I got a message from this company claiming to be calling for a Department of Education loan in excess of $150,000. All my students have been paid in full since 2003 and were no where near that much. They used and oddly specific amount to make it sound more realistic.

This is also the same group that sent my wife a "you've won $170,000 send us the taxes and we'll send you the money" scam.

Probably got our information from the data breaches the State of Texas seems to have weekly.

This is b******t.  They are constantly calling requesting for someone else.  Somehow, my number was associated with this person who I don't even know.  

I have excellent credit.  I was worried that someone had stolen my personal information and was impersonating me.  I had to check with the Credit Bureau to verify my information.

They will badger you until you go mad.  I had to put a voice / data / text block on several of these numbers.

718-475-3741    Edgewater Financials
866-269-2279    Edgewater Financials
800-427-5933    ERC - Enhanced Recovery Collections

I am a very nice person but I had to curse and threaten them with BBB.  I hope that I'm done with them.

Sorry for my long rant

Got a call from 718-475-3741 and he gave a return phone number of 1-866-269-2279 along with a reference ID.  He identified himself as Richard from Edgewater Financial Services and said he wasn't calling for me, he was looking for an extended family member.  He wanted me to tell them their current phone number, he also wanted to know my name.  Very suspicious.  I think I will block both of their numbers from my phone now.  Also when I asked him how he got my number he wouldn't tell me.

Got a call this morning from the above number.  The guy said he was trying to get in touch with one of my neighbors and gave her name and street address.  Said he would like for me to get in touch with her and let her know he was trying to reach her.  Told him  didnt know her.  The address he gave is just down the street from me.  I am wondering how he knew that and how he got my number.

If you google someone's address on Mapquest, it will also enable you to search nearby addresses. I did this out of curiosity after we began receiving harassing phone calls from two collection agencies looking for a neighbor of ours who had defaulted on his mortgage and and student loans. They kept leaving
messages *insisting* that we have him call them. We just deleted the messages and ignored them. They
finally stopped calling after a month.