I just got a message from them also. The number was 301-358-2196. They used the name May Brown this time with the same story. They were looking for another member of the family but my number.
Just to update for those that are being scammed by these people. I have been through this and was very scared and alarmed when they first contacted me. My story is above from December 2011. Someone commented and didn't understand why I paid and then said they were frauds... yes I did because at first they were so convincing that I was basically scared shitless and paid it immediately to avoid their threats. They are definitely good at convincing you but after I had time to recoup and actually think about it and talk to my family and friends about it, I started researching and contacted the FBI about it. When they called me back and told me for sure this was a scam I called my lawyer and the "investigator" back and demanded my money back. After many many threats she did refund my money within 48 hours but swore up and down that she would 100% make sure I end up in jail.... well news flash, they have my address, I have checked with the authorities often and here 6 months later I am still here and not heard a word from these ppl. Basically what these ppl do is wait until the 6 year limit on these supposed checks are ended, they get ahold of ppl's info and use it against them to scam them for tons of money by scaring them and they are so convincing because they have so much information about you, give you absolutely no time to look into the matter yourself so you basically have to take a chance of thinking you could go to jail or pay it and be scammed. I know when this happended to me it was extremely stressful and I wish there had been more information out there for me but I had to do all the research for myself. That is why I am updating this now for those that are still going through this. It is not about not paying your bills, because I always do, or anything else. These ppl are scamming on unsuspected victims that will do anything to stay out of jail and keep their records clean. Hello, they don't go after ppl that don't pay their bills and have large criminal records b/c those kind of ppl very likely will tell them to go screw themselves and not give a damn either way if they go to jail over something stupid, true or not. Use your gut and intuition people. If it doesn't make sense to you and seems "off" or fraudulent, then most likely it it. Big lesson for me, and it will never happen again. Next time, I'll tell them straight up to call my lawyer and let him deal with these crooks. Hope this helps someone out there!
P.s. Check out the rules and regulations for debt collectors.... these ppl break about every rule on the list. Big red flag that they are scamming you or trying to collect on something illegally to try to profit.
I receive a call from this person by the name of Allen Parker who he would change up saying Alan, saying he works for pc. He went on to say my computer has a virus. I made a mistake giving him my card number which he used to take some money from me saying I had to pay him. He gave me some phone numbers to contact him some being a 4 digit number such as (9815) and others being a 5 digit. He provided me with 2 regular numbers such as (916-560-9091) which I come to find out, its someone else personal number. The next number which he claims is his company number was an invalid number. He is a scammer.