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Received a phone call from number listed as [protected]. The gentleman named Johnathon on the phone had a strong accent and stated it was urgent I or my attorney contact him at [protected] (not the phone number listed on the caller id). Since this appeared suspicious, I first called the number listed on the caller id [protected]) and the service provider indicated the number was no longer working. I then called the [protected] phone number and I had to call this number several times before I was able to get through. The individual on the line stated his name was Andrew Brown and he was an attorney with the Crime Monitoring Division Law Firm based out of California with the zip code listed as 92805. He stated that if I did not pay approximately $1500.00 by today, I would be sued for approximately $5500.00 beginning on tomorrow by American Credit Services. He stated someone would come to my place of business and arrest me and I would be very sorry. He stated this payday loan has been in default for over a year (since 01/08) and that I had neglected to respond to over fifteen (15) emails sent to me. I never recalled requesting a payday loan from an American Credit Services and surely would not have ignored a default of over year nor emails, so I requested Account information regarding the loan. Mr. Brown stated he did not have any account information other than he knew ALL my personal information and that I needed to settle this matter IMMEDIATELY. I told him I wanted to honor all my obligations, but I needed more information before making a $1500.oo payment. I requested he have copies of the emails sent to me or a copy of the supposed contract and he stated that would be a conflict of interest between his law firm and American Credit Services. I requested he at least give me a loan number because every loan has an account number, but he kept referring to my personal information and I found this to be very creepy. I then asked for at least a contact number for American Credit Services and Mr. Brown stated he could not provide this information. I became further suspicious. Mr. Brown stated I would need to fax two (2) letters to [protected] with the first letter containing a letter of apology listing my full name and the second letter containing authorization for me to make payment. I then said I wanted to talk to his financial services department to make arrangements for the payment of $1500.00 and he transferred the call. A young woman answered and I began asking what the loan account number was to I could reference this in my payment and she started to stumble in her speech and put me on hold. When she came back I could hear Mr. Brown speaking to someone else in the background and she said she did not have an account number other than my personal information (that Mr. Brown had provided to me earlier) and that if I wanted specifics she could transfer me back to the attorney. I asked her the attorney's name and she said the gentleman I had been speaking with but could not give me a specific name. I was getting more suspicious by the minute. While speaking with her over the phone I began searching the internet for this American Credit Services and could not find out any specific information. The more questions I asked the more confused the young woman became and stressed I might need to talk back with the attorney. I told her that was not necessary and I asked what forms of payment she accepted. She stated they would accept credit cards and/or debit cards and I told her I would make payment but I needed to transfer funds into my account and hung up. While searching on the website for American Credit Services or Crime Monitoring Division Law Firm of California, I stumbled upon another complaint for American Credit Services. Because the complaint I read sounded so similar to mine, I felt the need to make a complaint as well.
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
I received several messages from a loud, heavily accented woman threatening me into returning her call. She said if I did not call back, then all she could do was wish me luck. I called the number [protected]) back and spoke to a man who sounded of the same nationality. It sounded like he was calling from a pay phone onthe freeway! He tried to tell me I was being charged with money laundery and said that I received a $500 deposit on 10/2/08. But when I called him out on the date, he changed it to 10/2/07. The scary thing, he knew my bank account number(ironically, I did have $500 deposits on both of those dates) and had my sister and mother in law's names as referrences. He read me an affidavit to me and stated that I needed to turn myself into local authorities or contact my attorney. I just received another call tonight from the same annoying lady but this time it came across as [protected]. When I tried to call back within 10 minutes of receiving the call, I received a message that the number was disconnected or no longer in service. I was not asked for any money but I didn't let get that far...I was so angry when he accused me of money laundering I went off! This is a definte scam and we cannot allow these ### to scam anyone else for anymore money!
my sister in law just received a call from an John Adams who said to call back with this phone number [protected] which comes up when looked up on reverse phone search as out of beverly hills, ca. Company Name is American Credit Services.
1. Said my brother in law would be arrested if he went to work tonight because they faxed paperwork to his job. Also said he would be fired!
2. Wanted payment of $7000.00 by credit card and also wanted them to sign up for a new credit card to pay for the loan they supposedly have not paid.
3. When called back have all information about the family, sss#, all personal information.
Later my husband called them back and said that the cops were involved and they hung up on him. Called back again on a different phone and said, "The Cops Are On Their Way." And hung on them and laughing at them.
So Far They Have Not Called Back!
We Have Filed A Police Report. This is the only way fraud can be tracked. File A Report!
i just got the same phone call from a johnathan same number and same story as yours would you have americancreditservices phone number i would like to call please email it tooo me please
sweetiepiz@yahoo.com thank you very much
wendy
This is a fraud company, which has only the database of the people residing in United States and all they do is to threaten them. no one will take you to court, neither will any investigation officers come to your place.
be bold enough and straight away hang up the call.
Whenever you get such calls then please tell that you have an attorney. Also tell them that the attorney will give you a call back. They will not go further in harrassing you.
COMPLAINT! You need to do what I did - FILE A POLICE REPORT! You know that they have your information and while you may put the fraud alert up on your accounts, what if they do try to take some sort of action against you (fake or not?!) Be prepared!
When I had the police officer call the number I was given [protected]), they basically hung up on him and when he called back, they asked for his badge number and when he gave it to them, they started laughing!
He may use all of those powers to make you pay - let them "sue" you and take you to court - countersue for emotional distress and make them pay you for any time you lost even messing with this stuff!
This just happened to me last night and I must say that when they call you at 8pm at your office, when you have already been there for 12 hours and plan on at leaset another 2, you are very likely to let this nonsense carry on for a while. Although I was never asked for any money, he told me I was a bad person for letting this happen and I would pay. I basically to him to f*** off then hung up on him. He called back and left a voice mail, which i have saved, and told me I was finished in the morning and he would use all his powers to make me pay, and he hoped that God could save me.
The same thing happened to me yesterday and they called again today. Are they still calling you? If not, what did you do to get them to stop?
Why would you even let the phone call get that far? Obviously it was bogus but you were saying how to make payments, etc.
Just hang- up next time. I hope you didn't verify you're information with him.