they are threatening my family and i wishn i new where they lived.

Yes, they called me a few weeks ago with spoofed or private numbers to my place of business and my cell phone.  They also told a family member that they were serving me with legal documents unless I called 855-844-3542.  Of course, no one ever showed up to serve me papers nor was I provided with any kind of invoice in the mail.  It is certainly an illegal operation.  I hope they are shut down.  It must be a sign of the times if companies will resort to such extreme and illegal measures.

I too have received a few calls regarding this number. It started with a call earlier this week from a "private" number and I let it go to voicemail. I got the same schtick has previously listed...that if I didn't call the 855 number I was going to be served some 'papers' at my home or place of employment. The caller left no information as to who he was (or even his name), to whom I owed the debt, or the name of the "3rd party" company I was to contact to put a 'stop order' on the serving of "papers". If I did not call the number, he would contact me again later in the week and give me one last chance and they would "dispatch" someone the next day to serve me the "papers" if I did not comply. Since I was not provided this info via voice mail, I did not respond. Sure enough, a few days go by and I receive the 2nd phone call notifying me that they would be serving me the "papers" the following day and to please make this as easy and discreet as possbile. The only difference this time was that the person who called forgot to block his call and the number showed up on ID. Google is a wonderful thing, so I entered it and did a search and came to find out that the phone call came from a pay phone at a gas station. Really? A pay phone at a gas station? I was planning to see what happened as the day went on and whether or not I would be served these "papers" that I have no idea where theyre coming from. You could definitely tell that the guy who left the message was reading from a script

Lets keep in mind here that legit debt collectors will ALWAYS give you the schtick about how "this is an attempt to collect a debt..." and at no time did I receive that message. Im guessing that no name would be given in the voice mail because the operation is illegal, but the person calling and leaving a message wasnt smart enough to block his call let alone realize that calling from a gas station where there are cameras inside located at a major intersection where there are more cameras that activate every time the light turns red is pure genius! Im sure the police will have no problem locating his whereabouts. If he was on foot, he must live or work really close to the place where the call came from. Way to be discreet.

Just remember...

~If anyone is going to serve you with anything, there is no notice of any kind...they find you and they serve you, and it will be by someone who will identify themselves with proper documentation
~If indeed they are a debt collector, they are required by law to tell you that they are a debt collector. If they fail to give you information of any kind as to who they are or what the call is in regards to, then hang up. Also refuse to give them any information. Theyre the ones who called you, and they have all the info they need on hand to do what they need to do if they are legit.

If you need more info on this scam, do a Google search for 855-844-3542 or look for anything close to these numbers. Im sure it is all the same people because every single story is the same

This company called my cell phone and it came thru as a private call and i normally do not answer any private calls but my parents stated that they had called them and informing them of a bad debt that i had. My debt is not to be spoken to anyone but me that was the first sign that it was a scam. Then today i called the 855-844-3544 number which they left in a message. I asked alot of questions in which the person i was speaking to could not answer and then all of a sudden his supervisor wanted to speak to me. He gave me some more information but he could not fax or email any documentation regarding this debt. I asked the first person for the bank account number and all he could give me is a routing number but ironically the second person could give me the account number. I put this number in the internet to see if it was a scam and here i read others have dealt with these same people. He says that he will be sending me some legal papers if i do not pay and i will have to go to court. I told him that i do not know this company and i needed some proof of this payday loan and again he refused so i guess i will wait for the court documents and move forward from there...BEWARE EVERYONE..HE ALSO SAID HE WAS NOT A DEBT COLLECTOR

I did get several calls initiated from 2 other numbers and leaving this number as a call back number. They have been threatening me since before Christmas. I stupidly paid them 100.00 at Christmas time because they threatened to come to my house to arrest me for what they called fraud across state lines. I was so afraid they would show up when my kids were at home I paid them. Then in January  they withdrew 153.00 from my account without authorization. I called the bank and closed the account. They have been calling me ever since then and threatening me to the point where I am scared to be at home. What can I do?

im glad i didmt pay they are scammers

thank god I search this before paying ... now I wont pay

scammers these are ... called them self with different different names .. ignore them .. I had already reported this number to my attorney

got call from some snotty gal said from asst mgmt had a case they bought from someone being investigated 4 fraud hung up on her then she called my cell with a different name 2 mins later guess ill have both my phones numbers changed before i go to work t