I AM IN AN ONLINE RELATIONSHIP WITH "ERIC PARKER". HE DOES HAVE A HEAVY ACCENT AND HE TELLS ME HE IS IN THE "CONTRACT" BUSINESS. HIS LANDLINE IS TRACED TO BAYONNE NJ. BUT IT ALWAYS GOES TO VOICEMAIL. HE NEVER ANSWERS. DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HIM?
Tell him that you talked to an attorney and let hi know you will be recording the call usually bthat stops the calls!!! They are very persistant though I recieved calls several months ago and they stopped then they called my work!! he threatened with 30 to 40 calls a day I havnt got them yet.
I got calls also stating I owed an amount of money for a payday loan and it would go to court if I didn't pay via a money card that day! I didn't think I owed anything, but it scared me so bad, I almost sent the money. Decided to call the police instead and they told me to check it out---so glad I did!!! The operator I talked to also had a heavy foreign accent!!
Got a call from David at this number also....Just for all you guys I had a little fun with this. I knew this was a scam, so I played along, ( I work for a bank in fraud protection credit cards) I was told iI owed $5562.00. I was told that i needed to pay this today, to avoid charges. When I offered to pay, Mr David said they would drop all charges for only $355.00. I was asked if there was a CVS, Rite Aid, or Walgreens. Then I was to buy a Green Dot, PayPal, Ebay money Pak card, I was instructed to call him back when i got to CVS, the call was to make sure I purchased the right money card. I played along called him back advised him I was having problems with the $355.00, he asked how much I had, I told him $200.00, He told me they would drop everything, but I had 15 min to call back. I waited 20 min, he called me back ( now 4th phone call back)
He wanted to make sure I was at CVS purchasing the card, I advised him I had, at this time he wanted me to read him the card #'s and scratch off the authorization numbers on the back of the card and read it to him.
I then advised him who I worked for and told him I was recording the calls, had all the neccesary information to locate him and advised him he was scamming me. Mr David was very Irrate, began using profanity, called me an idiot and a lot of words I do not want to print here. FYI, This is a SCAM, do not pay attention, they threaten to charge you with felony's, and file lawsuits, and federal charges. It is a violation of the Fair credit collections act, violation of all state regulations for collection activities in my state. They are looking for people who are not savy and trying to scare you into paying. REPORT TO YOUR BANK AND AUTHORITIES! The information they have as confidential is information that is public record and freely available. PROTECT YOURSELVES, DONT LET THEM SCREW WITH YOU!!!
We've had the same thing here at our work. Paul, one of the various names used, has called appr. 8 times here to our office (work office) asking for one of our employees. He has threatened to have him arrested and is very insistent that we have our employee call him back. When I instructed him this was a business line and he was to stop calling this number immediately, he was still very insistent and has continued to call back many times even though we've threatened to call the authorities. I have even told them that I have been recording the calls to turn them in and it still isn't stopping them from calling back.