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Someone from this number called me over 30 times in a row this morning at work.  They would call and as soon as I would either hang up or they got disconnected they would call right back (like they were calling again before they even hung up).  This is a scam call from some Indian guy saying that he is from the Attorney General's office and that there is a lawsuit on your name and that you owe money and if you don't pay you will be sorry.  Just ignore or block the call and if you want call the ftc or your local police (or whoever you report these things to) to complain.

I received a call from this number stating i was being charged for check fraud and that i have a warrant out for my arrest. If i dont send him 2500 in an hour he was going to call the police to arrest me from my job or my workplace.

I just got the same phone call like 30 minutes ago. Until I said I was about to go to the attorney general's office myself theykept bullying me. It was only after I yelled about him lying it's when he hung up.

I just got this message as a visual voicemail from a John Matthews with a very foreign accent saying he was from the State Attorney Generals Office, no city mentioned. He said there was a warrant for my arrest for 7 years prison. They have my social and DL number. Who do I report this to?

A woman immediately called me back from the exact same number saying she was from the Wacko, not Waco, Sherriff's Office and was coming to arrest me for noncompliance or refusal to comply with the previous request that I pay 2498.46 in one hour.

I just got this same call about a lawsuit against me and he was calling from the State Attorney General office. When I  started asking questions is when he put me on hold and never called back. I knew something wasn't right. Total scam!!!!!!

OMG! This # just called my cell phone # over 10 times while I was out to lunch when I tried to answer they said nothing, and the # was calling in on call waiting while I was saying hello on the first call.  Then I get to my desk, and they called my work # over 20 times. I called these idiots back and they said they were sending someone to arrest me. They were horiibly rude, and I"m freaked out b/c these people have my work # (employer name too), cell #, my home address AND MY SOCIAL SECURITY #!  Please, someone tell me this is ALL A SCAM, they sounded like they were from IRAQ or IRAN and I live in texas, why would someone in Sacremento California Attorney General's office need to contact me.

Should I be worried?

This is all just crap from this #, right?????? I mean they sound Iranian or something. That number is from Sacramento California. How can you make the calls stop coming in at your work#?

Some guy just called me at work twice state he was calling from the Sacremento California Attorney General's office his name is john claud lol i ask him was he an actor

its a debt collector

I got a call from this number claiming to be an attorney and that there's charges filed against me, that if I don't pay $505 in an hour then there's goingto be a warrant for my arrest and that I could go to prison for up to 7 years, I'm really scared for my life right now I can't sleep or eat, please help

The same thing happened to me, idk what to do. I'm scared for my life

Scared? Why? Asia - that's were your call is coming from. You've been called by a foreign 3rd world scamming criminal extortionist, using a computer, high speed internet, voip & a few dollars in caller ID software. What are they going to do? Take the next bus from Asia? Rest stops are all damp & they insist on playing 'The Poseidon Adventure" as the in-bus movie. Plkus you have to transfer at the Dry Tortugas.

No, you're not. People "scared for their lives" run to the police, not a mystery call website. Thugs who work for fake debt collectors pose as trembling victims to model the behavior they prefer from their call recipients.

Much as these criminals preach otherwise, a defaulted payday loan *IS NOT* ever considered "check fraud" by the courts. A PDL is *always* consumer credit. Consumer debt in America is *not* a criminal matter. Collectors do not need and cannot whistle up anyone with a badge and a gun to get themselves paid. Real law enforcers have trouble enough catching people who threaten lives and public safety, and they don't want another job chasing unproven penny-ante debts.

Never let bullies on the phone confuse extortion with debt collection. Honest debt collectors do not typically send their claims straight to a judge, and they don't take your ransom money to broker quick deals with so-called "process servers". There are no secretive "arbitrators", "assessment specialists", "detectives", "investigators", "mediators", or "prelitigation specialists". They are sweaty double-talking criminals with a script full of coercive remarks. Lawful debt collection is a process, not an ambush, and you are due a chance at each stage to raise a dispute. The agents' horrid threats are empty and their conduct is illegal. Do not reward lawbreakers with your money. Challenge them always, sue them if you can.

FTC and CFPB material on US federal collection law:
http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpajump.shtm
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/askcfpb/search ... debt-collection

See also this FTC alert: "Fake Debt Collectors"
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0258-fake-debt-collectors

An astute observation!

It's not a debt collector it's a criminal extortion scam being run out of India. Ignore them.

Horribly angry man called the business phone looking for an employee. Stated he was from the State Attorney's office. He thought I was the employee and began a verbal tirade. Nice job, dude. You're EXCELLING at breaking the law!

Got a call from a similar number couple months ago ignored then however for voice mail messages such as there is a lawsuit against me, that myself or layers must contact them, that if I didn't I'd be sorry. The man had some type of Indian or middle eastern accent. When I called back with my caller id blocked they said they cannot help me unless I call from my number.
Again today I got 5 or 6 calls from this number, when I asked where they were calling from said state attorney general
Office. I told them to quit calling coz I already know it's a scam, he kept arguing with me. When I called again with blocked caller id another guy answers with the same accent.

Anyway I did contact the FTC and FBI a couple months ago to inquire about such phone calls. According to them it's a FRAUDULENT SCAM, and it is against the law to receive threats from any collection agency or what not. So threats about being arrested or lawsuits is a scam!! I tried to contact the actual state attorney general
Office Line to speak with someone and their office is closed today!

This number called me today at work and said that I have a lawsuit out for me and that I have a case on file with the police after looking up the number on Google I saw that it was a scam and comments from other people who got this call as well and showing them everything that I seen. They told me to notify the state police. I'm glad I'm not the only one that this happened to!!!