866-217-1709

Phone message threatening pending litigation against myself, citing case no. CD204-330.  Catch this joker!

third party collections on deth that is 10 years old

I got the same call today, stating bank fraud. Did you Mike call them are they are reputable company, or is this a scam? I did not answer but they left a robo message.

It's a scam...They have stolen your identity and is trying to scam money out of you...If only the government through all of it spying would track these idiots from Pakistan or India down and shut them down once and for all....

threatening litigation and a restraining order....  

Got a phone robocall with caller ID stating "Name Not Found" from phone number 803-111-1111 and identifying itself as the "Civil Investigation Unit".  They read me a case number and said there was civil action pending  with litigation and a restraining order against me and told me or my attorney to call 866-217-1709.  

This has to be a scam as I know anything legal has to have documentation sent to you to leave a paper trail.  I have been getting these calls pretty frequent this holiday season and they don't excite me any more as I know they are crooks wanting to get their paws on your money.

Upon further investigation of this number I discovered that this number is registered to an outfit called Liberty Credit Law PC, however, they do not have a web site and there is no physical address for this company.  An honest, real law company would have a web site with a location and not employ a third party to make their calls for them.  Either this is a private lawyer out to make some money for himself, or its a scam.    

Also got a robocall from CallerID 999-999-2114 identifying itself as Civil Investigation Unit with a case number and callback number of 866-217-1709. As in walt1944's post the message indicates pending civil action and a restraining order, and advice to have our attorney call.

I called to find out what kind of scam they were running. It is a "legitimate" debt collection group, if there is such a thing as a legitimate debt collection group. The lady who answered the phone really didn't want to identify herself or the company and didn't want to give me any information because I was not the person they were trying to reach. I explained that if she wanted to have any chance of results, she would work with me as Power of Attorney for the person allegedly owing the debt. The information provided about the account was questionable because the debtor's name was not quite correct, but she did offer a good address. However, the last 4 of the social was not even close. I told her that this was obviously a bogus claim and that if they ever called back I would... She interrupted me with, "Or you'll what?" and hung up on me.

I called back and got another goon - a guy this time. This guy was a bit more willing to give information. He gave me the name of the company as Advanced Mediation Services (I think that is correct, at least the initials and "mediation" are correct.) But, as with the earlier call, the debtor's name was not quite correct, and the last 4 were incorrect. When I objected to the call, he hung up on me, as well.

Third call, I got Eric, a far nicer person, and someone willing to assist me. The account in question was opened several years ago at BestBuy, closed by the company for non-payment, and sent to several collection agencies. During that time, they show numerous unsuccessful attempts to contact the debtor. They claimed to have tried both mail and phone. There has never been a collection call or notice here. I finally realized that somewhere along the way, my friend was linked to the account because her name was similar to the one used to open the account. The collection agency could not even show that this address or phone number were used to open the account - just that the contact information was updated a year or so ago. Some hotshot, eager "investigator" just found a name that sort of fit that of the debtor, and linked my friend's address and phone number to the account. Eric assured me that, since the SSN was not correct, he would remove my friend from the call queue, and pass the account back to the attorneys for review.

So, the bottom line, boys and girls, is that these people are scum, and try every way possible to find someone to pay a debt, whether they owe it or not. Collection agencies like this are last resort, and buy essentially dead accounts for a few cents on the dollar. If they can collect 25% of a balance, they have hit paydirt. Even 10% can profitable for them. So, a person may incorrectly think that there is some old debt that they forgot about, and paying it off will give them peace of mind. ChaChing, the agency just made some coin because they conned someone.

I got a call like this too about litigation and a restraining order but for a name that doesn't live at this address.  The names as I looked it up is my neighbor.  I reverse phone looked up my number and then hit the tab that allows me to see my neighbors on white pages . com.  The gentleman lives next door as I knew his first name but not his last.  They had left his full name on my machine.  I was calling my husband bent out of shape that the neighbor would use our phone number, and then it dawned on me that they probably called quite a few of his neighbors hoping to shame him into paying a long past bill.  That is harsh.  I hate games like that.  I think I will call them up and tell them that I am who they are seeking and that I just won the lottery and I am moving out of the country...I doubt it will bother my neighbor much as he doesn't have a job and lives at home with his parents.  

I got the call too it a scam!!!! Waring 866/217-1709

Take a look at this article: http://www.military.com/money/personal-financ ... n-scammers.html

It outlines strategies to deal with these kinds of scumbags.

I had a message saying the same thing about court action case gave case# and number to call them back at, No answer when I called back

Exact same call I got

Thought it was legitimate,  have authorized them to take $100, now their number is not set up to receive calls, looked at my "payment receipt" they spelled litigation "ALG Litagation" . I panicked, called my parents' house using my maiden name saying there was a restraining order on me and gave case number 140903, saying it was bank fraud from a bank in Delaware (I live in Texas,  never lived out of state) I did have a credit card that didn't get paid off 10 yrs ago, thought that was it. Will not be payingthem anything else, and will be contacting my attorney.