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Jun 3, 2011
This is a scam - pure and simple. The call feels legit because they (frighteningly) have a lot of your personal information and they are ruthless. This guy says he's with Orchard Bank but I'm sure he uses all kinds of "I've heard of them" companies. I can totally see how someone would pay these people off. They told me that by 4:30 today I would have a warrant out of me for some laundry-list of charges - it was scary! However, I was smart enough to contact the local sheriff's office and verify that 1) there were no warrants against me and 2) money collections is a civil court matter and the police really don't get involved in that. After armed with that info., I called the guy back and told him that I thought he was trying to scam me and he says, "You're right. This is fraudulant. I'm trying to scam you." and hung up the phone. How insane is that!!! He's cocky because he knows there's not much we, as the consumers, can do. However, I'm doing all I can - reporting fraud to all three credit-reporting agencies, notifiying Orchard Bank that someone is impersonating their company, filing a police report and telling any and everyone that I can that THIS IS A SCAM! Check out the FBI's website for an almost word-for-word account of what happens. http://www.fbi.gov/scams-safety/e-scams