Told me I was going to JAIL!
Complaint
Alisha
Country: United States
They say they are coming after me with a bench warrant, which could yield 10 years in prison........... for non-compliance to pay them. They say they represent Ace Check Cashing, and you have a warrant out for you and someone will come to your house and arrest you if you do not pay. I didn't get very far with this call before I looked the number up online, and poof, someone else had already taken the initiative to post it. I will list different spellings of what could be their "business" name. Vanderburgh, Vandenburg, Vanderburk, or Vanderbirk....totally unsure. They are not listed, obviously fictitious. I told them I believed so and they have not called back and will not answer my calls either.
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-822-2677
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-822-2677
Comments
I don't know if this is a related operation, but they appear to have just started up, with complaints showing up under this number 2 days ago.
It is illegal for debt collectors to threaten alleged debtors with arrest for failure to pay back a debt. It is a violation of the federal FDCPA, as well as many state laws.
In particular, if you receive one of their calls and you have no idea why they are calling you, contact your local police to report this as an extortion attempt. In addition, file a complaint against this company with FTC, so it shows up in their Sentinal consumer fraud database. Include their phone number, since these types of operations often use multiple names.
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-822-2677
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Rating: +1 Tammy Rene' Holley - 9 Apr 2008
4-8-08 had a msg to call this 1-877-822-2677 Ext 2014 #. Was anwered with a strange name of a business. Lady calims that I will have a warrant issued for me (she called from Indiana and I am in Texas) unless I pay 4 176.38 for a supposed bad check to Ace check cashing. 1. Ace does not cash personal checks over $ 25.00 2. The routing # and Account # is no where in Texas for this Alleged bad check 3. Says I must pay the 176.38 plus fees= $ by ATM or Debit card by Monday 4-14-08 $301.38 or I will have a warrent issued and police would pick me up Monday night. I will not give my info over the phone as my mom went thru identity theft 3 times last year.
Caller Type: Collection Agency"
Georgia Lawyers for the Arts
King Plow Arts Center
887 West Marietta Street NW
Suite J-101
Atlanta, GA 30318
(404) 873-3911
gla@glarts.org
The Georgia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts serves the legal needs of the artists and art organizations of Georgia. GVLA answers legal questions from visual artists, writers, performers and musicians and makes referrals to pro bono lawyers; they give free legal advice to nonprofit arts organizations with budgets under $500,000; and GVLA conducts workshops on topical issues relating to the arts and the law including contracts and copyrights, taxes and record keeping, and nonprofit incorporation.
She said her name was Ms Juarez, she left me a message with no return number but she said that my attorney will need to call her before 4:00pm ...
Has anyone come up with anything?
Vanderburg Chase Associates
2870 Peachtree Rd NW
Suite 492
Atlanta, GA 30305
http://www.freelyweb.com/VCA/Home.aspx?ID=1
http://www.wvago.gov/press.cfm?ID=444&fx=more
"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Norman Googel
Phone: (800) 368-8808
Release Date: August 21, 2008
Attorney General McGraw Warns Public of Fake Internet Loan Collectors Impersonating Law Enforcement Officers and Extorting Money From Consumers
Attorney General Darrell McGraw took the extraordinary step today of warning the public about a band of scam artists making threats to consumers who allegedly obtained Internet payday loans in West Virginia and across the nation. The consumers they threaten never obtained a loan at all or paid it off years ago.
Internet payday loans are short-term loans or cash advances, usually for 14 days, made over the Internet via interactive web sites and secured by an agreement authorizing debits of the loan and all fees owed from the consumer’s checking account. These loans typically charge interest rates ranging from 600-800 APR and are unlawful in West Virginia.
The scam artists, who speak English with a foreign accent, call themselves “U.S. National Bank,” “Federal Investigation Bureau,” “United Legal Processing” and numerous other phony names. They refuse to disclose real names and addresses and are believed to be operating “off the grid” from homes, automobiles, or from off shore locations or foreign countries, including India. Since the scammers have kept themselves purposely well hidden, thus far no law enforcement agencies have succeeded in locating or shutting them down.
The scammers typically pose as law enforcement officers, investigators, lawyers, and bankers and threaten consumers that they will be arrested for “bank fraud” or other fictitious crimes unless money is wired immediately. They simultaneously scare and confuse consumers by using meaningless legalese gobbledygook phrases such as, “We are downloading warrants against you” or “We are filing an affidavit against you.” Consumers who don’t immediately fall for the scam are warned, “Only God can help you now.”
The scammers almost always call consumers at work several times a day, and tell their supervisors, “Your employee has committed fraud and is about to be arrested.” Such threats have proven unsettling even to the most savvy consumers and employers who suspect the calls are fraudulent.
Attorney General McGraw stated, “Ordinarily my office protects consumers from fraudulent activities by seeking injunctions in court. But legal action cannot be taken until the scam artists can be located. Even then, it is unlikely that the persons behind the fraudulent calls and extortionist threats would obey a court order. In this case, the consumer’s best defense is to be armed with the knowledge of the scam so that all demands for money can be resisted, despite the false but scarey threats of arrest.”
McGraw added, “Because the fraudsters make a special point of calling consumers repeatedly at work, employers must understand that the consumers are innocent victims of a criminal enterprise and cannot stop the calls from coming. I also wish to assure the citizens of West Virginia that my office will continue to do everything possible to locate and shut down the outlaw debt collectors.”
More information about this fraudulent debt collection scheme is available at the Attorney General’s website, www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam. Any consumers who have been threatened by these persons or wish to file a complaint about another consumer matter may do so by calling the Consumer Protection Hot Line, 1-800-368-8808, or by obtaining a complaint form from the Attorney General’s web site.
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Furthermore, you would want to be careful paying them anything they cannot substantiate, since if they are engaged in one type of illegal acts, you cannot trust either that the amount they claim you owe is accurate, nor can you assume that if you pay them what they claim, they won't come back and demand more, or sell some alleged balance to another debt collector.
They had 5 days after contacting you by phone to send you a letter notifying you that they were a debt collector, and that if you don't dispute or request validation of the debt within 30 days, they will assume it is valid.
File a written complaint with the AG in the state they are located in, regarding their abusive and threatening phone calls, and any failure to notify you of your dispute rights or provide a written address to which you can send your dispute.
If you can't get their address for purposes of sending a dispute, Ace should be able to provide it since they claim to have sold it to them. If they fail to cooperate, file an additional complaint against Ace.
Because they scammed me once, they keep calling my work number, my cell number, my house number. This all stemming from a Payday loan I took out and they tell me was not paid.
I was extorted upon. Everytime I get a phone call, I forward it to my attorney. They hang up on him. It all extortion. Please be aware. They all have an arabic/indian accent and use common names that can't possible be their name.
How do we catch them to file charges?? Its insane. The last guy who called me was Sam Johnson. But I have had Brian's, Brandon's, Derek's. It is so annoying.
Regarding a fraud alligation and they need a statement from you
877-822-2677, ext. 3033 reference #145601. My roommate told me to google the # and came across this site. Knowing this is a scam, I won't be calling them back. and my ex is a cop!
If they make threats, attempt to demand money you don't owe, or evade your attempts to send them a letter to request they prove you owe it, file complaints with your state AG, and FTC.