Posted on 12/19/2011 4:34:09 PM PST by peteyd
I rec'd a call on 12/16 saying I have been named in a lawsuit.They have legal papers to serve on me and it is against my name and ss#.In checking the phone number ,I see it is from some debt collection agency,that changes its number and seems to threaten people.The caller said,she is giving me a chance to call the number she has provided me,to find out what this legal document is about before she comes to my house and goes to my place of employment.A second call today ,the caller said I needed to call today,and if I didn't she will be at my house tomorrow,between 12 ad 5pm. All my accounts are clean with no negatives or judgments and no debts.
I have a 800 number for my home phone. Why? You can NOT block, or otherwise scramble caller ID to a 800/888/877 number. I pay for your call.
Costs me 2 cents a minute to have, and a buck a month. It’s the number I give everyone that might sell or otherwise give out my number.
I always know who is calling.
When I am bored.. and get calls for people that are not me (or sales calls for people who are me) I forward the calls to other marking companies.
Wish I could record those calls.
My sister got a call some time ago. She knows what her bills are and what she owes right down to the penny, and she is never in arrears. The caller told her her payment was late, and also tried to “verify” the account number.
My sister is too smart to be taken in and refused to give her number, but that was her concern, as well. I wonder just how many people have been duped by this.
I had a collection company call my home number looking for a friend of mine. My friend had only used my name and number once for a government job reference. This call showed up on my caller ID as a number from Auburn, NY, but when I questioned the caller about it, she said she wasn't in Auburn. So it's obvious that they change numbers regularly to disguise who they are, and where they are calling from.
I've gotten some spam calls on my cell phone regarding my credit card account. It's usually a recording, or can show up as a text message. They don't offer any bank name, and although the area code (Florida) remains the same, the number itself changes digits. I've managed to block most of these calls through Verizon online, but the blocks are only good for 3 months, and have to be renewed. Online searches for the numbers calling me have found complaints from other folks who have gotten these calls from these same numbers.
get the alleged debt in writing, so u can verify if its fake or not. You never know,there could be some debts from years ago which got sold to CA,etc..
Point is they must give u a paper!
No, but despite being on the cell phone Do Not Call List, I get 5-15 sales calls a day.
If someone has filed a lawsuit against you, they will serve the papers. They don’t call you on the telephone to tell you because they must serve you properly.
Unless your employer is named in the lawsuit, there is no reason for the person who called you to mention them—other than to attempt to frighten you into doing what they want you to do which is to call some number.
In most jurisdictions the person serving you the papers has to hand them to you. Some jurisdictions allow service by registered mail.
It’s too bad the person did not identify him/herself and the law firm. From that I conclude it’s not a law firm that intends to serve you with the papers.
Some crooks are looking to find out when you will NOT be home so they can schedule that time to burglarize your home.
I would report the problem to the police immediately.
This sounds legitimate. I’m afraid you’re a deadbeat.
He said, "Sir, you don't frighten me."
I said, "You ain't very smart then, are you Apu?"
They haven't called back.
A few years ago I got a similar landline message from a bogus collection agency. As soon as I figured out the scam, I mentioned that “for training purposes” the call was being taped. CLICK! Never heard from ‘em again.
This is distantly related. ANSWER all unknown text messages with a “No”. I got one from some number I didn’t recognize and then got billed $10 a month for a “Horoscope”. I thought these “negative means yes” approaches (as in the old book/CD/Movie plans) were no longer legal, but with cell phones, if you don’t reply, you have ordered their useless service. Cell phone company says you can’t block them.
The Do Not Call list thing doesn’t work I don’t think. After getting all these annoying calls I finally called our phone co and had the Privacy blocking installed for 2 bucks a month, All unlisted and out of area calls with no no to show up on the caller ID are refused. My phone does not ring.
The spammers got to calling us so much that they knew my voice and I was not pleasant to deal with..I yelled at them, threaten law suits, told them I called my congress critter and nothing stopped this crap until I called AT&T and put on the privacy restriction..there is one that is free but it stopped only betwen 30-40 % of those calls meaning 60% could make it so I blocked it all. I doubt spam callers or robocalls will bother with the *82 then the no to by pass it. God help them if they do. I am going to have a gym whistle nearby and blow it into the poor sucker’s ears!
Cancel your landline and buy another line on your cellphone You’ll get a free phone and pay for the $10 - $20 a month for the added line. Use that number for applying for credit, stores, etc. Then throw the phone in a drawer.
I got a call that was traced back to New York and was a known scam. I hung up right away and blocked them from calling or texting.
Personally, I enjoy toying with the unsolicited calls on my land line. Since I never provide that number to anyone I know that it is (a) telemarketing or (b) a misdialed number. I answer one of two ways...”Bar and Grill” or “House of Pleasure...what is your reference number”. Either way I always get the same response...Sorry, I must have the wrong number.”
It was really spamming, but years ago I read of a guy who had just moved in and gotten a new phone number. One day he kept getting calls from someone looking for "Rosie". Drove the guy nuts as no matter how many times he told the guy she wasn't there he called again. The last time the guy called, he yelled excitedly, "You just missed her! The sheriff took her and the rest of the girls away 15 minutes ago!" Then he unplugged his phone. A day later he hooked it up again, but never got a call for "Rosie" again.
Dare her to show up. These thugs get people to give them money they DO NOT WOWE, out of threat and intimdation. Call he all kinds of nice foul words and get her pissed off and get her to to tell you more about herself and who she is calling for. They’ll do it, just get her riled up.
Once in a while when I am bored I will answer the 800 # or caller unknown calls with “good day, you have reached Big Al’s butcher shop no one beats my meat”.
P.S. Legal service can only be made by a third party, not any collection agency itself, so you know they are lying.
Yes, reply to them excitedly and tell them that you want to get this debt taken care of right away. In the next 20 minutes, if possible. Then ask for their bank account number and routing ID so that you can deposit it directly. Tell them this is the only way you are set up to pay your bills, you don’t use checks any more.
For those suggesting this, what do you think the cops will do?
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