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I called this number as directed with a case number, both given to me on my voicemail. The lady was extremely rude and hung up on me several times. It is supposivly a law office called Wistrom & Associates. This company is not online at all. I can not find any info about them. They are saying that I owe on a credit card from a bank that they purchased my debt from and  It is not on my credit report and the bank said they have no record of an account for me.

I just received the same message. When we called the number the same thing that you got happened to me. What  did you do about this call??

We called this number as directed with a case number, both given to me on my voicemail. The lady was extremely rude and hung up on me several times. It is supposivly a law office called Wistrom & Associates. This company is not online at all. I can not find any info about them. They are saying that I owe on a credit card from a bank that they purchased my debt from and  they were going to take a judgment on my property.. All our cards are paid off Cleary...

Getting harassed by this number

I received a call from these people as well as my brother, they hung up on me but gave my brother my case number and what not......they were very rude and they have been calling non stop!

I received a call from an unknown number telling me to call this number, claiming there was a complaint against me. This number is harassing me and my family.

My husband and I received a call f on this # asking for me. I don't recall owing anyone. This must be a scam!

These people are horrible I've been working on my credit with Lexington Law firm and this so called debt from 2006 which is 10yrs ago is not even on my credit. This lady named Jennifer wouldn't give me her last name said I owed over $3000 for a $200 credit card from Chase. When I started asking more questions she started screaming and saying my wages will get garnished and they will send someone out with papers. They call my job and cell phone and are beyond rude telling. It's income tax time and they just trying to scam people.

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When I started asking more questions she started screaming and saying my wages will get garnished and they will send someone out with papers.

Tell her to bring it on. While you are at it, let her know you will countersue and see her and her employer in court for violations of the FDCPA.

It's against the law for a collector to sue you or threaten to sue you on a time-barred debt. If you think a collector has broken the law, file a complaint with the FTC and your state Attorney General, and consider talking to an attorney about bringing your own private action against the collector for violating the FDCPA.

https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0117-time-barred-debts

Yes they are keep calling they even called me at work so many times .,, I called back lady is so rude ... I called my lawyer right away ... This is pissIng me off ...

Here's the scam: a "law firm" gets a hold of your debt information just as any debt collector would (your debt history, your employment information, etc.). They call you with a "case number" and tell you that this is their 1st/2nd/3rd attempt to contact you before they execute your case and send it to the District Attorney. Their goal is for you to get as little actual speaking time with them as possible. The person that you speak to (we'll call her Jennifer) will breathlessly spout legal jargon, interrupting your sentences to let you know that, because your case falls into this or that special category (because of the amount of time it's been since you owed the money, because of how much you owe, etc.), it's a WAY bigger deal than any of your other debt and needs to be addressed immediately. Because what Jennifer is saying doesn't actually make sense, she will refuse to answer any questions you have, no matter how simple. She only has the upper hand to the degree to which you can't evaluate how important addressing this debt is. If you're getting this call, you've probably gotten a call from a debt collector before, and, like everyone else, you've probably ignored them. Rarely does anyone decide to pay off their debts BECAUSE they get called by a debt collector.

But this doesn't sound like a debt collector (and technically, it isn't), and so you're not sure what's happening, how this is different than a regular debt collector, and whether or not it's important enough that you should pay them. Jennifer can't give you time to properly evaluate the situation because, once you have all of the information, you'll treat it like any other debt collection attempt. Any time you question anything she says (or even innocently ask for something to be explained), Jennifer will get defensive. "It's not my job to argue with you or explain things to you," she'll say. "I'm just calling to notify you that legal action is being taken." Like everything else Jennifer says, it's just believable enough to keep you from hanging up. Sure, someone in this situation should probably be willing to give you more information. But it's not actually their job to walk you through the process. Sure, Jennifer is rude and at times even hostile. But who wouldn't be if they had to call strangers all day to tell them that "actions are being taken against them"? Something seems a little off, but you can never quite place it. And Jennifer's job is to make sure that you don't stay on the phone long enough to have time to.

This means that, as soon as it becomes clear that you aren't going to pay (and she'll reach this conclusion without you actually saying this, a good minute or two before you've even made up your mind), Jennifer will bitterly tell you that there's nothing you can do anymore and that things are already being processed. If you don't stop her right there, pleading to give you one last chance to pay, she'll hang up on you.

It's all calculated bluff that preys on your anxieties about your finances and your lack of knowledge of the legal system. Jennifer will refer to the debt she's trying to collect with a sneer, as if she can't believe how irresponsible you are. She will speak as fast as possible so that you don't have time to really listen to her sentences, which are already so packed with scary-sounding words ("fraud," garnished wages," etc.) and unfamiliar legal concepts that you'd need to write them down to figure out what she's talking about. But she isn't going to repeat any of it for you because, remember, it's not her job to help you. And if you question anything she says, putting her in a position where she's forced to provide you with more information? That's when she starts getting accusatory. "You took Bank of America for a ride for over four years," she told me. "You're clearly only interested in taking out students loans and spending them on whatever you want." Jennifer can see all of your financial mistakes. She is looking into the very heart of your financial mistakes with an unsympathetic eye. It's humiliating. And she knows that huge consequences lie ahead. "The DA isn't going to have any mercy on someone like you. You've exploited the system for years. I see that you work for a very prestigious university. With this case executed, they may look at terminating you." Panic is Jennifer's best friend. You always knew your debt was going to catch up with you one day. Now you're looking at a huge legal case and possibly even getting fired. This could ruin your life. The only solution is to pay, and, as Jennifer keeps impatiently reminding you, to pay NOW. You get around five minutes with Jennifer before she decides that you aren't going to pay and hangs up on you. Five minutes to decide whether or not you're going to let your life be ruined by your past mistakes. Who wouldn't pay? And the paying option itself is kept in the shadows too (something about receiving an email, I think, again to keep you from being able to actually have someone answer your questions).

Jennifer and the rest of Wistrom and Associates live and die by keeping themselves off of sites like this (which is why it's like pulling teeth to get the name of the firm) because they can only get you to pay if you think that you don't have a choice. Once you see something like what I'm writing, the game is over. If they keep you in the dark, they might be able to get some money out of you. Once things are out in the open, they lose.

Just received a call from this number, a Derrick from Wistrom & Associates with a claim number.  What is this really about?!

I got a call from them last month been searching ever since to find out about them now i get a call from a supposed lawyer representing them with sending papers to my house I called the office back the woman started yelling at me telling me i was a thief a lie cheat and robber of the system