these scam baggers caught!

A caller name Ms. Scott called my place of employment and left a message to call them for a pay day loan I am unfamiliar about.  They left a message claiming a garnishment will be place on my pay.  After replying to the call I notice the person kept talking about making a settlement for 300.00 dollars and I probably took out the loan between 3 and 36 months ago.  When I tried to explain I never applied for a loan the lady kept trying to convince me I did.  These people have my valid personal information such as my job number, social security number, address, and my old bank account number.  I need to file a police report to ensure these people don't pull this scam on another innocent by stander.

One leg of this scam has been shut down:

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

This person is calling me and my work and saying they are going to garnish my wages for a loan I never received.

I just got a call at my work today from Ms. Scott saying they were from Pay Day Loan Recovery and they were going to garnish my wage.  I have never got a payday loan from the people. She was very rude.