Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Phone Numbers Used By Phony Debt Collectors


In recent weeks, I have written about phony debt collectors using illegal and abusive threats to collect on payday loans.  Click here to read my first article and here to read my second article.  My friend Steve Rhode also dug a little deeper and and wrote this article that reveals some very interesting information about how these places operate.

The phony debt collectors often claim to be attorneys and begin by threatening debtors with jail time for nonpayment of payday loans.  The scam artists presumably have some level of success with their scare tactics based on the number of calls that I receive about this scam.  Below is a list of phone numbers known to be used by the scam artists:

  • 201-221-3060
  • 213-221-1002
  • 213-286-0210
  • 213-286-2016
  • 213-550-4189
  • 213-995-3046
  • 310-362-4305
  • 310-362-4319
  • 310-362-9386
  • 313-332-1091
  • 343-729-0397
  • 407-506-0424
  • 408-317-0831
  • 408-355-9951
  • 415-223-4108
  • 415-880-5599
  • 496-900-0000
  • 619-342-0094
  • 714-333-2945
  • 714-333-2951
  • 714-400-0563
  • 714-409-0208
  • 714-409-0250
  • 714-845-0766 (FAX)
  • 760-300-4000
  • 718-831-7157
  • 818-936-4699
  • 904-425-9141
  • 941-961-8518
  • 949-743-1049
  • 951-707-4047
  • 973-200-6686
If you are contacted by one of these scam artists, please leave comment below with the phone number they used so I can keep this list up to date. 

About the Author: Carl H. Starrett II has been a licensed attorney since 1993 and is a member in good standing with the California State Bar, the San Diego County Bar Association and the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys. Mr. Starrett practices in the areas of bankruptcy, business litigation, construction, corporate planning and debt collection.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

All of November I was threatened by 951 707 7047. I did not give them any money because they would not give me any information as to who I owed money to or any number to contact the people I owed. They told me that I would be arrested.

Anonymous said...

Have been recieving calls from someone claiming to be from The Blanch law firm representing Cashnet. Same story as everyone else....unpaid payday loan, they are going to arrest me and know where I live blah blah blah...These are a couple of the numbers they used with me:

916-226-5773 (Elk Grove California)
616-462-4203 (New york New york)

Anonymous said...

I AM NOT THE PERSON THEY CALLED BUT MY WIFE IS AND SHE GOT A CALL LAST MONTH AND THE PERSON THAT CALLED HER WAS A GUY NAME WAS ALEX PARKER HE TOLD HER HE WAS CALLING ABOUT A LOAN SHE HAD MADE WITH THE CASHNET USA ABOUT PAYING IT BACK AND YADA YADA YADA IF SHE DID NOT PAY THEM THAT THEY WERE GOING TO PUT HER IN JAIL MY WIFE WAS WORRIED AND ENDED UP GIVING THEM HER ACCOUNT INFORMATION WHICH WAS KINDA MESSED UP BUT I UNDERSTAND BUT THEY SOME HOW TOOK OUT ALMOST $700.00 FROM HER ACCOUNT AND THAT WAS I THOUGHT THE LAST WE WOULD HEAR FROM THEM BUT AGAIN TO SEPTEMBER 21 2011 THEY CALLED AGAIN AND SAID THE SAME THING FOR ANOTHER LOAN PLACE BUT THE SAME NUMBER NO IM STEPPING IN AND TRYING TO GET WHAT EVER INFORMATION I CAN TO KNOW MORE OF WHAT I NEED TO DO TO GET THESE PEOPLE TO STOP HARRASSING US AND JUST LEAVE US ALONE WE NEVER MADE A LOAN WITH ANYONE OR ANYWHERE AND THEY JUST KEEP CALLING AND CALLING AND HARRASSING US THE NUMBER THEY CALLED FROM WAS 2066299396