518-595-4322

Thanks Tina!

I just received another phone call today about a caller named Rick Williams trying to collect a debt. He is harassing them at work and at home.

And for those who doubt me about this scam, my legitimate information is below. Feel free to call with any information.

Det. Eric Kelley
New Hanover County Sheriff's Office
Fraud Investigations Unit
104 N. 4th St. Wilmington, NC 28401
910-798-4260

Thanks Kitty!

I was unaware of most of these numbers. They are "porting" and "rerouting" their numbers so that they are difficult to trace (although not impossible).

Just so everyone knows, there are no laws, federal or local, that state a person can be arrested for not paying a debt. A debt is civil in nature and can not be enforced with incarceration penalties.

Detective Eric Kelley
New Hanover County Sheriff's Office
Fraud Investigations Unit
104 N. 4th St. Wilmington, NC 28401
910-798-4260

Can some on please let me know what I can do? I keep getting a call from a Jacob Jones. Hes staes he with Bureau Of Crime Investigation. He first called friday telling my employer is was an emergency. So natually my employer gave me the call. I am mom with a sick child so I answered. My heart sank then to find out that he was an officer with BCI and I owed money for fruad and he was going to have me arressted. Now it monday and he has called back again. The numbers show up 610-254-3258. He states he from Jacksonville, Florida but thats Penn. Im not sure what to do at this point I have told him to ceast and desist. My supervisor told him not to call anymore. He wanted her to verify my home number and address. She did not!! What can I do? I dont want to get in trouble wih my employer and I sure not wanting to be harrassed.. He told me may told may god have mercy on your soul....Please Help what can I do?

Me and my husband are also receiving phone calls from someone claiming to be from B.C.I. He says his name is Officer James Anderson Badge # 564279 and they are calling us from 202-241-5005. They have mine and my husband's Act.Info and S.S.N's. We have had over 2000.00 come out of our account and they are saying we still owe them 7000.00 more for a loan we received but we have not received any loans for that amount or any other for that matter. We filed a police report but they say there is nothing they can because these people are not in the U.S. so are they trying to tell us there is nothing we can do about this. I mean there has to be some we all can do.

Here is another # they are calling from and using the name Officer James Anderson

So we have been getting calls from a Jerry Hunt from the Bureau of Criminal Investigations...saying we owe money for a payday loan...same as everyone else...he keeps calling my brother and me and my mom saying that my brother owes money but will not disclose any other information. They contacted me today saying that i am now responsible for this amount and that this is an urgent legal matter and that we do not need to ignore these calls as they will not stop. We have filed a report with the police dept but the number that shows up on my caller id is10000 (unknown), the callback number is 888-332-4306 and the person that i spoke with was very rude. I told him that we never applied for any type of payday loan and to never call my number again. There has to be a way to stop these calls.

I have been receiving calls from "Officers" with Bureau of Crime Investigations and am tired of it.  They say it is about my son taking out a loan.  I have asked them for an address to mail payment and of course said I could not mail it, would have to use a credit card.  I don't know if I should contact my local police agency here in Tampa or not.  I saw your post and want to know what I can do.

I got a call from someone named Dick Thomas with badge number 189 with a fake case number as well. He also said that I would be arrested. I explained that I was a single mother and he said he didn't care. I did call him back and they are all of Indian descent. I told him that I called the sheriff's dept. about this as well.

They are calling from 518-303-6180 and I have saved the voicemail where he is telling me I we serve the maximum jail time

I have also received numerous calls from an indian jerk calling himself officer Shawn Black from Bureau of Criminal Investigation. Same M.O. as all previous posts. Financial Crimes Division, I have commited a serious offense, will spend time in Jail or as Black says: "behind the bars" if I don't call him right back. His first call he identified himself as Robert Williams, now Shawn Black. Other callers have been Chris Morrison, and Johnny Vienda.

These people are relentless and intimidating, they are now calling my place of employment. Also, I too have taken out several payday loans, so they have someone on the inside feeding them customer information.

The alleged Officer Shawn Black is actually commiting several crimes himself. 1) Imitating a State Police Officer, 2) Commiting extortion across state lines, and 3) Threatening the security and well being of others. With every call I hear numerous other callers in the background, engaged in the same activity, so this is very serious organized crime ring.

I am grateful for this posting, and hope i can be of some help to others.

my husband has been getting this same call from SEVERAL obviously fake names for well over a year now. they call my parents,his mom,&our cell phone. i did manage to get a 4month break when i informed him i was looking at my copy of our credit reports and that i had all of HIS information and if he didnt cease this endeavor i would promptly be making a call to a REAL BUREAU of INVESTIGATION! unfortunately the calls have started again with a new bureau name and new fake officers(sigh)...how do we stop this when local law enforcement wont even let us file a complaint?

I have been getting several calls from these people but never answered till now... received a voicemail from these people saying I am in serious trouble and I need to call them A.S.A.P. to solve this matter!!! They called from a 888-439-9401 number and it's an Indian who I cannot understand says his name is Fank Hudson, cannot understand him....message says I need to call or have my attorney call him back, and that I should not disregard this message because I'll receive further consequences and he wishes me good luck...WTF!!!! So I call him back & they don't talk to me when I ask questions, and it sounds like there's a party going on in the background & then he hangs up on me!!!! I then call same # back & get a different person also Indian who ya cannot understand & he gives me [***] so my husband then talks to him & he tells my husband they are a collection agency for United Cash Loans and if I don't pay back the money I owe from last year to them I'll owe more than double that amt. or face charges & owe a couple grand or be arrested...heeelllooooo, I never took out a loan & I never even heard of this loan place!!!!!!!! He then puts another Indian on with my husband who says he's Ramond Scott from the Bureau of Crime Investigation & he's in charge of my fraud case & I will be arrested if I don't pay them now!!!!!! He asks my husband for our debit card number...NOTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!! My husband told him we're reporting him to the police right now & he hangs up on my husband, our local police call them & they hang up on him & his second call they swear @ the POLICE officer & HANG UP ON HIM TOOOO!!!! FRAUD!!!! SCAM!!!!!! FRAUD!!!!!!! SCAM!!!!!!! PEOPLE....BE AWARE!!!!!!! DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY PERSONAL INFO OR MONEY!!!!!!!!!

I received a call also stating he was with the crime investigation unit and they had my social security number also. I to applied for a payday loan on line. I would suggest you sign up with Life Lock to protect yourself since they have your social security number, also who do we contact to report this the phone number that came up on my phone was 718-616-9191 also this guy said his name was officer
Paul Anders but when you call the number back the voice mail said Marcus senior head of unit

Detective Kelley,

I just recently have been receiving similar calls but with a different name. Yesterday was the first time. He gave me the name of Jim Carter. He had a very thick accent and I could barely understand him and had to hang up. A few hours later, I got a call and he left a message. I didn't hear the message until late last night. His message states that I am being investigated and that I will be arrested if I don't clear this matter up. He continued to say that they know where I work and will come to my place of employment. I have this message saved as evidence. I called the number he left which is 877-848-4138. It's a different number compared to the others that I have read in this website. I was connected to a Joseph this time around and he told me that they have all my information and I will be arrested if I don't settle the matter for $500. I am really concerned that they have all my information and I feel helpless that I cannot do anything about it. I asked him where his office is, he claims it is in Fort Myers, Florida which I am pretty sure it is not the truth.

I received a call today from someone claiming to be Officer Michael Jo with the Federal Crime Bureau.  The number came up as 951-572-0992 and he too was of foreign origin with broken English and he stated that he was calling to give me details of a legal action against me.  While he was talking I googled the phone number and ran across this page, as well as others, reporting the same type of phone calls.  I immediately hung up the phone.  Within a couple minutes he called me back and before he ever had a chance to speak I told him that I knew the call was a scam and that I was reporting him and to never call me again.  I have contacted the California Attorney General, the National Do Not Call Registry and the Federal Trade Commission to register a complaint.  DO NOT GIVE OUT ANY INFORMATION TO THESE PEOPLE!!!!!

I have received the same phone calls for about 6 months here is the current no877-8484138.  But i now call them back and give them the same treatment.

I have also received calls from this Bureau of Crime Investigation from frank hudson at 888-708-8674. Left me the same message as you all have received. Called them back and was threatened with being arrested and with criminal civil action against me if I don't have an attorney contact them in 10 minutes. I suspect that they somehow stole our information from somewhere and are now using the information to harass and threaten all of us. Please file a report with the FBI here. http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx I believe they have somehow stolen this information from using the Internet. It is unfortunate though that these people probably utilize fake information to pay for their phone lines that they use to scam people so catching them is going to be tough. I just found an FBI press release as well found here. http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/paydayloanscam_120710 It seems these guys have been in operation for almost 2 years and still have not been stopped. I wonder how much damage they have done?

I have been receiving this same type of call.  however mine is from 904 450 4332 and a officer Kevin Cooper, also with heavy Indian accent. what can I do?

Received a call from officer gene parker from the new york state police investigations stating my husband owed money for a payday loan.

there new number there using is a(904)507-5019 say there name is Samuall Bakston, and Austin Reed that there located in Jacksonvill Florida  they want give me no info but claim they have all of mines and they keep hanging up own me but consantly calling me # I dont know what to do