ACS Law firm
Complaint
Angel
Country: United States
I recieved a phone call this morning from so called Attorney Baxter Cruz on behalf of ASC Law fim with a lawsuit against me from a payday loan company named Advanced Cash United Group I told him I never knew I had a payday loan with this company and they never informed me of a past due loan never he told me ( Attorny Cruz) that i had been notified by e-mail I asked him what e-mail was they contacting me on he gave me the wrong e-mail I told him its was not corect it was the wrong e-mail in return he told me all my information and then told me they will send the sheriffs to my place of employment to have me arrested and taken to court that the company he was repesenting ( Advance Cash United Group said I stole there money and they were processcuting me. I was in tears and disbelief I still couldnt figure out who this company was. he told me he could try to help me out to see if the company would stop the court and let me pay it in full now did i have the money I told him no i had to call my parents he gave me 15 minutes to return the call so i called back and told him i would send the money at 5 pm he sd he could not wait he gave me two hours so I called him right back and sd i had the money and where to send it he told me send it to Dorothy Lewis Pitt,PA no acct # needed can you believe this I imediately contacted my attorney and he told me No way its a scam!!!! My attorney googled this company and this so called attorney Baxter Cruz no such a thing just a bunch of complaints so now Im adding my scary story to the rest of yall's. Im still so afarid because he had all of my information and my place of employment. What else can I do??
Comments
All their claims are fake, just a bunch of liars.
I assume they wanted you to send money via Western Union or MoneyGram, or maybe a Walmart prepaid debit card or similar. Wired money can be picked up by anyone anywhere in the world, not just in some "location" they give you, and is commonly used in these scams to hide their trail.
If you have applied for any "payday loan" online, they may be getting consumer identity information through such sites.
Ignore their threats. Contact one of the credit reporting agencies (Experian, Equifax, Transunion) to have them put a fraud alert on your credit reports. If you place an alert on one, they will notify the others. You can also obtain a free credit report within 90 days of placing a fraud alert, from each of the CRAs.
File a fraud and extortion complaint with the FBI, although since they are overseas, there is probably little they can do other than confirm that this is a scam.