The same thing happened to me. They used the same name too. But they wanted me them to call them back about my brother. and they had my brother's name and my name.
yes, getting these same calls but I called the number back and someone hacked their number and left them a new voice message saying that it was in fact a scam, do not pay them!
I received a call today from somene with a strong foreign accent, stating he representated a law firm that would like to offer me assistance against an affidavit that has been filed against me for non-payment of a payday loan. He had the last four digits of my social security number, the name of my bank and read what he said were charges filed against me. Since I told him it was bogus and he was a scammer he said that the sheriff would be coming to my house and I would receive written charges in the mail from his office on Monday. When I told him to go ahead and send me the affidavit and I'd give it to my attorney he hung up on me. This is scary! Obviously, information is not secure when you apply for a loan online. Beware!! I owe nothing but just being threatened with this bogus affidavit is upsetting. If you receive such a call as I did - just hang up the phone!!!
illegal husslers, that's who. They will try to scare you into giving them money for an old bill. Rather if you owe anything or not, they are still illegal bill collectors. Instead of giving money to debtors, they keep it for themselves and don't ever send any type of letter or receipt. I fell for it once and sent money about two years ago but not anymore. I learned my lesson the hard way.