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agency threatening to file criminal charges for check fraud for payday loan default

Submitted by on Fri, 10/12/2012 - 13:04
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Yesterday, I received a phone call from a so called "investigator" Amy Schwartz, said she represented district 12 check fraud investigations. She left a long message stating that she was trying to serve process or something along those lines and that federal law requires that they advise me that I could have an attorney present or that I could contact them myself. She didn't identify the agency she was with or company the phone number was 720-306-5009. I contacted them back and they read me an affidavit and that I was going to be charged with count 1,defrauding a financial institution, 2, check fraud, 3, theft by deception. The man I spoke with identified himself as Jonathan O'Brian, and told me that he had contacted the prosecutor's office who wanted charges filed today, and they had some bad news for me, that if I didn't pay out of court costs of $714, the paperwork would be filed and they would dispatch a unit to come and pick me up. He said that I couldn'[t pay them directly but I'd have to pay via moneygram and the payment would have to go to Atlanta, GA to the corporate payment processing location. He said that I had 2 hours to pay it. I told him that was probably not possible. O'Brian said that I should call him back with the reference number once the payment had been made at 214-369-4682 ext.111. He said that the company that was filiing against me was Payday Loan 1. I did contact an attorney, who said he was going to handle my case for free, and he told me not to pay them a dime, now I don't scare easily but these people were very convincing, the caller ID displayed "Bloomberg Processing". Has anyone else had a similar experience?


bottomfeeding,scamming slime are trained actually to be convincing.bottomline this is a piece of sh*t scam that you need to report,not pay.first to your local police using the number and name you habe.then the FTC(federal trade commission)go to www.ftc.gov and file online.then ignore future calls and do not return future messages.a compete scam,and one that won't do a thing they threaten.btw payday 1 is not a legal lender anyway.report and ignore.


Submitted by paulmergel on Fri, 10/12/2012 - 13:19

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just wanted to say thank you for the advice, what's funny is I work in law enforcement myself and try to keep up on my bills, but I told them this and Mr. or investigator O'brian said that he too was a police officer prior to doing check fraud investigations. This company even went as far as having dispatch tones go out while talking to me. I checked the phone numbers and they do not come back ANYWHERE. Oh that's right he even asked me if I had ever been arrested before for check fraud or if I was on probation or parole. I don't ever remember even taking out a payday loan with this company. I hammered away with questions on the Investigator Amy Schwartz and was pushing for her to identify what department or agency she worked for, she just kept asking me for the case number, I told her I wasn't giving her anything until she identified herself and provided her badge number. She said she was an investigator responsible for investigating check fraud cases and white collar crime. She hung up on me when I kept asking.


Submitted by on Fri, 10/12/2012 - 14:06

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that is the calling card of a scam.they are something else...literally.they even try to buffalo a real policeman.btw hats off to your sir for your service!


Submitted by paulmergel on Fri, 10/12/2012 - 14:11

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LOL, I figured you would enjoy that, thank you for that, I don't get alot of thank you's in my line of work, and thank you for your advice again.


Submitted by on Fri, 10/12/2012 - 17:16

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They got a hold of me too last night (bloomberg processing). The guys name was Adam Brooks. Phone # 202-600-7244. Was only giving me four hours to pay $584 or they would come to my house and arrest me. I even spoke to a woman named Amanda. She had the most friendliest voice and very understanding. She said she talked to the prosecutor but had no luck, gave me bad news which was four hours to come up with the money. Was she just acting? They said I have check fraud back in 2008 but I filed bankruptcy in March 2012. They told me bankruptcy doesnt cover check fraud so I paid them anyway for fear that they were going to arrest me the next day. I feel like I got scammed cause even though I filed bankruptcy I feel like I paid the loan back. But they scared the hell out of me. They didnt even give me a chance to consult with a laywer. So tell me, did I just got scammed?


Submitted by on Wed, 12/19/2012 - 16:39

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This happened to me yesterday same company Bloomberg processing
They wanted me to pay $399. I talked to a few friends about and they said it sounded fishy. So I called them back and told them that they werent going to get a penny out of me. They wanted me to pay in two hours via money gram to Bloomberg processing in Atlanta GA. The person I spoke to was Maria Reyna. They threated to arrest me for fraud. They are nothing but scammers


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