904-425-2863

Live person called from an 856 area code then referred me to the 904#

A lady also called me about 2hours ago from 1-856-831-0640 said to call 1-904-425-2863. Said that they were calling in reguards to us national bank on a past payday loan from 06.

A man called me 3 times,left me a message this is important messages I have to call back this number 904-425-2863 othervise I will be have big problem in my life because I owned some money from us national bank in the past.

I think it's a scam, but you can't be too sure. I have no idea what to do. I have just ignored their calls for the past week and they just keep on calling.

Did they say what it was about? I am just trying to see if its more than just me they are trying to scam.

It's a scam.  There's no such thing as US National Bank.  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; ignore their phony threats.

Here's some background on this scam that should be helpful in reporting it to federal and state law enforcement.  The calls are from a sweatshop phone bank in India working on behalf of a group of American criminals. The American crooks illegally provide consumer contact information and Social Security numbers to the overseas crooks for the very purpose of extorting money from consumers 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.

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 (Read 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 moth *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 transferred most of their scam efforts through 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 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.

No, its not a scam. I also thought that its a scam but later on came to know that its not at all a scam...I owed US Bank money which i forgot to repay.... I just saved myself from getting convicted by paying all the money in full.... So please dont take it as a scam..

"Teresa" - You are so full of it!!!  It very definitely IS A SCAM!!!!!!!!  You are undoubtedly in on it.  These people call me all the time and they are clearly from India.  There is no US National Bank or one that owns payday loan companies as they claimed with me.  The major red flag is whenever someone you don't know asks you to wire them money, it's a scam. No legitimate debt collector threatens you with legal action over the phone and has no power to arrest you. They've told me I would be "downloaded" the next day so many times, and of course, nothing every happens. They are COWARDS hiding offshore. Collections are a civil matter, not a criminal matter.  These people are just making SH** up and try to scare you in to sending them money.  They are scum of the earth extortionists and they can do nothing to you except take your money.  Don't let them and definitely reprot them to the FBI, the FTC, your Attorney General, and your local police.  I can't wait to see all who are on this behind bars where they belong!!!!  By the way Teresa, my name is Brian Medved, and I've already reported you to all of the above law enforcement, so keep calling.  I'm TAPING THE CALLS AND AM HANDING THEM OVER TO THE FBI.  "GOOD LUCK, AS THE SITUATION, UNFOLDS ON YOU". lol.

teresa, how gullible can you be? there are literally hundreds of the same type of emails out here stating it's a scam and you fell for it. good luck to you. they will not leave you alone now. and you probably didn't even get anything in writing from them? hello?

concerned, did you follow any of the advise from ec? did you report them at all? or are you going to give them money too just like the teresa did? geez..............

red! I have not gave them any money. I did report them and they still call no matter what you tell them. I am just waiting for this all to end. I am not sending them any money, and not because of what people has written. I am going by my own gut instinct and the fact that I don't have over 2000 dollars to give them mother-f*****s.

Told me to get an Attorney because I would be getting sued for 350$ in loans that I did not pay for. Totally untrue. They knew the last 4 digits of my social securty number and my bank. I gave them no information.

Dear Flordialady, these sumbags calling with a 904 area code are a big time extortions. They threaten and say they will put you in jail, or FBI. Sorry scam dudes, you can not go to jail for an unpaid loan, or payday loan. Please file a complaint with the Attorney State General. And if they call back again, say you are going to report them and hang up. Do not send them any money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG Teressa!! The scammers are saying US National Bank.....NOT US Bank....one is real and one isn't. The stupid freaks are pissing me off!!!!

I got a similar call from a guy with an indian accent, he said his name was sean marsh and he was calling from the federal crimes investigation unit. he had the last 4 of my ss# and threatened to have me fired from my job and hurt my reputation and credit report. I never got a chance to call them back but he gave me a 904 area code number to call him back at. the funny thing is I applied fro a money now loan but  I never took it. I regret putting all my info online. How can I get rid of these harrassing sons of b#@%s????

You are a fool Theresa!!!!  This is a HUGE SCAM.  It's dummies like you who pay these people and cause them to continue their dirty business...

They left a voicemail saying they are from the federal department of investigation and I am going to get sued. I cant believe they are allowed to threaten people this way.

just had a run in with these guys, they threatened to put me in federal prison for tax fraud. i kept calling them back after i figured them out and now they have blocked my phone number. i want to make these guys my "special little" project, swamp their voice mail or something, so if you feel a little froggy, leave them a voice mail @ 904-425-9728

It is a scam.  I received them in the past and just today got a new one.  Tell them if you owe them you want them to send you something in writing.  They won't do it. They eventually give up and move on to someone who will pay no questions asked.

I received a call from 904-425-9834 saying I made false claims on my tax forms and I was going to be arrested. When I called them on their bluff this Indian woman began to yell at me saying she was sending someone over to arrest me! Omg what a scam!!!