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Called today from blocked number. Left message said I was gonna be served papers at home address. Message sounded very scam like. Scare tactic. Any one else?

The fake process server/location specialist scam usually contains:

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 they 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 have to be served within a certain amount of time.  Remember that you can always call the local courthouse to see if there is actually 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 a complaint with your State Attorney General's office.
List of State AG’s offices:   https://800notes.com/faq/attorney-general

I just received the same call but if you call back you just get a recording that doesn’t sound professional at all. They want you to leave a message with your info and they’ll call you back! Sounds like a scam to me.

How the process server scam works. According to reports filed with BBB Scam Tracker, this scam begins with a call from someone claiming to be a process server. They claim that you're being taken to court for unpaid bills or a similar reason but will say they can't provide specific details until your papers are served.

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Received a call 8 days ago from a local number during work so I sent to voicemail. It was a caller from Hoffman & Boyd stating I needed to call back urgently because they will be sending process server to my home address "tomorrow" and I they need to speak with me right away. Gave me a case number and everything. Of course I read online to disregard this and carried on. I have not received anything in the mail and no one came to my home (I work from home). 1 week later, I start getting 15-20 calls per day from different numbers (all start with same local area code but last 4 numbers are a bit different each time) and no voicemails left. I can't take this anymore as it's a constant every 30 minutes of calls up until 8:30pm from these scam calls. The number I called back does not let me speak to someone so I unless I truly receive something in the mail - I am not responding or answering. Mind you - I had defaulted on a personal loan over 10 years ago and not sure if that is what this is about but I would assume I would have received some type of letter/mail?

I just received this same call same number and said I will get served at home it was supposed ly from State of Oklahome

Left a vm from blocked number said his name was James and I needed to call 888-200-4698 or I will be served and gave my home address and county I live in.  Said it was coming from the State of Oklahoma gave me a.reference number

I got a call from a local number while I was at work, I didn’t recognize it so I sent to vm it was from a guy named James saying he was from the state processing unit in NH telling me to call Hoffman and Boyd as I will be served at home, so I looked up the address of the the “law office” in Rhode Island and it’s a drs office and a vacant ofc and something else, but no Hoffman and Boyd, this happened to me last year too, but last time they had their ofc in was in South Carolina. I did call the # this time and James and the guy Robert at Hoffman sound identical.

She said they received a complaint and I said a complaint about what she said she is only a dispatcher. I asked what's the name of the company she is calling from she states again she is a dispatcher than transfers the call 2 another number the voicemail don't say a name very unprofessional