I received a call from 404-382-7757 from a very aggressive female asking to speak to my supervisor. I told her that she had the wrong number. I do not take unknown, bill collecting calls at my place of work. She kept insisting that she speak with the HR manager and after repeatedly telling her that she had the wrong number I hung up. She called right back asking why did I hang up and asked to speak to me by name. I told her again that she had the wrong number she was call a government agency and to not call again and hung up again. She then called another co-worker in another department asking for my information and she was told to fax the form she needed completed. My co-worker said she never got the form. She also informed her that it was against the law for her to send unauthorized personal information. She never got the fax. I know I'll hear from these persons again.
my daughter received a phone call from an very aggressive female named Ms Reed. She stated she was from the Jefferson Court house and that she had pending charges against me and if I did not call back within an hour charges would be filed against me. First the number is 404-382-7757 which is an Atlanta Georgia number which is not located in Jefferson County. Which makes me know for a fact that she is calling for fraud because you wouldn't be calling from one state but yet stating you are from a different county and state.
-Private Companies cannot issue arrest warrants.
Only those in the judicial system can issue warrants. They need to be petitioned by attorneys, and signed off by a judge.
-Debt is civil. not criminal. You cannot be arrested for ordinary debt in the United States and Canada. There are no debtors prisons here.
-If there were an arrest warrant with your name on it, your local courthouse would have it. Look up the number independently, and call them. People have been taking this advice for a long time. And guess what? No one has had a warrant issued. :)
-IF THERE WERE, however, no one will EVER call you to tell you they are coming to arrest you, or serve you papers. Process servers only get paid if they deliver your paperwork, and if you hide, they won't get paid, so, they won't tell you they're coming.
-ALSO, if there were "criminal" or "financial" proceedings against you, it's too late to pay anyone. The deed has been been done. The proverbial wheels are in motion.
-Money sent by 'untraceable means' (cash cards, western union) is money that cannot be traced. I know that sounds obvious, but by the time you figure out you've been scammed, you have no way to figure out who collected that money. It's gone forever. You can't dispute it.
-Threats of arrest, losing your drivers license, putting holds on SSN's, demanding attorney contact information and other things like that are common scare tactics used by "debt collectors" who are trying to collect on a debt they cannot legally collect on. If they COULD legally collect on the debt, they wouldn't have to resort to scare tactics.
And perhaps most importantly -
-REAL debt collectors will send you (because they are required to, by law) a 'DEBT VALIDATION'. This is sent through the mail (USPS) with a stamp on it (e-mail, fax, texts, carrier pigeon, smoke signals...none of those count) and tell you when you incurred the debt, to whom you owe the original debt, and how to proceed if you don't think you owe the amount, or if your records reflect a different amount. Remember, this is REQUIRED BY LAW to be sent to you within 5 days from initial contact (on the company behalf) DEMAND THEY SEND YOU THIS!!! This will immediately weed out the scammers.
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection
This link takes you to the FTC's website and gives you all the rules debt collectors must follow. It also (at the bottom) provides links to where you can report any debt collector who isn't following the law.
This same number has called me 7 times back to back. They are rude and nasty I don't know who they are but they need to be reported. I told a ms. Reed that if she kept calling me I was pressing phone harassment charges, she quit calling for now anyways