Have received occasional calls from this # recently. Sometimes just appears on caller i.d., sometimes a rep. leaves a voice mail - indicating caller's name, the company (CRA), a spouting a "file" number of several digits and requesting a call back. Of course, I ignore completely. I was divorced several years ago, and had my attorney handle everything. Any debts, both then and now, were very few, all current, and small. Either they are calling me from mistaken identity, or it is possible my lawyer let some minor item “fall between the cracks,” but even if latter, if there WERE anything, it would be small, and way beyond any time period for legitimate collection. These folks buy old debt portfolios for a few ‘s ¢’s on the $’s, and then auto dial hundreds - even thousands - of calls, and a live rep. will get on-line if a live persona answers - then try to coax or threaten that individual to pay something. A couple of collections from many, many calls can be profitable. Apparently, when their live rep. gets on a line, other calls answered live will go untended, which is why nobody is there. Sometimes they make a call with live rep., who may leave a voice mail, as they did to me today. But whatever, ignore these weasels, because even if an item is old, or misidentified, giving them details, answering questions, etc. - I’m told - CAN result in possible restoration of collectibility, or at least, get you involved in a tiresome dialogue with them. So always ignore completely.
this number called my cell and left a message looking for my husband. i didn't answer because it has called many times before and nobody was ever on the other end. within 5 minutes after calling my cell, my mother called me and they had called my grandma's house! she answered and a female named Heather told her who she was trying to contact and that either him or his spouse needed to contact her back immediately. so i called them. i was put on the line with a man named John Gibson, who said he was Heather's supervisor and she couldn't talk to me at that time but he would help. i explained that about getting the calls and wanted to know what was going on. he then proceeded to tell me that they had no record of a spouse for my husband so they couldn't talk to me. when i asked why they were calling my grandmother's house, he proceeded to tell me that they had other means of finding ways to contact him. that they had looked up his family members, in-laws and friends and that is how they came upon her #. my only question to him was....if you looked up all of that then how the hell could you not know her was married? you're calling an in-law he has! not to mention...his wife's phone! can you say SCAM ALERT!!!!!! me and my husband have been together for over 13 years. i know what bills he may owe or did owe and we have them under control. and anything else that i wouldn't know about would have been under a different last name (he had it legally changed in 1999). these guys are not real and even if they are.....anything they have would have to be so old there isn't anything they can legally do to receive any money from anyone!
I got a call today from these guys. He said his name was Joshua Freeman and he spoke like he meant business! LOL what a clown. If your going to use a fake name, then please dont use the name of the QB for the Tampa Bay Bucaneers. I hate that team. Anyways dont fall for this stuff. They dont have any legal power to do anything. If they call you at your work than report them to the better business bureau. They cant do that if you ask them not to.
They've called 2 days in a row now. I only answered it today only to receive a recorded message, NOT identifying the company or purpose of the call but assuring me that it was very important and to please hold. I was so offended that I hung up & now I'm glad I did! I have no outstanding debts and never have, so this is a bogus scam. Thank heavens for this site!
Ok so if this is a SCAM then how do they have both my cell and house number. House I have private and only have for the kids to use I never give it out. People on here say they call relatives, if that is the case how did they get hose numbers as well if its a scam? I have an outstanding debt from 13yrs ago that contacted me via mail recently so that is the only thing that I can think they might be calling about, I dont see how that can get that much info if it is a scam. And why would anyone pay on it if you dont know who you are paying Such as Jack.