I received a call from this number on my work phone and they tried to scare me by saying that I or my lawyer needed to call due to a default on a loan and I have never applied for a loan. They said that they needed to know when I would be home so they could send someone to my house to arrest me. The whole thing was comical but at the same time aggravating. The second time he called I answered and let them do their script and then informed him that the phone call had been recorded and I would be handing it over to the local police department. They hung in a hurry. I was not able to get the company name he gave because his accent was very thick. I hope this helps someone.
Now that they know you are a sucker for an illegal notification, they will continue to call you!
A phone call from a supposed debt collector is not legally sufficient evidence of debt.
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) includes statements such as this:
* Every collector must send you a written “validation notice” telling you how much money you owe within five days after they first contact you. This notice also must include the name of the creditor to whom you owe the money, and how to proceed if you don’t think you owe the money. ["Written" means snailmailed ... not emailed or texted]
Therefore, if that caller wants you to pay immediately, before you get the written validation notice via snailmail, or if the caller wants payment via green dot, Western Union, or other untraceable means, then the call is definitely not legitimate.
IF you wish to communicate with the supposed collector / creditor, visit the following page, for example "Action Letters" to snailmail:
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/blog/debtcollection/
If you KNOW you owe no money, or believe the call was from a fake debt collector, please take the time to read this:
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0258-fake-debt-collectors
AND, since you fell for that scam, you may be subject to other scams as described here:
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/facts_rev.html
Remember to return here, to 800notes.com, after you look at any of the information at that site, either to post more information, or to let us know you avoided the scam, or to read any further information about that number that others may post.
The # 209 207 7416 that keeps calling me is a black jack user and his name is STEVE BLACK and he is a spammer so anything he says is spam so be ware he also lives inTracy, California he also says he wants you to send money or he will send a policeman to arrest you I told him to send me a letter from the clerk of court in ca.and I will acknowledge it and that I recorded the phone call and number and turn it over to the trades commission and the local police department for prosecution and he hung up