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

URG Macon Ga.Arrest,warrants, law suits, blah, blah,blah. If you Google "URG" nothing and I mean nothing comes up for them. But I Googled the phone number and it comes up as an attorneies office in Macon Ga. So I called the regular number not the 855-256-2132.

I got a very threatening hone call from a Mrs Smith saying that I was being served on an intent to defraud a financial institution, at my place of business.  This is actually the collection agency, NCS, who is lying.  I fully intend to file charges against them.

this number called my grandmothers house and said they were going to issue out a warrant for my arrest on the very next day but as i was reading the comments they said that the police doesnt get involved in civil cases and they told me that if i went to court that i would not be going back home. but last time i checked if you are involved in a civil court matter that all the magistrates does is issue a judement against you and it goes on your credit.

If you end up talking to them when they call back, be sure to let them know that it's a violation of the Fair Credit Act for any collection agency to represent themselves as an officer of the law or the courts and they can be fined for doing it.  They can also be fined for threatening arrest.  An alleged debt is not a criminal offense and the police do NOT get involved in civil cases.

Yep, same thing here and we get these types of calls quite often.  This time someone calling herself Gwen Morrison called and left a message using my husband's name and saying that they are attempting to serve a court summons for attempt to defraud a financial institution.  Then they give this number to call back "the attorney's office" who is handling the case - complete with "case number" (which isn't the right format to be a genuine court case in the area where I live.)  To begin with, no one calls to verify your address in order to serve a legitimate legal summons.  They HAVE that info if they are for real and they just show up at your residence or place of business.  Secondly, what legitimate attorney's office has an 855 number?  They have ACTUAL phone numbers that go to ACTUAL offices.

Just another collection agency attempt to make people think they are somehow affiliated with the courts when they really aren't.

These people claim that I owe them money. They say that they have a warrant and will come to my job with the police. These people have very rude and threatening. They call my mother's home and harass her also. Last month I discovered that money had been taken out of my account by a payday loan company that obtained my information. I received no money from them though. Now I get these calls...

I was told I owed 910.00 for a payday loan I have a lawyer group that is handling my legal stuff and they refused to take the lawyers number and I was told to have my lawyer call them back but all they wanted was for me to send them money and wouldn't tell me a name or company name I told them I had everything handled and to leave me alone and not call back now there say there is a warrent for me to go to court and wanted my address so they could serve me.  they call me 10 to 15 ties in 2 days with different 800 numbers saying the same thing and they get mean and threating to me.