My sister in law got a call from this number and has her scared to death thinking that I am going to be arrested due to "felon warrents" for me. These people need to get a real job!
I reeived call stating I owed money and that I would be arrested at my place of employment unless i paid them $1,047 immediately. The man would not identify himself or what company he worked for so I hung up. He then called my place of employment and shared that information with my co worker who transfered his call to human resources and she then informed my supervisor of the call. My coworker and supervisor was concerned about someone coming to my place of employment and arresting me. I called this number back and requested to speak to whomever had called and of course I got the same high trained professional he then says he never called anyones job (liar). I went to police station took the phone number and explained what happened. The clerk called twice, identified herself and where she was calling from (she was hung up on of course)and the officer called once and was hung up on. Wow what a waste of
my time and how frustrating. Get a real job.
I received a call today stating I owed $$$ and that warrants were being issued for my arrest, and that I had to pay with in the next 2 hours or so, or it was going to to criminal division. They informed me that I must pay the debt to the State of GA for financial restitution. I went on the State of Georgia's website, and checked 'restitution', nowhere did it indicate I could pay at a Walmart to have avoid incarceration. I have no idea what is going on.
I am glad I call 203-653-2250 Lemberg & Associates Fair Debt Collection- The guy who assisted me actually called 'The Company' and he said it sounds like a complete scam.
When I called 203-653-2250, I was told to call 'the company' (no name available) back, and ask them to send to me on company letter head, an original letter stating who they are and what they are owed, by whom with all information, and disclosures of implementation of charges I would be facing, via U.S. Postal Service mail. At 'The Compnay' during my initial call I was hung up on, the man said I was being rude, when I was not! I never raised my voice, I never used foul language and I never got upset, I was baffled by the entire call, conversation, and alleged charges. When I called back, a female answered and said, 'processing' she transfered me to a person who answered, 'compliance'. I was given all the information again, but never 'the company name' of the people actually calling me, just that 'they' represent Great Plains, and Bank of America.They were kind enough to tell me that once I went to Walmart and made the payment, while on the phone with them 'the company', they would send me "an email showing zero debt due, balance paid in full"....... SMDH, as if the receipt would not be sufficient for me.... LOL
call and check 'the company' out for yourselves. I can not speak for anyone and I can not advise any one on how to clear up any matters with this 'company'. I can say I have not left to go to Walmart, and it is past the timeframe (2hours) I was given.
So you were told to make restiution to the State of Georgia from some scammer supposedly in Texas?! The State of Georgia would come after you themselves. Debt is a CIVIL matter, not a CRIMINAL matter.I swear dirt is smarter than these scammers. Go to ftc.gov and learn your rights under the FDCPA.
I received a call from this number today and a man told me that I was facing felony charges for "worthless checks" and that he would issue a "state wide warrant for my arrest".
Let me first say that I am in Ohio and the call came from Texas.
I recently filed and completed a personal bankruptcy and the company he mentioned as the place I owed money to originally was one of the creditors discharged. He stated my full name, social security number and last four digits of an old bank account number. When I asked who he represented he became quite belligerent and told me that his name was Luitenant Schneider with the "financial crimes unit". He said I was facing 85 months in jail if I didn't cooperate.
After some tense conversation I finally figured I would pretend like I was cooperating to get more information. I asked "What do you need from me?" He said I needed to pay restitution before 6:00 p.m. today. When I asked where I needed to do this he said I should go to one of many "restitution centers" throughout My city and pay there. He instructed me to go to Walmart. That's right. Walmart. He said the state of Ohio uses MoneyGram as a means for restitution payment for felony case. I knew immediately he was full of crap. The state doesn't use MoneyGram. He wanted me to call him once I was at Walmart at the MoneyGram station an he would give me the number to send it to and he would take down my home address to send me verification of payment by mail. I politely told him I would need to call my wife and arrange to have the money available and that I would call him back.
I didn't call him back. I called the police station. I spoke with a detective and told him everything "Luitenant Schneider" told me. Before I even finished he told me it was a scam. He said their department is getting over 300 reports like this every week. He thanked me for calling in and took down the number to flag it as fraudulent. When I told him the "Luitenant" had given me a badge number he just laughed a little bit and said "Give me give seconds and I can come up with a badge number too."
Don't fall for it. They'll have all your info and want to scare you into paying money to them. What they're doing is a crime and should be reported to your local law enforcement.