These people called my Dad's phone, which I haven't used in 15 years, stating there was a civil complaint filed against me and I needed to call them back immediately with the name of my attorney. Then gave me a bogus case # to follow up on. They used my maiden name, which I haven't used in 4 years and they called my Dad's phone. I don't have any outstanding debt under my maiden name or my married name for that matter. If this was an actual "civil complaint" I would have been physically served and not called at 8:00am on a Saturday morning. I did not call these people back as I believe this is a scam. BEWARE OF THESE PEOPLE!
I should note that they called a close friend of mine the same morning around the same time and the phone # they called is her Mom's unlisted phone #. Neither one of us owes any debt and are a little ticked off that they called our parent's #.
A rude man from Hershey Kent LLC called me and said Jina XXXX(I can not remember) say I stolen smomeone's money from BOA account. I told him my name is Tina and not that last name, but he said I could marry someone has that last name. I said this nymber i just got a month ago, he said "[***] put you on jail......" kind of dirty words. What knid of company!!! Should put them in jail!!!
A lady from Hershey Kent LLC called my brother's cell phone and left a message for me calling me by my maiden name which I haven't used in years. She said that someone had made a complaint against me and a civil suit is being filed against me in my county and that if I would like to settle out of court, I need to call her back .She left a case number with the message and told me to consider myself notified . She talked so ghetto and so fast I couldn't understand what she was saying about a portfolio and I couln't make out what she said her name was.When I do a search on the internet all that pops up is how these people are scammers .I didn't get the message until the weekend, so I can't call them back until Monday and that's driving me crazy. Thanks to this website I will be very cautious about anything I say . I have no idea what this could be about, so I'm thinking it's a scam.
I got a call on my cellphone but by the time I got to it, they'd hung up. They didn't leave a msg either.
I would like to take this opportunity to tell you all that these are probably bill collectors. There are so many collection agencies out there trying to collect now, that it's enough to make your head spin. This could be a very old bill that you neglected to pay and they keep buying/selling your "uncollected" account from one agency to another. Each agency thinking that they will soon be successful in collecting on that debt and receive a nice fee for their own pockets. I can't believe some of the practices (tactics) that I hear take place these days. They misrepresent who they are. They curse you out, yell at you, call you every name under the sun and then continue to harass you by putting you on the auto dial, sometimes up to 10 times per day, every day, including weekends. Well, most of those tactics don't work on me. When they first started calling, I answered my phone and tried to work something out and the woman immediately started yelling at me (I suppose it was because I wasn't giving her the answers she was looking for), and though she truly rattled me, apparently it was not obvious to her from the tone and pitch of my voice because she seem to become even more enraged (if that is possible) with my monotone pitch.
I’d been talked to like that once before a long time ago. It was also from a bill collector who seemed to be mad at me because I was so calm and uncaring about the debt (which they’d jacked up with additional charges and fees) or the threat to screw up my credit (which at the time I didn’t think they could do. I had A-1 credit and they had no “proof of charges that they could present to me to pay from). I simply explained that I had not received the bill and asked for a copy of the original bill as I would not pay on ‘her word alone”. (I fully intended to pay the bill (reluctantly) if it were indeed a bill for services rendered to me). But when she said she’d “sent the bill to me several times before” and “we people were all alike…” and again threatened to ruin my credit, I asked if she could hold for one second. When I returned I made a few beeping noises some handheld gismo (what it was escapes me at this time) and then I asked if she’d mind repeating what she’d just said about ‘my credit being ruined’ but interrupted her before she could respond with, “oh by the way, do you mind if I tape this conversation”. Then she told me that she’d “resend” a copy of the original bill and read back my address to me. She said she’d get those docs to me asap and she’d call me once I had the docs in hand. I never heard from that lady again, and I never saw anything on my credit report related to “lab” charge (which was the hidden charge you’d get when you had a doctor's appt and he sent you for tests. Of course you’d never get that “lab” bill until months later (if ever) after you’d paid any co-pays on your dr. visit).
Once I’d had that experience with the collectors, I pretty much figured I didn't need the additional stress in my life, so I don't answer any calls from numbers that I don't recognize. And I figure if it's legitimate they should leave a msg and I'll get right back to them, whoever it may be. My recent experiences were with 2 separate companies that called my phone from 8am - 9pm each day, several times per day. One of them would even call my work number immediately after each call to my cellphone. At first it caused me a great deal of anxiety, then as the YEAR rolled on, I just got used to it. I am not a big cellphone user, so I just never answered my phone unless the name appeared and it was one of my relatives. Since my cellphone is not used for my job, I feel no obligation to answer it unless I choose to.
Those companies have since sold and/or exchanged and resold and/or exchanged those debts several times over to several different “collection” agencies -all of whom are the same… just plain NASTY! I still don’t answer calls from unrecognized numbers. I have been at the same job and same phone number for over 5 yrs. They can send correspondence through the mail if it’s legitimate.
Anyhow, all of this was just to say, I know that I owe a couple of bills, and these folks are bill collectors. If you look back far enough, you too may find some unpaid, unforgotten debt you’ve not paid. They’re going wayyy back (maybe because of this recession and the money crunch and the fact that they have nothing to lose but a little bit of their time) because there is a chance that you will pay that debt.
I will pay when I can afford to pay, but only the original debt and to the original creditor only. But until then, I have to pay for the simple living (surviving) expenses such as a place to lay my head, food in my stomach and transportation costs to get back and forth to work (BTW- we (the little people at my company) have not received a raise in the past 2 years, and this year is almost gone and it doesn’t look good either). However everything else has gone up (except my salary) and the government, transportation dept and utility companies keep telling me I need to pay more. I’m just trying to survive.
Note: I did pay an old debt after a collection agency got it (approx 5 months later), but I made the MONEY ORDER payable to the original debtor, with the original account number and wrote “PAID IN FULL” in notes section. I did not want any of them to have my checking account number because I’ve heard horror stories about that as well. In this day of ACH and auto pay, anyone with your account number can take your money from your bank. You can get it back (eventually) if they’ve taken it unlawfully (can’t show proof of authorization to take it) however, that could take forever, and personally; I don’t have money to loan to anyone. I barely have enough to pay my bills as it is.
Sorry about the NOVEL. :-) I hope this helps someone out there.
THIS IS A SCAM!!!!! IGNORE THESE PEOPLE!!! Just like others mentioned above, I got a call about a ridiculous "pending lawsuit" when they asked for my name I gave them a fake one and sure enough they said they had me on their list and that there was a court date set! then they went ahead to ask for my SS# at which point I laughed and they became very angry and RUDE, I in turn hung up and blocked their number.