877-369-9610

Just got call from " Chris" identifiying him self as an employee of the process servicing office for Trenton & associates.
Called from blocked/ private #.
Gave ref # and toll free 877-369-9610 for contact asap. Advised that I was in processed of being served.
Asked him for his contact info and he got very evasive denying any other info and hung up.
No answer on toll free no web info other than no current LLC lic in business name
Toll free search shows owned by cloud based telecommunications active but no assigned client record.

Hi Steven, a family member just received a call looking for me, and they also called to my work place. Same reason, one call said something about a witness, other about  being served, they provided case #, to call 877-369-9610 about a court order.

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 (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.  If and when you get that letter 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

Yeah I just got the same phone call. SAid she was calling from Trenton & Associates and gave this number 877-369-9610. CAll from to my land line (lord knows I get enough of these calls from my cell!!)

Crazy stuff folk are doing these days. Lady said she was a third party  She gave me a case number and when I asked her from what county, she said she wasn't sure.

Ya'll beware of the crazy stuff folk are doing these days. I wish I could block all these crazy phone calls.

Received a call 10 min ago from a woman who claimed to be a process server asking me to call back to 877-396-9610 and gave a reference #. She knew my birth date but that was about all she could furnish. Said they needed information on my place of employment. Immediately got on the computer to find out who these people are. found that I was not the only one being called from a bogus location. I have been retired for 11 years and have no place of employment. And when I did call the recorder said I had reach Trenton and Assoc and I hung up as I was looking at stevens complaint on my computer and he had the same people call him. Don't know who they are or what they want but not playing their game.

Received a call a few minutes ago from a woman who claimed to be a process server asking for my husband to call back to 877-396-9610 and gave me a case#. She knew my husbands birth date and last 4 of his social. I called the number and gave them the case number and he was saying we should have received a summons and they were going to put a lien on a car we don't have and put liens on our bank accounts. When I tried to get information from him he started yelling at me so I hung up.

Some lady Tiffany call me saying that she is calling from a third party this Trenton & Associates . When I ask for more info she want it me to identifies myself I hung up and she call black from unknown number and left a message gave me a case number that will be serve for summons . Also said that I wa already notified by the voicemail she left me .

I submitted a response earlier today but it seems to have been deleted. I'm not sure why.

Called me and said if I didn’t give then $55,000 to clear my dead husbands debt they would put a Leon on my house. I told them to Lein on!!  Also found a way to use my deceased husbands phone number to call me from.

10 posts in under 24 hours sure seems fabricated.

It's called phone number spoofing. I'm surprised you've never heard of it.

I received the same call.  I almost believed it.

Just got a call at my place of employment from Miranda, asking for a name I haven't been for 20 years citing its in regards to a "complaint" and a "process server was going to be at my house in 10 minutes, will I be home"....I ask what its about and who its from and she cant tell me anything than I can call 877-369-9610 and reference a claim number to get the details about the claim.  Well I check the internet first and look up the number and brought me to this page....I read through and called them at the number she provided.....an guy answered.. put me on hold....back on and asked for the reference number...put me back on hold....came back and asked my name.. I gave the one that they were asking for which is not my current name...put me back on hold....................then gets on and asks,"hello how can i help you?'  I tell them to STOP PUTTING ME ON HOLD....to which he says that I "will not call his business and yell"...to that I reference BIG A's suggestion in the chat above mine and tell him no problem, I will be reporting him to the FTC and complaints department and hung up.   I get a notification on my cell phone...which my phone didn't even ring....and its Miranda again going through an entire speech about summons...complaint...if my address is different to call this number and provide good details...and ends with I have been notified"   Well Im pretty sure if they can get my current job, my current phone number that they should have been able to get my current address too...but used a name I haven't been for 20 years nor live where I lived 20 years ago and never had a cell phone then...  I will chalk it up to one more reason I wont be answering phone number I don't know.   Seriously like there are jobs a plenty out there....go get a real job and stop trying to scam people.

I just got the same call. Please beware of this scam. Blocked caller , knew my Address and DOB, telling me to call 877-369-9610. Also gave me a case number.

Got the same here this morning.   Disturbing that they seem to have personal details-- not sure how they got them.   I have clean credit / no outstanding debts,  and process servers don't call in advance!   Some kind of scam,  caller ID blocked,  left the number in voicemail.