817-203-7231

Scammer... calls with fake story... saying a certified letter was refused and they threaten to sue you. No company name, bogus threat. Assuming they pull data from craigslist or some other scam technique. Don't fall for this scam.

they have called me 3 times in the last 2 weeks. i just now spoke to them and its about a collection on me from 8-9 years ago they they wanted to settle with me before it goes to court and i get my wages garnished.  they wanted to set up a $100 a month payment till it was paid.  original debt was 6k and they offered me 2k to set up payment arrangements.    ive not seen anything in the mail regarding the 6k collections .  they would not send me anything in the mail.  she ended up getting mad and hanging up on me.     im 90% sure this was a scam.

Debt collection scam.  If you call that number the ID themselvs as "Premier Holdings".   Claim not to be debt collectors but claim to be a "litigation company".   That's common scammer double-talk for debt collector.

Typical debt scammers.  Threats of process, arrest, garnishment and any other thing they can bring up in an attempt to scare money out of people. Endless telephone harassment of family members and continual calls to work.

Ignore and block any calls from this group and the other CIDs listed below.

Calls from:        Other CIDs

844-742-3762        Platinum Services
855-554-1546         Nation wide
855-563-5351        Premier Legal
855-984-0846        Premier Legal Support Services, Mike Phillips
877-224-2606        Premiere Legal Services, Camino Legal Support Services
877-489-2120        Mike Davis
888-487-9504        Nationwide Legal Services, City Financial Group, Premier Legal Office
888-504-1003        Legal Support Services, Lisa Thomas, Nationwide Legal Services, Mike Phillips
888-584-7759        Premier Legal
888-601-1454         Nationwide Legal Services
888-786-6003
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In any event,

Just because someone on the phone calling you says you owe a debt does not mean you actually owe it.

If a voice on the telephone claims you owe a debt:

1.    Demand the person give you his or her name, company name, and address
2.     Demand a debt validation letter by US mail.  E-mail no good.
3.    Do not pay  the collection agent or anyone else a  dime until the debt is validated

Of course they won’t do this, no scammer ever will, so simply ignore them and block their calls.

If they are bothering you, report them:

http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection (Threatening civil proceedings with no intent to follow through, or threatening criminal process in order to collect a civil debt is a  violation of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.)  The same goes for endless telephone harassment

Note that the US Supreme Court in the Case of HENSON ET AL. v. SANTANDER CONSUMER USA INC., has recently ruled that the provisions of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act do not apply if the creditor owns the debt in question.  As a practical matter this probably won't effect the kinds of scam debt collectors who often show up on 800notes.  The scam collectors don't give you any information about themselves so it is impossible to know whether or not they in fact "own" the debt in question.  Most do not send debt validation letters and many often say they are collecting for someone else.  So, make the complaint anyway if they are bothering you.  Let the FTC sort it out.

Also contact your local attorney general

If they continue to bother you,  and you know you do not owe any money, tell them that you know this is  a debt scam and that you are making a complaint to the police for extortion.  Once you get a copy of the police report and they call you again , just read out the  file number and the name of the PD or Sheriff’s office involved.   Tell them you’ll be glad to send a copy to them at whatever address the jack***es are working out of now.

You'll probably have to yell at them and talk over them.  Tell 'em  no scammy debt collector is going to push you around.

You have to get tuff with these people because,  being akin to thugs, brute force is (metaphorically speaking).   the only thing they understand.