SO I received a call this morning on my cell phone, I had a weird feeling initially because my caller ID simply said “888″.

I answered the phone and a man on the other end said in very broken English (Middle Eastern I believe), “Hi, I’m am calling, report to you, big trouble, you call hotline, we have affidavit, you no call you be big trouble” I have done the best I can repeating this verbatim. I got into an argument with the guy as I was pissed off on many levels. One; He knew my phone number, and email. At this point I’m thinking it cannot be legitimate, but I decided to call the hotline number anyway (619) 342-0094 just to make sure; these days nobody speaks proper English when it comes to customer service, banks or anything else so I just couldn’t be sure.

I proceed to call the hotline number, again (619) 342-0094; another man answers the phone with even worse English. He asks my name, I tell him I will not give him my name or any other information. He asks me if I’m calling from 619.xxx.xxxx, I tell him it’s none of his business and proceed to grill him about the previous call and try to inquire about his name and what company he is representing. All he will tell me is that his name is Shaine? and that the company is “Legal Affidavit Services”. I am VERY suspicious at this point, but he then proceeds to confirm my social security number, my bank account number, and my email address and reconfirms my phone number. He tells me to hold, because he has to read me an “affidavit” and that I’m being sued for a default on a cash loan from US Bank. He then reads off a very legal sounding document about a defaulted loan and the fines and penalties I have incurred. He states they have sent several emails and I have not responded. He gets very aggressive as I am not cooperating and being very aggressive myself. At this point I am super pissed. I KNOW this is a scam, yet they have my info. I have received loans in the past, and though not recent there is still that fear I had initially.

He basically tells me that I can settle it now, or I will be sued and picked up by an “officer” at my home or work. I asked him if it was a police officer and he simply said “someone from my office” I told him they would get knocked out as I know at this point for sure it’s a scam.

I have called them back several times today at (619) 342-0094 to toy with them. They hang up on me every time.

I reported them to the states attorney office in CA, but unfortunately they said there is nothing they can do because it’s out of country and out of their jurisdiction. The state attorney office said they were glad I didn’t fall for it, but 3rd parties were entitled to get my personal information under the “freedom of information act” and that I should write my congressman. I decided to write my blog first. I am severely pissed about this whole episode…

Ill update this as I figure out a way to toy with these people even more.

Additional Resources

http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-619-342-0094
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/360/RipOff0360894.htm