Thank you very much for all the information I appreciate it very much, have a wonderful weekend

I have no idea who this is.

Yes I have received calls from that number suppose to be a bill collector, was threatening me like taking my car and all assets plus damages, well I contacted a well known attorneys office called Morgan & Morgan they gave me all the info I needed, plus I changed my number & cancelled my debit card. When you call that number it says, the Google subscriber is unavailable, yeah right, what kind of legitimate company would do that.

Thank you, I have 2 attorneys on my side, also contacted the credit bureau, next is my attorney general.

Just barely. Good morning to you.

Dang, Alf, your boilerplate snuck ahead of mine. I should go back to the night shift ....

You look to be the first to report on this number anywhere. My own rule of thumb is that the nastier the bully the less proof of claim he has.

This may be extortion dressed as debt collection. A threat to sue for debt has to come from a creditor or its legal rep, not a plain ol' hired collector. Moreover, the threat must be carried out if made. Empty legal threats are illegal per the FDCPA. As early as possible it's critical to determine if your collector is domestic or yet another South Asian faker. The former you can sue into submission; the latter tend to be out of reach.

My notes from October 2011 on payday loan and "hot check" collectors are linked below.
http://800notes.com/forum/ta-429fb24ec2162e3/ ... -numbers-here-2

The following will be useful if you have a US domestic collector calling:

official FTC guidance and staff opinions on the FDCPA, PDF copy of the Act
http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpajump.shtm

CFPB reiteration of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/guidance/supervision/manual/fdcpa-narrative/

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.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt076.shtm

I 'be been receiving harrassment calls stating he was from a collection agency and was goin to sue me for an unpaid credit card.please let me know if anyone else has had the same. He has all my information, changed my phone number, an attorney told me he was a scam, also his # was a google subscriber, hmmm sounds fishy to me. Help me