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Called a relative, said the needed me to call and 888 number with a case number to talk to the the filing party firm. 🤔🤨 Wait What?

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 so that they can scare that person into paying extortion money.  They will usually also state information that would be illegal for a real debt collector to state to department and tell them that you are a deadbeat who does not pay their bills. They often call people that have never even been a third party such as that you are being sued, that you owe money to someone, etc. They threaten that if you do not call them back, they will contact your HR associated with you because they get erroneous information off the internet.

The fake process server/location finder extortion SCAM usually consists of the following:

They mention that they have received a Fax document or some sort of complaint and that there is a pending legal matter or action about to filed against you to create the sense of urgency. They tell you that they are a “process server” and cannot give you the particulars of the case since the file is sealed. This is simply ruse to get you to call another number (often with a made-up case 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). They threaten to serve you at home or at work. They tell you that if they serve you at work then they will need a supervisor, security, or HR person there as a witness, hoping that will cause you to panic over the alleged embarrassment of being served at work. They also tell you that you will need two forms of ID. None of which is true. Process servers do not ever call ahead so that you can dodge them. Process servers get paid to serve papers, nothing else. They certainly are not going to pass up a paycheck by telling you that you can avoid being served, they are not going to give you an extra day or even a few hours to get a “stop order”. Court documents are time sensitive and must be served within a certain amount of time. Remember that you can always call the local courthouse to see if there really is a lawsuit that has been filed against you.

It is incumbent upon them under the law to prove that the debt exists and that you owe it, and (this is the important part) that they have the legal right to collect it. You are not obligated under the law to prove that you don’t owe or that it is paid.

Federal law (FDCPA) requires them to send you a letter, email, or text (postmarked in the case of a letter) within 5 days of their first contact that contains their name, physical address, the creditor’s name, and the amount of the alleged debt. Unless they have communicated it to you verbally at the beginning of your conversation. It also must contain the “mini-Miranda” telling you that it is an attempt to collect a debt and that all information will be used for those purposes. The one other important thing that this communication must also have in it is that you have a right to dispute the debt within 30 days of receipt of the letter and if you do so, all collection activity must be stopped until the debt is verified. If and when you get that communication you should immediately send that debt validation letter by certified, return receipt mail.

First, you should make a complaint at this Federal Agency, and while there you should also read up on how debt collection is supposed to work as well as what your rights in this matter are: https://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

Same as Bev from above post, I received voicemail message telling me I had a legal matter that needs my attention that I was being sued to immediately call 888-499-2311. I called and they never identified who/what they were and asked for personal info to “validate me”. I said forget it and then was told to get a lawyer. SCAM.

Phone call showed it was a verified number but no other information. Caller left a message and stated there were legal matters pending thru their law office. Didn't provide the name of legal office or her name. Left a number to call back, 888-485-0365 and ended conversation with "good luck". I check my credit report monthly and know there is nothing negative or in collections on there. And yet another number to block.

Called me, left a voicemail saying they had a file come to them and I need to call back before legal action could be taken against me, they also never stated thier name just called themselves a firm

Received a call that we have a legal matter that needed to be tended to. Was told we can resolve the matter by paying this amount if it went to court, or that we could pay right now and and the court process

Hi this is your message intended for ......... regarding file number ......... my name is Lisa Stevens and I am contacting you to discuss a matter that has been forwarded to my office for consideration of legal action including the filing of a lawsuit and or playing with the court to discuss these pending actions that may be filed against you you will need to immediately contact the firm directly handling your file their number is 855-682-1476 this is a time sensitive move better for you if they do not receive a response they may be forced to proceed without your participation also be advise my calls are logged and submitted as proof apples have been made to notify you of the pending legal actions against you in a timely manner…

Hi this is message intended for ......... regarding file number ......... my name is Ashley Smith and I am contacting you to discuss a matter that has been forwarded to my office for consideration of legal action including the filing of a lawsuit and or playing with the court to discuss these pending actions that may be filed against you you will need to immediately contact the firm directly handling your file their number is 855-682-1476 this is a time sensitive move better for you if they do not receive a response they may be forced to proceed without your participation also be advise my calls are logged and submitted as proof apples have been made to notify you of the pending legal actions against you in a timely manner…

Received a call from "United Carrier Services."  Woman said she has a certified letter for me and they will deliver to my home today between 1pm and 3pm.  I or someone over 18 would need to sign for it. She claimed to not know what it was because the envelope was sealed.  I asked who's name and address is on return and she said GFS.  I asked who are they and what's their address.  She said there was no address and it's a summons for me to appear in court.  I asked how did she know it was a summons if she earlier said she didn't know.  She offered their phone number as 855-682-1476 with a case#.  I asked who she worked for again and what was her number.  She hesitated and said she didn't have a direct number.  I asked about the number she called from. She said if you call it I won't get her.  I said oh well, no one will be available to sign for anything.  Have a nice day.

A lady called and said that I was going to be served some papers today for a legal matter. She could not give me any information but just a file number and said that the company was CFS.

I received the same exact voicemail.

I got one of these EXACT calls back in October & thought it was weird because they're using my last name from 20 yrs ago!!! Just confirms my suspicion of it being a scam...

You waited 4 months to look the number up?