May 16, 2013
I received a call from this number today, claimed to be a private investigator with Lone Star Investigations. Said that my husband's social security number had been used by someone trying to obtain an apartment. I was skeptical. I did some research and I could not find a Lon Star Investigations company associated with this telephone number; in fact, the only Lone Star Investigations firms I found were one Fire Investigation company, and a PI firm outside of Houston. I called them, and they have no connection to anyone with this telephone number. They had all of my husband's information, though - I did not give them any info but they had his SSN and address and obviously telephone number - but then asked me where he worked and if he received Social Security because they needed to report the identity theft to the IRS. I didn't give them any info on either of those matters, but it seems to me that these people are either 1. a debt collection company using [***] methods to obtain information or 2. a straight up scam artist. Either way, if you receive a call from this number be scarce in what you tell them, or simply don't answer. If it's a debt collector, they are violating FDCPA laws. Please don't give them any information.