Harassing phone calls

ComplaintsUnsolicited Phone CallsCash Advance America/American Law Division

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Jim Richmond
Country: United States
Recieved a call from a man named John Nelson, with very thick accent. He put his Supervisor, Anthony Johnson, on the phone, upon my repeated request,  demanding $956 to be paid immediately to a business called Cash Advance America for an alleged loan he claimed my wife failed to pay over a year ago. Never had a loan from them, never heard of them. He said if she didn't pay today that another company called American Law Division had a "senior" attorney ready to file suit against her tomorrow in "Oklahoma Court" for over $4000 after attorney's fee's. He had the last four digits of her social security number. He never could furnish our address. He claimed her employer was also being "investigated." He also called my wife at her work place earlier in the day. He told her she had failed to take care of her business and that she would "end up behind the bars."  She continued to ask for a Supervisor and was told by Anthony that he was the Supervisor. She asked for his Supervisor because, while he claimed to be American and had an American name, his accent was so thick she could not understand a word he was saying. He then started talking really quickly and shouting. She just kept shouting back for him to put someone who could speak English on the line and he hung up.  He also told her his company had sent 18 emails that had gone ignored. ROFL! Of course, those types of emails always get deleted!  Not a letter or correspondence one.  Just the emails... which, upon sifting through my past email logs were not found.  My wife was very upset and I told her it was a scam and I'd be able to find something on the internet to prove it. Of course, I have found that proof here. You'll also note, they never put a phone number on their web sites.  I'll have to see if they keep calling before I try to take any legal action, which I doubt would do any good since they are foreigners. I suppose I'll play along and make them mad everytime they call... who know's it might be fun!

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    Rudy Melson
    I received a phone call from a man claiming to be Jason Miller"; an attorney representing Cash Advance America claiming all the same-that I had received a Cash Advance from Cash Advance America and that I had to go to Walmart to buy a prepaid card and use that pre-paid card to pay my loan off.  I reported it to my attorney and if he tries to call me again, my attorney and I will take legal action.  Let's not let anyone take advantage!  Too many good people out there get victimized by this nonsense!
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    iris
    yeah same thing here. Just got off the phone with an idiot from there. I asked them what their address is from where they are calling and the guy Frank Morgan became irritated with me asking. He asked why I want the address and I said because I am calling FBI on him and turning him in for fraud and harrassment. He said "[***] You" and hung up. What should I be doing to make sure this does not continue?
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    tiredofittoo
    same thing here....he used Jimmy Johnson with me, said it was American Credit Foundation, and my ss# is under investigation, they will subpeona me at work, etc......I knew i didnt owe it, so told him to do what he wants...bad part is, they called my work a couple weeks ago with same crap but then they were with Indiana Criminal Investigations.....i told htem not to call my work again....they havent YET....however, bad part is, if they law isnt doing anything about them, and they dont abide by the FDCPA, then how do u stop them calling your work...even though i told my work it was a scam, it can still cause you problems, when u arent supposed to get calls....
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    amazed
    no offese, artimus, but they did NOT get you fired....if your boss fired you because some scam called them and said lies, then u have a lawsuit against your employer...something else got you fired...
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    gapudge
    I received a call from someone who said he had an important legal matter to discuss with me.  When I started asking questions, he told me he wasn't working on my case file, he would get a supervisor.  I continued to ask what this was regarding he stated a payday loan I had taken out and not paid back.  I asked for add'l info he said I had been previously notified to which I told him I had not received anything in writing. He told me there were 3 pending charges against me and that the sheriff's dept would be delivering a subponea to my place of employment.  I continued to tell him I didn't take out a loan, and had no idea what he was talking about.  He raised his voice and got angry.  Then his supervisor Kevin Peterson who had a heavy accent also, he told me that I could pay the amount owed and he would stop the downloading of the charges in the legal system.  I was panicked he told me that if I wanted to pay the amount of $489.52 I would need to fax him a letter stating I authorized the amount along with a copy of my driver's license.  Which I stupidly did, again I panicked!!  He asked me what was closest to me (Walmart, CVS) he told me I was to go to Walmart and purchase a Walmart Prepaid Visa Card and call him back. He advised me not to activate the card they would do it for me.  Which is so the transaction can not be traced! I did some research online and contacted an attorney who called this Kevin Peterson and spoke with him about his threats to have me arrested etc which is illegal under the fair debt collection act.  I also contacted the local police who called this person and once the officer identified himself Kevin Peterson hung up.  The police advised me its a scam and not to pay them anything.  If they continue to harass me at home and work, to notify the detective.
    Fortunately I didn't pay them a dime.  My question to Kevin Peterson is why would I pay for something I never took out. I have loan payments that are drafted automatically from my account that are legitimate.  I have already changed by bank account information, put a freeze on my ssn, and all 3 credit reports.
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    Pandas
    So glad to know that I'm not the only person that's had this issue, I was super stressed about this. The guy told me I owed $489 and had the last 4 digits of my social and my email address so I was completely floored. He also said he'd call my job and I told him to go ahead since I'm the manager and I'd love to further discuss with him. They call me from all different numbers, same Indian accent. This is insane and so fristrating.
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    tiffany
    i live in tilton nH and these people have not stopped calling me for the past year and every time they am saying i owe a different amount of money when i don't own them anything and every time they say i am going to be arrested and i am going to be going to court in Northfeild to bad there is not a court house in Northfeild.. and they keep calling me at work and it really getting on my last nerve and my boyfriends parents are getting pissed off to the point these people can go pound sand!!!!
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    Deb
    We received a call from someone with a heavy accent last Saturday telling us we needed to get an attorney because of pending legal action.  He left 2 phone numbers with a 310 area code.  One number we still haven't gotten through to because it rings, a recording says welcome and then disconnects.  We did get in touch with them on Monday.  Someone with COOPER in the name and an accent.  Got to be the same one I've been reading complaints about. He told my husband he was going to be prosecuted for worthless check,threatened possible jail time, fines in excess of $3k and had him all upset.  I called back and the guy was rude to me, told me since he had already talked to my husband that I should go ask him and then hung up on me. I called back today and amazingly I get the same guy again.  What are the odds?  He wouldn't give me any information as to the date this was supposed to have been deposited to our account.  He told me it didn't matter, a lawsuit was being filed.  I said I wanted to compare his info to my bank statement.  He hatefully told me it wasn't his job to give me info that would prove or dismiss the claim and he didn't care what my bank manager said.  I did finally get the name of the company who was supposed to be filing a lawsuit against us.  He told me the name of the company was Cash Advance.  I asked to confirm at least 3 times throughout the conversation and every time he told me it was Cash Advance who was pursuing my husband.  Then I start snooping on the net.  I can't count the number of companies who have the 2 words of Cash advance in their names.  Then I stumbled on the scam issue.  
    There were several things that caught my attention:
    1. Several months ago I was receiving messages on my cell phone from someone with a thick accent telling me I need to get an attorney and the call back number was a 310 area code.
    2. They really won't give you any information to validate their claim.  A legal office is going to give you the information you need to arm and protect yourself.
    3.  310 area code is listed as in CA.  What legal office or collection agency is open at 6:30 a.m.?  When we finally got in touch with them yesterday it was 8:30 a.m. CST and CA is 2 hours behind us.  Were they really in CA or is this an international phone bank of some kind using that particular area code?
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    Tiff
    I've been getting these calls off and on for 2 months now. sometimes they even call under "911", its so scary! I was perfectly fine just shutting my phone off for a few hours, sometimes they would call fifty times in a row, but now they are actually calling my work! I dont know  what to do anymore. I work at fairly large business and they have no problem rambling off my social and bank acct number to ANYONE who answers the phone at my work. I have called the FBI who tells me to call the FTC who tells me to call the attorney general. It is a big cycle of people who take notes and enter info into a database, but do nothing to make it stop. I actually asked these foreigners for their info on how to send the money via moneygram. Now why having that account number can't somebody shut down that moneygram account? I am really getting fed up. Tomorrow I'm changing all my accounts and phone numbers:(
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    Fool-Proof!
    EVERYONE BEWARE OF CASH ADVANCE OF AMERICA!!!!

    DO NOT FALL FOR THIS SCAM!!! People with very heavy accents and go by many, many different names:

    -John Nelson
    -Anthony Johnson
    -Eugene Baker
    -Dennis Lake
    -Michael Wilson
    -Keller Law
    -Winston Smith
    -Mark Wilson
    -Mark Watson
    -Jeff Marcos
    -Ronnie Cooper
    -Justin Williams
    -Tom Jackson
    -Henry Ford
    -Scott Johnson
    -John Taylor
    -James Anderson
    -Jeffrey Craig
    -John Smith
    -Mark Miller
    -Richard Johnson
    -James Connor
    -Rox Murphy
    -David Jones
    -Officer Black
    -Officer Nick Thomas
    -Kevin ??
    -Jose ??

    They claim to be based out of several different areas and are trying to impersonate federal employees:
    -Albany, NY
    -New Jersey
    -Benson, Arizona
    -Judicial Circuit of United States
    -Customer Financial Service
    -Legal Services of Orange County
    -US Dept of Justice
    -Bureau of Crime Ivestigation
    -"Senior Attorney"

    They have personal information such as SSN, DOB, account and routing numbers, place of employment, etc.

    They use VoIP and have many different phone numbers:
    -(972)348-9745
    -(510)431-2359
    -(347)286-7407
    -(909)565-4286
    -(347)349-7287
    -(786)728-8082
    -(209)563-4220
    -(310)405-6187
    -(305)791-8249
    -(315)285-9114
    -(315)220-0846
    -(904)672-9973
    -(518)712-4609
    -(703)651-3275
    -(347)753-8183
    -(305)260-6689
    -(408)663-9181
    -(904)222-8312
    -(804)781-7998
    -(818)579-7689
    -(646)351-1232
    -(817)962-6032
    -(520)265-3439
    -(603)214-9001
    -(508)556-3270
    -(347)491-3981
    -(214)449-0158
    -(213)545-6548
    -(914)269-4450
    -(213)550-1632
    -(646)416-9033
    -(206)600-2513
    -(510)473-4970
    -(786)275-5066
    (Just to list a few...)

    DO NOT GET SCARED! I have spoken with some of these people and chances are they are in a different country. They claim to make about $100,000 a month which I can believe that. They say they want to "F**k every American!" If you tell them that you know this is a scam, they WILL start cussing and using profane language.

    **If this happens to you, don't give out any personal information. Be stern tell them that you have turned them into authorities and hang up. Otherwise, these people will be relentless!

    ***Contact the BBB ( www.bbb.org ), The Consumer Protection Agency ( www.FTC.gov ), The Internet Crime Complaint- FBI ( www.IC3.gov ), contact local Police or Sheriff's department and file a complaint, contact your local Attorney General's Office.

    ****It would also be a GREAT idea to go to LifeLock's website and sign up for a monthly plan to protect your identity and personal information. www.lifelock.com they're plans go as low as $10/mo and could possibly save you from these people and future con artists. I plan to sign up for $25/mo package which is the best plan. I'm not a sales agent for them, I just want to help people with this problem in any way I can. lol I knew it was a scam but other people might not and will fall victim to these horrible people.

    Hopefully, all this information will be useful to some and possibly save a few lives...

    Thanks! Have a great day and safe life!
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    sissy
    yeah well i got a call today as well...and it is a scam..they called about a year ago for someone else at my job..i applied for a loan as well but didn't go through with it..they also call stating that the United States is giving grants to go back to school..hilarious...yeah right so you are calling with a thick accent,broken English,and do Not even know what a complete sentence is but you want me to listen to you about a grant from the USA...right..anyhow..they are harrassing me at work..i think it's funny..i shall play along as well..maybe i'll burp in their ears or screech or sing Christmas Carols really loudly..they can kick rocks
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    Melissa
    I just got a call today saying that I was being taken to court for California Criminal Activity, violation of Federal Banking Regulations, check fraud, and theft by deception.  I was originally told to ask for Ronnie Cooper, but a different person answered the phone.  Mr Johnson/Thompson said that it was due to a pay day loan for $300(which I have never taken out before).  He couldn't tell me what date the loan was and when asked what bank account it was deposited into, he said First Rezionald Bank.  I don't think such a bank even exists.  He had my name, my phone number, my address and my SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER!!!!  He first said that I needed to pay $475 and then when he found out that I had student loans, I all of a sudden had to pay $1700 RIGHT NOW or he would stop my student loans and cancel my SSN#.  I asked for the company's phone number and he refused to give it to me and then said that he was sending the sheriff and FBI to "put me behind bars" within 3 hours and he hopes I have a good time behind bars during Christmas.  Isn't there SOMETHING that can be done?  Thank god for this website, because I originally freaked out.  I will write back after 3 hours so that way the next victim knows not to worry about their threats.
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    maritza
    i been getting calls over 1 year already different names and telephone from the marschal to an attorney office legal dept fraud, indian or west indies using american names why would they try to collect what they say was a transaction in america not overseas. scam artist. it sad they have your info#,i had to change my cell number.they are so rude they donot get no for an answer. tel 704-969-0070 latest number i recieved. watch they people.don't fall for that.investigate theatened them with local police , fbi, fcc, credit bureau, better bsiness bureau, or even sue them for harrassment.
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    Fool-Proof
    F.Y.I there really is no way to sue these people because they use the system VoIP which allows them to use phone numbers in the US that can't be traced.
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    Fool-Proof
    They now have Caller ID, so if you're going to call back for any reason call from an unknown number or a pay phone.
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    Jenelle
    Same here.  Called me at work and they were with the Legal Dept of Massachusettes.  They had the last 4 of my social and I have taken a couple loans but paid them back and had no further trouble with those companies.  I didn't mention this, though, I said "I have no idea what you're talking about."  He proceeded to call me a liar and charge a b and c were being filed against me. I said okay, I'll contact my attorney and you can speak with him.  They said "I'm not talking to your attorney, your brother, sister, mother, father, I'm talking to YOU!" and then everything I said he'd cut me off and scream at me "Shut up, shut up, shut up!"  I hung up on him and he kept calling back and my boss answered and I'd explained they were scam artists after looking online.  He talked to them and they proceeded to cuss him out.  At one point I was just sitting back amazed watching our phones light up on all the different lines as they called back to back and from different numbers.

    I called the police and they called this number.  The guy still called me back and asked my boss "who was that [***] from the sheriff's dept that called?"  That was the last phone call today.  I filed a Icr report thing and blocked the number, but I know they have many more.  If they don't stop I might have to take a more pro-active approach like some of you have by calling them non stop.  This is just insanity and the most crazy thing I've experienced.  Watching those phone lines light up was surreal.  I do feel much calmer after looking at all of these posts and realizing I'm not alone, and that these idiots can't do anything without my giving them more information or they would've already.  It's hard to believe people could sink this low but I guess I shouldn't be too surprised.
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    Marlena mason
    I got an call to my jobs saying I owe money an they want theirs say if I dont talk to them an take care of this matter I but put in jail they want stop call  say hes going to keep calling until I pay him his money say he anit [***] to mess with  hes get the fbi to come an pick me up right now I told I didnt get no loan I dont no what he talking about I was very upset because I dont have that kind of money say im lose my jobs
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    coco
    i have recieve a call from cash avance and they said for me to pay them 500 and that i had fill it out on line and that they will send a police to my house and i will go to jail i was scared and they wanted me to send them a letter and a picture of me and they ask me for my credit card info and ask when i get pay is this a scam
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    spete
    I just received the same exact call and I am so thankful I found out that I am not the only one this is happening to.  I have never received any money from these people.  As soon as I asked to talk to a supervisor the caller Michael Davis with a Middle Eastern accent said he doesn't have a supervisor cause he is an attorney.  I asked him where he got his law degree and he became very upset.  I checked his credentials and he is using another attorney's name which they are 2 different people.  I also let him know that he is committing fraud and will be investigated he immediately hung up the phone.  I also told him if there was a lawsuit against me I would have received notice in the mail or been delivered papers from law enforcement.  He said I must be stupid cause that's not how the law works.
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    Jessica
    I just had the same phone call not 15 minutes ago.  I decided to call the number back and they told me to f**k off your son of a b$$$h.  Nice right!
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