Continued to receive calls from this number (either Tara or Christina from Mr. Al-Safar's (sp?) Office) practically every day throughout the month of July. Saved 6 of the messages, but deleted them the other day because it had been just about three weeks without a phone call from them and I thought maybe I had gotten rid of them. Got a semi-intimidating call today from from Andrew Metcalfe (see 877-234-1835 and 617-453-0781)-indicates this is the same company.
Also, sent a secure message to Capital One through my online account asking if they have any phone-phishing tips they could post along with the email phishing tips and if they have a legitimate affiliation with this company.
BTW according to my neighbor the 2 call limit in a 7-day period only applies if you actually talk to them.
This is the number that shows up on my Caller ID for someone named Tara at Global. The voicemail left does not specifically address me, but that I should call 877-295-9638 to discuss "an important personal business matter that has come through their office." I have received 3 phone calls to date (7/5/10, 7/8/10, 7/12/10), which as I understand it, violates MA collection laws. According the the Fair Debt Collection document available from the Attorney General at http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/subject/about/debt.html a creditor/collection agency cannot contact you at home more than twice in a seven-day period regarding a debt and if they're using a MA phone number to reach a MA resident, that should apply. Furthermore, I'm current on almost all of my accounts and if I'm not, I'm in direct contact with my creditors to make payment arrangements so a third-party collection agency should have no reason to be contacting me.
Continued to receive calls from this number (either Tara or Christina from Mr. Al-Safar's (sp?) Office) practically every day throughout the month of July. Saved 6 of the messages, but deleted them the other day because it had been just about three weeks without a phone call from them and I thought maybe I had gotten rid of them. Got a semi-intimidating call today from from Andrew Metcalfe (see 877-234-1835 and 617-453-0781)-indicates this is the same company.
Also, sent a secure message to Capital One through my online account asking if they have any phone-phishing tips they could post along with the email phishing tips and if they have a legitimate affiliation with this company.
BTW according to my neighbor the 2 call limit in a 7-day period only applies if you actually talk to them.