866-673-0059

Left voicemail: "My name is James.. I am contacting you in reference to a compliant that has been forwarded to my office. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the pending actions being filed again you, then you will need to contact the firm that is sending your file directly. The number for that firm is 866-673-0059. You need to reference your phone number. We need to hear from you within 24 hours and then we will be forced to make a decision. Please be advised that this has been logged and submitted as proof. Actions may be filed against you."

The fake process server/location specialist scam usually contains:

They mention that they have received a Fax document or some sort of complaint and that there is a pending legal matter or action about to filed against you to create the sense of urgency.  They tell you that they are a “process server” and cannot give you the particulars of the case since the file is sealed. This is simply ruse to get you to call another number (often with a made-up case 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).  They threaten to serve you at home or at work.  They tell you that if they serve you at work they need a supervisor, security, or HR person there as a witness, hoping that will cause you to panic over the alleged embarrassment of being served at work.  They also tell you that you will need two forms of ID.  None of which is true.  Process servers do not ever call ahead so that you can dodge them.  Process servers get paid to serve papers, nothing else.  They certainly are not going to pass up a paycheck by telling you that you can avoid being served, they are not going to give you an extra day or even a few hours to get a “stop order”.  Court documents are time sensitive and have to be served within a certain amount of time.  Remember that you can always call the local courthouse to see if there is actually a lawsuit that has been filed against you.

It is incumbent upon them under the law to prove that the debt exists and that you owe it, and (this is the important part) 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, email, or text (postmarked in the case of a letter) within 5 days of their first contact that contains their name, physical address, the creditor’s name, and the amount of the alleged debt. Unless they have communicated it to you verbally at the beginning of your conversation. It also must contain the “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 communication 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. If and when you get that communication you should immediately send that debt validation letter by certified, return receipt mail.

First, you should make a complaint at this Federal Agency, and while there you should also read up on how debt collection is supposed to work as well as what your rights in this matter are: https://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

Same thing this James stein left  the same message as mr Austin, above 30 years on credit and collections I am familiar with the law, he left a message and immediately called my mother who I was on the phone with, with in 10 minutes. on my voicemail then called my 70 yr old mother threatening her. I did call the number back got a Request Howard, I know collectors can use alias's these guys are using celebrity names old ones, the 866-673-0059 is a paid 800 answering service supposedly, they refused to identify their company name, their identity or what they are calling for and are requesting date of birth and social, that alone is crazy and illegal, the gentleman Ron Howard refused to identify his company name or reference what the need for information was for, I did contact the attorney general and federal trade commission to report this company . In this day and age this is scary stuff I am contacting as many entities as possible to bring to light this illegal company and their actions. How do we find out the owner of the 800#

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requesting date of birth and social, that alone is crazy and illegal,

Please cite the law that makes that illegal since you "know the law".  The FTC does not take debt collection call complaints so either you lied to them about what type of call it was or you were redirected to the proper agency.  Which was it?