Beware of "SM Law Group Legal Notice and Arrest Warrant" Scam

Posted: Jul 30, 2018 3:28 PM by info

Received via email:

"This SCAM is really upsetting! They have been harassing me at work by sending emails to me that threaten that if I don’t pay the loan off, then I will go to jail for life! Luckily I looked them up online and saw that they are a scam. I knew they were when I was not able to get a phone number from them or talk to a real person. They couldn’t even tell me what company I owed money too!! Here is a copy of one of the emails they sent me:

From: Advance America
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2018 1:39 PM
To: Advance America
Subject: URGENT NOTIFICATION: CASE FILED- ID530436


Complaint Case File No – ID530436

Settlement Amount For Today- $1200.00

Hereby we inform that you are obliged to come as a defendant to District Court of Appeals on July 27th 2018, at 11:00 a.m. for the hearing of your case of defaulting on a LOAN, CASE #HS061217.

Last Date to File Lawsuit- July 27th 2018.
Cost of the Lawsuit-$3590.00
Legal Charges-Section 19(A), Clause 21(US).
Case Format- Fair Debt Collection(FC/SC)

As stated earlier to have the document endorsed, signed and stamped without failure and you must adhere to this directives to avoid you blaming yourself at last when we must have arrested and jailed you for life and all your properties will be seized and bank account will be confiscated too.
Three allegations are been charged as under:

1) Under Section 19 U.S.C 7859 Violation Of Federal Banking Regulation
2) Under Section 37U.S.C 2342 Collateral Cheque Fraud
3) Under Section 42U.S.C 5619 Theft By Deception

I would like to personally offer you good faith adjustment if you agree the terms of the resolution so we can confirm with the Groups Of Attorneys that the resolution offered is acceptable and close the file. If you deny then I apologies but seek to issue arrest warrant against you in 24 hours you will be taken either from your work place or home under the custody of 72 hours. We have investigated and found out that you didn’t have any idea when the fraudulent deal was committed with your information’s/identity and right now your ID is placed on our website as a wanted person, I believe you know that it will be a shame to you and your entire family because after then it will be announce in all the local channels. If necessary you have a right to obtain a lawyer for your protection. You are kindly asked to have an identity document with you. Personal appearance is compulsory. Please bring all documents and witnesses relating to this case with you to Court on your hearing date.


Case information and courthouse address will be sent to your mailing address in next three to seven business days.

Note: If you do not attend the hearing the judge may hear the case in your absence.

To resolve this issue contact us during the working hours Monday to Friday 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM EDT by reply back to this E-mail to get in touch with the representative..

Regards,
Legal & collection Department
Cash Advance.

I then got another letter today:
We received your Customer ID to our FINAL COLLECTION DEPARTMENT with the amount of $1285.85.

As we having your file showing that you took a loan of $500.00 from one of our WEBSITE and you never pay your debt back to the company. Now you have to pay $1285.68 and in this amount all charges will be included along with your ignition loan amount.
A summary of your original loan with other charges provided below.

Principal: $500.00
Loan Fees: $67.33
Lender Interest: $505.99
Attorney Charges: $98.68
NSF Charges: $56.85
Other Charges: $57.00

A summary of your original loan terms is provided below.

If you are still willing to resolve this matter outside courthouse, you need to make this payment. Once your account will be paid in full with zero balance then we will send you a Payment Receipt stating that your account has been paid in full with zero balance.
If you will ignore this E-mail, we will download the case against you and once your case will be downloaded on your Name and Social thereafter we will send you the court paper at your door step as well as your employee which is in our file. In courthouse you have to pay Seven Thousand Five Hundred Ninety Dollars.

If you have any questions or concerns, our Customer Support Team is available SEVEN days a week to help answer all of your questions via E-mail.

*If your payment is returned for any reason, this receipt for your payment will be considered null and void and we will be forced to start collection procedures. SM Law Group & ACS does not warrant that the content of this correspondence is error-free. For the most accurate and up to date information about your account and/or terms of use of SM Law Group & ACS products please see your agreement and/or account information on the SM Law Group & ACS Department.
Customer Notice: Payday advances should be used for short-term financial needs only, not as a long-term financial solution. Customers with credit difficulties should seek credit counseling."

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Posted: Apr 16, 2018 8:18 AM by an anonymous user from or near: Laurel, Maryland, United States

Just got an email from them; knew it was a scam

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