Harassing Phone Calls

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Brenda Brown
Country: United States
I am getting harrassing phone calls from foreigners claiming to be lawyers who say i have obtained money illegally thru an online payday loan and they are leaving harrassng messages for me. A new number they have left is 714-495-2358. Thanks for your time.

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    tj
    The pattern of harassment matches any of a bunch of Indian or Pakistani phony "debt collectors", probably calling from overseas via VoIP, that are known to threaten people to extort unowed "debts", supposedly from "payday loans".  Many consumers have reported receiving such calls, with many reporting they have never even had a payday loan.

    Nothing shows up against that phone number.  Actual debt collectors or attorneys who have been in business for a while usually have many reports of calls from their phone numbers, on sites like 800notes.com.  Scammers like these have few or no complaints after they first start using a new number, then just complaints of similar harassment before they ditch an old number to cover their tracks.

    They are fake.  The "debt" is fake".  They are not "attorneys".  They cannot sue you.  They cannot send the police to arrest you.  They may even have identification information, such as SSN, DOB, or employer information, but they are just con artists.  You can report them to the FBI, who will probably tell you all of the above.

    They will threaten and lie, but they cannot do anything else.

    Just tell them you have reported them to the police, and hang up.  Do not encourage them.  Do not feed the sharks, or they will keep coming back.
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    tj
    "Mr. Smith Law Firm"

    The aliases are often laughable, attempting to sound "American", with the "company" names attempting to sound "legal" or "official".
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    Shun
    I am getting harassing calls on my job from these foreigners. Each time they call they call from a new number and give me a new name the latest one is Marcus brown 646-918-8123. It's crazy. No number shows up on my work phone. I have no company name to reprt to better business bureau
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    AJ_450
    You can report to the internet crime complaint center at www.ic3.gov without all the detailed information.  I would encourage you to keep after these people so that they can be stopped!  If they keep calling you, make sure you let them know that they have been reported!
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    AC33
    This is happening to my husband as well. These foreigners have his SS# and phone number...they call and harrass daily. The latest threat is from Officer Tom Jackson from Patterson Law Firm....telling us of our court date and officers will be arriving at our home and workplace. They claim that my husband took out a PAYDAY loan and has not paid it back...for $5000. They claim that several applications have been filled out in his name...ect. They have even gone ao far as to deposit money into our acct and take small amts out...we had to return the funds at the bank through wire......and stop pay all amts...then close our accnts. The bank is watching and the police advised us to keeo a close eye on our credit report. So far...nothing is on our credit...another way to validate this is a scammer...trying to scare you into authorizing a payment to settle your bogus debt! Unfortunately this is not a crime until they actually collect money from you. Sad thing is, then they have your money and can not be caught! So hang up on them. Change your number...close your account....and don't purchase anything online unless u have a credit card only used for the internet...and no personal info on online apps. I hate these guys! Good Luck!!

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