(954) 446-9209

My husband was told if he didn't pay over five thousand dollars he would be arrested the next morning at his place of work. And his boss would also be picked up. When I called to get some info on the law firm the **** got upset with me and ***g up. I called the number back and the line has been busy. I then called the police station where I have family that works there and they told me that there were not arrest warrents for my husband. I called the bbb and reported them. Just wanted to let them know that here in Texas we truly stand by our "DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS" matto!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Don't be fooled by these people!!!

"This number is from ********* SCAMMER, JOHN SMITH, he has many different names and numbers, this is just one of them.  He is threatening and trying to scam money from American citizens to fund his ********* activities, his english is bad and he is a lier and thief.  Do not send him money."LOL ****** *********S! XD

Okay, thank you for this post.  I have been literally sick about this for a year because the calls stop for awhile and then just keeping returning.  Same message.  Calling my mother and telling her she is in trouble by****ociation.  I have ordered a disconnect of my phone by the 11th.  Seems to be the only way.  Thank you a***n, really sick and hardly able to focus on other things over this..........

Im JC (birth name not being provided here for obvious reasons - scams), I receive a phone call at approximately 5:13pm from an anonymous phone number according to my caller ID.  I did not answer because I don't answer anonymous phone calls, instead I let it go to my voicemail.  At approximately 5:***m, a Joel Smith or John Smith (with a strong foreign accent) left me a voice message regarding another individual I know, GM (birth name not being provided here for obvious reasons - scams), whom allegedly gave my name as a reference.  He knew my full name and my acquaintance's full name.  He left a message telling me that I needed to inform my acquaintance that a law suit had been filed a***nst her and that she needed to contact him at 954-446-9209 as soon as possible to discuss the case unfolding a***nst her.I sent my acquaintance a text message informing her of the message.  She called me back around 6pm and being confused we called this man back via 3-way call.  During the first call, he did not know I was on the phone as he claimed that GM was being sued for $5484.87.  And because I was listed as a reference on her loan I was also being sued for $5484.87.  And then he wanted us to not interrupt him while he read the alleged affidavit for GM regarding some PayDay loan that she allegedly took out in Sept 2007 and never repaid (no exact day provided).  She never signed up for a PayDay loan in 2007.  Before he began reading the affidavit, our call was disconnected.This gave us time to breathe and GM called me back, we were obviously confused and scared, I guess due to the tactics used and legal lingo used.  But we called the 954-446-9209 number back a***n, explained our being disconnected, notified him that I (JC) was on the phone since I was person whom he left the voice message with.  He informed me that I was in trouble because of my acquaintance (GM).  Then he proceeded to read the alledged affadavit regarding GM in reference to a supposedly $300 PayDay loan taken out via email address (which was actually provided).  And since PayDay failed to get their money back, they decided to 'write off the debt' and simply forward the matter to an attorney.  We were both being sued for $5484.87 each along with another acquaintance listed as a reference (whom's name he could not even*****ounce properly).Of course to be honest, we were scared as h***, scared sh**less.  But to understand what was going on, we s****ed asking questions about the alledged lawsuit.  What was the exact date the loan was requested by GM, what was the exact date the money was allegedly deposited in GM's account (and yes he actually knew the bank name), we asked for the exact account number for verification.  He said that we had the account number (which I'm sure he didn't have now that we're calm).  He would not give us the exact date of the loan request or the exact date of the loan deposit; he claims that he has the information but doesn't have access to the record at this time and when asked a***n later he said 'you're supposed to have that information' and then he later said, he has it but he's not to divulge that information (so****ing like that).He said that GM would be served a subpoena and affidavit at work by police officers and arrested at that exact time from her job at approximately 11am.  He mentioned that various attempts had be made to serve her papers online.  He said that PayDay America Cash Advance had attempted to contact via email 26 times.  We think that he said that they had attempted to deliver affidavit papers and subpoena papers to GM before.  He mentioned some **** saying that the PayDay Loans contract notified GM that they would only contact her via email regarding the loan due (that didn't sound right). Now, to our knowledge PayDay Loans will contact your phone number and then contact your references via phone if they can't reach the original debt holder after various attempts.  We think he said so****ing about an IP address.About 20 or so minutes into the conversation, we noticed an echo on the phone.  GM says 'it sounds like we're being recorded'.  He says yes you are being recorded.  Were being recorded to be used as proof adainst you in court tomorrow.  When GM notified him that according to law he was supposed to inform us that the call was being recorded prior to the conversation taking place and we both let him know that we were do***enting the exact time of him officially notifying us of the call being recorded 6:33pm.  He said that he was NOT obligated to notify us of the call being recorded because he is only informing us of a pending law suit.  Then he said that he normally doesn't notify his callers of him recording their calls because he makes so many calls each day (this I believe - he's a scammer).So to verify everything going on, we each continued to ask him questions. He was notibly irrate and began to raise his voice at us.  We asked him why he was yelling, he denied his yelling then later admitted yelling at us.  He then tried to maintain his cool after being called out for yelling. We explained that we needed more answers.We asked the name of the law firm he was calling from and the address.  He gave Cynthia Lakeman Law Office, 210350 Jim Morin Blvd, Deerfield Beach FL 33441.  I asked his name, he gave the name Charles Green (note that this is different from the original Joel Smith or John Smith).  He said he was a Legal Affidavit Professor (haha). GM asked for the exact charge, he said that criminal charges were filed a***nst her and that she was being charged for Check Fraud.GM notified him that she never took a loan out in Sept 2007 that she never received a deposit.  He said that he never said she received the cash but the money was deposited into her account.  He was doing her a favor by notifying her of the lawsuit a***nst her.  A***n he would not give her exact loan request dates or loan deposit dates.  So when we s****ed restating everything that he had told us, he got angry a***n and told us that he had other calls waiting on his line that he needed to answer.  That he had spent too much time on us and that he was ****ing up the phone.  He ***g on us.  Based on the various calls I made from my cell phone afterwards, the scammer’s call ended at approximately 7:00pm (our time zone).My acquaintaince called another one of her acquaintainces (some else familiar with debt laws).  He informed both of us that it was a scam.  I did some checking online myself for more****urance.  There is no Cynthia Lakeman Law Office in Deerfield Beach, FL. The 210350 Jim Morin Blvd, Deerfield Beach FL 33441 address would not pull up on addresses.com.  The Law Offices of Cynthia Lakeman is only located in Tampa FL (607 W Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Ste A, Tampa FL 33603 to be exact).  I called the Law Offices of Cynthia Lakeman at 813-221-4466 at 7:30pm.  I spoke to Cynthia Lakeman for about 3 minutes; she****ured me that it is a scam, that there is no Charles Green on her staff, not to send any money to anyone that calls me, that the athorities have been notified but they won't do anything to this individual or group of individuals.  She also informed me that this scam has probably been going on for 5 to 6 months and that I am not the only person whom has contacted her regarding the calls and messages from this scam individual. She apologized for the problem and scare.I typed in the 954-446-9209 phone number via addresses.com and nothing was revealed but Intelius (intelius.com) revealed that this is a land line number.  It is not affiliated with the Law Offices of Cynthia Lakeman. Intelius could probably provide the name of the owner but I would have to pay them for that information of course. Per previous comments, research, and acquaintance search results, I’ve discovered that the owner refuses to provide his/her information (ex.: name, etc.). If you type in the name Charles Green, all sorts of stuff will pull up (jeweler, artist, deceased astronomer, someone with a my****e page, etc.) Too common a name.  I'm sure the same applies to the other names the scammer is using.I typed in ‘check fraud’ via Yahoo search and chose a link.  I ran across a website that gave me some clarification about alleged check fraud, the types of check fraud, and penalties.  None of which matched the description of the ‘check fraud’ crime Mr. Joel Smith/John Smith/Charles Green was claiming GM was guilty of.  Source http://www.totalcriminaldefense.com/crimes-a-z/white-collar/check-fraud.aspxIf you've never been involved in a scam before (like us), try not to panic like we technically did.  If you find yourself panicking anyway, ask questions of the caller/scammer because it allows your ***in to work better and eventually you'll have enough info to try verifying what's being said to you via online resources and via phone calls.  That seemed work well for us. You can also **** up on the scammer. It helps you think better. You can call the scammer back for more needed information if you desire/need to, eventually the scammer will make a mistake while answering your questions and end up telling on himself/herself.  And/or the scammer will get mad and **** up on you the way he/she did us.  You can call your other acquaintances, etc. while your judgement is temporarily clouded or if you're fearful because those other acquaintances may know so****ing that you don't especially in the case of scams.  Do your research.  Don't send any money.  If it makes you feel better, contact an attorney regarding the phone call you've received and leave a message if necessary; I did. I'll probably get a phone call tomorrow and have to explain this **** to him but at least I had peace of mind that legal counsel had been contacted.  If it makes you feel better, stay away from places where you could get 'picked up' while you consult with an attorney.  You can call the scammer back to aggravate him/her if you so desire but remember that your information is out there so you might want to focus on protecting it a bit better and notifying whomever to protect yourself from****ential fraud.  I wanted to post this information as accurately as possible so that others are aware of the various things that could be said to you by the scam artist(s). I also wanted others to be aware of a new 'references' scare tactic this individual or group of individuals are using.I've been on various websites and read the comments regarding this 954-446-9209 phone number (whoscallingme.com, phoneowner.com) and the individual(s) whom is/are scamming from it. This has been going on for a while. Everyone is saying to notify our state's Attorney General Office, notify the FBI, and notify the police.  Since my basic information along with my acquaintance's information is out there, I'll gladly do this.  But my question is this, if everyone else whom has posted a comment (or even half of us) have already notified the proper authorities (along with Cynthia Lakeman herself - the actual attorney who's offices are named as part of the scam), why isn't this individual or group of individuals in jail already for scamming people or attempting to scam people.  Can't the authorities do anything about this or do anything about this particular 954-446-9209 land line phone number?  Can't we press charges a***nst this individual/group of individuals?  Do we have rights in this matter at all?What if these individuals contact an elderly person whom may suffer health-wise after being scared or someone who panics trying to save themselves or save their acquaintance, not knowing better (due to lack of memory, etc.)?  This is violation of the Fair Debt Collections Practice Act, any other agencies and/or persons would have been prosecuted/fined even if they were official or a legal agency.  At least a $1000 fine per violation.Just FYI there are certain things that an official debt collection agency or law firm is supposed to adhere to.  1) Never disclose the debtor information to a third party such as a friend, relative, etc. unless they have  permission from the debtor. 2) It is also illegal to threaten or pursue legal action that the agency is not willing to proceed with example: imprisonment, garnishment of wages, sending a police officer to pick you up and take you to jail, etc. 3) It is also illegal to falsly state the accrual of interest and charges to a debt just to collect on it - they just cant add charges at will. 4) Proof of the debt must be provided in writing - they must provide the acct number, the amount owed, and the date the original loan was attained. They must be willing to send you proof via postal mail. 5) One cannot mislead the consumer by impersonating an attorney or any other higher official when that's not who they are.   I'm done, my acquaintance and I have talked this over, we've calmed ourselves.  This scam has destroyed the remaining six hours of our day, we've been dealing with it technically since 5:15pm in one form or another. We were needlessly stressed out.  We've had a drink to calm our nerves (well I'm not allowed to drink right now so I had to suffice with juice - da**it).  The only thing that we know to do right now is to post this information.  We hope that it helps someone, helps eliminate someone else from getting scared, and prevents someone from being scammed. All of us should notify our acquaintances, co-workers, friends, family members, etc. about this scam so that they won't get caught up in it and end up hurt.  Informing a few reporters might not be a bad idea either.

Good advice from Mack Styron.  This idiot keeps calling me saying there is a lawsuit a***nst me.  When I told him he was a lier, he said do what you have to do. I have no lawsuits a***nst me. He is a lier.

Same number only this time his name was "Charles"Green. I have recieved this call before and have it stored in my cell phone. I called back on my house phone. Spoke with good old Charlie. Seems that when I told him to learn english and get a job he didn't like that so he ***g up. I proceeded to call him back at least 25 times just to chat. Figured if he could harass me I could harass him. After call 25 his number was turned off. I will be calling good old Charles from now until Christmas just to remind him to "leave" me alone. I would suggest that others not be afraid of this ingorant little man, but stand up for your rights and do as I did.

I just rercieved a call from this same number with the same scenario. When I asked for proof of do***entation, they told me I was sent the necesarry do***entation via email 24 times. What a joke........anyone who knows better knows law offices serve papers...not send emails. Its all a scam!

I recieved a call at work today from a Lisa Jackson with the # 954-446-9209.When I called back I talked to a fast speaking indian accent persistant ****.Saying I made an online cash advance.He could not tell me for which company I did this.Said a officer will be picking me up at 11:oo tomarrow and taking me to jail.He had my addresse and ss# and place of work.It scared me enough to call the local police.After reading these comments I feel more at ease.Please don't send any $ and report them.

My husband & I just got a call from 0000000000. I received 2 messages stating to call 954-446-9209. Charles Green, John Smith, ***d Smith, Nathan, John Connor. The same person trying to scam. REPORT THIS TO YOUR ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE in your state. I also contacted the Lawyer this scam was claiming to be from & she is aware of the scam but was told that the number was untraceable because it was from overseas. When I google the number, it has numerous complaints.

Okay, I just got a call from this crazy, irate man named John Smith with a thick accent who claimed he was calling from the Law office of Cynthia Lakeman saying that I had a lawsuit a***nst me for an outstanding cash advance.  He spoke really fast and you could barely undestand him.  Get this, when he called he was using a local # but left a message saying to call this 954# which i thought was weird. His message sounded really serious so i called him back on the 954 #.  it alarmed me because he knew my email address, home address and phone # which is crazy.  So i asked him some questions and he was irate the whole time saying that i need an attorney and some other BS.  He even read some affidavit which made no sense.  Clearly this guy is fraudulent but scarey and I'm not sure if i should call the police or what.  I definitely think that this law office should know that he is using them in his scam.  I appreciate everyone on this site warning the world about this guy.  I just hope no one falls for his scam.  God Bless.

A guy by the name of John Smith with an Indian Accent has been calling me and terrorizing me. He threatened to come to my home and strangle me and then gut me like a fish. He says I need to settle a lawsuit with me or all kinds of trouble will unfold on me. I googled his number and found these post. I am afraid of this man.I owe him nothing but he keeps harassing me.my mother told to not talk with him anymore. He is scary and crazy.

John Smith is a lier, and a scammer.

This caller and number is a Scam. ABC news did a report on this scam awhile back.  Warning Americans about this scam. This number is a fake and all the Indian Accent ****** will do is try to convince you that you are in a lot of trouble and he can save you if you send him money.  Don't believe anything they say, its all a scam. They need to get real jobs and learn English.

I received a voice mail giving this number 954-446-9209 to call John Smith because there was a lawsuit a***nst me.  The voicemail was very threatening so I called the number and this barely speaking English ignorant Indian accent guy read some sort of script stating that I was being sued but when I asked him for proof and do***entation he became irrational and hard to understand.  I pressed him for information and he called me names.  I ***g up finally and called my attorney.  I attorney called him but this guy pretended to not know what I was talking about.  My attorney investigated this and found it to the A BIG SCAM.**** up on this number and do not call them, they are liers, thieves. If you talk with them they will try to scare you and convince you that you owe money and if you settle with them you will not be jailed or sued.  It's all a scam.  If they tell you that there is a lawsuit a***nst you, that's alie, my attorney said lawsuits are not handled over the phone and if you were being suied you would be served papers and also you can call your local county clerks office and see if your on the court docket and being sued.  You cannot be sued VIA telephone.  Also no police will arrest you or come to your home or job because you owe a debt.  My attorney says arrest for debts are only taxes and child support. And even then you will be served with papers.**** UP, REPORT THEM......DO NOT TALK WITH THESE *****S. they are liers and thieves trying to run a scam on you.  They think Americans are ******,, prove to them you cannot be scammed, I certainly did.

This number is from ********* SCAMMER, JOHN SMITH, he has many different names and numbers, this is just one of them.  He is threatening and trying to scam money from American citizens to fund his ********* activities, his english is bad and he is a lier and thief.  Do not send him money.