I got a call from this same number. So guy whi said his name was Collin Riveria and that he was a check fraud investigator and had pending felony charges that he was going to process through my state (Texas) AG. Lmao. Yeah ok go for it dumba$$. I did some deep research and investigation myself and found that it was actually some half a$$ law firm that buys charged off credit accounts for pennies on the owed debt amt and then tries to scare the debtor in to paying the charged off debt. They use legal jargon they learn from some online paralegal school and try and threaten the payment out of people. These charged off debts can be 5-10 years old. Most of the debts are from payday loans that were renigged on and the check that was used for the payday loan didnt clear the loanee bank. The next time they call anyone tell them to go ahead and file charges. No one has been arrested for a bad debt since the early 1800s. Its just not done. Its actually a long civil suit process that most all debt collectors dont want to mess with. If you honestly write a check in good faith and something unforseen happens financially and you are not able to honor the check the most anyone can do is give ur check to your county hot check dept for collection and even that has strict requirements.
One important thing to remember if these losers have any of your personal information such as your social security number, date of birth or drivers license make sure you register with identity protection notify the credit agencies as well as your banks!!
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credit reports: Experian, Equifax, TransUnion
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0155-free-credit-reports
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How to see if your on the chex system list:
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Consider maybe getting a call blocking device or phone.. You can google them and many are around $60.00 or so.
For Extortion Scam Operations, File reports with the FBI, your state attorney general and Department Of Justice,CFB,FTC & FCC..
http://800notes.com/arts/Jb8EW-eDhQA/harassin ... ou-need-to-know
See Residents post here also:
http://800notes.com/forum/ta-34af6a034ba34b6/unending-collection-calls
Templates of Letters:
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-319-242-7350
Received the same telescripted call from these losers (Perinelli & Hasset, I think is what they said) with a dubbed in case number (299169) about some fraud or some such. Clearly not for me, wrong number jerks.
Got a voice mail from a woman claiming to be "Investigator Brown" in reference to some bogus case number. She screwed up the last 4 of my social and said it was in my best interest to call her back. I'm not going to because I receive calls like this in random spurts throughout the year. I know that these people must have hacked my info (Name, phone number, last 4 of my social, and numbers for my mom and a friend I used as references) from an online lending site. A few times each year since I repaid this loan, I get calls from various people claiming to be some investigator or a collection agency threatening legal action. I always tell them to send me documentation with regard to my alleged debt and then I will have my attorney get in touch with them. I never receive anything and they don't call back once I finally get around to taking their calls.
Just had a call from this number from some woman who would not identify herself and was very hostile. She asked if "so-n-so" worked there. I asked who she was, and all she said was that she was trying to verify employment. I said that nobody by "so-n-so's" name worked here. She then confronted me on why I had asked who she was if "so-n-so" didn't work there. Very rude, very strange.
We receipt the same phone call from this 312...number, but since they didn't clearly specify from which company they were calling from we didn't bother to call back. Instead, We went online and type this number in Google and fortunately there are people like you that exposed this frauds so the rest of us have some reference of what is this about.
Also, for more frauds. We had receipt call from Dominion power guy saying that they would suspend the power of my business if we don't make a payment on the phone. Don't do it..........or give any info......
Another fraud is the free listing from Yellow page directories......which send you a form with your business info asking you to correct your phone number, etc. for a free listing, then you will receive a invoice for $300 and if you call they tell you that you can cancel............