I just got the same call 5 minutes ago. He left a voicemail which I saved and will use against them to file a complaint with the FTC. There are several scams like this. They will go as far as to look up any public information and call those people. They called my landlord, neighbor and grandmother once. I just called back, blocked my neighbor and asked for Franklin Bishop. When they asked who was calling I said it was personal. She said hold on and hung up. Please report these calls, its the only way to stop them.
Just got a call from a Franklin Bishop, IV about a debt I had. He left a message and said he filed with the court already, and that he also talked to the district attorney in my county and said there was enough information and evidence to file class b felony (our state doesnt have class b felonies) criminal charges for writing a bad check across state lines. He said he was sending the sheriff out to my house tomorrow with an arrest warrant and a summons. He also threw in there that he didn't think I was a criminal and said I could take care of this by close of business today if I called him back. I have no idea who this guy is. Said he was from the lawfirm of Bishop, Bishop, Protor & Johnson and said he was the lead attorney on my case. Sounds like a scam. Anyone had a call like this?
I just got the same call a few minutes ago & tried to google the name of the firm. It was the same exact line that you wrote. The only thing I could think of was a pay day loan I paid interest on for over 2 years, 3 years ago. Believe me they received more that what I borrowed through the interest payments.
I just got the same call with the exact same "threat''. Same exact words. This law firm does not exist, Question for "Confused" did you ever hear back from this guy?
I got the EXACT same call, Confused!! Lorraine at this company said everything above verbatim and advised me that I could take care of this. though, by paying $822 today by the time we got off the phone. This is so crazy!!! They said they had been on the phone with the district attorney and he said to file charges. In this case, they're barking up the wrong tree since the district attorney IS MY UNCLE!!!!! Absolutely bogus! One, they took this information from public record and they are hoping that they will get some some poor consumer who really doesn't know any better.