Today I started receiving calls from a man with an middle eastern accent saying his name was Mike James. He was very unprofessional and kept telling me that I needed to call him and if I didn't call him all he could say was good luck to me. He left a phone number to call. 310/598-1661. Before I could call him back, he called my work number and left a message there, rambling on saying he left a message on my other number and I need to call him back otherwise it will not be good. Then he called my cell again saying things like I don't take him seriously and I need to call him back. I received three calls from them in a five hour period. I finally called them back after I got off work and and spoke to another man (again with a middle eastern accent) and he wouldn't tell me what it was about. He kept saying there was a lawsuit against me and wanted to know my lawyer's name so they could serve him a subpoena. I kept asking what it was about and the man said "You're trying to tell me you don't know what this is about?". I asked who was suing me and that he needed to provide some documentation. He said the only way they can do that is to send a subpoena to my employer and then my employer would know everything about this. He then started to verify things like an old bank account I used to have and the last four digits of my SS#. Instead of responding I again asked him who was suing me and he then hung up on me. I called him back and he said he hung up because I wouldn't verify my information. I confirmed that the information he gave me was correct and he then told me that it was a payday loan that I had recieved and never paid back. That they were charging me with bank fraud, and two other charges that I can't remember. I happen to know I never took out this loan and in fact I couldn't have because he said they tried to withdraw the payment a month before I had even opened the account. When I asked for documentation again, he said I would have to go to the courthouse............in SAN DIEGO, CA to get it or else they would send it to my employer!!! I live in Colorado!!! I finally ended up hanging up on him because it was ridiculous. Unfortunately, I have had my share of problems with debt collectors and I knew this didn't sound right. He was trying to get me to make a payment with my debit or credit card to avoid being taken to court but would not provide me with any proof of the loan they supposedly made to me. About an hour later, I received another call from yet another man with a middle eastern accent who apparently didn't know that I had already spoken to someone else. I nicely asked for the account number and routing number of the account and they gave me the routing number as the acct# and a toll-free phone number as the routing #. He said it was a payday loan through Cash Connect and that he was calling from a law office, Back Office Legal Department. I asked for the website of this place and they kept saying they have thousands of websites and can't tell me which one I went to, neither could they tell me the date I supposedly received this loan. They kept saying I was going to have to go to court in California and the people I listed as references would have to go as well. I did apply for several payday loans over the summer but didn't get any for the amount they tried to say I did. I'm guessing either Cash Connect is a fraudulent company (Several of the websites I went to didn't give me a yes or no answer, they just routed me to another website asking for the same exact info which made me suspicious!) or this Back Office Legal Department has somehow stolen information from their website database. I guess I have yet to see if I'll be served with paperwork but I don't believe this was real. It was just too unprofessional and the man tried to say they were paralegals. I work for a law firm and I don't believe that. It was truly unethical and it was downright harassment!

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6 Updates & Rebuttals

Flynrider

Phoeix,
Arizona,
U.S.A.

Take further steps.

#2Consumer Suggestion

Sat, September 26, 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/

sami

Saginaw,
Michigan,
USA

walk up America

#3Consumer Comment

Fri, September 25, 2009

i have a middle eastern accent, but those scumm run operation from India. by the way, i have a bridge for sale in china. for God sake, tell them M.F. go to hell. if they want to spena you, why they need attoerny> just tell them go ?????

strange heidi

Jefferson City,
Missouri,
USA

cash connect scam

#4Consumer Comment

Fri, September 25, 2009

I too have had many calls from these so called Lawyers, they too said that I owed money to cash connect, which I don't. they gave me the same phone number they gave you but the guy said he was with Daniel Martinez Law offices and that I would be put in jail if i did not take care of this problem. I did not give them any information, but i did contact the F.B.I fraud division, the Attorney Generals office in Missouri, the local Sheriffs office and the company that they say i owe the money to. The lady i spoke to said she was also filing a complaint due to the fact that these scammers are using the name of Cash Connect offices. You should contact the F.B.I.'s fraud department on line and file a complaint like so many others have done. this is the only way we are going to be able to stop people like them from scamming people like us. They have told me the same stuff they told you. just ignore them and file a complaint.

Mike

LAKESIDE,
California,
U.S.A.

310/598-1661

#5Consumer Comment

Fri, September 25, 2009

all you need do is run their phone number 310 598-1661 on google to find out its a load of rubbish

Steph

Minor Hill,
Tennessee,
USA

I agree

#6General Comment

Fri, September 25, 2009

I agree with Resty hang up on them . If anybody called me with that BS I would cuss them out like sailor then hang up on them

Resty

Waunakee,
Wisconsin,
U.S.A.

I do not understand

#7Consumer Comment

Thu, September 24, 2009

WHY in all of Gods green earth you would verify ANYTHING for these losers? You already suspected it was a scam....yet you verified the information he had making it just a little more likely he can scam you more...or in another way.
WHY give these creeps so much power? Just hang up on em. Sheeeeeeeesh

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