I've been dealing with the company on the other end of this number for several days now. They call themselves "National" but upon further prodding I got them to tell me "National Processing Services". Supposedly they are a processing company that is hired by collection agencies that don't want to call consumers themselves. In my particular case the collection agency is not a legal authorized collection agency so thankfully I did not give them any money to settle my old credit card issue!
Beware and do your research before you give them anything!
I received a similar call from “Melvin” with National calling from (936) 465-9374. He said that his company was pressing criminal charges on me regarding a payday advance. I told him that they could not file criminal charges in connection with a payday advance, since it is not a criminal offense. Melvin got irate and refused to allow me to speak with someone above him regarding his harassment and dishonesty in connection with a “debt” that he refused to provide any information in writing regarding. I am pursuing legal action against them because their practices are illegal.
I'm glad I saw your message because I also got this call a few hours ago saying the exact same thing and also about a payday loan. I was scared of being prosecuted so I told them that I would somehow pay but I would pay with a money order. He told me this would not be possible and only a check or debit card would be accepted. This made me suspicous and since I had an appointment I told him I would call back. When I did call back there was no answer. Is it true that what they are doing is illegal?
I've been getting calls from these people for over 5 months now. Same thing, I took out a pay day loan and couldn't pay it. The lady that called said that They tried the payday loan company tried to deduct their money from my bank accoutn (8?) times? and that it added up to a felony. She said she would call the payday loan company and see if they could come to an agreement, amazingly after 2 minutes on the phone with them "i think she was b-sing me" she said they would drop the charges if i payed them in a week. Well! five months have passed and all they do is call me with the same old story I stopped answering. They are just a collection agency and I believe have no legal right to press charges.
Same thing here. I reported the call as fraud to the do not call registry. If they were honest and unfront about their methods, they would probably get better results. Do NOT pay them any money.
I received a call from Alex 936-465-9374 saying I was going to jail for not paying a payday loan from 4 years ago! If these people think that in this economy they think im going to pay them for something that was paid 3 times over they crazy! Dont pay them nothing they shoould be ashamed for calling me with this bullcrap