I doubt seriously you will. Its against the FDCPA laws..

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
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection

A Collection Agent May Not?

Here are the top 11 actions prohibited by the The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act:

Misrepresent Him or Herself

  A debt collector may not misrepresent himself as an attorney or law enforcement officer.

Use the Telephone to Annoy or Harass

  A collection agent may not cause a telephone to ring or engage any person in telephone conversation repeatedly or continuously with an intent to annoy, abuse, or harass anyone at the called number.

Threaten Arrest or Lawsuit

  A collection agent may not threaten a consumer with arrest. It may not threaten legal action that is either not permitted or not actually contemplated. In other words, a the threat of a lawsuit may be an empty one.

Use Abusive or Threatening Language

  A debt collector may no use abusive or profane language in the course of communication related to the debt.

Publish a Bad Debt List

  Publishing the consumer?s name or address on a "bad debt" list is prohibited.

Contact By Embarrassing Media

  A debt collector may not communicate with a consumer by post card. It may not use any language or symbol, other than the debt collector?s address, on any envelope when communicating with a consumer by use of the mails or by telegram. A debt collector may use its business name if such name does not indicate it is in the debt collection business.

Contact a Consumer at Work

  A collection agent may not communicate with consumers at their place of employment after being told this is unacceptable or prohibited by the employer.

Seek Unjustifiable Amounts

  A debt collector may not demand any amounts not permitted under an applicable contract or as provided under law.

Contact a Consumer Represented by an Attorney

  A collection agent may not contact a consumer after it learns the consumer is represented by a lawyer.

Communicate With a Consumer After Receiving a Validation Request

  If a consumer sends a written §1692g response within 30 days, the collection agent may not communicate with the consumer until it mails the consumer the requested verification of original creditor's name and address.

Communicate With Third Parties

  A debt collector may not reveal or discuss the nature of a consumer?s debts with third parties other than the consumer?s spouse or attorney. A collection agent may contact neighbors or co-workers only to obtain location information. It may contact a third party again if it has reason to believe the information the party provided previously is false.

Bills.com FDCPA FAQ

Below are questions Bills.com readers ask frequently:

Can a Collection Agent Call My Cell Phone?

  Yes. However, if you tell the debt collector it may not use that number because it is a cell phone, it may not contact you again at that number.

I Keep Receiving Dozens of Calls From Collection Agents. Is That Legal?

  No. Unscrupulous collection agents will use "block parties" or "office parties" where they contact a consumer, multiple neighbors, or co-workers telling them they need to reach the consumer on an urgent matter. This is not permitted under the FDCPA.

A Collector Says I Will Be Arrested if I Do Not Pay

  This was a true statement before the US Civil War, but has not been true since. People may be arrested if an aggressive judge files a bench warrant for a person who does not appear at a hearing relating to a lawsuit regarding a debt. However, in that case, the offense is the failure to respond to a court order, and not the existence of the debt. As stated above, it is illegal under the FDCPA to threaten a consumer with arrest if the consumer does not pay the debt.

Michael Turner posed as an attorney who was collecting on a bad check I wrote [6] years ago.  I haven't written checks in over 10 years.  I new immediately that this was a scam. He did threaten me with arrest, jail, yadda yadda.  However, I worry that his mark will land on more people so I want to help and spread the word.  He is clearly not smart enough to change his name.  Maybe he figures sticking to fewer lies will help him to remember his role. The number he called from: 956-622-5970. I reported his activities to the FCC, FTC, and FBI.  However he poses, please know, that any honest company will give you many chances before they send you to "collections."  There are no "debtors prisons" so don't be afraid if he calls and threatens you.  It's always a good rule of thumb to make anyone calling you prove that they know you - don't offer them any information.  I'm sad to read that he has managed to take advantage and exploit people from their hard earnings.  Enough so that one man lost his wife to a self inflicted gun-shot.  That is so absolutely horrible.  I hope that he is caught and pays for what he, and his associates, are up to.  If anyone hears about any arrests please post them.  

On Friday, 9-06-2013, there was a message left at 09:00 hrs PST, and again around 13:00 hrs, on my voice mail and a number with a 516 Area Code, to call a DEA agent named Mike Turner, working out of Upstate New York, regarding two packages of illegal drugs that came into the Tampa, FL U.S. Customs Border Protection Agency back in 2009 and 2010. I called back the number and left a message that I work late and am not able to be reached because I work in a hospital and do not accept personal calls because of the nature of my job. And, that if they wanted to reach me, they'd have to call me after 20:00 hrs because I leave for work before 06:00 hrs in the morning and don't get home until late at night. On Sunday, 9-08-2013, somewhere around 10:00 - 11:00 hrs, this guy calls up with the same routine giving me the phone number he left as his I.D. Number.  I asked for his badge number and he gave me a number beginning with the letter N. He tried to shake me down for $2500.00 to pay a judge in Tampa for Dissolution Papers, since I was a first time offender.  He even had my old, presently defunct, Master Card number, which he read back to me, claiming I used it to purchase illegal drugs on the internet in the above mentioned years.  I told him the last time I purchased any medicine via the internet was in 2006, and it was for thyroid medication and a statin called Zoccor. I got on the internet and googled this guy's name and found this site, as he was instructing me to go to Walmart and get 5 money cards at $500.00 a piece, and he would have a FedEx person come and pick them up and deliver them to their office. I told him I am not at home during the day, but if there was a way for me to get that money together by Monday, I would be more than happy to take it over to the Culver City Police Station which was two blocks away from my house, and he could have the FedEx person pick it up in the envelope I would leave at the front desk.  He got all bent out of shape and told me that I was a person who didn't care that she was going to end up being picked up by another DEA agent by the name of Mark Waller and taken into custody.  I told him I needed to get my lawyer notified that I was about to be arrested, so I needed to get off the phone with him and set my plans into motion. Then, he became abusive, and I told him I'd be waiting for Mr. Waller, but I needed to get off the phone and contact my lawyer so he would be here to meet him.  I hung up.  Then, I googled the U.S. Customs and Protection Board, registered, and relayed the story, the names, the phone, badge, and case numbers given to me by this person, to make them aware of the fact that these con men were using the good name of the U.S. Customs Agency to pull these scams on people.  Yesterday, 9-09-2013, at 09:00 hrs, there was another call on my voice mail from another DEA agent, named John Abein, or Abine, with another number starting with the 516 Area Code, pitching the same old line.  I deleted it.

The number that they used for me was 424 777 9857

I just got that call today. 713.386.5936
Same thing. The idiot left a message. I googled the name and Perry Mason from the 1960s cop show came up....hes not too clever....haaaaaa. this is the 2nd time this has happened to me.
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Mike Turner (actually a Perry Mason character)  this guy left me a voicemail message, DEA BADGE 97.
He sounds good, but what an idiot. DEA agents don't call you! Haaaaaaa! These scams are on the internet...but they should be on the news! Maybe he could audition for Law and Order!

ALERT - EXTORTION SCAM - ALERT

DEA Warns Public of Extortion Scam by
DEA Special Agent Impersonators

The Drug Enforcement Administration is warning the public about criminals posing as DEA special agents or other law enforcement personnel as part of an international extortion scheme.

The criminals call the victims (who in most cases previously purchased drugs over the lnternet or by telephone) and identify themselves as DEA agents or law enforcement officials from other agencies.  The impersonators inform their victims that purchasing drugs over the lnternet or by telephone is illegal, and that enforcement action will be taken against them unless they pay a fine.  In most cases, the impersonators instruct their victims to pay the "fine" via wire transfer to a designated location, usually overseas.  If victims refuse to send money, the impersonators often threaten to arrest them or search their property.  Some victims who purchased their drugs using a credit card also reported fraudulent use of their credit cards.

Impersonating a federal agent is a violation of federal law.  The public should be aware that no DEA agent will ever contact members of the public by telephone to demand money or any other form of payment.

The DEA reminds the public to use caution when purchasing controlled substance pharmaceuticals by telephone or through the Internet.  It is illegal to purchase controlled substance pharmaceuticals online or by telephone unless very stringent requirements are met.  And, all pharmacies that dispense controlled substance pharmaceuticals by means of the lnternet must be registered with DEA.  By ordering any pharmaceutical medications online or by telephone from unknown entities, members of the public risk receiving unsafe, counterfeit, and/or ineffective drugs from criminals who operate outside the law.  In addition, personal and financial information could be compromised.

Anyone receiving a telephone call from a person purporting to be a DEA special agent or other law enforcement official seeking money should refuse the demand and report the threat.

Report Extortion Scam: 1-877-792-2873

http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubs/pressreleases/extortion_scam.htm

Received a message from a "sgt mike turner" saying I had illegally bought scripts overseas and they had warrant to search my house. Since I had never done that, knew it was a scam. Still googled to see how many people they were calling. Those people need to rot in he!!

Fake DEA agent. Total skeezer. Feel free to instantly hang up.  Complete scam.

IT IS A SAM !! DO NOT FALL FOR IT EVEN IF THEY THREATEN YOU!! THE PHONE THEY USED ON ME WAS 201-448-3194. I was really scared until i called my lawyer.

I got the same call for the number 201 448 3194.  I asked my friend that is a lawyer and she said its fraud.  I had no clue what they were talking about and yelling at me saying they were sending me away and my family would be taken from em  and to get a sitter.   It is crazy that people can get your information.  I have have been married for almost 3 years so that wasn't even my last name.

I also did receive a wireless caller # 970-370-5137 from a so called Sergeant Mike Turner imposing as working for the DEA Drug Law Enforcement Agency.  I received a voicemail...I never returned the call because I knew it was a scam.  He stated that I had purchased illegal drugs overseas and started naming drugs that I never even heard of....He continued to say that he had a search warrant for my home and property and an arrest warrant for myself.  His accent was from the Chicago area but very threatening and he was a very angry man.  I also reported this to the Colorado DEA extortion hotline.  Unfortunately, we live in times that these sort of prank calls will escalate and continue.  If anyone receives a call like this, please report this immediately so these scumbags can be arrested and behind bars.

Got a call from 2 guys states that they are Sargent and sent them money to get out of going to jail  Ha Ha

claimed to be a VA agent? or a DEA agent? east coast accent. complete fraud.

Just got a call from a "special agent" Mike "Waller" (that's how his garble talk sounded)(?) he was very angry. Said his agency just confiscated records from an illegal overseas pharmacy.  Said I committed "several federal" crimes by ordering illegal drugs and agents are on their way right now to arrest me at work!  Of course I freaked out.  Said I had no idea what he was talking about and he YELLED at me - that I'm a criminal and get ready to be arrested.  He asked if I lived in a nearby city - I said no.  Asked if I worked for a certain business (that I've never heard of)  - I said no.  I was adamant I didn't know what he was referring to.  He said - ok I will try to work with you here.  So I said - tell me WHO it is again you work for? I told him I work closely with our local law enforcement agency through my work.  He said agents are on their way to arrest you. And he hung up on me.  I admit- it was pretty intimating at first!  I'm still shaking!  I checked his phone number through reverse look up and it's to a unpublished number or cell phone in ft. Morgan, Co.  I just called him back and Got his voicemail "this is special agent Mike Turner with the DEA.."   I did just report this call to the real DEA in Colorado - extortion hotline.  I can see where someone or an elderly person could be duped!  Idiot!

This guy is real serious until you start to laugh, then watch out, the profanity, WOW ! I even called him back and he sounds real legit until you start to laugh at him. If you want to entertain your self play with him a little WHAT EVER YOU DO FOLKS DON'T DO ANY THING HE ASK. I just do not want some elderly individual getting scammed . Have a great day.

Prescription Drug Scam Uses DEA Agents' Identities To Terrify Victims into Paying Up

The websites seem so simple, so inviting -- buy prescription diet pills or sleep-aids without a prescription. But it could be a trap.

A few clicks on certain websites can lead to phone calls that sound like this: "This is officer James Kashin. If you and your wife don't call me back you are going to jail."

Or this: "This is special agent David Brown. We are going to bring you in, in custody, with criminal charges for medication from overseas."

It's all part of an elaborate scam, including the alleged law enforcement phone calls.

According to DEA officials, criminal scam artists first sell prescription drugs online through websites they sometimes operate. After customers input their personal information and make a purchase, the criminals can use the information to blackmail and extort them.

Scammers pose as federal drug enforcement agents, even use actual agents' names, when they make threatening phone calls to thoroughly scare their marks, but then the fake agents offer their victims a lifeline. The caller tells his victims that they have a choice -- either they pay up by a certain deadline and their names will be cleared, or they will be charged as suspects in a criminal investigation and face jail time.

"Basically he wanted me to pay $1,500," said Kesha Howell, a victim of the scam.

"He's got you in such a panic state that by the time he offers you the money, I mean really, that's a no-brainer. Just tell me how much and if I can afford to do it, I'm in," said Darren Dutil, another victim.

Victims of this scam say the phone calls sound authentic and are genuinely terrifying because the person on the other end has all of their personal information.

"He was very calm, cool, but very intimidating. He knew things about me. He had legit information on me and that's what was so scary," Howell said.

"I was ready to call my wife and kids and say, 'hey look, see you all later. I'm obviously going to be gone for a while,'" Dutil said.

Another victim, who didn't want his name revealed, said he got a call from the scammers and fake DEA agents actually showed up at his house in suburban Fort Worth, Texas.

"They pulled up in a black SUV, right there at the driveway. Two white males got outside, stood beside the truck, and a slender 5-10, 5-11 black male came toward me with black wavy hair," he said.

In the end, he said he didn't fall for the scam, but he admitted he came close.

But Carolyn Sirek, a legal secretary from Joshua, Texas, fell into the trap and accepted the buyout option after receiving the scamming calls. According to her husband Dan Sirek, Carolyn went into a local Wal-Mart and wired the scammers the money through Western Union.

"It depleted our savings account, let's put it that way," Dan Sirek said.

Very often, after one payment, the scammers come back for more. Carolyn Sirek was apparently so upset and scared about what happened that she shot and killed herself in her backyard. Her husband said he found her with a bullet hole in her chest.

Thousands of victims, many of whom have paid the scammers, have called the DEA hotline for help. Officials believe several of these people have shelled out thousands of dollars in the extortion and that the operation is being run out of the Dominican Republic.

The DEA has indicted 11 Dominican men, but as of yet, those men have not been arrested. Agents told ABC News they are working with the Dominican government to have the suspects extradited to the United States, and are investigating other groups operating similar scams.

The DEA advises that anyone who gets a threatening phone call to hang up and report it and also warns Americans to be very, very wary of online pharmacies.

"I think that's one of the takeaways for people to understand, that buying over the Internet for controlled substances is highly suspicious, and they should be very cautious about trying to do that," said DEA agent Gary Boggs.

If the 11 men who have been indicted are charged, they face 20 years in prison. Dan Sirek, who lost his wife, thinks they should get the death penalty.

"Our relationship is probably something that only comes along once in a lifetime, and I hope they move fast and get these people so nobody else gets hurt," he said.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/prescription-drug-sc ... ory?id=16116808

just got the same Sgt. Michael Turner, DEA, and telling me I had committed a felony, and it had to be taken care of today, or I needed to go to New York to take care of this. I told him I couldn't afford to go to New York, I was disabled , then he asked can you walk, I said with a walker, then he wanted me to send a "green dot money card" I told him couldn't do that either, I told him to sent an agent over and he could take me to jail. I needed a vacation.

Just got the same call.  Guy said he was with DEA.  Told him I couldn't talk.  He saId "Then here's what's going to happen.  An agent will come by your house."  I said "go ahead, I don't care", and I hung up the phone.

I just recieved two calls from the so call DEA agents. One agent by the name st mike turner claiming to be from the denver colorado 197 district said he was willing to work with me to avoid my going to prison or paying a $10,000 dollar fine. I had supposely ordered  illegal drugs on line some years ago. he asked that if i were to go to walmart and purchase 6 green dot money cards for a total of $3000 i could avoid my arrest.he said  fed-ex  would pick them up from me tomorrow in order to avoid my arrest or my having to fly to new york to appear in this case. As soon as i said i would like to explore my options with my attorney he said the agents would be at my door to arrest me. when i asked if he knew my address he gave me an bogus address.  i  repeated i would need to speak to my attorney he was pissed off and said the agents would be coming to arrest me and hung up.  so, i'm waiting...NOT!!  the phone number these creeps are using is 970-3705137 in denver colorado

Got a call on a work cell phone today from a guy who said he was a Sargent and asked for a person who does not belong to this phone I told him there was no one here by that name he asked me if this was a wrong number and I said yes this is a business phone and he told me ok ma'am go ahead and suck the twinkies.....I hung up, this is not the first time this has happened. So lame

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