Jun 8, 2011
I have received many phone calls from various individuals asking for payment of a pay day loan that I do not remember taking out with Cash Advance. I received the initial phone calls starting this past February 2011. I advised the gentleman that I did not rec-call using Cash Advance for a loan. To be honest I have used a payday loan company previously with the payments coming directly out of my husband's and my account. I advised the gentleman that I would need to get copies of my bank statements for the time that he stated the loan was deposited into my account. I also sent two emails as followup to the gentleman to request a copy of the loan request that he said I made on line. (I do have copies of the emails and the receipt that I sent and the one I got from the caller) He said at that time the if I did not take care of that monies that I would be charged with a crime against my credit and my social security number. I also tried to call the number on the receipt twice. It said the first time that the magic jack number had not been assigned with the second time being disconnected.
The gullible person that I am I started to actually believe him. My second request was sent in March with a third request sent in April. I DID NOT receive any response back.
The in April the calls started again. I started to get very agitated with the calls and the persons on the other end. All the callers were of Middle Eastern or Indian sounding dialects. Could barely understand them. However, the were also Anglesized names as well.
The last straw a on 5/27th I started getting calls at work. I got four (4) calls that day with very very Threatening statements to me. Being taken to court, being arrested at my home and/or my work.
All along I have advised the parties that are calling I would take care of the monies if they could provide me with documentation showing my request. Each time I was told that they could not provide me this information (even the date that I supposedly made the request).
I have keep a summary of all of the phone numbers and names and some of the companies that they were with for recording keeping purposes. I have contacted the FTC, BBB, State of Wa Attorney General's Office and YES my city's Police Fraud unit.
I have also talked with my bank to find out what my options are. I also put a fraud alert on my credit reports as well.
I AM VERY VERY UPSET! I do see where this is a big problem and wish that the government would get their act together to put these guys away and away for good.