Recieved a call from this number today, female speaking fast left a message that there was an alleged criminal wire fraud. Left this number and an extension of 114. I called the number and reached an answering service for "legal investigations" I find this odd because when I googled both independently and together I came up with several hits such as this, with no legitimate source of where this number comes from. I will try calling again because when I called, it was after normal working hours for new york ( I live in Texas)

hey did u ever find out if the number that called u was legit.

THIS IS A SCAM!!!!! If someone claims you owe them money and you feel as though you dont, the company in question can take you to civil court and a judge can tell you to pay, then you pay.Until that time dont!!!!!!! some scam artists  will go to great lengths to take your money. In the event of a bounced check the company you bounced it to will call local law then  your local law enforcement will issue an arrest warrant and call you, mail you a letter,  or come to your residence to pick you up. It is not a crime to default on a loan from a company. loan institutions are bonded and insured in order to protect these companies from loss due to non-payment. PUT A STOP TO THESE SCAMS BY CALLING THIER BLUFF! if you actually pay this company you give them incentive to continue calling others, if 1 out of 10 of the 100,000 people called actually pay $100. This comany would make $100,000.  This potential profit is the reason scams exist. In truth the amount this agency tells you to pay will be more than $100. they will choose a number low enough not to scare you away and high enough to seem a legitimate reason to call. ONCE AGAIN THIS IS A SCAM!!!!! Dont listen to the first messages on this board they were put on this message board by individuals working in the scammers best interests, not yours. And much of the info is false, such as a bounced check  being a felony, trust me your local judical system is a much more agressive entity, and if they have a reason to come for your money they will and they wont mess around with phone calls. they will get you into court! Even if the companies were legitimate and took you to court the settled amount would be less than the claimed amount, it always pays to fight for your rights, if a person claims ownership of your property make them fight to get it. I hope this helps anyone in question.

So is your name Mark Stefano, or Micheal Mcelory? Getting your shill alias's mixed up? Stop trying to scare people, you are a pathetic waste of a human life form.

These people are the worst kind of people, scam artists! If you don't believe me google their fake law firm Brown Andrews and Scott, that should be enough proof to never send money to them!! Be smart think before you act! They use fear as a tactic to get you to pay quickly without thinking!  This is America! We have no debtor prison/jail. The act of threatening a person with jail time if they don't pay a debt is in fact a crime itself!

Sec. 392.301.  THREATS OR COERCION.  (a)  In debt collection, a debt collector may not use threats, coercion, or attempts to coerce that employ any of the following practices:
(1)  using or threatening to use violence or other criminal means to cause harm to a person or property of a person;
(2)  accusing falsely or threatening to accuse falsely a person of fraud or any other crime;
(3)  representing or threatening to represent to any person other than the consumer that a consumer is wilfully refusing to pay a nondisputed consumer debt when the debt is in dispute and the consumer has notified in writing the debt collector of the dispute;

(4)  threatening to sell or assign to another the obligation of the consumer and falsely representing that the result of the sale or assignment would be that the consumer would lose a defense to the consumer debt or would be subject to illegal collection attempts;
(5)  threatening that the debtor will be arrested for nonpayment of a consumer debt without proper court proceedings;
(6)  threatening to file a charge, complaint, or criminal action against a debtor when the debtor has not violated a criminal law;
(7)  threatening that nonpayment of a consumer debt will result in the seizure, repossession, or sale of the person's property without proper court proceedings;  or
(8)  threatening to take an action prohibited by law.
(b)  Subsection (a) does not prevent a debt collector from:
(1)  informing a debtor that the debtor may be arrested after proper court proceedings if the debtor has violated a criminal law of this state;
(2)  threatening to institute civil lawsuits or other judicial proceedings to collect a consumer debt;  or
(3)  exercising or threatening to exercise a statutory or contractual right of seizure, repossession, or sale that does not require court proceedings.
You can find the full list here: http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/docs/fi/htm/fi.392.htm

Not paying a payday loan is not the same as bouncing a check, Most states have stipulation that explain any post dated checks (checks written for a future date) cannot be considered fraudulent under the rule of criminal law because at the time you wrote it you intended on having the money at the date that was written on the check so you had no Mens Rea or criminal mind when you wrote the check (that is needed for every criminal case)- so no they cannot hit you in criminal court only in civil court.
What they are doing  however, is highly illegal and can be punishable up to 20 years for violating federal debt collection laws.