Who called from 4045643639

We received a call today from a woman claiming to be from a department in Georgia, allegedly dealing with juveniles.  She knew the names of everyone in our home and wanted to know if we knew a Robert Sean H*****, who would be a second-removed relative.  We just told her that we did not and ended the phone call.  I have no idea if the call was legitimate or not, but I am somewhat suspicious.

Americollect, LLC Executive Offices
Urban Suburban Building
196 Peachtree Street, SW
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
404-564-3639 phone
404-564-2999 fax
email: [email protected]

Americollect, LLC
2001 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. SW, Suite 309
Atlanta, Georgia 30310

http://americollectllc.com/contct.html

This is a debt collection agency and their collector has violated Section 807 of the FDCPA (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act), by misrepresenting themselves as a representaive of a government agency (Department of Juvenille Justice):

§ 807.  False or misleading representations  [15 USC 1962e]

A debt collector may not use any false, deceptive, or misleading representation or means in connection with the collection of any debt. Without limiting the general application of the foregoing, the following conduct is a violation of this section:

The false representation or implication that the debt collector is vouched for, bonded by, or affiliated with the United States or any State, including the use of any badge, uniform, or facsimile thereof.

http://www.creditinfocenter.com/legal/FDCPA.shtml#807

Go to the Federal Trade Commission's website and file a complaint:

https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/

Then, file a complaint with the Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs:

http://consumer.georgia.gov/02/oca/home/0,247 ... 0B3B08328513CBB

The call was quick and easy. I didnt know a warrant was about to be put out for my arrest.

A woman called my house looking for me at first, then looking for a my friend of mine saying there is a warrant out for his arrest. I told her to [***] and told my friend what happened.

I was called concerning one of my family members.  The caller leaned towards being affiliated with Fulton Co Sheriff's Dept. I did a reverse 411 on her, and then she admitted she was from Americollect.  This was a debt collector.  She told me enough to scare me, then refused to comment any further.  I had my family member call her back and she said there was a warrant for his arrest.  Very poorly handled.  She wanted my debit card number (it was o.k. to talk to me when it came to money) I refused to give her any information.  My family member and I made the trip to Atlanta Municipal Court.  There, we found out that this family member really owed this bill.  We were treated like criminals.  This was from a ticket 2 1/2 years ago.  We paid it immediatly.  I don't appreciate the way it was handled on the bill collector's end at first.  And Atl MC was a joke, run VERY poorly.  VERY unprofession from everyone that we talked to.  We took care of everything and hopefully won't hear from these unprofessional people again.