Getting a harassing call from a jerk. They are calling a wrong number. Person that they want is unknown to this family. Very rude and nasty. Tired of the harrassing calls.
someone called my home as well as my sister-in-law's mother-in-law, whom i don't know asking if they could serve her some papers. I looked this number up on my google search engine and the testimonies i found for this number were very disturbing. there were similiar reports of the same means of contact but they reported that this is a scam to steal your identity. i tried to call the number back but it was not a working number. (state of mind: confused). Prior to this happening someone called my cell phone 2 weeks ago accusing me of stealing their credit card number and making thousands of dollars worth of purchases and asking for my personal information. i politely told them to make a police report because i have no way of stealing someones credit card number that lives in new jersey and im in louisiana. im not sure whats going on but my suggestion would be to contact the attorney general or someone regarding identity theft or potential identity theft.
Asked if I would be home tomorrow for a uniformed officer to 'serve papers' Asked what the papers were about and told it was a 'sealed document' and the caller was 'legally could not open' but was told it appeared to be ' a court summons"
Then provided another number to call 888.691.3926 and a case number to inquire and that this was a time-sensitive matter
I asked why I was supposed to call if a delivery was on its way and was told 'they maight want to check your address'.
I tried reverse lookup and it is not listed.
This is a total scam - almost nothing that I was told makes sense.
Consumers across the country report that they're getting telephone calls from people trying to collect on loans the consumers never received or on loans they did receive but for amounts they do not owe. Others are receiving calls from people seeking to recover on loans consumers received but where the creditors never authorized the callers to collect for them. So what's the story?
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation's consumer protection agency, is warning consumers to be on the alert for scam artists posing as debt collectors. It may be hard to tell the difference between a legitimate debt collector and a fake one. Sometimes a fake collector may even have some of your personal information, like a bank account number. A caller may be a fake debt collector if he:
is seeking payment on a debt for a loan you do not recognize;
refuses to give you a mailing address or phone number;
asks you for personal financial or sensitive information; or
exerts high pressure to try to scare you into paying, such as threatening to have you arrested or to report you to a law enforcement agency.
If you think that a caller may be a fake debt collector:
Ask the caller for his name, company, street address, and telephone number. Tell the caller that you refuse to discuss any debt until you get a written "validation notice." The notice must include the amount of the debt, the name of the creditor you owe, and your rights under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
If a caller refuses to give you all of this information, do not pay! Paying a fake debt collector will not always make them go away. They may make up another debt to try to get more money from you.
Stop speaking with the caller. If you have the caller's address, send a letter demanding that the caller stop contacting you, and keep a copy for your files. By law, real debt collectors must stop calling you if you ask them to in writing.
Do not give the caller personal financial or other sensitive information. Never give out or confirm personal financial or other sensitive information like your bank account, credit card, or Social Security number unless you know whom you're dealing with. Scam artists, like fake debt collectors, can use your information to commit identity theft – charging your existing credit cards, opening new credit card, checking, or savings accounts, writing fraudulent checks, or taking out loans in your name.
Contact your creditor. If the debt is legitimate – but you think the collector may not be – contact your creditor about the calls. Share the information you have about the suspicious calls and find out who, if anyone, the creditor has authorized to collect the debt.
Report the call. Contact the FTC and your state Attorney General's office with information about suspicious callers. Many states have their own debt collection laws in addition to the federal FDCPA. Your Attorney General's office can help you determine your rights under your state's law.>