this [***] and he is a black dude think himself a fake [***] colombo and the dumb [***] works for a collection agency a sorry [***] job he get screamed at and on the phone tons of times a day he answers the phone by saying private investigator [***] head whatever the black felon name is as every answer i told him to go f***himself
same here. scam. called. send them 3,000.00 via western union to lawrence johnson 167 langfiled drive, buffalo, ny 14215. looked at google map and looks like apts. the buffalo housing authority is on 200 block. this might be public housing. anyway, they are apts. If money is not sent, they will send police to pick you up tomorrow. this is a scam. report. the 240 number is a maryland number. the scam spooks out illegal immigrants. fbi might need to get involved.
Escaped OH to set up shop in MD. Seems to be working with the 'Rent out your law office to the debt collectors' group in Buffalo, NY.
From phoneinfosite.com: 240-764-4255
Area Code 240
Area code 240 is in Maryland (Hagerstown, Rockville, Cumberland and western Maryland, overlays with 301).
Exchange 240-764
Exchange 764 is in or around Washington, MD. (District of columbia County, Zipcode 20008)
From whitepages.com:
(240) 764-4255Type: Land Line
Provider: XO
Location: Washington, MD - Scrabble Rd. - Hmm, same location as the above mentioned number. Coincidence? Not at all.
Okay so received a message from my father that someone was issuing a summons for my wife . My interest was to say the least piqued. So I called and talked with the "Civil Investigations" unit. The investigator was Karen Di Martino. Anyway long story short we have no information for you regarding this debt, but If you don't accept the offer that I can give you , because I have some influence with the laywer , we will be forced to issue a warrant for your wifes arrest. I asked for them to send me any info on this supposed debt, but that wasn't something we're able to do.
So we did some investigating of our own and discovered that this supposed debt was already settled.
This is a total scam. It has been written about all over the net and various magazines. These people pray on the old, the weak and the un-informed. In my case they supposedly represented a car dealer, I've never visited and claimed I bounced a $1,000 check. They called my workplace and said they were swearing out a warrant for my arrest. Trying to file complaints with authorities 5 states away is time consuming and next to useless. There is something you can do to make them pay. Use your fax at work or home to call them repeatedly on autodial. Use inexpensive web telephone services like skype to call them, don't talk and wait until they get frustrated and hang up. If they call you again tell them you'll phone or fax them 100 times for every call. 100 $0.02 Skype calls will cost you $2.00. Its the best 2 bucks you've ever spent because it prevents them from scamming others. You were smart enough to look this up. What about people who can't. Next time they'll call someone's Grandmother.