Who called from 2022398879

Called stating they were a consumer locating service regarding a legal complaint filed against my x husband. Didn't ask for information but wanted us to contact him and let him know there was a complaint filed against him and that I was listed as a reference. This is a lie and a scam. The caller identified himself as Juan Sanchez and when I asked for the name of the law firm he was referring to as getting the complaint he said he did not have that information.

So, just for the furtherance of information for other people out there I'm going to post what happened with me. I called the 844-226-4226 number this first caller from 202-239-8879 provided. I mainly did this because I may theoretically have 1 or 2 small BS bills that could have been missed, so I figured if it was "legit" but an unscrupulous debt collector I should still figure out what's going on.

So I called, got an American sounding (did not sound foreign, had no accent) guy named Miguel, gave them the case number. The company is LEX Financial (http://www.lexfinancial.net/index.html) by the way. It took them a minute or 2 to pull up the info. He then asked if I was me (used my name) I said yes. He then said he needed to verify I was me. He said I could either give last 4 of my social, or my DOB. He said he would give me whichever I did not opt to provide, as in trade me. This presumes he has both. Note he did not ask for, or say he would provide my full social. I told him I was uncomfortable with giving my info out over the phone and asked if I could be told who the debt was supposedly from. After a little back and forth he spilled the beans without me giving any info, which I believe is illegal if this is legit...

He said it was from SBC (Southern Bell Corporation or whatever the acronym stands for) the telephone company. He then proceeded to say it basically went back to 1999, was charged off in 2004, blah blah blah. They'd settle for $575 bucks, never told me the original amount owed. Said they'd tried to send a letter with this offer to 3 addresses. He gave me the addresses, which were all valid old addresses for me.

At this point I basically told him I don't think I ever owed anything to SBC, and if I did it's long past the statute of limitations. This is the truth as far as I can recall. Maybe I skipped out on a $15 dollar account closing fee when I moved 15 years ago or something, but I don't think I did. He then said the account was closed in 2011 so it wasn't past the statute. THAT is totally false for sure, as if I did have SBC 15 years ago, AND forgot to pay something, I know I didn't in 2011 for a fact. Been rocking CenturyTel for 15 odd years now. Since they knew I lived in Cali at the time it's a pretty big no brainer to make up a "realistic" sounding bill from a company practically everybody would have been dealing with, the phone company. Everybody has a phone.

So my conclusion is that this is either an outright scam, OOOOR it is possible they are trying to collect debts that are outside the statute of limitations. How the heck can I remember FOR SURE if I skipped out on a 10 dollar bill  from the phone company 15 years ago when I moved?

I asked him to resend the letter to me with all this info and told him I would take a look. Whether this is a well researched outright scam (they had valid previous addresses, my name, a former business name of mine, and presumably the last 4 of my social and DOB) or they are simply trying to collect debts outside the statute of limitations I think they can be safely told to get lost. Although in the strictest sense the debts never go away, it's illegal to threaten suits and such past the statute, and there is no legal leverage they have to actually collect or do anything about it. So I'm going to block the number and call it good. If you have debts it may be worth calling and giving them no info like I did just in case they are legit, but if they're old once you know what it is you can tell them to get stuffed. Hope this info helps some people, because they are being crazy aggressive with calling me from this first 202 number here!

I got a call from 202-239-8879. I did not anwer and no message was left. Good indication it is a scam. I just got the phone number that was being called and it is a "Fresh" number. It is a company phone. I have never used the number for anything finincial related and only inside personal colleagues have my number so this is definitely a phishing phone call or scam

I have had my phone number for about 5 years and I used to frequently get calls from random numbers asking for a "Gabrielle" and it was typically from law firms and things of legal and criminal nature. Today I received a call from this number asking for "Gabrielle" and I told them it was the wrong number. They thanked me for letting them know and then  proceeded to inform me that "Gabrielle" was convicted for Fraud and that she's now in even more trouble for "falsifying information" with the phone number. All very suspicious because I don't know if they're actually allowed to tell ME of people, someone's legal status and criminal activity.

This group:

[email protected]
http://hpfinancialfirm.homestead.com/
HP Financial Firm
30141 Antelope Road Suite D-239
Menifee, CA  92584
Call Us: 855.532.4572
Fax Us: 855.798.7993
__________________________
BBB:
This Business is not BBB Accredited
HP Financial Firm
Find a Location
(855) 532-4572
30141 Antelope Rd STE D-239, Menifee, CA 92584-7001
http://hpfinancialfirm.com
BBB® Non-Accredited F Rating
On a scale of A+ to F
- See more at: http://www.bbb.org/central-california-inland- ... h.ejrLEywz.dpuf
_______________________________
Per records of the Secretary of State of California.
HP FINANCIAL, LLC
Entity Number:    201333010029
Date Filed:    11/25/2013
Status:    ACTIVE
Jurisdiction:    CALIFORNIA
Entity Address:    29020 SMOOTH SAILING CT
Entity City, State, Zip:    MENIFEE CA 92585
Agent for Service of Process:    LAWINC.COM CORPORATION (C3076415)
Agent Address:    *
Agent City, State, Zip:    *