This is the latest number that these crooks are using to call me. Both my wife and I are getting calls from these guys. When we do choose to answer, there is a recording saying that (I'm paraphrasing):
"There is a pending charge from your bank that is scheduled for wage garnishment in the next 24 hours. Please press #1 to resolve this matter."
Most of the time it goes to a mailbox that is full and then hangs up on you. However, my wife got through once and the responding crook said that there were 2 checks outstanding that were written to Hancock's Fabrics from the summer of 1995 for $110 and $11. My wife said that she had no proof that she ever wrote those checks and no proof that those checks bounced, and in either case, the alleged incidents took place 21 years ago and she was going to pay. The responding crook then hung up.
Unfortunately, that did not stop the calls. However, I've since found out that the statute of limitations on a "bad check" is 3 years in California. We have no proof whether these checks were ever written, and that is what these scam artists are counting on. They likely will want you to make payment to them right then and there over the phone.
Do not fall into their trap through ignorance. If you're getting calls from these crooks, find out what the statute of limitations for bad checks is in your state. Then, if you do end up speaking to one of these crooks, you'll be armed with the knowledge that they can't do anything and let them know that.
this company just called me saying that I was scheduled for wage execution from a $22 check that was written to a grocery store in Alabama in the year 2000. I called a lawyer and they told me to type the name of the company or the telephone number into Google and I would see if it were a scam or not which he was absolutely right. they weren't going to get any money from me in the first place
They called me today about a paper check that was written in 2002. Said if I don't have it cleared up in 48 hours she can't promise anything bad won't happen
Called me with the same stating that I bounced a check in 1998. That is 18 years gone by. Even if it were so, and I had bounced a check wouldn't it be past the statute of limitations?
Left a voicemail message on my work phone stating a problem with my bank and set for wage garnishment to call them at 205-238-6303. Called my bank, no problem