The "good luck as this situation unfolds" line and the vanilla-sounding alias names for the reps strongly suggest a South Asian fake debt collector. If you really want to know how they've found you and Gramma and the neighbor's pet ferret, think back to when you or someone related gave away a pile of sensitive data to strangers through an online application form.
To be clear, this is extortion dressed as debt collection. The agents' horrid threats are empty and their conduct is illegal. As early as possible it's critical to determine if your collector is domestic or yet another South Asian faker. The former you can sue into submission; the latter tend to be out of reach.
My notes from October 2011 on payday loan and "hot check" collectors are linked below.
http://800notes.com/forum/ta-429fb24ec2162e3/ ... -numbers-here-2
See also this FTC alert: "Fake Debt Collectors"
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0258-fake-debt-collectors
(former title: ''Who's Calling? That Debt Collector Could Be a Fake'')
The following will be useful if you have a US domestic collector calling, and will in general help you sniff out the frauds:
official FTC guidance and staff opinions on the FDCPA, PDF copy of the Act
http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpajump.shtm
CFPB Q&A on debt collection practices
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/askcfpb/search ... bt%20Collection
this person called and said this about a law suit from 415-952-5630 said his name is david green this is crazy for these folk to get your information and call with these crazy scam this person called my job said to call attorney michael caudle and i look that up to and there not a person in law with that name.please take off list
when they call let them know that you know its a scam thats what my hubby did cus i was getting the same call ans they was like okay okay we wont call her no more the funny part is that he called them back and they was the one hanging up the phone lol
I just a call from this number and told that he is an attorney. He said that he is representing a company but won't mention the company. He is asking me to go to western union to to get money order and sent it to him.
I said 'YOUR CRAZY AND CAN'T EVEN SPEAK ENGLISH. I hang up on him. I called him back and said I am a sherriff of SF imvestigating his call and he hang up.
This number has called my office 4 times this morning. then a guy who doesn't speak english clearly asks for a DIFFERENT PERSON every time! None of these people are currently with my company and haven't been in YEARS. A few months back they called my home and threatened that I was being sued for a payday loan.... I have never even taken out a payday loan. ever.