877-332-2716

This is the Department  of Legal Services pertaining a lawsuit being named Dianne. Please note this sensitive matter in 24 hrs.

This is the Department of Legal Services calling regarding a lawsuit being named William Caputo.  Gave a case number reference.

First call was 757-255-5789 ..information .. robot Recording , legal issue , need to reply in 24 hours. .gives your name and reference numer , and this number 877-332-2716 to call

This number called and should not have there is no Sheila Stover in my residence.

I received the same message  UGG

This is legal services calling for #595897 someone named stepen piesick or biseck - who know who this is---just crap!!!!! No one knows this person ever!!!

This is an update: the # is for ARS management and will take your # and call you back. What a bunch of CRAP..

I received a call from 801-614-8006 ID number.
They left this number 877-332-2716
For legal suit.
Legal services.

They left a message to contact with a case number between 24 hours.

I am not even the person...
They are looking...
Read another sites ..seems scam.
I will report to scam site..for police

This number contacted my sister regarding a "legal matter" for me. I called back promptly after she forwarded me the msg. A woman named Jennifer stated she was a paralegal collecting on a payday loan debt from 2007. 10 years ago?! I requested a letter of validation as she was threatening that I would be sued for check fraud among other things. She said she could only email me information and I would have to read the email while on the phone w her and immediately agree or refuse to pay. I told her I was driving and could not look at an email and that I wanted a validation letter physically mailed. She became irritated and said that because I "insisted on talking over her she would mark that I am refusing to pay and recommend they move forward w the lawsuit" and she then hung up on me.

I had an automated call from a 877-332-2716 looking for my niece which was very troubling. I decided to google the number and not even tell my niece until I knew something. But how did they get me connected to her since she has never resided with me? We also do not have the same last name. They also left a reference number.

Data mining has left us with absolutely no privacy.  Somewhere, somehow, your name was associated with her name.  The more important part is the fact that it appears that your niece is being targeted for a debt collection extortion scam.  Now you should both read the following and use the information to your advantage, thus avoiding becoming the victim of a crime.

Criminals masquerading as debt collectors attempt to extort money from people by scaring you into believing that you will be criminally charged (they use the bad check or hot check claim a lot) and go to jail, lose your driver’s license, have wages garnished without actually being sued or going to court, be sued, and a variety of other variations on this, all for an alleged or nonexistent debt.  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 and they can scare that person into paying their extortion money.  They will use the words “Mediator”, “Arbitrator”, or “Law Office” to make you believe that they are something other than a debt collector want-a-be and that they don’t have to follow Federal and State collection laws.  They do have to follow those laws, but they won’t.  They mention that they have received a Fax document, to create the sense of urgency.  They also tell you that if you fail to call them back you are "waiving your right to council", which is pretty much nothing but hogwash.  They also use the “process server” ruse who calls and claims he is going to serve you, but then says you could avoid it by calling another 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).  Process servers do not ever call ahead so that you can dodge them.  Process servers get paid to serve papers, nothing else.

It is incumbent upon them under the law to prove that the debt exists and that you owe it, and 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 (US MAIL ONLY) postmarked within 5 days of their first contact that contains their name, physical address, the creditor’s name, and the amount of the alleged debt.  It also must contains “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 letter 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.

Read up on your rights here and also make a complaint at this government site:  http://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