Got a call from +00000000. They left a message saying they were trying to serve me and that I had already missed a court date (?). Told me to call 832-261-4557. Left his name as Lawrence but didn't leave a company name. Pretty sure it's a scam and will not be calling back.
Got a call this morning saying they were coming out to my home between 3 and 5 to serve me and that i may have missed my court date and to plan accordingly and for me to call 832-261-4557 this is twice they left this message...
Same story. Last attempt to contact me to serve legal documents. Will try my home residence between 3 and 5, otherwise come to my place of employment. No idea who these people are & the phone number led me here??!! Bs
Got a call this morning by a guy named Keith Baker saying he would be serving me at my place of residence between 3pm and 5pm today. This is the 3rd time he has left a voicemail with an unknown number to call 8322614557 with a case number in less than a week. Sorry to say I won't be returning any calls and if they want to serve good luck in trying to do so because it ain't official unless you mail it to me or serve it too me in person so good luck with that.
Scam!
If you call that number they ID themselves as a "law office'. When I pressed the buy for a name he said it was
ORAP Law Office. Would not give me any more information. Clearly did not want to give me that. THis is most likely part of the ORA and Associates group who call from the area code 832 and are basically carrying out a phony process server scam.
My research indicates it's part of a larger scamming operation that tends to call from the 832 area code, but is probably located in New York state. Can't prove it though.
Please remember: NO LEGITIMATE PROCESS SERVER CALLS YOU UP AND TELLS YOU IN ADVANCE HE OR SHE IS COMING BY.
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Just because someone on the phone calling you says you owe a debt does not mean you actually 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 ignore them and block their calls.
If they are bothering you, report them:
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection (Threatening civil proceedings with no intent to follow through, or threatening criminal process in order to collect a civil debt is a violation of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.) The same goes for endless telephone harassment
Note that the US Supreme Court in the Case of HENSON ET AL. v. SANTANDER CONSUMER USA INC., has recently ruled that the provisions of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act do not apply if the creditor owns the debt in question. As a practical matter this probably won't effect the kinds of scam debt collectors who often show up on 800notes. The scam collectors don't give you any information about themselves so it is impossible to know whether or not they in fact "own" the debt in question. Most do not send debt validation letters and many often say they are collecting for someone else. So, make the complaint anyway if they are bothering you. Let the FTC sort it out.
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. 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.
You'll probably have to yell at them and talk over them.
You have to get tuff with these people because, being akin to thugs, brute force is (metaphorically speaking). the only thing they understand.