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Nancy
Country: United States
I received a call at work from "Officer Michael Jones" from American ??
No number showed on caller ID, but he gave this number for a call back - 315-507-8391
Since I have been receiving this type of call for some period and realized the sounds and heavy accent as a possible scam call, I said I was not at work but took a message.  He said the name of the company so quickly that I did not get it all.  In the background I could hear other men talking in very heavy accents and giving the same "spiel" as he did.  How do I stop these calls?

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    tj
    Probably these crooks, although overseas criminals running this scam use a variety of names:
    https://complaintwire.org/Complaint.aspx/uzzhe_-A4ACiHAjNgiCWGg

    They are a bunch of criminals calling from overseas, probably India, probably via VoIP because it's cheap, and trying to scam and extort money out of Americans for phony "payday loans".  They may even have information like old account numbers, SSN, DOB, relatives or employers, possibly from pulling credit reports or through skip-trace searches, or sometimes phony on-line payday loan sites, but the alleged debts are entirely phony, or if real, not owed to these crooks.

    They are liars.

    File a complaint with the FBI, and if they keep calling, record them and tell them the call is being recorded as evidence.  If they have any brains, they will move on when they know you won't be conned.

    Warning from the Illinois Attorney General:
    http://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/pressroom/2010_08/20100825.html

    Warn your friends and co-workers about this scam, so that they don't get conned.
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    tj
    They are probably running this scam from overseas, which makes suing them impractical.

    They are, however, vulnerable at two points:
    1)  Their phone provider.  They may be using VoIP, but most likely use the same carrier even though they may change phone numbers frequently.
    2)  Their method of getting the money transferred.

    If the scam got that far, how did they say payment should be sent?
    Western Union?
    MoneyGram?
    Other?

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