Oct 29, 2011
Had the SAME thing happen as all of you. They said I had an outstanding payday loan with Guess USA Payday? (Hard to understand them with their thick accents). The "jr attorney" talked to me first and when I told him I had no idea what he was talking about, he rattled all my information off (last 4 of my social, DL#, routing number to my bank. When I said I didn't understand what he was talking about, that I didn't have a payday loan with that company, he said "Well how do I have all this information in front of me?" I do have 2 payday loans with different companies that get paid on time directly out of my account, but neither one of them are this. When I explained all of that to him, he said this company is suing me for $5300 and how I wanted to proceed, settle out of court or take legal action with my attorney. I politely said "I don't have a goddamn attorney!" SO he put me on the phone with his "senior attorney" Steve Watson, who said this was the final time he'd contact me before there's a warrant out for my arrest and how did I want to proceed. I said how is this the final time when I was never contacted a first time? He said to get in touch with the Orange County court by Monday or a warrant would be out for my arrest. I said "OK give me the number" He said I can't give that to you. So I freaked out at him, saying how the hell am I supposed to call them if I don't have the number, he said "I said get in touch with them, not call them" Lovely huh. So I hung up on them.
Looked up the company (they said they were based out of CA) and there is a Holland and Hart Associates, but it's in Colorado. I wouldn't take this seriously. The only way you can put a warrant out for someone's arrest is if they're charged with a felony... Plus I'm not in California.