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Complaint
deborah evans
Country: United States
On 1/31/2011 at around 6pm, a man called me claiming his name was Officer Scott Mason calling from Gwinnett County regarding a Money Cash Advance. He then called me names, cussed and threatened to have me arrested the next day if I did not pay him $843.00 for a supposedly a $400 online loan he claims I applied for out online. He knew my social security number, address, full name, email address and last place of employment and said if I didn't pay him the company was going sue me and I would have to pay over $2000 in court charges. Then he had me write down his phone number to call him back which is (404) 981-6103 and said I had to fax him something in writing stating that I authorize the debit in the amount of $843 from a prepaid card or credit card towards my outstanding amount and I ensure the payment won't get declined and I won't dispute this payment along with the date the money will be sent, the card information, exp date, CVV#, billing address, my signature, and attached photo id and to fax to (650) 560-1721. I have since contacted my local police department and filed a report with BBBonline, the FBI, consumer reports online, social security dept., and posted a message to every scam site I could find on the internet.
And since I have received at least 2 emails from individuals stating that the same thing or similar has happened to them. See below:
“ Hi Deborah,
WhoScammedYou.com commented on their wall post.
WhoScammedYou.com wrote: "Debby, You should post your experiences on http://www.facebook.com/l/8ab87;WhoScammedYou.com to warn others when they Google this person. We have world wide exposure!"
Hi Deborah,
Janet Hill commented on WhoScammedYou.com's wall post.
Janet wrote: "Thanks for posting this, someone from this number just called me."
See the comment thread
Reply to this email to comment on this post.
Thanks,
The Facebook Team “
On 2/8/2011 same situation occurred:
Caller claims there is a lawsuit filed against my name and social security #, threatened to black list my social security and file court documents under my name and social security #. Said his name was Alex Scott, his phone number is 469-718-7315 but on my caller ID it shows 315-551-5643 Syracuse, New York. I immediately phoned the police for whom I previously filed a police report with and added to the report. Furthermore, I have contacted the FTC, and the IRS and filed reports.
On 2/11/2011:
I got a call from 800-252-2107, 760-666-2107, and 714-464-8744 and all of them are scams. I have since changed my phone numbers too.
On 2/14/2011:
Got a call from 757-255-8591 and 800-521-3236 both are scams and I have reported these too.
And since I have received at least 2 emails from individuals stating that the same thing or similar has happened to them. See below:
“ Hi Deborah,
WhoScammedYou.com commented on their wall post.
WhoScammedYou.com wrote: "Debby, You should post your experiences on http://www.facebook.com/l/8ab87;WhoScammedYou.com to warn others when they Google this person. We have world wide exposure!"
Hi Deborah,
Janet Hill commented on WhoScammedYou.com's wall post.
Janet wrote: "Thanks for posting this, someone from this number just called me."
See the comment thread
Reply to this email to comment on this post.
Thanks,
The Facebook Team “
On 2/8/2011 same situation occurred:
Caller claims there is a lawsuit filed against my name and social security #, threatened to black list my social security and file court documents under my name and social security #. Said his name was Alex Scott, his phone number is 469-718-7315 but on my caller ID it shows 315-551-5643 Syracuse, New York. I immediately phoned the police for whom I previously filed a police report with and added to the report. Furthermore, I have contacted the FTC, and the IRS and filed reports.
On 2/11/2011:
I got a call from 800-252-2107, 760-666-2107, and 714-464-8744 and all of them are scams. I have since changed my phone numbers too.
On 2/14/2011:
Got a call from 757-255-8591 and 800-521-3236 both are scams and I have reported these too.
Comments
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-404-981-6103
https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/6505601721
https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/4698210335
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-757-255-8591
This number was reported in 2008 to be CBCS, which is a debt collector with a history of reports of illegal debt collection practices. After that point, complaints dry up until very recently. This may indicate the number is now being spoofed by scam "debt collectors".
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-800-252-2107
Reported to be a deceptive telemarketer violating Do Not Call laws.
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-714-464-8744
This number is reported from 2007 to the present to be Client Services, a debt collector in St. Charles, MO, with a poor record of FDCPA compliance. One of their reported illegal tactics is to make harassing calls to neighbors to try to embarrass alleged debtors. Apparently they even do this when the debtor no longer lives in the area.
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-800-521-3236
Complaints of similar scams under various names:
https://complaintwire.org/Complaint.aspx/KVOZLw-juQB5lgjNl253HQ
https://complaintwire.org/Complaint.aspx/d76lf_J5vQCDKgjNlocnJw
https://complaintwire.org/Complaint.aspx/nwGwNU48ewAPcQjNkFinvg
https://complaintwire.org/Complaint.aspx/JHinZV-9dwC6NgjNiwnVAw
Your complaint fits a pattern of fraudulent "debt collector" extortion rackets collecting on fake "payday loans" using threats of "arrest", "prosecution", or "lawsuits".
Although there are some of these scams running from the U.S., the most agressive scammers call from overseas, and are often reported to have thick accents. They are a bunch of criminals, probably calling from India or Pakistan, 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 crooks and liars.
Their attempt to rope you into a "contract" is unenforceable, since any "agreement" was obtained under duress through threats, false color of authority (pretending to be a "police officer") and threatening arrest and prosecution on a fake "debt". They can't carry out these threats, only use any information they obtained to further threaten you.
If they do have your account or credit card information, contact your bank immediately to close the account or block the card number to prevent fraudulent charges.
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.
He said he was from USCB (United States Crime Bureau)
I'm so pissed off I'm shaking. I don't owe anyone money but he has my banking info and social security number. I feel sick to my stomach and feel like crying. I feel like there is nothing I can do. I am closing my bank accounts, changing my email address and my phone number. If I could change my social I would do that too! I hate how these foreigners can do this and get away with this.
I phoned and spoke with the person who answered the phone who told me that I was in violation of three criminal statutes, but his line kept breaking up as he was reading those statutes. I told him that someone from his company had called me earlier in the week and asked for my credit card number and that I believed he was working a scam. He then started yelling at me that he had not asked for a credit card that I was confusing him with oneone else. He claimed to work for an attorney named James Parker and told me that my SS number would now be black lised and I would expect police to be picking me up at my place of work within hours. this is supposedly regarding an loan from Cash Advance.
The only thing that you have to have in mind is that this people can't actually do anything to you. Just confront them with the true, tell them that you when to the police etc and that you know they are thieves,once they know that they wont get anything from you,they will move on.