First message from heavily accented woman said she had something in her office and i could clear it up by calling their legal dept. Two days later I got another message saying I have forfited the chance to clear it up out of court but I can reach their legal dept. Called their legal dept., was on the phone for ten minutes with a recording saying how important my call was and an agent would pick up.
First message from heavily accented woman said she had something in her office and i could clear it up by calling their legal dept. Two days later I got another message saying I have forfited the chance to clear it up out of court but I can reach their legal dept. Called their legal dept., was on the phone for ten minutes with a recording saying how important my call was and an agent would pick up.
This is a common ploy by criminals 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. They also use the “process server” who calls and claims he is going to serve you, but then says you could avoid it by calling another number. Now why would a “process server” want to do you, a stranger, a favor, and at the same time not get paid to deliver the papers?
Federal law (FDCPA) requires them to send you a letter (US MAIL ONLY) 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
got another call from this number. Debt collector/process server saying I will be served, can't settle out of court but I can reach their legal dept. Called back number for legal dept...no answer. Also o answer at above number. They never say who or what I owe.