For Extortion Scam Operations,  File reports with the FBI, your state attorney general and Department Of Justice,CFB,FTC & FCC..

http://www.nw3c.org/
http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx
http://www.fbi.gov/
http://www.stopfraud.gov/report.html
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/#&panel1-1
https://esupport.fcc.gov/ccmsforms/form1088.action
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/
http://www.fraud.org/

Also read up on the laws and your rights:

http://800notes.com/arts/Jb8EW-eDhQA/harassin ... ou-need-to-know
See Residents post here also:
http://800notes.com/forum/ta-34af6a034ba34b6/unending-collection-calls
Templates of Letters:
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-319-242-7350

http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpajump.shtm
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/askcfpb/search ...
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/pdf-0096-fair-credit-reporting-act.pdf
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection

And see:

http://800notes.com/forum/ta-944ec1426a8bcbb/ ... service-attacks
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http://www.clarkhoward.com/news/clark-howard/ ... r-phones/ndF4c/
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http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1828
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http://800notes.com/forum/ta-86217073a9c8dad/ ... 077595690349410
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http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0258-fake-debt-collectors
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http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubs/pressreleases/extortion_scam.htm
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http://www.fdcpa.me/fake-process-server-injunction/
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http://800notes.com/forum/ta-9413b3202bc8b6c/ ... net%27s-tactics

file a complaint to consumer finance.gov

Had a call stating I was being served for a debit. They needed to verify mailing address. I ask from who. They then said let me transfer you. Put me on hold. Someone came about a debit I had no idea about. Making
all kinds of threat. Hung up. Then called my mothers house leaving messages.

Calling from a "law office", no idea what they are calling me for.,.

If you read Alfalfa's post further up this thread, you'll see that you were called by foreign extortionists.  You can't legally be "served" via email, fax, text or phone - that's just ridiculous.  You also do not "forfeit all your rights" by refusing to call someone back.  Please do report your caller to the FTC, FBI and your state's Attorney General.  Feel free to either block the number(s) from calling your phone or assign those number(s) a "no ring' tone, so they go straight to voicemail.  Don't worry about these yahoos - they can't do zip to you.

The woman left a message from 1-855-244-3861 on my voice mail. The stated she was calling about a "legal" matter, that I could "consider myself served", if I didn't return the call I "would forfeit all my rights" and then subject to a action lawsuit against me. she never said what company she was calling from, and threatened to call my work..and if they couldn't get a hold of me there I would face additional problems...etc.

I have no idea who would be sueing me or who would be taking me to court. I felt threatened, afraid and the fact she said I "forfeit all my rights:"...Since when does that happen when I know nothing about the issue she's referring to, etc. Does that mean any one can call anyone and take their rights....

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.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt076.shtm

A LADY NAMED MRS TURNER CALLED MY LANDLORD'S MOTHER AND LEFT THE SAME NUMBER FOR ME TO CALL HER BACK! I DON'T EVEN KNOW HER MOTHER'S NUMBER AND THERE IS NO WAY SHE CAN ASSOCIATE HER AND ME! WE ARE ONLY AQUANTENCES! I DIDN'T CALL HER BACK BUT OBVIOUSLY SHE IS A SCAMMER!!! WHAT CAN i DO?

called me and threaten to contact my employer to withhold my wages if I did'nt pay what I owed them.

They are calling me as well as calling some of my friends and family for me.  I spoke to them once and a woman asked for my CC info stating that I was 12yrs...yes I said yrs. behind on a payment for a Ford Pick-up truck (which I have never owned & shows no where on my credit report)  Very rude and refused to send me anything in writing despite my request claiming that they already had done so once and are not required by law to do again.  They are telling my friends and family that I owe a debt and they are going to contact my employer if someone doesn't get me to pay.  Total scam artists and thieves!

This is a collection agency. They called me thinking they were contacting my tenant who several years ago used my name as a reference to get credit. I told her that she did not contact the person they really wanted and I had nothing to do with him and if anyone gave him credit after the lousy reference I gave him that the onus was on them.
She stated she would update the file. SURE I bet they will.

CALLED ME AT WORK THREATENING ME TO GET IN TOUCH WITH MY EMPLOYER

Called my GRANDMOTHER telling her I was in trouble if I didn't call by 5 that day. I lover her, but my grandmother has no dealings in any way with anything I do for people to be calling her about me.

I'm sure you would appreciate that. Stopping at reporting here won't make it happen.

One of the neater FDCPA provisions is that anyone in a workplace can revoke permission for a collector to call there on behalf of the alleged debtor. You as the target are in the best position to keep an agency from harassing everyone you know by sending a notice via USPS Certified with return card. Either you dispute the debt while restricting calls, or you shut them up completely if you can't be pinned to that debt claim.

Only little problem here is that Francis, Edwards & Associates lists no address on its pitiful brochure style website. There's a half chance the "firm" is a false front for some fake payday loan scam. Under no circumstances should you rely on voice, email, or an HTML contact form to make your demands. Drill 'em until you get a physical address.

Learn how to exercise your FDCPA rights as an alleged debtor at FTC-dot-gov.
http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpajump.shtm

I keep getting calls at work from this number at my job.  I would appreciate that they stop calling my job.

This person is threatenting to talk to my supervisor or human resources. Regarding a suposed old debt.
I know that this illegal. But how do I stop them from ding this? Says his name is Andrew Coffee.

I received the same information as the others posted here. This time, Iesha said she was from a lawyers office and that a family member left my number. There should be a law.

Iesha asked formy personal information, once I ask her what was this about she became angry and tried to scare me once that did'nt work sha made the commet that she would contact my employer I told her I did'nt have one the she hung the phone up. Please don't give any of your personal information to these people the are scammers

I rcv'd a call from a man who transferred me to a woman asking for my CC info b/c of an old bill. She hesitated to give me the name and ph # of her company numerous times.  Then kept saying, "you are being recorded" and she stop once she realized I didn't care.  Then when she noticed she was not gettting my info, she gave me a name of Ieisha 855-244-7750 x 305.