Cash Advance USA
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I started recieving calls from these people about 2 weeks ago. When I returned their calls, they would not give names, dates or any other information. They would only say they would have me arrested at my work or home. I am being :sued supposedly and am subject to being arrested. I requested they send the information to myself or my attorney and the person hung up on me. I called them back and was yelled at! This is so bogus and I would like to know how to stop this!

Today I got a call from an attorney that stated that his name was Don Rogers #[protected]/he proceeded to tell me that I would be locked up by the end of the day because Cash Advance showed me owing 300. I asked what name of his company was and why he never read FDCPA mini Miranda to me. He told me that he would have my job called and that someone would be at me job by close of business today then hung up. First I have been in collections for past 15 years and I know if someone calls you with a threat then more then likely they are only trying to scare you into paying but 2nd any educated consumer is aware that I need something in writing b4 I respond to any collection account. This was reported to FTC and I think if anyone else has this problem to record conversation and report to FTC.com

I'm getting the same calls on my cell and at work with threats of being arrested and so forth. I told them if they could send me the proof that I took out this 'so called' loan then send it, otherwise, quit calling my work and my home or I would sue them. His response was to laugh and say good luck. He also went on to tell me he would only give the information to my lawyer and I just told him that wasn't happening. My question is, how do you get these calls to STOP?

they did the same thing to me in Missouri. Said the police would pick me up in one hour. i had paid the loan off. never use usa cash advance..

I have received several phone calls from the number [protected] and the number [protected] and this man said that his name was Xavier Martiniz and wanted me to purchase a prepaid debit card, put $613.22 on it and fax a letter and he even had the nerves to tell me what to put on the letter. This man calls constantly threatening me about if I don't pay the police will come to my job to pick me up and I called the police department. Everytime he calls he use a different name and yes he had all of my personal information and that made me scary. Xavier said that he was with the law firm Coffman & Associates in Ca. and yes I did call Coffman & Associates and they have never heard of this man. This is really scary.

I also received a all from that number and was gold to call [protected] (details of owner located at http://www.callwiki.com/phones/view/888-635-8693) to set up a payment. What they didn't know was that I was on to them from the beginning. After looking up several numbers they called from [protected], If you go to www.callwiki.com, it indicates that this phone number belongs to a company called BROADWING COMMINCATONS LLC. who provide telecom services to the GOVERNMENT. Sounds like they penetraded the Social Security Database or some other government database. It appears that the server for [protected] s is located in Blythe, CA.

On May 2, 2011 I received the same call from someone named Ray calling from the "legal" department. He said he was calling in regards to my sister and actually knew her name. Scarey! His message said that she was involved in a big law suit and she listed me as a reference in regards to the matter. He said I must call back and also have my sister call him back at [protected] regarding her civil, criminal and legal suits against her. I knew instantly it was fraud since he didn't say what companies legal department he was calling from. I did try to call back though. Twice in a row, I was disconnected. Two other times after that, I was transfered to hold music before being disconnected again. Finally, I got a message machine. Fraud, this is fraud!

I have been receiveing phone calls from American Law Firm in regards to a quote"payday loan" . I never took out a loan with these people or anyone they may supposedly represent. They have called me at my place of employment several times, they have called my cell phone several times, they have called my husbands cell phone several times. Each of these phone calls are from a different employee in their office.Their different names are(just a few) Jack Wilson, Jeff Mathews, Jacon Scott, Michael Anderson. They all have the same voice strangley enough. They all have apparently American names but all speak with thesame accent. When asked to speak to their manager I just get another name with the same voice. I know they are recording my calls as I can hear the playback when I am done talking. When I ask what the particulars of this supposed loan were they tell me nothing except to ask" Are you going to pay this loan back or not?" or "Do you have an attorney? I will tell hime when he calls us what the loan was. I have not idea how they got my social security number, name, address, banking information, work number, husbands cell number, but they had all of that and more. I am recording dates and times and have started recording all messages that I can. I am going to send this information to the attorey general in Los Angeles Calif. I will include the address they gave me and the phone nmber they gave me but I am not finding a match to these anywhere on the internet for American Law Firm @ 1100 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1700 Los Angeles, Calif 90024 . The phone number is [protected].

I too have been getting emails about this company from 2 different ladies, same exact email, different phone numbers, they have had people with foreign accents to call, they also tried calling to put me in jail and have even called my job saying they had some important legal info for me. I don't owe no US Cash advance, I sent them to emails requesting the amount and date put in bank and told them I would have the bank to research, but no reply to my emails.

I have filed a complaint in regards to these idiots with my state attorney general and the ftc. I also as another complaint stated called them several times called them hodgie and kinda harassed them they were pissed. I did not get any PDL from them this is a scam and they need to be stopped. I emailed them and demanded they follow the law. I also spoke on the phone with them and told them I know these tactics are illegal. They E-mailed me this Bogus document from a pretend Law office that was loaded with misspellings gramatically incorrect threatening with charges to be"pressed on" me telling me if I can not afford an attorney the United Nations would appoint one for me, After I stoppedf laughing I filed my complaint and now am pissed cus some people might fall for this extortion,

My husband has been getting the same harrasing phone calls from these people for the past 2 months . They have middle eastern axcents & been pretendeing to be attorneys & federal officers. They stated he had an open investigation for fraud . Also threating his job & sending out a detective to our home . He has not owed any loan for the said amount of $1000 which then changed to $350 & finaly to the amount of $315. They would not give any info. on the transaction # or company of this said delinquent debt. Which then was told to him it was a debt that was owed. Whe my husband asked what Fraudalant information was he being investigated for, they switched the issue to it being an outstanding debt. When he probed for the said loan companies direct contact information they gave him the run around & stated they cuoldn't give out that information. The worst part is they had gotten access to his SSN#, Bank out information, Email Address & Cell # . When he began calling them back the were always giving him the run around on this so called oustanding debt owed to US Cash Advance. payday loan . When he went to his bank & got a print out of all transactions for the last 2 months & began looking over it, there was no such transactions. He then called these HARRASERS back & stated there was no such payment recieved, they stated that someone must be trying tostill his identitybut he woulsd give him a Debit card # or Western union them this so called $315 they would clear it from his record. I informed him to tell the No & he was getting an attorney . They all of a sudden stated that was ok & hung up on him .We are going to hire an attorney & try & track these people down because they are using US cash advance as a sublink to get acces to all his personal information . I advise no one to use this Link DO NOT PUT ANY INFORMATION ON THIS SITE . WE are trying to contact the lenders that he actually used to notify them of stolen personal information this company is getting from this sub link. BEWARE & have these issues investigated because someone is stealing your information & who knows what else they have . I advise not to drop the matter get it investigated & protect yourselves immediately. We are, they have harrased & messed with the wrong people. I do not take this kind of harrasement & access to my husbands personal information lightly...

I have to agree on that one!

I have heard that Clark Howard on Saturdays on HNN talk about how these companies try to find anyone they can to pay a bogus bill. It usually goes something like this: Hello this is Alli Bobba calling from India. "You owe us..."(enter amount in dollars and cents). Then the innocent person says "But I never wrote a check to that place" then ALi Bobba in a twang language that you can't understand says " You need to pay or we will sue you, and it will go on your credit". More often than not, these scammy companies are just trying to get money from anybody they can. DO NOT fall victim to these people. Tell him you want certified copies of said bill that you supposedly owe. You see, they usually go after folks that have good credit scores, as these folks dont want a bad mark on their rating. then these folks would rather pay it then get a bad credit score. I would even call this business and ask them why they are harrasing you, when you have never done business with them. Best wishes.

WOW... This EXACT same thing is happening to me. I started receiving calls and lots of them on April 14, 2011. At first I couldn't even understand what this woman "Samantha" was saying. It was a few hours later that another call came in. This time his name was "Paul Green" (clearly not his legal given name) I saved all of these voice mails ( 7 in all, in 2 days) and I noticed they all said the same thing. You could also tell they were reading from some sort of script and you can hear all the other con-artists in the background. Why hasn't this operation been shut down? I'm just amazed, this sort of thing has NEVER happened to me before. I'm a nice single Mom who struggles. I am currently a survivor of Stage 4 Brain Cancer. I will make every effort possible to stop these horrible people. I cannot have this stress in my life!

Next time you hear from them, let them know from them moment you identify yourself that you are recording the phone call, also let them know any other communications & all phone numbers from this point on will also be recorded because you feel threatened and that you feel you are being scammed and until they can provide you with legal documents proving who they are and what they are trying to collect you will not send them any money per the FBI . (this is what I was told to do by the FBI) This deters alot of these scammers from calling over and over. Get a cheap recording device and use it! Call your local police and file a police report as well as the 3 major credit bureaus and the social security department cause they have your numbers. The FBI website also has an email link on their site to identity theif crimes. You can email them as well. This is a classic scam where you have sent your information online to someone and these people have it.WHATEVER YOU DO, DONT SEND THEM A PENNY!

This was my advice:
It has worked for me in the past and I work in the payday loan industry. I know what the law says about legal collecton practices. The fair debt collection practices does not allow for them to harrass you on your job or home.

Next time you hear from them, let them know from them moment you identify yourself that you are recording the phone call, also let them know any other communications & all phone numbers from this point on will also be recorded because you feel threatened and that you feel you are being scammed and until they can provide you with legal documents proving who they are and what they are trying to collect you will not send them any money per the FBI . (this is what I was told to do by the FBI) This deters alot of these scammers from calling over and over. Get a cheap recording device and use it! Call your local police and file a police report as well as the 3 major credit bureaus and the social security department cause they have your numbers. The FBI website also has an email link on their site to identity theif crimes. You can email them as well. This is a classic scam where you have sent your information online to someone and these people have it.WHATEVER YOU DO, DONT SEND THEM A PENNY!

In the laws, is their role, people that suit you, to demonstrate that (with date, documents written and that you signed, or registrations and tangible things) that you made a mistake for the law.
but, if you have done nothing, they will demonstrate nothing! if they try to falsificate access, documents ecc... u simply put your finger on the fakes, or the fake accesses to internet sites, or no matter what you have NOT done yourself. then the police will do the rest, and will easily discover that you made nothing and judge will destroy them with fees, charges ecc.. in your favors.

But, if you have made nothing, they will NEVER sue you, be quiet.
i am sure 100% on that. if they menace you to sue you, then means they have NOTHING to do this... :))) they hope you will be scared and pay some money to them. Normally a standard in big societies and scams.

Be quiet, they will NEVER sue you, they have too much to lose and charges to pay, instead of simply forget all this story, in a stupid database on their pc.

be sure, you are safe 100%, they will try each tactics to scare you. you simply ignore them and don't be scared.

YOU are strong, you made nothing wrong.

This was some good advice from another poster, here.

Next time you hear from them, let them know from them moment you identify yourself that you are recording the phone call, also let them know any other communications & all phone numbers from this point on will also be recorded because you feel threatened and that you feel you are being scammed and until they can provide you with legal documents proving who they are and what they are trying to collect you will not send them any money per the FBI . (this is what I was told to do by the FBI) This deters alot of these scammers from calling over and over. Get a cheap recording device and use it! Call your local police and file a police report as well as the 3 major credit bureaus and the social security department cause they have your numbers. The FBI website also has an email link on their site to identity theif crimes. You can email them as well. This is a classic scam where you have sent your information online to someone and these people have it.WHATEVER YOU DO, DONT SEND THEM A PENNY!

this foriegn guy keeps calling saying he is going to take legal action on a payday loan i never recieved. He says it is with usa cash advance and he know a lot of personal information. he keeps calling and leaving very threatning voicemail. so when i talk to him and I tell him it is a scam he screams at me. He is tring to impersanite a police officer then a attorney. So tired of the calls!

Oh and they call from all kinds of strang numbers, one phone call was from 000. one was from 3 one was from 91000? How can this be a real buisness if they don't even have real phone numbers. Pluse they will not give you any comfermation on what and how much you owe!They need to be stoped... this is UN AMERICAN to have to deal with! We have rights, I mean we can stop creditors that we truly do owe from calling us but we can not stop some non-english speaking fraud we just have to take it?

I am having the same problem. When I asked them where they were calling from and what the name of the company was the told me to give them my Lawyers name. I asked them again to provide me with my social security number and they could only tell me the last 4 digits. These people keep calling my job, my cell phone, my friends. They ask to speak to your manager, they tell you the cops are coming to your house to arrest you. LOL
This morning a new guy called, from the same place, and said he was the State Investigator. SO I asked him from which state and he said Texas! LOL I live in California. SO I told him that I had already filed a complaint with the FCC and that if they called me again I would sue them for harrasment but they don't seem to give a flying F _ _ _! In a mater of 10 mins I have had 20 missed calls on my work phone. Mind you I have a governmant job! There has got to be a way for us as Americans to protect our selves from this sort of harrassment. There has to be something that can be done.

I sincerely hope that you didn't provide all the banking and ss info they were asking for on the scam website. If you did, then they've probably already opened numerous bogus accounts in your name, and you're going to have one hell of a time getting that mess cleared up. First thing you should do is go to annualcreditreport.com and check to see if there are any new accounts listed that you don't recognize (it's free, btw), and if there are any, you immediately need to report it to get things shut down asap. Good luck!

It's dangerous that foreigners have your ID, but you will post a pic of yourself for everyone to see...?

Next time you hear from them, let them know from them moment you identify yourself that you are recording the phone call, also let them know any other communications & all phone numbers from this point on will also be recorded because you feel threatened and that you feel you are being scammed and until they can provide you with legal documents proving who they are and what they are trying to collect you will not send them any money per the FBI . (this is what I was told to do by the FBI) This deters alot of these scammers from calling over and over. Get a cheap recording device and use it! Call your local police and file a police report as well as the 3 major credit bureaus and the social security department cause they have your numbers. The FBI website also has an email link on their site to identity theif crimes. You can email them as well. This is a classic scam where you have sent your information online to someone and these people have it.WHATEVER YOU DO, DONT SEND THEM A PENNY!

Scam, claim to be from chicago but they hardly speak english I never took a student loan but they claim I can pay off a loan I never took and they cant tell me the amount of the loan that want me to pay off but continue to tell my I have an outstanding student loan... next big class action law suit that shows up I will get on board because im tired of the scams

Dont believe them I too have received messages from this company. I knew i hadn't paid off one of my loans, so i thought it was real. I contacted the payday lender and found out that they hadn't even sent my account to collections. So I called the number they had left for me to call and I went off on them.
Signs of a Scam Artist
1. they DON'T speak clear english
2. any documents received are going to have misspellings
3. will not tell u the payday lenders name, they name a bunch of fake parent companies
4. they have most of your info but is missing minor things ex. your email address

Next time you hear from them, let them know from them moment you identify yourself that you are recording the phone call, also let them know any other communications & all phone numbers from this point on will also be recorded because you feel threatened and that you feel you are being scammed and until they can provide you with legal documents proving who they are and what they are trying to collect you will not send them any money per the FBI . (this is what I was told to do by the FBI) This deters alot of these scammers from calling over and over. Get a cheap recording device and use it! Call your local police and file a police report as well as the 3 major credit bureaus and the social security department cause they have your numbers. The FBI website also has an email link on their site to identity theif crimes. You can email them as well. This is a classic scam where you have sent your information online to someone and these people have it.WHATEVER YOU DO, DONT SEND THEM A PENNY!

I was so scared and nervous when I received the call from these jerks. They told me the police would be at my job in 15 minutes if I didn't pay them the money I owe. I'm looking puzzled like wtf how could I owe you money I never borrowed. He said look we can settle this now or in court. He said well just go ahead and turn yourself in at the nearest jail. I asked him what could I do and he said just send the 453 that you owe and everything would be settled. I said okay and he asked how long would it take, I told him about 15 minutes. I called the local police dept and they told me to not worry these ppl had been harassing other people and they are bogus. The police called the number back and they asked who was this and he said who are you, the police told him that it was the police this fool asked well what's your badge #. The police told him the number was being traced and they would be arrested. The guy called me back and said "Oh you're trying to threaten me" I told him no you threaten me hell. Don't keep calling me and he eventually stopped. He also called my job and said I had used the company computer to do fraudulent activity to get me fired, luckily my supervisor knew I rarely use the computer at work and you have to put a code in for the internet anyway. I am glad this is over because I was going to send them the money too.

Next time you hear from them, let them know from them moment you identify yourself that you are recording the phone call, also let them know any other communications & all phone numbers from this point on will also be recorded because you feel threatened and that you feel you are being scammed and until they can provide you with legal documents proving who they are and what they are trying to collect you will not send them any money per the FBI . (this is what I was told to do by the FBI) This deters alot of these scammers from calling over and over. Get a cheap recording device and use it! Call your local police and file a police report as well as the 3 major credit bureaus and the social security department cause they have your numbers. The FBI website also has an email link on their site to identity theif crimes. You can email them as well. This is a classic scam where you have sent your information online to someone and these people have it.WHATEVER YOU DO, DONT SEND THEM A PENNY!

i had the same thing happen to me and they knew all my bank account information my address everything

They must be doing a mass calling right now. I just talked to that same middle eastern guy and told him I wasn't paying and he is welcome to talk to my lawyer. He tried to say, well if you can make a lil payment today we won't take legal action. He just doesn't want to talk to my lawyer.

file a complaint with FTC.

Ive been getting the same call alday. I knew that I had not took out any loans. They new all my information. What do I need to do?

I GOT A CALL FROM ANDY GIBSON ATTORNEYS OFFICE WITH FROM CALIFORNIA REGARDING A PAYDAY LOAN AND I AM BEING SUED. WELL I HAVE NO CLUE ABOUT A PAYDAY LOAN THAT THEY SAID I OWE MONEY TO.THIS IS A SCAM TRYING TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT YOU. DONT GIVE IN TO THESE TYPES OF CALLS AND FILE A COMPLAINT WITH FTC.

Today, I received a voice mail at my place of employment about a pending criminal legal action against me. The person, whom sounmded like he was speaking in an foreign (Indian type) voice advised that They had my name and social security number. They also told me that I was being investigated for numerouse offense including "Theft by Deception". And, the federal government was investigating me. The person told me that I would be facing a juy i the State of California. And, I would need to get an attorney in caseI was found guilty and incarcerated for the charges. This person also threatened to call my supervisor to report the criminal charged against me, and I would have to divulge my criminal history to my sueprvisor. The person advised that he was Officer Frank Martin with the Jackson Law Firm. The person left a contact number of [protected].

I called the number to see what the deal was about. And, the person answered the phone with a "Hello" instead of the name of the Law Firm. The person that answered the phone sounded like the same person as the person that claimed to be "Officer Frank Martin". Buit, this claimed to be Bryant or Brian Jackson (the foreign voice was hard to understand sometimes). The person said the $300.00 dolalars was transferred to my account in January 2011. The person advised that he was reading what was on a current affidavit relating to my case. The person provided the case number of MA600489. The person advised that the case was being tried in the State of California in Los Angeles, CA to be exact. I live in Texas. The person told me the trial begins on July 25, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. And, if I couldn't afford a defense attorney that one would be provided to me. The person advised, after reading the affidavit that "he" could help with guiding me through the resolution of this matter. The person could give an exact date of the electronic deposit into my bank account. The person kept saying that it was an electronic deposit by Advance Cash USA or one of its subsidiaries. The person told me that there were different ways to settle that matter with Advance Cash USA. One of them, of course, was to pay the loan and its interest on the $300.00. The person told me that the total amount of the loan would be $579.80. I told the person that I really do not recall receiving an electronic loan from Advance Cash USA.

I told the person, who claimed to be Bryant Jackson, that I needed to investigate the matter with my bank. The person told me it was okay to do so and we would talk later. I check with both my customer service person at my bank. And, verified the same information with my online account. I didn't receive any $300.00 deposit in my bank account for the month of January 2011. I am glad I ran across this website to see I am not the only one that went through this hot mess. I will also be filing a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, just in case they shut down these types of annoying harassing scams. Funny thing about it, why would they want to jack with a person that work in law enforcement field. Thework voice mail would have given the idot the first clue of whom they may be messing with... Idiot...

Advance Cash USA is a scam. I have never received a penny from them and they are harrassing me and my family. Some guy from India calls saying he is Mike Jones and even has my personal info but it is a lie and they are trying to get you to send money to "settle out of court".

They called me twice within a month, and tried to say I owed a certain amount of money. I told them I didn't believe them, and my Attorney would contact them. He said that was fine. I said, I very that's fine, Ur Fake, and I'm not payin u a dime. He just kept goin on and on with his scam. I finnally told him, that he already tried this once before, and when my attorney contacted them, they changed they're #. So! When I called his bluff today, even tho, he acted like, I was in the wrong, He did it again. He changed the #, even tho he said her wanted my attorney to call that #. Anyway! Anytime they call anyone, just tell them ur Attorney will contact them, they will stand there ground til, they get off phone. But try to call the # they give u, after you call there Bluff and Stand ur Ground. I called Fraud Department, They told me, they are tryin to catch them, But they change there # everytime, they try this stunt, on someone. And for me, not to believe a word they tell u, and not give any info out, or admit to any personal info they have. Hope this helps. The Attorney thing works everytime.

Next time you hear from them, let them know from them moment you identify yourself that you are recording the phone call, also let them know any other communications & all phone numbers from this point on will also be recorded because you feel threatened and that you feel you are being scammed and until they can provide you with legal documents proving who they are and what they are trying to collect you will not send them any money per the FBI . (this is what I was told to do by the FBI) This deters alot of these scammers from calling over and over. Get a cheap recording device and use it! Call your local police and file a police report as well as the 3 major credit bureaus and the social security department cause they have your numbers. The FBI website also has an email link on their site to identity theif crimes. You can email them as well. This is a classic scam where you have sent your information online to someone and these people have it.WHATEVER YOU DO, DONT SEND THEM A PENNY!

thank you for posting this some guy Sean Castelino Indian Btw said that I was going to be sent to court when I know I never requested a loan from them and keeps calling from an unknown number or [protected]

Just play his game, but DO NOT send this turkey any money. There are scams going around that claim that you owe x amount on a payday loan. Most people would pay it just to be left alone. Just tell the credit bureas that you need an alert put on your file. You can read of several other complaints by others on how this scam works.

Next time you hear from them, let them know from them moment you identify yourself that you are recording the phone call, also let them know any other communications & all phone numbers from this point on will also be recorded because you feel threatened and that you feel you are being scammed and until they can provide you with legal documents proving who they are and what they are trying to collect you will not send them any money per the FBI . (this is what I was told to do by the FBI) This deters alot of these scammers from calling over and over. Get a cheap recording device and use it! Call your local police and file a police report as well as the 3 major credit bureaus and the social security department cause they have your numbers. The FBI website also has an email link on their site to identity theif crimes. You can email them as well. This is a classic scam where you have sent your information online to someone and these people have it.WHATEVER YOU DO, DONT SEND THEM A PENNY!

i have recieved several of these same calls from the same number. he has called my friends work and family/friends. this must stop i am posting this to face book and i hope no one ever fills out an app with this company again. obviously our info isn't private it is gave to anyone!

I have been getting the same phone call from Harry Brown. The only difference is that the phone number is either 0000 or [protected]. They even sent me a document in my email for me to send them my credit card information so that they could take out installments for a loan my husband doesn't have. They say it was done online and my husband is not computer literate, I have the computer. He said legal action and I told him to go ahead and do it because we aren't going to pay for something that I know we don't have. I even checked my checking account. What a joke.