877-403-0134

I received a blank call on my cell. I found there was no record of it and it may have shown as OOA or unknown but most likely it just bypassed the phone memory?? The lady said she was w/ the County Court in my City and that I was being SUED and they needed to verify my name and last 4 soc and address. She mentioned that a law officer had been out on Good Friday to serve papers but that no one was home. I checked to see if a notice or papers were in mailbox or taped to a door, etc as that is what servers will do in this area and I found nothing. I still didn't know what this was about and one wonders what going on... She game me a NEW phone number the 877-403-0134 and that I should ask for the attorney handling "my case" a Jacqueline Smith. I called and JS came on and had a HUGE amount of info on me, but it was 25 years and older from an old bankruptcy. She claimed a card debt was not "properly discharged" by the Bankruptcy Law firm. I asked for the debt and the amount and she gave an old PO BOx I used some 12 years ago and an old bank card debt where I had a $300 Visa and $400 MC cards from 15 yrs ago. I told her that YEARS ago I went to an attorney, not the Bankruptcy and that he said to let a few years go by, since I was unemployed and to never respond to the COLLECTION AGENCY. He said that in my State the statue of LIMITATIONS was 7 years and now its 4 yrs. as I hear. ANYWAY when I mentioned to the "attorney" that I was on SS and SSI and got $500 a month, she HUNG UP!! I later found out that this HAS to BE A SCAM by these SCUMM!!

It's a scam claiming to be bankruptcy lawyer

I too just received a message from someone stating to call the same lady back at the same number 877-403-0134. Also left message that someone tried to serve me on 4/15 but was undeliverable. Odd since I’ve lived at the address they have on file for over eleven years. Scam artists at their finest.

Same as above, scam call about a supposed debt held by my in-law.

I just received the same call this morning at 11:30 am. A woman called saying that a summons was returned to their office from 4-15. And wanted to verify our address and gave me a phone number to contact Jacqueline Smith. I didn't give out ANY info as it seemed very odd. She did have an old address that I didn't verify. I called several agencies in our county and ultimately spoke to the Civil manager in our county and our neighboring county; they could find any such case number. That I was given, contact your county house clerks and your county process servers division. Due diligence!

Scam! Real process servers don't call in advance.

I just got a call from a unknown number and the lady name tracy is saying that she is from the processing service of stanislaus county and they have documents that they are trying to mail me but it's undeliverable and they gave me the case number and  this 877-403-0134 number to contact.  I look up the case number that they gave me and i cant find anything so i look up the number and found this page and it is very helpful. I will contact my county clerk early this morning and ask them if this case number is legit.

Got the call a couple days ago saying they failed to serve me on 4-15 and needed to contact so they cant try again. Stated it was from my county processing division and to contact lawyer Jacqueline Smith in charge of my case. Dont owe anything and checked my with my county clerk for cases under my name. Nothing was found with my name or case number provided by them.

 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