866-204-2750

Debt Collection scam telling me they have important legal documents to deliver to me in the next hour and to call this number to get it resolved. Obviously a scam to try and collect on a settled debt

Had a call on my cell this morning from an Unknown number, leaving a message saying they had legal documents they were delivering to me at home or place of employment in the next hour. Today was my day off so I sat on my porch for 3 hours waiting. I called this number when none came (the number they left on my voicemail). It rang and the person on the other end didnt identify a company but said someone came buy (which they didnt) and that it was regarding a car loan I took out and supposedly defaulted on. I did have a loan in collections but settled it...after pressing them further and asking them why they didnt send it certified mail they hung up. I will be contacting the police as this sounds like a scam

Had a voicemail from  someone calling me from a 323-347-6431 saying her name was Mindy Sawyer and had legal documents for me to sign on and would come to my home and place of employment and if I had questions to contact 1-866-204-2750

Did they ever deliver any documents? They called me today it was a woman named mindy sawyer

They called me today, left a VM from an unknown number. A guy named Sam Capatono said that I need to call back he has been assigned to my jurisdiction. He also said he will notify the county clerk's office if I cooperate voluntarily. He said I have "officially been notified". I called back and a man named Cal Martinez asked for some of my info to tell me about my case, he tells me I owe a debt and he needs my credit card info before he can send me any documentation of the case or any that shows the legitimacy of his company. He then transfers me to a manager named Jenna. She gets my email and says she is going to send me information about her company (in which she never sent), during this time she says that since I don't have my credit card on me how would I deal with a car emergency, and to top it all off she says "I know we aren't going to hear from you again, I wish you the best of luck." and hangs up... Sick people. They also threatened me with sending someone to my home or place of employment.

No they never did...they gave me a "case number" and I called my local municipal court and they said it was a bogus number...most court documents are sent via US certified mail so that there is a tracking number and prof of reciept...they are just scumbags trying to scare people into giving them money

Got same message as everyone else

Same call, same person, same message. Not calling back.

I had been getting calls from this number for awhile. The last time they told me their client will pursue me to the full extent of the law. (I am a disabled bedridden widow) I told them go ahead. Its now a few months later and Today I got a call from a guy saying he had papers to serve me and was I going to be home. The first red flag!!  I had a boyfriend who was a process server and HE NEVER called because it gives the person a chance to leave. He said they were court papers filed in my county. He told me you should know about this. I was like I got nothing in regards to any of this.  He gave me the number to call with a case code and said i'll call you back in 20 minutes to give you time to call them. Second Red Flag (process servers don't care they have a job to do not care about if you take care of your debts or not). So I called the number and was talking to a Jenny Goldstein. She got really rude when I told her I had no clue of what she was talking about. Then she proceeds to tell me that it's in regards to a credit card (Total Visa Credit)  She told me they bought the delinquent account. They been trying to get a hold of me to resolve this for awhile. I told her I got nothing in the mail of anything I may owe to a Total Credit Card. Told her I would call her back in a few. In the time mean time I looked up Total Visa Credit card. (nope never had a dark blue credit card like that one they showed) Looked a little further. (Nope never sent in $89 to them to get a card from them) Now I look up my credit report. Yep there is a delinquent account from them credit limit $300. The information said its a revolving card, ACCOUNT CLOSED. Nothing else on my report looks off but this one thing. So I call back the number and another girl answers having to transfer me to Jenny Goldstein. I told her I wanted to see a bill about this card so I gave her my email address (Not one I use for anything but a video game app). She told me their backed up give it 20 minutes and if it don't come through call her back. So i wait 20 minutes. Whilst I am waiting I look up under my counties court house under Civil, Criminal , and Traffic for the case number that is supposedly filed in the court house. Nothing. So 20 minutes pass and I call back. Now I'm getting a message of all operators are busy please wait the next available one will be with you shortly. Immediately it clicks over into a voice mail, they are wanting me to leave one. I don't I just hang up and do a spam on the number to see if that is going to keep happening. After 3 call attempts after the first initial one still the same thing. BTW no Email came through in spam folder or regular folder. Also NO call back from the guy who was supposedly serving me papers. (he called from a private number) I will call back tomorrow and update this post. I want to take it all the way. I feel violated. I have already contacted the credit reporting agencies.

Well known process server scam.  You will need to file a dispute with the credit bureaus.

Criminals are masquerading as debt collectors in an attempt to extort money from people by scaring them into believing that:
a.    You are going to be sued and it will cost you lots of money when they allegedly “win” their case.
b.    That they are about to file criminal charges or that you will be criminally charged (they use the bad check or hot check claim a lot) and go to jail.
c.    That they will take away your driver’s license.
d.    That will garnish your wages without actually being suing you, going to court, or even winning a case and obtaining a judgement followed by a judge’s consent to the garnishment.  They also claim that your wages will be garnished in amounts far above all legal limits.

One of the tricks they use is to call your family, friends, neighbors and/or places of employment (past or present or both) to create panic and embarrassment so that their intended victim calls them and they can scare that person into paying their extortion money.

They will use the words “Mediator”, “Arbitrator”, “Law Office” or claim that they are a “Lawyer or Paralegal” to make you believe that they are something other than a debt collector want-a-be and that they don’t have to follow Federal and State collection laws, even though they do have to follow those laws, but they won’t.  They also tell you that if you fail to call them back you are "waiving your right to council", which is pretty much nothing but hogwash.

They claim they are officers of the court, or that an officer will accompany them, or even that they are sending officers to arrest you.  All hogwash.  They tell you to lock up your dogs and guns for “everyone’s” protection.  More hogwash.

They use the phrase “govern yourself accordingly” a lot, something they should do themselves.

They mention that they have received a Fax document, to create the sense of urgency and tell you that they are a “process server”. This is simply ruse to get you to call another number where they will ask for money to “make it go away” (this is actually the same place, they work in teams, one pretending to be the server, and the other usually pretends to be a lawyer).  Process servers do not ever call ahead so that you can dodge them.  Process servers get paid to serve papers, nothing else.

If your 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). Also file a report at the FTC Identity Theft web site as well as learn what else you need to do:
http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/How-Do-You-Rep ... aud-Activity%3F
https://www.ftc.gov/faq/consumer-protection/report-identity-theft


It is incumbent upon them under the law to prove that the debt exists and that you owe it, and that they have the legal right to collect it.  You are not obligated under the law to prove that you don’t owe or that it is paid.  

Federal law (FDCPA) requires them to send you a letter (US MAIL ONLY) postmarked within 5 days of their first contact that contains their name, physical address, the creditor’s name, and the amount of the alleged debt.  It also must contains “mini-Miranda” telling you that it is an attempt to collect a debt and that all information will be used for those purposes.  The one other important thing that this letter must also have in it is that you have a right to dispute the debt within 30 days of receipt of the letter and if you do so, all collection activity must be stopped until the debt is verified.

Read up on your rights here 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:   https://800notes.com/faq/attorney-general

These [***] use spoof numbers to look local, but they are actually offshore using VOIP numbers.  Unfortunately, if you have applied for a car loan, insurance, basically anything with your phone number attached, there is someone who works in that industry who sells names/numbers in bulk.  Actually, some people in the restaurant business sell this info also, as they have your name/number when you make a reservation.  Always give them your secondary/spam email address anytime someone asks for your phone #.  They usually dont have your SSN, as that is the info they want.    Its a numbers game, they make 100 calls, one person responds and gives them personal info and card numbers.  Just for fun, give them a fake SSN and then give them your address as your local police station or FBI office.

Got similar message. All of my debts are off of my credit report and I have no active or past warrants on me for anything. I'm waiting on a call back from a police officer now and I'll be reporting this as a spam case. Identified as a Daniel Larkin with my local county I reside unthreatening the same things as everybody else. Called the number and the woman that picked up identified the company as ICR and resisted telling me if there was an acronym behind the letters.

Mindy Sawyer called me and said she was an independent legal courier with legal documents to serve me. I needed to call 1-866-204-2750. THIS IS A SCAM.  DO NOT GIVE ANY INFORMATION.  I talked with a sherrif and he said they are in charge of serving legal paperwork of companies suing for Payday loans.

same message from same number, this is a scam and i reported them to the Consumer financial protection bureau.

Female named Mindy called for a Christina Lomelon - said she had legal documents to deliver and to call 866-204-2750 to set up a time. Her caller ID showed 661-269-7945.

After-hours robo-greeter IDs them as Portland Collectors or Collections.  Located on the West Coast time zone but don't know the address.  Clear debt scamming operation.

This is a scam.  They have this automated message that has a section where they inserts a name.  They called for a different person.  The same modus operandi as other calling numbers with the same content of message.  Don't call or don't pick up.   Not worth your time and aggrevation.

Got a similar phone call. They said they would be stopping by  my current address which they listed. I haven't lived there in four years.

This is a debt collector and scam.

I was threatened with being served legal documents at my place of employment.