Received a message from Julia Henderson that my name and social security number may be involved in fraudulent activity, and I need to call her to get further details on this time-sensitive legal matter. It's urgent I call her immediately. Do I smell another scam?? Please respond to this if you have received the same message.
Criminals masquerading as debt collectors attempt to extort money from people by scaring you into believing that you will be criminally charged (they use the bad check or hot check claim a lot) and go to jail, lose your driver’s license, have wages garnished without actually being sued or going to court, be sued, and a variety of other variations on this, all for an alleged or nonexistent debt. One of the tricks they use is to call your family, friends, neighbors and/or places of employment (past or present or both) to create panic and embarrassment so that their intended victim calls them and they can scare that person into paying their extortion money. They also use the “process server” ruse who calls and claims he is going to serve you, but then says you could avoid it by calling another number where they will ask for money to “make it go away” (this is actually the same place, they work in teams, one pretending to be the server, and the other usually pretends to be a lawyer). Process servers do not ever call ahead so that you can dodge them. Process servers get paid to serve papers, nothing else.
Read up on your rights here and also make a complaint at this government site: http://www.consumerfinance.gov/
Also file a complaint with your State Attorney General's office.
List of State AG’s offices: http://800notes.com/faq/attorney-general
I keep calling trying to get their business name and mailing address. They will give no information unless I give them my phone number. I tell them they don't need my phone number to tell me the name of their business and mailing address. They get mad and hang up in my face.
The Infamous District 217 Scam. (Koch and Associates)
Some crazy scamming operation. It has a history on 800notes. Somebody always calls saying they from the mythical district ( or division) 217. No idea where they are located. Usually they say you’re being charged with some sort of serious crime. Most of the time, check fraud or bank fraud. Total clap-trap. AKA Koch and Associates
District 217 Scam Numbers
202-706-6163
202-827-0663
202-827-1620
206-973-0589
224-704-0653
228-533-8570
228-207-2635
253-220-5511
303-951-4754
303-562-1923
402-218-4660
402-218-4663
402-218-4667
402-218-4671
402-817-7973
402-817-7843
402-952-4444
512-827-3784
512-582-7677
512-949-3666
614-385-7077
713-331-9159
720-222-1501
720-381-1628
713-331-9159
720-222-1501
720-381-1628
844-388-5435
402-817-7843
844-388-5435
844-215-7125
Koch and Associates Numbers
206-973-0589
206-877-4386
216-452-0057
253-220-5511
414-375-0212
419-989-6740
512-590-7743
512-827-3784
614-385-7077
844-287-7131
844-298-3319
844-317-9248
844-339-7358
844-499-3621
844-578-9245
844-674-8344
844-789-6977
866-628-6389
614-385-7077
844-287-7131
844-298-3319
844-317-9248
844-339-7358
844-499-3621
844-578-9245
844-674-8344
844-789-6977
866-628-6389
614-385-7077
Ignore and block these numbers. Total scam.