Cashnet.com Tom, "Officer Tom", "Officer Chong" "Officer Tom" called, very abusive, threats of arrest and jail Internet

I applied for a loan online over two years ago and was turned down because I didn't make enough money. Last August, I received a voice mail from a man with a thick Middle Eastern accent stating that I better return his call as it involved an important criminal matter and that if I didn't call back only God could help me. The next day, he called again, stating that I had committed a crime because I got a payday loan from Cashnet.com and didn't pay it back. I knew something was fishy, as I'd never applied for a loan with that company (I had applied for a loan with another company, but got turned down because I didn't make enough money and didn't have direct deposit). The man was very nasty and abusive, saying that if I didn't send $700 via Western Union by the end of the day I would be arrested and taken to court the next morning at 10:00. I told him that he was crazy and I would not send the money. He screamed at me, upon which time I hung up on him. 

On Friday January 8, 2010 I got a phone call from one of my friends, saying that someone called and asked her if she knew me and I was to call the number listed above she was one of my references I used on the loan). He also told her that I was being arrested and taken to jail. She immediately called me, stating what the man told her. I told her to relax and that it was just a scam to scare me into sending money for a loan that I never applied for. After I hung up with her, needless to say, I was P.O'ed and called the number demanding to know what it was all about. He repeated that I had gotten a loan from Cashnet.com and didn't pay it back, and that I was going to jail for fraud. I laughed and told him that I knew all about the scam and that it would be a cold day in Hades before he got any money from me, and the more I laughed, the madder he got because he knew that I was onto his scheme. He yelled at me some more, at which point I told him where to go and hung up on him.

 People, if anyone with a thick Middle Eastern accent calls you using an Americanized name, threatening to arrest you for some bogus loan that you know you didn't receive, don't fall for it. These people are crooks. Their scam has been well-documented on the news as well as the internet. These people have hacked into the websites of payday loan companies and others, stolen people's private information and uses it along with fear and intimidation and scare tactics including arrest and jail, in an attempt to extort money from them. They will pretend to be police officers, special investigators, federal officials, ect. They will say things like they are "downloading affidavits" against you or tell you that your Social security number and IP address were used in a fraud or cybercrime. They will rattle off your birthdate or social security number and IP address to you in an attempt to make the scam look real. They'll even tell you that the people you used as references on your loan application are going to jail, too. They'll leave nasty and abusive messages stating that you and your attorney have to appear in court the next day to face the charges. IT IS A SCAM!!!! DON"T FALL FOR IT!!! File a report with your local police department, your state's attorney general's office and the FTC.