This number has called my home several times without leaving a message. Not sure what it is about. I refuse to call them back. Next time, I may just hit fax accept, and maybe they will stop calling me. As one other person reported, it is ILLEGAL for them to contact anyone except you if it is regarding a debt. According to the fair debt practices, they are not allowed to contact anyone but you. I didn't get any information on the caller id except for the phone number. Hope that this helps someone!
I believe wholeheartedly that I got scammed by this company. :(
I happened to have my phone forwarded to my cell phone for other reasons and they got me while I was at work. I was thinking that I just recieved a financial blessing. Boy was I wrong! Good thing I caught it in time and have a great bank (ING) to back me up!
Someone just called from this company. They asked for me to give a message to some guy down the street. I refused and told him to call the police if it was an emergency. He really wanted me to go talk to a neighbor I do not even know. He knew my name, my address, very scary.
This is a collection agency attempting to collect on a debt. Some people here have mentioned they have received calls at their home phones for other people (neighbors, relatives, etc.) They are asked to convey a message to their neighbor or relative. The caller will not say what the message is about but since it's a debt collection agency, it's presumably about money that is owed.
This is a tactic called "block party." Collections agents use it in order to pressure a person who may owe them money to return their calls. They cause their intended target to fear that their personal business is going to be revealed to family, friends and neighbors.
The collection agency looks up the names and phone numbers of neighbors through the use of reverse phone directories and internet directories to see who is registered at a particular address. That's how they contact the neighbors of the person they're trying to contact.
THIS IS ILLEGAL. It's a violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Collectors can only call your neighbors if they don't know your "contact information" - home phone, home address, and place of employment. If they're contacting your neighbors, then they have your current contact information. They know where you live. They're choosing to use this tactic to embarrass and harass you.
Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you can recover damages for this type of violation by the collection agency.