I didn't get call from this number but was told by an alleged Process Server on a separate live call to phone this number in Houston to get further info of my case. It appears this number is not legit and I won't be calling it because most likely whoever answers the phone will try to trick me into revealing my ID or pay money to him/her. (How to sic law enforcement onto the scammers, anyone tell me?) I am pretty sure the number the alleged Process Server used is spoofed. Sure enough this number is reported elsewhere to be involved in similar scams.
I got a call yesterday from a process server saying i am being sued and they couldnt give me any information about what, they gave me a number to call and a case number, which I did write down. But did not call.
I saw that case # on a different number thread tonight, but I don't remember which one. Doesn't really matter because it is not a real case number, they are not put together like that, and they wouldn't have the actual number unless the case was filed with the court.
Criminals masquerading as debt collectors attempt to extort money from people by scaring you into believing that you will be criminally charged (they use the bad check or hot check claim a lot) and go to jail, lose your driver’s license, have wages garnished without actually being sued or going to court, 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 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. They will use the words “Mediator”, “Arbitrator”, or “Law Office” to make you believe that they are something other than a debt collector want-a-be and that they don’t have to follow Federal and State collection laws. They do have to follow those laws, but they won’t. They mention that they have received a Fax document, to create the sense of urgency. They also tell you that if you fail to call them back you are "waiving your right to council", which is pretty much nothing but hogwash. They also use the “process server” ruse who calls and claims he is going to serve you, but then says you could avoid it by calling another number where they will ask for money to “make it go away” (this is actually the same place, they work in teams, one pretending to be the server, and the other usually pretends to be a lawyer). Process servers do not ever call ahead so that you can dodge them. Process servers get paid to serve papers, nothing else.
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