707-666-9613

They called and asked if I had an attorney...they claimed they were calling from the state attorneys office....they could barely speak English.  I told them they were full of sh.. and to quit calling.  I believe they are tring to collect money related to a payday loan.

I get a call every week or so from someone who has an indian accent and they always say their name is some form of American name, like John Smith, Mark Smith, etc. After the first time, I automatically figured it was a scam because I had already paid off my debts after 15 grueling years of being in debt, so I knew instantly it was a scam because I never got not one letter in the mail and their first call to me was to automatically threaten a lawsuit against me after 5 seconds of talking to me. First of all, a legitimate debt collector would be able to reference the specific debt you owe. These scammers are "vague" when it comes to explaining the evidence for the debt you owe while being very specific about reading out loud how they know your personal information such as social, birth date, place of employment, etc. If they know all that and are a legitamate debt that I owe, they would be able to be specific about the debt such as the date I received the loan, the creditor's name that I owe the money to, the specific amount that I borrowed, and how I received it. If they can tell me the creditors name, the specific amount that I owe and the date I received it, I can then confirm whether or not I owe the debt. However, they give no specific details surrounding the debt that I owe other than the fact that they "need" me to send them $500 in order to avoid legal action. What bull crap. Now they're calling me from the contact # 707-666-9613.

At this point in time, whenever I get one of these calls, once I hear the indian accent I instantly ask them to hold for a few seconds and then when I return to the phone I state to them out loud "According to federal law, I have to inform you that this phone call is being recorded so that I can use this as evidence with the FBI case that I working on filing against you all for financial fraud. Furthermore, since I'm not a law enforcement officer, I have to inform you that while we're on the phone, your location is being traced. To start off, I will need to know your full name, your position with your company, your company name, the name of the creditor that you're representing, the..." Usually I hear dead silence after I tell them the call is being recorded and sometimes they don't hang up until after I inform them that the phone call is being traced, lol! One time they tried to talk over me but I just kept my composure and they didn't hang up until I started to inform them that by federal law, a debt collector is required to furnish the name of the creditor and evidence of the debt owed.

Telekenex support department is 888-469-5100 and you can select Option 2.  I opened a "support ticket" informing this phone service provider that the number "707-666-9613" has over 4,000 scam/fraud warnings against them online. Additionally, I informed Telekenex of the conversation I had with the someone claiming to be named "Mark Smith" with a heavy indian accent threatening to throw me in jail if I don't send them money and how they have my social, full name, place of work and contact #'s and won't stop calling me with the aforementioned threats in an attempt to defraud me of my hard earned money. I spoke to a woman by the name of Donna and she said she's going to have her legal department look into it. She also stated how she has gotten other calls today regarding this same situation. Please call 888-469-5100, option 2 and ask for "Donna" and inform her of what these scum bags are doing so they can know that shut down the number.

I too keep getting calls from this idiot.  I have the telephone number and will submit to Attorney General's Office and they can take it from here.  These guys are a HUGE scam and threaten to send someone out to arrest me.  These people are scammers and need to be stopped immediately.

Now they're calling me from a new number, 805-876-5159. When I picked up the phone and said "Hello" they instantly said "I'm calling to speak with Amy xxx(my last name)." Then I confirmed my name is Amy. Then they instantly went on to claim "I'm calling because I'm an officer of the law". I stated "ok, how may I help you". Then he stated with his heavy indian accent that he is an "officer of the law and works on behalf of a law firm". I instantly interrupted him and stated that "an officer of the law works at the police department & the FBI. Officers of the law don't work at law offices making phone calls to people about debts that they owe". Then he said "Excuse me". I repeated myself and stated once again, "an officer of the law doesn't work at law firms personally making phone calls to people who may or may not owe a debt, A officer of the law works at police departments or FBI offices" Then this guy with a heavy indian accent instantly hung up on me, lol! This is crazy. They are such scam artists and liars. I guess they must've got wind of it after all the reports I filed against their other number being "707-666-9613" I originally called Telekenex & then filed with the phone company their with, I filed with the FTC & I filed with the FBI.gov. - I called to check on the FBI report and apparently these folks in India have been going around doing this with other phone numbers scamming people. To submit a complaint/tip to the FBI about these fraudsters go to https://tips.fbi.gov/ and when you file your report online and be descriptive about what occurred between you and the scammer who called you.

Apparently the FBI is working on this and the direct link on their website to the "payday loan scam" is http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/paydayloanscam_120710/

If you want to call their field office is in DC at (202) 324-3691

They are calling this an extortion scam related to people who applied for payday loans.

Report any calls you get to the FBI because, although the us government can't "stop" them, with enough reports they can do more eventually and can work with other goverments to work toward eventually getting an effective resolution in place.

I receive a call today asking if I was Debora, he told me that I owe their client money that I fell to pay back and that I either pay the money or someone will be at my door to lock me up.  I told him to send whomever you want to my house they may need help leaving from there.  These people think that because they mention the law or because they mention lawyer or jail, you will jump at their command. I told them don' t call my phone anymore try your scam on someone that will listen to the s_ _ t. I going to the sheriff dept tomorrow to file a report due to them having my work # and ssn#