they called me and ask if I new a person and if I did I was supposed to give them a phone number and a case number and he told me I needed to get in contact with them I told them this was my phone and he was not going to tell me what I needed to do and to go to hell

I just received a vm of the very same nature....telling me or my attorney needed to call immediately or threaten legal action and named the county court for which I reside in. Another SCAM artist on the loose! I will file a compliant with our state attorney office and BBB to shut this scumbag down....at least from this #!

Left a message to my phone, says he is Investigator Nicholson, and he gives a case number. He is threathening me by court. When I call this number, they refuse to tell their business name, type of business, and purpose of their call, but they say they are doing an investigation and threathening by court actions.

They are frauds and they gave me two other numbers to the same scam.
202-558-6461 and 202-558-5336 so be on the lookout!

I filed a complaint with the federal trade commision. The other number they used was 202-558-6619

It all started out with a lady by the name of Beta Willson from Transnational calling. She said she wanted to let me know that someone is sueing me. She gave me the case number and the phone number to call for more information. I called and left a message. They called and said they were not credit collectors, they were lawyers. The first guy I talked to said they were not collecting any money they were letting me know I was going to be sued. He wanted to confirm my local court's address and read it off to me (it was the address of the court house). He said if I want to work with them then I would be on probabtion. I said fine lets try to work it out and he transfered me to someone else. She said if I did not go along with what they wanted I would have a summons on my door within 24-72 hours (it never came). She said I was being sued for a debt owed and also assult. When I made a huge deal about the assult saying I have never assulted anyone what are you talking about, she quickly changed it to "you are being charged with fruad". She said she has no sympathy for me, she doesn't care, I need to go along with what they want or from the way she made it sound I would be in a lot of legal trouble if I didn't. She was very rude, everyone was very official sounding, useing legal terms that I had no clue about because I'm not educated in legal terms. I was very shaken and upset by the time the call ended. Luckily I never gave out any information. I told her to send the summons.

Someone called my mother-in-laws house looking for my husband.  They left a message on their answering machine saying they were looking for my husband, that he was a private investigator and someone had a criminal suit against him that he was to call 202-558-7670 and gave them a case number..of course my mother-in-law called is in a panic.  My husband and I were thinking what could it be.  I went on the internet and googled the above telephone number and saw that this was a fraud.  he did have a lot of out standing debt but we filed bankruptcy so that had all been taken care of.  so glad we did not call them!! Def. a scam..

called famliy and old friends people I haven't seen in years --Someone named Investigator Stacey Blackwell called and said there was a civil complaint against me and left an adavit number and told me or my attorney to call her. She also told me my apperance in court was not a choice. If not further action will be taken.

a claims attorney named James Flynn or Flint left a voice mail claiming civil action against me. Failure to cntact him would result in severe cnsequences. He gave me a case # and claimed the action was in my county if residence. It has caused me many hours of contacting those holding my SS#, police report, reissuing credit cards, credit reporting agencies...
BEWARE!! He is a scam artist and "scum bag"

TOTAL SCAM!!! They called a couple months ago form a different number claiming to be federal investigators. They said there was a civil case against my boyfriend. Right away I knew they were a scam, federal investigators don't work on civil cases. I called back in a fury ( I am passive but I absolutely hate scam artists) telling them that I knew he was scam artist and to never call again. This sum bag decided to argue with me, UGHHH! Just ignore these people or contact the FBC. DO NOT FALL FOR THERE SCAM!!!

my husband and I also received this call.  when my husband called the # he was told he had an old credit card debit with Providian Bank from 2001.  

No name left just this number to call.

Same info everyone else reporting. Calling my parents house, haven't lived there in almost 30 years. Fellow named Nicholson threatened with a case # and for me or my lawyer to call him immediately. My parents are elderly, and this has them very unsettled.

This is another Buffalo, NY (?) rip off. They pretend to be investigators who are preparing court cases. In reality, they are drug users and alcoholics who bought very old, worthless debts. They say they are representing an attorney network, they are liars, con artists and scammers who use a network of rent a lawyers to try and collect debts that are worthless.
Here are some of the Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) numbers they use in DC, but are out of Buffalo, NY:
205-558-6352  202-558-3834  202-558-6668  202-558-7670  202-558-6501
See them on YouTube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcQp5gGyxTU
They are NOT lawyers, investigators, litigators or anything to do with legal or court. They are imposters out to rip you off if you fall for their scam. They cannot file any legitimate documents with the courts because they are not legitimate, no license no bond, just a bunch of dope smokers & crack heads ripping off the public.
DO NOT BECOME A VICTIM OF THIS CONSUMER SCAM!

This message was left on my machine at noon EST today. Caller identified himself as "Mark Anthony", said someone had filed a complaint against me and I or my attorney had better call him. Gave a "case number" and everything. I was about to call when I decided to check the phone number online first. Thanks to everybody else who posted -- you've saved me some time.

I also received a phone call from this "company" on a relative's phone. A special Investigator James Frazier with a civil complaint that has been filed in my county court.  He actually left this on the recording which of course I have; stating that this has been filed and I was to contact him immediately. When I did, no information would be given and the recorded message was denied - he didn't say that.  This is  clear violation of the Consumer Credit Law and I will file suit with my attorney general as well.

They call themselves "Transnational Litigation" and reported a civil action suit.  With a follow up call and case number, they needed the first five of my social security number.  Of course, they did not get it and argued for information. It it pretty obvious a scam is in progress; they tried to sound professional but fell far short.

They called another family member tryingto get information to contact me , I returned the call from the caller ID number , a lady answered Hello, I asked who they were and what type of business they were , They asked what number was called , I refused to answer and asked again what business they were , she asked my what my business was , I ended the call .

Im positive they are a scam, and I will report them to the attorney general of my state for further investigation .

Left a message for me too.
I called back and got the recording for the "litigation dept." I left a message for them to send me documentation in writing. I did not give any info other than the claim number they gave me.
If this is valid they should be sending me something.
There's a saying in legal circles: "get it in writing"
I refuse to divulge any info over the phone.
ANY Company that will not be totally up front with you is PROBABLY a scam.
@Michael - It is VERY easy for someone to get the last 4 of your SSN You were very wise not to give them the rest.

They called me today, also.  Threatening a civil suit in San Bernardino county, where I live.  He left a file number and asked to call him back.  When I did, he simply said "hello."  No business name.  He wanted me to confirm the first five numbers of my social security number.  I did not, of course.  What a scam.

Someone calling himself Investigator Shawn (or Shaun?) Rogers left a message on my answering machine threatening court action for an alleged civil complaint that had been filed against me. He left a case number and said that I or my lawyer should call him back. I tried calling back to find out what this was about but got an automated voice saying that I had reached the litigation department. It did not give the company or location.