A woman called me from the above number identifiying herself as Investigator Morgan. She said there is a claim against me for check fraud. She gave me a pretrial docket no. of 13689. I was instructed to call 844-209-4629 for further instructions. I called the 844 number and spoke with a John Robinson who told me this complaint was coming from an establishment called Check-n-Go and that I owe them $1670.93. He asked me about my financial situation and how much money I get per month. He then said he was going to put me on hold and call Check-n-Go to see what they were willing to do for me. He came back on the line rather quickly and offered me two options. One was that I could pay them $510. today and they would consider the matter closed. I told him I don't have 510 right now so he offered me another choice. I could provide him with my debit card number and arrange for me to pay $417.73 per month for 4 months until the 1670.93 was paid in full. As it happens, I lost my debit card recently and had called my bank to cancel the card and have a new one reissued to me. I have not yet gotten it. He then said that I could go to Walmart, or Walgreens and purchase a debit card for just a few dollars and it wouldn't be necessary for me to make an initial deposit. He said I had one hour to get the card and call him back with the card numbers or he would speak to Ms. Morgan and have the case reopened and I would then have to go to court. Well I got scared, I don't want to go to court and possible have charges against me on record. So I got dressed and grabbed my container of quarters that I use for laundry and ran out the door to Walgreens. I got there and was able to find a debit card that was fairly cheep. I went up to the register to pay for it and the lady told me I had to load $20 onto the card before I could use it. I didn't have $20 so I said never mind I won't buy it. I then ran frantically up the road to Family Dollar where after a long search, I found a card that would accept a minimum of $10 to load. So I bought the card and loaded it with $10. all in quarters. The total amount was 12.95. I went home trying to walk as fast as I could. I am 61 and have arthritis in my legs, arms, and hands. I cannot move too fast these days. I got home and called Mr. Robinson who was busy on another line. Another man helped me. He took the card information and reminded me to load the 417.73 on it on Nov 2, 2016 which is my next pay day. I later talked to a friend abouth this situation and he looked the number up online and it came back as being a scam. So what do I do from here. I am obviously not loading any more money on this card nor will I call them with my new debit card number when it comes in. How can I prove this is a scam and not legitament? Am I in any kind of danger of being dragged to court over this. Please guide me with this. I need help. Thank you.
Joyce Harris
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(401) 356-0240