(987) 928-2683

I took this directly off of the FBI's website (http://www.fbi.gov/scams-safety/e-scams) regarding these calls. I started receiving them today about once an hour from this number and same thing with a different one with the same complaints. I haven't answerd any of the calls. The kicker is that I haven't even applied for a loan of any sort.
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Telephone Collection Scam Related to Delinquent Payday Loans

12/01/2010—The IC3 receives a high volume of complaints from victims of payday loan telephone collection scams. In these scams, a caller claims that the victim is delinquent in a payday loan and must repay the loan to avoid legal consequences. The callers purport to be representatives of the FBI, Federal Legislative Department, various law firms, or other legitimate-sounding agencies. They claim to be collecting debts for companies such as United Cash Advance, U.S. Cash Advance, U.S. Cash Net, and other Internet check cashing services.

One of the most insidious aspects of this scam is that the callers have accurate information about the victims, including Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, employer information, bank account numbers, and names and telephone numbers of relatives and friends. The method by which the fraudsters obtained the personal information is unclear, but victims often relay that they had completed online applications for other loans or credit cards before the calls began.

The fraudsters relentlessly call the victim’s home, cell phone, and place of employment. They refuse to provide to the victims any details of the alleged payday loans and become abusive when questioned. The callers threaten victims with legal actions, arrests, and in some cases physical violence if they refuse to pay. In many cases, the callers even resort to harassment of the victim’s relatives, friends, and employers.

Some fraudsters instruct victims to fax a statement agreeing to pay a certain dollar

recd call from this # on my cell 3 times so far today. No response by anyone from the other end. Very unnerving.

I keep getting calls from this number multiple times a day. When I try to get them to talk they say nothing at all. I can hear them breathing and background noise like they are in a call center but they will not talk with me. Does anyone know who to contact to start an investigation of this possible scam. I get the feeling that they are using my number to somehow steal my phone information to gain from it somehow illeagally. I just get that bad vibe that they are somehow scamming me when I answer so I quit answering. The reason I feel that way is because what else do they have to gain if they won't talk when I do answer? This doesn't feel good. I feel violated and like I'm a victim of identity theft.

It's a recording that you have to listen to in its entirety before you can ask them to stop calling.

I don't answer calls that the number is unfamiliar. Tried to block it,to no avail.