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Called on local number, when you call back not in service then the 8445875625 says there mediators for a bill . doesn't give name of company but wants you to get to computer to download papers and the debt will be dropped from 4500. To 1000.00 did some checking company is not fidelity but broadwing LLC scammers.

These people are vicious! They call your parents, scare them to death saying you have a litigation and then they tell you that you owe money for some credit card and they're willing to reduce the payment and they email you two forms. SCAMMERS!! Beware!

I meant to say the company is Fidelity.

FYI, your so called checking brought up information on the carrier that supplies that phone number, assuming it isn't spoofed.  Broadwing is a common phone carrier just like Verizon or ATT.

Which is why people that are aware of their rights and how debt collection is supposed to work know what to do and to say.

Start here:

Criminals masquerading as debt collectors attempt to extort money from people by scaring you into believing that you will be criminally charged (they use the bad check or hot check claim a lot) and go to jail, lose your driver’s license, have wages garnished without actually being sued or going to court, be sued, and a variety of other variations on this, all for an alleged or nonexistent debt.  One of the tricks they use is to call your family, friends, neighbors and/or places of employment (past or present or both) to create panic and embarrassment so that their intended victim calls them and they can scare that person into paying their extortion money.  They also use the “process server” ruse who calls and claims he is going to serve you, but then says you could avoid it by calling another number where they will ask for money to “make it go away” (this is actually the same place, they work in teams, one pretending to be the server, and the other usually pretends to be a lawyer).  Process servers do not ever call ahead so that you can dodge them.  Process servers get paid to serve papers, nothing else.

Read up on your rights here and also make a complaint at this government site:  http://www.consumerfinance.gov/

Also file a complaint with your State Attorney General's office.
List of State AG’s offices:   https://800notes.com/faq/attorney-general