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SamIam · 02-21-2011, 03:10 PM

I feel better now that I got to the bottom of it. I called the number they left on my voice mail just now (BTW the call originated from 052312293, a foreign no. if I ever saw one). The man who answered was also East Indian and claimed that I had taken out a loan from some outfit called Advanced Payday Plus back in August, never repaid it, and to avoid legal action, I could send them $310.00 - what a deal! Needless to say, I had never taken out a loan of any sort. I got what he claimed was the name of his agency, and when I asked what HIS name was, he said "John Smith."

I had a good laugh, and then informed him that it is illegal for a collection agency to call a person at their place of work, and his outfit better never ever do that again, or they'd be in serious trouble. John Smith hung up on me - just when I was beginning to enjoy our conversation, too.

I will look up who to report this outfit to, but the scammers probably change their name and phone numbers every couple of weeks. It's bad enough that all our help desk jobs have been outsourced to India - now they seem to be taking over our phone/internet scams, too.

02-21-2011, 03:10 PM	#2
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	I feel better now that I got to the bottom of it. I called the number they left on my voice mail just now (BTW the call originated from 052312293, a foreign no. if I ever saw one). The man who answered was also East Indian and claimed that I had taken out a loan from some outfit called Advanced Payday Plus back in August, never repaid it, and to avoid legal action, I could send them $310.00 - what a deal! Needless to say, I had never taken out a loan of any sort. I got what he claimed was the name of his agency, and when I asked what HIS name was, he said "John Smith." I had a good laugh, and then informed him that it is illegal for a collection agency to call a person at their place of work, and his outfit better never ever do that again, or they'd be in serious trouble. John Smith hung up on me - just when I was beginning to enjoy our conversation, too. I will look up who to report this outfit to, but the scammers probably change their name and phone numbers every couple of weeks. It's bad enough that all our help desk jobs have been outsourced to India - now they seem to be taking over our phone/internet scams, too.