Feb 24, 2017
Received a call from this # 475-200-0506 Wed. 23 Feb. 2017. Left message saying that a summons was going to be served at a place of employment or home. During the beginning of the message, a different voice said our son's name. He has never been here to this address. My wife and I just moved here last June. I am his P.O.A. and he is in another state and has no place of employment. They gave a claim number. After doing some research, I found it is from a debt collection company in Bridgeport, CN. What they do is they contact, in someway, County Courts and Finance companies and get information on court records of debts that have been settled for less than owed, debts written off for tax reasons and debts not collected that have a judgement recorded. They also buy old debts from finance companies for one cent on the dollar. Then they start looking for you by any means. In our son's situation, they got our number when my wife and I changed addresses. He had used us as a reference for a small loan in 2004 which was paid off but the company sold his loan to another company, which they do frequently and the records didn't follow. I remember this, it was a mess but it was straightened out with the original company. This company must have gotten this account from the original company. In any event these people are blood suckers and most of those who work for them are very nasty and rude people.Best way to handle these calls is to not answer or contact them. These debts, if legitimate, have gone past the legal time limit for them to collect in the first place. In most states, it is 10 years. They are the same as ambulance chasing attorneys looking for a quick buck. Hope this helps.