Harrassing Phone Calls
Complaint
Eric
Country: United States
I have received several voice mails on my cell phone from 760-278-1787,stating his name was Jack Marshall with a very thick Indian accent. He said that the either my attorney or I must contact him immediately regarding an important matter. He threatened me with legal action if my attorney or I did not contact him immediately. I was instantly suspicious and stated looking up his number online. I did not call him back. I received more calls from a different number. This caller sounded exactly the same but called himself Fabio or Sergio and has a New York number (347-753-8026). This caller is calling my work number as well as my cell phone and leaves voice mails on both phones. Every call, either from Jack or Fabio, states the same thing... either my attorney or I must return the call or bad things will happen to me. I have read on the internet that the people that have answered these calls are threatened with legal action if they do not repay a payday loan that they took out over the internet. I have yet to talk to either of them. They have only left the threatening messages. Now I am receiving voice mail messages at work and on my cell from people with different phone numbers and locations all of which have heavy Indian accents leaving the same messages: 347-753-8026 (Fabio or Sergio from the New York Law Firm), 713-510-5219 (William Scott from something Federal), 510-473-4935 (Officer Alan Dodge, FBCI), 253-561-7911 (Kathy Williams with an Auburn, WA phone number told me to call her back @ 315-280-8634, which is an Onieda, NY number). I have called all of these numbers back and got told they were either law firms or Officers/ Senior Investigators with "The Federal Bureau if Crime Investigation” (FBCI). I talked to 2 of them today (no caller ID at work). The first one I talked to said her name was Kathy Wilson and that I was going to be getting sued in the courthouse this Friday. I asked her which courthouse and she got irate stating that it didn't matter, she was just informing me of the litigation against me. She eventually hung up on me while I was questioning her. The second caller stated he was an officer (could not understand his name) from FBCI and that they were filing a legal case against me. When I told him that he was calling me on a federal phone line and the call could be traced he started cussing at me and transferred me to another person who said he was Senior Investigator Bob White with the FBCI. He informed me they were filing a law suit against me for a pay day loan I took in October of 2010 in the amount of $300 that was deposited into my checking account. He had my SSN, address and bank information. I told him his line could be traced and he stated that I was threatening him. After about 20 minutes of this going back and forth, I hung up the phone. I checked my bank records and there was no deposit of $300 in October of 2010. I called all of the numbers back today with a blocked number and could not get any information from them, they wanted my information so give them their company information. They couldn’t even tell the number I called them on. I was told that I needed to tell them the number I called so they could bring up my information. I did not give them anything. When I called 315-280-8634 (Oneida, NY), the gentleman that answered said his name was Mark Thompson from BCI Law Firm in Chicago. When I asked him why his number was from Oneida, NY, he hung up on me. When I called 510-473-4935 (Oakland, CA) Rosie Williams from FBCI answered the phone, when I questioned her, she transferred me to Victor Morgan, who eventually hung up on me. I looked up 347-753-8026 on white pages reverse phone lookup, it said the number was registered to Rego Park Locksmith, 9608 Queens Blvd, Flushing, NY 11324. When I called that same number, a gentleman answered stating that it was the New York Law Firm in New York City. When I asked him his name, he hung up on me. I know this is a scam, I just want it to stop.
Comments
These are often run from India, hence the thick Indian accent.
They use cheap VoIP to call into the U.S., attempting to find Americans to sucker into paying non-existent "payday loans".
They are not in "Chicago", "Oneida, NY", "Oakland, CA", or anywhere else in the U.S. They can just change the phone number under which their VoIP connection enters the U.S. phone network.
As for the "Locksmith" number, either that number was once used by some business, or possibly this number was once connected to an "unlicensed locksmith" scam, maybe run by related people. If you wanted to follow that thread, you would check with New York's licensing agency for locksmiths, and see if any is licensed under that name. You could then use current contact information to see if they currently use that number. My bet is that will reach a dead end.
They are criminals, a bunch of fakes, regardless of what they say.
The "debts" are fake.
Even if you might think you owe some old "debt" that sounds like what they are threatening you with, you wouldn't owe it to them.
They cannot "arrest" you, "sue" you, or do anything else but harass you.
Contact the FBI.
I urged him to go right ahead; and said I'd be happy to meet his representative and talk about interstate fraud and impersonating a law enforcement official.
This would be funny if it weren't so annoying. At one point I called the Chicago police and spoke to a detective who was able to trace the number that showed up on my caller ID. It was a Jamaican phone card. The more recent calls show up as "private caller". I tried explaining to them once that they were never going to get any money out of me, and they should take me off their list. They stopped for a month or so, but it always starts up again. Next time I'm going to use the "blow the police whistle into the phone" option. When I'm sure it's them, I just pick up the phone and hang up immediately to cut them off. So far the most times they've called me in five minutes is over 15. Eventually they get tired. I really wish someone could tell me a surefire way to get this to stop. Any suggestions??? Thanks!
gave return number of 315-280-8634 but as mentioned above the number on the caller ID is 052312293.
052 is the Barbados international phone code. That is where these calls are originating.
This is a national scam utilizing many different US phone numbers and names nbut always the same voices calling. dont fall for it. Just hang up.
Obviously I didnt call back this guy. Will google some obscenities in Hindi so I can give the guy a piece of my minf=d if he ever calls agin.
Obvious scam.
Oh yeah I am an the Federal Do Not Call list.
http://www.tsbalan.com/
Website:
http://www.fbi.gov/
FBI tip site:
https://tips.fbi.gov/
Or report here:
http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx
thousands of dollars from Hard working Americans
Here's the How
They set up a legitimate website to gather all your information.
For example you might fill out a form for a payday loan , student
loan or a car loan.
They may even buy this information from a company you've done
business from in the past.
They also purchase VOIP phones so that they appear to be making
calls from inside the US, even though they are based out of a call
center in India.
The Scam
Once they gather your information they call you at your home or
work and claim you owe a past due amount and that you must pay them
now.
To sound convincing they'll use a western sounding name and they'll
want to confirm your SSN # or Bank Account #, which they already
have.
So why don't they just take the money out of your account without
you knowing?
Because when you look at your statement and $500 is missing you
call your bank and they do an investigation.
If you knowingly give them the money thinking that you are paying
off a debt, you'll never call your Bank. These guys brag that they
take in $70 thousand/month.
What you can do if you are a victim.
The only way you are going to get your money back is if you don't
tell your bank that you willingly gave these scammers permission to
remove funds.
Just tell them that it was removed from your account without your
AUTHORIZATION.
Yes , I know its dishonest but sometimes you gotta fight fire with
fire.
Otherwise your bank will tell you you gotta go through the courts,
which is impossible because they don't have jurisdiction in India.
What can you do to prevent them from stealing from someone else?
Call them everyday until they have to change their numbers,
remember every minute you have them on the phone , thats a minute
they lose trying to steal from someone.
Remember you wanta flip the script on them , they have already
stolen your information, call them using yer real name if you can ,
but this time let them know that they have been scammed and that
none of the information they have is real.
Hopefully they'll go after their information supplier, but calling
them constantly with you number masked (*67) is the best way to go.
Me and 15 of my closest friends have been doing this for a month
and they are still in buisness.
The best time to call them is after they start their day. These
guys work the night shift thats from 7:30pm~4:30am India time,
Thats 10am~6pm Eastern time.
If you Really wanta drive these guys nuts ask for the ring-leader
by name his Ream Indian name , Moe-bin
All 3 of these numbers belong to the same outfit.
1-607-231-8401
1-530-287-4270
1-714-441-8693
1-315-701-5561
please copy and post this to as many sites as you can .... People
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