I received a call but did not answer as I don't answer "Unavailable" calls. They left a message saying they were with National Credit which is a collection agency, but the 800 number he left is not on their website and they are located in Washington State, but came across as a local Austin area number. They were actually trying to verify if my number was a good contact number for a friend of mine! Now that is going quite far if you are calling friends and relatives to try and scam someone.
I received a call from this number, when I answered a woman immediately asked me for my name and the last four of my social. When I asked what it was in reference to, she said she wouldn't speak without verifying my information. I hung up.
I got a call today and caller left a voicemail. It was a woman claiming she was calling to collect a debt. Didn't provide her name or company name OR whom she was collecting for. Sounded pretty bogus to me, especially since I have no debt!
Received a call. Guy acknowledged that I was at work and asked me to take his number to return a collections call. I told him that I would take the number but that I did not deal with collection agencies and that any correspondence...
That is as far as I got b/c he said "don't even take the #, I'm going to recommend that we handle this out of our office. You have a nice day." Of course, his tone was anything but nice while he said this. He did not give me a chance to finish saying that I needed everything in writing and to ask for a company name, physical and mailing addresses.
Legitimate collections would not behave in this manner....if there even are any legitimate collection agencies out there.
Don't answer any calls from this number. I asked them not to call my work number and he began raising his voice. All I could do at this point is hang up. They will represent themselves as trying to verify employment. They are debt collectors.
I also received a phone call from this number. A women left a voice mail saying she is contacting me regarding some debt I have. She wants me to call back on a 800 number.
This phone call is quite phishing. It looks like I have the same issue with all previous receivers. I don't have any debt at all.