received a call today and they told me i owed a payday advance that i never applied for.called the san diego ploice dept and they told me i had to file a report in the state they called me in. i encourage everyone to go file a report with your local police department.
Got call from that number and it is a SCAM! Sounded like he was from another country working inside a call center. First, they called at work FIRST. No previous contact at any time. No letters of any kind and no calls to home. He said that they are from Legal Restitution and that they have a "court affidavit" needing immediate payment. When asked about the docket number, no answer. He had no idea what one was. Then I asked him to mail the papers to my home address. He said he couldn't because he needed to get it resolved immediately.
Do not give them any info! Do not give them banking info!
its a long known fake debt collector scam - the accents may even be phony.
They could also be associated with a NOW CLOSED Collection Agency in FL.
They were closed for using these same tactics to collect old legally uncollectable debt
received a call on my cell phone and had them call my work number because I could not understand them, they had me in panic mode that I was being sent to court, etc, but cannot mail me anything. they had my banking information, acct # and everything. I told them i wanted something in writing. I will let my bank know.
I recieved a call in March and they had all of my information. I don't know where they got it. I did as they said and paid the amount that they "settled" on, then recieved another call last night, Monday, June 29, 2009 with the same thing. Someone tell me what to do...thanks!