I received a message today from this number. Some guy told me his name was Roger and he was with PR and Associates and his colleague had left a message for me a week or so ago about some legal matter they wanted to help me with. He said they only had a short time before they could not contact me with this matter because of legal actions and asked me to call. He said his name was Roger Waters (like the guy who was in Pink Floyd) and asked me to call back at 714-475-5320. When I googled PR and Associated, I found one in Huntington Beach, CA (right area code) that was a public relations firm. Don't think I'll be calling.
Got ten calls from "California Call" #714-380-5875, two a day for five days, morning and evening. I never answer unidentified calls but tried to find out who this is. All I can find out is that it is a phone listed with Verizon out of Santa Ana California. Calls stopped and now a envelope addressed to a deceased relative came to my house postmarked Santa Ana selling some kind of junk called Cho-Wa in a phony newspaper article from Kumato Labs North America Distribution Center. Says to call 800-882-0565 ext. 314 to order with a credit card. Must be where the harrasing calls came from; what a scam!
Got a letter with the telephone number 714-380-5875 belonging to a Worldwide Recoveries; stating that it is a collection agency located at 2414 S Fairview, Suite 210 in Santa Ana, CA 92704 attempting to collect a debt.
Finally got Mr. Terry to return a phone call. Looking for a person with similar name who had not paid bill. Told him that he had the wrong person--not right age, address, not family member, not correct id numbers. But would not take any of this information at all. Very rude. I think that he also calls on 714-380-5867. It is an investigative unit who has received bad bills and are seeking anyone who might be frightened into paying bills he or she doesn't owe.
Did some looking on the internet. The company appears to be run through or by lawyer, Rudy Gaba, from Weltman, Weisburg, and Reis (WWR) in Santa Ana. They specialize in collecting debts. However, WWR has offices across the US.
Here are some fun facts about Weltman, Weinberg & Reis: http://www.budhibbs.com/debtcollectorpages/weltman_weinberg_reis.htm
And this is a lengthy list of federal lawsuits filed against Weltman, Weinberg & Reis, many of which alleged violations of federal debt collection laws: http://dockets.justia.com/search?query=Weltma ... 1&max-year=2008
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