When will these crack pots get that: You can not sue a social security number, there is no such thing as a jail for people who do not pay their debts in the USA, and who would believe a foreigner with an American name and false agency / business. No prize for them.
Same thing has happened to me today but not only from this number but several others and they call me every single day all day and it worries me that they have my husbands SSN, address and my phone number!!!! What can be done about this?
I received the same call. I'm a responsible consumer so I monitor my credit report regularly. When I told him it sounded like a scam, he hung up on me. I called the local police department, just to let them know when I would be home for them to pick me up. The nice officer laughed and said its a scam, but since its out of state he couldn't do anything. I noticed from the previous posts that the area code is from Clanton, AL. I called the sheriff's office there to report it. Poor woman had obviously heard this stuff before. She said they can't find the guy because its a tracfone and he could be anywhere. A shame this jerk has put a bad name to Clanton county, but everyone is looking for him and I feel that he will spend more time in jail than he has threatened us all with.
This is a criminal extortion scam operating out of India. They are making the calls utilizing VOIP and the names of legitimate firms to make it appear the calls are originating from within the US. There is NO "company" or "debt" and you will NOT be arrested. They are harvesting and/or buying consumers' personal identifying information from unscrupulous websites like the one you may have filled out an application with, and you need to do whatever you can to protect yourself. This includes: Notifying the FTC: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/, placing fraud alerts with all three credit bureaus, notifying your bank and employer and letting these criminals know you are aware they are attempting to extort money for a non-existent debt and have alerted the authorities.
ABC News released an investigative report on this scam a year ago:
got a call today from this number. Said that I was being sued by my social. Loved the fact he used the name Leo Fernandez with a heavy Middle Eastern Accent. I told him never to call me, to [***] and that I was calling the cops. Enough already.