I just received a call at work (came through the switchboard) from someone I think he said his name was James; claiming he was from the Chicago Citibank branch. He said he was calling about a mastercard that that has a "refuses to pay" on the acct? He stated a last name that sounds very much like mine -polish and not common. He asked if that was me; he also had my first name. I said no and that I didn't have a mastercard acct and what concerned me was how peculiar all this was. He asked if I knew anyone in Lake Forest b/c they were giving out my "info"? After I read the number 847-741-7841 back to him on the caller id - the call was disconnected. I called the nubmer back and it's busy busy busy. Do not take this statement offensive, this is just to help out, but I know the voice was older / african american male and sound very proper but monotone.
I received two phone calls from this number. Tryed to dial it back, and its always a busy dialtone. Very strange number cause they keep calling me every day at the same time.
extremley rude asking for my wife and refusing to identify.plan to call police.he was telling that i am not listed as her husband in the credit report.
DITTO, DITTO.... DO NOT GIVE ANY INFO.... IF YOU SAY ANYTHING AT ALL, ASK THEM FOR THEIR HOME NUMBER AND TELL THEM YOU WILL CALL THEM AT DINNER TIME. ALSO ASK FOR THEIR MOTHER IN LAW'S PHONE NUMBER SO YOU CAN IRRITATE HER.
DON'T GET MAD, GET EVEN
Alan, that is an extremely dubious claim you made.
To be honest I feel you must work for this company and are trying to purposely mislead. I visited the website for the State of Ill. Dept of Economic Security- and this # is not listed at all on thier website.
I received a shady call from this # a few minutes ago.
they asked for me by first name only as if it was someone i knew.
when i asked who was calling, they refuse to respond,
instead attempting to verify my last name.
This, it obviously was NOT someone I knew, therefore I hung
up quickly as I do not appreciate a stranger calling me on the phone
pretending to be someone I knew.
Of course I quickly returned the call, in the hope to speak to a manager or such. Regardless, their number is always busy. It is definitely NOT a Government agency.
As for collection agencies, they can sue you all they want.
However, having a claim against you and actually getting the money are two wildly different realities. Thus, these agencies resort to all sorts of nefarious ploys to trick or harass people into a response.
sorry for all the typos above...
in a rush to see my Grandmother who is on the hospital.
the agency is called GC collection agency. i was able to get some info from them off the phone. it was like pulling teeth. they are the worst of the worst according to the BBB, their list of complaints goes from here to china and back.
Alan is definitely a liar and must work for them.
they are a collection agency, and if they are calling, they think someone there defaulted on some payment and they are trying to collect.