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They called my husband and said they were calling from MD State Comptroller's office about a debt he owes.    And as a dummy he gave them the last 4 digits of his social security number.

I got a call looking for a person with the same first and last name as me, the same middle initial, but not same middle name.  When she asked what number she had left the message, I told her.  She then began to tell me that she was a debt collector attempting to collect a debt I owed to her client and asked for my information.  Up to this point I had only given her a first name.  I explained that I would not give her my information until she let me know who had a debt against me and for what reason.  She then said I had a lien against me from Winnebago County, IL, from an address listing me as living in Rockford, IL, on Rudeen Close (street).  This took about 5 minutes into the conversation (and the lady identified as Ebony Blue, kinda fishy name if you ask me, was not rude, but was polite on the phone).  I told her I had never lived in Rockford, had never lived in Illinois, and that my phone number had never been associated with any address within an 8-hour drive of the Illinois border.  She finally asked if I was the person she was looking for.  When I told her that my first and last names matched, but not my middle, she said she had the wrong person and would delete my number, then hung up the phone.

I called back, got a Brandon Banks (another fishy name), and I asked to speak directly to a supervisor.  I gave my first name to the lady I was transferred to, and explained that I was upset with the previous phone call.  I told her that I was not upset with the mannerisms of the Ms. Blue, but that she was indeed cordial and polite.  However, I let her know that I was very unappreciative that it took her 5 minutes into the call, after telling me I owed a debt to a county I've never lived in, to finally ask if I was the person she was actually looking for.  The Supervisor, Diamond Harris ( same last name as the CEO?) again was cordial, assured me that their call was not meant to cause duress to my family in anyway (I had told her that I was reserving my right to sue them for causing undue duress without provocation to my family).

I suggested that she counsel her staff that the FIRST thing they do, is make absolutely sure they are talking to the actual person they are looking for  BEFORE they panic the person with news of an unknown debt.  She assured me multiple times that they do not tolerate their reps using the traditional nasty collection agency sterotypical tactics of coercing people to pay, that they were a company built on higher standards than that.  She assured me that she would take my suggestions seriously and would be reviewing the recorded call with Ms. Blue to hear for herself what I had complained about.  She further thanked me for actually calling back and requesting to speak with her instead of the usually yelling and swearing they hear from others.   So, hopefully, and she did seem very sincere, she will put a bit more tact into their callers.  I suggested that when they call as they are looking for people with the similar name, that they immediately make it known who they are looking for and why, and include an apology to the person answering if the call was a mistake.  At least that would make them seem a bit more human!

First, as previously posted, this outfit is well known for violating all State and Federal collection laws.  The fact that they told you about a debt that belongs to someone else is the first violation.  The use of fake names should be a huge tip off that these are crooks.  I suggest that you read my previous post, as I have no doubt you will be called again.

So what happen after I just did it too...now idk what to do...

Called my cell phone...I don't answer calls from numbers I don't recognize...After reading what's here, I've added them to my phone's "Auto Reject List"...thanks to everyone who posts here