they call regarding a collection from me and contacting legal advice so that they cannot sue me for adebt. They ask me to call them with a statement or my legal advisor if I wanted to settle this.
Message was left on my office telephone number claiming that I needed to call this number back. They also said a claim had been made against me, naming me as "Respondent." They have called several times, and have called my parents and my brother. They refuse to provide me with any real details-- they just want me to set up a payment plan. When I tell them I am an attorney, they insult me and claim that I am a liar (despite telling them that they can just go to the state bar website and enter my name and obtain my details). PLEASE do not pay these people anything. This is a SCAM.
they call regarding a collection from me and contacting legal advice so that they cannot sue me for adebt. They ask me to call them with a statement or my legal advisor if I wanted to settle this.
scam - calling cell phone - and a number that has been in use over 50 years - never has been a CLARENCE (Sanderson)or ANDERSON at the number - ever. Not even right last name and number was published until recently. They did absolutely no due diligence. This is a robo call - Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The TCPA provides wide protection against robocalls, calls using automatic dialers, and automated messages. For the most part, the TCPA comes into play when debt collectors make collection calls to consumer cell phones. If a debt collector makes impermissible robocalls to a consumer’s cell phone, the debt collector is liable for $500 per call. If it can be proven that the calls are willful, the damages are $1,500 per call. ,,,,,,,,,Once a debt collector knows they have called the wrong party, they have to stop calling. If you receive a debt collection phone call for someone else, and you tell the debt collector that you are not that consumer, they should stop calling. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) expressly regulates calls to third parties in section 15 U.S.C. 1692b(3), stating that a debt collector shall “not communicate with any such person more than once unless requested to do so by such person or unless the debt collector reasonably believes that the earlier response of such person is erroneous or incomplete and that such person now has correct or complete location information.” Further, it is impossible to tell them to stop, because the numbers they use will not take incoming calls.