Ben Smokin is a JERK. I've been told these people are scammers - IRG & Associates. Claiming to be suing you or someone you know - I along with others have filed formal complaints with the FCC for this company. They are trying to get personal and financial info. I have asked them not to call me, but they think I know some Douglas guy who they claim to be taking to court...
theses people called my job,told them they were investigating for fraud,and i work for school district.they infomation they was not done by me but instisted they would come to my job and arrest me if i did give them some money so i told them what they wanted to hear and got off the phone, them they had no authority to slander my name of reputation about a loan they werent even sure that was done by me, and it wasnt the problem was taken care inside the family without involving the laws because of the children that would be affected, i contacted my attorney which has stated that irg crossed the line by disclosing personal information about me that had nothing to do with my employers what so ever, now we are going to sue, them for slander, and defamation of character, and unlawful disclousure of privated information.
Since I stopped answering my landline and just let the machine take a message, I get less phone-spam. But a message from "Miss Martin" threatened legal action if I did not make contact. The first guy said something about making a settlement, but when I tried to verify ID, he gave a last-four-SSN completely different from mine. He then put me on hold for his supervisor, "Mr. Shapiro". He browbeat me about making a settlement for a debt to a major credit card bank, but he said it would be in my credit report, so on his suggestion, I hung up and established an account with FreeCreditReport.com, than called him back. Of course, no debt showed up, but he seemed to have a lot of personal info about me. I demanded a detailed invoice in writing, and he said something about more mail to be ignored, but said he would send the mail notice. Later, I called the major credit card bank, and they were not able to find any outstanding unpaid debts for me. What should I do now?
Ignore them!! I get a pre-recorded message about 2 to 3 times a month with the same message from "Ms. Martin." They don't even bother to put a person on the phone with me anymore. It's a bunch of crap, and they just like to continue to harass people. Don't do anything, just pick up and hang up when they call.