I had almost the exact same experience as Tayna Porter.  I was contacted by a man (I didn't write his name down unfortunatly) about a check that we had written to a Dr. Maul.  He said they had been trying to contact us and had no luck, and that they were getting ready to issue an arrest warrant against me.  The address he said they had been trying to locate us at we have not lived at for about 4 years, the bank he said it was written against we have not had an account with for over 10 years, and we have not used that Dr's office for about 2-3 years now.  He said he could tell I was a nice lady, and that he wanted to help me resolve this, so put me on hold while he talked to his supervisor. Then he said he could put a 3 way call in and I could talk to the office that would handle the warrant.  I told him I was at work, and if he could give me the amount and an address, I could mail a MO to them. He said no, they aren't allowed to do that (which is what first set off red lights because generally in the past that is what they have asked to be paid with), then he puts me on hold while he calls this Scott Chambers guy. They have this conversation which sounded totally fake, about how the amount isn't a felony ($192.00) and how he might be able to work it out so that no further action is taken if I can pay it right now with a CC. I told him I wasn't sure if I could, because I had just paid some large bills, and would have to check my bank account. He asked if I could do that right now, I said no, I'm at work, it would have to be latter after I got home.  He gave me a number to call back, and told me to let him know ASAP because he didn't want to contact the other party until he was sure I could pay the entire amount right away.  This just kept sounding more and more fake to me as they went on--first, the time span involved. If we had written a check to the Dr. and it was returned, why wait at least 10 years to prosecute. Plus, as my husband said, every time we visited that Dr. we were required to bring our account current, if there was an outstanding check, they would have made us pay it at that time.  Why would they wait this long to start any type of action-I told him that we had not lived at that address for at least 4 years, and any forwarding address was long expired. I did not give him our current bank or address info.  My husband said he had gotten a call from them at work, too.  I didn't call the Attny. Gen. office, figured I would google the phone number first and it appears that this is a scam. They probably bought some old debt and are trying to collect. I honestly don't know if we had a check that bounced that long ago, but I know that our Dr. would have asked us to take care of it long before now if we did.

I received a call from 410-344-7914 from a Investigator Tanya Porter about a alleged check written back in 2005. I too am clueless about what they are talking about, but once she gave me the name of the merchant I have done business with them in the past, but do not remember every writing them a check for services. She acknowledged that she had nothing to do with the financial end of the case, but was merely locating me for criminal prosecution if she determined that the check was written fraudulently. She offered to put me on hold and see if she could find out who the mediating company was, but she had to obtain authorization from her supervisor as this was not normal protocol. While I was on hold I received a text from my boyfriend that he had gotten a call from this same woman about check fraud and had given her my number. I let him know I was on the phone with her at that time. A few moments later Ms. Porter came back on the line and told me that she could transfer me to the mediator to see if we could resolve the matter. I don't think she realized that I was on the line the entire time (or maybe that is part of the ploy) she was talking to a Scott Chambers with Capital Mediation. Needless to say I wrote down all of the critical information they were sharing back and forth, and she "brought me on the line". I of course told them that I needed time to call the merchant to see what this was all about since I have never received any information on any outstanding debt and Mr. Chambers got upset and said there was nothing he could do to stop an arrest warrant being issued if I was unwilling to take care of the matter right then, but insisted on doing my own investigation. He offered me his contact number and I told him I would call him back yet today.

What they didn't know is that all of this conversation was being recorded by my telephone system.

I immediately contact the County Attorney's office for the county where they claim there was a check pending criminal action. The gal that called me back was AWESOME and had a chuckle at yet another one of these types of call that are clearly against the law and she told me to place a complaint with the Attorney General's office in my own state and the state that the check was potentially written - I still don't even know if it is a valid debt. She also assured me that in their state there is an 18 month statute of limitation for criminal prosecution and that the merchant in question has never turned over any checks for criminal prosecution in the past 10 years according to her records - and she shared that they turn over checks for prosecution on a weekly basis.

I have since place a complaint with both states AG office's and will provide both with a copy of the recording of the call. I also call Mr. Chambers back (also recorded) and educated him on the fact that I had his number and that all calls were recorded and being turned over to be attached to the complaint. All of a sudden he claimed that we had a bad connection and he was having trouble hearing me, but he got the gist of my call and wished me luck with all of my future collection experiences. I did remind him that all calls were recorded and demanded that he remove my contact information from their files.

As it turns out it is a return check that my ex-husband wrote while we were married and they have been unable to collect from him.

Was put in touch with Capital about a car I stopped making payments on about 6 months ago.  I moved and took at the locater to keep it from being repossed.  The guy at Capital actually was decent and gave me the chance to clear things up and get back on track with my payments.   Anyway, just glad the nightmare is over and I didn't get in trouble.

I was contacted and advised about some outstanding "bounced cks"  in my name from a few years back.  I went to my bank and sure enough, I had some bad cks I just completely forgot about.  Fortunately I was abe to take care of without any action being taken against me.  I havea friend who went to jail for cks and its not something I need right now...

they told me i was being prosecuted for check fraud he wanted me to pay 194.59 on a secured visa or mastercard