has left messages about taxes returned first 4 calls telling them they had reached a business each time they say they will remove this number got a call on Saturday!! asking for the same person stating they would "freeze all future taxes with their lien" and the [***] had the nerve to say "have a Merry Christmas" left a message for MARSHAL JOE THOMAS at 314.480.5896 that I am authorized to proceed w/action against him if he continues to contact my number. What an [***].
Got a call from a Marshall Thomas, came through as unknown number. Said he was with the Wayne County Prosecutor cival claims, that I need to call this number 716-200-0979 and take care of this or get a release by 430pm today or they would come to place of employement and or my home to serve me, and he highly advises i call and work this out considering the claim thats being made against me???? I did and am scared at first, then thinking I do not have anything I did wrong, some medical bills and a pay day loan from 2 or 3 years ago, Im assumeing thats what this is ??? IDK ?????
Total scam. This guy Marshall Thomas, or Joe Thomas or whatever he's calling himself now goes around trying to scare money out of people. He's a debt collector. Debt is a civil matter. Being in ordinary civil debt is not a crime and you cannot be arrested for it. We do not have debtors prisons in the US. Report this person to your local public prosecutors. He is impersonating an officer of the law. Which is illegal. Obviously. Ignore the calls and block them.
Just because a voice on the telephone claims you owe a debt does not mean you owe it
If a voice on the telephone claims you owe a debt:
1. Demand the person give you his or her name, company name, and address
2. Demand a debt validation letter by US mail. E-mail no good.
3. Do not pay the collection agent or anyone else a DIME until the debt is validated.
Of course they won’t do this, no scammer ever will, so simply block their calls and ignore them.
If they are bothering you,
Report them:
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection (Threatening criminal prosecution to collect a civil debt is a clear violation of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Act)
Also contact your local attorney general
If they continue to bother you, and you know you do not owe any money, tell them that you know this is a debt scam and that you are making a complaint to the police for extortion. You might have to yell at the scammer and talk over him or her. Once you get a copy of the police report and they call you again , just read out the file number and the name of the PD or Sheriff’s office involved. Tell them you’ll be glad to send a copy to them at whatever address the jack***es are working out of now.
I had the same I called [***] clerk she said dont pay statue of limitations is 2 years in most states. She also said that he could call her. they wont. If you make a payment it reactivates the check but the county clerk wont process it. I called consumer credit .gov to file a complaint