American Legal Services reviews and complaints

I guy called and said he was james thomas and that if I didnt call them back I would be arrested this has been going on for a long time I have no pay day loans and this gentleman calls from all different numbers but it is the same voice all the time he calls my cell phone and he calls me at work cant these guys be stopped this is very upsetting

phone calls made to my place of employment with threats to me about my credit owing money for pay day loans I didn't borrow and when I talk to them threats of being sued

I have received many harassing call on my cell and today they started calling my place of employment. They call my job a total of 20 times. What can we do to stop these harassing calls?

I'm receiving the same phome calls. Has anyone else had any success in contacting the governement on this? I'm receiving calls from a James Baugher [protected]. Please advise on what I should do.

Thanks

this guy is a scammer. he stole thousands of peoples identities through a computer at a pay day loan company. The fbi has information on this guy on their site

Telephone Collection Scam Related to Delinquent Payday Loans

12/01/2010—The IC3 receives a high volume of complaints from victims of payday loan telephone collection scams. In these scams, a caller claims that the victim is delinquent in a payday loan and must repay the loan to avoid legal consequences. The callers purport to be repres...entatives of the FBI, Federal Legislative Department, various law firms, or other legitimate-sounding agencies. They claim to be collecting debts for companies such as United Cash Advance, U.S. Cash Advance, U.S. Cash Net, and other Internet check cashing services.

One of the most insidious aspects of this scam is that the callers have accurate information about the victims, including Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, employer information, bank account numbers, and names and telephone numbers of relatives and friends. The method by which the fraudsters obtained the personal information is unclear, but victims often relay that they had completed online applications for other loans or credit cards before the calls began.

The fraudsters relentlessly call the victim's home, cell phone, and place of employment. They refuse to provide to the victims any details of the alleged payday loans and become abusive when questioned. The callers threaten victims with legal actions, arrests, and in some cases physical violence if they refuse to pay. In many cases, the callers even resort to harassment of the victim's relatives, friends, and employers.

Some fraudsters instruct victims to fax a statement agreeing to pay a certain dollar amount, on a specific date, via prepaid visa card. The statement further declares that the victim would never dispute the debt.

These telephone calls are an attempt to obtain payment by instilling fear in the victims. Do not follow the instructions of the caller.

If you receive telephone calls such as these, you should:

Contact your banking institutions;
Contact the three major credit bureaus and request an alert be put on your file;
Contact your local law enforcement agencies if you feel you are in immediate danger;
File a complaint at www.IC3.gov.

I HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY A JAMES DAVIS OF AMERICAN LEGAL
SERVICES ABOUT A PAY DAY LOAN FRON ADVANCE CASH PAY DAY SERCVICE AND . I AM ALREADY PAYING A COMPAMPANY FOR THAT SERVICE. I DO NOT WANT TO DOUBLE PAY. CAN YOU VERIFY THAT HE IS LEGITIAMATE. HIS PHONE NUMBER IS [protected]
BECAUSE. HE IS SAYING THEY ARE TAKING ME TO COURT.
HE ALSO SAID THAT ADVANCE CASH PAY DAY LOAN HAS OVER 350
PAY DAY LOAN COMPANY'S. I JUST WANT TO SEE IF HE IS JUST TRYING TO DOUBLE DIP, SO TO SPEAK.
PLEASE EMAIL ME AT dlmoon64@hotmail.com

your reply will grately be appreciated

thank you

david l. moon

This Pittsburgh PA number used to be on the phone network of CHOICE ONE COMMUNICATIONS, INC, but has since been ported to CORE COMMUNICATIONS, INC http://www.coretel.net/ Among other things, they are a provider of wholesale VoIP service (or as you put it 'some kind of connection thru the internet'. ). Complaining to them may get your concerns passed along to the reseller who in turn may take actions against their customer. Good luck

Ask them to send you documentation of any charges that they feel that you owe, as they should have your address on file as well. And then tell them that any more phone calls from here on out will be construed as harassment and reported to the local law authorities. Easiest way to get scammers off your back. :)

I am sick and tired of all the veterans think they should get special treatment. GROW UP.

I have been harrassed for the past 2 weeks. A man name Xavier said I owed a payday loan I never had. I am a hard working mother of three. I was sooo afraid that I sent the man some money. But after doing research and seeing the number of people who have been affected by this scam, I am angry beyond measure. I took money out of my household to prevent from going to jail because of the threatening phone calls. He even called my place of employment and almost got me fired. Something has got to be done. I am a veteran and I always hoped that I would be protected from such an outcry. This man has a mid-eastern accent. I am finally getting a lawyer to protect me and my children.

I agree that something has to be done about the disgusting scam I have never been so mad, this man tried to say he was a lawyer . I told him I never took out a loan online, I was looking at my bank statement and no deposit was made to my account he just kept saying you'll see tomorrow when we take you to court and you have to give me a credit card number right now to avoid serious legal trouble. I said I wanted to speak to someone else his supervisor he held the phone then came right back to the phone with another name I couild not believe what I was hearing . We called him back several times reading the reports of scam from him and his fake company he just kept swearing at us and hanging up. It started to get funny this guy was nuts. I could not get him to say who I owed the money too, he gave me 3 different company names. He was so rude, I called him 20 times that night finaly the number I had been calling said this number was not accepting messages I called severl times today and no anwer what a ###

I had a very threatening message on my cell phone saying that I my husband must call him right the second we got the message as the matter is time sensitve and have our attorney on record call him as we were in serious legal trouble and if we don't call him good luck with our court troubles. He said his name was tony brown, but really could barely speak english, the message sounded crazy he was talking so fast . I called him back and he said we took a loan for 350.00 and we defaulted and if I didn't give him a credit card or debit card number they would take me to court the next day

I Agree, My mom has been getting calls but he knew every thing about her he called her monday feb 14, 2011 and said that if she does not pay 796.00 that she was going to go to jail thursday feb 17, 2011 well she is still here and we called cha 19 news they came to my house. but that is not going to stop him. i called him back and told him off and he just hangs up on me. One of my friends called him and gave him a fake name he then told her that she was going to go to jail if she did not pay 900.00 dollars this man needs to be stop. I think we all need to get together and stop him and put him away for good. (has my granny would say we need to pray for you) so the next time he calls here i am going to tell him that

i was just contact at my place of work saying i would be arrested by tomorrow morning if i dont pay $845.36. the man i spoke with isjohnny russell and a lady jenny johnson... they said they were calling from American Legal Services, and that a payday loan place gave me some odd dollars in my account. i have never recieved any money from a payday loan place and would never apply if i have to deal with anything like this.. someone please help me...

They call me every day at work. I cuss them out. Then I harass them on my break. When they see my number on there caller id they let it go to voice mail. I called them back and they picked up the phone and said my name, and when I asked who it is the guy said Im your daddy, you [censored] you slut. There so stupid cuz i save there voicemails where they say if i dont respond they feel sorry for me and good luck to my kids. WTF does that mean. I take that as a threat. There so stupid cuz they are calling a government building with that crap. Whenever they call just call them Osama Bin Ladin. That really seems to piss them off. Peace.

hi just letting you know you are not alone, starting getting the calls about a week or so ago but when they called my friend saying to her that I put her name and number down on a Freud thing I am doing she flipped out she called me right away wondering what was going on she gave me the number they gave her for me to call but they won't give her any information about it, so I called the number either it just rang and rang or would just go blank when they finally answered me it was a guy with the Indian voice and it was hard to hear him when I asked him were he was from he gave me America Legal Service and I asked where it is located he said to stop asking him so many question then hung up on me so I called back another Indian Voice answered and he said I shouldn't be asking so many questions then hung up on me so my friend that they called, she called them and they told her to tell me to pack my bags I am going to jail for at least 6 months and to get a lawyer, they are really something else, they need to be stopped and they should see how it feels to be told they are going to jail and to get lawyers so tomorrow me and my friend are going to the police and reports this also put a phone tap on my calls though the phone company, cause they can lose all the phone use for pulling scams on the phone plus then the FBI will get involved with the case cause the phone company is a government thing I have a friend that works in the FBI and I had spoke to him about this and this is what he told me to do I would Advice everyone to do this it will be the best way to stop them... Good Luck to everyone let me know how it goes and I will do the same

I called them back when they started calling my work and leaving threatening messages on my work voice mail. It did piss them off, but it felt good to turn the tables. They kept hanging up because I was pushing them for information. I did end up reporting it to the FBI this evening.

O.M.G I DONT THINK I HAVE ENOUGH SPACE TO WRITE HERE. IM VERY UPSET THAT I GOT A CALL FROM A BAXTER RODGERS THEN A CALL FROM A ALEX RODGERS.. I AM NOT ONE TO BE THREATHENED ESPECIALLY WHEN I KNOW I HAVENT RECEVED ANY MONEY FROM THEM.. TALKING ABOUT HOW I AM GOING TO JAIL IN NEW YORK. PRETTY ### IF U ASK ME.. THIS GUY HAD ME CONVIENCED IF I DIDNT PAY I WAS GONNA BE IN TROUBLE.. IN MY HEART I KNOW I DIDNT OWE NO CASH ADVANCE NO MONEY.. I GOTTA CHANGE MY BANK INFO, PHONE NUMBER, ETC...THIS BAXTER RODGERS TOLD ME THE MOST TIME I HAD WAS 40 MINUTES TO PAY BY MONEY PAK THAT I CAN PURCHASE FROM 7-11 WALLMART CVS ANY WHERE.. I WAS SOO UPSET THAT I CALLED EVERYONE I KNEW TO GET THIS MONEY UP TO PAY TO FIND OUT 5 MINS BEFORE I PUT THIS MONEY ON A CARD THAT I WAS BEING SCAMED.. IM NOT VERY HAPPY ..

I just got a call from a Jeff Peterson (heavy Indian Accent) who stated a criminal complaint had been downloaded against my SS number and I needed to call him immediately or i would be jailed. These people are vermin who prey on those who aren't armed with the facts. The information as to who and what company is complaining must be mailed to you and you have 30 days to refute the claim. When I dropped that little item on them they got aggressive saying that what I was asking for didn't matter.I asked Jeffry for his Fax number to send him a legal code and after 5min of holding they hung up. I called again and was answered by a different voice saying he was Jeffry's supervisor and he began yelling at me for harassing them. THEY DON'T LIKE GETTING CAUGHT!

Yeah, I've been getting him too. He says his name is Jason Fletcher, and the number is from Angels Camp, California. [protected]. My boyfriend posted his number on 4chan, I'm posting on 419eater.com, and we also put his number up on Craigslist under the casual encounters section. If he's going to harass me, and obviously I'm not the only one, he can get a little of his own medicine.

I got the same call but from Sebastien Taylor. The number is [protected]. He said he couldn't discuss my case but to obtain an attorney. He says I owe thousands of dollars and that there was an judgement against me. When I wanted more information, He said to call back on the same number and speak to Mike Anderson. When I called back, a voicemail came on but with another persons name but the same voice. I called a third time leaving a message telling him I know this is a scam and that I was reporting him to the police. He called back again and the number came up from Elmire, NY. When I answered, He hung up

I received same calls. I have a phone number for them! [protected]. The man I spoke with was braxton king (ya right). Threatened my family and job. These guys bad. Plz. Dont send them money

I had the same guy call me and tell me the same thing that he was going to have me arrested and I was going to lose my job. When I called back he did the same thing put me on hold and said he was someone else but the voice was the same. He even called my supervisor once and I told him I was reporting him and his company to the BBB and to the FIC and he didn't call my supervisor again but called and left several voice mail messages on my work voice mail saying the same thing that I can lose my job etc if I don't contact him. I'm letting my lawyer handle it from this point.

I have been recieving calls from these same people all day. They are using a california number to call me from. Every time i hear from the same man he has a different very American name and he is of course of Middle Eastern Decent. He is very rude and told me that he was an atty. I work at an atty office and i put "my" atty on the phone with him and then he was quick to want to end the conversation. He called me back later in the day and i asked him for his bar number. He gave me a bar number to an atty practicing in California, i called the atty to warn him that his bar number was being used in a scam. He was very thankful. I tried to get an address out of this guy but he would not give me one. I could here other people in the background yelling what seemed to be along the same lines of what i was told by that man. Then after i had hung up on him several times he called me back and said he was calling for someone else, gave me her name, SSN, address and i am not that person. When i told him he apologized and i asked why he just called me and said the same exact thing that i had defaulted on a payday advace loan from Cash Advance USA he just hung up on me but then called right back and continued on with the other woman's information (BTW i have never taken out a payday loan). I wish they would leave me alone. I have reported them to the FBI and it seems that others have as well so hopefully they pay for what they are doing soon!

I also have been getting harrassed by these guys. We keep getting these phone calls from some guy w/ a strong indian/arabian accent says that his name is John MIller, Keven Thomptson and some others from a lawyers office. He said that my husband owes 899.00 and that he wants an appoligy letter stating that my husband did not rip him off. I don't know where this guy got my husbans info, but I had a friend over yesterday and when this guy called my friend answered. This guy told her everything about my husband like if he doesn't pay then he was gonna get my husband fired from his job and that they were gonna sue him and stuff like that w/out her telling him who she was. So this guy assumed she was his mother or wife. My friend asked if she was being recorded w/out her consent and the guy said yes. So my friend prosteted to tell this guy that what he is doing is illigal and that she would like to file a complaint. Well the guy told her that to do that, she must fly to pakistan. Then my friend was going off on this guy. And everytime she would say illigal the guy would hit a butten so their was a beep so that one word would be beeped out. Well then the guy called my husbans cell phone when he was in the dr's office and my friend answered again. The guy said that he needed to talk to my husband and that he was a friend from work. Well my friend asked him what job, the guy said some hospital that isn't even in this state, so my friend was going off on this guy again. She had all the ppl in the dr.s office just cracking up. Well now I guess he is calling my husbands job.

I have also been receiving these harassing calls. They called from another country as the number on my caller ID was 99765. I was very frustrated. They even went to the extend of contacting my job and trying to speak to my superiors. Luckily I am the one who answers all of the incoming phone calls. I tried to get a address from them telling them that I would send them some money. They said I had to western union or use one of my cards. After I told them, I wouldn't do that..they again said that they would keep calling to speak with my superiors at my job. While speaking to them I looked them up online and seen these comments and told them that I knew they were a scam. I told them they needed to go back to where they came from and stop trying to take Americans money. He then cursed me out and told me he would f*ck me. Called my a b*t*h and hung up..not to call back. I will be soo glad when the gov't find out who they are and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law.

I, too, have been harrassed by these criminals, off-and-on, for the past several months; unfortunately, the have all three of my telephone numbers (home/work/cell), and the last four digits of my SS number. Unlike other posters, however, I did actually have a payday loan, several months ago, however, I'd repaid it in accordance with that lender's payback stipulations, and on time. They seem to call in spurts, usually on Mondays and Tuesdays, with several weeks elapsing between barrages of calls. I've been called by them from three different numbers within the US, seemingly (however, they are using VoIP, and can project any number, apparently, on caller-ID units - I am assuming that they are based in India, judging from their dialect), which are: 916.226.9823, 347.635.5952, and 831.531.4266. They have used the following aliases, when they had left VM messages for me, at all three of my numbers: Kevin Saunders, Eric Jones, Ryan Clark, and John Hudson. (One time, the same individual left me two VM messages, within several hours, at my work number, and used two different names, and it was obviously the same person, which indicates that they're not too bright.) My loan was for $300, and I ended up repaying $390 (I was in tight spot, and needed some quick cash), and they're claiming that if I don't send them $10, 000 (yes, you read that correctly), that they would have me arrested. I have tried reasoning with them (perhaps foolishly), indicating that I know that they running a scam, and that's it's widely known that they are, and that if they don't stop calling me, that I'm going to report them to the AG's office in SE PA, which is where I live. Well, they left three VM messages for me yesterday, and then called me again at work, later in the evening (I work evenings). I told them that I was gathering data on their operation, which would assist the authorities in closing in on them, and that really caught him off guard. My patience has worn thin with them, and I am going to call that office first thing in the AM. The bottom line here is that they're just criminals with cell phones, who know a little bit about communications technology, and obviosly having some hacking skills (they had to have hacked some customer database, in order to get their grubby hands on our personal contact info). Sure, they can make life a bit uncomfortable for you, but in the end, they'll either get shut down, but whatever authority, or just give up.

Please be assured that these calls are not from the law firm American Legal Services, PC based in Washington, DC. According to law enforcement, the people who are calling with this scam are not in the United States at all. There is an investigation underway, and we intend to fully prosecute these criminals for using our name.

I also have been receiving harrassing, threatening calls from these people. They will never tell me what "law office" they are from. The man today identified himself as "Gabriel Kanoy". I am a Collections Manager from a large bank so I know the laws when it comes to collections. When I advised him of what the laws were, he became threatening and rude. They have also left messages disclosing my full name, address, place of employment on my voicemail which does not have name identification. Today, "Gabriel" kept calling me and as soon as I hung up, he would call right back. He called one time a minute for 5 minutes straight. On the last call, I told him I would be filing a police report if he called again and he said he would call me 100 more times and he was calling the police on me too. I specifically asked if the phone call was to collect a debt and he wouldn't answer me. He just kept saying he was from a law office and civil charges have been filed against me. I will be filing a formal complaint with the Attorney General's Office and FBI. They are very threatening and have previously left messages on my voicemail telling me that they are sending an officer to my house. They also have identified themselves as being an officer with the Financial Crimes Unit. I hope they stop these people soon!

I also was contacted by this James King, he is very rude and also called my employer and was being rude to them also. They are very convincing and are also very scary with the things that they say to you. I hope you arrest these individuals and stop them from doing this to anyone else. My husband is out of work and I am the only income supporting my family which includes 2 children and before I found these postings on the internet telling of this scam I had paid them 525.00. I can not afford this at all but I was very scared by what they were saying.

Please be assured that these calls are not from the law firm American Legal Services, PC based in Washington, DC. According to law enforcement, the people who are calling with this scam are not in the United States at all. There is an investigation underway, and we intend to fully prosecute these criminals for using our name.

This call was from [protected]! How do we ge these people from calling our home numbers or our cell numbers? I should be a law against them calling and lying. They're the ones committing fruad! They have this accent and you can't understand them. They lie! What should we do, and who do we report them too!

I agree, I've received phone calls from the same people with Indian Accents are some kind of foreign accent saying that I committed fruad. I have never committed fraud! No need too! This person was a lady and said her name was Jack Marvin. And when I called the number back that was given It said American Legal Services! These people are scammers. Please Don't give them any of your information!

Please be assured that these calls are not from the law firm American Legal Services, PC based in Washington, DC. According to law enforcement, the people who are calling with this scam are not in the United States at all. There is an investigation underway, and we intend to fully prosecute these criminals for using our name.

I too have been getting calls from the #[protected] middle eastern accent and keeps telling me to casll because there is a suit against my s.s # and name and when i called back i was transfered to someone else who i couldnt understand at all...so far I have had a Dexter Peters and Kenny Rodgers call me...I have repeatedly told them not to call my work and the continue to do so...they also called my daughters # and my cell # and home line...I have asked for them to send my documentation in the mail and they say it can't be done I have only had my cell phone for less then 8 months and land line isnt in my name neither is daughters #...so what do we do about this... Tammy McCubbin

My Mother-in-law received a call from someone calling himself Dexter Taylor from American Legal Services. Telling her that I had commited fraud, and could she have me call. She said he had a really heavy accent and that she couldn't hear him because of all the noise in the background.

I called back the number he called from and was transferred to Gabriel Canoy. Who proceeded to tell me that I had committed fraud by not paying back a loan that I had with Cash Advance USA. I have never had a loan with this company. Once he said he had spoken to his client and they agreed to a one lump sum payment TODAY would clear this up. All I had to do was fax an Apology letter to Mark Brown with Cash Advance USA and send my DEBIT card info in this fax, after I had supplied it to him on the phone. They would email me documents to sign and return to them with a copy of my Drivers License. and how much time did I need to take care of this? I told him an hour so that I could have my attorney review those documents. He got really upset and told me may god save your soul then hung up. He then proceeded to call my WORK phone and ask for my supervisor when I refused he called the operator and had me paged. He demanded to speak to my supervisor. At that time I told him my supervisor was not available and to stop harrassing me at work. He then started yelling profanities telling me he was going to get me fu**ing fired, and to have my f-ing attorney call him at his f-ing number and that I was a f-ing B**** and that he was pissed because I wasted his f-ing hour.
And Hung up.
Called the police...nothing they can do, called and reported it to the credit reporting agencies to put a fraud watch on my files..was told ftc.gov and another website to file a complaint.
Good Luck!

I have been receiving daily phone calls from a man with a heavy indian or arab accent... he calls himself Mark Williams.

He called from [protected].

It was extremely alarming to receive these calls... the man knoew my name, social security number, where I banked, lived, and said he knew the Ip address of my PC...

He told me that my student loan was delinquent ( which I had jsut paid the bill that day) and that if I didn't pay him 4, 500 dollars I would be arested by the FBI for loan fraud. I contacted my student loan company promptly and was assured that my account was current and that they had not sicked their dog on me... But I still would love to know how this man got my information...

When I called the number back [protected]) I tlked to one man who sounded like Mr. Williams, only to be "transferred to Mr. Williams, who tried to rehash the whole song and dance again...

On my second to last converstaion with Mr. Williams, I told him that I would need to see some proof of what he was referring to... he sent me a .tif file of what seems to be a cut and paste version of a legal document from the state of Colorado.. The letter, however, did not mention the name of the loan holder or the actual amount... For all of his research, Mr. Williams accepted the false number that I gave him when he asked how much the loan was for... That is another reason I believed the calls were fake...

I told him repeatedly that I did not want to be contacted again, and that his contacts were verging on harrassment... I finally told him that my fiance is a lawyer and that I spent a year in law school myself... I told him that I knew my rights and what harrasment was... i threatened to report him if he didn't quit with the phone calls...

Got a call from Calvin Colling from American Legal Services stating I owed them $800 from a loan from Cash Advance USA, I call the loan company and they said I do not owe them any money. What is scarry is that this company has my social security number full address and all of my information and I did not give it to them. They have been harrasing me since October 2010. I am going to report them to the police department today.

I got a phone call this morning from a Sabastian Taylor very heavy accent the funny thing is back in 09 I was suckered by these fools and I paid $600 to them they tried to get me today and I went off on them they proceeded to call me a liar then started to curse at me I told them to SUCK IT AND GET A LIFE that made them mad started yelling at me and I told them my lawyer will contact them and to go ahead and send the investigators lol please I swear if I could pull them through the phone I will these scammers will get theirs. Unfortunately they do have all our info but they will not get one dime from me ever again

This is all a crock! They called my son and did it to him also. Theyc said he owed 3000 dollars but he better pay 500 by 5:30pm or they will have a warrant for his arrest in california. needless to say we dont live there. I called them and told them we will be sewing their company. They told my son they will be sending him a refund but really I say thats crap! the number they are calling him from is3107424798. EXT 121 hes a middle eastern name Mike really? Mike? I hope they plan on going to jail!

Thank you ALS for your help in putting out these complaints. I cannot tell you how much they have helped me. I also received a phone call from a Shawn Michael who was looking for a Monica BREHIMXOVIC as she was supposedly committing fraud using my phone number and address. I did not (thank the good Lord) give them any information, hung up and immediately called my local Sheriff's office and told them what had happen. The gentleman I spoke too reassured me that this was not the case and it was someone trying to get my information. So if any of you get a phone call from Shawn Michael laugh in his face or better yet get a whistle and blow it in their ear. Thank you all. MssysPlay

I am sick of these phone calls - especially at work and on my cell phone. My caller identifies himself as Xavier Anderson (yea, right..with a THICK middle Eastern accent) and has called from two different numbers One in New York [protected]) and another from Houston [protected]). It is the same person each time, and he doesn't even know how to pronounce my name. This happens at least 4-5 times per day. Someone needs to help!

I've used Payday Loan services a few times to get out of a financial bind and sure enough about six months after one of the loans was paid off, I got a phone call from these same people. I knew very well that my loan was paid off and that I was in good standing with the company because about once a month, I get a phone call from them and an e-mail, thanking me for being a valued customer and offering me another loan. They told me the same thing, the sheriff was going to pick me up the next morning for my "court date." I politely asked him what time the hearing was and thanked him for letting me know, so I would be certain to be ready in time. He hung up and I didn't hear anything from the for about a year and a half. They said the same thing, I said the same thing and that's the last I've heard from them.
For those of you who are already in a screaming match with these idiots, I would suggest when you have identified them as the caller you announce, "This line is being recorded as part of an ongoing criminal investigation. Any and all information discussed during this conversation can and will be used to prosecute you in a court of law." Then, very calmly ask by the person's name and Company name, "How may I help you, today?" Don't let them stress you out, they are definitely not worth it.

If you receive a call from these people it is a crock of bull. They called me from a local number, a guy named "Frank Murphy" with a thick Indian/middle eastern accent peddling the same bull. He told me i took out a loan from them last year and did not pay it back and I knew this wasn't true. This "Frank" gave me a number to call for more information on "my case"( which happened to be the exact same number he was calling from) said to ask for "Alex Rogers" who also had the same accent. They claim they emailed me about this debt over, and over (which they did not.) and also claimed they tried to debit my checking account 16 times. Which was an out and out bold face lie. He had my name email address social security # and said that the sheriffs dept. would come to my front door in 1-2 hours to serve me papers. I told him fine he"ll here from my lawyer and he promptly hung up. I called a legal hot line and they said these people call and say things to stress you and harass you into giving them money and if they continue to call me call the Attorney General, BBB, and the Consumer fraud D.A of our county. I punched the number up on line and low and behold many others were contacted by these same crooks. Be cautious when doing business online you never know who you're dealing with.

I am irate! I just received a phone call from a James William, of the Armstrong Livingstone Law Firm, phone [protected], out of Illinois. He had a very thick accent, Indian/Middle Eastern, definitely not American. I asked his name again and he said James William. I said you don't sound like a James William. He says, " Listen, you need to retain a lawyer, give me their name and I'll fax all the information to them regarding a lawsuit. I said what's this about? He spoke so fast that I couldn't understand him. I told him that he'd have to talk to the FBI agent that will speak on my behalf. He hesitated a moment then continued to ask: are the last 4 number of your SSN this..., you live at..., you work at... I said, talk to the FBI investigating these scams and I hung up. He continued to call 6 times after that! And, this morning, at work, I received another phone call from a Mike Anderson, of American Legal Services Cyber Crime Department, phone # [protected] in Houston (I badgered him to repeat the phone number and the city he was calling from...he was annoyed at my questions). He said that a sheriff would come to my home or work tomorrow morning, arrest me and transport me to New York. That I was being sued for nonpayment of a $500.00 loan which was deposited into my bank account on 5/11/12, the lender being US Cash Advance. When I said I knew nothing about it, he sounded incredulous. "Come one, you know what I'm talking about. Do you mean to tell me no one contacted you about the lawsuit against you? Several phone calls were made to you and you didn't answer, mail was sent to your door and that mail was ignored (I never received calls or mail!). You'll be arrested for accepting a loan and not repaying it after several extensions were given to you. And you'll be arrested for fraud and theft". He also said, " you need to pay $741.36 right now to avoid jail". Since I was at work, I had to hang up...I didn't get the address he wanted me to send money to...I would have given this information to the police. Also, this guy had all my personal information! I'm going to call the local FBI office tomorrow (I tried this evening, they were closed) and report all this. What can I do to make this stop?
Trio