This lady called my job and claimed I was under investigation and that I needed to contact her as soon as possible before legal actions are taken. Her name was Alicia but had a foreign accent. When my co-Worker called her back at another number she left 205-508-2820 but caller Id had number 205-286-2820. A man answered the phone and my co-worker let them have it and hung the phone up on them. In the back round it sounded like a call center. These mother--------s need to get a life and work a legit JOB. So funny how these foreigners think we're that dumb to not know this is a scam. Hope they all rot in hell for trying to deceive people.
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 in June. The FTC has indicted one of its ringleaders for criminal fraud:
I also received phone from alicia williams if this is her real name? home and work did not want to leave complete message or detail with co-worker. co-worker said alicia could not speak english that well and you can tell from India. Message on home # very heavy accent from India, they should go back to India leaving message only from DRNC law firm, called directly from cell male answered hello, come on when you call a company you answer firm name, not just HELLO
These criminals are using American aliases, and are NOT calling from within the US. They are also using the names of ficticious and/or real firms to make it appear the calls are legitimate and appearing from within the US.