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--------CON'T--------- WHEN I CHECKED MY CREDIT REPORT I NOTICED THAT IT HAD NOT BE UPDATED THAT I HAD PAID! I WAS TOLD THAT CREDITORS HAVE 30 DAYS TO UPDATE THE REPORT ONCE YOU PAID IT OFF. I KNEW IN MY GUT I HAD BEEN SCAMMED. TODAY MONDAY APRIL 25, 2011 I CALLED THE ORIGINAL COMPANY WHICH I HAD TAKEN THE LOAN FROM. THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY FORWARDED MY ACCOUNT TO A COMPANY BY THE NAME OF NATIONAL CREDIT ADJUSTERS SO I CALLED THEM AND I TOLD THEM WHAT I THOUGHT WAS GOING ON AND THEY TOLD ME TO CALL MY BANK TO GET THE PAYMENT FROM THE FRAUDULENT COMPANY REVERSED. IT WAS NEVER THEM TRYING TO COLLECT AND THAT "JWC" OR "CALIFORNIA LAW GROUP" (I GUESS THAT'S ANOTHER NAME THEY GO BY) IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION WITH THE FBI! I CALLED MY BANK AND I SHOULD BE ISSUED A CREDIT BY TOMORROW. THANKFULLY... I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS HAPPENED TO ME! AT LEAST NOW I KNOW.
Caller: DAVID STONE
THIS IS A SCAM! I BELIEVED EVERY WORD AND PAID WHAT THEY WERE ASKING ME FOR! I FEEL SO STUPID NOW! THEY SCARED ME INTO PAYING IT, THEY WERE TELLING ME THAT THE WOULD BEGIN LEGAL ACTION IF I DID NOT TAKE CARE OF THE MATTER THAT VERY MOMENT AND THAT THEY WOULD SUE ME AND TAKE ME TO COURT AND THAT THEY WOULD SEND POLICE OFFICERS TO MY HOME AND MY PLACE OF WORK TO ARREST ME AND TAKE ME TO JAIL. I KNEW I HAD A LOAN OUT SO THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT THEY WERE CALLING ME ABOUT. I HAD EVERY INTENTION OF PAYING IT WHEN I HAD THE RESOURCES. I HAD TO BORROW THE MONEY TO PAY THESE SCAMMERS! THE MAN WHO CALLED ME WENT BY THE NAME OF DAVID STONE AND HE MADE ME TYPE UP A LETTER THAT SAID "I, MY NAME, SSN, I AUTHORIZE THIS CHARGE OF $$$.$$ ON MARCH 11, 2011 I PROMISE NOT TO DISPUTE THIS TRANSACTION, I DID NOT DO THIS INTENTIONALLY AND I WISH TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE." THEY EVEN MADE ME GET THIS DOCUMENT NOTARIZED! I HAD TO FAX IT TO THIS NUMBER 626-593-6339. AFTER I SENT IN THE PAYMENT I FELT RELIEF THAT I HAD TAKEN CARE OF IT. ON APRIL 21, 2011 A MAN FROM THE SAME COMPANY (JWC LAW OFFICE) CALLED ME AT MY WORK AGAIN FROM A 0000 NUMBER, USING ANOTHER NAME THAT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE WITH HIS HEAVY ACCENT (THESE PEOPLE SOUND LIKE THEY ARE FROM INDIA) ANYWAY, HE TOLD ME I HAD 3 PAYDAY LOANS OUT AND THAT I HAD NEVER PAID A SINGLE ONE. BS!!! I TOLD THE MAN I ONLY HAD ONE AND I THOUGHT THAT I HAD ALREADY RESOLVED THE ISSUE. I WAS COMPLETELY CONFUSED AT THIS POINT. I BEGAN TO ARGUE WITH HIM AND I TOLD HIM I HAD ALREADY PAID THE LOAN I HAD OUT AND THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF RECORD THAT I HAD PAID. THEY SAID THEY HAD NO RECORD OF ANYTHING! I TOLD HIM THAT I HAD A PROOF I HAD PAID BC THE TRANSACTION SHOWS UP ON MY BANK STATEMENT AND THEY TOLD ME THAT DOCUMENT DOES NOT HOLD UP IN COURT! I WAS IN SHOCK! I TOLD HIM THAT I FELT LIKE THIS WAS A SCAM AND I WAS GOING TO HANG UP THE PHONE. WHICH I DID AND THAT NIGHT I CHECKED MY CREDIT REPORT. CON'T--------------------------------
Caller: DAVID STONE
I've been getting unknown & 000 calls for awhile now but not answer. They finally left message and said (w/ heavy accent from India) I better call back or have attorney contact them if I don't respond then good luck. I tried the # back and it was a recording saying no more messages could be left at this time.
I received a call from Unknown # about an hour later, another heavy accent but spoke better english by the name of Austin Black. He never said who he was with but he wanted to ask who I was by me agreeing with what he had down as my personal info: complete social, address, & name, checking account & routing info, employer. I said yes. He said I would be put in jail for 30 days if I didn't pay $8,000. I said he wasn't calling from California and he agrued that he was in California. I could tell it was a call center because the heavy noise in the background. He said 2 police would be at my door on Monday morning if I didn't take care of this today. They would file charges on this. He kept saying you did not do this? How can you provide proof that you are telling the truth. I said by printing out every statement since Christmas. I knew when I tried to apply for a pay day loan because I was getting 20 texts and phone calls from all sorts of people, but never heard that I was approved. I also shortened my name on purpose for anything I do over the internet and he asked for that shortened abbreviation so I knew it wasn't 'real' threat but still I was upset having someone harass me like that! I finally told him I know that no cop could come to my door and arrest me & I would add to bankruptcy even though I'm not in bankruptcy. I just happen to know the law on collections since worked in that field before. Let's all get this stopped!!!
Caller: Austin Smith
MOST CALLS FROM THIS NUMBER IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS JWC LAW GROUP, BUT THE NAMES AND SCAM MORPH A BIT DAY BY DAY (DAVID STONE, JOHN SPENCER, NICK ANDERSON, DAVID SMITH). CHECKED THE CALIF. STATE BAR LAWYER LISTINGS AND OF COURSE, JWC LAW GROUP AND INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT LISTED BECAUSE THEY ARE SCUMMY SCAMMERS.
AGREED- THE MORE REPORTS THAT ARE MADE THE FASTER AND MORE IMPORTANT THE CASE AND INVESTIGATION BECOMES.
PLEASE REPORT THESE CRIMINALS TO THE FOLLOWING:
1. THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION AT 877-382-4357
2. YOUR STATE'S ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE (YOU CAN FIND YOUR STATE'S AG OFFICE BY DOING AN OLINE SEARCH- MANY EVEN HAVE A QUICK ONLINE COMPLAINT FORM)
3. LET YOUR YOUR LOCAL COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY KNOW, TOO
4. IF YOU HAD APPLIED FOR A PAYDAY LOAN ONLINE, YOU CAN ALSO REPORT THEM TO THE FBI, INTERNET CRIME COMPLAINT CENTER (IC3) AT: WWW.IC3.GOV
AND, ALSO, CHECK OUT THE CONSUMER NOTICE AT http://www.cashamerica.com/ConsumerNotices.aspx, AND REPORT PER THEIR INSTRUCTIONS:
◦If you have never received a loan from/through Cash America, Payday Advance, Cashland or Super Pawn, please call (800) 773-3147 Ext 3822 to provide us the details of the incident that we can share with authorities.
◦If you have never received a loan from/through CashNetUSA, please call 1-888-801-9075 to provide us with the details of the incident that we can share with authorities.
AND, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, DON'T GIVE THEM ANY MONEY OR ANY OF YOUR INFORMATION; DON'T LET THEM TRICK YOU INTO GIVING EITHER OF THESE BY "VISHING' EITHER
Caller: JWC LAW GROUP
got a phone call (at work) from an Indian man named Nash Brown from JWC law firm in California. He told me that I took out a payday loan from American Payday and it did not get repaid. They are charging me with 3 counts of check fraud and there is a court date on Monday. I didnt know about any of this If I didnt show up, they were taking me to jail. I immediatley told the caller that I never took out a payday loan from American Payday, and he read me my bank account number that the funds were distributed to and my SSN. I asked him when this was and he said 6-7 months ago. He could not give me an exact date so I started to question him. When I asked him if this was a scam he got very offended and said that if I didnt pay, I would go to jail, and face up to $15,000 in court costs. While on the phone I was at my computer and started looking up the number he called from on this site. I told him that I would have to get back to him and told him I will contact my attorney. They called me 4 more times afterwards on my cell phone. I have contacted the California Privacy Bureau, The FTC and I will be calling my local attorney general's office today. Needless to say, that call left me in hysterics. Is there anything we can do to shut them down?
Caller: Nash Brown
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