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Said was a case administrator needed to get in contact about a open investigation?

calling about an open investigation?

Person stated that this is an open litigation and they are trying to serve legal papers to me.

Same deal, called harassing my cousin with the same story, open case but no info or even a name of the person calling.

Received call for ex.  Showed up on my cell phone caller ID as coming from my home land line number (which is forwarded to my cell)...that's the only reason I answered it...Called the number back. They said they are the "Lancer Group". I Googled them and they are a debt collection agency in Florida.  They wouldn't give me any information about the call, but any debt that they might be trying to collect from my ex, I would have been a co-debtor, and we don't have anything in collections.

scam - called my mother in law, called me at work - their buisness is address is a post office box - claimed they sent a letter that I never recieved - said they were trying to serve me - eventually tried to let me pay $1800 on a $500 debt from 7 years ago.  Called the creditor who stated that the acct had been closed in good standing... I contacted the attorney general

It is incumbent upon them to prove that the debt exists and that you owe it.  Not the other way around.

This is a common ploy by criminals attempting to extort money from people by scaring you into believing that you will be criminally charged, go to jail, lose your driver’s license, have wages garnished, 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 work place repeatedly in an attempt to shame you into paying.  They also use the “process server” who calls and claims he is going to serve you, but then says you could avoid it by calling another number.

Federal law (FDCPA) requires them to send you a letter (US MAIL ONLY) 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, get template letters to send 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:  http://consumerfraudreporting.org/stateattorneygenerallist.php