916-226-4115

PROTECT YOURSELF!  IMPORTANT INFORMATION YOU MUST READ – HOW THE SCAM WORKS AND WHAT AGENCIES TO REPORT THEM TO

LONG RUNNING AND KNOWN SCAM – ALL OVER INTERNET AND NEWS FOR ABOUT 4 YEARS NOW


Fake Debt Collectors – Terrorizing Consumers
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1

MORE ON FAKE DEBT COLLECTORS
http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-9141
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/call4action/17285785/detail.html
http://www.800helpfla.com/newsletter/2008/092008.html
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2010/01/ks_debt_collection.html  
http://consumeraffairs.com/news04/2010/07/video_bill_collector_scam.html  WITH VIDEO!  
http://consumeraffairs.com/news04/2010/09/fdic_debt_collector_scam.html  9/7/2010 -NEWEST CONSUMER ALERT –SCAMMERS NOW CLAIMING TO BE WITH FDIC

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.wvago.gov
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/1-888-771-9249   Scammer posting here as GARY and GARRY JONES
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-860-4509   Scammer posting here as Mike Henderson
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-212-500-0839   Scammer posting here as Ricky
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-201-244-7722   Scammer posting as Carole, David Brown and Amanda
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-626-200-4646   Scammer false postings at this new number as silshan kanniue and Tina – preparing a new number to use.
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-424-354-4270   Scammer false postings as Rose
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-785-4479   Scammer posting as Robert
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-909-327-4870   Scammer false postings as Marry
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-646-274-1143   Scammer false postings as Karen Miller, Chichi and Tom Little
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-561-300-8018   Scammer false postings as Marco Polo and Covenant
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-226-7488   Scammer false postings as SAM, David S
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-706-7463   Scammer false postings as George
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-209-349-7382   Scammer false postings as Towanda Robinson, Shannon Walsh, Jack Dawson and Cynthia
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-760-514-0132   scammer false postings as Suzy01, Johanna Hall, Cindie McMellon, Michael Dublin, Mark Williams, Carol and Rio   (800notes removed some of the scammers posts because the all came from the SAME IP ADDRESS)
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-209-797-2212   scammer false posting as Jaison Connar
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-707-401-4056   Scammer false posting as John Carner, KSR
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-650-241-4604   Scammer false postings as jhon and Kevin
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-708-401-0535   Scammer false posting here as JHON
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-518-212-0219  Scammer false posting as Prince Christian, Arpit
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-718-705-8669  Scammer false postings as Alicia
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-707-633-2789  Scammer false postings as Rojer, Minni, Rhone, Smith, Lisa Jack, Julie, Sean, and Carol. – preparing a new number to use to steal money
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-205-294-6271  Scammer false posting as Thomas Jhonson
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-661-263-4011  Scammer false posting –ILLEGALLY claiming to be an attorney Charles F Robinson
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-321-684-4117  Scammer false posing as Harry Patt
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-518-565-0306  Scammer false posting as Wellvishers
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-678-791-4673  Scammer false posting as Sherrie Ann and Elvine Buris
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-305-390-0607  Scammer false posting as James and Mark
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-209-349-3112  Scammer false posting as Roger Brown. David Macrow and Andrew
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-646-360-1702 Scammer false posting as STATE LEGAL DEPARTMENT
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-850-254-8883  Scammer false posting as Stella
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-347-875-8165  Scammer false posting as Lisa L Johnson, Mark Taylor
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-310-872-2861  Scammer false posting as Jim, Keith
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-760-582-0311 Scammer false posting as Alex Morrison
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-817-393-0246 Scammer false posting as Mark Smith
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-678-619-1686 Scammer false posting as Beckham, Beckh, BECK and MOCK and MINDY
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-352-653-1302 Scammer false posting as Christy and ANNA 2 times, KAT V DON, SANDRA JR, PAUL WRIGHT ALEX SCOTT DR Kim preparing a new number to use in their unsuccessful scam –
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-646-770-2937 Scammer false posting as officer
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-623-465-9849 Scammer false posting as Bob Keeshan
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-325-260-0090 Scammer false postings under Jhon, Mishele and Tyrone Johnson
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-213-784-5745 Scammer false posting as United Man and Don't be so sure & immediately judge, ac

Scam alert: Bogus debt collectors
By Leslie McFadden • Bankrate.com
Monday, Aug. 3
Posted 2 p.m.
Bankrate reporter Leslie McFadden contributed this entry.
This scam isn't technically about credit cards, but it is scary enough to post a warning. The Better Business Bureau issued an alert today saying consumers across the country are getting phone calls from bogus debt collectors claiming default on a payday loan. Of course, the consumer needs to pay a large fee to avoid arrest -- as much as $1,000.
The caller poses as a lawyer, and may threaten extradition to face trial if the consumer doesn't pay up immediately.
What makes these calls alarming -- and perhaps convincing -- is that the perpetrators reference the consumer's personal information, such as the person's Social Security number, driver's license number, previous bank account numbers, home address -- even personal references.
"The amount of information they have is really troubling," says BBB spokeswoman Alison Southwick. She adds that the amount of data points to a possible security breach.
Spread the word to your friends and family: Don't give out personal or financial information to an unknown caller. Scammers can spoof Caller ID to display different numbers, so trust your instincts over technology.
The BBB offers these tips:
•    Ask the debt collector to provide official documentation which substantiates the debt.
•    Do not provide or confirm any bank account, credit card or other personal information over the phone until you have confirmed the legitimacy of the call.
•    File a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission online if the caller is abusive, uses threats or otherwise violates federal telemarketing laws or the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
•    File a complaint with the Better Business Bureau online if you believe a debt collector is trying to scam you.

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.wvago.gov
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.)

I too got a message today from Simon Morgan who say he is from an collection agency, and that I had received some money deposited into my bank account last year from a payday company for $385 and that they had been trying to contact me via email (that I never received) and now they have contacted them for collections and it will now cost me over $700 to pay back. Once I seen them the money then they will investigate and if it is true that I never received this deposit then they will refund me my money. There and then I told them if you were going to do an investigation do it NOW and you will see that I never receive such a claim. I don't do payday loans because I make too much money for them. Yes, I must have applied for a credit card last year and this is how I think they obtained my information. The site must not have been secure.

what a wack scam...just got a call from some guy with heavy accent said if I didnt call back the "situation would unfold on me"...he called from 916-226-4115!!!!!! if he calls back I will be cursing his ass out!

Called me today from 916-226-4115. American Legal Services. Dan White.  Heavy accent.  Threatened me with 3 things (1) Federal banking violation (2) Theft by deception (3) Debt something or other.  Said  owed a payday loan , didn't pay it and now I could owe over $8,000 and that I need to retan an attorney.  Said I could settle on the $848.26 by making payments but I had to send an "apology" fax along with my bank info, a phot id, and my authorization to have my bank debited.  Needed to do it today or the sheriff would be notified and my employer also and I would probably be fired.  After researching on line, I called them back and asked for their address...they hung up.  I called back 6-7 times with the same result.  The last time I called, I said I was "Dan White" and I needed their address...they must have caller-id because they knew my real name.  The address they finally gave me was for the county courthouse in Salerno, CA.  I have already filed a complaint with the PA attorney general and when I am done typing this will file a complaint with the secret service and FBI as advised in one of the earlier posts.  They seem legit because they have all of your info.  He even asked for my credit/debit card over the phone....

***Update....."Dan White" (ahem) called back today when I didn't fax all my info yesterday.  Wanted to know why...I told them after I did some investigating, I believe he was a fraud....then he got mad..yelling, interrupting me, hanging up on me....hey, i have unlimited calling, so i kept calling back.  I asked what the name of his "client" was...Cash Advance USA.  He said I got a loan from them in Jan. 2010 (later said it was an approval for a loan...huh?).  When I asked him the date this amount supposedly went into my account, he said he couldn't tell me because his "client" gets 90,000 applications a day and it is very hard to pin down an exact date....my question was, they have all my other info, but can't tell me what date? I told him I had an attorney if he would like to call him.  He said "what kind of attorney? Criminal, trial, banruptcy?"  I said attorney general, as in Tom Corbett, attorney general of Pennsylvania.  He then told me "don't pay a cent if you think it is a fraud and we will see you in court and then in jail".  I really fired him up when I asked him to stop interrupting me...I said we have a courtesy in this country that we let other people finish sentences without interrupting and that I'm not sure that whatever country he is calling from if they have tat same courtesy.  I asked if his "client" was sending me any written documentation confirming all of this info and he said the e-mailed me somethng yesterday.  when I told him they had not e-mailed me anything, he said they will mail me a form.  I also asked him for his address and the address he gave me is for the county courthouse in Salerno, CA...to which he denied it and said was an attorneys office.  When I asked for his attorney credentials, he said he was not an attorney, but an "affidavit processor"..which means he lied to me yesterday when he said he was a lawyer.  He then called me a smart-a** and hung up on me.  I called back and of course no one answered so I left a message asking that "Dan White's" supervisor call me back within the hour or I would assume I was correct in thinking this is a scam.

Mike Johnson, John Davis, 2 Phony Fbi agents......all the same person.
They kno where i live and Everything about me. They have called me from thirteen different numbers including 911, and some of my friends numbers.
They have threatened to kill me, rape me, everything, and i finally called them out on it. and i just kepy calling them like they did me. and finally they told me they didnt need my money b.c they do this to people everyday. they have finally stopped. this has went back and forth for about 4 months now. so if ya have any questions plz contact me. i can help

Got this call on my boss's phone at work, used another coworkers name saying she commited fraud using my name. Same thick accent, Ronnie Cooper was the name used. 916.226.4115

I received a very threatening message from an indian speaking man on the phone who wanted me to get with an attorney which i don't have.  what is this?  they said if i didn't get back with them something very bad was going to happen to me.  i looked up this number and found that its a scam.  how do they get your old work numbers and your cell phone?  these people need to be lined up and shot.

They have also called me. They call my house and my cell phone and have left threatening msg's and also told me best of luck something bad was going to happen to me and that i had criminal charges and i was being sued and to retain a lawyer which i did. They also told me to appear in court in california. Didn't hear anything for a couple weeks and have heard from them again with the same thing. Contacted the state police, attorney generals office and all my phone carriers(home and cell) this time around when i told the guy i called the state police and the attorney generals office he told me to f off 3 times and hung up on me. How do i get them to stop without changing my number for these idiots!! I was scared at first that i was going to jail and they also claimed i took out a payday loan!