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.
Don't know who it is. Left a name and number to call but didn't say who they are with. Didn't read the mini-maranda either if it was a collection company. Gonna save the message and hope it is a collection company that didn't read me my rights so I can use it if they ever do sue.
I received a call from 847-741-7841 a couple days ago. The number they gave me to call back was 866-749-7279. I had been told to call that number before by a caller a couple months ago from an 812 number when I had decided that it was a scam, so I was pretty skeptical going in. I called back and they said the same thing as before: that I owed $600 in Illinois taxes from two years ago. I said that it was impossible because I paid the $4 I owed when I filed my taxes, and the check had been taken out of my account and everything (I had proof). They said that I needed to call 217-785-5212 (Illinois Department of Revenue) to figure it out. I looked on the Illinois Department of Revenue's site and called a number listed on there in case it was a scam as I suspected. Turns out I was wrong. For some reason they needed my actual W2s to prove that I had taxes taken out from my income, and since they didn't have them, they were going to make me pay $600 (I guess that's what I paid in Illinois taxes that year). I'm obviously sending them in, but the number actually is for GC Services, a collection agency. They were a little shady feeling when I called, but the state apparently uses them, so don't ignore in case it's something as stupid as this!
Call from 847-741-7841 caller id said don't pick up. Message for x boyfriends brother saying looking for him contact Lilli Elsta at 800-964-7921 ext 6017. Brother never lived here. They went to a lot of effort to be calling my number.