This is a legitimate firm.  You filled out an authorization when you applied for the job for them to conduct the background check: Maybe you should have paid some attention.

Hope you didn't get the job.  What would they have done with your date of birth anyway, send you a card? Come on.

This company called my cell to check a reference for one of my former employees. They asked several questions about her, which I answered. Then the caller began asking for a landline contact number for me and for MY current employer. I told her that information was irrelevant to the reference and she said she needed it to "verify that I am who I say I am." Sounds sketchy to me.

You're a goon.  A landline is needed, because anyone can obtain a cell phone and lie.  I could say I was the Queen of England if I wanted.  They probably wanted your office number to verify you work for the said company.  [***]...

Yall are dumb as hell.

Seriously, Justifacts? You just went from work-history checker to harasser.
They called yesterday to do a employment verification, which was fine....but today SO FAR, they've called 7 times and there hasn't been ANYONE there
-correction; 8 times-
any time they've called. It's becoming a nuisance
-correction; 9 times-