Scam from united national legal department
Date: Mon, 01/24/2011 - 08:19
I received the same call this morning and gave them an earful and they eventually ended the call by saying he would see me in court. I immediately went to the Federal Trade Commission's website to file a complaint. Here's the details of what I provided to the FTC.
I received a call with "unknown" as the caller ID, and answered to a man with a very thick foreign accent. He stated that I had requested a payday advance loan, and that the loan was issued to me and it has now been 45 days and I haven't repaid the loan. I asked to speak to his supervisor after repeatedly informing him I would not confirm nor deny any of the personal information he had asked me. After a few moments he very rudely "transferred" (there wasn't an actual transfer in the phone system, the caller just set the phone down and someone else picked it up because he did not even put me on hold) me to someone by the name of David Johnson. Mr. Johnson also asked me to verify some personal identifying details, which I refused to do so. Mr. Johnson continued to state that I had received a payday advance loan from a company on the internet and I had defaulted on the loan resulting in legal action being taken against me. At this point I let Mr. Johnson know that I did not apply for nor did I accept any payday advance loan at which time he gave me a file number to reference, DCF487215. I informed Mr. Johnson that had this been a real legal case against me, I would be served in person not on the phone and that I needed his contact information so I could have my lawyer call him to discuss further. Mr. Johnson replied that he had no choice but to have his legal team proceed with the law suit and that I would be notified of which court house I would need to appear at. He went on further to threaten me that if this did indeed proceed, that I would be held responsible for the $5,000+ for all legal fees. I let Mr. Johnson know this is a mistake and the response I received was 'how did his company, UNLD or United National Legal Department which is a division of the federal government, have a legal affidavit with my name and contact information on it?'. I realized this was a scam as soon as they asked me to confirm the last 4 digits of my SSN and my email address, of course I didn't confirm nor deny that the information stated was mine. I should point out that almost 2 months ago I had filled out a form on www.lendingtree.com to see if I would qualify for any personal loans, but I did not accept any offers although I did receive in my spam folder numerous emails stating that I had been approved for certain loans. I am currently unemployed so I would never even begin to consider obtaining a payday advance loan, since obviously I do not have any upcoming paydays. I have searched online and there appears to be many complaints about United National Legal Department with similar circumstances. I am sure the phone number given to me is simply a US based number which forwards to an overseas phone number. This is a clear case of harassment and a violation of my privacy that my contact information, along with my apparent social security number was shared with a company without my knowledge or consent.
I received a call with "unknown" as the caller ID, and answered to a man with a very thick foreign accent. He stated that I had requested a payday advance loan, and that the loan was issued to me and it has now been 45 days and I haven't repaid the loan. I asked to speak to his supervisor after repeatedly informing him I would not confirm nor deny any of the personal information he had asked me. After a few moments he very rudely "transferred" (there wasn't an actual transfer in the phone system, the caller just set the phone down and someone else picked it up because he did not even put me on hold) me to someone by the name of David Johnson. Mr. Johnson also asked me to verify some personal identifying details, which I refused to do so. Mr. Johnson continued to state that I had received a payday advance loan from a company on the internet and I had defaulted on the loan resulting in legal action being taken against me. At this point I let Mr. Johnson know that I did not apply for nor did I accept any payday advance loan at which time he gave me a file number to reference, DCF487215. I informed Mr. Johnson that had this been a real legal case against me, I would be served in person not on the phone and that I needed his contact information so I could have my lawyer call him to discuss further. Mr. Johnson replied that he had no choice but to have his legal team proceed with the law suit and that I would be notified of which court house I would need to appear at. He went on further to threaten me that if this did indeed proceed, that I would be held responsible for the $5,000+ for all legal fees. I let Mr. Johnson know this is a mistake and the response I received was 'how did his company, UNLD or United National Legal Department which is a division of the federal government, have a legal affidavit with my name and contact information on it?'. I realized this was a scam as soon as they asked me to confirm the last 4 digits of my SSN and my email address, of course I didn't confirm nor deny that the information stated was mine. I should point out that almost 2 months ago I had filled out a form on www.lendingtree.com to see if I would qualify for any personal loans, but I did not accept any offers although I did receive in my spam folder numerous emails stating that I had been approved for certain loans. I am currently unemployed so I would never even begin to consider obtaining a payday advance loan, since obviously I do not have any upcoming paydays. I have searched online and there appears to be many complaints about United National Legal Department with similar circumstances. I am sure the phone number given to me is simply a US based number which forwards to an overseas phone number. This is a clear case of harassment and a violation of my privacy that my contact information, along with my apparent social security number was shared with a company without my knowledge or consent.
I am glad you filed a complaint with the FTC. This company is a
I am glad you filed a complaint with the FTC. This company is a scam company that loves to call and threaten people.
