About 2-3 years ago, my father-in-law had received calls from this number telling him that he owed money to IRS and that if he didn't pay, he will be arrested. He is elderly and he didn't know any better; therefore, he believed them. Luckily the person didn't get any private information out of him, but wanted him to "meet" at a location for the money exchange. Luckily my husband happened to stop by the house right as he was about to leave to withdraw money out of the bank. The caller insisted that he stayed on the call till the transfer occurred. Thank goodness my husband stopped him and threatened the caller. They immediately hung up and never called again.
Ironically, I just started getting these calls about two weeks ago at my direct line at work. I always miss the call as they call after business hours, usually around 6pm or so. The voice-mail is a robo call stating to call back with a reference number. There is no live person, or a name of the call. I did some research and found that this is a scamming debt collecting agency called CCA, based out of MA. Little do they know that I am an investigator and have few contacts that can really mess with them. I called them back and tried to catch them in their own lie. Unfortunately, there isn't enough information available to take any legal actions against them. They will sometime call from an "877" number as well.
877-277-4882
This company is:
EOS CCA Collection Agency
EOS CCA
300 Canal View Blvd, Suite 130
Rochester, New York 14623-2811
Toll Free: 800-947-6770
Fax: 800-830-1982
Account Services
Tel.: (800)256-3376
Contacts
Robert Sedia
Director of Business Development
Toll Free: 800-886-9177 ext 58101
[email protected]
Carol Langdon
Director of Business Development
Toll Free: 800-886-9177 ext 58884
[email protected]
The best thing to do is simply ignore them. It is annoying, but don't fall for it.