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May 22, 2010
Bryttany-
THIS IS A SCAM!!!! I got the same threatening phone calls today at both my work and on my cell phone. I kept the guy on the phone for about 15 minutes trying get more information. He said they were a law firm but refused to give me the name. He had a very thick accent and I could barely understand him. He would yell at me when I would not copperate and disclose information to me. He said that I had taken out a $400.00 payday loan in 2009 and never re-paid-which I too have NEVER taken out a payday loan. He said if I did not settle this debt with him today (It would have cost me $600.00) then I would be "removed from my residence or place of work" on monday by 11 am and taken immediately to court where my DL would be immediately suspended and my SSN would be "blackmarked" causing me to loose my job and be kicked out of my house and I would never regain uneployment. I immediately called my local PD and reported it. They took a report and advised me to call the credit bureaus and put a fraud alert on my SSN and to also change my bank account information. Once I told the guy on the phone that I would be calling the police myself to verfiy that I am "wanted" he hung up and I have not had a call since. They state they are located in Los Angeles and the area code is a CA area code, however, most of these calls are not actually originating in the US. Hope that helps. I would file a police report just because you can never be too careful.
THIS IS A SCAM!!!! I got the same threatening phone calls today at both my work and on my cell phone. I kept the guy on the phone for about 15 minutes trying get more information. He said they were a law firm but refused to give me the name. He had a very thick accent and I could barely understand him. He would yell at me when I would not copperate and disclose information to me. He said that I had taken out a $400.00 payday loan in 2009 and never re-paid-which I too have NEVER taken out a payday loan. He said if I did not settle this debt with him today (It would have cost me $600.00) then I would be "removed from my residence or place of work" on monday by 11 am and taken immediately to court where my DL would be immediately suspended and my SSN would be "blackmarked" causing me to loose my job and be kicked out of my house and I would never regain uneployment. I immediately called my local PD and reported it. They took a report and advised me to call the credit bureaus and put a fraud alert on my SSN and to also change my bank account information. Once I told the guy on the phone that I would be calling the police myself to verfiy that I am "wanted" he hung up and I have not had a call since. They state they are located in Los Angeles and the area code is a CA area code, however, most of these calls are not actually originating in the US. Hope that helps. I would file a police report just because you can never be too careful.