Pay Day Loan Collection Scam

The District Attorney's Office has received numerous calls from consumers who have received threatening phone calls from perpetrators who claim to be trying to collect on an unpaid "pay day" loan.  The callers are pretending to be law enforcement agents or attorneys who threaten the victims with immediate arrest if they do not make payment on a loan they took, but did not repay.  The majority of targets have never taken a pay day loan, so are immediately suspicious of the calls.  The callers, however, continue to call, becoming more aggressive and threatening with each new call. Several callers have reported feeling very threatened and anxious after receiving these calls.