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.
Received a call from this number (I'd had an extremely long Friday and was enjoying getting to sleep in, hence the annoyance at being woken up for this) telling me they've been trying to get hold of <specific name> at an address a few doors down from me. I was reasonably sure this was a collections call, something I have no desire to be a part of. I told them as I didn't know the person and didn't know what this was about I wouldn't be a part of this, so she thanked me and said goodbye.
So, I'll give this particular operator at least a few marks for not making up a story (e,g, concerned friend of relative) or otherwise revealing any details... but that's about it.
I'll also join the chorus of dissent (Anthony, Eric and Jimmy) regarding the statements made by once in this situation, and will go one step farther to suggest that "once" may be a planted bit of misinformation by someone working for this or some other collection agency. Either way, the early parts of it are clearly misinformed.
I keep receiving calls from this number but do not recognize the number so I never answer. When I call back it's busy. I'm assuming it's a scam number. I would like to report this somewhere to have it blocked