Who called from 9804989050

Rec'd a call from this number, stated a Joe Asher had papers to serve me later in the week? What?

Process servers do not call ahead.  If they had actual papers to serve they would be filed at the courthouse.  A simple phone call to the courthouse will confirm that this is a scam to scare you into paying money.

This is a common ploy by criminals masquerading as debt collectors who are attempting to extort money from people by scaring you into believing that you will be criminally charged, go to jail, lose your driver’s license, have wages garnished, be sued, and a variety of other variations on this,  all for an alleged or nonexistent debt.  One of the tricks they use is to call your work place, friends, or relatives repeatedly in an attempt to shame you into paying.  They also use the “process server” ruse who calls and claims he is going to serve you, but then says you could avoid it by calling another number

Federal law (FDCPA) requires them to send you a letter (US MAIL ONLY) postmarked within 5 days of their first contact that contains their name, physical address, the creditor’s name, and the amount of the alleged debt.  It also must contains “mini-Miranda” telling you that it is an attempt to collect a debt and that all information will be used for those purposes.  The one other important thing that this letter must also have in it is that you have a right to dispute the debt within 30 days of receipt of the letter and if you do so, all collection activity must be stopped until the debt is verified.

Read up on your rights here, get template letters to send and also make a complaint at this government site: http://www.consumerfinance.gov/

Also file a complaint with your State Attorney General's office.
List of State AG’s offices:  http://consumerfraudreporting.org/stateattorneygenerallist.php

He just called me at work again, I told him any paperwork could be mailed to me and not to call me at work again. Hopefully he will go away now! Thanks for your assistance!

You are welcome!

same here, called and left a message about legal paper work and me needing to have my manager and a photo id avail. stated to calll the plaintiff at 8665012232.