Keeps calling my number. I listened to one voice mail, indicating that I had better call them or I could go to jail. They do not inform me of any specific info. I keep deleting them, but I want them blocked!
Scammers. Beware. They say they are a law firm, and they threaten. Two things collectors must not do. Check FTC § 807. False or misleading representations [15 USC 1692e] http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpa/fdcpact.shtm#806
A debt collector may not use any false, deceptive, or misleading representation or means in connection with the collection of any debt. Without limiting the general application of the foregoing, the following conduct is a violation of this section:
(1) The false representation or implication that the debt collector is vouched for, bonded by, or affiliated with the United States or any State, including the use of any badge, uniform, or facsimile thereof.
(2) The false representation of --
(A) the character, amount, or legal status of any debt; or
(B) any services rendered or compensation which may be lawfully received by any debt collector for the collection of a debt.
(3) The false representation or implication that any individual is an attorney or that any communication is from an attorney.
(4) The representation or implication that nonpayment of any debt will result in the arrest or imprisonment of any person or the seizure, garnishment, attachment, or sale of any property or wages of any person unless such action is lawful and the debt collector or creditor intends to take such action.
(5) The threat to take any action that cannot legally be taken or that is not intended to be taken.
(6) The false representation or implication that a sale, referral, or other transfer of any interest in a debt shall cause the consumer to --
(A) lose any claim or defense to payment of the debt; or
(B) become subject to any practice prohibited by this title.
(7) The false representation or implication that the consumer committed any crime or other conduct in order to disgrace the consumer.
(8) Communicating or threatening to communicate to any person credit information which is known or which should be known to be false, including the failure to communicate that a disputed debt is disputed.
(9) The use or distribution of any written communication which simulates or is falsely represented to be a document authorized, issued, or approved by any court, official, or agency of the United States or any State, or which creates a false impression as to its source, authorization, or approval.
(10) The use of any false representation or deceptive means to collect or attempt to collect any debt or to obtain information concerning a consumer.
(11) The failure to disclose in the initial written communication with the consumer and, in addition, if the initial communication with the consumer is oral, in that initial oral communication, that the debt collector is attempting to collect a debt and that any information obtained will be used for that purpose, and the failure to disclose in subsequent communications that the communication is from a debt collector, except that this paragraph shall not apply to a formal pleading made in connection with a legal action.
(12) The false representation or implication that accounts have been turned over to innocent purchasers for value.
(13) The false representation or implication that documents are legal process.
(14) The use of any business, company, or organization name other than the true name of the debt collector's business, company, or organization.
(15) The false representation or implication that documents are not legal process forms or do not require action by the consumer.
(16) The false representation or implication that a debt collector operates or is employed by a consumer reporting agency as defined by section 603(f) of this Act.
Getting many calls from this number. Call every 3 minutes. Don' mention wo they are but say something about a bad bank check or something. Kind off funny as the idiot trys to talk in a deep voice to come across "tough" but sounds like a joke. Even mentions to have your attorny call them. What a bunch of clowns.
Keeps calling my number. I listened to one voice mail, indicating that I had better call them or I could go to jail. They do not inform me of any specific info. I keep deleting them, but I want them blocked!
This person called my elderly parents and said he was a police officer coming to take my invalid, elderly father to jail. This person FALSELY claimed my father took out an EZ PayDay Loan and thus, he was coming to get my father to arrest him and put him in jail. Of course, if my father did not want to go to jail my father could make restitution for the amount allegedly owed. My father has never had a "pay day loan" in his life and we are taking legal action against this caller for impersonating a police officer and other civil and criminal causes of actions.
This caller is more than likely not even in the USA. To make restitution, the scammer will ask you to go to Target and get a gift card for a couple hundred dollars, and then call back and give them the # off the card, or they may just charge your credit card. The scammer then empties the card. Some people are so intimidated that they actually do it, and they are just handing money over to the crooks. At mentioned above, you have to be properly served before they can send someone out to arrest you.