re: (866) 218-7374

FYI:  State of Michigan Treasury Dept has been farming out their collections enforcement to such operators, who get to skim a % off whatever they can grab.  
Pretty much SOP for that breed of scumsucker.

"Miss Monroe calling on behalf of the State of Michigan" - misrepresentation from a collection agency.

Caller called for a friend who works for the State of Michigan, so I was shocked to hear someone else calling from the "State of Michigan" asking for him.  I jotted down the number and Mr. Harts refrence file #, and said good-bye.  After calling my friend, he looked through this directory and said no such number exists for the State of Michigan.  He apparently googled the number and said it's showing GC Services...which is a collection agency.  It boggles my mind that a company is contacting me, on MY phone, misrepresenting themselves as a state employee calling on a personal matter.  Well bud, you're calling my phone and you've been caught.  My friend is calling the State Attorney General.

First a women called my work cell phone who claimed she was from the State of Michigan tax collections division and asked me to verify some personal information, ie:address, last 4 digits of ss #. Then put me on hold to wait for a supervisor/adjuster to speak with. He comes on and says I owe taxes from 1997 and wants to know how I would like to pay them. He did have some information that I thought not just anyone would know but it just didn't feel right. I told him to send me a letter with all the details and I would reply after I recieved it. He said OK and he would get it out with the payment arraingments and I would have 15 days to dispute it or they would place a levy on my property or wages. Knew where I worked also. I asked his name and he said Mr.Pope.
When I called the number back after 1/2 an hour he answered it,"State of Michigan, Mr. Lester speaking" I am filing a police report shortly.

I received a call from this same number from a woman claiming to work for the State of Michigan.  She also gave me a reference number and a toll-free number to call...it was (866) 218-7374.  I looked that up and found it was for GC Services.  She had claimed to be from the Collections Division for the Dept. of Treasury.  I have recently sent correspondence to the Dept., so I'm wondering how these people know that?  And it is true, government agencies are not open on weekends and as late as 9 p.m....this caller said they were available that late.

I know that the State will send me paperwork via the Postal Service if I need to sign any documents or agree to anything.  I refuse to ever give out personal information to anyone who calls me.  That's one way that identity theft happens.