855-335-0727

got a voicemail from this company today. guy said his name was mark, calling for me, said this will serve as a final notice, they need to verify my address and employer.  called it back and the woman that answered the phone said the company name is COASTAL and I'm being sued for money falsely deposited into my bank account on behalf of their client. she said she needs to verify the last 4 of my ssn and my employer, when I told her not until I understand what the call is about and who is suing me. Then she hung up on me.

got a voicemail saying the same thing and a call on my cell phone blocking them because I have been scammed before in the past year so I know this one is a scam too

I received a call from this number today.  They told me they were calling on behalf of their client who had something to do with a payday loan company.  They knew my address and where I worked.  Red flag went up when they told me that I had done this transaction in June 2012, and when I asked how they got the cell phone number I've only had for a month, they hung up.

Used my maiden name, said same thing. It's a scam. Several years ago I fell for it and sent money, afraid I would be arrested. I block the number now

they are calling saying that their claim greenwood group is suing me for 650 and they are ready to take me to court if i don't resolve that balance. i told them to take me to call them , they know my ssn and my name

Read up on your rights here, get template letters to send and also make a complaint at this government site: http://www.consumerfinance.gov/

Also file a complaint with your State Attorney General's office.
List of State AG’s offices:  http://consumerfraudreporting.org/stateattorneygenerallist.php

If you feel you SSN has been compromised, in addition to putting a fraud alert at the 3 credit bureaus, you may want to notify the IRS.  Here is the link, fill out the proper form (probably 14039):
http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/How-Do-You-Rep ... aud-Activity%3F

I also got a call from this number today claiming he was mark Wallace. When I called back the woman on the other end was extremely rude and wouldn't come clean about who they even were. How is stealing people's money like this not illegal?

got the same call everyone else has been getting from Mark Wallace at 8553350727. when the number pops up again, I just delete it.

Yup me too called a few hours ago and left a cryptic VM about a final notice (red flag #1) tried to call back and box was full (red flag #2) this has scam written all over it. Love this site though this is the first time I have seen relevant and super current info on something like this.

Got a call from Mark looking for Moose.  When I called back a girl answered saying they were a company that had two collections of mine in there hands.  The company was going take me to court unless I could pay something.  They had my old email and old address.  What scared me was they had my social security number.  When I told them to send me the papers they hung up on me.  I called back to have some fun.  I asked them how are they going to send me paper work without my address.  She told me that they hire a private investigator to find me.  Then hung up.  This is all a spam.

Good Deal!  Fast Thinking!  I guess a guy called Moose was supposed to scare ya!

Coastal scam.  No idea where they are located.  Call from a variety of numbers for several years now. Ignore and block any calls received from this “Coastal” group. Sometimes uses the CID of “Coastal Litigation” or Coastal Pre-litigations.

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.)

Also contact your local attorney general
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Coastal Scam#
360-373-2312
732-542-2161
844-220-0285
844-290-2529
844-614-2180
855-201-7098
855-202-2109
855-203-1385
855-204-3267
855-206-9567
855-210-1996
855-244-3871
855-249-2466
855-250-3519
855-253-4192
855-565-2283
855-591-3784
855-611-4076
855-739-8862
855-759-9939
855-801-5253
855-335-0727
855-875-7835
855-901-3842
855-809-9516
855-811-7639
855-857-1909
855-907-3733
866-232-2197
866-299-6413
866-319-2426
866-320-2455
866-324-8126
866-343-1768
866-463-4535
866-516-4436
866-536-9402
866-603-5486
866-720-5071
866-757-6347
877-254-3453
877-774-9225

It is illegal..  And see CWG40's post below as well as Big A's above.

https://800notes.com/arts/Jb8EW-eDhQA/harassi ... ou-need-to-know
http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpajump.shtm
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/askcfpb/search ...
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/pdf-0096-fair-credit-reporting-act.pdf
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection

For Extortion Scam Operations:
File reports with the FBI, your state attorney general and Department Of Justice,CFB,FTC & FCC..  Emails can be attached to complaints filed with IC3, the cyber crimes division of the FBI.

http://www.nw3c.org/
http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx
http://www.fbi.gov/
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/#&panel1-1
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/
https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us
http://www.fraud.org/
http://www.stopfraud.gov/report.html
Tip off FBI about this extortion attempt by filing form at: stips.fbi.gov/
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/haunted-phantom-debt

Also see here:
https://800notes.com/arts/I2neMkbUAAo/where-to-report-phone-crime
https://www.westernunion.com/us/en/fraudaware ... and-answer.html

And see:
http://www.dfi.wa.gov/consumers/alerts/nationwide-debt-association.htm
http://www.fbi.gov/scams-safety
http://www.ic3.gov/media/2014/140627.aspx
https://800notes.com/forum/ta-944ec1426a8bcbb ... service-attacks
http://www.clarkhoward.com/news/clark-howard/ ... r-phones/ndF4c/
http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1828
https://800notes.com/forum/ta-86217073a9c8dad ... 077595690349410
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0258-fake-debt-collectors
https://800notes.com/forum/ta-b95e185ca7ca356 ... debt-collectors
http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubs/pressreleases/extortion_scam.htm
http://www.fdcpa.me/fake-process-server-injunction/
https://800notes.com/forum/ta-9413b3202bc8b6c ... net%27s-tactics
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http://6abc.com/archive/7806938/
http://dfi.wa.gov/consumers/alerts/cashnet-payday.htm
http://www.cashnetusa.com/consumer-notices

With mention of CFS and Coastal may point to advance fee loan service provider CFS http://www.bbb.org/chicago/business-reviews/a ... ls-il-88016163/ having a F rating and no complaints listed? There is other info.

There are several groups with the word "Coastal" in them.  Hard to make out which is calling under the "Coastal " scam.

I received a call today! Same as all the others, Cryptic message from Mark Wallace stating I needed to call back, I called back and another person answered from caller ID he was able to pull my "file"/"information". I was caught off guard and same as the others they had my old email and mailing address not sure how they got my current number, what's is terrifying is that they have my ssn. They stated they will take me to court the county I lived at and if I want to dispute the charge I could or I could pay to avoid and legal and court fees because I didn't pay a pay day loan years ago to their client, I asked why I'm hearing about this now so many years later he said they have tried to reach me via email and my old bank account, which they knew who I banked with! I suggest everyone follows BigA advice and CWG40! I know I will.

My parents-in-law received a call from this number asking for my husband or myself. My husband called back and spoke to Mark. They told him they were a collection agency collecting a fraud and that our bank account had been closed and we bounced a check. My husband told him we don't even have checks for the account and he wanted proof. They hung up on him. I asked him for the number and called back to put on file that we did not want them to call again. However, when i called they had no idea who I was. They were able to look up my husband and stated his wife was my mother-in-law. Then said we owed the debt and they would not take us off the log and will be sending a summons. Then she hung up on me.

Me too just now , I am going to check my creditreport too! And block them

Go same threatening call , been going on for months off and on