me to, no message left. When I call back they don't answer, just rings. My husband had the same call and they had him call 855-218-7628 regarding a civil action. What is this?
The call I got asked if anyone would be home to receive legal papers for my son. My son does not owe anyone any money. He has a prepaid phone. So we will find out if they do anything.
Criminals masquerading as debt collectors attempt to extort money from people by scaring you into believing that you will be criminally charged (they use the bad check or hot check claim a lot) and go to jail, lose your driver’s license, have wages garnished without actually being sued or going to court, be sued, and a variety of other variations on this, all for an alleged or nonexistent debt. One of the tricks they use is to call your family, friends, neighbors and/or places of employment (past or present or both) to create panic and embarrassment so that their intended victim calls them and they can scare that person into paying their extortion money. They will use the words “Mediator”, “Arbitrator”, or “Law Office” to make you believe that they are something other than a debt collector want-a-be and that they don’t have to follow Federal and State collection laws. They do have to follow those laws, but they won’t. They mention that they have received a Fax document, to create the sense of urgency. They also tell you that if you fail to call them back you are "waiving your right to council", which is pretty much nothing but hogwash. They also use the “process server” ruse who calls and claims he is going to serve you, but then says you could avoid it by calling another number where they will ask for money to “make it go away” (this is actually the same place, they work in teams, one pretending to be the server, and the other usually pretends to be a lawyer). Process servers do not ever call ahead so that you can dodge them. Process servers get paid to serve papers, nothing else.
Read up on your rights here and also make a complaint at this government site: http://www.consumerfinance.gov/
Also file a complaint with your State Attorney General's office.
List of State AG’s offices: http://800notes.com/faq/attorney-general
Robo-greeter IDs them as AMG and Associates. Something called AMG has a history of debt scamming on 800notes. They are spoofing the name of a legitimate company. See: http://www.amgassociatesinc.com/general/scam-collection-calls/
Ignore and block these calls.
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Just because someone on the phone calling you says you owe a debt does not mean you actually owe it.
If a voice on the telephone claims you owe a debt:
1. Demand the person give you his or her name, company name, and address
2. Demand a debt validation letter by US mail. E-mail no good.
3. Do not pay the collection agent or anyone else a dime until the debt is validated
Of course they won’t do this, no scammer ever will, so simply ignore them and block their calls.
If they are bothering you, report them:
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection (Threatening civil proceedings with no intent to follow through, or threatening criminal process in order to collect a civil debt is a violation of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.) The same goes for endless telephone harassment
Also contact your local attorney general
If they continue to bother you, and you know you do not owe any money, tell them that you know this is a debt scam and that you are making a complaint to the police for extortion. Once you get a copy of the police report and they call you again , just read out the file number and the name of the PD or Sheriff’s office involved. Tell them you’ll be glad to send a copy to them at whatever address the jack***es are working out of now.
You'll probably have to yell at them and talk over them. Tell 'em no scammy debt collector is going to push you around.
AMG Scam
Call from a variety of numbers. Several groups use the acronym AMG as part of their scams.
No real idea where they are located. Or if they are more than one entity. Generally debt scammers
violating every rule in the book. Ignore and block any calls received from these numbers or CIDs.
Call from: CID used:
205-258-0241 AMG Mediation
206-508-6880 AMG Financial, Omega Mediations
209-245-0791 Account Management Group, AMG
209-400-2588 Alliance Mediation Group, AMB
210-660-3911 AMG, A & G Mediators
276-243-4801 AMG and Associates
315-532-6069 AMG LLC
319-242-3877 AMG Associates
401-223-3267 AMG
405-367-4970 AMG
423-281-3001 AMG and Associates
424-274-0843 AMG, VIN Capital
480-360-0214 AMG for Eagle Finance
512-646-2261 AMG, Arbitration Management Group, Process Summons Division
631-465-9191 AMG
678-701-5040 AMG, Advanced Mediation Group, Regional Solutions
704-899-5429 AMG
716-256-1610 AMG, Asset Management Group
785-227-9403 AMG Associates/CT financial, Arbitration Management Group
800-616-3518 AMG and Associates
832-280-5128 AMG or Asset Management
844-224-2102 Alternating Mediation, AMG, Atlantic Mediation
844-299-1650 AMG aka Atlantic Mediation Group, Atlanta Mediation
844-780-6735 Atlantic Mediation Firm, AMG Mediation Firm
855-372-8677 AMG
855-436-9114 AMG, AMG and Associates
855-452-2448 AMG and Associates, Asset Management Group
855-486-4411 AMG Law Firm
855-490-6718 AMG
855-545-4329 AMG, Alliance Management Group AKA: FRS & Associates and Alliance Management
855-546-9056 AMG
855-546-9057 AMG Financial
855-585-1999 AMG
855-601-2815 AMG, AMG and Associates
855-861-2249 AMG Arbitration Management Group
855-974-6461 AMG
866-283-2181 AMG and associates/ alliance management group
866-403-5319 AMG or Allied Mediation Group, AMG Arbitration Management,
866-446-1071 Allied Mediation Group, AMG Arbitration Management
877-720-8623 AMG
877-888-9603 AMG Associates
888-726-0986 AMG Associates
904-900-5529 AMG Associates
949-484-6960 AMG Associates