916-236-4578

Name was Lance Martin (supposedly an attorney) said I was due in court in California (I reside in PA) for check fraud. Had all my ss# my sisters name, my mothers name, my old place of employment. Tried to ask for case doccet number, name of attorneys practice, I was hung up on 4 times.

I have been receiving threatening calls from a Charles and that he is calling from a lawyers office. He says I owe them money for a 300.00 personal loan that he says he has proof of, and that I am facing criminal charges for check fraud and a couple of other things. This person has all of my personal information.  He keeps telling me that someone is going to show up at my address. I know for a fact that I do not owe this money (they want 9000.00) and I also have proof. I am now afraid to be home alone for fear that some scammer might come knocking. I am nervous and scared.  Who are these people.

This is telephone harrassment!  He calls either 6 times in a row, sometimes no one is on the other end OR  he'll call 6 times a day spaced several hours apart. He says his name is Sean (or Shawn) Michaels from the Federal Credit Dept. He says he's a paralegal and there is a court order filed in my daughter's name. He is very arrogant, has a strong Indian accent, I hear several voices in the background as if they also are on the telephone. He at times does not understand my questions or chooses not to answer them. How do we get rid of this guy???  My daughter was in a bad financial situation but is now responsibly paying her way out. This is frightening! NONE of the ligitimate debt companies were this rude or forceful!

I receved a voice mail from Anthony Stewart,916-236-4578 and it was a strange message.  He had a thick Indian accent.  I had a very hard time understanding him.  So I called 916-236-4578 and asked for Anthony Stewart.  But I was lucky I spoke with an attorney????  I was told that I had 35 counts of fraud and money laundry.  And he had my employer name, email address account, and my home address.  He told me that I needed to get 9,000.00 to pay off my on line loans.  Neeedless to say, I got very angry when he insisted that I get an attorney.  Why would I need an attorney when this place of business call, it's a restricted phone number.  I told him to mail those 35 counts of fraud and I will call my employer about this issue.

This Lance Martin who said his name was Anthony Stewart, called
me on Friday Oct.16, and I didn't get the message until today. When I called back this so called Anthony Stewart said I was having a case against me
for writing bad checks and having false documents concerning trying to get
a loan on line. He also said that I received funds from companies on false
documents. I have never wrote a bad check nor do I owe any cash company
money. This man has called my job and received all my information on line.
He said he was an attorney and that he was going to press charges against me.
I know I haven't done anything wrong but we need to stop this man before he
tries to runion someone's credit.

Tiffani McClain

I got a call at work from this #  Some guy name Monte Barker.  When I called back, some guy said there was no-one by that name here.  he just kept saying my name over & over.  I told him to stop calling me.  then he called back on a different # 840.256.4261.  I reported it to FBI & FTC.

i keep receiving phone calls from a Berry Black at 916-236-4575 asking if i have my attorney available and something about Check Connect and my owing them money. I have no idea who this is. He has an Indian accent and was very rude. i told him not to call me at work and he called back three times after this. he threatened a coworker to not lie to him about my not being able to come to the phone. I told him to not call me at work but he is still calling.

Got a call at work & cellphone from this # (916)236-4578...left a msg saying I needed to call ASAP.  Time sensitive matter.  Didn't Say what company he was with, just his name was Monte Barker. Also calls 4 times a day on both work phone & cellphone.

I got a call from this no. 916-236-4578 he said is name was jeff frank and that I own a loan company 500. dollars or to court and pay 5000 dollars to dismissed this debt well I live in fla and I told him I will see my lawyer he said well I will see you in court and I hung up on him

I received a call from this individual also named Lance Martin who claimed he was a senior attorney representing Jefferson & Scott Law Firm. He said he was calling concerning a loan I had gotten form First Cash International. He said the loan was $300, but it cost them 4,000-5,000 to file charges and that I would need to get an attorney because they wanted their money. I told him that I don't have the account he was talking about and told him that I would contact the bank on monday concerning this. He hung up. Somebody needs to stop this guy, he's wrong. And how is he getting our personall info!!!

This guy also said his assistant's name was Swain Hudson. He called me 3 & 4 times a day. I'm gonna inform my local law enforcement about this guy, everyone else shoul do the same.

I got a call from 916-236-4575. Claims his name is Alexander Davenport, but he had a very heavy Indian accent. Left me a voicemail saying that if I don't call back, then he 'wishes me good luck'...that I should call or have my attorney call. Yeah, right...I've also been getting calls from unknown numbers and they claim I owe for a loan which I never had and I refuse to answer questions confirming my SSN or anything. They then get mad and start yelling so I just hang up.

Same.  John smith .. heavy Indian Accent.. told me god bless and save me if I dont
pay money I supposedly owe???  called back and no answer.  scam

I got the first call on my personal cell phone.  It came up as 'unavailable number' so i did not answer, which resulted in a threatening voicemail from an woman with a heavy indian accent, stating she was an attorney.  I wasn't able to understand much of what was said.  A few seconds after the voicemail had been left, I got a call at my desk at work from the same woman "Grace Marshall", claiming to be an attorney w/ the Cash Connect Law Firm.  I told her that was not a law firm & that before anything else took place, she needed to fax me any & all documentation regarding my supposed case.  I was told she didn't have to fax me anything & asked to hold.  I told her I was at work & didn't have time to deal with this right now & hung up.  The caller ID on my office phone showed (225)663-5567 LLM Services.  I will be reporting this to my local law enforcemnt & see how they suggest I proceed.

call from 415-366-9597.  I had someone call back from another number.  very threatening, heavy accent, hard to understand. Says they work for Lance Martin, who is an attorney.  scam.

owe money on a loan I don't have. Same accentand rudeness.(714)497-4590

OMG - Every few months I get the same kind of call - Saying that I have very serious charges that are going to be filed if I don't make payment on a payday loan - I have never recieved one so I can not owe... They have said that they are with different Law Firms that I can never get confrimation because of the accient and deliberate mumbling - They have worked for different Law Firms - So I have contacted the firms to let them know that some one is trying to use thier names in a scam.  Along with the number... that I have been given to call back on.

I claimes bankrupcy ch 7 and i live i nj i owed credit cards and sutch..ive been working and happy with my future..these calls every 3 weeks or so keep hapening..if they were legit thed see on my credit i declared bankrupt and they know they cant collect..its very dishartening that people like us who are americans are working and trying to lead a good life is interupted by indians who i cant understand presing charges i called and made report with the police they said not to worry but its hard not too...just ignore the calls its a scam but it is scarry

Received a call from Lance Martin, Attorney - very thick Indian accent.  I am being charged with fraud and writing bad checks.  He will meet me in court - in California by the way - I live in OH.  I asked to speak to someone who spoke English so I could understand what I was being charged with and what the name of the Law Office was.  No response.  He also told me that he was representing some Loan company - but couldn't give me the name.  He also stated that if I could not afford an attorney he could have someone from his firm represent me.  That seems odd that he would be representing a Loan company, but he could have someone represent me (Can you say "Conflict of Interest").  I was never able to speak to someone who spoke English.  I have turned this over to the FBI and an attorney to look into this - I plan on suing this [***]

I received the same call many of you have mentioned yesterday, and the calls came from several different numbers including 760-453-0270, an Unknown number, and 214-570-0396. I was told initially that I was being contacted by a Daniel Stevens, who later identified himself as Steven and later was contacted by someone who used the "Lance Martin" alias. I was being asked to pay $963 and was told that I would have to appear in court in California (I, too, live in Ohio) on Monday. When I refused to commit to making payment I was asked why I was afraid to appear in court. I told him that I was not afraid to appear in court, but that I lived in OHIO! He told me they would pay for my flight!!!!! I finally agreed to make payment, but did not give him payment information. I was asked to write a very specific letter agreeing to make the payment and to take it and have it notarized and faxed to him by 12 noon. When I asked him if it was 12 noon Ohio time or California time and he was competely confused on the time difference. It was very obvious this call was overseas (although legitimate collections often are as well) and he was extremely vague as to who he represented or what I owed for.

Calls to my local law enforcement were comforting, but I was told there was little that could be done. I am interested to see if the calls continue or not. If they do, I will give them the number of the police officer I spoke with yesterday!!