855-233-0654

Claims to have Civil Court documents and that you can avoid court if you agree to pay immediately or enter a payment program; payment immediately.  They do not identify themselves as debt collectors, they attempt to sound like a lawyer   When the debt is identified in my case in was for a credit card debt that was cleared some 20 years ago.

Informational post:

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.

Also good info at the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau:
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/askcfpb/1699/h ... legitimate.html

Thank you.  Excellent information and advise.

Thank you for the excellent advice, they will not  stop calling so I am going to block the number,

Recieved a call and told to call this number and give the case number to them and they woud tell us what the court papers were about.

Got a call from someone posing as a process server and told me that I was to appear in court.  Gave me the 855-233-0654 number to call and a case number.  When I called the number, they asked for the last 4 digits of my SS number and my birthdate.  They transferred me to an "arbitrator" who told me that I was being sued because of a loan I did not pay.  I told them that I had never taken out a loan that was unpaid and that I would appear in court to defend myself.  I also told them that I would need to see MY signature on the loan document

Got a call for the samething as above to give my last 4 o SS or DOB.  They said it was for a credit card from First Premier Bank.

I was called today 10/21/15 saying I had a summons being delivered tomorrow case # 2015-409507 and to call 855-233-0654 and they could explain to me what this was for...no one has gotten back with me but I Google the number and found it to be fraud?

They told me they were johnson and associates ... they got us bc of how legitimate they sound and we mucked up ... our bank luckily stopped the payment bc they are based in UK. .. merchant category hotels motels and resorts and it shows as payment going to RFH media ....

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855-233-0654

They called and got me to I already paid them 100 dollars

I also got this exact same call  I have turned it over to  my local police department and also a recorded message stating  that they do not have permission to remove any money out of my bank.

They said I got a payday loan we have them for withdrawling 100 dollars out of my account