harrassinng phone calls
Complaint
Nancygail
Country: United States
I did not take down the number that I was called from other than area code 910
The man said his name was attorney roger smith with morgan and associates calling about a cash advance I got from cash advance america. I told him I did not discuss such matters over a public phone and hung up. He called back and wanted me to verify my SS# which I refused and again I told him I did not discuss such matters over the phone. He called right back and I simply hung up. The next time he called someone else answered the phone and stated that I was unavailable, he was rude to her, she had a hard time understanding him and he cursed me and her - threatened to call "911 to have me arrested". She told him she would not talk to someone who used such language and hung up. When he called back my supervisor answered, listened and then told him not to call this business again. He called twice more and was told the same thing. I have gone online to research both companies and send them emails which I hope will get responses.
The man said his name was attorney roger smith with morgan and associates calling about a cash advance I got from cash advance america. I told him I did not discuss such matters over a public phone and hung up. He called back and wanted me to verify my SS# which I refused and again I told him I did not discuss such matters over the phone. He called right back and I simply hung up. The next time he called someone else answered the phone and stated that I was unavailable, he was rude to her, she had a hard time understanding him and he cursed me and her - threatened to call "911 to have me arrested". She told him she would not talk to someone who used such language and hung up. When he called back my supervisor answered, listened and then told him not to call this business again. He called twice more and was told the same thing. I have gone online to research both companies and send them emails which I hope will get responses.
Comments
Although there is some indication of a debt collector under the name Morgan and Associates, other complaints show the name "Morgan and Associates" is being used in this type of scam.
Any legitimate debt collector would send you a letter within 5 days notifiying you of the alleged debt, and that you can dispute or request verification, as required by FDCPA. No legitimate debt collector would be threatening you with "arrest" over the phone, which is also prohibited by FDCPA.
Most similar complaints report that they are just a bunch of crooks extorting Americans into paying fake "debts". They may be calling from overseas, using VoIP to make cheap calls, hide their identity and location sometimes using faked caller id, and appear to be calling from a U.S. area code. Many complaints report they may be calling from India or Pakistan.
Do NOT give them ANY information. Do not expect that sending them emails will accomplish anything but invite them to harass you further. This is a criminal scam.
You don't owe them ANYTHING.
Even if they appeared to have information on some debt you recognize, you wouldn't owe it to them. There are reports indicating that they are obtaining U.S. consumer information from credit reports, skip-trace services, and phony on-line "payday loan" sites, which would allow them to fake claims that you "owe" them some "debt", using information from your own credit report.
File a fraud complaint with the FBI, although since they're probably in India, it's not likely anything will happen to them.
If they call back, just tell them you have reported their scam to the FBI, and you are recording their call for use as evidence. Once they realize you can't be conned, they will move on to some other sucker.
they have a complaint site and they do investigate even though they get thousands of complaints, but the
calls did stop but it seems they've started again and yes do not give them any information, all they need
is one number, they tried to contact me at my workplace which is clearly illegal and that's when I went
to the FTC, their phone numbers are all over the place and the ones I spoke to were Asian, so you don't
need to panic no legitimate law firm would do these things over the phone and would certainly send the
proper paper work thru the mail.
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?
The co worker called me and explained situation and i contacted the man.
This man that called and threatened jail term name was Alex. so stories and names were changed.
I left a message with the state attorney's office and the Better Business Bureau. I plan on getting a lawyer and suing the company for threats to my job and individual gains...
Be aware of such scans...identity theft is out there and they will stop when i win in court...
What can I do