Threatening Phone Calls / Messages
Complaint
Fed Up with Fakes
Country: United States
I recently filled out an online request form and immediately got bombarded with phone offers! These people are literally crawling out of the woodwork with "offers" and discounts...and most specifically - auto loans. I outright own my car and don't want a new one or payments.
I've told all of them to remove me from their lists and thankfully the calls have almost stopped...all but the Indian-accented callers.
I too am receiving calls at work, on my cell and at home. These callers are leaving threatening messages with sensitive information I wouldn't want anyone else to hear.
I'm being accused of having a payday loan in 2008 (which my ex-husband of 26 years MAY have taken out in our joint account but I never did).
When I tried to glean contact information from one male caller, he became enraged and shouted, "THIS COMPLAINT IS NOT AGAINST ME...IT'S AGAINST YOU!" I promptly hung up.
1. I did not / do not have a payday loan.
2. The threats are constant / daily.
3. I know this is illegal.
4. What can I do to block these calls? I've blocked every toll free number they've used so far but they've gotten wise and started calling from a masked number of (252) 555-5555. This is an American woman calling herself, "Edie Carmichael, a personal locater," telling me to call 888-774-5827 with a "docket number" because SHE has been two my home address twice and no one was there.
I know they are lying but I can't stop the calls.
5. They are NOW contacting my relatives. They phoned my daughter's house out of state and left her a long and BOGUS message that they needed a "statement" from her regarding the complaints against ME. They also left an incorrect phone number which she called three times. The number was for a private home and the man on the other end had no idea what she was talking about.
In my opinion (and hers), they are harrassing HER, ME, and the poor unsuspecting people they are giving out random phone numbers for.
This is a nightmare and can hurt me professionally.
Any assistance would be most appreciated!
I've told all of them to remove me from their lists and thankfully the calls have almost stopped...all but the Indian-accented callers.
I too am receiving calls at work, on my cell and at home. These callers are leaving threatening messages with sensitive information I wouldn't want anyone else to hear.
I'm being accused of having a payday loan in 2008 (which my ex-husband of 26 years MAY have taken out in our joint account but I never did).
When I tried to glean contact information from one male caller, he became enraged and shouted, "THIS COMPLAINT IS NOT AGAINST ME...IT'S AGAINST YOU!" I promptly hung up.
1. I did not / do not have a payday loan.
2. The threats are constant / daily.
3. I know this is illegal.
4. What can I do to block these calls? I've blocked every toll free number they've used so far but they've gotten wise and started calling from a masked number of (252) 555-5555. This is an American woman calling herself, "Edie Carmichael, a personal locater," telling me to call 888-774-5827 with a "docket number" because SHE has been two my home address twice and no one was there.
I know they are lying but I can't stop the calls.
5. They are NOW contacting my relatives. They phoned my daughter's house out of state and left her a long and BOGUS message that they needed a "statement" from her regarding the complaints against ME. They also left an incorrect phone number which she called three times. The number was for a private home and the man on the other end had no idea what she was talking about.
In my opinion (and hers), they are harrassing HER, ME, and the poor unsuspecting people they are giving out random phone numbers for.
This is a nightmare and can hurt me professionally.
Any assistance would be most appreciated!
Comments
They get U.S. consumer information from frauduelnt "payday loan application" websites, then attempt to con people into paying them for unowed "payday loans". They assume that many people who have applied on these sites may also have gotten other payday loans, so they can be convinced their "collection" calls are to collect on these other loans.
It's just a con.
File extortion complaints with FBI.
As you noted, they spoof caller id. They are probably using VoIP, which allows them to show up as various area codes, or to set caller id.
You might contact Vitelity, telecom to the scams, explain that you are receiving VoIP extortion calls, and ask if any of the numbers are theirs.
www.vitelity.com
If they call, dont' respond to their threats. Laugh at them, or tell them the FBI is recording the call, or Seal Team 6 has been dispatched to take them out, or whatever.
Or keep calling them back (on any real numbers) until they get the message and move on.
As for calls to relatives, this IS an extortion racket. ;Your relatives will have to learn how to handle this, which is as oulined above. They will keep harassing you as long as they think it will work.
Thanks for the info!
Eddie