Someone called from this number asking for my social security number!

someone called asking for my social security number!

Claims to be Jacob Schwarz of Haines and Associates.  He is preparing a civil complaint, "attached to your name and SSN", for a client of his firm.  He wants to give me the details of the complaint "before it is released," and I am to call this number ASAP.

Oh, really?  How many people would have my SSN?  And why would someone who wants to file a civil complaint have it prepared and filed by a firm that's all the way across the country?

I've found another complaint elsewhere by a guy who got exactly the same message, says it's spam.

Betcha it's a collection agency.

Betcha it's a bunch of scammers.  The foreign extortionist scammers are especially fond of saying there's a complaint "attached to your name and SSN".

I received the exact same message from the exact same person. Definitely a debt collector, but the question is, which one?