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Got a call and they said they were coming to my residence to serve me papers. No company name.

They called me too. Said I needed to pay and everything. Are they legit?

I just received the same call. She couldn’t even pronounce my counties name correctly. Sounded as if she had an Asian accent.

Said had papers from our county to serve. Hubby said ok do you know where I live? He hung up

Same as everyone else. Just called to say they were going to serve be papers this afternoon. Very quick speaking almost impossible to make out. We'll see if someone shows up. This has all the markings of a strong arm debt collection operating as a "mitigator".

This is clarion collection services. The lady called and lied. Said she was a tax officer and had papers to serve me. Said the company name was ADR. Is there someone to report them to for false information

did you hear anything more? they are calling me now too.  like an idiot however I gave them my address.  called wells fargo, as they are saying its money I owe them, and they have no information...

There is another phone number also 346-237-5411, Emily Griffin. They are getting smarter with people's #ssn. I kid you not!

Same thing lady called saying shes bringing papers then a smoth talking guy and a "dm" spoke to me

Got a call, they cannot give you an exact address, only one to a massive building. no suite number, no information about who owns the debt. this is a scam! hang up, tell them to serve you

Have been harassed by this number. The company name is Clarion Recovery Services. I’ve been dealing with Victor Gomez (346-237-5414). Says it’s a debt from Wells Fargo over 10 years ago. Received a call from a Sarah Johnson, that she was gonna serve me with papers. I was directed to call Victor and speak with him. Seems like a lot of people are being harassed by these guys.

The fake process server extortion scam.  Well known around here:

They will 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 they 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 have to be served within a certain amount of time.  Remember that you can always call the local courthouse to see if there is actually 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 (US MAIL ONLY) postmarked within 5 days of their first contact that contains their name, physical address, the creditor’s name, and the amount of the alleged debt. It also must contains “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 letter 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.

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.

Thank you for the info.

Same here been dealing with Emily Griffin for 2 months but when I told them I now know my consumer rights she had a male call me and when I ask him for a Valadation notice he didn’t know what I was speaking of got angry with me started yelling and hung up Sonia m really trying to find out if this is legal told him to just serve me with the papers and I’ll see y’all in court

Just received a call from Emily Griffin saying that I owed wells Fargo an x amout of money and that they were sending people out to serve me even had last 4 digits of my social. Come to find out there a scam. Will now be contacting my card and having them issue a fraud case on them along with my local police department

They just call me too. And i gave up my info, thinking they are legit. Now I got to call the bank.

I told them that my attorney will handle it if it goes to court. He wished me luck in court than hung up.  Do I need to worry about this?  It was also a 10 year old random overdraft through Wells Fargo I have no recollection of.

Then most likely it never happened.  If it is 10 years old, then most likely you cannot even be legally sued over it as there is a Statute of Limitations in every state.  Most, but not all are under 10 years.

Statute of Limitations by state:   http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/statut ... hart-29941.html
https://www.fair-debt-collection.com/sol-by-state.html