They call family, friends, neighbors and/or places of employment (past or present or both) to create panic and embarrassment so that their intended victim calls them and they can scare that person into paying their extortion money.
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
Also file a complaint with the Florida AG’s Office: http://myfloridalegal.com/
And the Florida Dept. of Financial Regulation: http://www.flofr.com/StaticPages/FileAComplaint.htm
The company called my boyfriend and my ex sister in law, looking for my son. They were advised that there were legal allegations in the state of Texas concerning my son. My concern is how they got the 2 phone numbers. My son doesn't talk to either of them and the only way to get my boyfriends number, since they are not related, is through my cell phone records. I asked how they got the number and they said through emergency contact. Not true because he would use me before my boyfriend.