Received a call from 1-470-226-2257
Caller: This is Carl Anderson and the abitration department . We need to speak with either you or your attorney of record in reference to a case that has been filed against you. Please contact our office immediately.

Got a phone call from this number. The caller did not leave any message.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation's consumer protection agency, is warning consumers to be on the alert for scam artists posing as debt collectors. It may be hard to tell the difference between a legitimate debt collector and a fake one. Sometimes a fake collector may even have some of your personal information, like a bank account number. A caller may be a fake debt collector if he:

?is seeking payment on a debt for a loan you do not recognize;
?refuses to give you a mailing address or phone number;
?asks you for personal financial or sensitive information; or
?exerts high pressure to try to scare you into paying, such as threatening to have you arrested or to report you to a law enforcement agency.

If you think that a caller may be a fake debt collector:

?Ask the caller for his name, company, street address, and telephone number. Tell the caller that you refuse to discuss any debt until you get a written "validation notice." The notice must include the amount of the debt, the name of the creditor you owe, and your rights under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

If a caller refuses to give you all of this information, do not pay! Paying a fake debt collector will not always make them go away. They may make up another debt to try to get more money from you.

.?Stop speaking with the caller. If you have the caller's address, send a letter demanding that the caller stop contacting you, and keep a copy for your files. By law, real debt collectors must stop calling you if you ask them to in writing.

?Do not give the caller personal financial or other sensitive information. Never give out or confirm personal financial or other sensitive information like your bank account, credit card, or Social Security number unless you know whom you're dealing with. Scam artists, like fake debt collectors, can use your information to commit identity theft ? charging your existing credit cards, opening new credit card, checking, or savings accounts, writing fraudulent checks, or taking out loans in your name.

?Contact your creditor. If the debt is legitimate ? but you think the collector may not be ? contact your creditor about the calls. Share the information you have about the suspicious calls and find out who, if anyone, the creditor has authorized to collect the debt.

?Report the call. Contact the FTC and your state Attorney General's office with information about suspicious callers. Many states have their own debt collection laws in addition to the federal FDCPA. Your Attorney General's office can help you determine your rights under your state's law.

http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0258-fake-debt-collectors

Just got the same message today. Thanks for the info.

Thanks for the above posts. Will not be calling back. This same arbitration "company" called me on May 15, 2014 at 678-394-3315 with the same message. The 678-264-2345 number called today (May 20, 2014). The caller did not identify whom the call was for.

Get several calls about some bogus fraud charge and a pending warrant that can only be avoided if I pay some payment. Put on my blocked list IMMEDIATLY!!

A person identifying himself as Carl Anderson in the arbitration dept calling about a case pending against me and to have my attorney of record or myself contact him immediately at the above number. I live in Ca. and any case against me would be out of ca. and I would be severed this is a dept collector trying to scare me.