Complaint Review: US National Bank On Behalf Of Cash Advance - Capistrano Valley California

The main thing to remember is that anytime someone calls you demanding money to prevent your arrest, it is ALWAYS a scam. No debt collector (let alone criminals posing as debt collectors) have the authority to have anyone arrested for anything. (And it's illegal to them to threaten such a thing; it's also illegal for them to falsely threaten you with lawsuits.) And since these dirtbags routinely impersonate law enforcement (which is also illegal), it's also important to remember that American law enforcement officers aren't in the business of debt collection. (Debt is a civil, not a criminal, matter.) The bottom line is, these are criminals trying to steal your money. If you've received such calls from 904-425-2857, I suggest you do all the following (most of which you can do online): 1) The U.S. Secret Service is responsible for protecting the country's financial infrastructure and payment systems from international and domestic threats. Call or write your local Secret Service field office to alert them to the details of this attempted extortion. The addresses and phone numbers for the local Secret Service field offices are listed at http://www.secretservice.gov/field_offices.shtml or in your phone book. 2) Alert the FBI at https://tips.fbi.gov Be sure to tell the FBI that you are being targeted by extortionists over the phone who are posing as federal law enforcement. Be sure to give as many details as you can. 3) Since this is a California number, file a complaint with California Department of Consumer Affairs at http://www.dca.ca.gov/about_dca/contactus.shtml 4) File a complaint with your local police. Most police departments will take a report over the phone. Be sure to tell them that you're being targeted by an extortionist and give them all the details. 5) File a complaint your state's attorney general, the contact information for whom is at www.naag.org 6) File a complaint online with The Federal Trade Commission at https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01 If these crooks call back, promise them nothing, pay them nothing and tell them nothing other than that you know they're a scam and that you've reported them to law enforcement. (And be sure to report them to all the agencies above each time they call you.) Finally, here's just a small sample of numbers used by this particular group of scammers. Read the reports and you'll see the same pattern time and again -- phony organization names, thick foreign accents, and oddly worded threats that are so melodramatic and ridiculous that it's laughable: (((13 links redacted))) Hope this helps. Caller: US National Bank & many other fake names CLICK here to see why Rip-off Report, as a matter of policy, deleted either a phone number, link or e-mail address from this Report.

So I am the third person in less than a week that this has happened to and I wanted to let everyone know this is definately a scam because we have all been called by the same 831-000-77 number and if you look up that number you get this website. they are oblviously targetting people in the Chciago area. I too would like to go to the authorities about this but, I am not sure who to talk to so please if you know let me know so I can contact themso we can bring these scammers down!

I couldn't file my own report since I don't know the address, there is no website that I could find for "US National Bank," and I don't have enough of the info. required to file. However I did receive a call from a difficult to understand Indian sounding male who left a voicemail saying it was urgent that I return his call as my social and address were being submitted for a lawsuit. I even got the same "god bless" comment the report from the person in Schaumburg reported. I was suspicious from the beginning as my caller ID registered "831-000-77." I did not call back but Googled the return phone # the man left and found the link to this report. I will not be contacting this person as it is obvioulsy a scam to get people to give credit card and/or bank account information. I do wish to report it to authorities and was curious which are the appropriate people to contact regarding this. Any information would be helpful.