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WHERE IS THIS FROM?

Got message that 'clerk' had paperwork to deliver to me and gave me this number and a file reference. BOGUS!

I received a very weird voicemail from this number saying I was involved in a legal matter. Very sketchy. Completely bogus. Bust these people!!

they call my brother all the way from New York I live in fl to tell him that they have a summons for me sounds very sketchy to me

It is sketchy - it's a complete scam.  If you're going to be served a court summons, you don't get a heads up that the process server is on the way - he just shows up, unannounced.  I'm sure your caller probably left a number for you to call to take care of the situation - what they hope to do is scare you enough into paying for either a bogus debt, a debt that's already been paid (or taken care of in bankruptcy), or even a debt that is owed - but not to the caller.  Don't give them the time of day.

http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0258-fake-debt-collectors

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.

thanks so much for that they wouldn't tell my brother what it was about they did leave a number and a reference number for me to call them back they told my brother that he was second on the list of contacts and if I wanted him to be off the list I have to call them to take him off the list I figured it was a scam needless to say I did get scam once and they did get my money had a debt from Verizon they said I told them and I paid it and now verizon said I didn't pay it these people need to go to jail I don't think a process server can serve a family member for another person debt thank you for the information

OMG! I'm dealing with this same thing & a lady called my sister telling her they have a court summons and that I have listed her as my stand in. They had all of HER info and it kind of scared her but she refused to give them any of my information. The lady said she would find out more when she got the summons. That caused my sister to be even more suspicious because no one pays to have docs delivered to a random person who isn't legally bound to the case. Then I found this and your comment. Unreal!

This just happened to me. They called my work where I am a professor!  I'm thankful for this information. I will report them to FTC and attorney general of Missouri. Thank all of you for reporting this.  I thought there someone suing me.  I am irate , I'm 64 and don't need this.