877-205-8124

called about a credit  card i had last year to pay it off

Received a text message to call them regarding a legal matter.

Called posing as a law firm , I only respond to things in the mail

Nasty scamming debt collectors who refused to identify themselves and keep changing their phone numbers. File complaints against them.

It would help to know who we are filing a complaint against.  "unknown" isn't going to work.

Just received a text (from 673-29) to call and speak with a non-attorney representative at 877-205-8125 about a legal matter received in their office.

If you call that number,  877-205-8124, they ID themselves as Wright and Associates, supposedly located in Eastland Texas, supposed an attorney firm.    Guy wouldn't give me any more information.
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No "Wright and Associates" law firm that I could find in Eastland Texas.
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Something called "Wright and Associates" does have a history of debt scamming on 800notes.
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Wright and Associates scam.

Call from:        CID
424-209-9812
424-209-9574
424-256-9224
424-262-2114        QRS (Possibly Quality Recovery Service)
877-205-8124
877-319-7368
888-240-0292
888-308-2590
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Just because someone on the phone calling you says you owe a debt does not mean you actually owe it.

If a voice on the telephone claims you owe a debt:

1.    Demand the person give you his or her name, company name, and address
2.     Demand a debt validation letter by US mail.  E-mail no good.
3.    Do not pay  the collection agent or anyone else a  dime until the debt is validated

Of course they won’t do this, no scammer ever will, so simply ignore them and block their calls.

If they are bothering you, report them:

http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection (Threatening civil proceedings with no intent to follow through, or threatening criminal process in order to collect a civil debt is a  violation of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.)  The same goes for endless telephone harassment

Note that the US Supreme Court in the Case of HENSON ET AL. v. SANTANDER CONSUMER USA INC., has recently ruled that the provisions of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act do not apply if the creditor owns the debt in question.  As a practical matter this probably won't effect the kinds of scam debt collectors who often show up on 800notes.  The scam collectors don't give you any information about themselves so it is impossible to know whether or not they in fact "own" the debt in question.  Most do not send debt validation letters and many often say they are collecting for someone else.  So, make the complaint anyway if they are bothering you.  Let the FTC sort it out.

Also contact your local attorney general

If they continue to bother you,  and you know you do not owe any money, tell them that you know this is  a debt scam and that you are making a complaint to the police for extortion.  Once you get a copy of the police report and they call you again , just read out the  file number and the name of the PD or Sheriff’s office involved.   Tell them you’ll be glad to send a copy to them at whatever address the jack***es are working out of now.

You'll probably have to yell at them and talk over them.  Tell 'em  no scammy debt collector is going to push you around.

You have to get tuff with these people because,  being akin to thugs, brute force is (metaphorically speaking).   the only thing they understand.

They txt me and then called threatening to said a cop to arrest me if I didn’t pay a debt that has already been paid

got several calls stating i  have a claim number but everytime they call it is a different claim number
got a call today stating that today is my scheduled service date for note implending claim and i will be served by the end of the day

I was supposed to be served Friday the 8th. Guess what, it came and went...no one was served. Scam spam [***].

That's because real process servers don't call in advance. :-)