On 8/20 I received a VM at work from a man with a very heavy indian accent claiming I had one last chance to clear things up and either myself or attorney should call him back or good luck and god bless. I called back to 310-494-0271 and agian a man with a heavy indian accent answered said his name was Justin. He did give me the last four digits of my SSN and well as my bank account number but the name of the bank was not complete. I also closed this bank account back in 2006. He claimed I had a payday loan from 2006 that was never paid back and he wanted to let me know that my case would be going in front of a judge the next morning.
Since I have had payday loans in the past (which were paid back) I was concerned I may have missed something. I asked if I could somehow resolve this on my own he asked me to hold on then another gentleman came on the phone (sounded like the first guy) and claimed his name was Jack Roberts. He told me that if I paid $1087 he could close the case. I told him I could not come up with that amount of money and he told me I could pay $400 today and break the rest up into two payments, but before any of this could be done I would need to send a letter of apology to Mark Brown at 949-743-5831 to let them know I did not intentionally not pay them back. Silly me being nervous I sent the letter, but then started to feel uneasy about everything. I asked for the legal name of the company and all he would say is we are a reputable law firm in California and if I was going to insult him he did not want my money. I asked who the loan was with and he told me "Cash Advance Payday Loan" funded by US National Bank. I explained that I never took out a loan with that company. He told me he had all documents to prove it. I asked him to email/fax them to me and he said only after the loan was paid back I would get a letter in 21 days with the name of the actual loan company. I told him that did not make any sense and he again got very defensive. I was still very nervous as he kept telling me that I could be in more trouble if I did not pay them. Like a fool I deposited $400 in my prepaid debit card and gave them the number. I also told them I would pay $343 on 9/5 and 9/19 which would clear this up. The very next day I received this weird email from the bank that this company had the account number for. It claimed that someone tried to access my account and I needed to contact the bank right away. There was an 800# listed in the email. I called the number and it was a recording asking me to enter my check card #.
I hung up because I new it was a scam. I immediately went online and saw that the $400 had not yet been withdrawn so I went to the nearest ATM and withdrew it myself. I tried to call the 310-494-0271 number and it went directly to VM with a standard out of office message and the mailbox was full. I did not hear from them again until today 9/5. I received 4 calls from Jack Roberts at a differnt # 213-221-1440 claiming that the payment for $343 did not go through and I needed to get this money to them right away. He never once mentioned that he did not get the original $400. That just solidified it for me that this was a scam. I told them I had filed a complaint with the Attorney General and he told me that was ok because I Monday I would find out how real they really are. I did try to call back the original number 310-494-0271 and it is no longer in service. I have since cancelled my prepaid debit card and opened a new one. I felt so much RELIEF when I entered this site and realized I was not the only one. Someone had recommended that we call the FBI which I plan to do once I finish here.
Here are the following numbers: 310-494-0271,213-221-1440 and fax 949-743-5831. I hope these scammers get caught.
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