These men are absolutely fraudulent payday loan debt collectors. I am listing some of phone numbers below for you to check:
914-612-7156
415-200-0177
206-204-4835
909-580-8968
972-322-2888
626-380-0420
916-458-4838
213-286-0291
213-985-7627
206-607-0716
530-463-1643
760-514-0147
707-633-4788
818-688-7266
415-236-1916
213-985-7627
704-456-1060
714-600-6000
310-401-6743
530-419-2193
These men will even claim that you will be arrested and placed in jail unless you send money to them via Western Union. They will even threaten to call your place of business and report to your boss or that you have a lawsuit against you when you were never notified to begin with. Here is what one of our clients said about their call from these crooks.
I received a call yesterday and they left a very threatening message saying I need to get a lawyer and to have the lawyer call them. I called the number back to find out what was going on and I said if you ever leave a threatening message on my phone again I will call the cops he said go ahead we are affiliated with the cops. He said that there were 3 counts of fraud or something against me for taking out a loan from US Cash and not paying it back. He said US Cash tried to withdraw the payment and it was declined and so I am being sued and I will be arrested for fraud, etc. I asked how much it was for he said $921.49 with interest and late fees but could not tell me the exact loan amount he said it was deposited on March 4, 2010. I called my back and there was nothing deposited to my account except my paychecks, I called the local police and filed a report because this guy had all my personal information including my bank account number, social and my friends name he even knew where I work. I also filed a complaint with the FTC, the FBI, the attorney general in California where he said the company he was calling from was and I filed a complaint with the attorney general in my state. He said he was calling from Law Group of California, and his name was Brandon Jackson I looked it up and could not find anything. The number used to call me was 530-463-1643.
As you can see from what the client wrote us is that these guys are very demanding and their tone is to intimidate you into paying them. The sad part is its working and some people are actually paying these crooks to keep the police from showing up to their house or work. I am telling you right now that is completely false and will not happen. There hasn’t been a debtors prison since the civil war. As well owing these payday loan companies debt is a civil matter not a criminal matter. The majority of these type of telephone calls are usually made on a Friday or during the weekend when government offices or the payday lenders you “supposedly” owe money to are closed.
The name of the payday loan companies these frauds give are completely false. The scammers use both the name of a real payday loan outfit and will even use an attorney’s name to make the person think it’s legitimate if they check it out on the web. Please do not fall for these trap. As well never ever give out your bank account information to anyone claiming you owe them money to avoid jail.
If you ever receive this type of call whether you owe payday loan companies the debt or not call the payday lender and find out if there is something legitimate or not. As well please go your state attorney general’s website and file a complaint although they are bombarded with these complaints. The FTC also allows you to file complaints online. The FTC’s website is: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/
The FBI has also stated these tips:
If you receive these calls, do not follow the caller’s instructions. Rather, you should:
- Notify your banking institutions.
- Contact the three major credit bureaus and request an alert be put on your file.
- Contact your local law enforcement agencies if you feel you are in immediate danger.
- File a complaint at www.IC3.gov.
Tips to avoid becoming a victim of this scam:
- Never give your Social Security number—or personal information of any kind—over the telephone or online unless you initiate the contact.
- Be suspicious of any e-mail with urgent requests for personal financial information. The e-mail may include upsetting or exciting but false statements to get you to react immediately.
- Avoid filling out forms in e-mail messages that request personal information.
- Ensure that your browser is up-to-date and security patches have been applied.
- Check your bank, credit, and debit card statements regularly to make sure that there are no unauthorized transactions. If anything looks suspicious, contact your bank and all card issuers.
- When you contact companies, use numbers provided on the back of cards or statements
Source: http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/paydayloanscam_120710
If you have been targeted by these crooks whether you have payday loan debt or not, please leave a comment with their numbers so others can benefit from this as well.
