646-461-3891

I got a call at work today from a man with Indian accent stating his name is Eric Williams, Officer with Dept of Crime Prevention Investigation of New York City. He said I was a suspect in a case of defrauder. He wanted my attorney’s information and said he had an affidavit in front of him. He said "the police would be coming to my place of employment and putting me behind bars for 30 days." When I asked for the phone# there he said it was 646-461-3891 which is listed as a locksmith company in NY. I asked for an English speaking supervisor. He put on another India sounding man who said his name was Andy Smith, retribution officer. The caller ID showed the # as 052538374 which isn’t even enough #s for a telephone #. I quizzed them with many questions because they told me my social sec# and email address and home address asking me to verify that was me. I told them it might be but I wasn’t verifying anything until I understood what they were talking about. This is all because I applied online for a payday loan, but I never got the money and I never signed anything or accepted any loans. This seems to be some poor style of collections (which they broke every rule in the collection laws), or a scam.  I am reporting this call to the CRIME Prevention department in our county law enforcement, and reporting it to the news to make people aware of scams.