888-472-7949

left voice mail that they are Eagle Eye & Associates and that I was involved in some kind of fraud - did even pronounce my name correctly, very broken english.  Called on my work line.

I had the same problem.. funny thing is when you call back there is no company greeting and if you do not enter any extension number it automatically goes to that 1022 extension.
stinks of FRAUD and harrasment to me..

I received a similar phone call-when i returned the phone call the person on the line asked my name.  When I gave my name they TOLD ME my social security #, bank name, bank account #, address, date of birth, and told me I was being taken to court (in 2 HOURS!!!) and that the only way to stop that was to give them debit card # to pay them $780+.  They cited a case #.  When I refused and questioned them they told me "only god can help you" and hung up.  I called back several hours later and a different person gave me a similar but different story then a different case number.

Left a voice mail on my cell phone statting that he was officer lil thomas from eagle eye assosiates and that I needed to reurn his call before something happened to me  and god be with me.

the SAME thing happened to me, but now they are calling my work (boss lady), co-workers, friends and family...they just kept telling me have to call now or you will be SUed...well this has been going on now for 6-7 months, DAILY calls and I can't make it stop!!!!!

I was also called.  Honestly they scared me.  I have used some online payday loans before so honestly it was so scary.  My gut tells me it is a scam, but who wants to take the chance of their name being smeared if not.  What to do?  Call law enforcement?

it is scary.  do you think it is fraud?

what are you going to do?  I don't know who they are.

i just called the state of wyoming.  they say that it is against the law to say they are taking you to court unless they can validate the debt in to which you owe.  the people who called me scared me- honestly.  i am a mother of 3 and i don't like how they made me feel.  no one pay!  i was advised it is a total scam and i am filing a complaint with the wyoming state collections.

Yes the same thing started with me. I was receiving calls and when I would return the calls they would tell me that to punch in the calling card number. Then I received a very rude phone call from an Office Thomas and was advised I was under investigation for fraud. They had my bank account my address and everything. I started freaking out and they also told me 780+. As I got online and put their telephone number and was sent to this site. I was rather scared and was going to send the money. When I asked them to validate my debt they hung up an me and told me get ready for civil matters. I lost my job and was unable to pay back the loans that I had online. I contacted them directly today and set up payment arrangements with them.

A good lesson we all have learned I guess.  I did go to my bank today and I am documenting everything- if they do try to take funds from my account they will be prosecuted for fraud.  That is the only way they can be caught so for everyone- don't send them money.  Contact your bank, protect your money, and make sure that you document everything.  Banks understand if you are scared.  I just hope they get caught soon, I will also report them to BBB.

I was quite confused when they had no website, no english speaking reps, and there number and extension was the same for all us us. Valuable lesson do not do online payday loans. I am going to call my bank and let them know as well. Thanks!

these are the same people from (201)234-4602 just check this number on this site and you will see its a scam..

Called my hubby cell number had our addy and told us that we needed to get a lawyer, because our friend used us as a reference on a payday loan. Said we were responsible for the debt. My hubby was not allowed any info, and then they refused to answer the phone. Who do you report these people to?? Thick accent, and very shady. Would not give any information. Said they would mail information, but wanted payment now. Just wanted debit, credit and banking numbers.

This is a criminal operation, operating under many aliases, including "Eagle Eye Associates".

The following information is taken from ec's post:

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-201-234-4602

It's a scam. And all their threats are false and illegal.

ABC News recently did a report on this particular scam. Here's the link to the report:  http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1

And the West Virginia Attorney General recently issued a press release warning consumers about this scam. Here's the link:  http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm

This is a very active group of scammers, many of whom are calling from India (and probably other countries) and are in cahoots with a group of American pay day loan scammers. They attempt to extort money from consumers with a myriad of false and illegal threats, and alternately pose as debt collectors, federal and state law enforcement officers, lawyers and bankers. Their trademark is to use meaningless legalese gobbylgook phrases like "We are downloading warrants against you" or "We are filing an affidavit against you." Another trademark phrase is to threaten the consumer with something like this ridiculous phrase: "If you don't pay then only God can help you."

Typical of many financial scams of this variety, they usually demand payment via Western Union or MoneyGram or credit card. They use any number of phony names such as US National Bank, Federal Investigation Bureau, US Legal Investigation Bureau, US Federal Bank, Sonic Bank, Hopkins Law Office, United Legal Processing, Morgan Associates, United Pay Services, National Processing, White Collar Crime Unit and many more.  These criminals also use many phone numbers from many area codes; they're probably using caller-id spoofing software and/or VoIP to disguise their real location.

The main thing to remember is that anytime someone calls you demanding money to prevent your arrest, or demanding your lawyer's name so they can sue you, it is ALWAYS a scam. No debt collector (let alone criminals posing as debt collectors) has 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.

A consumer posting a complaint about these same scammers at https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-718-831-7157 notes that 718-831-7157 is associated with an India-based "outsourcing" telephone bank.  Though a reverse search on WhitePages.com shows that 718-831-7157 is an unlisted land line in New York City, information on Debtbuyers.Com shows that that number is used by India-based Intellisourze. (Source: http://www.debtbuyers.com/debtbuyers.asp ) My guess is that it's a VoIP phone number.

This is another piece of the puzzle that fits in perfectly with other information about this scam. 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* April 7, 2008 when Florida obtained a $1.3 million judgment against Ted Ellis Crosby, shutdown his operations and barred him from ever conducting debt collections in Florida (
http://myfloridalegal.com/newsrel.nsf/newsrel ... 5257424005858A6 ) There's certainly a good chance that the crooks placing these calls from India are doing so on behalf of the American crooks behind the Crosby/Bass/States Predisposition scams.

Here's the contact information for the phone bank in India:

IntellisOurzE BPO
701, Sapphier, Nr. Cargo Motors,
C.G. Road Navrangpura,
Ahmedabad - 9. (Guj.) INDIA.
E-Mail: info@intellisourze.com
Website: www.intellisourze.com

A check on the domain name "intellisourze.com" shows that the website and name registration was created on May 8, just one month *after* the Crosby scams were shut down in Florida:

Domain Name: INTELLISOURZE.COM
Registrant:  Pragra Infratech Pvt. Limited.
Email:  ankur.ranpariya@pragra.com  
908, Aksaht Tower, Nr. ICICI Bank
Opp. Rajpath Club, S.G. Highway
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India 380054
Tel. +91.7926871353
Creation Date: 08-May-2008
Expiration Date: 08-May-2009
Domain servers in listed order: ns5.znetindia.com ns4.znetindia.com
(Source: http://whois.domaintools.com/intellisourze.com )

Though scam calls from these crooks have been going on long before May 8, the frequency of complaints about these calls increased considerably after Crosby was shut down in early April.

This is conjecture, but appearances suggest that Crosby and company were originally running a two-pronged payday loan scam operation -- with some calls being made from Jacksonville, Florida and other calls being made from a phone bank in India (and possibly other countries); then, after the Florida Attorney General shut down the Crosby scams in Florida, the Crosby crooks transferred most of their scam efforts to the India phone bank.

If you are targeted by these criminals, be sure to report them to all the following federal and state law enforcement agencies (most of which you can do online or over the phone):

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. And if the crooks claim to be law enforcement or lawyers, officers of the court or bankers, be sure to include that information in your report.

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://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en

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
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-2863
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-718-831-7157
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-2857
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-858-244-0444

Same thing happened to me. Yes, it stinks of fraud. I am going to put a fraud alert on my credit cards, bank account, etc.

Hello- you can report all information, well documented to your state collection company.  I was actually told they would pursue my references if the debt was not cleared.  I feel 100% confindent it was a scam.  We moved all our funds- closed our accounts, and are watching carefully.  Good luck.

They debited my checking account as 4th Dimension autopay.  So everyone knows- this is a bad scam.

I received a call from these people saying I owe them 790.00.  They call all the time and threaten to take me to court.  Thank GOD I was advise to check out google.  I would have spent money on a lawyer and everything.

Dear EB:

If you have not already, you can dispute the debit from your account by 4th Dimension. Also, it would be very helpful if you would ask your financial institution for information on the "bank" that processes for 4th Dimension; also known as the Originating Depository Financial Institution [ODFI] and file a complaint against that bank with its regulator. Our agency is trying to get the ODFI information on this "scam" but we have not yet had reports of access to consumer accounts. If you are able to obtain this information, please post it at this site so our agency can contact that ODFI, as well. Thank you!