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I was at work and my husband called and starts telling me this story freaking out. he thought his [***] little sister must of pulled some [***] on us and this guy comes to my and so my husband says make sure you have the right ss# he said yes and the police would be coming tomorrow for him. husband is freaking out. so I googled the phone # and this is what came up thank you please tell me if anyone of you had any more problems
Received repeated calls from a restricted number and the voice mail is a man named "Michael Davis" with the Larry Parker Law Firm had a very heavy Indian accent claiming that there is a suit against me and that I need to pick up the suit at the local police department (isn't that the sheriff's job to serve me?). From what I've seen on about 4 other sites this is a scam. Good....I can breath now.
This is a criminal extortion scam operating out of India. They are making the calls utilizing VOIP and the names of legitimate firms to make it appear the calls are originating from within the US. There is NO "company" or "debt" and you will NOT be arrested. They are harvesting and/or buying consumers' personal identifying information from unscrupulous websites like the one you may have filled out an application with, and you need to do whatever you can to protect yourself. This includes: Notifying the FTC: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/, placing fraud alerts with all three credit bureaus, notifying your bank and employer and letting these criminals know you are aware they are attempting to extort money for a non-existent debt and have alerted the authorities.
ABC News released an investigative report on this scam a year ago:
I got a call from this number today. Told me that a suit had been filed against me and that I would need to appear in court in CA. I told him he had the wrong person as I've never left the east coast. He then read off my address! I was told that I would recieve a subpoena from my local sheriffs office on Friday. I called the police station and was told that it was a scam. I'm not the first person in town to have this call. Glad my husband is off Friday!
This is a scam. These guys are calling from a call center in India. They are trying to get you to give them you credit card or bank account number. They then take out your money and put it into their pockets. They use every trick in the book to scare you into paying them. There is no debtor's prison in America. Do Not Fall For It. It will only cost you money. These people are using the names of several different law firms throughout the country, but are not associated with any of them. Just hang up, or use the call block feature on you phone to block the calls. They will change the number eventually, but if enough people catch on to them, maybe it will stop.