Will say they have a complaint about you but who is you, they don't address the person who the phone call is for. They claim they will come arrest you in place of employment if you don't surrender. They don't say what the complaint is about either. When you return the phone call there is no answer. They say it is from the office of John Harris
Will say they have a complaint about you but who is you, they don't address the person who the phone call is for. They claim they will come arrest you in place of employment if you don't surrender. They don't say what the complaint is about either. When you return the phone call there is no answer. They say it is from the office of John Harris
These people said they have a complaint about me but never said my name on the recording, they don't address the person who the phone call is for. They that they werel going to arrest me at my place of employment if I don't surrender. They don't say what the complaint is about either. When I called the number that was on the recording I did get this Mr. John Harris. When I told him that we would just have to go to court and I asked him for my case number to give to my lawyer he hung up the phone. I called back and could not get an answer. A recording come on saying that the call can not be completed as dialed.
This is a common ploy by criminals attempting to extort money from people by scaring you into believing that you will be criminally charged, go to jail, lose your driver’s license, have wages garnished, be sued, and a variety of other variations on this, all for an alleged or nonexistent debt. One of the tricks they use is to call your work place repeatedly in an attempt to shame you into paying. They also use the “process server” who calls and claims he is going to serve you, but then says you could avoid it by calling another number.
Federal law (FDCPA) requires them to send you a letter (US MAIL ONLY) within 5 days of their first contact that contains their name, physical address, the creditor’s name, and the amount of the alleged debt. It also must contains “mini-Miranda” telling you that it is an attempt to collect a debt and that all information will be used for those purposes. The one other important thing that this letter must also have in it is that you have a right to dispute the debt within 30 days of receipt of the letter and if you do so, all collection activity must be stopped until the debt is verified.
Read up on your rights here, get template letters to send and also make a complaint at this government site: http://www.consumerfinance.gov/
Also file a complaint with your State Attorney General's office.
List of State AG’s offices: http://consumerfraudreporting.org/stateattorneygenerallist.php