I received this call on 5/22/16. They said they were a debt collection agency for 5/3 bank. They said I owed 5/3 bank $3,000. I filed bankruptcy with them many years ago. They said they would settle for$1,100. I said that I want to check if this call is legitimate and not a scam. She said it was not. I said I still want to check it out when I got home. She said, if that is the case, I will send the paper work for the full amount to your home or your work. I just started this job. I do not wish to have this sent to my work. Even if it is legitimate, I do not understand why she got mad at me for wanting to check out if their phone # is legit!  Are legitimate company's allowed to do this? Thanks. Tom.

1.Phone calls, emails, faxes, & texts are NOT OFFICIAL notification of debt.
2. If legitimate, would they settle for 1/3 of the debt AND why would she get upset when questioned??  Also wouldn't an explanation of the problem be expected from the caller??  After your request they have 5 days to MAIL proof.  It must include THEIR company name & address, original creditor, dates, amounts due, etc.
3. You want WRITTEN proof of the ""debt"" that is MAILED (post office) to you.  Accept nothing else and if the caller threatens arrest/etc.  you know it is a SCAM.

Suggestion - mention this to your employer and contact the original bank to verify. There us a good chance the caller bought old debt for pennies on the dollar.  (How old was the bankruptcy??)

This phone number just called the house and then the cell one right after the other. The recording claimed that they're looking for me and there was a complaint against me - consider myself served. Since when do they serve you via the phone? When you check on the number they say that if you pay a fine the charges will be dropped. Just another scam looking for money!

Beware! I have received 2 different threatening messages from this number, on 6/28/16 and 6/29/16. My father has received the same exact 2 messages, word for word, addressed to ME as well (right after they called me). I called them back and they identified themselves as Recovery Solutions Group. At first, they sound legit, but they aren’t. They will not give any other identifying information. They do not state that they are a collection agency and do not give the normal, legal disclaimers. I requested that they mail me a “statement” via US postal system and was told that they only communicate by phone, sometimes emails (what!?). I did not give them the requested last 4 digits of my SSN so they would not tell me who made the “complaint”. They did however slip up and confirm that they had a very old address on file and my date of birth. I tried asking more questions and was told that if I would not give them the last four of my SSN they would have me served (sounds a heck of a lot cheaper to mail a statement, right?!). I told them okay, and asked when I would be served so I could have someone from my local police at my home. They immediately told me to not call THEM back, THEY would consider it harassment and that I would still be served and they hung up. They called back after that and left the 2nd message. Seriously!!! They give you a file/case number when they leave the messages, however, they know exactly who you are by your called ID. I do NOT have any debt. I haven’t received any bills. I’ve spoken with my credit monitoring service and there isn’t anything negative reported on any of my credit reports. Hope this helps!

I just read them the riot act! They call me every few months as though I will forget. I was hung up on but I called back numerous times (41 to be exact, I work for myself, so sometimes I do have the time for it