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A "Katie Scott" called posing as an investigator for an attorney's office seeking information about my best friend. I called her back and had my friend give her verbal permission to speak with me regarding her case. She told me the "Victim" was Cash Net, an online payday loan company. She gave me the bank name, Bank of America, and account number, a 10 digit number, the money was deposited into and the date the transaction was made, November of 2009. Ms. Scott stated that she had until 5pm Mountain time to pay them a $500 settlement, or alternatively, $337.50 and another 14 days to pay another $337.50. If this was not done, they were going to file charges and my friend would be arrested, her license flagged, and lose her job. She then said my friend could send payment using MoneyGram. (Seriously? MONEYGRAM?) We then called Bank of America, where she has NEVER banked, and found that the account number was invalid and that BofA uses 12 digit account numbers. We contacted the "Victim", Cash Net and found that the account was charged off in November of 2008, and sold to Debt Management Partners. My friend completed her business with DMP a year ago and has a letter stating" Paid In Full" from them. The scariest part about all of this is their information is just true enough to get your adrenaline flowing but with some phone calls, you can easily find it is all bogus. We are preparing to go to court if they do indeed file, and plan on countersuing if they do in fact file. DO NOT TRUST THESE PEOPLE!

I also recieved a phone  call from this number and was told that I had written a bad check last year(2011) and it was deposited to a small local credit union. I have never banked at that credit union and said so. I was called a liar and a fraud. And that the money was deposited to my account and I spent it and did not pay it back. She did not identify herself as an attempt to collect a debt.
I had done business with a pay day loan company in 2004 and paid immediately the following payday. I had never heard from them again until two years ago when these calls started. It was a differant bank, but the same "Katie Scott". I told them to call my attorney and she said it was a felony and my attorney wasn't a criminal attorney and if I did not send her $3500.00 for a bond, that I would go to jail. First of all, I was never served papers regarding this, so never went to court, so no arrest. Second of all, I would need to have been charged with a crime to have a bond set. Neither has happened. I am now called again with a differant bank and a differant payday loan company. The name of my former employer of 6 years ago was the same, but I stopped working there in 2005.These people are not to be believed.

"Investigator Katie Scott" called from this number and left a voice mail message on my office phone. She said she wasn't sure how she had got my name, she was looking for Paul [same last name], if I knew Paul, please tell him to call her, she couldn't stress enough how important it was. She said to refer to Suffolk County case no. 40807-MA (Suffolk County is predominantly Boston). I don't know a Paul with my last name, so no connection. I assume she is just carpet-bomb calling every listing with the same surname.

I just got a call from Katie Scott stating that warrant for my arrest is being issue and that they would send notification to my place of employment regarding this matter.  I know that this is a scam so I took her information and told her I would call her back.   These companies need to be stop from calling and put out of business.

My mom called me and told me this lady by the name of Katie Scott called with a case # from Alameda county and important info about me. I called and spoke with this lady who acted like she was from this law firm called O'shea and Divine and Nationwide account. She gave me this balance that I owed of 437.50 that it needed to be paid and that this place had tried to get in contact with me. That they had turned it over to this attorney and that if I did not pay that they would put a warrent out for my arrest. She had the last four digits of my social. It is a scam because I called for the rest of the day and no answer or call back. So please be carefull and dont liston or do anything for them!!!

I got a call from the [***] telling me i was going to jail nd a lien would be place on my vehicle if i did not pay her $1,187.75 today. She said she was calling from the county but i called the county as well as the AG nd they both said she was a scam. Do not pay this [***] a penny. Shes doing all kinds of scams. Shes working for a bonus check posing to be an attorney!!!

I got a call from this character posing to be an investigator from my county telling me i was going to jail for fradulent activity on an account that was closed 5years ago. First and foremost you can NOT go to jail for writing a post dated check and second of all this is no jail for debtors. if that was the case half of america would be incarcerated! This bottom feeding [***] is nothing but a scam artist trying to con people out of there money by using scare tactics. No one will go to jail. They also call you from a web site called "bluff my call" it makes the number they are calling from appear as the county sheriffs #. Thats another way they try to get you. This [***] is evil and "her" company should be shut down in no time. If we get enuf complaints againt this crooked [***] company they will get shut down for good and all the skum bag collectors posing to be investigators will be jobless! Thats awesome dont you all agree!!! P.s Im also with law enforcement my self so when i first got the call I let her talk nd say whatever she wanted. Made her think i was going to pay her nd banged on her at the end! ohhhhhh was she pissed! Better luck next time scammer :) I hope everyone who comes on this site has learned something and does not pay this evil bottom feeding company a dime! File a report

Can Payday Lenders Sue, Arrest, Or Put You In Jail For A Payday Loan?
August 4, 2011 at 6:12 pm

Many payday loan consumers live in fear everyday because of unpaid payday loans. The reason why is payday lenders sometimes threaten customers to pay back their payday loan debt within a short deadline or they could face serious consequences if they do not come up with the money on time.

We have heard several threats and here are some of the most commonly used ones:

- We will sue you for check fraud.
- We will have someone arrest you.
- We will make sure you go to jail.

Are these true? Can a payday lender really sue, arrest, or put you in jail for a payday loan? The answer is no. Defaulting on a payday loan is not a crime and cannot result in criminal charges. This means that you cannot be prosecuted, arrested, or put in jail check fraud, breach of contract, or anything else that your payday lender might threaten you with.

Making false threats to collect on a debt is illegal in every state. If your payday lender has threatened you with the statements above, or something similar, it is likely that your payday lender is conducting business illegally and is unlicensed. This is usually the case if you received your payday loan from a company online. 90% of internet payday lenders are unlicensed, which means that they do not have the legal ability to take civil action against you. For this reason, they threaten customers into paying them because they know that if they are not successful on collecting the debt themselves, then there is no other way for them to get their money back

She is called my work from a 404-647-2199 saying she is a Katie Scott. She said I commited fraud by writting a Pay Day Check back in may 2009. 495.00 and some change. She called me before with the same spill. Saying my case 537.189Az was turned over to Maricopa County. Also saying I will be arrested at my job and that if I do go to Jail my bond will be 3500.00$ When I said I will call her back she raised her voice saying the 495.00 must be paid today or else. She also said she will be calling my Human Resource Dept.

Katie has a lot of nerve saying the s**t that she says. I mean get a realy job. Little does she know I come with an attorney and I am coming back at her

I got a phone call today from this same idiot. She refused to tell me the name of the law firm.
I called the federal trade commission and gave the number that showed up on my phone
And the number she told me to call. Now they are investagating her. I suggest everyone do the same.
Give any info you can. This is obviously a scam.

i got a call from this number this morning but from the same guy who called me yesterday, BRIAN MERCER, origional number he told me to contact him was 904 683 6271 saying i wrote a bad check in texas. i dont even live there anymore but i still bank with the same bank. i called my bank and they personally told me they thought it was a scam and if it was really true and i owed them that much money why in the HELL would they let me have an account with them still?

But then he asked me to WIRE him $5400 to prevent me from getting an warrant issued. if you really were a private investigator you would give me the direct number to who i supposedly owe this money to so that i can directly pay it off with my credit NOT through money gram you idiot. also if you were a private investigator you wouldnt be calling me to tell me that im gonna get picked up...a cop would be if i were lucky and the cop would tell me whats going on. you didnt give me an investigator badge number , no address, wanted me to wire money...sketchy guys cuz its ALL A FAKE

WHY did he call from a florida number yesterday and now today he's calling from a washington, D.C. number? they try to call you from different numbers so that they cant track them and so that people who look at websires such as these wont catch on to them but they're the dumb ones we already have.

its all a scam guys. dont fall for it but keep all the messages they have left you and if you DO talk to them try to get an address out of them so that you have it on record and if they do make sure its not a storage place address because that's what they usually do, im on to their ways and im tired of being threatened to go to jail for something rediculous i didnt do. dont be scared and dont believe their BS.if you can try to change your phone number and your family's phone numbers too because they will start to harrass them too. they find your WHOLE life story on the internet through facebook and websites such as that. be safe and dont give anyone any information you dont need to. i look back at this all and i think wow i was really an idiot for falling for this and i was more naive than that i thought i was.

I got a call today from a Investigator Rachel on behalf of Nationwide Investigators who transferred me to Dana Clark. Dana said she was representing O'Shea and Devine Law Offices.  These women talk really fast so you have to ask them to repeat themselves a few times.  My case has been handed over to several attorney offices and I repeatedly have to forward them an email I received from the company for a payday loan I never took out over 2 years ago.  They call from a 202 area code, gave me a fax number in the 904 area code and a contact number for Dana Clark has a 713 area code.  Identity theft is very serious and I advise everyone to write down ALL information and ask for ALL of their information because apparently they have yours.

These people are harassing me and saying I will go to jail if I don't pay...

Caller was Robert Davis ext 207. Gave a case number and stated would try to "drop the fraud charges" if I called by three pm the same day.  DO NOT CALL them!!!

This is FRAUD and you should contact your local police department and file a report. An "investigator" by the name of Robert Davis keeps contacting myself and 3 of my family members and he's looking for me. He sates that I have charges being filed against me in the state of California for "internet fraud" in regards to BMG Lending/Ashland Funding, which is a payday loan company. I contacted Ashland funding and they have NO such record and this is NOT a representing collection agency. They advised that I report this immediately and also contact the 3 major credit bureaus and ask them to place red flag alerts on my credit. DO NOT FALL FOR THIS! THEY ARE TRYING TO SCAM YOU FOR MONEY.