925-262-1327

they called supposedly from the "hopkins law firm" very hard to understand accent. I have NO idea what it could be about and am always leary of these types of calls

Did your person that you couldn't understand call you from 240-365-0592 and have you call that # back??

Hey guys, I'm a lawyer, working very hard to track these guys down.  I have four clients with issues but for the life of me can not track this company down.  if you wanna go to my site and submit your story that would help me.

www.fairdebtlawyers.com

Bruce K Warren, Esq.

This person from the 9252621327 number called me at work the other day about an outstanding payday loan.(The most stupidist thing I have ever done was to take that out)It was suppose to be payed back by debit from my bank account.)This man name James Cameroon I believe I may have spelled the last name wrong has called my job many times and was told by an assistant not to call back. He still did. He has threatened me with jail and told me they were going to download my case several times whatever that means. He told me my problems would get worse. He asked if I have ever been picked up by my job and I said no. Several times he wanted my attorneys name. He said he was going to file wire charges and fraud charges on me. This is a 300 dollar loan he is charging for 600. I asked why so much and he screamed at me look at your contract. I was very upset and shaken up on the first call. THe second call I gave him a hard time but he would not give me an address or let me speak to a supervisor. When I told him (I know this was wrong please forgive for saying this) to go back to where he came from he got upset and told me God Bless You. Im trying to find out what I can do to make the phone calls stop

First of all, relax.  No debt collector has the authority to have anyone arrested for anything. The criminals calling you are no different than the infamous Nigerian email spammers; their goal is to steal your money by gaining access to your bank account and credit card numbers.  The only difference is, the Nigerian spammers play on your sympathy and these phony debt collectors play on your fear.

I'm not sure who is actually calling you, but their method resembles that of the notorious Bass Associates/States Predisposition/Jackson Philips/United Federal Bank/United Processing Legal Department scam.  (They go by many other names, most of which are meant to sound like government or banking entities.) Here's a recent news article from the Florida Times-Union about this criminal operation and how the Florida attorney general is pursing them even as they fled for Georiga:  http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/120107/met_221875639.shtml

Quite a few grifters like the Bass operation not only route many of their calls through various U.S. area codes, they also have calls placed from offshore -- all in an attempt to disguise their identity and location. Another common ploy is to convince the victim to send money via Western Union.  These 800Notes reports are pretty typical:

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-210-858-6602
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-480-365-0155
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-800-918-3849
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-209-920-4600

I suggest that you ignore their threats and turn the tables on them by doing the following:

1) Give them nothing, and tell them nothing other than that you've reported them to federal and state authorities.

2) File a complaint online with the Federal Trade Commission here: https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01

3) File a complaint with the consumer affairs division of your state's attorney general. The contact information for each state's attorney general is listed at www.naag.org  Just scroll down to the national map and click on your state.

4) Since these crooks are using a telephone phone to extort money from you, report them online to the FBI at https://tips.fbi.gov/

5) Contact an attorney to defend your rights and pursue these crooks. There are plenty of consumer law professionals who work on contingency in matters like this. Here are links to websites that either provide attorney referrals or are law firms that specialize in suing outlaw debt collectors:

Consumer Credit Advocate Bud Hibbs - http://www.budhibbs.com/First.htm
National Association of Consumer Advocates - http://members.naca.net/findanattorney.php
Warren & Vullings, LLP - http://www.fairdebtlawyers.com/
My Fair Debt - http://www.myfairdebt.com/
Consumer Counsel Group - http://www.consumercounselgroup.com/

Hope this helps. Good luck.

On the caller ID was the number 240-365-0592 and the message left was to call 925-262-1327 back It was VERY URGENT!!!They called my cousin today and threatened her with jail for 3 different charges: 1. Violation of International banking laws 2. Collateral check fraud and 3. Check by deception. And that a warrant was being issued for her at 6:00 pm tonight and that she had better pay up or go to jail. She called me to help her out. I asked him to hold off until I could verify the "loan" because he said it was EFT'd into her bank account. There was no deposit on the date he said at all. NO LOAN!The names used in this call were Mike Robinson and Jason. They have a very thick mid-eastern accent and were very illegal in the methods to threaten. We have notified the local law enforcement and the FBI and will notify the FTC tomorrow. Now here is the SCARY PART... He gave her ALL of her information... bank acct#, SS#,everything... SO we HAVE to buy a credit protection plan, notify the bank to HOLD all EFTs etc, etc, etc.
Some things you should know...
They did NOT have the routing #
DO NOT give them any INFORMATION AT ALL!!!!!!!

AGain tonight I was called at work, thankfully one of my coworkers caught on again that this is the man harrasing me about the payday loan. She told him I was not working tonight so he asked to speak to my manager. A little embarrased I had to give him a quick spiel on what was going on. He got on the phone and again James Cameroon told him he needed to speak to me. My boss told him he could not call there no more and he had allegations against me, my boss told him that his allegations were not against managment or the company. He asked for an address and once again he would not give it. This person does not care he will keep calling back and does not follow any laws. He has been told several times not to call but he keeps doing it. They told me the same thing as I said before, they would get me for check fraud and threatened me with jail. I don't trust these people. Almost scared they will show up at my door.

And who is this Hopkins law firm? The only one I can find is in Arkansas. This is who these people keep saying they represent.

They same thing happened to me. They called a former boss of mine.From phone number 240-365-0592 but i was to call back 925-262-1327. I returned their call and they proceed to tell me that they were downloading my information to the authorities for where I live on 3 charges, violation of federal banking,collateral check fraud and check by deception. The 3 guys I talked to was James Cameroon, Dean Jones and a Jason O'Connors. I have contacted the authorities. Do not give them any info. Call Equifax and put a fraud alert on your account they will inform the other 2 credit bureaus as well.

I contacted an attorney today and he emailed me back saying that they are a criminal collection agency running from the law. He told me to say this when they call, I am not sure it will help I have not tried it yet but I am sure they will call me today at work.  "You are hereby notified this call is being recorded to insure compliance with federal law. If you do not want your conversation recorded hang up now. If you continue to talk, you signify your acceptance of my taping your call. Anything you say may be used against you in future legal proceedings."  My worry is that they are criminals and they don't seem to care about the law.

My guess is the reason they keep contacting you is that they think they're close to scaring you into giving them your money. So be proactive and put it in their face. Once they know that you've figured them out, they'll probably give up. As your attorney said, if they call you again tell them they're not getting a penny from you because you know they're a criminal operation and that you've already reported them to state and federal authorities.  I'll bet then that he'll cuss at you, say something threatening and hang up...and you'll never hear from them again.

Just remember: if a thief walked up to you in the street and demanded your money or he would have you arrested, you'd rightly think he was an idiot and walk away.  This is no different, except in this instance, the idiot is calling you on the phone.  :)  Good luck.

That's the key point to understand...the caller isn't from Hopkins Law Office or any other law office. It's a scam.

The caller called and threatened me. Said they work for QuickN Loan and the initial amount of the loan was 316.00 and 408.00 now I owe them 1700.00. They want 300 by tonite and 500.00 on Monday. I have $10.00 to my name and no way can I come up with this.
Same as above the information is being downloaded, etc. Phone number is 925-262-1327 Mark Robinson. Can they have me arrested, I have sent emails trying to explain my situation but they do not listen and now say I have failed to respond, which is not true help

I received a call today, and my attorney called them back.  This caller was named Mark Ryan and had a heavy Middle Eastern accent like the others described here.  She asked who the original lender was, and the response was that the lender owned 3000 websites, and they couldn't tell me which one.  I definitely think the ftc should be involved because I think they're committing wire fraud over the phone.  My attorney's advice is to ignore it.  They did say that since she called they wouldn't harass me anymore.  We'll see.  The number left to call was 926-262-1327, but the caller id is listed below.

I have had a few calls from these places also at my place of employment and it seems that I am hearing and going through the exact same thing everyone else is.  These are pretty threatening phone calls and the funny thing is, is that they are leaving this information on the general mailbox with my work.  So EVERYONE hears this.  Pretty funny but at the same time, I have their threats on tape!  The latest one was from some woman who I could BARELY make out what she was saying, named Jennifer Smith.  Might as well have been "John Doe".  Sounds like a made up name.  But on the message itself, she says at the end, "call me back ASAP TODAY (which was a Saturday) or I can't tell you what will happen to you, God Help you.  I was going to call them back WITH the name of my attorney as they first requested, but I am not even going to entertain that thought now.  Last thing....on the first initial call I received from them a month ago, the guy (who again could barely speak English) told me it was from a payday loan that I received in Feb 2005!  I told him that if this were true, why is it taking him 3 years to call me about it and that my bankruptcy case went through in Dec. 2005.  He said that it was from "Nations Bank" and they were charging me with check fraud and many other things listed from the other complaints here.  Google Nations Bank,.......NOTHING.

The weird thing with my calls and the calls everyone else is getting is that it is all in the same time frame. I was told they were a crimingal debt collection company. I have a feeling what has happened and I may be wrong is that they bought these debts for cheap and now are calling people harrasing them. They have called my job numerous times as I have said above. I think we need to call the phone company for this number in California and let them know what is going on. By the way it is a residential number. They are probably changing there names around.I have filed with the ftc already. They are a joke. The only thing is they don't stop calling.

I did a reverse search on 926-262-1327.  Turns out that 926 is not an valid American area code. However, 926 is the area code for Oman.  I have no idea if these crooks are calling from Oman or any other foreign country; but I do know that many of these phony debt collector scams are run offshore and routed through American phone numbers.

I am receiving the same calls from a Ryan Smith and Jason Connors from the Restitution Center of Hopkins Law Firm. They are awful! Have stated that they will download a warrant for my arrest on three Federal charges of violation of federal banking,collateral check fraud and check by deception. I became very upset at work. These people are mean and very persistent.
What can we do? I sumitted a report to the FBI. They have personal info about me. SS# and such.

REading again what I am going through and other people I decided to call the Walnut Creek police department because this is the location of where these calls are originating (Walnut Creek California)She told me I would need to contact my local police department and then they would go from there. I would suggest people do this, one more call at work and Im doing the same thing. We have to work together. Also Nations Bank has not been around for atleast 10-12 years, they were merged with bank of america years and years ago.

Actually, I found out that the call is from the county of Alameda, using Broadwing Communications Llc- CA. This could be a landline OR a prepaid cellphone.
I am finding that the nature of their threats seem to be very serious....I hope they do not follow-through with what they state.