Mark Williams Department Of Law And Investigation Office Mark Williams SCARED... I WAS BEING TOLD I WOULD BE ARRESTED Vienna Vista City, Colorado
BEWARE: Payday loan applications over the internet.
On 11/03/2009 I received a call from 719-966-1801 (showed up "incoming call" on caller Id). The man had a heavy Indian accent and I could not understand most of what he was telling me. I had to question what he was saying several times, I did pick up that I was being sued for not paying back a loan.
I advised I did not have any outstanding loans and what "loan" he was talking about. I asked where it was and he advised it was through the internet. I advised him I know that I did not borrow any money from that organization. He also had a heavy Indian accent which I had a hard time understanding him.
What I did understand and what really scared me was that he had my full social security number and the names and telephone numbers of one of my friends who I gave as a reference for a loan application, which I never completed the process. Big mistake to give all this information over the internet! He also had my bank account number!
He requestd $780 today or he would have an office at my door tomorrow morning to take me to jail!!! I told him I did not have $780.00 and he said 1/2 would do. I told him I did not even have 1/2 of that and he kept pushing and asking how much I could give him today. I told him I needed and hour to check my accounts before I could commit.
He stated if I did not respond within the hour he would file this fraud suit in court and put a hold on all my assets and I would be arrested tommorow morning.
I immediately did a Google search and came up with this site and multiple reports similar to mine.
I am going to file a complaint with the Attorney General's Office and call my bank. This rip-off organization will not get one penney from me.
This rip-off organization needs to be reported and stopped! Surely they can be traced by the Verizon numbers they have used? I have not been able to sleep as I am worried about all the information they have about me!
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Steph
Minor Hill,Tennessee,
USA
Its a scam
#3General Comment
Wed, November 04, 2009
This scum is trying to scam you out of your hard earned money. You need to imform your bank about this and give them this scammers # . I read about another report simualr to this so the bank called this person and imformed this caller that if they attemped to take money from your account that charges will be filed against them. To be on the safe side I would close the account and reopen it with new #s. IF this callers calls you again tell him to go F--- himself and he has been reported to the fbi for scam
Flynrider
Phoeix,Arizona,
U.S.A.
You should be worried.
#3Consumer Suggestion
Tue, November 03, 2009
It has become clear from numerous reports of this scam, that the scammers have come into posession of a large amount of personal information, including names, addresses, phone numbers, references, bank acct. numbers and social security numbers. Most of those reporting the scam indicate that at some time in the past, they filled out an online loan application. My guess is that these scammers have obtained (most likely illegally) a large database of this personal info.
While these particular scammers are only using the info to try to make themselves appear to be a legitimate collector, that does not mean they couldn't sell the info to some other criminal when they are done with it. The amount of information they are revealing on these phone calls is enough to allow anyone to steal your identity.
If you've received one of these scam calls, you should consider your identity to be at risk. I highly recommend going to the FTC's identity theft website and taking the precautions outlined there :
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft/