I suggest you contact Cash net immediately to confirm these allegations.

Here is a similar email from them. When I first got it, I was stunned. I do have an account with cashnet but it's been paid on. I don't know how these people got my personal info but maybe someone at cashnet is leaking out our info. What should I do here?

DON'T IGNORE THIS MESSAGE

PLEASE DO NOT FORCE US TO DRAG YOU TO COURT HOUSE AND RESPOND US IMMEDIATELY

My name is James Locantro and I am a legal adviser with "CASH NET Network USA law firm." This is about the law suit against "corraine goldberg" with Social Security Number #006923973.

I want you to note down the case number first. Your case no is VN15341.

Affidavit:

Our client is pressing charges against your name regarding three serious criminal allegations: Count (1) Violation of federal banking regulations.  Count (2) Collateral check fraud. Count (3) Theft by deception.

Now, this means three things for you. If you are under any state probation or payroll I need you to inform your superior or manager what you have done in the past and what would be the consequences once the case has been downloaded and executed in your name.

This is to inform you that the creditors do have all the rights and authorities to inform your employer what you have done in the past and what will be the consequences once the case will be downloaded and executed against your name.

WE HAVE ALL THE RIGHTS RESERVED TO INFORM TO FBI, FTC, YOUR EMPLOYER AND BANK ABOUT FRAUD.

The entire cost for this law suit is $5468.89 which is excluding loan amount, attorney's fees, and the interest charges. You have the right to hire an attorney. If you don't have one or if you can't afford then one will be appointed for you, but please make sure you have someone to take you out of jail when the judge hears the case.

I have a last question for you. Did you default this loan intentionally or is it because of the circumstances you were unable to pay the loan?

Regards,
Legal Adviser James Locantro || CASH NET NETWORK USA.

Copyright 2001-2013 CashNet Network USA | Privacy | Terms of use.

Just received a call from "Mark Smith" sounded important in Indian / "stani" accent. Not the first time I have gotten this call. Wanted (fishing for) personal financial info. Remind them to pound sand! and have a local person contact you. If they ask for phone number remind them that they called you!! The call back number I got from them was 347-960-0612. This is a NY Area code. Remember don't give out personal info, don't confirm info even if they luck out and have correct info. Ask them to mail you something. If they ask for your address a legit investigator would have it. Don't give them any thing.

i have the same problem,i also was called by the same so called company and told that I will be arrested in my work place by 11 tomorrow morning,the caller had an indian acent and the name given was michal clerk the telephone number wa 951 489 0220,all what they said was that a company called cash advances has filled an affidavit and they were calling in responce to that,if you call from a same number for more than three times they will not answer the phone,it will go to a message box, this is a real pain in the neck they keep on calling,will a police accept a complain?what should I do

I got a call (9/20/11) from an 845-809-3887 number saying that he was Officer Steve Martin (He had a foreign accent). I asked him to repeat himself and he said it again. I was completely shocked and confused to why a New York police officer would be calling me considering I do not even reside in New York. He put me on hold and another person (he had a foreign accent) picked up and said he was Griffin Bell from Department of Law Investigations. He asked if my social number was blah blah blah, I never answered him. He also asked me if my address was.....I never answered him again, which is was getting very annoyed with me. I asked him what this was about and he said that a lawsuit was brought against me for money laundering, fraud and embezzlement.  At this point, I am scared out of my mind. He said if I am convicted, I could serve a 25 year term. I have never been in trouble with the law, so of course I was scared. He told that I took out a loan from fastcash.com of $120.00 and I never paid it back and I now owe over $5 grand. He told me that we could settle today for $508. I told him I am not giving him a dime and he said that if I don't pay then an officer would be waiting at my mailbox when I got home. (Of course, after that I knew this was BS) Therefore, I told him I would like something in writing. He said the manager would email me. Then I said okay and hung up. So quickly, I went to the police department to file a report. The office I spoke to told me to put a flag alert on my credit and IRS. Therefore, I did. She said if they call back to ask for a badge number. I said to my self there is no way they would call again. When we left the police department I got an email from the so-called "Manager" It was a fake document! You could tell it also said that they tried to put a purchase through on my bank account and it was declined I did have fraud on my bank account and closed it So HA! HA! I got a card today and again teh same Officer Steve Martin, so I asked him for his badge number. He refused to give it to m. Therefore, Griffin Bell got on the phone and I had to ask 5 different times for his badge number. I told him I would not talk to him until I got his badge number. He gave me so off the wall badge number. I have a friend her family is part of the NYPD and she said thats was not a legit number. Which I knew all along.

I told Griffin that I know that this is a scam, and his response was " what does that matter" Umm hello it matters. I told him that I am going to call a precinct in New York and verify and that is when he hung up. What an idiot! I completely understand the economy is bad but there isn't any excuse for people to scam or steal from others. Please be on the look out everything. From what I hear these kinds of scams are being more popular. Please be careful and don't give your information with anyone!!!
 

I just got back from a 4 day vacation and found 5 voice messages from a Christina White from the Department of Law and Investigation. She too had an Indian/Pakistani accent. When I called the number it was hard to hear over all the voices in the back ground. It was obviously a call-center and I promptly hung up.

Then I found your website which told me this was a Cashnet scam. I had a loan from Cashnet years ago which I regrettably paid with an exorbitant amount of interest. I think it was double what I borrowed. If that wasn't scam enough now they're trying to collect this debt twice.

I hope this company burns in hell.

I got a call last week from Mike brown phone number 7188197285 from American loan investigation department. They also called from a number that was 1911 on my cell phone. They had an over seas accent. Said I owed 300 to pay day loans and to send them a money order or they'd come arrest me. Well I went to my local police department and filed harassment. Also the officer at the police department said they would have to contact the court in my county of residence. So when they called yesterday I said one question for you what courts you going through since you have a warrant for my arrest.....they wouldn't tell me the name of my court house. I ended up changing my number but it is scary cause they have my ss# bank # routing#. My mother said I can sue them with fraud or for harassment. Is this true? Also like I said watch out cause they don't want credit card info anymore they want money orders and the address is in ny I think that they want u to send it to.

I got a call from these people, immediately before they said anything told them I'm on Do Not Call List, have no business with them, and will have to take legal action if they keep bothering me. I told them I have no pending litigation and that I know it's a scam. He asked how I knew it was a scam. I told them I had checked everything out and had never taken any payday loans, and to remove my information from their system. His response was just okay, bye. This worked for me so far, I haven't received any more calls. Hopefully this well help some of you.

These people have called my phone multiple times daily for the last two months. They are rude, belligerent, and obnoxious. They swear, they lie, and they threaten all sorts of things from lawsuits to arresting me, and claim that they "will get their money one way or another." I can't stand this!

I have tried everything to make these idiots go away! Nothing seems to work. They have my social security number, my banking numbers, and basically all of my personal information. I am very fearful that they will just deduct money from my account - or sell my information to internet criminals. I am really ticked off at this point.

I have reported them to several agencies already,, but don't hold out much hope, because they are so inundated with complaints. It's horribly annoying and frustrating!!!!!!

Has anyone had any luck in stopping these jerks from further contact by doing something specific? Is there a class action lawsuit against them in which I could join? Are there any other suggestions?

I would really appreciate any input! Thanks so much.

I am so glad to hear that this is happening to other people! I have also been getting calls exactly like yours and they say it is from cashnet usa. but can not produce anything to show me that i had this loan!! Same kind of call with the same kind of man on the phone. Rude and calls me 4-9 times a day from 6:30am on!! i would be soooo willing to be a part of a class act against them!!! And if anyone knows how to get them to stop I could use some help!

I was contacted today, at work, by a gentleman who did not speak english. He stated he was "Officer John Brown" with the Dept. of Law & Investigation. He told me that I had an old outstanding payday loan and that if I did not pay it right away a case would be filed against me on Friday and I would be arrested at my home or work. It was very hard to understand him. He then "transferred" me to another gentleman that did not speak english but I had a feeling it was the same guy, but he told me his name was "Mike". He told me to be quiet and listen to him speak. I told them I wasn't paying anything today unless I could verification of the debt, which they seemed to not want to provide.  They were more interested in attempting to scare me than to give me credible info to back up their claims.  They asked for me to fax them a letter with the last four digits of my SSN and the last four digits of my debit card, in addition to a copy of my driver's license. I requested that they not call my work number any more.  I got a phone number (206-203-5852) and a fax number (206-984-0120).  Obviously I did not fax them any information.  This is disturbing and scary that it seems to have been going on for quite a few years and nothing is apparently being done about them. 

They called me over a month ago. I googled their number before I answered the phone (they called twice) and got the low-down on them. When they called, I yelled at them and they hung up on me so I called them back 15 times (at least) and told them I wanted a large cheese and pepperoni pizza.. they grew increasingly angry until finally they took their phone off the hook (the line was busy for the rest of the night).

I got another call today (same people, same script, different number.. they use VOIP to get away with this). and I screamed and swore at them until they gave up and swore back at me. I called them 8 times and posted their phone number on facebook and let my friends at them too. They now have voice mail answering their phone (the law enforcement agencies do this? noooo! LOL) and the mailbox is now full. My job is done. :)

I have filed a complaint against these same people only difference is the name, which is Charles Brown. However it may be the same man. I went to google. Typed in track phone calls and found a link to track the phone call from where Charles Brown was calling from. It did tell me that it was a landline phone, the city and state from where he was calling from and the county. I then called that police dept to see what I could do in regards to this matter. The officer told me to go to my local police dept file a complaint and have the local police dept fax the complaint over to thier dept and they would start investigating the complaint. Its a start to what we must do.

I don't know if Andy Brown is in the same city and state as Charles Brown, but at least you can get a start on putting a stop to this mess. These people have all of our information. They must be stopped.................Try this to see if we all cant get some leads, cause I did.

Georjeana K

I just had the same situation happen to me. I was cracking up at these people. I asked them to send me documentation b/c I am in fact a law school student and want to know what I am being accused of. He was unable to provide any written documentation. I explained that I will turn them into the Atty General, BBB, and suit for harrassment if me or my girlfriend recieves one more phone call. I was calm and collective the entire call and they said they wouldn't contact me any more. People don't fall for crap like this!

I should also mention that Payday Loans are illegal in Georgia. So there would be no legal companies to legitimately lend a payday loan anyway. The next time they call I would mention that and see what they say. I live in GA and have also been getting calls from them. I have never had a payday loan either. 

I also received several phone calls from this "Officer Andy Brown" from Department of Law Investigations starting on the 30th of March and has continued daily since.

He has called my employer demanding to speak with me regarding a serious urgent matter, speaking in a thick Indian accent, as the other victims have described!

 He has called my references he obtained, stating that if I did not pay the $720, to clear my name, for nonpayment of this supposed Payday loan (which, a year ago, I did apply for, but then quickly cancelled after I read the fine print and looked them up on the BBB website. Therefore, not receiving any money from them!), I would be sent court papers and be arrested for fraud.

Although I know there is no evidence supporting his claim, he knows my Social Security Number, and I am now affraid of being a victim of Identity Theft.

Any suggestions of who to call to report this matter???

This is Bob Again from Irvine, CA. I have some new info regarding this matter. These people have no idea who they are dealing with regarding myself being a P.I. and my connections. They have some type of connection to the company stated below which is a debt collection agency that collects on bad checks from payday loans. I use to be a collections manager for a law firm so I know the laws very well. See below and if you have any questions e-mail me. I will track these people down. (((Redacted)))

Nobel Recovery Services LLC

• (714) 590-5505

I have received numerous calls from these people regarding the Department of Law & Investigations, Federal Debt Collectors from phone numbers, 530-402-8910, 646-506-9441, 949-273-4357, 717-724-3663. The latest call 5 minutes ago stating that he was a police officer. I am a Orange County, CA Private Investigator who is in the process of tracking down these people. These numbers will come up as landline numbers but they are not, they are cell numbers. You can block your number when calling them except from the 717 number. If you have any questions you can e-mail me at [email protected]

I received a call from the Department of Law and Investigations on 03/02/10 stating that I owe for an internet loan that I never even took out.  Officer Cho was hesitant in giving me any information about the so called loan.  He didn't answer the question of when it was taken out nor how much was taken out.  He told me to get a lawyer or pay.  I called him back on with my mom on the phone and she was asking questions.  He appeared to sound nervous and was yelling at the person next to him to shut up...how professional is that??  We knew it was a scam and told him that no money will be forthcoming.  He said to pay up or get a lawyer.  I'm not doing either because it's not necessary but I did file a complaint with:

https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/. 

The information he has on me is correct but I have since set up alerts at all credit reporting agencies. 

Long story short, same situation, this time my boy "Officer" Kevin Anderson for as many times as i can remember has called me at work and i told him AGAIN, send me paperwork with proof of validity and he told me the only way this would happen is if he sent the affidavit to the court and then i will face jail time with it.  I told him i will take my chance.....so he hung up on me.

So what was the outcome? Should I just ignore these calls and hope for the best? Im really nervous about all of this

Ok, I started receiving calls from another company saying that I defaulted on payday loan of $300....I asked who they were with and they told me.  But I could pay out of court restitution in the amount of $508.  I told him that I would have to check with my bank to make sure that I owed this and he said that I did.  I went on to explain to him that I wasn't paying anything until I knew for sure.  So, anyway long story short they quit calling because I guess they got tired of me not answering them or calling them back.

So, now I have the Department of Law and Investigation calling me.  They started calling about 2 wks ago right when this other company quit calling.  I received a call from an Officer James Brown(but it was someone else earlier) today on my cell and at my work.  They called me Sat night after 9p.m.  So, he goes on to tell me he can't go into details over the voicemail that I should call him back.  If not I will be in serious legal trouble and I should have my attorney present when I do call back.  He went on tell me that I have a red flag on my name and ss#(what the does that mean).  Oh, they are Indian/Pakistan speaking--go figure but has American names.

I have called the BBB, FTC and the Do Not call List.  No one can tell me anything other than not talk to them or I should just tell them they are a scam and I know it.  Or I can get a block put on my cell number.......

This really bothers me because they threaten to caus legal trouble for me.......I've done research on the dept of Law and Investigation and everything I read is saying that they are scammers.......so I nedd some suggestions from other people who had or has the same thing going on with them.  What should I do?  Do I continue to ignore them and hope they quit calling or just tell them that I know they are scammers and I've reported them to the authorities.

Any suggestions......

Thanks

I am sure most of the people reading these reports are very aware that this is a scam. However, Socrates, (and I have never seen you never post anything nice to anyone) these are frightened woman who have received scary phone calls from someone representing themselves as some sort law enforcement, and they either have been scammed, or are asking for help so that they don't get scammed.

Yesturday I got a call from the same company. I spoke with two people Officer Sean Miller. He claimed he was from Department of Law and Investigations. At onetime I had a loan from cashnet. He had all my information social security number everything. I was scared. He said cashnet was filing a court case against me for fraud. I knew I told this company I lost my job and Im currently looking for employment. I made a big mistake and made a payment plan with these people. Sean Miller was rushing me to get my credit card information and told my I had to fax information to him authorzaing them to debit my account. It seem to be something wrong with that so he continued to rush me with my information and I gave it to him. He was talking very fast the whole time and I couldn't understand what he was saying half the time. He also was of some type of Indian decent Pakistan just as you said. I called my bank and put them on alert. I got off the phone and looked it up and saw it on this site. Im so scared because they have my information.

Yesturday I got a call from the same company. I spoke with two people Officer Sean Miller. He claimed he was from Department of Law and Investigations. At onetime I had a loan from cashnet. He had all my information social security number everything. I was scared. He said cashnet was filing a court case against me for fraud. I knew I told this company I lost my job and Im currently looking for employment. I made a big mistake and made a payment plan with these people. Sean Miller was rushing me to get my credit card information and told my I had to fax information to him authorzaing them to debit my account. It seem to be something wrong with that so he continued to rush me with my information and I gave it to him. He was talking very fast the whole time and I couldn't understand what he was saying half the time. He also was of some type of Indian decent Pakistan just as you said. I called my bank and put them on alert. I got off the phone and looked it up and saw it on this site. Im so scared because they have my information.

Yesturday I got a call from the same company. I spoke with two people Officer Sean Miller. He claimed he was from Department of Law and Investigations. At onetime I had a loan from cashnet. He had all my information social security number everything. I was scared. He said cashnet was filing a court case against me for fraud. I knew I told this company I lost my job and Im currently looking for employment. I made a big mistake and made a payment plan with these people. Sean Miller was rushing me to get my credit card information and told my I had to fax information to him authorzaing them to debit my account. It seem to be something wrong with that so he continued to rush me with my information and I gave it to him. He was talking very fast the whole time and I couldn't understand what he was saying half the time. He also was of some type of Indian decent Pakistan just as you said. I called my bank and put them on alert. I got off the phone and looked it up and saw it on this site. Im so scared because they have my information.

It's amazing how stupid the American public has become over the past few years. OF COURSE IT'S A SCAM. No one is EVER arrested for non payment of a debt. Do you not know this ??????????? Wise up, or you can continue to fall for every scam there is......Geeeezzzzzz.

I received yesterday a phone call with a message left to call them back. So today, I called back and spoke with Officer Kenny Spencer. I was told that I had gotten a payday loan in November 2007 from Cashnet for $300.00 and never paid it back. He was going to have me arrested or to settle out of court, I could pay today $590.00. I have to submit a letter with all of my information on it and apologize for not paying it back. They even called the references I have placed on other applications. He has all of my information, bank account number, routing number, social security number, everything. This has scared me so bad that I thought of just letting them get their money, so I'll be done with them. Is this legitamate or is this a scam?????

I just posted a report under Financial Accountability Associate Law Firm. There are many on this site with different names. This is quite a frightening revelation-these guys are using many different #s and names, but the lines are always the same: "lawsuit of 3 counts"; "must handle immediatley"; always mediterranean accents w/american names; and always threatening and full of lines to keep you on the line and to get more information! The guy I spoke to last night actually told me to speak nicer to him. I said after 4 messages, there is no way that's going to happen!

I GOT A CALL THE FROM PEOPLE TODAY WITH A NUMBER CLOSE TO YOURS WITH 646 AREA CODE TELLING ME THEY WERE WITH THE DEPT OF L;AW AND INVESTIGATION IN MEW YORK. I ASKED FOR DOCUMENTATION BUT WOULD THEY WOULD NOT FAX IT TO ME BUT THEY ARE GETTING CLEVER THEY ARE ACTUALLY CALLING SOME OF MY REFERENCES THAT THEY SOMEHOW GOT. I ACTUALLY CALLED THE DEPT OF LAW AND INVESTIGATION IN NEW YORK AND GAVE THEM ALL THE INFORMATION THAT I HAD COLLECTED. I AM NOW GOING TO BE GOING TO THE POLICE STATION HERE AND THEN WILL FILE WITH THE ATTORNEY GERNERAL OFFICE HERE. GOOD LUCK.

I GOT A CALL THE FROM PEOPLE TODAY WITH A NUMBER CLOSE TO YOURS WITH 646 AREA CODE TELLING ME THEY WERE WITH THE DEPT OF L;AW AND INVESTIGATION IN MEW YORK. I ASKED FOR DOCUMENTATION BUT WOULD THEY WOULD NOT FAX IT TO ME BUT THEY ARE GETTING CLEVER THEY ARE ACTUALLY CALLING SOME OF MY REFERENCES THAT THEY SOMEHOW GOT. I ACTUALLY CALLED THE DEPT OF LAW AND INVESTIGATION IN NEW YORK AND GAVE THEM ALL THE INFORMATION THAT I HAD COLLECTED. I AM NOW GOING TO BE GOING TO THE POLICE STATION HERE AND THEN WILL FILE WITH THE ATTORNEY GERNERAL OFFICE HERE. GOOD LUCK.

I GOT A CALL THE FROM PEOPLE TODAY WITH A NUMBER CLOSE TO YOURS WITH 646 AREA CODE TELLING ME THEY WERE WITH THE DEPT OF L;AW AND INVESTIGATION IN MEW YORK. I ASKED FOR DOCUMENTATION BUT WOULD THEY WOULD NOT FAX IT TO ME BUT THEY ARE GETTING CLEVER THEY ARE ACTUALLY CALLING SOME OF MY REFERENCES THAT THEY SOMEHOW GOT. I ACTUALLY CALLED THE DEPT OF LAW AND INVESTIGATION IN NEW YORK AND GAVE THEM ALL THE INFORMATION THAT I HAD COLLECTED. I AM NOW GOING TO BE GOING TO THE POLICE STATION HERE AND THEN WILL FILE WITH THE ATTORNEY GERNERAL OFFICE HERE. GOOD LUCK.

I GOT A CALL THE FROM PEOPLE TODAY WITH A NUMBER CLOSE TO YOURS WITH 646 AREA CODE TELLING ME THEY WERE WITH THE DEPT OF L;AW AND INVESTIGATION IN MEW YORK. I ASKED FOR DOCUMENTATION BUT WOULD THEY WOULD NOT FAX IT TO ME BUT THEY ARE GETTING CLEVER THEY ARE ACTUALLY CALLING SOME OF MY REFERENCES THAT THEY SOMEHOW GOT. I ACTUALLY CALLED THE DEPT OF LAW AND INVESTIGATION IN NEW YORK AND GAVE THEM ALL THE INFORMATION THAT I HAD COLLECTED. I AM NOW GOING TO BE GOING TO THE POLICE STATION HERE AND THEN WILL FILE WITH THE ATTORNEY GERNERAL OFFICE HERE. GOOD LUCK.