Mar 17, 2012
I received this call on my cell phone today, but my 10 year old answered it because he didn't know where I was. Someone with really strong foreign accent asked for me by name (first name only) and my son told him he didn't know where I was right now. For the person above who said they were told there is a case pending against them, that call is always a scam. They will have your info, full name, ssn, etc. They will tell you you are delinquent on a pay day loan or some other nonsense, and they will tell you that if you do not pay something on it today, the police will be at your door tomorrow morning to take you away in handcuffs and they will drive you to court. Our system does not work that way. You are not taken away for an unpaid bill and forced into court in handcuffs, They are lying. They will say they are from a law firm, but won't give you more info. If you ask them to send you documentation that you owe the debt and ask who it is from, they will tell you that they cannot provide you with that until you make arrangements to pay. They will try to scare you with this to get you to give them a credit card number so you can "make a good faith payment" on the account, and they will stop the police from coming. I have had similar calls from other numbers on my cell in the last few years. On this number we are discussing today, I tried to call it back and it gives a fast busy every time.