Got a call from this number and they were looking for a family member who hasn't lived here for 10+ years. Said it was "time-sensitive" and if they didn't hear back from her or her lawyer, it would play out legally. I tried calling the number back and only got a busy signal multiple times.
This is a common ploy by criminals attempting to extort money from people by scaring you into believing that you will be criminally charged, go to jail, lose your driver’s license, have wages garnished, 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 work place repeatedly in an attempt to shame you into paying. They also use the “process server” who calls and claims he is going to serve you, but then says you could avoid it by calling another number.
Federal law (FDCPA) requires them to send you a letter (US MAIL ONLY) within 5 days of their first contact that contains their name, physical address, the creditor’s name, and the amount of the alleged debt. It also must contains “mini-Miranda” telling you that it is an attempt to collect a debt and that all information will be used for those purposes. The one other important thing that this letter must also have in it is that you have a right to dispute the debt within 30 days of receipt of the letter and if you do so, all collection activity must be stopped until the debt is verified.
Read up on your rights here, get template letters to send 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://consumerfraudreporting.org/stateattorneygenerallist.php
Just the garbled call from this number. Some woman with an accent. Could not understand much more than my name, which she butchered! I couldn't even understand the call back number she left 3 times. I had to look back on my phone ID to look it up here. This sounds like a total Scam phone call!! Get a job like the rest of us and earn your money!!!
received call threatening legal action. I don't have any bad debt with anyone, so not sure what it is about, sounds like scam. Could barely understand the guy, left garbled message. Number is now blocked from my phone, thank you for the warning!