They called asking for my husband who has been in prison for over 10yrs. Stating that someone used him as a reference. The lady was rude. CA being the sue capitol, harassment charges are in order.
Received a call from a Mrs. Pryor stating that she does not know what happened on our end but she never received our attorney information so she submitted her info for auto payroll deductions. This is a scam, she never identified her company, nor do I have any debt for collection. Beware do not call them back or give them any information. I have the call recorded, so it will be forwarded for investigation.
My husband received a call from Ms. Pryor with CRS and she stated that there was a "complaint" against my husband for not paying the remaining amount from a truck that he had that was repo'd. She tried to make it sound like she was working for a law firm. She threatened him with wage garnishment and a 1099C. Yes, my husband did have a truck repo'd a few years ago and the amount was charged off by the original creditor. My husband got mad and hung up on her. Immediately, my phone rang and it was Ms. Pryor. I was polite to her and started asking her questions. I asked her who she worked for and if she was with a collection agency. She stuttered for a moment and said, "with attorneys on staff". I played dumb and asked her what the bill was for. She said for the remaining balance from a reposessed 2003 Ford Taurus....quickly corrected her self and said F-150 truck. I said, "did you say Taurus?" and she ignored my question. (Funny, I used to own a Ford Taurus)...She said that she would file a 1099C if we didn't pay within four months. I asked if she could extend the number of months so that the payment would be affordable every month. She said that she would ask the "attorneys" and call me back in the morning. I asked for her name and phone number. She gave me this phone number and an extension number. I got on the internet and researched what a 1099C (not a big deal; just that the IRS would be notified of the charged off amount on the truck and we would have to report that amount as taxable income). Also, found numerous places saying that there are people out there trying to scam other people for old bills that are unpaid. I called the number back at 2:00 a.m. expecting to have to put in an extension number or something and it went straight to her voicemail. Hmm.....If she ever calls me again I will start calling her every night in the middle of the night. This crap is a scam. Somehow...she got some of our information and is posing as a bill collector.
I received call that went to voicemail from this agency stating that I had a returned item from my bank and that I had 48 hours to correct this issue. He said he was from CRS and then gave me the number to call him at and a account number. I tried to call the number back however it was not a working number. I checked with my bank and I did not have anything that had been returned and the bank said that they would not be calling me they would send a letter in the mail stating that something was returned. I am a nervous reck with this. I guess I will be calling the police office in 48 hours to see if I have a warrant for my arrest. I have no way to contact the person that called me because the number does not work. Anyone with advise?
Ms Pryor called my number one day and asked for a "Scott," which is my name but she didn't say my last name and I get a lot of wrong numbers calling me so I played along for a minute to see who was calling before telling them they had the wrong number but she cut me off and said "You are being sued" and hung up on me.
Now, a couple weeks later, she leaves me a voicemail saying she is taking time out of her busy day to call and verify information on a 1099c that needs to be received by the end of the year so she can report it to the IRS. She said she has tried to reach me by mail, but I have received nothing of this nature. I have not called the number back because I have several lines funneling into my main line and I am not exactly sure which one she called in on. I am certainly not going to go down the list of numbers to get it removed, giving her even more of my phone numbers. I guess it is time to add this b!tch to my "Reject"/"Blacklist" that sends the b!tch right to voicemail.
She is a rude one, that is for sure! I think she is a scam.
Somebody should tell her to Google her phone number and see this and other pages revealing her scam to the world. The sad thing is, there are probably people out there that fall for it.
I don't answer phone numbers that I don't know, so I waited for the voicemail and this lady leaves me a message looking for someone I have not had any contact with in 20 years. They say that I left her name as a reference and that I needed to call her. Sounds like a scam to me. I was shocked to hear this persons name and that they think my phone number is hers. Very weird.