Aug 18, 2015
Being in ordinary civil debt is not a crime and you cannot be arrested for it. Ignore these people and block their calls. If you were the suspect in the sort of crime they talk abut, you'd have heard about it from law enforcement. You would NOT have heard about it from some scammery scummery debt collector. You can check this out yourself by simply going down to the local police department and telling them about the call.
Report them:
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection (Threatening criminal prosecution to collect a civil debt is a clear violation of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Act)
Also contact your local attorney general
If they continue to bother you, and you know you do not owe any money, tell them that you know this is a debt scam and that you are making a complaint to the police for extortion. You might have to yell at the scammer and talk over him or her. Once you get a copy of the police report and they call you again , just read out the file number and the name of the PD or Sheriff’s office involved. Tell them you’ll be glad to send a copy to them at whatever address the jack***es are working out of now.