Just got a call from a woman with the strongest India accent saying I had three criminal charges pending against me. She told me to call this number immediately (415) 952-5532 and speak to her senior lawyer Damon Marshall who was handleing the case! I had applied for a payday loan on line about 2 weeks ago and then did not accept the funds cause I got tons of offers from other companies on line and went about unscribeing from each and every one of the companies. Took me three days to unscribe from of all the e-mails from those companies! Pain in the butt! Thank god for the internet cause I plugged in the name Damon Marshall attonery and this showed up! I gained at least 100 more gray hairs and just about had a heart attack because of that call of criminal charges against me! Couldn't figure out what charges could possibly be against me! Until I read the statements you all wrote (Thank You)! All I can say is NEVER APPLY FOR A LOAN ON LINE!!!   THANK YOU AGAIN PEOPLE FOR YOUR STATEMENTS!!!Caller: unkown
Call Type: Prank Call

Just received 2 calls at my job from 415-952-5532. It was a male with a thick Indian accent stating that he was calling from the states attorneys office of California. He asked if I had a lawyer and he needed me to call back the Attorney their Damien Marshall. I asked his name he said that it was Shawn Marshall. I had already read on line about this type of call, therefore i was expecting it. I applied for an online loan and every since then I have received all types of calls and or emails. I told him that I knew about their scam and I didn't need to call any one. I hung up, well at-least I thought so, When I tried to pick up my phone to call the number back, "Shawn" was still on the line. I asked d him to hang up and clear my line. He did. Then I called back "Damien Marshall" picked up, I asked him for his name again, he said "idiot don't you already have my name. Then he proceeded to say "You got it" and call me all kinds of dumb [***] and other rude, and vulgar names. I just laughed and said I'll be that, but I got  you and your scam. He abruptly hung up.

My question is how can we stop these guys and their calls? What legal rights do we have in this situation. I want to zapp it to them!!!!!

This is a criminal extortion ring operating out of India. ABC News released an investigative report on it in June. The FTC has indicted one of its ringleaders for criminal fraud:

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/phantom-debt-co ... 16512428&page=1

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/08/bgm.shtmReply !

I received a call today, Saturday August, 22, 2012, from a man who identified himself as attorney Damien or Damon Marshall. Not sure of the spelling. He said I defaulted on a loan, and that I was going to be arrested if I didn't pay $455.33. He said I needed to go to a Walmart and buy a Green Dot Pak card and load the card. After that he instructed me to scratch off the back of the card, and call him back. He told me to call him back on phone number 415-935-6189. I was given an hour to do this or he said I'd be arrested. I went to my bank immediately. I also contacted the company I had taken out the loan with back in August. I was told that this was a scam. I was set up on a monthly pay plan, and my account was in good standing. They referred to this as a scam, and I was also told not to answer any phone calls from this individual. When I didn't pay him, I got a call from 911. I was told that it was the police and they wanted to know where I was because they were going to arrest me. I informed him that I was reporting this as a scam and that I'd already contacted my bank as well as the company I took out the loan with back in August. The attorney said that the loan was with Advance America USA. I looked up the phone number 415-935-6189, and there are numerous reports of the same kind of activity happening with this man who calls himself attorney Damien or Damon Marshall. I'm not sure of the spelling of his name that he uses. Just be aware of this activity and be smart. It is a scam.

I have recieved several calls from this #  a man calling himself officer peter something i couldn't understand him due to a very heavy india accent he tells me i'm gonna be arrested at my home if i don't pay 459.00 for a loan i ("never") recieved, he then proceeded to cus me and tell me to just pay thr F-ing money so i told him i would be waiting for the police he then told me to F-off then hung up, so i started calling them and they would pick up and hang up, lol nice try guys but i've done my research and this is a scam and has been reported. Although there are some out there who actually fall for this, you should always try to research the information before you ever pay anything over the phone, also most dept collectors send some form of mail stating who they are and the situation. Please do not become a vitim of this scam, call and report them.