Cash Advance USA
Reviews and Complaints

I have been getting the same calls from the same place. The guy on the phone has an middle eastern accent but an americanized name. They are calling family and friends and telling them that my debt is their responsibility and if it is not paid w/in 2 hours the sherrif is going to come and arrest them & me! I have never had a payday loan w/ these people and they refuse to give me any information and when you ask for it they hung up! the numbers they leave on voice mail are not valid either!

I just tried to call the number you posted of [protected] and it just had a busy signal. I am having the exact same problems as you and everyone else.

I also have been experienceing everything everyone else has. I have been receiving harrassing phone calls from heavy accent people saying I have a law-suit against my ss# and they are taking me to court to resolve this. This has been going on for several months. I get hung up on when I ask a question they can not answer. I was on a blog and someone was kind enough to give a number to advance cash usa [protected]) and I spoke to a gentleman named Richardo. I explained to him what was going on. He said I did not have a loan out with them and never had. He told me they are aware of this problem and they are taking steps to get these people. He stated not to give them any information. To tell them to cease and diseist calling me at home, work and cell phone. I contatcted the Better Business Bereu, the ftc and the attorney general in my state. I contacted my bank again and have changed all accounts. There is no telling what they will do. I hope that this will help someone else out by having the number to advance cash usa. Ricardo did say the best way to help is for everyone to post their experience so this doesn't happen to someone else.

Next time you hear from them, let them know from them moment you identify yourself that you are recording the phone call, also let them know any other communications & all phone numbers from this point on will also be recorded because you feel threatened and that you feel you are being scammed and until they can provide you with legal documents proving who they are and what they are trying to collect you will not send them any money per the FBI . (this is what I was told to do by the FBI) This deters alot of these scammers from calling over and over. Get a cheap recording device and use it! Call your local police and file a police report as well as the 3 major credit bureaus and the social security department cause they have your numbers. The FBI website also has an email link on their site to identity theif crimes. You can email them as well. This is a classic scam where you have sent your information online to someone and these people have it.WHATEVER YOU DO, DONT SEND THEM A PENNY!

You have lots of confusion about indians..they taking your offshore jobs doeesnt mean they are into credit card frauds also...

would there be a jack williams that keeps calling to and he left me a number with [protected] and he says we owe him 400.00 dollars.

How do you get them to stop? I just got one today... I run daycare and do not have time for this bs. When I used some language on them like hell and damn, they told me that police officers were coming to arrest me. I thought it was a scam since they kept calling themselves officers but had thick middle eastern accents, I spoke to three of them because I kept telling them that I cannot understand a damn word they were saying! LOL Please let me know, if you have any idea, how to get them to stop.

My husband just recieved and simular call form phone # [protected], stating the same. The individual also told us that he was an constable and the cops will be picking up me up at home or work. They also would not give me any information. I am glad for this post, I was truly scared.

I received a call from Davidson, NC-Jack- who informed me of the same scenario. I had taken out an online loan from Cash Advance America and had not paid it back. Being a victim of identity theft, I requested information in regards to the loan and he threatened that I would spend 2 years in jail if i did not make good on the loan. I NEVER took out a loan. I called Cash Advance America and had their corporate office do a search for my SSN and name and they did not have record of me EVER applying for a loan and suggested I contact the Federal Trade Commission- [protected], the Local Police Dept, the BBB, and my state Attorney General's office and file a complaint. I suggest that everybody do the same!
The phone number I received the call from was [protected] and his name was JACK!

I had this exact same thing happen to me today but they called my cell phone. The number that came up was [protected] which is of course blocked! The first stupid guy who couldnt hardly speak english made no sense hardly and told me to hold so he could put me through to his supervisor who in return told me I was being sued for not making my cash advance loan. They had all my info and said I was being sued for a deposit made into my Wells Fargo account, which was closed down last year and there was never ever a loan deposited by that company! I applied but was turned down so I left it at that. They had my previous address and my name and my email addy but yet all they could scream in their annoying foreign accent was I was going to be sued. I reported this to local law enforcement, but what ive read im not the first one this has happened to and probably wont be the last either. I guess these foreigners think we Americans are idiots or something and we are not!

[protected] just called my job and threaten me by stating that I will be locked up for not paying a loan that I Know I do not have. This is the 2nd day of this. I have not gotten a pay day loan in 2 1/2 b/c of the harrassment calls after you pay the real companies off. So I told Capt. Connor or whom ever he is in Connor, Fl to send me paperwork he got smart so I called the 2nd time today no answer.

Capt Connor or whomever he is, said that I have 3 criminal charges against my name and ssn# have my attorney call them with info. I still can't believe this is still happening even though I do not have any loans out there. Baltimore

Next time you hear from them, let them know from them moment you identify yourself that you are recording the phone call, also let them know any other communications & all phone numbers from this point on will also be recorded because you feel threatened and that you feel you are being scammed and until they can provide you with legal documents proving who they are and what they are trying to collect you will not send them any money per the FBI . (this is what I was told to do by the FBI) This deters alot of these scammers from calling over and over. Get a cheap recording device and use it! Call your local police and file a police report as well as the 3 major credit bureaus and the social security department cause they have your numbers. The FBI website also has an email link on their site to identity theif crimes. You can email them as well. This is a classic scam where you have sent your information online to someone and these people have it.WHATEVER YOU DO, DONT SEND THEM A PENNY!

I got a call today stating that I took out a payday loan last month, and that I had not repaid it so I was going to be prosecuted if I didn't pay today. This is total crap. Never have I gotten a payday loan. Checked with the bank and they agreed it is a scam. Do not take these guys serious. The number they called from is [protected] and the mans name if he could be called that was James.

i keep recieving phone call like everyone else saying i owe money for a payday loan i took out with cash advance usa tld them never have.they also called my job b/f thank god i had a cool boss said they were taking me to court and were gonna garnish my wages. today i clld back asked if i had an atty where they could send my papers too tld them need more info.then they told said "may god bless you" i kept all they voicemail with the threats that i could. what can been done with these people?

These people have the audacity to call me with the subject of an unpaid loan and possible legal action. They will not give me any documentation as I have never taken a cash advance loan. I had considered the fact that my identity had been breached, so I need documentation to prove it was not me. They refuse to give me any documentation at all. This is the second complaint I have filed in the last six months. If there is an investigative branch of Complaints Board, I would like them to look into this as there has been thousands of complaints. If not, I would like some advice on how to handle these fraudulent scammers.

I received a call on my cell phone from a Ben Martin from the Legal Dept of ACS. He told me there was going to be a lawsuit filed against me in the next 2 hours and he was calling to resolve it before it was filed in my local county. I asked him to what it was pertaining, he was very vague and hard to understand. I asked him for a contact number so I could call him back from a landline. He gave me the number of 347.625.3715. When I called that number it was answered as "Legal Dept". I asked for Ben Martin and was told by "Joseph" that Ben worked his cases and was calling for him. He told me I had taken out a $400 payday loan, had my social security number, address and personal references. I told him I had inquired on a payday loan a couple of years ago, but when I realized the interest rates and such, I declined the loan. I have received many offers in the mail and online, but have never taken a loan. I was thinking someone must have done one in my name. He told me that might be the case, but I would still be required to pay it. When I told him I wouldn't, that there is such a thing as identity theft protection, he gave me a number to call for Cash Advance USA. The number was 561.948.3837. When I tried to call that number, it gives a recording and when you try to leave a message, the mailbox is full! This all made me very uncomfortable. I went online and pulled copies of my credit bureaus and there is nothing reported against me. I think this is a scam, but when someone calls you and tells you that you are about to be sued and they have all your personal information it is scary.

I recieved a phone call from man who said I owe a chash advance loan from March of 2017. When they tried to take out the money for repayment the checks were returned and now I was being taken to court. The man had a very strong accent I could hardly understand him he then told me he was transferring me to his supervisor. The supervisor Nathan Davis got on the line he was also very hard to understand and sounded like the same person I talked to before. I told him I had never taken a cash advance loan in March of 2017 he told me I did and I he had my SSN and date of birth. When I asked what date the funds went into my checking account he said he didn't know it was in March of 2017. I asked what account they were put into and he read me back my bank account information. I told him I would have to look into this and he gave me a number [protected] when I did a reverse phone search it came up with a landline in Freemont, California. I checked my bank account and there were no Cash Advance deposits at all nor were there any returned checks after that. I called back and the man who answered sounded like the first two people I talked to and didnt even say "Hello Cash Advance USA", or anything like that he just said "Hello" when I said "is this Cash Advance USA", he said "Ummm yes." he put Nathan back on the phone. told them I checked by bank account and no money was ever deposited he told me they did put the money in there and that an investigator would be sent to my work to investigate me and let my company know that I had used their name for fraud. When asked why they don't send one to my home he said, "he can't". I told them that I never even took out the loan he said I either had to repay it now or be in a California court house next Friday. I told them that I wanted proof in 48 hours that I took out this loan and they said that I needed to hire an attorney that will cost me $5, 000 for one time court appearance or pay the money now. I told them I didn't owe the money and they had no proof that I did but I had all the proof that they never deposited money into my checking account. I told them I would be sending a local investigator to investigate this and they hung up. The sacry thing was they had my SSN, date of birth, bank account information, home address and employer information.

Next time you hear from them, let them know from them moment you identify yourself that you are recording the phone call, also let them know any other communications & all phone numbers from this point on will also be recorded because you feel threatened and that you feel you are being scammed and until they can provide you with legal documents proving who they are and what they are trying to collect you will not send them any money per the FBI . (this is what I was told to do by the FBI) This deters alot of these scammers from calling over and over. Get a cheap recording device and use it! Call your local police and file a police report as well as the 3 major credit bureaus and the social security department cause they have your numbers. The FBI website also has an email link on their site to identity theif crimes. You can email them as well. This is a classic scam where you have sent your information online to someone and these people have it.WHATEVER YOU DO, DONT SEND THEM A PENNY!

i got a call today, same info was given. His name was something Adams and had a strong accent, he said that i had to appear in New York for court unless I paid 400.00 today. He said if I didn't pay it I was looking at several felonies including theft by deception and fraud tri-state something or another. I could barely understand what he was saying. I told him that I had called the sheriff and he would be hearing from them. I asked to speak to a supervisor and he said he was one and he couldn't give me a company that he was representing.

I have been getting the same phone calls also this past week. The first one was a message left on my answering machine at work. It was a man with a strong accent and I had to listen to the same message at least 6 times to grasp what he was saying. He said he was with the Federal Registration of Department of Justice. His name that he gave was Greg Nelson. He said I had a green sheet filed against my ssn#. That he was going to come to my work in 48 hrs and arrest me. There was no call back number on caller id and the caller didn't leave a number to call back. I called my HR department to have the call traced and it came back as a untraceable number. I did a little investigating myself on this. I didn't know what the caller was calling for. He did have the last four digits of my ssn# and my employers name.

Needless to say I didn't get arrested 48 hrs later. Today I got a call at 815am my time and this time it was a woman giving me the name Michelle Jones. Again strong accent and it sounded like she was reading a script card. I could not understand a word that came out of her mouth. Some of the same was mentioned in this message as the one left on my work phone. I tried to return the call and it said there was no call back number. So I saved the message. Than around 1256pm today the same woman leaves another message basically screaming in the phone at me. I heard other people yelling in the background and this time she gave a number to call back which was [protected] which showed up as a New York number. Well, I thought two can play this game so I called the number. A man answered the phone saying "Hello". I said " I have been getting calls from your business and I want to know what they are in regards to". He said "Who is this" I told him that I wanted to know what business this was and he said it was a legal department. I said a legal department for what? He wouldn't answer me and I told him I got a call from a Michelle Jones and I want to talk to her. He told me I could talk to her supervisor. This foreign person got on the phone and he said his name was Gerad something or another. I asked him to repeat his name like several times and told him his english was crappy and I needed him to spell it out. I asked him what this was regarding and he started rambling on that I took out a cash advance and I was no being sued for non payment and fraud. I asked him the name of the company that was suing me and he didn't answer me. He just hung the phone up.

I was pretty pissed so I called back and got the same person who answered the phone the first time. I told him that his "boss" hung up on me and he said to "hang on". I got this Gerad back and asked him why he hung up on me. No answer. He started in again with this speech. He wouldn't shut up so I thought okay I can play this game too. I said you need to stop and let me ask you some questions. I told him I want the name of the company stating I took out a cash loan from, the date I took it out, the day it was deposited into my account. He got pissed and called me a f******b****! and said I would get the papers Monday. I told him that this was fraud and that I had all the conversations being recorded and saved all the nasty msgs that were left. He finally gave me the name Cash Advanced USA which I have never had a loan out for. I inquired about one, but didn't take it. I told him I was going to contact the police and FBI for phone harrasament and fraud on their end and he said "Go ahead". He hung up on me again. So, I called right back several times and just got hung up on.

I googled Cash Advanced USA and got all this information about fraud. In one of the posts I found a number for Cash Advanced USA. [protected] this was also a New York number. I called the number and some guy with a strong accent answered the phone saying only "Hello" I said what is the name of the business that belongs to this phone number? He asked me who I was looking for and I said Is this Cash Advanced USA and he said "Yes". He wanted to know who I was and I said I wanted information about a loan that supposedly I took out. I told him I wanted the date the loan was taken out, the date the money was deposited in my account and that I needed to verify with my bank on this. He paused and than said to me "Don't call on this number again" and hung up.

What should I do. My employer said to not answer my phone if I don't recognize the number. I told my employer they are threatening to call you and get wages garnished. She laughed and said not without paperwork. She said 99% of people that call and complain about the employees and bills turn out to be nothing. She tells them to talk to the associate themselves or provide her with legal documents.

Would the local police or FBI be able to help?

i recently received the same phone call from the same person i beleive... did they ever take any money out of your acct? i'm worried they may do that to me.. i never took out a lona from them so i new for sure they were lying... please email me at amynkhai@msn.com to respond to this...thanks!

I have been receiving these calls for a few months now. A man with a heavy Indian or middle-eastern accent with an American name. First he claims he is from USA
payday loan, then the next time, he was from an attorney's office, and then just yesterday he was from the Crime Prevention office. "When I spoke to him the first
time he claimed I owed the company $390.00, the very next day my son called him and said we were willing to pay this bill, but he wanted an address to send a
check or money order to, he told my son to go buy a debit card, load the money and call him back. Then he proceeded to tell my son it was $530.00. My son told him he would not be a debit card he wanted an address to send the money too, so he would have proof it was paid. The man told my son he was going to kill him.

Yesterday, he called my home I argued with him again. I asked him to mail me paperwork regarding this loan and he said there was no time. I am going to be arrested today, lets see, He also called my cell phone and told me he was from Crime Prevention again, I asked him to fax me the paperwork since I was in a
friend's office. He told me he does not have to give me that information but would give it to my attorney. My friend called him back and asked him what this
was all about, he started yelling at him, refused to give him any information and then hung up on him. (My friend told him he was an attorney) . I told this person (there have been so many different names I can't remember the latest name but these all have heavy accents) I have been in touch with the FTC and the attorney general's office and my local police. He said just great and hung up. Lets see how today goes, am I going to federal/state prison or am I going to continue to receive these calls until I am forced to change my telephone number.

I am just now beginning to deal with these scammers but they have changed their number to #[protected] and the name being used is "Carlos Williams". I have been called at work and was not told what it was regarding, I only cut him off and explained I could not discuss personal matters at work but he was welcome to call me after work on my cell. He proceeded to call me 53 times that evening! I ignored the calls and started receiveing calls again at work today. "Carlos" was very rude to the other girl in the office and refused to leave a message when she offered to take one when I was on the other line. He demanded to either interrupt my call or talk to my manager who also had someone in his office. He hung up and called back. I answered the phone and asked again to take a message and he became very rude, yelling and cursing about interrupting calls and meetings and I informed him I would not do anything like that and he was welcome to leave a message if he wanted to. He yelled some more and hung up and called back, I answered and when he found out it was me, his tone compeltely changed until I informed him I was taping the phone calls and going to report him. He "transferred" me to his boss(covered up the phone and handed to someone else), who proceeded to do the same thing yelling at me about speaking to my manager and making me lose my job. I told him that was against the law and asked him if he was aware of how many laws he had just broken and how many fines he had just cost his company for treating me the way he had. He told me to stop being so scared. I laughed and told him I was not scared and that he had to send me proof of the debt in the mail as I had never heard of this place before. He said he had all the proof he needed. I just repeated my self again and never raised my voice which only made him yell at me even more. He finally hung up so we will see if he calls back again tomorrow for another round!

I also recveived a bogus 'debt collection" call. A man with an Indian or middle-eastern accent called and identified himself as "Jack Marshall", with the 'Morgan & Associates Lawfirm'. The scary thing is he had all my personal information! A quick check on my bank statement and the internet told me to beware. He claimed I owed the company United States Cash Advance $622, and was going to be sued for over $5000 unless I sent him a fax with my debit card info and a copy of my driver's license immediately. Naturally, I called an acquaintance of mine who is a lawyer and consulted him about it. I explained I had not received any letters from this company, nor did I have any record of bank transactions with them. The lawyer told me to call back and ask 'Mr. Marshall' for a V.O.D. - a Verification Of Debt. it is the law that this be provided to me via email, fax, or regular mail. When I did this, 'Mr. Marshall' became VERY angry, saying he would 'see me in court' and hung up. I do NOT expect to see him again. BEWARE of foreigners calling from Texas number [protected] claiming you owe money to United States Cash Advance or USCashAdvance!

Here is a plan...everything you guys have written, I have been through. So my plan is this...I am going to tell them that I want to settle the amount of money due and how can I pay it? I don't have a credit card...(so called) and my bank account is closed...I only have cash on hand...so I would like to settle it by sending them a money order. They can give me an address and a name where I can send it to and I will mail it first thing in the morning. Once I have that info...if they provide it to me...I will call the feds and have them waiting there until the so called money order arrives. Then if they see a middle easterner person trying to get mail...or waiting for a money order that will never be sent...then they can grab them there...does that sound like a plan? I am sick and tired of these people...and if they tell me that they want the money western union I will reply..."if you work for USA Cash Advance or are representing the company, then you know better than to tell me to send it western union. It should go directly to your company so they can have prove that it was paid...not to a persons name since it is the payday loan who gave me loan...That is my plan for the next phone call...By the way...these are all their names and phone numbers...so if you see that number do not pick it up...Paul Wright, Officer Watson, Jack Smith, Brian Cave, Ted Miller, Hazel Fox, Albert Johnson, Dexter Lewis, Paul Walker, Andrew Thomas and my favorite all timer...ALEX RODRIGUEZ! Phone numbers are as follows: [protected], [protected], [protected], [protected], [protected], [protected] (notice how that one has an extra digit) [protected], [protected], [protected], [protected], [protected]. When I get more info I will keep in touch...Thanks.

I have been harrassed, my friends harrassed, my employer notified that I have committed internet loan fraud ! I have never had an internet loan through these people! How did they get my personal information?!? How are they allowed to stay in business? I was called from [protected]. What can I do to stop them from calling?!?

Phone number they called from : 760.561.3515
Names used : Ike Lenord, Kiyanna Richards
Sounded like: Middle eastern

As of today I received a harassing phone call while I was at work & to my cell phone. Just to let everyone know I too am really confused.
I received harassing calls at my work & on my cell phone about a pay day loan that I took out. Don't have a problem with paying but now because I'm late they are trying to tell me that they are going to send police officer to my work to take me to jail or from my home. They didn't want to work out any type of payment arrangements. They Told me I needed to get a lawyer or pay 5, 000 dollars. Then they didn't want to give me any information or paperwork proving owed that amount. I borrowed 350 dollars & now they want me to pay 5, 000? How does that work? They too sounded like they were middle eastern, very strong accent, very rude. The man that called me first said he was a lawyer & that his name was "Ike Lenord" So i called back & "Kiyanna Richards" She too sounded like she was middle eastern. She told me that there were no payment plans.
So i called the district attorney office to find out my rights & they said it was a scam. He told me that they have been getting many complaints about this same issue that has been going on. To all people having this same problem he told me to go online and file a complaint to department of justice in your state online.
For example Mine is http://www.doj.state.or.us/

These people call every couple of months and try to tell me they are going to take legal action but I don't even know who they are. I don't have any unpaid loans and I know who I borrow from. There's even a warning about their scams on the US Cash Advance website. I know they got my information from a different site because I never hand out my work number and that's what they're calling.

On Feb. 22, 2011 I received a phone call at my job yesterday from a John Miller. He said he works for the Law office of Shawnwood. He asked me was i
aware of the lawsuit that was file against me and i told him no. He spoke in an unusual accent.He told me i owed $400.00 for on online advanced loan that i got from US Cash. I told him i didnt get any money from US Cash.and he started getting angry. We agured for about ten mintues until he tryed to read an affidavit to me. I told him to fax me a copy of the affidavit to my job and he told me he couldnt. So i told him again that i do not owe any money to US Cash and i am not sending him any money.He told me that i will be picked up an put in jail tomorrow at 11:00 which will be on the 23rd of Feb. 2011.

The same thing happened to me except they call from a Florida number. [protected]. They aslo had a middle eastern accent.

I am having the same type situation happening to me. A man with a middle eastern accent who claims his name is Sam constantly has been calling me from an untraceable number saying he is from an affidavit company which is going to file legal charges against me for a 750.00 debt that I owe USA Cash Advance for a payday loan that I owe. I have never used this company before . The company his says he works for is ACLS which I tried to google and found nothing. He calls me at work which I do not know how he got the number but it is really getting on my last nerve the papers that he faxed to me I am going to file a complaint with the attorney generals office and the local police office because it is getting out of hand. I have know idea how he got my information.

I am going through the exact same thing with this company. I have filed fraud chargers and had to close my bank account.

I recieved a call yesterday from an middle eastern guy saying he was officer Davis saying I took out a payday loan of 250.00 and that I owed them with restituion 783.00 which I never did borrow to begin with. They told me I was going to be arrested today if I did not make out some kind of payment arrangements. When I asked them who they were with they said they were representing the government on an outstanding loan with Us Cash Advance. I looked at the caller id and it only showed they were calling from 911. I am so glad I decided to look up this website to see that it is all a scam but what worries me is all the information they have on us. Really scary...They had my address, work #, social security #.

I had a call from number [protected], a person with an arabic accent saying his name was Eric Watson and he was with Harrison Law firm and I was being sued and had to pay money i owed. He would not state where the loan was from and my bank account showed where these people had took money out of my account and was still trying to take the money. This Eric insisted he was from this law firm and he was sending his officers to my home and to my employer. He said who is your attorney and I stated I did not have one, but would contact one if necessary. He was very nasty, fast speaking and uncooperative. He would put me on hold to speak with a senior attorney(for 2 seconds) and then come back on the line and state you must send money today or fax. I kept talking to get all the information I could because I knew he was a fraud. He said I must send a fax the day he spoke with me on 01/26/2011 that stated, I (name) wish to take care of thsi case ... and I promise that this will never happen again and I will not step back from my commitment. I authorize (blank ) amount to come out of my account. Attach a copy of drivers lic. and fax to [protected]. You can tell by the speech that this was not a legal team. A second person who I spoke with said his name was Steve Taylor with strong accent. They are rude and say over and over you listen to me, listen to me. I only kept letting them speak to investigate them and get all the information I could on them. I finally told them that I would be contacting the Attorney Generals Office in the state of MS. where I live and contacting local law enforcement since they kept insisting they were sending someone or officers to my home. They have all of my information and I have had to change alot of personal things for identity theft. I hope this helps others and these people will be caught and charged with fraud. The place I googled stated the number was a land line from Kent, WA. and that these people using Harrison Law Firm are scam artist. After I found out who they were and called the number back they did not answer. As I told them in conversation, I left a message that I was contacting local law enforcement and the attorney generals office and do not call my number again or I would get them for harassment and fraud. I haven't had a telephone call since so we will see. This has been a nightmare for me and has put me in a financial bind for awhile. I thank God I was able to find out and get this stopped and I pray it does not happen to anyone else.

I had the same thing happen to me! Someone named Alvin Russell kept calling my work number so I called back finally and asked what it was all about. He had a Middle Eastern accent too, and he began talking really fast. I asked him to slow down and he said it was about a payday loan I took out with CashNet USA, and that I was going to be arrested for fraud on Oct 21, 2010. The police were coming to my house to arrest me...I told him they cant do that because I am in Chapter 13 bankruptcy and I am protected from any litigation and from any creditor I filed a claim with. CashNet chose not to file a claim and they will never be paid back...sorry about your luck. Alvin got angry and said to have my lawyer call him, the call was done. I called him back...I told him I would have my lawyer call him but it would do no good. My lawyer would tell him the same thing I just told him. He was very rude and nasty then. I am calling him back today to get the company name as he said it so fast I didnt catch it. He also said I had papers mailed to me, and I didnt receive a thing in the mail from anyone dealing with CashNet USA. I then looked up the number through a reverse lookup and found a website that listed 4 other complaints against the same number saying the same thing happened to them. This is a scam to scare people into paying their loans back only the money probably goes right in their fake little pockets. DONT PAY THEM people...it is a scam. Most pay day loan companies will call you and work out a payment plan with you, or not collect at all...so tell them you have a lawyer and that they are going to call the company, and that will scare them enough to leave you alone. When I told him I had a lawyer Alvin got really mean and nasty because he then knew he wasnt getting any money from me. Guess I messed up his scam. The number that I had on my caller ID was [protected] and there is supposedly an Angie Jones and an Eric. Dont fall for it...you can ask them to stop calling per the Fair Debt Credit Act and once you do that they can no longer call you or you can report them to your attorney general for harassment.

This is a scam! They did the same thing to me early this year and now it has started again. I changed my cell phone number and now they are calling my work number. Luckily after it happened the first time, and I told my supervisor what was going on, they looked it up and saw for themselves that it was a scam and I did not get in any trouble. It's humiliating and stressful, but just keep hanging up. They do eventually give up!

THIS MAN CALL FROM [protected] AND UNKNOW NUMBER HE ASK 285.00 HE WILL KEEP CALLING OF UNTIL HE GET WHAT HE WANT. CALL FROM PENNSYLAINA ASSOCIATION I CAN NOT UNDERSTANDER A WORD HE IS SAY. BRANDON TAYLOR IS HIS NAME. 814/334/ 1013. NAME MARY MCCRAY CASH ADVANCE USA.

I just received a phone call this morning for my 20 year old daughter saying that she owed money and they were going to send an office within an hour. Also said "your a 20 year old girl, how would you like spending time behind bars"

These people are sick and this does not end here.

i receive the same thing from cash advance saying i owe them 300.00 dallars that send which i dont know anything about and they say they will sueand calling my job me ahow can i stop this nd talking words i dont understand so can anyone help on this and stop them from calling my job

see above bunchabull.

I just got this call and was told I should go to the local court house in the town I live, Los Angelas. I have never even traveled past Texas in my life nor do I know anyone that has. But how was it tat they know the last 4 of my social and I do understand how they could have gotten my email since I have ribs of junk mail on that account that I have had nearly 10 years. All my business and bill emails are to another account so that thru a red flag there. What can be done about this ? Anyone know ?

Next time you hear from them, let them know from them moment you identify yourself that you are recording the phone call, also let them know any other communications & all phone numbers from this point on will also be recorded because you feel threatened and that you feel you are being scammed and until they can provide you with legal documents proving who they are and what they are trying to collect you will not send them any money per the FBI . (this is what I was told to do by the FBI) This deters alot of these scammers from calling over and over. Get a cheap recording device and use it! Call your local police and file a police report as well as the 3 major credit bureaus and the social security department cause they have your numbers. The FBI website also has an email link on their site to identity theif crimes. You can email them as well. This is a classic scam where you have sent your information online to someone and these people have it.WHATEVER YOU DO, DONT SEND THEM A PENNY!

File a complaint with your state Attorney General. They have to provide you with copies. I have had this happen to me and it could be someone put your information into a computer. The company can see what bank and bank account the funds went into. It's their job to prove that you owe it. They have to stop calling you on the job if you ask them to, if they continue, be sure to report them! Good luck!

Very helpful, this just happen to me and I put an alert on my credit information and changed all my bank info

I had the same thing happen to me. I received a telephone call on my cell phone a couple of days ago (I recently defalted on a payday loan) I sent information to the company and noted that i would be willing to pay the principle in payments if they provided me with the license number in the state I reside in and if they provided me with a physical address where I could mail payments to. So, when I got the phone call, I assumed it was regarding this. The guy spoke VERY broken english. I had to ask him several times to repeat himself. He stated that he was calling from the legal department. He told me that I would be charged with Theft by Deception, abuse of Federal Banking Laws (whatever that meant) and something else that I can't remember. As I inquired further as to what company he represents, he could not answer me and stated that "we represent several companies". He did have some information about the amount of the loan ($300) and told me that I now owed $731.33. But, if I paid in full today, it would only be $519.00. I then asked to speak to someone from the company he was representing and he gave me the name of Allen Anderson and Mr. Anderson's phone number. He said that it didn't matter if I talked to Mr. Anderson though because "at the end of the day, I am the one that makes all the decions." He further stated that a court date had been scheduled for me for 11/15/10. I asked where (l o n g p a u s e) then he stated the Federal Court in Minneapolis. (I don't live in that jurisdiction). I asked for a copy of the complaint against me and he stated that he didn't have the "soft" copy because it had already been forwarded to the court. I said, who would file a complaint with a court of law and not keep a copy? No anwser. so for fun, I alled Mr. Anderson. Another man with a thick accent. He basically said the same thing. He also told me that he didn't have a copy of my file because he had forwarded to the "legal department". He told me that they did a "back ground check" and could see that I had never been in legal trouble, had no criminal back ground, nor had I ever had my wages garnished. Which is all true, but could have been assumed. I told Mr. Anderson that I would like the complaint and any other information e-mailed or mailed to me then I hung up. I looked on line about the compnay and found all kinds of complaints so I didn't worry about it anymore. Then today I got another call at work from a women with a thick accent (same number as the first guy) telling me that there was a "serious legal charge" being pressed against me. I told her that she could not contact me at work and any threats that she was making to me was against the FDCA. She said "scew you." For fun, I then called the number back. The man with the thick accent from the other day answered the number, NOT the women. I told him the same thing about contacting me at work. He hung up on me. I called back and told him that they were in violatin of FDCA. He hung up on me again. I called back and told him that I never hung up on them when they called so could I please finish my conversation. I then asked him for the physical address of the company he represents so that my attorney could forward a complaint to the company that he represents. He said the address is 212 F---ing Road and hung up on me again. For anyone else that deals with theses idiots, the first guy calls from New York. "Mr. Allen" is in california and the best I could do is find out the location and that it is a cell phone. So they are clearly not legit and I wouldn't worry about them.

I just received a call from some one at Law Firm PCS [protected] the number that called at first is [protected] claiming that I took out a payday cash advance and I can settle the matter over the phone or I will get served papers. The man that left the message was John Martin when I called back no one by that name but the so called supervisor named Oliver King just kept yelling at me cause I told him I don't have a payday cash advance . He says it was on line and he couldn't give me proof. He said I should know what advance I took out and need to pay it back, the nerve. He was yelling I just hung up. on these SCAMMERS. How do they have my information. Thank goodness for everyone who posted on this site. You are so helpful.

We received a call from a company claiming to collect a debt from a cash advance, Advance Cash USA. They are claiming that we took out a $300 loan and are willing to let us pay the $300 back without interest. This is a scam as we never took a loan with this company ever. Somehow they have our personal information and have also e-mailed us a generic direct debit form for us to fill out. There is no letter head on the form or anything. When we asked for documentation we were told it was a paperless loan, RIGHT!

Just happened to me today. This guys has all of my bank info. called the bank but there is nothing they can do until a transaction has occurred. if anyone has anymore info about this please post

omg. the same thing happen to me this morning. i got a call and the man said that i took a payday loan out in jan 2010. i knew that was a lie. he told me the last four of my social but he didnt tell me my bank info. he was like how are you gona pay. i must have cursed his ### out. i knew he was lying but im going to change my acct info. plus if i got a payday loan out in jan 2010 they would have been got there money. everyone knows that payday loans are automatic. they will always get there money.

i just had the same thing happen to me. I think im going to have to call the ftc and report them. I asked for a letter in writing and they told me that they would send the letter to my employer. I told them on the phone that this phone call was being recorded and that they werent following my intstructions to send me a letter and they said that they were going to send a letter to my employer and hung up on me.

Mine is exactly same. They claimed to be lawyer's office and I needed an attorney.

Received a call at work on my direct line. Indian speaking person claiming I owe money to Advance Cash USA and I am being sued because the loan was never paid back. Claims documents are being mailed to my work address and that I need to hire a lawyer and show up in court. The person on the line knew my name, social security number, place of employment and my direct line at work. I do not know who this company is and have never had a loan with a company by that name. I contacted the credit bureaus and placed fraud alerts.

I have been getting alot of calls from collection agency that claims to be collecting for advance cash
Spoke to two different people one was supposedly a manager and he said I owed for a loan I never got from them said he was going to take me to court and call my job to also include them in the court case. Then hungup on me.

Somebody called me saying they were filing a lawsuit against me for a $300 cash advance loan. I never got a payday advance ever! They knew my name ss# and everything about me. i asked who i supposedly got this loan from and they said advance cash usa. i asked them for the phone number to advance cash and they wouldnt give it to me. they insisted that they wanted me to go to the court house and i kept insisting they give me the phone number to the people they say i owe and the guy hung up on me. he had an accent i could barely understand and he said his name was jason james.

I received a phone call from 'Kevin' stating he was from a collection agency and I needed to resolve a loan from Advance Cash USA. He told me that if I didn't resolve it, that I needed to get a hold of my attorney and that I would be contacted by their investagating officer and that he would be coming out to my place of employment and to my home. I asked what employer they had down on this so called loan application and he said 'that information doesn't pertain to you and I have given you all the information I am going to give you', he also said the loan was taken out in my name with 2 refrences, (naming their names) and if I didn't resolve the matter that all three of us will be in trouble. I never took out a loan. He said it was for three hundred dollars. I asked him when it was taken out, the first time he said it was in March of 09 the second time he said it was in Dec.09. I would like to know how this place got a hold of all of my personal information. This 'Kevin' had even called my work place, which I never give out that info. and told me he would keep calling it. There are no bank records which prove I had taken out the loan. I want this harrassment to stop. I am going to call the better business bureau. The phone no. I have for these people is, [protected]. It is illegal for any collection agency to call a place of employment to try to collect a debt and I will file charges if this does not cease. Thank-you.

OMG This company is doing this to not only me, but to several other people They said I owed them money also. They have been harassing me for several months.
I want to inform the Better Business office also, would love to sue them for harassment, not only me but my two best friends, who they keep on calling telling to tell me to pay the money.
What options do I have? I hope someone can help me with some solution to this Scam.
Lucy Visalli

This company is calling my friends! When I called them back, I spoke to Steven Johnson [protected] ext 543. He said I had taken out a payday loan and didn't pay it back. I did not take out this loan, in fact I didn't even have a bank account when they say the loan occurred. They are threatening legal action.

While I know this loan is fraudulent, and that they can't "prove" that the loan even existed, it is very frustrating that they are calling my friends. Not sure what next step is...I guess I'll try the Better Business Bureau...

I am glad to see that I am not alone in this. I have been recieving phone calls for four days now at my workplace from two different numbers [protected] and [protected]. Both of these claim they are with Advance Cash USA and I too am being told I owe money for a $300 loan that I did not pay back. I am being threatened with jail, being arrested at work and having to pay atleast $3000 when this goes to court. They have even went so far as to claim to be law enforcement officials with the US government stating to have arrest warrants in their hands in my name. They have my social security number, cell phone number, workplace number, bank info., everything! The names I am being given are "Ron" and a "Julian" but all that I have spoke with do have a middle-eastern accent. How do I stop them?

Received a call today from phone number [protected] at my job from a man with a heavy indian accent and.introduced himself as officer ? could not understand nis.first name stating that I was going to be proscuted a unpaid loan and I told him I mever got a loan from this company and I hung up.

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The same thing happened to me. They NEVER called my home#, only called me @ work. Spoke to a "supervisor" named Bruce. I asked for proof of the transaction as I had called my bank and advance was never received nor was a check presented to my back to collect on this debt. I was told that all this information was sent to my email account, which it wasn't and that if I wanted the information I should check my email. When I told him he was lieing, he told me that I was insulting him and why did I continue to do that? I don't know because you are lieing! They called me back approximately6 times in one afternoon. They refused to verify any information and contunied to call me from a 415 area code.