I received a message from Angie Lopez saying the state of California has charged me with fraud and it is urgent that I call. They called my husband and my sister. Said I was served papers that they left a door knocket. Asked what address and it was one I had not lived at for over two years. He changed the story to oh yeah, you were served there in 2014. I never got served and never had any door notice because it was a 5 story apartment building with no buzzer. You have to come downstairs to let someone in. The DMV, state, voter registration and IRS all have my current address. They won't tell me who filed the charge, but it changed from CA charging me to a merchant. I was a victim of identity theft before and always ask for every bit of information I can get to verify a claim. If its legit, I take care of it. But I have already cleaned up my report and taken care of everything. I am current and in good standing with everyone. They said they would email me the documents proving what this is all about. Almost 40 minutes later there is no email, checked spam folder too. This is harassment and a scam. Beware. They referenced CNA Financial, no idea who that is and have never done business with them. The guy I spoke to said his name was John Taylor and their company is DJW proceedings, though when you look up the number it says Austin Associates. He claimed to be an attorney representing the client and that the charge is fraud for a check. I haven't written a check in almost ten years. Everything is on autopay electronically.  These scammers try to scare you with false legal claims in to sending them money. Do your research and never give out your personal info.

Claims that there is a pending case of fraud against me,but they won't give me any info unless i verify my social security number.  Then threatened that I will be going to jail when i wouldnt give any info. I have been a victim of these types of calls for several years and I have never gone to jail!  DJW proceedings are the FRAUD here!
Appears to be Just another group of people trying to get ahead at the expense of someone else.
The number they called me from is 512.215.4073.

I received a voicemail from DJW Procedings. First they had called my mother then my husband before calling my cell phone. The guy who left the message said that his name was Jason Nolan. He said that there are formal charges pendant to be filled against me our of my current county. He said he was "completely concerned" that I was going to be blind sided by the enforcement of this charge because there was not response to a 10 day notice that I never received.
I called the number and ask what this case was about. He said that it was about a "Merchant" was filing charges against me for check fraud for a bad check I had written in 2010. I told him that there had to be a mistake and I had paid the bank back for the checking account that had been closed for insufficient funds. He said he would hold the case for 24 hours so I can prove that I paid that debt off. The next day I told him that I needed to know the exact documentation I needed to present to him because, my attorney wanted to make sure I had everything I needed. He then yelled at me and said that if I can't prove that i paid off a debt then I was going to go to jail. I then ask to talk to his supervisor. Jason Nolan put me on hold then supposedly someone named Mr. Walker answered the phone, but his voice sounded exactly the same as Jason Nolan. So then I told him that I was willing to work with them and then he said that the check was written for $100 and that the fees were going to bring it up to $300 and that I can make a payment over the phone with my credit card or write them a money order and he would be happy to transfer me to the accounting dept. so I don't have to go to jail. I knew this was complete scam so I played along just to see how far these people would go. My call was transferred to a Ms. Dani North. I told Ms. North that I was not going to give my money blindly to their company unless I had some documentation for what exactly I'm paying for. She said that she would e-mail me the documents I needed and took down my e-mail address. I informed her how unprofessional Mr. Nolan was and she apologized to me assuring me that she would send me an e-mail so I can send them a moneygram  money order for $525.36. I told her that I was a Notary Public and that if I had anything pending I wouldn't have gotten my commission because of the background checks conducted in the State of California. She was dead silent and hung up the phone.

There are several mistakes they made.  First a debt collector can't file criminal charges nor can they legally tell you that you are going to jail because you didn't pay them.  Second, it is not up to you to prove that you don't owe, it is up to them to prove that you do.

Read up on your rights here, get template letters to send and also make a complaint at this government site: http://www.consumerfinance.gov/

Also file a complaint with your State Attorney General's office.
List of State AG’s offices:  http://consumerfraudreporting.org/stateattorneygenerallist.php

I don't answer numbers I don't know for this very reason. I've been getting more and more of these scammers. Block this number if you get it. They called me by the wrong first name on the voicemail, red alert. And there was no information other than a complaint from the state of Mississippi had been filed against me. I have not worked or lived in Mississippi for over twenty years....so good luck with that.