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Complaint Review: American Legal Services - Portland Oregon
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Rathdrum, Idaho, United States of America
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American Legal Services
unknown Portland, Oregon, United States of America
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American Legal Services American Legal Law Threatening, harassing and abusing authority. Threatening children. Scammer. Portland, Oregon
So, we have received numerous calls from these 'people'. It started about 3 weeks ago, when they called us from a telephone number that was invalid (13512000000), and they demanded the following points:
* We call them, or our retaining attorney of record call them.
* We owe money to their client
* What we have done is a crime
And perhaps the most astonishing thing:
* "We wish your children luck"
As the last bit was a threat against my children, we did indeed try to call them back. The first few tries, it just rang off the hook. He did eventually call back, and speak to my wife. The first time he called back, he couldn't talk, so he called back shortly after, and threatened my wife, stating the following:
* There is an active judgment against us
* They have an active case against us out of Portland, Oregon
When we asked what company they represent, they stated Cash Net USA. We then demanded verification of this case, the number, and what city/state the judgment was out of. He immediately stated the following: "I will have our debt validation call you, goodbye", and promptly hung up.
Because they threatened my children, which is a massive no-no, i called our local police department. They sent a Sergent over who handles issues like this. Took the information, notified the FTC and local police after doing a back trace on the phone number. He then advised us to block the number, and not worry about it. If you have a call from these 'people', and they threaten your family, children, or you personally, immediately call the police and report them. They are scammers, but there needs to be more cases against them!
* We call them, or our retaining attorney of record call them.
* We owe money to their client
* What we have done is a crime
And perhaps the most astonishing thing:
* "We wish your children luck"
As the last bit was a threat against my children, we did indeed try to call them back. The first few tries, it just rang off the hook. He did eventually call back, and speak to my wife. The first time he called back, he couldn't talk, so he called back shortly after, and threatened my wife, stating the following:
* There is an active judgment against us
* They have an active case against us out of Portland, Oregon
When we asked what company they represent, they stated Cash Net USA. We then demanded verification of this case, the number, and what city/state the judgment was out of. He immediately stated the following: "I will have our debt validation call you, goodbye", and promptly hung up.
Because they threatened my children, which is a massive no-no, i called our local police department. They sent a Sergent over who handles issues like this. Took the information, notified the FTC and local police after doing a back trace on the phone number. He then advised us to block the number, and not worry about it. If you have a call from these 'people', and they threaten your family, children, or you personally, immediately call the police and report them. They are scammers, but there needs to be more cases against them!
6 Updates & Rebuttals
Steve
Bradenton,Florida,
U.S.A.
"Call Reject" / "Call Blocking" are features that are NOT widely available
#2Consumer Suggestion
Wed, November 10, 2010
VERY few carriers offer this call reject / number blocking feature, and even if it is offered somewhere, it CANNOT block "voip" calls using "spoofed" numbers.
I cannot get these calling features here in FLORIDA, as I have tried. NOT AVAILABLE!
And, many people nowadays use ONLY cell phones, and I have never seen a cell carrier offer that feature in any state that I have lived in.
Land lines are obsolete, and so are most of the good features we counted on to protect us and our privacy.
Steph
USAits called call reject
#3Consumer Comment
Tue, November 02, 2010
Its called call reject all you need to do is dial acouple of #s infront of the # that is calling and it will block it . The phone company can give you more imformation on this
Tracy
Fridley,Minnesota,
USA
Same scam, different name
#4Consumer Comment
Mon, November 01, 2010
I agree with the other posters; these scammers seem to target people who have applied for a pay day loan. They operate under different names; "Department of Law and Investigation" is another title that these scammers use. The individuals that supposedly "represent" these fraudulent schemes usually have an Indian/Middle Eastern accent, and are very difficult to understand. They refuse to give the person that they're calling any information regarding "their case." Threats of being arrested, being fired from your job are among the scare tactics that these creeps employ. Ignore them... They're the lowest of the low.
Susan
This City,Illinois,
USA
Curious
#5Consumer Comment
Mon, November 01, 2010
Many of you are suggesting to block a number.
How do you block a phone number?
Here in Chicago-land, unless I have missed something in my 50 years, you cant block a phone number.
Robert
Irvine,California,
U.S.A.
Scam..
#6Consumer Comment
Mon, November 01, 2010
This is an old and common scam.
You can "block" that number but that may only stop it temporarily. These people appear to be in a foreign country. The one thing you did not mention, but is probably the case. Is that these people usually have a heavy foreign accent and when they call you can usually hear people in the background doing the same thing. The number they called from was probably a "Throw Away" cell phone that they paid cash or used a stolen credit card for. In other words even if you get more people to file reports they probably won't get caught. Just type in "CashNet Scam" in your favorite search engine and see how many reports are already posted.
But this also means that the threat about any suits, attornies, law enforcement, or against your kids or any family member is basically "hot air".
A common way they appear to get this information is from people filling out or have recieved Paypay loans from other sites. Meaning that these people have somehow aquired your personal information. While these people don't seem too concerned about using your identity, they just want the quick buck, others may. So it would be a very good idea to pull both of your credit reports to make sure that there is nothing you don't recongnize on them. Also, since you have already talked to the police get an Identity Theft Report. You can use that report to have a long-term Fraud Alert placed on your credit reports for free. So if anyone does attempt to open up credit in your name, the company must go through extra steps to verify it is you.
Steph
USAThe cop is right
#7Consumer Comment
Mon, November 01, 2010
I agree with the cop you spoke to block the # . You can also change the # and have it unlisted and no further imformation be given on the new #
If that agency called me and threatened me like that I would tell them stop threatening me like that or I will have your computer hacked with viruses and I will make sure you lose all imformation and it will never recovered.
