loan collection scam

I have been recieving calls from people claiming to be pay day loan collectors. They all have middle eastern accents and americanized names. These people are not valid collectors for a number of reasons. !. I did not have loans wioth the companies they claimed (in fact one comapny was not even a lender, they just matched lenders with borrowers). These people use different names and phone numbers but the story is alway the same "you must call mne back immedialty or let God help you as the situaiton unfolds" (what legitimate debt collector or lawyer talks like that) Often they refuse to give the exact date if the loan,when I questioned the name of the companies they told that the loan companies ran over 50 different leneders, so it would be impossible to pinpoint with whom I had taken the loan. So far they have used the names Williams Law Firm, Ron Adams, Nick Stephans, Chris William. There was also a call form a company BCI or DCI and the caller was "officer john matthews". The phone number used were 708-401-0535 and 646-274-1143. I have contacted my state attorney general, the
FBI and Homeland Security. I was told that if I had taken out and online loan within the past 2 years then my informaiton has either been stolen or bought and that is what they are using. They will tell me that I am about to be arrested and charged with bank fraud, internet fraud, deception. I have found out that all of this is false. They have also threatended to call my employer and my references. I assume they are hoping the threat of that will make me pay. From what I have read over the past few weeks countless people are being duped by these people. If you get these calls - get as much information such as names and numbers they are using and post it on these and other sites so that other people can be warned. I actually paid one of these scams at first and this has been an exspensive lesson. I am posting this informaiotn in as many places as I can find to save someone else this hassle. If anyone else out there has had a similar experience, please reply

Hi BKNY and welcome to Scamwarners.

I am sorry that you had to learn the hard way about these scammers but glad you now know how to tell who the scammers are.

Your information is great and will help others who are in the same situation, perhaps the only other thing I would add is to talk to family and friends or even your local media, the more people who know about this the harder it will be for the scammers to operate.

Also thoroughly agree with posting their phone numbers and any details you can, being phone calls it will make it hard for people to find other information so the phone numbers are the next best thing.

Thank you and well done for taking the time to help others

Ralph,
Yes, it was an exspensive lesson. I have become much more educated this past month and I am now on a mission to make sure these people are shut down. I havw been told since my information is out there I will probably get more calls and I will continue to monitor these sites and post anything new
BKNY

You are right, once a scammer is able to get money out of a person, they believe that they will have a better chance of getting even more money so they will target you again, if not with the same type of scam they will try another.

Stay vigilante, I am sure you will and you will be OK, you also know where to find us now if you have any questions or if there is something you are not sure about

Also, please do post any further scams you come across, it really does make a big difference

Ralph,
I took your advice and have sent messages to local news departments about this, I told them many people are getting scammed and it would be good consumer news story. I am hoping one or two will pick it up. I will let you know how it goes.
Peace
Beth

Great news,

Thank you

Fingers crossed