Someone will call you, your relatives, friends, somehow they have numbers of people connected to you. They say they are a special investigator, Terrell Jones and that someone has filed a compaint against you. They will then give you the claim and affidavit number, tell you that you have been named a respondent in a court action and must appear. The so called order also involves a restraining order (?). They give you or your attorney 24 to 48 hours to respond and then end the message with Good Luck! They leave you a number to call back which goes to "Central Processing Services" and then music plays forever. I never got a person to answer so I could curse them out, but I'm trying. This call is from a Pennsylvania number, cell phone. Do not call it back or respond! Go to your local Sheriff or Police office and file a complaint. Until enough complaints are filed, no enforcement will take place. Extremely annoying. I simply told all of my friends and family to tell them I died. We'll see if that works.
We received that same message as above except it was from "special agent James." We got an extra message included after the initial one saying there was a restraining order filed against us! That last comment was enough to let me know this was some type of scam. On the caller ID it came up as unknown caller.
I have received harassing messages over the last few years. My information is "out there" and I've learned to live with it. I just received a call about this today, and called the number that was given to me. Do NOT give them any money - they are harassing you, and have no right to do so. Even if you may think that you owe money, don't do it.
They are not allowed to harass you this way. Here is a link to more information about this: http://consumer-law.lawyers.com/consumer-frau ... Collectors.html
I highly recommend reading it and reporting them online.
Ways to handle the scammers: CALL BACK the number they give you to call and let them know that everytime they call you, you are taking down their information and reporting it to the FBI, FTC and your local police. That it is illegal for them to harass you, and you will continue to file complaint against them each time they call you.
"IF they do not provide you with the verification of the debt, the debt is invalid and not subject to collection. PAY NOTHING TO ANYBODY UNLESS THEY PROVIDE YOU WITH WRITTEN VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT, AND ONLY THEN IF YOU FEEL THE DEBT IS VALID - otherwise, let them sue you for the debt, as a real law firm will only bring a legal action on a truly valid debt".