Apologies - wrong callback number accidentally reported. Actual number callback number was 855-457-0425. Will be reposting the original post under the correct number. Website administrator - please delete this particular number's thread (ending in 0257).

This number was left as a "callback" on a call made to a relative's place of employment number. A co-worker took the call. Even though the relative was in the office and available, the caller declined to be transferred and asked to take a message, alleging they needed to serve with legal documents, providing what they alleged to be a court case number (which turned out to be bogus upon later research) and attempting to arrange for a time to have the subpoena served next day at the place of employment.

After being contacted by the relative, I called that number. "Michael" answered. I have asked several questions to identify the full name and the company, as well as whether they were associated with law enforcement, and the male voice on the other end refused to answer my questions before I provided him with my name.

Subsequent calls to the number are being answered with "Corporate office, how may I help you?"

This is likely a FAKE DEBT COLLECTOR.

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

as well as http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-457-5584  and http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-457-6257

Also, read the following: http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/facing-debt-collection-know-your-rights (debt collectors are legally prohibited from falsely claiming to be law enforcement agencies or giving false information about your credit to anyone. See also http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection and the text of FDCPA at http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpa/fdcpact.shtm . Per FDCPA (15 USC 1692k(3) ), if you sue any debt collector for violation of FDCPA and win, you may be able to recover "reasonable attorney fee" plus get up to $1,000 in "statutory damages" for your trouble, so it may be worth a shot to contact an attorney (especially since many provide a short free initial consultation), since YOUR attorney will effectively get paid (if you win) by the DEBT COLLECTOR (not you).

Documentation is important, so if your co-workers, friends, or relatives are contacted, ask them to write down everything they recall about such calls while the information is still fresh in their memory (so that they can later possibly testify in court on your behalf). Whether these are purely fake debt collectors or allegedly legitimate debt collectors employing illegal tactics, dissemination of public knowledge that these tactics are illegal will help root them out.