866-994-2064

Received a RESTRICTED call. She wanted to confirm if I would be home, but wouldn’t give me any information. Every time I asked who I was speaking with, she said she couldn’t tell me. She gave me 866-994-2064 to call with reference number. When I called it, it went to vm. I left a message. Got another RESTRICTED phone call. After asking her name, she said she was Krista Smith, but she also wouldn’t give me info. I hung up.

Received this same call on both my # and a family member's # where I have not lived in over 10 years. It's a scam and not worth wasting any extra thought on. Legal couriers trying to serve you don't give you warning, otherwise you could just avoid them and thus avoid being served.

Shot down one similar about a year ago. As soon as you press them on the details, let them know you have no outstanding debts and demand their information so you can "have an attorney contact them," they usually are the ones to hang up -- at least from experience on previous mentioned instance a year ago.

Called from a restricted number saying I was to be served on 10/11 between 3-5 and to call 1-866-994-2064 if I had any questions and if I wasn't there with Id they'd take it as a refusal to be served and still continue with legal proceedings. He also called me "Jenny" which I do not go by...ever. Definitely a scam.

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 so that they can scare that person into paying extortion money.  They will usually also state information that would be illegal for a real debt collector to state to department and tell them that you are a deadbeat who does not pay their bills. They often call people that have never even been a third party such as that you are being sued, that you owe money to someone, etc. They threaten that if you do not call them back, they will contact your HR associated with you because they get erroneous information off the internet.

The fake process server/location finder extortion SCAM usually consists of the following:

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 then they will 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 must be served within a certain amount of time. Remember that you can always call the local courthouse to see if there really is 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 complaints with the FTC: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/#crnt&panel1-1

Also file a complaint with your State Attorney General's office.
List of State AG’s offices: https://800notes.com/faq/attorney-general

They left this on a voicemail. I did not actually talk to them.

Just got a call Yesterday. Left a message with my first and last name. Said they had my social security number and that they would drop off paperwork at my house between 3&5 pm. If I'm not home they will come to my job and get a signature from my supervisor.  SCAMMING ALL THE WAY.  I think they called me before and tried this. Answer machine Said Crystal Cooper when I called it back. I wish someone could stop these people.