This is a collection agency that has bought debt from a creditor. I work at a huge call center and they call for our employees regularly. It is kind of fun to mess with them.
I recieved a call from this number today. My account is closed thank GOD.They had to have hacked into a payday loan companys files and got my info..ALSO. I asked them for the companies name in which I owe they couldnt give it to me, not even the date. He told me I will be arrested too...blah blah. I told them stop harassing me before I have yall [***] arrested for harassment and Fraud. They kept pretending to switch me to other areas because I was giving them the run around. So he goes are you willing to pay I said yeah what you need me to do. He gives me a list of things including I will not dispute this payment. He asked for Debt card info....etc. Yeah right......I am not a sucker and dont plan on being one. THIS IS A SCAM and one of the guys mention it. He stated if you dont pay the 1148.00 that you owe then you will be SCAMMED into paying 9000.00. I laughed, hung up and said TRY AGAIN!!!! There names are Frank Jackson and John Garcia which are not names because when I called back after several clicks he said WHO?!!! Dumb [***] wanta be scammers. Sorry but this PISSES ME OFF!
Got a call on my cell phone today that came across as unknown. He gave me his name as Michael Turner and a call back number of 469-656-5990. Knew that wasn't his real name as he barely spoke english. Couldn't understand where he said he was from but told me there was a federal lawsuit against me and it was a federally monitored line so please don't abuse him!! Told me I had violated federal law, had used the internet to collect and attempt check fraud, and debt by deception. Said it stemmed from an unpaid payday loan and the company had turned it over to them. I did have a payday loan but it was paid off according to terms. Called payday loan company and verified all was good and they said that they had received other calls to this such and they don't handle things that way, it was a scam, and to call my police. Sorry to be long but wanted to give all details to help out others.
They first said they where state financial investigation, and the next time they said they were us crime and financial investigation. They Called me five times today really scared me because they knew EVERY single one of my account numbers, dob, ssn, and my mother's phone number and address. I called social security, federal trade commission, experian, filed a police report, and called the identify theft. I don't know what else to do...