"collection agengy ... were upset that someone was breaking all of the laws that they have to abide by" makes no sense because your caller is a criminal and not a legit debt collector. Why get upset? Criminals don't obey laws anyway.
I have been recieving calls from these people for about 3 months now, my interactions have been the same as the others that you are reading. A woman named April ( definately not her real name, since she can barely speak English) calls. I never answer the phone anymore, but she leaves a message about how my attorney needs to contact them, blah blah blah. She really pissed me off today tho, she went a little further, probubly because I never answer the phone. She went on to say this would be the last time she would call me and she wishes me good luck as this whole situation is going to come down around me, and she feels bad for my child whom I am listed as a primary parent for! She has some nerve, and I'm not sure how she sleeps at night. When I told my husband about it, he called and ripped them a new one! What he said I'm not going to put on here... The person he talked to said they are going to our local police dept. tomorrow at noon, and then they are going to come find me and "drag" me to court, their words not mine! They said if we just paid them $600.00 it would all be solved. Obvioulsy we are not gonig to do that. I am going to call my local police dept. and file a report. We have changed our bank account information and I'm thinking about changing my phone number as well. They havent called me at work yet, knock on wood. The best advice I can give you is to ignore them, and change your information.
I've been receiving calls from an unknown number that leave a message claiming that I have to contact them regarding a case that is being filed against my name and social security number and I or my "receipt" attorney needs to contact them immediately. They wish me a good day and God Bless. I'm sure they have no idea who God is. Anyway, I was given this number to call back and talk to them because I've been reading post after post about how these scammers are pretending to be law enforcement officers and threatening people with jail or worse. Of course, this is entirely untrue. A person cannot be incarcerated for not paying a debt. When a woman answered, (East Indian accent) I asked for Shawn Hernandez, the contact person I was supposed to call. She asked who I was. I told her that it shouldn't matter who it was that she needs to connect me to Shawn Hernandez. When this person came on the line, I basically screamed that he needed to stop calling me because I knew it was a scam. I wasn't really too nice about it and hung up. Immediately, he called back and left a very lengthy derogatory message on my voicemail about what he was going to do to me in a very sexual and demeaning manner. I called him back and thanked him for the proof he gave me to prosecute his sorry butt because I now had a recording. He basically threatened me again and hung up on me.
Yesss!!! They just called me today and I was scared I was like what checking account I dont even have a checking account and saw that it kinda stressed him out so yes it is a SCAM and once I threathen him with the Police he hung up!