Payday Loan scam

ComplaintsCollection AgenciesAdvance Cash America

Complaint

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Christy
Country: United States
This is an e-mail I received the other day! Don't know who these peolpe are but they have been calling me SEVERAL times a day off of random numbers but leave no message. When I do answer and tell them to they have the wrong number and quit calling me before I call the police about harassment they hamg up! This is getting a little rediculous and I am tired of it! I wish someone could do soemthing about them.

LOAN INFORMATION

Due Amount- $640.00

Loan Company- Advance Cash America

You are going to be legally prosecuted within couple of days. Your Social Security Number has been marked as Red Flag by US Government, so before something goes wrong we would like to notify you about this matter.

It seems apparent that you have chosen to ignore all our efforts to contact you in order to resolve your debt with Advance Cash America. At this point you have made your intentions clear and leave us no choice but to protect our interest in this matter.

UNITED LEGAL INVESTIGATION BUREAU HAS STATED SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST YOU AND THEY ARE:

(1) VIOLATION OF FEDERAL BANKING REGULATION
(2) COLLATERAL CHECK FRAUD
(3) THEFT BY DECEPTION

Now, this means few things for you. If you are under any state probation or payroll we need you to inform your superior or manager what you have done in the past and what would be the consequences once the case has been downloaded and executed in your name.

If we do not hear from you within 48 hours of the date on this e-mail, we will be compelled to seek legal representation from our in-house attorney. We reserve the right to commence litigation for intent to commit wire fraud under the pretense of refusing to repay a debt committed to, by use of the internet. In addition we reserve the right to seek recovery for the balance due, as well as legal fees and any court cost incurred.

WE HAVE ALL THE RIGHTS RESERVED TO INFORM TO FBI, FTC, YOUR EMPLOYER AND BANK ABOUT FRAUD.

And once you found guilty into the court house than you have to bear the entire cost for this law suit $4271.15 which is excluding loan amount, attorney's fees, and the interest charges. You have the right to hire an attorney. If you don't have one or if you can't afford then one will be appointed to you.

We believe that this was not your intent and that these steps are unnecessary. We merely require you to contact our recovery asset location department at (210) 399-3400.



IF YOU WANT TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER THAN IMMEDIATELY CONTACT US THRU EMAIL OR CALL US BETWEEN WORKING HOURS ON (210) 399-3400.



ACS LEGAL GROUP
LEGAL GROUP OF ATTORNEYS
(210) 399-3400

Comments

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    Kal fisher
    I too received this email, verbatim.

    Please report to the FBI.
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    kim
    | 1 reply
    I have never received an email (although they said they sent me lot of them!) from a "lawyers group" saying I owe money to a pay day loan company.  The numbers the call came from was 1-916-244-2083 from Florida..  A very heavy-accented man told me they were coming to arrest me if I didn't go to 7-11 and get a Green Dot card in the amount of 370.00.  I have had payday loans but they are all paid off.  I looked up and read that other people have been duped by this scan.  When "Sean Williams" called this morning and asked for the money, I told him I knew this was a scam and I was going to contact the BBB, the sheriff's office and my local police.  Two hours later another guy calls me from 916-244-2083 and gave me the same story.  WTF! The scary thing is they knew the last four digits of my SSN.  What can I do?  I have been receiving these calls at work and on my cell phone.
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      Lisa Angelino replies to kim
      Report this to the real State Attorney's office.  I did that this morning because these guys keep calling me too.
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    Lori
    I just received a call from Litigation Services from 210-762-6854 regarding Advance Amercia Pay Day loans. They said I applied for the loan online which I did not. I called Advance America and they don't do online loans. I also filed a complaint with the Consumer Protection Bureau which is taking these types of complaints. I asked what Law firm they are with and they said we are not a law firm. I said Advance America has no record of a loan from me and they said they have not rec'd the paperwork yet. So DEFINATELY A SCAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BE AWARE
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    Mr. Wilson
    I just got the same email with a Dorsey and assoicates law firm.  Thanks for posting everyone.  I thought it was a scam!!!
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    tori
    I got the same call yesterday and I am ignoring it they are just trying to scare people but the bad thing is they put a virus on my computer with the emails so they had my ss# banking info I called my banks got new cards but they still have other info I had to replace my computer change email,if you get those emails don't open them
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    judy may
    forward the emails to info info@youngstown.bbb.org
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    Deborah H
    I just received an email from them and I was a little scared because I did take out payday loans previously on line but I consolidated them and paid them all off.  So I don't owe anyone anything and I will never ever do that anymore.  It is a shame these people get your information and start harassing you.  I just sent them a reply telling them I don't owe them and they are scammers and I will report them.  Unbelievable.
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    bryan w
    Is this legal or not
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    Jaee
    | 1 reply
    Here's a copy of their latest emails (still SCAMS), and DO NOT FALL FOR IT! I get calls daily from various numbers, some automated, some foreign sounding, all trying to claim I owe something I do NOT. If you ask for a letter of debt validation (that if it were legal they are obligated to provide), they clam up and say you already have your original paperwork. If you state that you are, or have contacted the authorites, then they usually either hang up, or cuss you. I don't answer any number I don't know anymore, and they are so bad, I am seriously considering changing my cell number:

    Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 18:04:08 +0530
    Subject: Important Notification
    From: tracey.butler@manager-collections.com
    To:

    Dear Debtor,

    As you are aware, you have a small pay day loan bill of $970.80 that remains unpaid. We feel we have done everything possible within reason to collect the money you owe us. We have decided that unless you make immediate plans to repay us this money, we will write this debt off our books and claim it as “bad debt loss” to the IRS.

    Did you know that any money you owe us and don’t pay should legally be declared as “additional income” for you or your business during the year in which you incurred the debt?

    If we decide to write off this debt, we will use IRS form 1099-A which will show the IRS that the $970.80 became income for you and bad debt for Advance Cash America.

    You can avoid the unnecessary actions by immediately getting in touch with us through e-mail. For any queries feel free to e-mail us back. We will be handling this matter over with you and will be providing you some pay off or Settlement options if available.

    Note:- For further details kindly reply to keith.dsouza@advancecashservces.com

    Thank You,
    Advance Cash America

    Here is a simple question: Do you really want the IRS poking around your tax returns to see if you claimed that money as income? Wouldn’t it just be easier to pay your bill?
    • 0
      bec replies to Jaee
      I got kinda the same email from a guy name Keith in Florida
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    mary
    got an email today.  this is a scam...report online crime to https://complaint.ic3.gov
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    Corrina
    i got this email, too.  And since i have a payday loan with a SIMILAR company, i TOTALLY thought this was true and ALMOST fell for it.  I decided to call the Ace Cash Express office and they said I had no balance with them and someone was trying to scam me!  She said they have been getting these complaints very often and to just ignore them. So I sent them an email and told them that the Fraud & Risk Division of Ace Cash was investigating all their correspondence to me and others that had the same complaints and they were working on a case to have THEM prosecuted!  I have yet to receive another email from that one. But, now I've been getting emails from another one called Advance Cash America, Mr. Roger Williams.  But, when I called just now, he had a foreign accent and when i asked to speak to his supv/superior, he said he WAS the superior! I asked him where the corporate office was located and he said in New York and that he didn't report to anyone!
    It's a total scam!
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    D.B.
    | 2 replies
    i also receive a scam e-mail this what mine said i owe advance cash america $890 dollars but they settle for $400 dollars and i must pay by fed. 8 2016
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      cc replies to D.B.
      i did to from a christian smith.  and when i ask when this was supposedly deposited they said 2014. so i ask what bank it was deposited to. they came back

      We really appreciate your good intentions in order to resolve the issue.
      Full and final payment of $400.00 on or before February 22th 2016 looks absolutely fine.
      Once the full and final payment is received a receipt will be sent to you stating that your outstanding debt is paid in full.
      Your updated mode of payment is RELOADIT.
      The mode of payment will no longer be through secure mode of payments like ACH, VISA or MASTER Cards. The only mode of payment we are allowed to accept has to be through PayPower Reload Pack (REloadit) as per FDCP act, so that you do not give out any of your personal information any more to anyone.

      All you have to do is get a PayPower Reload Pack (REloadit) for the amount of $400.00 from the store, scratch on the bottom on the back side of the card, and provide us with the 10 digit reference number.

      Kindly fill the information below and e-mail us back, so that we can collect your payment accordingly.
      RELOADIT
      Loan Account Number    #LN203417

      Full Name

      Address

      City State Zip

      Phone Number

      RELOADIT(10digit)

      Amount

      To know the nearest RELOADIT store, kindly visit https://www.paypower.com/StoreLocator/StoreLocator.html
      For any queries related to PayPower Reload Pack (REloadit), feel free to email us back. DO NOT BUY NET SPEND RELOADIT.
      Please do not give the reference number to any one and do not scratch in front of the shopkeeper.
      Kindly send us the scan copy of the RELOADIT along with the receipt.

      Best Regards
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      Maya replies to D.B.
      I got the same exact email, settling for $400
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    kanddy
    I received the same email. I email them back. Try to claim I owe $400. First of all..you should know whether or not you apply for a loan with this company.  I never of this loan company therefore I know I didn't take out a payday loan.  And since payday loans are taking from your account it would be likely that the loan was paid back.  Just a,scam to get money. I'm not sending nothing. Let them process their so call legal proceedings.
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    G. S. J.
    I been going through this for 3 months now with them tryn to get money from me and I actually wired 500 through moneygram and today The person michael.hester@cashforu.net gave me the address of where this loan is out of and I tracked it down and called the place and they said no affiliation with this person and its a scam but what got me scared was the scammer said that if I didnt pay the loan back is that a warrant would be issued for my arest so I put off enough just to save 500 to send it and when I sent it it was there 3 days and the person didnt pick it up so I cancelled the money gram today and emailed the person and said Im calling the police and havent heard back for 10 hours now so that tells me its a scam
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    Leonard
    I've been getting calls two or three times a week,but if I don't recognize the number,my landlady and I don't answer the phone.The first couple of times we did answer(they had a heavy accent).Today,over the E-mail,I received the same format other people are showing me on this website(telling me I owe this much and if I don't pay up,we'll see you in court).This is the third or fourth one I've gotten(within a year and a half),it's a FAKE,SCAM!!!       DON'T PAY THEM!!!!
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    BROKE SISTER
    D o n ' t    g i v e   t h e s e   p e o p l e   a  d i m e - s c a m m e r s - a l l   d a y   l o n g.   Delete the email and or reply back - tell them to ________________ that right!

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