Nov 27, 2014
Total scam. Shelby county is located in either Tennessee or Alabama. These scammers are located in New York. How they devil could they file a fraud case in a state a thousand or more miles away? Fraud cases would be filed by a local public prosecutor. What would a New York debt scammer have to do with a public prosecutor in another state? Nothing. No one can file "charges" against a SSN. SSNs do not commit crimes. But apparently the scammers think that they can or think that can convince someone that they can. This JoAnne Smith has been doing this sort of phony fraud cold-calling for some years.
Just because a voice on the telephone claims you owe a debt does not mean you owe it
If a voice on the telephone claims you owe a debt:
1. Demand the person give you his or her name, company name, and address
2. Demand a debt validation letter by US mail. E-mail no good.
3. Do not pay the collection agent or anyone else a dime until the debt is validated
Of course, they won't do this.
If they are bothering you, report them:
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection
Also contact your local attorney general
If they continue to bother you, tell them that you know this is a debt scam and that you are making a complaint to the police for extortion. Once you get a copy of the police report and they call you again , just read out the file number and the name of the PD or Sheriff’s office involved. Tell them you’ll be glad to send a copy to them at whatever address the jack***es are working out of now.
I show:
Oracle Financial Group
1885 Harlem Rd,
Buffalo,
NY 14212