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
i get 3 call say there are going to arrest me at my job there are call my job everday there just get me soo upsit i wish that there will stop there are call now everday at home and at work talk about [***] we work hand for money but you have people like this it not right to everone on here
I called them back and told them that there dog bit me and I was going to sue their a#€ and take all there money well the lady used curse words that made me blush, so I told her that me love her long time, she hung up... LOL
This guy named Eric Wilson called my cell phone and my work #. I called the FTC and filed a complaint. This is a scam! They are not allowed to call your work. It is against the law.
Yep, got message on my home phone today with threats of what would happen if I did not return his call, or have my attorney return his call, saying he wishes me luck in the future! These foreigners are crazy to think they can scam people this way, and it is very annoying to have these calls to listen to. I am on board with anybody who knows what to do about these creeps.
Someone from this number keeps calling me and states there is some kind of debt. They ask me for my Social Security number. I have hung on them, I have told them to stop calling me. I even told them to send me a letter stating their business and I would reply, but not by (cell) phone. I hope there is some way to stop these people. They just don't stop.