Cash Advance USA Alleged attorney Royce called to say I owed them for a loan but my bank didn't honor the repayment. Internet
I was contacted today, April 2, 2012, at my place of employment by someone representing himself as an Attorney named Royce. He claims I owed them for a cash advance/payday loan from February 2012 - he didn't give me the actual date I allegedly received this loan money. At first he demanded that I make arrangements to pay off this loan in 30 minutes in the amount of $495.32 for a $300 loan - this was because of interest and late fees.
He then threatened that if I did not pay this money then he would download a complaint to the Los Angeles Superior Court, Room 16, and a local sheriff would come by with the arrest complaint as I was using false bank records and check fraud. If I didn't pay him today then my amount would escalate to $3,522. If I needed an attorney one could be appointed for me. When I replied that I needed to go home and check my records he then gave me until 1 p.m. Pacific Standard Time to call him back - this was at 10:30 am this morning when I spoke with this man.
I went home on my lunch hour and looked through my bank statement and records and I have NEVER received any cash from this company. THIS HAS TURNED OUT TO BE ONE HECK OF A SCAM I think. I have also received a call from a John Taylor at Knox & Stone Legal Associates about something too (think it is the same thing). His number was 305-290-5708.
It is scarey that they had my last 4 numbers of my social and knew about my bank. I would suggest that everyone be very wary of internet cash advances - looks like their are a lot of "foreign speaking" scammers out there - this Royce did have a heavy accent - say Nigeria perhaps?