HELP

I think it might be a scam but i dont know i had a lady call me saying that i owed over a thousand dollars for a payday loan to a bank that i dont know anything about and that if I didn't pay that i would get felony charges for fraud! The bank she said that did the loan says that they dont do payday loans and she couldnt give me the original amount of the loan, when she wanted to set up a payment plan she said they could only use moneygram and nothing else! She couldn't give me much information! What do i do

Hello Britbrat7808,
A legitimate payday lender or bank would never ask for a payment to be sent via Money Gram or Western Union. This is a scam and you will not be charged with a felony.

Just ignore them and they will go away.

Can you please post the number they called you from and also any emails or other details ?

Thx

hi and welcome to scamwarners, Britbrat7808.

do yourself a favor and use your favorite search engine to look for "fake debt collectors" "loan scams" and if you live in the USA, the "FDCRA" to learn what real debt collectors can and cannot do ( use the quotes in your searches). the FDCRA also tells you your rights and how to maintain them in the event of a real debt collector calling. ( the one you asked about is definitely a scammer). Real debt collectors cannot threaten criminal charges because there are none that can be made against you, even if you really owe the debt it is a civil matter, not criminal.

The number was 2676038425

Thanks

267-603-8425

(267) 603-8425

The other thing is that she would not tell me what bank that I used for my check and she then told me that if i didnt pay that a warrent would be put out for my arrest and then i would have to get a criminal attorney and turn myself in and my husband would have to post bail and then go to court and would have to pay attorny fees and court costs and would have felony fraud on my record. I have never been in trouble and have a brand new baby so i got very upset im just really scared

Just ignore the threats . what company name were these cockroaches using ?

They told me that the place to send the money gram to was legal consultant services out of alabama but the number i was able to trace back to pa

Something that i also forgot to mention is that a place suppose to be the utah state filing department is the one that called first but they called from a cheyenne wyoming number not a utah number is that normal

That's a Voxbone VoIp telephone which is used heavily by scammers . Its a definate scam . just block there number from calling and don't give them any information.

Thanks for posting to Scamwarners . Your post will help warn other potential victims of this " Fake Debt Collector" scam .

Post all their numbers so we can look at them.

It appears that they were also doing business from this phone number :



(719) 247-6824
Owner's name hidden by Whitepages for privacy reasons
Owner is based in Colorado Springs, CO
VoIP - Bandwidth SMSEnabled


http://www.bbb.org/atlanta/business-rev ... complaints


And here also in 2014:

http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-678-212-5481/2

Can you describe any accents they may have had ?

There was no accent the other number was 307-274-8137

Thanks . Be sure to file a complaint here on the FTC website

https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/#&panel1-1

Ok thanks