I got a call from Carl Anderson case # SIJ2565 and I have never fraud a check in my life and if you call the number and wait till your time to speak to this person it is like taking a number at the butchers. Your call will be answered in the order it was received. That is a bunch of crap. When I got the call he gave his name and was telling me in a message on my phone that it was about a check fraud and myself and my attorney needed to call him immediately.
Somebody by the name of Kimberly Green keeps calling my cell phone saying she is from the check fraud division of Liberty governed by federal law, that I should call back immediately to defend myself in this case before it goes to the courts in my county. Good grief I know nothing about any fraudulent check.
Could be a scam for personal information.
I just received the same type of call from a person by the name of Steven. How can we get these types of businesses out of business??!!!! I am so sick of them calling me and harassing me.
I just recieved a simiar call from this number. A man calling himself Howard Shorstein claimed that I would be served pertaining to a check fraud case (which I know nothing about!) and that by Federal law, he had to give me the chance to contact his office (or my attorney of record) about setting up some kind of resolution.
I don't know if this is real or not, but I DO know that my past issues with payday loan businesses has been resolved.
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.