Got the same message as Cali and others above. They called from 347-230-7236. Here is the message they left verbatim:
"Hello, this is James Campbell with a private servicing division of CLS. I am calling with regards to a formal complaint that requires your immediate attention. I have documents that are scheduled to be delivered to you residence or place of employment. We will only make two attempts to deliver these documents. Please have valid identification to ensure the proper delivery of the documentation. If you or your attorney have any questions regarding this matter, you can contact our client directly at 844-292-9779. Again that's 844-292-9779. Thank you."
They didn't indicate my name, address, place of employment or any other identifying information. The call originated from New York City and the "client" number to call is toll free. It is NOT general practice to warn someone prior to being served documents. No one is complaining about me except my wife. Daily. Obviously a scam.
Now calling saying they are with united process servers, which is a reputable company in NY est. in 1947....I don't have any outstanding debt so I knew it was bs from jump....hung up and blocked the call.
Got the same call from the same number, but this time she named a company she said I owed a bill from 2004. And I would get papers served to my home or job. I think it's a scam!!!!
I know it is:
This is a common ploy by criminals attempting to extort money from people by scaring you into believing that you will be criminally charged, go to jail, lose your driver’s license, have wages garnished, be sued, and a variety of other variations on this, all for an alleged or nonexistent debt. They also use the “process server” who calls and claims he is going to serve you, but then says you could avoid it by calling another number. Now why would a “process server” want to do you, a stranger, a favor, and at the same time not get paid to deliver the papers?
Federal law (FDCPA) requires them to send you a letter (US MAIL ONLY) within 5 days of their first contact that contains their name, physical address, the creditor’s name, and the amount of the alleged debt. It also must contains “mini-Miranda” telling you that it is an attempt to collect a debt and that all information will be used for those purposes. The one other important thing that this letter must also have in it is that you have a right to dispute the debt within 30 days receipt of the letter and if you do so, all collection activity must be stopped until the debt is verified.
Read up on your rights here, get template letters to send 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://consumerfraudreporting.org/stateattorneygenerallist.php
Automated call from my "financial institution" speaking through rotary options. I did not call anyone about this sort of information.They said that it had something to to with a request for a secure access code for authentication, if I suspect that the call might be fraudulent than I had the option to disable account access to the account. I was not "really sure what it was about. It didn't match what my requests or actions.