617-583-5720

I received a call too they said i owed 1300.00 but they would settle for 437.00 they got me for a hundred dollars I  called the bank and canceled my debit card If it is real I should get legal mail Please catch these a...holes I dealed with a Brian Walker

I don't know how they called my mother and I don't even have her number and they said they had a restraining order against me and a civil suit.,   REALLY OUT OF ANOTHER STATE HUGE SCAM!! DON'T GIVE THEM ANY MONEY!!

I received the same call on 10-10-12 stating I have a restraining order against me.
I have no idea what this is all about.
I also called and they put me on hold for about 20 min and I hung up.
I really think this is a scam.

Consumers across the country report that they're getting telephone calls from people trying to collect on loans the consumers never received or on loans they did receive but for amounts they do not owe. Others are receiving calls from people seeking to recover on loans consumers received but where the creditors never authorized the callers to collect for them. So what's the story?

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation's consumer protection agency, is warning consumers to be on the alert for scam artists posing as debt collectors. It may be hard to tell the difference between a legitimate debt collector and a fake one. Sometimes a fake collector may even have some of your personal information, like a bank account number. A caller may be a fake debt collector if he:

is seeking payment on a debt for a loan you do not recognize;
refuses to give you a mailing address or phone number;
asks you for personal financial or sensitive information; or
exerts high pressure to try to scare you into paying, such as threatening to have you arrested or to report you to a law enforcement agency.

If you think that a caller may be a fake debt collector:
Ask the caller for his name, company, street address, and telephone number. Tell the caller that you refuse to discuss any debt until you get a written "validation notice." The notice must include the amount of the debt, the name of the creditor you owe, and your rights under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
If a caller refuses to give you all of this information, do not pay! Paying a fake debt collector will not always make them go away. They may make up another debt to try to get more money from you.

Stop speaking with the caller. If you have the caller's address, send a letter demanding that the caller stop contacting you, and keep a copy for your files. By law, real debt collectors must stop calling you if you ask them to in writing.

Do not give the caller personal financial or other sensitive information. Never give out or confirm personal financial or other sensitive information like your bank account, credit card, or Social Security number unless you know whom you're dealing with. Scam artists, like fake debt collectors, can use your information to commit identity theft – charging your existing credit cards, opening new credit card, checking, or savings accounts, writing fraudulent checks, or taking out loans in your name.

Contact your creditor. If the debt is legitimate – but you think the collector may not be – contact your creditor about the calls. Share the information you have about the suspicious calls and find out who, if anyone, the creditor has authorized to collect the debt.

Report the call. Contact the FTC and your state Attorney General's office with information about suspicious callers. Many states have their own debt collection laws in addition to the federal FDCPA. Your Attorney General's office can help you determine your rights under your state's law.>

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt076.shtm

617-583-5720 keeps calling me telling me there is a civil suit and restraining order against me.  I check with my credit, my lawyer, everything, this has to be a scam, how do I get this to stop I am in my 70's and this is upsetting me, they just keep calling,

This is most definetly a scam wanting money to stop a court date,i called ace and they said this happens often, do NOT SEND MONEY!7!

I also got a call from 617.583.5720 stating that I had a restraining order that me or my attorney had 24 to 48 hours to do something about this. I called the clerk of county office, they told me the only way a restraining order is served is in person. This call is a scam from I don't know who. Does anybody knows what is going on with this call.

Same message ! laughed about it !   Civil, Restraining order, Lawyer or me within 24 hours.
If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it's a duck.
Neither order can be done on the phone. Court hearing papers are served or sent by certified.
IT'S A SCARE TACTIC. Calling them back confirms they got hold of you.
IGNORE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was called by this number and had a recording saying that I had a pending complaint and restraining order against me and blah blah blah. I text my boyfriend freaking out and he googled the number and saw that it was some kind of scam. What morons would do this?

I too received a message from these folks.  I called and was placed on infinite hold.  If they want to sue me, they'd better put it in writing.

Did you ever find out if it was for real or not.... I received the same call today and it frightened me....

Worried about the call I received from this number today saying I was to contact my attorney and left a "warrant" number saying I was being sued or something like that......  Is this a scam or should I be concerned??????

I have received calls from the kind of people with the voice message. The phone number that I was to call is 214-556-5350 it is from Plano, Texas. they called my brother in laws house & i dont even know his phone number at his house. He called me to let me know becuase he thought that he was in trouble. Please be aware with these calls. I received another one about 6 months ago & nothing happen. I didnt call back because i dont want them to know that my number is good. They called my house number last night and no one calls me on that number unless it is a doctors office or jobs. I dont give out that number.

The better business bureau doesnt even have the number on file. It is a landline.

i received a call on 10/15 informing me of a civil law suit against me.  I was given a claim number and a call back number(617-583-5720) i called several times and no one answered.  Then i looked on this site and realized it was a scam.and it is! Dont fall for it folks  I would love to have these people caught.

I received the same kind of call (civil investigation) coming from 252-375-3448 Greenville, NC. Scared me altho I know it was a scam. I reported it to my state rep who told me to re-register every year on the "do not call list".

You don't have to reregister, you can verify you're still on it https://www.donotcall.gov/confirm/conf.aspx

This only helps with the legitimate companies, though.  Most of these types of calls are now from scammers who don't care how many other laws they break.

I just received the same message on my cell phone. I'm pretty sure it's a scam.......  I don't owe any past due bills and I am pretty sure that if I was being sued I would have new about it before now.....LOL

Yeah I got one of these and googled it, and found you fine folks. It's very annoying. Mine was for my mom-in-law, but on my cell phone. Glad to know it's uberfake.

Yep folks, Its a scam! Notified the FBI to confirm. It's currently on a "Watch" list.

Just got a call from this number.  My phone was breaking up so I could barely understand the pre-recorded voice.  But the gist of it was that I was being sued, 24-48 hours to respond and restraining order.  Scared the crap out of me, but now I see that it is a scam.  Thanks everyone for sharing your stories! You made my BP go back down!  Is there a way to make this stop?