833-340-7417

Act like I owe money and will take you to court

The 833 number is listed as a call-back from 888-451-3763  on 800notes.  The 888-451-3763 number is  a
call-back from 877-220-7735 on 800notes.  Scam being pursued by a "Lance Davis" persona who sometimes IDs
himself as attorney, other times as process server.  Sometimes using a CID of "Independent Processing".

Common scam routines.  Phony threats to serve process.
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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.

Received a call from a restricted number telling me they are filing criminal and civil charges in my current state and to get more information I had to call 833-340-7417.  I called & was told by a woman Maureen that they were contacting me to inform me they are filing charges against me for a payday loan from 2007.  I asked for their business license, where they are located, their address & they hung up.  Then they kept calling me back, and again from the restricted number stating I had til 1 pm to resolve this matter.  I asked the same questions and they hung up.  They called back & stated the sheriff is coming to serve me court documents.

Received a call from a restricted number telling me they are filing criminal and civil charges in my current state and to get more information I had to call 833-340-7417.  I called & was told by a woman Maureen that they were contacting me to inform me they are filing charges against me for a payday loan from 2007.  I asked for their business license, where they are located, their address & they hung up.  Then they kept calling me back, and again from the restricted number stating I had til 1 pm to resolve this matter.  I asked the same questions and they hung up.  They called back & stated the sheriff is coming to serve me court documents.

Total scam - read what CWG40 posted above - this is a scammer attempting to scare you into paying a bogus debt.

Received a call from 833-340-7417. Left message. Said her name was Maureen from the office of Kristina Edwards. Told me they were going to serve me, have 2 forms of ID, blah, blah, blah. Total scam.

She me and said that someone would be at my home with a summons and had a personal .caclocator