Lana Carter called my cell phone and house phone and left a message stating If I didn't return her calls she would take further action against me. I didn't call her because I thought she had the wrong person. However she called my mother-in-law and left the same message. I finally called the number she left, 4 times but she never answered, so I left a message. I was perplexed to say the least, luckily my daughter to me to Google the number, to my surprise there was a whole forum devoted to "Lana Carter" and her underhanded and very illegal collection practices  So if  anyone receives a call from 888-978-5196 or 214-380-2178, do not give out any personally info. ask them to send you proof of the account or whatever they are claiming you owe.

She is still at it. Very RUDE.  wont give any info. when I went  to look up the number she gave me. Lead me here. so what does that tell you.  trying to find out how she knows my name and my fathers name. he and I live in different states.  Claims there is a pending legal thing AGAINST my dad.  which is very funny.  since my dad is one of the most honest men I ever known and would have told me stuff like this.  So I agree she is a scammer.  or fraud.  I filed a compliant with the FBI.  Claimed the number was a federal number.  HAHA.  

No one here can make them stop calling your parents unfortunately! This is a forum to posts who calls you so others know what is going on with the number.  From the looks of the above posts, and the MO, it could be another of those extortion scammers.  You may need to file complaints accordingly but suggest you get them a call blocking device as these types will continue to break the laws repeatedly.

Please do file reports with the FBI, your state attorney general and Department Of Justice,FTC & FCC..

http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx
http://www.fbi.gov/
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/
https://esupport.fcc.gov/ccmsforms/form1088.action


Also read up on the laws and your rights:

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

And see:

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

Do not call my elderly parents house

Lana gets an A for effort!  She is calling my 80 year old mom telling her that she is a client of mine and I need to return her call.  Problem is even if I did owe someone $, Mom has never co-signed on a loan for me, I never lived at the address my mom moved to and Lana is violating the fair debt collections act.  Would it surprise you if Lana the liar didn't care when I pointed this out?

Getting calls from them for long long time. Says my husband owes them money. Three times I talked to someone...told them they had the wrong person. They rattled off the last four of a social security number. WRONG. The middle name is WRONG. They always say Oh Sorry, we will take this phone number off the list. That was a year ago...still getting calls. Now automated saying If This Is NOT So and So, Hang up. Its an answering machine so it doesn't hang up. Stop these idiots. Oh they also send mail, so we can make a payment!!!! I don't think so.

Kept getting calls. Finally got to talk to Lana. She said she has a file on me? Can't be much, I'm on disability. She is a scam artist!

Lana Carter is her name and she is a liar!!

Anyone know who is the source behind the #?

Answered and they hung up and when I called back, a very rude woman would not tell me who she is and started asking questions.