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Keep receiving calls to settle an outstanding debt from almost 12 years ago. First get a call from a so called process server and then I get number for Gregory Law Firm saying that I owe money.  Tried getting settlement, when I said I could do payment arrangement they said I would have to satisfy in court. But kept pushing trying to settle with them instead. Spoke with Robert Garcia and David Moore

Who are these people? How can they intimidate people into giving them money?

Debt Extortion Scammers

Carrier Services and Process Servers do not know what is contained in the documents they are paid to serve/deliver. Anyone explaining what they are delivering, saying "matter attached to your SSN", "you have officially been notified"  or offering an alternative "solution" to avoid delivery is a scammer.

The vague scare tactic message is designed to panic a victim into calling back.

Most debt collectors will use a certain amount of pressure to convince you to pay the debt. After all, they often don't get paid unless you pay. Be suspicious of a debt collector who uses an unusual amount of pressure to get you to pay immediately, particularly if they also use scare tactics to get you to pay right away. For example, a debt collector is scamming you if it :

• threatens you with a lawsuit and tells that you can avoid the lawsuit by paying right away
• Says a Process Server  or Courier is coming with papers to sign
• Threatens to call / go to your place of employment
• Insists you have been notified, served or are non-compliant via phone message(s)
• Refuses to give a company name or verifiable Contact source
• Refuses to send proof of debt via US mail

A sure sign of a debt collection scam is a collector that wants to you to pay via wire transfer or another method that can't be traced. If the payment method can't be traced, you'll have a harder time getting the authorities involved.

If the creditor sounds completely foreign, or you know you never had an account with that business, there's a chance it's a scam. Never pay a collection you don't recognize. You have the right to request written proof of the debt from the debt collector before you send payment.

https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Consumer/Publications/PhonyDebtCollectionScams.asp
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2019/02/ftc ... llection-scheme
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2017/08/pha ... onate-law-firms

For the last 6 months, I've been getting calls from numbers I've blocked, now including this one, from so-called process servers who are giving me a "courtesy call" that they are going to serve or tried to serve court docs on me.  Actual process servers do not give heads up courtesy calls. These calls are very likely an illegal attempt by a debt collector to circumvent Fair Credit Act requirements that debt collectors  identify who they are and why they're calling.  Even if your debt is too old to be sued on, outfits like this will get you to agree your debt is valid as a means of getting around the Statute of Limitations so they can sue you.  Tell them what they're doing is illegal, hang up and block the number.  Shame on them.

The number is now being used a phishing scam in an email claiming your Amazon account is being deleted.

We received fraudulent email re Norton Anti Virus with this number.