My wife first started receiving the calls on Sept. 17. Since she has had a stroke, I took over. The man said his name was Mic Cruz and he represented Financial Accountablilty Asso. (Law Firm) Very thick East Indian accent.
He said my wife had received a loan for $300 in Dec. 2008 and when they tried to take out the payment, it was declined. Now they have charged her with 3 criminal counts: Violation of federal banking laws, collateral check fraud, and theft by deception.
From the information he had, they apparently are able to steal the info from website applications. He had her bank info, social security number, DOB and everything he needed to make it sound legit.
He made it clear that I had two choices. Be in the Superior court of Los Angeles at 11 am on Monday the 21 with my attorney and two friends to vouch for her or, (and here's the one I was waiting for)
Pay $889.24 right now on my credit card and all of this would go away! I refused, and he got very hostile. Telling me he would have her put in prison, lose her job and ruin our reputation.
He said if I refuse to clear this up right now, he would, " have the sheriff at my house to arrest her by 4pm this afternoon." I told him to go ahead. (Sheriff never showed by the way.) He then hung up on me.
I went back through the bank records 2 1/2 years, and as I already knew, no loan had ever been received from any company. I started doing a little investigating on my own.
They called back 9 times that afternoon. Always someone different but the same East Indian accents. From the caller ID I tried to call back all of the different numbers they used. ALL OF THEM where disconnected and no longer in service.
I ran a back trace on the 310-598-1682 number, and it came up as an unregistered, probably disposable cell phone. Since that first call, they have called back almost every weekday for the past 2 weeks. The last one, just about 5 min. Ago!
This time, he said he was the "Senior Attorney", Anthony. Now the loan amount is $500 and it will take $1250 to have the charges dropped. If it goes to court, I'll have to pay $5484.87! I take care of this now or I will be arrested this afternoon. I'm waiting.
I told him to "go for it!" He told me these are serious charges and this time he named the company. "SonyCashnet" and that they operated 300 websites and they intended to prosecute me to the fullest extent of the law!
I told him that I'll be right here, waiting for the sheriff. To knock himself out because I knew this was a scam and his 'law firm' was a fraud. (He hung up on me again) I really wish someone would find out who this company is and put them out of business for good.
My wife can't take many more of these calls with her nerves and condition so I told her not to answer unless she knows who it is. I've blocked all of the numbers they called on before, but they come up with a new one about everyday.
And, like the rest on the caller ID, they are no longer in service either when you try to call back. If you read this, tell all your friends about this scam, especially senior citizens. They can scare very easily and the tactics these people use is intended to do just that.
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