Cash Advance USA Threathened to file Criminal charges against me for scam loans Internet
I received a phone call at work and my personal # from an "officier" with a thick almost not understandable indian accent saying he was with US Investigations and that if I did not call back I should hire an attorney because I was facing Criminal charges for cash advances from Cash Advance USA and 21 of it's affiliate companies.
#1 I did not get a payday loan from this company(my financial institution did notify me by mail there was an intrusion attempt on my account they prevented).
#2 This link was also received from being on the Lending Tree site - they probably don't know it's there
#3 I have filed complaint with the FTC and now will be following some of the advice I see in other reports on thsi site on how this was handled.
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Jim
Millbrook,Alabama,
U.S.A.
Obviously you Don't read ripoff Report much, this has been going on two years or more now.
#2Consumer Comment
Sat, December 11, 2010
These a******s are calling from Pakistan using fake American sounding names, their scam is To scare you into paying a Loan that doesn't exist.
Usually by saying they're Officer(Fake American Name) Obvious clue, the heavy accent, hard to understand, or cannot understand this (American Name) Officer?
Their Theft is to scare you by threats like "Have the police at your door" or "Warrant has been signed" or "You're in big trouble", "You've committed BANK FRAUD" or similar lies.
They usually say they're from "The Department of LAW and Investigation" or similar scary FAKE NAMES (recently they used United Nations Law Division, and ACS Law division, and even more recently 1st IRS Legal Dept)
You're NOT in trouble, they're just good Liars, Pay them NOTHING, they're only filthy thieves.
Recently they've been changing names at the speed of light, and they use a telephone relay so they look like they're calling in America, they're NOT.
This is another name, but the same Thieves.
OR IF YOU WANT PROOF THEY'RE THIEVES Tell them to send you verification there's any "Debt" at all, when they start screaming at you, that's proof positive that they're just thieves.
When/if they call again tell them they're just thieves and hang up, they can't arrest you, It's just a scam.
You can also have some fun with these thieves, tell them you've paid a VOODOO woman to put a death hex on them (They'e superstiious as hell)