i received a familiar phone call as well,but from a mike jones, stating that i owed on a vehicle way back in 01,which by law he is way past over due (3yrs to collect) so DON NOT GIVE THIS OR THESE A##HOLES YOU INFO!!
This guy is a grade-a [***]. His name is Mike Orlando ... he will threaten to sue you right off the bat unless you pay a huge bulk payment of what you originally owed.
***RECORD YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THIS MAN.***
In one phone call, he broke 4 laws set forth in the Fair Debt Collections Practice Act:
1. He threatened to begin calling my work. After I told him this was illegal he said he didn't know where I was getting my information and that I should talk to a lawyer about this.
2. I told him I would no longer speak to him over the phone and to only contact me via US mail. He refused, saying he only did business over the phone. THIS IS ILLEGAL.
3. He threatened to garnish my wages. THIS IS ILLEGAL WITHOUT HIM WINNING IN COURT FIRST.
4. He threatened that if I did not pay up, he would try to get me to sell my car to pay off the debt, or take my home's equity. THIS IS ILLEGAL.
He was VERY lucky I was not recording the conversation with him. He will be calm and not use profanity towards you, but do not be deceived. This is a GRADE A, SLIMY SCAMMER WHO WILL DO EVERYTHING HE CAN TO INTIMIDATE YOU INTO PAYING.
Do NOT let him get to you. RECORD YOUR CONVERSATION and the money he will owe you from his multiple infractions of the FDCPA will more than pay off your debt, and hopefully get him fired.
I receive the same calls but from a Jack Wesley very rude and nasty and says anything to you. He thinks people do not know the laws in fact everything he says is breaking the laws, He keeps calling my job threatens to garnish my pay check yells at me then hangs up in your face. Something needs to be done about him. What a as*hole.
If you do a reverse look up in whitepages.com this is what comes up, Global Crossing Local Servcies, Inc. I am glad to have found this site with all these comments. Although I have never pick up on any of thier calls, glad that I also never responded to them too. Best thing to do unless you have a relative that lives long distance, but does not carry any familiar long distant area code, don't pick up. That's what I do. So far 2 out of 3 of these dirt bag companies have stopped calling.
got a call from caller id CCS 636-634-2863. he would not confirm collection agency or not, but from the names he asked for, i know it's collections. the guy told me i catch more flies w/ honey that w/ vinegar when i told him i've had my phone # for 2 1/2 years and he used skip tracers to get it. he told me he'd remove it and "guaranteed" i won't get calls back from them. he hung up before i got a name.
Received call from "Brian Evans" on my cell phone. My cell phone message does not use my name. He asked for my name to which I said no. He then said I was lying. I hung up. Can't wait to see if he calls back.