866-584-3418 - Has anyone worked with BMG?

you did the right thing to refuse to pay without seeing SOMETHING in writing that proves what they are claiming.

Do you have any outstanding or paid debts that you owe money for or have already paid off or settled on? Even something from years and years ago, sometimes they pop up from these junk debt buyers.

This company calls me all the time. They either go by "United States Crime Suspect Department" or "United States Law Enforcement Department" or "Bahamas Marketing Group." Always someone iwth an accent, different phone numbers each time. If you search this site, I have a 4-page thread about my ongoing saga with them in the "Collection Agencies" section of the forum, just search my username. It is titled "Collection agent posing as officer."

The whole thing is nothing but a scam. There is an ABC News article about it somewhere online.

They threaten all kinds of things - arrest, "freezing your SSN" all kinds of BS. It is a scam and they can do nothing to you. Ignore them and do not pay them a dime.

Here it the story from ABC news. Link

I love the freeze the SSN. That is almost as good as the Malta PDL that is going to "download" you...lol

I love download I think that is my favorite.

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What a hoot!!!!

Oh yeah I have a new one - last night they called me - an "Officer John McCain" was going to "download my case file to your country sheriff department" and "freeze my SSN." According to them, this makes it so you will immediately lose your job and cannot get another one for 6 months, and you will be denied any type of government benefits or aid. Oh yeah, and I will be "on my knees begging" the police not to "put me behind the bars." ROFL!!!!

I decided to have some fun with them after that little stunt, so I called them back, dialed the extension, and just sat there saying nothing until they hung up. I did this 23 times total. Pretty funny. Once they quit answering the calls I decided to have a little more fun at their expense, so I started leaving voicemails. Basically repeating word-for-word their whole spiel about "some serious and shocking consequences at your home and job" and identifying myself as a different "Officer" each time. The first time I was "Officer Sarah Palin." Then I decided to be "Officer Lindsay Lohan." I did this maybe 7 times total.

I think if they call me again I'm just going to answer the phone as "Officer" and start immediately into their spiel. "Yes I am calling to inform you, Officer John McCain, of some serious charges filed against your name. You will be facing serious consequences at your home and I do not know what will happen to you." That should put a nice little bee in their bonnet. :) I also think I'm going to start identifying myself using Bollywood actress names, as they'll probably recognize those. Officer Shilpa Shetty? Hell yeah...

LMAO that is great.

I love the downloaded and the begging.

Answer the phone and say "City morgue, you stab um and we slab them, how can I help?" or "Hello, pmburk's bread box, which crumb is this?"

These people called me and stated that I was the guarentor on someone elses loan. I didn't even know this person at the time that this loan was taken out. They are now threatening me. It sounds like a scam. The number that I got was 1-239-628-3663. Be careful as they try to bully you and intimadat you. This is the second time the same guy has done this to me in 6 months, this time they claim to be a fedral officer by the name of John Mc Cain.

i JUST SPOKE WITH FRANK MILLER WHO IS THE MANAGER OF BAHAMAS MARKETING GROUP HIS NUMBER IS 760-300-4000. REGARDING A PAYDAY LOAN I HAD PAID IN FULL VIA WESTERN UNION GRAM BUT HAVE NOT RECIEVED ANY PAPERWORK REGARDING THE SO CALLED CRIMINAL CHARGES BEING DROPPED AGAINST ME. WHEN I ASKED HIM TO SEND THIS INFORMATION TO ME HE STATES THAT HE ALREADY EMAILED THIS INFORMATION TO ME. I STATED THAT WAS A RECIEPT OF PAYMENT NOT COURT DOCUMENTS THAT STATES THIS CASE HAS BEEN RESOLVED COMPLETELY. HE FINALLY AT THE END OF THE CONVERSATION STATED HE WILL SEND THIS INFORMATION TO ME VIA MAIL AND I SHOULD HAVE IT WITHIN 7 BUSINESS DAYS.

There was never any court case or criminal charges. They lied to get your money. :(

Oh WoW. looks like another scare tactic slipped through the cracks :cry: :cry:

I also had a payday loan, but don't recall taking out one when they said I did because I didn't have a job at the time. and did have a need for a loan. They won't send paper work showing what I borrowered and just said I will be arrested. Well I make a police report on them because I know they are fraud. company.

ok so i, like most everyone else here, have gotten myself into a mess. listed below are the pdl's i have:

Titan 200 payoff 260 internet

sagamore 200 payoff 260 internet

ameriloan 200 payoff 260 internet

united cash loans 300 payoff 390 internet

loan point 400 payoff 520 internet

amscot 500 payoff 551- storefront

i currently live in florida

I think the only legal one you have is the store front.

I did not find any of the others listed on the FL license database.

My advice to you would be to close your account. Then go here and read up on the steps to take when dealing with illegal lenders.

I am really worried. I had a man named Chris something from ''a law firm" call me at work a couple of months ago. I called him called him back because he said he was an officer. When I talked to him he told me that I owed $1600 and that I was going to be charged with "internet check frud" becasue I had three pdls all over $500.I was so confussed. I know that I know that I had taken out a few pdl online but NON of them were for $500. Then he told me I need to pay him all the money now or I was going to have 3 felonys against me. I told him I would call him back. He got mad but finally gave me the number when I tried to call back that night there was no answer. A few weeks ago he called my again while I was driving home. He keep telling me the same stuff that I was going to have 3 felonys and be charged with frud. Then he told me that what I owed went from $1600 to over $5000 in less then a month. And keep telling me what a horable person I was and that I was responably for the ecomoney being the way that it is. I finally got him off the phone, he called me the next day and my boyfriend talked to him and he told him that I needed to pay $800 before they would set up payment arrangments for me. I can't pay that much that is two weeks pay for me!!!! I want to get this paid back but I am worried about what is going to happen to me. And I can't call this guy back cause I can't find the number. I don't know what to do or where to call to get some help on this matter

Do nothing. He is lying.

You can not be arrested for a debt. Debt is a civil matter not a criminal one and he breaking all kinds of laws by threating and harrassing you.

If he calls back don't answer or if you do immediatly hang up on him.

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The name of the company is the Bahamas Marketing Group

They are Illegal in the U.S. Pay them no mind.

Can anyone tell me if online payday loans on are legal in Iowa or how i can look it up and find out what the laws are in my state. Thanks

They are going by another name and the new number is 866-584-3418 and do reference that they were formerly know as BMG, Bahamas Marketing Group.

The company calling you are true representives of Bahamas Marketing Group. They are a complete scam! I talked to Bahamas Marketing Group, this is why they changed there name to get away from this fraud company. They have a pending law suit against them for defammation.[font=Arial][/font][color=Black][/color][size=3][/size]

Sorry are NOT true representatives!!

hi, i just got acall from someone claiming he is from the US Law Enforcement and that there is a case being filed against me by BMG Loans being the guarantor of someone who he says my sibling but is actually my spouse. He clearly has the wrong information. I do not understand what this is all about and being asked to provide some information on the phone. I do not know if I have to fall for this or not. He said I have 48 hours to resolve this issue or I, being the guarantor, will be put to jail. He asked me to seek an attorney in 48hours or this will be in court. The number who called was 352-390-2183.
tHIS IS THE FIRST TIME i EVER GOT THIS CALL. I NEED YOUR ADVISE ON THIS ASAP!!

Thank you.
MRC

that is an over the top call by an illegal bottomfeeder.this person(and i use that term loosely)is not with any law enforcement.BMG is not located in the US so no one in our country will do anything to you.debts are civil matters.next time this piece of garbage calls hang up on him.if he leaves a message delete it.he can not and will not do anything to you.he feels the need to scare money out of you.again you won't be arrested for owing a debt.especially not this bunch.

Not all collection agencies have a person available to answer your call, that's why they leave a CALLBACK # with a ext#. They generally are busy with another client who is attemping to repay their loan as you should have done in the FIRST place!!!


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take the attitude elsewhere humanoid/shill.

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I can't believe you are promoting your Pre-paid legal here on this forum! I guess those that sell this crap ass service really have no life and will do anything for a sale! People do NOT use Pre-paid Legal or any plan like that....seek a real attorney or paralegal!

What are you talking about?

Sally Abel also helped me too!!!!! She is an excellent attorney and very fair. She gave me alot of advice about debts that I owed and all of the laws that are broken when companies are trying to have you pay them. She also knows alot of other information in other areas of law too, like family law. I recommend her highly.

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I have recieved two phone calls stating that they are suing me and taking me to court from a company called chec systems and I have no clue who these people are. I received a 200.00 loan from BMG and they say that I nee to pay them back 500.00 or go to court to pay them back 5,500 dollars and I have no way of paying them back because I do not have a phone number to call them back at. Does anyone have the correct number for them all of the numbers posted on this site are incorrect

i wouldn't call these shyster as they are an illegal lender not located in this country.the threats are bogus and stupid.first off there is no such thing as chec systems.there is a CHEXSYSTEMS,but that is for banks to report accounts that are negative.btw since you never gave an actual check,any threat involving the word check is bogus and stupid and illegal.again don't call them back.file a police report as they broke the law themselves with that call.then file AG,AND FTC complaints.here are the facts.

1)BMG is an illegal out of the country pdl.
2)an ACH is not a check so treat any threat as illegal,and stupid.
3)since this is an illegal lender anything debited prior to default goes towards the 200.00.

try to find out if they got their 200.00 in "fees" if so then you owe nothing.file the report,and complaints.then ignore their sorry selves as they have to threaten because they have no legal options.

What if they tell you it is a class e falony and the its wire frad but you have never delt with them how the hell do you deal with them when the hang up on U?????????

I am in the process of dealing with a company called check systems, llc. They have an address of 268 main street suiet 100 buffalo ny 14202 They are claiming that I owe them $1000 to settle this account or they will file charges for internet fraud and also for check fraud since the account they are trying to collect on was closed before the debt was paid. I have spoken with them many times today since 9 am and it is now 11:50 my time. I am scared and not sure what to do. He tried to email me a copy of a letter that was supposed to contain the information took out this loan in 2008. I just cant remember if it was with BMG or not. They also have all my personal information that was on the loan application. Such as social security number, address, name, they even have my mothers maiden name. They also had my drivers license number. HELP

the threat of fraud is just that a threat.this is a bottomfeeding scam that got your info from a pdl.file a police report for the threat.then use either the name of this place,or any ph# you have and file AG,AND FTC complaints.just know that they are lying and threatening because they can't do anything but that.do not pay them.file the report,and complaints.then and ignore them.if you get caught on the phone hang up without a word.

BMG payday loans is a scam company. They bought a loan that I got from 500fastcash that was dismissed because of bankruptcy. They called me up and said I owed them money. I told him I never got a loan from their company, he said I did and it wasn't dismissed from bankruptcy. So after arguing with the scammer, he told me he'd see me in court. Well, he messed with the wrong person. Not only did I check my bank records from the time I got the loan, it didn't have anything from BMG pulled from my bank but I had my lawyer send them a letter, stating that anything and everything was dismissed because of bankruptcy and never ever call me again. There is a clause in the bankruptcy that protected me. But on that note, STAY AWAY FROM ANY AND ALL PAYDAY LOANS! The interest rate on them are high, you will never be able to pay it off, unless you give them a lump sum. It is not worth the trouble. I know, believe me, you are desperate but he is worse than you can possible imagine in the long run.

Really good advice, paulmerge! ;)

you're darn tootin it is.great advice as anybody remotely connected with BMG is as illegal as BMG themselves.

has anyone done business with a company called interchecks systems llc? they are claiming that I owe $1000 for a payday loan from bmg in 2008. They do have a web site. Can anyone help, is this a fraud??? I dont remember if i even took out a loan from them. The three phone numbers that this company gave me for bmg are not good numbers. One is disconnected, one is to a import and export company called us group, and the other number is to my cash now payday loan. They have threatened me as well with court. I also asked them to provide proof that this was a real debt and the email that they sent could not be opened. I also asked for a copy to be sent to my home and it was never done. I do believe this to be fraud, but what if its not, how much trouble can I get into??

Bahamas Marketing Group (BMG) - a/k/a iCollect.
They are located overseas. Illegal lenders (and BMG is illegal) sell their customers information to Internet criminals, I wouldn't speak to them anymore, tell them you are going to report them to the FTC.

Also what if you made payment arrangements with the company by phone and then defaulted on the payment due to suspecting fraud. I had made arrangements with this company (Interchex systems llc) and then called my bank to have the payment stopped due to them not providing the debt information that was requested. Can I get into trouble for this??? I have since filed a police report and have been dealing with the bank. The bank had also said that is sounded fishy and advised me to close the debit card that I had given them and to have it replaced. I dont think that I can get into trouble but just want to be re-assured I guess. Thanks

OMG! They are a collection agency from N.Y. If you have already made a payment, then you have basically admitted to owing the debt, you should never admit to owing a debt over the phone.

So now how much trouble can I get into after the bank stopped the payment?

I don't know that you can get into "trouble", all I am saying is you have admitted to owing the debt if you have already made a payment, on the other hand, if all you did was give them your bank account info, and no money has been withdrawn yet, then tell them you are exercising your rights per the FDCPA and requesting that they send you a dunning letter in the mail, they are required to do this. At that time, if and when you receive a dunning letter (letter of collection), then you can request that they validate it (send a debt validation letter certified). They won't be able to validate it, which means they can't collect on it either.

I just got a call from check services company saying that there are 4 counts of check fraud against me, because BMG tried to take the money out of my account on their own, when they were notified the funds were insufficient, i guess they just kept trying asnd came up empty 4 times. The woman i spoke with told me her name was mrs. tory, now i use to work in collections, and thats exactly what this call sounded like to me. And the loan was for 160, now theyre trying to charge me over 300 dollars!!! My question is, can they really press charges against me for check fraud, even though i NEVER wrote any checks?

no as an ACH debit is not a check.the old check fraud is a favorite threat of illegal lenders,and those who try to collect for them.also owing a debt especially a pdl is a civil matter at best.one question though.you say you borrowed 160.00.how many debits were taken before default?you see being as BMG is not in this country they are illegal,and you only owe the 160.00.anything debited gets deducted.example:

you borrowed 160.00.they debit twice for let's say 50.00 you only owe 60.00 and they can't/won't do anything but stupidly threaten to get more money out of you.just now that.

I had this company call me to make a settlement arrangement which I did but now I thinking that maybe I shouldn't have. Since they already took one of the payments from me, should I pay them the rest or cancel my card?