same calls and have been turned over to the FTC.  Just hang up and turn them over to the FTC

Rec'd a cell phone message from 530.237.3039; a "Regina Woods" stating that a "claim has been filed against" me and I have "24 hours" in order to contact her.  She also stated that I "have officially been notified".  The callback # she left was 888.319.3807.  This same caller left a message early this morning before 9 a.m. on my work's answering service.  The same caller also contacted my work in September and left the same message on my work voicemail.

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

Regina called me, saying a claim had been filed.  Ok?  Wanna send me some paper? I have no outstanding bills.  Sorry Regina, no commission for you.  Awe.  :-(

Yea i have gotten calls from this number saying he works for a law firm has a case # and i only have 1 chance to settle this matter or iam done, i told him go f*** yourself come get i am looking forward to jail and guess what haven't heard from them since. It's all a scam trust me.

they never said who they were they said they received a claim on their next that morning but called me all night up into 8:51 pm a bill collector doesnt call that late plus they would state who they are its a scam their identity is hid for a reason

CALLED MY CELL PHONE FROM A 404-855-3103 LOOKING FOR A FRIEND OF MINE WHO DOESN'T EVEN LIVE IN THE SAME STATE AS I DO. STATING THEY NEED TO FIND HIM TO ALERT HIM ABOUT A CLAIM AGAINST HIM. NO SOONER THAN I HUNG UP MY CELL PHONE, MY WORK PHONE RANG, LO AND BEHOLD IT WAS THE SAME GUY CALLING FROM ANOTHER NUMBER 205-38-8041. I TOLD THEM PLEASE DO NOT CALL MY WORK NUMBER, I ASKED HOW WAS HE GETTING MY CONTACT INFO AND HE SAID HE HAD A REALLY GOOD INTERNET SEARCH LOCATOR. ASKED ME AGAIN TO HAVE MY FRIEND CALL 888-319-3807. IT'S A SCAM AND I BELIEVE THEY PREY ON THOSE WHO HAS BEEN HAVING TROUBLE PAYING BILLS, CREDIT PROBLEMS, ETC... TRY TO SCARE THEM INTO PAYING A DEBT THAT IS NOT OWED. IF YOU ARE NOT CAREFUL YOU CAN END UP PAYING THESE PEOPLE, THEY ONLY OUT TO MAKE MONEY.

Yep they just called my daughters phone number menacing a threatening message for me saying the only option I have is to call then back so they can verify my home address & work..guys name was John Carter I thought it sounded like a scam..what all should we do about it?

Continues to call even my office claiming they have a legal claim against me and wants my personal info. Told them to stop calling me and take me off their list. If, they in fact had any type of legal dispute, they can use the legal system and due process. Guy calls himself Marcus Jones (which when I called back, no one by that name)

They also use Ph# 657-202-0207

Just got a call from them saying I will be served with papers for fraud also. So glad I found this site!

NCS - NATIONWIDE CREDIT SOLUTIONS - PO BOX 41213 BUFFALO NY 14221 - Send a certified "cease and desist" letter to them with a copy to your state's Attorney General, New York Attorney General, the Federal Trade Commission and the Better Business Bureau.  They are scammers trying to scare you.  Please feel free to copy the following letter, making any adjustments that pertain to you, and send to them.  Also, be sure to send the letter certified so you have proof they received the letter and send a copy to the the AG's, the FTC and the BBB.  We have to get these people stopped! What they are doing is illegal. If we get enough people to complain, maybe someone, somewhere will be able to stop them!


DATE

YOUR NAME
YOUR ADDRESS


COMPANY NAME
ADDRESS

Dear COMPANY NAME

This is a request to your company to cease and desist all contact with myself, my associates, family and friends.  Any further communication beyond what is legally allowed will be a violation of the law. According to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act,   [15 USC 1692c] Section 805(c): CEASING COMMUNICATION: You must cease all communication with me after being notified in writing that I no longer wish to communicate with you. Therefore, I demand that you stop calling me at home, at work, on my cell phone or at any other location!  Employees of your company have repeatedly violated my rights by:

1.Failing to inform me that the communication is from a collection agency.
2.Fraudulent representation of your company.
3.Has contacted numerous family members, friends, and associates and has given them personal information regarding my ?serious matter?.
4.Has called me repeatedly at my place of employment, home and cell phone
5.Has called me repeatedly and left threatening messages.
6.Has contacted me after 9:00 pm EST on more than one occasion
7.Has violated my rights under the Foti Law.

Any communication to credit agencies by your company regarding this alleged debt should be removed as fraudulent until confirmed by me.

In accordance with the federal FDCPA, now that you have received this "stop calling" letter, you may only contact me to inform me that you: are terminating further collection efforts; invoking specified remedies which are ordinarily invoked by you or your company; or intend to invoke a specified remedy.

Be advised that I am well aware of my rights! For instance, I know that any future contact by you or your company violates the FDCPA and since you already have my location information, calls made by you or your company to any 3rd party concerning me violates section 805(b)2 of the FDCPA.

Be advised that I am keeping accurate records of all correspondence from you and your company, including tape recording all phone calls. If you continue calling me I will pursue all available legal actions to stop you from harassing  my family,  friends and myself.  From this point forward, I am requesting that all communication regarding this matter be through mail only.

Sincerely,



YOUR NAME


cc:    YOUR STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL
cc:    THEIR STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL
cc:     Better Business Bureau
cc:    Federal Trade Commission

its possible at one point pesonal information such as checking account # and social security was provided at one point and they found a way to use that information to their advantage. I believe its a scam.

I got the same call! what happens now?

My husband has been getting calls from this number from a person named Michelle Williams. Saying that he owes money for a payday loan from 2009. Threatening that if he doesn't pay them they will serve him a court summons at home or his work. Saying they are filing fraud charges against him if he doesn't pay. Does anyone know what this is?

They are indeed running a SCAM. Do not give them any personal information.

They just called my Ex- Mother In-law and said it was reguarding a fraud case.

Yep - just received that phone call also.  They called my work and told a co-worker that they were process servers and that they had an active florida court summons to serve to me if I didn't call then back within 2 hours.

They start off by calling and leaving threatening messages that state;  "You are being charged with check fraud charges, loan fraud, etc. and that they are a process server for the state you live in if you don't call back in 2 hours, you will be served at work."

Report them to:
Federal Trade Commission
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20580
(202) 326-2222
www.ftc.gov