They called my home phone and a woman saying her name was "Ms. Gamble" told me it was "very important" for me to call her concerning an "urgent matter" for which my number was given to them as a contact. While listening to her entire angry message she failed to ever say who she was actually calling for, the reason for her call or the company she was respresenting. I called the 888 number and left a message on their voicemail (the message stated they were a company called DNS though I do't know who that is) letting them know that not only did they need to get some damn manners, but if they were going to leave a message to mention who they were leaving it for and why. I guess we'll see if they call again.
After poking around on reverse phone lookups, I found this site. Thank you. I received a (thankfully, polite) voicemail on my cell phone on 3/26/12, from a man, Jay Alan Smith (I presume I have the "Jay" and "Alan" spelled correctly), saying he was with DRS, that this (my cell) was the number given them as contact, and that he needed to speak with me (he didn't call me by name) ,about an important personal matter. He provided the number from which he was calling, 972-865-4722, as his direct number; and 866-275-9370 as an alternative contact number. The reverse lookup on 972-865-4722 showed the location to be in the northern part of downtown Dallas; possibly Oak Lawn, Uptown, or City Place. Google research of DRS provided multiple doctors (of course), a couple of other companies, and a Dynamic Recovery Systems located in Addison (according to the map). A Google search of "Jay Allen Smith" provided a site for "J. Allen Smith", an attorney with SettlePou (Settle.Pou.com), Their phone numbers are all 214-xxx-xxxx numbers. (I wonder if someone is trying to impersonate/imply they are Mr. Smith, the attny?) So ... thanks to the information you have provided, and my own research, I think I won't be responding to the Mr. Smith who called me.
Received call from same # just now, saying caller's supervisor needed to speak to me, urgently. The "supervisor" wanted to verify the last 4 digits of my SSN. I refused to give her any information. She claimed she wanted to make certain she was speaking to the correct person. She said she had all the information she needed to proceed, and I told her to send me something in writing. She said she had, and I hung up on her, after telling her she was disturbing me at work at the law firm where I work.
This is a debt collector. The actually number they are calling from is not the number that will show up on your phone. They "project" that number to make it appear that it's a local call, as people are less inclined to answer to 800's and out of state numbers. It's always an "urgent matter". Any debt collector that is saying they are the IRS when clearly they are not is not a legit debt collector in my book and will not ever get anything from me. Thanks for playing...