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Frances Hampton
Country: United States
12/1/2010 I received a phone call from a Senior Officer Jimmy Gilchrist from the US Government=New York Crime Prevention Dept. -  called me from 347-273-6028 - stated I was being sued by Payday Advance Loans Cause No. 175200ST.  He stated to me that I could avoid prosecution by sending the full amount of a debt $640 today; I told him my husband died and I just got a new job and was not able to pay this amount.  He said he would make arrangements, but needed me to fax him a note which stated: I, FH authorize payment of $100 from Walmart debit card, which he asked me to go purchase since I do not have a debit card or credit card.  He told to me to make the payment by tomorrow to aboive prosecution.  He also asked me to fax him a copy of my photo TDL, which I did.  (now they have my address); I looked up the his phone number but nothing came up so became skeptable about all of this.  He told me he was with NY Crime Prevention and I would think that the number would have brought up that agency, but did not.  I proceeded after work to contact him again, no answer, only voice message, and I left a message that I was not paying anything, that they were not affiliated with NYPD and had to fax me a pleading of some sort proving I was being sued.  I will wait until tomorrow to see if they call back: hopefully not at my place of employment.  The man said if I didn't pay they were going to speak with my supervisor, etc.

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    Frances
    12/2/2010 at 9:35 am; I just received a phone call from J.Gilchrist again from the same phone number 347-273-6028, he said he wanted me to give him the information from a debit card today.  I told him I knew he was a scammer, and I was not sending nothing.  He said he was going to contact my supervisor.  I told go ahead, and hung up on him.
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    Conan Brooks
    It was scam with an attempt but this guy, said, he was Officer Patrick Wilson from Florida after doing a reverse look up it was discovered the number was from Perrine, FL contact the FTC immediately and your Local Police department immediately if contacted by this gentlemen he should have an Indian accent.  Also he had my social security number, bank account information, where I worked and how many kids I have and there ages.
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    tj
    Phony "payday loan debt collection" extortion racket.

    There are numerous similar complaints under various names.

    In many cases, these calls are coming from overseas criminals, often India or Pakistan, via VoIP.  They are often reported to have thick Indian accents, and choose aliases intended to sound "American".

    They make extreme threats, and they may have access to consumer information, either from U.S. credit reports, skip trace databases, or phony on-line "payday loan" application sites.  That allows them to know employers, addresses, relative, etc.

    No "debts" are owed to them, such claims are entirely fake.
    They are not "officers", "with the DA", "attorneys", etc.
    They cannot "arrest" you, "prosecute" you, "sue" you, etc.
    They are criminals with phones, nothing more.
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    tj
    Since they are threatening to harass you at work, file attempted extortion complaints with your local police, and also file a complaint with the FBI, since they are most likely located overseas.

    Notify your employer that you have been targetted by an overseas phony "debt collector" extortionist, so that other employees can be made aware, as they might be subjected to similar threats.  

    These scams have NO relationship to any loan you actually may have taken out.

    Phone fraud is global.  Might as well be a teachable moment.
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    Allison
    Please do not intimidated by these scare tactics. Collection agencies and law firms using tactics just like this have recently been sued in Federal Court and have lost. If you are receiving harassing calls and/or letters and/or voicemail messages from this company or anyone else similar, you are encouraged to contact a consumer attorney. For more information, you may contact Attorney Allison Polesky for a free consultation with no obligation to see how you may be entitled up to $1,000.

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    Allison Polesky, Esq.
    511 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 712
    New York, NY 10011
    Tel:  866-479-9500
    Fax: 866-688-4300
    consumerrightslawyer@gmail.com
    http://www.poleskylaw.com/
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    deena nelson
    I just got same cal an told them I knew they were scanners he told me he was going to rape me an kill me in front of my kids! That is the nice way he said lot more gross than that. Told my husband they were going to kill him an eat him.

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