Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office can be reached at (312) 814-3000

They just called my office and tried to verify my employment.

Since I happen to work in the human resources industry, I know this to be a fact:
There are only two legal reasons to verify somebody's employment and that is if they are
A) Applying for another job
B) Applying for a loan or some type of financial assistance

In either case, the verifying entity MUST have written authorization from the person they are calling to verify information on.

I have not applied for any jobs.  I have not applied for any loans or financial assistance.  I have not authorized this company to verify any information on me as this is the first time I have ever even heard of them.  They are breaking the law on three fronts.

Four, if you count the violations on the Fair Debt Collection act that Carmen Jacobs (the name of the individual that called my office today) just committed.  My co-worker originally answered the phone and Carmen quoted her with my full social security number.  First of all, I don't know how she got it...but it's illegal for her to just give that information out willy nilly.

Then, as Carmen was making my co-worker (who also knew that Carmen was making an illegal request), my co-worker transferred the call to me.

Carmen didn't know that she was speaking with the person she was illegally trying to get information on.  When I asked her why she was trying to obtain this information, she said that she verifies information for financial institutions such as banks and insurance companies and that "Mr. (my name) has applied for a loan in a large sum of money that requires verification of financial information."

Carmen told a bold faced lie.  I have not applied for any loans, let alone a large one.  At that point, I kindly advised Carmen that we do not provide employment verification over the phone and asked her not to call my office again.

I promptly contacted Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office in Chicago, IL for this reason:
Verifacts, Inc. is located at 204 1st Avenue in Sterling, IL with a zip code of 61081.  They fall under this Attorney General's jurisdiction.

The person that I spoke with there stated that Verifacts, Inc. is certainly in the wrong here and encouraged me to file a complaint with her office.  And then...to both of our surprise...she looked the company up and found that there have been NO COMPLAINTS filed against these people!

Listen up!  If these people are contacting you, or contacting people to get information about you (ESPECIALLY EMPLOYMENT AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION) they are BREAKING THE LAW AND VIOLATING YOUR RIGHTS!

I have filed a complaint with the appropriate Attorney General's office.  PLEASE do the same and let's help each other protect our rights and our privacy!

Very often people are charged with debts that don't belong to them and these people are unscrupulous and don't do their homework,so your simplistic answer is inaccurate.

Pay your bills and they won't need to call you.

I got the same call just now. If they call again I will tell them to stop calling me and if they do
not I will send a letter and then hand this over to my attorney. Thank God for Pre-Paid Legal.

They called me   7: 02 am Monday morning, isn`t that a little to early for business calls???????????????? 815-380-9672

i received a call from this company at my job today. I have not contracted with them for anything...i have not given my work number to any one. the man identified himself as an employee of a data collection service. He wanted to verify my home address. nothing about previous or current employers, residential locations, debt collectors, etc. I feel that i am in a sense being STALKED by some unknown entity. this creeps me out, if this company is a legitimate "skip tracer" there is no need as my address is not hidden, nor is anyone's really. So if this was some bs for a personal reason, am i to expect to be murdered, stalked, raped, robbed because of this bs. as i was at work i didn't have timeto call back and check on teh company but from what others say here..this sounds really fishy, and UNSAFE

Verifacts, Inc. asked my company to verify certain employees that I have without my employees' authorization.  

This is typical kind of work that Verifacts does.

I will report this company.

Verifacts, Inc.
204 1st Ave
Sterling, IL, 61081
Mail them a request to cease and desist further contact with you and your employment etc as applicabl

Prohibited conduct can be reported  some examples of the fair dept collect practices found on the internet. verify and use at your own risk.

The Act prohibits certain types of "abusive and deceptive" conduct when attempting to collect debts, including the following:

   Hours for phone contact: contacting consumers by telephone outside of the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. local time[8]
   Failure to cease communication upon request: communicating with consumers in any way (other than litigation) after receiving written notice that said consumer wishes no further communication or refuses to pay the alleged debt, with certain exceptions, including advising that collection efforts are being terminated or that the collector intends to file a lawsuit or pursue other remedies where permitted[9]
   Causing a telephone to ring or engaging any person in telephone conversation repeatedly or continuously: with intent to annoy, abuse, or harass any person at the called number.[10]
   Communicating with consumers at their place of employment after having been advised that this is unacceptable or prohibited by the employer[11]
   Contacting consumer known to be represented by an attorney[12]
   Communicating with consumer after request for validation has been made: communicating with the consumer or the pursuing collection efforts by the debt collector after receipt of a consumer's written request for verification of a debt made within the 30 day validation period (or for the name and address of the original creditor on a debt) and before the debt collector mails the consumer the requested verification or original creditor's name and address[13]
   Misrepresentation or deceit: misrepresenting the debt or using deception to collect the debt, including a debt collector's misrepresentation that he or she is an attorney or law enforcement officer[14]
   Publishing the consumer's name or address on a "bad debt" list[15]
   Seeking unjustified amounts, which would include demanding any amounts not permitted under an applicable contract or as provided under applicable law[16]
   Threatening arrest or legal action that is either not permitted or not actually contemplated[14]
   Abusive or profane language used in the course of communication related to the debt[10]
   Communication with third parties: revealing or discussing the nature of debts with third parties (other than the consumer's spouse or attorney)[17] (Collection agencies are allowed to contact neighbors or co-workers but only to obtain location information;[18] disreputable agencies often harass debtors with a "block party" or "office party" where they contact multiple neighbors or co-workers telling them they need to reach the debtor on an urgent matter.[19])
   Contact by embarrassing media, such as communicating with a consumer regarding a debt by post card, or using any language or symbol, other than the debt collector?s address, on any envelope when communicating with a consumer by use of the mails or by telegram, except that a debt collector may use his business name if such name does not indicate that he is in the debt collection business[20][21]
   Reporting false information on a consumer's credit report or threatening to do so in the process of collection[22]

Using up all my CELL PHONE minutes by repeatedly calling to try to locate SOMEONE ELSE who, I guess, used to live at my current address. suuuck!

On callback they don't answer but the company is "VeriFacts"

Verifacts uses the web address skiptracers.com.  They are of Sterling, IL, and appear to be the same company as "Verifax", of the same city.

Received a call and they ask me to verify some iformation pertaining to account for a corporation they are working for.  I asked what company and they said without me verifing the info they could not give me that information due to the privacy act and policies and all we need is your last four of your Social Security number.  I said well with out you telling what corporation my privacy acts says you can not have any information so good-bye.

THEY CALLED ME LIKE 3 TIMES IN ONE MONTH AND WHEN I PICK UP, NOBODY IS IN THE OTHER SIDE, ITS KIND OF SUSPICIOUS, THEY ASKED FOR MY NAME ONE TIME AND I ASKED THEM WHAT WAS IT ABOUT, BUT THEY JUST SAID THAT  THEY COULDN GIVE ME MORE INFORMATION CAUSE KIND OF CONFIDENCIAL.

I got a call from this number asking me to verify my address. Before I could ask why she was asking for such information, she said "Bye" or "Have a good day"

815-380-9672 called me 8:30 am. No message left.

What the hell does Verifax want?

Always call me whenever i am in school!!
I am leaving voice mail to this number to tell that they can leave me voice mail if i do not pick up. BUT NO!!! THEY DON"T DO THAT. All they gotta do is just disturb me in class.
This just PISS me out!!!

Call from Sophia at this number who claimed to represent Verifacts and to be seeking information on behalf of a large company that retains them to confirm information. How bogus is that????

They called and left a voicemail that sonded like it was someones phone in a pocket. Then it said 'goodbye'. I returned the call, got no answer but the answering machine saying it was 'verifax or varifacts'. Left a message and call has yet to be returned.

This number is for a company called Verifacts.  They gather information for collection agencies, such as your address or employment.  If they're calling you, it's likely because you have a delinquent account or your telephone number is linked to someone else's delinquent account.  Their web address is:  http://www.skiptracers.com

To get them to stop calling you, send them a written demand to cease all correspondence pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.  Their address is:

Verifacts, Inc.
204 1st Ave
Sterling, IL, 61081

If they ignore your demand, report them immediately to the Illinois State Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission, and be sure to send a copy of that complaint to Verifacts.

Called my home for employment verification. Very halting, robotic-sounding voice on the other end, no immediate reply when I answered.