I've been getting calls from this number for a few weeks now. I am a property manager so I get calls from all over the country from odd numbers so I didn't think anything of it. They never left messages until a week ago and finally when I got a message I decided to look it up on here. Next time they called, I answered and they said they were collecting on a debt from Citi Bank of South Dakota. After years of paying off all my credit card debt, I know I have no outstanding debts besides student loans. This "Mr. Burns" (all i can think of is the guy from the Simpsons) claims that I have "soo much student loan debt" that I don't even know where it comes from (which is false because I have 1 student loan company I have all my loans through). I told him it was harassment and I'm going to report him for running a scam and he hung up. I haven't heard from him since. Hope this helps.
They have been calling my phone for months now. The past couple weeks I have gotten fed up with it, because they have began leaving voicemails saying I need to call back asking for nobody who lives here, multiple times. The guy identifies himself as Mr. Burns....he is rude whenever you talk to him. I asked them to never to call back, to remove my number, but they got even ruder.
I've been getting calls from this number for a few weeks now. I am a property manager so I get calls from all over the country from odd numbers so I didn't think anything of it. They never left messages until a week ago and finally when I got a message I decided to look it up on here. Next time they called, I answered and they said they were collecting on a debt from Citi Bank of South Dakota. After years of paying off all my credit card debt, I know I have no outstanding debts besides student loans. This "Mr. Burns" (all i can think of is the guy from the Simpsons) claims that I have "soo much student loan debt" that I don't even know where it comes from (which is false because I have 1 student loan company I have all my loans through). I told him it was harassment and I'm going to report him for running a scam and he hung up. I haven't heard from him since. Hope this helps.
Yeah, this Mr. Burns guy calls me all times of the day and night won't say who he is. When I started sending his calls directly to voice mail he became threatening to me. I'm going to report him to the FCC and let them handle him.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation's consumer protection agency, is warning consumers to be on the alert for scam artists posing as debt collectors. It may be hard to tell the difference between a legitimate debt collector and a fake one. Sometimes a fake collector may even have some of your personal information, like a bank account number. A caller may be a fake debt collector if he:
is seeking payment on a debt for a loan you do not recognize;
refuses to give you a mailing address or phone number;
asks you for personal financial or sensitive information; or
exerts high pressure to try to scare you into paying, such as threatening to have you arrested or to report you to a law enforcement agency.
If you think that a caller may be a fake debt collector:
Ask the caller for his name, company, street address, and telephone number. Tell the caller that you refuse to discuss any debt until you get a written "validation notice." The notice must include the amount of the debt, the name of the creditor you owe, and your rights under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
If a caller refuses to give you all of this information, do not pay! Paying a fake debt collector will not always make them go away. They may make up another debt to try to get more money from you.
Stop speaking with the caller. If you have the caller's address, send a letter demanding that the caller stop contacting you, and keep a copy for your files. By law, real debt collectors must stop calling you if you ask them to in writing.
Do not give the caller personal financial or other sensitive information. Never give out or confirm personal financial or other sensitive information like your bank account, credit card, or Social Security number unless you know whom you're dealing with. Scam artists, like fake debt collectors, can use your information to commit identity theft – charging your existing credit cards, opening new credit card, checking, or savings accounts, writing fraudulent checks, or taking out loans in your name.
Contact your creditor. If the debt is legitimate – but you think the collector may not be – contact your creditor about the calls. Share the information you have about the suspicious calls and find out who, if anyone, the creditor has authorized to collect the debt.
Report the call. Contact the FTC and your state Attorney General's office with information about suspicious callers. Many states have their own debt collection laws in addition to the federal FDCPA. Your Attorney General's office can help you determine your rights under your state's law.>
These robocalls have come in 3 times weekly the past two weeks asking for a person that sold us this house more than five years ago. The robocall has an option to press a number if "you are not ________." Tonight I called the number and nicely asked the woman to cease and desist. She said to do that I would have to provide a name, number, etc. I interrupted her and told her the person was never associated with this telephone number, and she said he must have been or they would not have called. Then she said "Thank you," and hung up on me.
The person was associated with this address, NOT my telephone number.
I called back, and a woman answered and put me on hold where I sat listening to horrible music-on-hold for about five minutes, and I hung up.