888-684-9603

I received a call from a local phone number. The caller said he was calling in regards to my adult daughter who has never lived here. He stated she needed to immediately contact them at 888-684-9603 within the hour to prevent the officers from showing up at my door to serve papers to her. After two failed attempts to serve at my address they would proceed with the court case. They gave me the phone number and case # for her to use when calling. My daughter advised her dental office was was recently breached so this is likely a scam to obtain more information from her.  This caller did have a slight accent, but spoke very good English. He did have my address which is disturbing, I did not provide it to him. My daughter confirmed she is not being sued and they could easily find her doing a Google search.

Debt Extortion Scam

The vague scare tactic message is designed to panic a victim into calling back.

Most debt collectors will use a certain amount of pressure to convince you to pay the debt. After all, they often don't get paid unless you pay. Be suspicious of a debt collector who uses an unusual amount of pressure to get you to pay immediately, particularly if they also use scare tactics to get you to pay right away. For example, a debt collector is scamming you if it :

• threatens you with a lawsuit and tells that you can avoid the lawsuit by paying right away
• Says a Process Server  or Courier is coming with papers to sign
• Threatens to call / go to your place of employment
• Insists you have been notified, served or are non-compliant via phone message(s)
• Refuses to give a company name or verifiable Contact source
• Refuses to send proof of debt via US mail

A sure sign of a debt collection scam is a collector that wants to you to pay via wire transfer or another method that can't be traced. If the payment method can't be traced, you'll have a harder time getting the authorities involved.

If the creditor sounds completely foreign, or you know you never had an account with that business, there's a chance it's a scam. Never pay a collection you don't recognize. You have the right to request written proof of the debt from the debt collector before you send payment.

https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/fake-abusive-debt-collectors
https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/consumer ... ollection-scams
https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Consumer/Publications/PhonyDebtCollectionScams.asp
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2019/02/ftc ... llection-scheme
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2017/08/pha ... onate-law-firms

Quote:

Here are some ways to find out if a debt collector is legitimate.
•You received a letter in the mail. ...
•The agency is licensed in your state. ...
•The collector can verify your personal details. ...
•You can request information about the debt. ...
•There's more than one method of payment. ...
•A company works with you, not against you.

Source: https://www.bankrate.com/personal-finance/deb ... ctor-is-a-scam/

File a complaint:
https://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/

Getting calls for my adult daughter, who stays w/me from time to time.   She has some unpaid debt, and has been trying to work out payments w/creditors, but this place is now harassing me that they want to serve her some papers.  They left a message that they wish to serve her but I am just ignoring the messages as she doesn't live w/me anyway.

Person called saying if I was going to be available for the next hour so that I can be served, gave me a case # to call and ask for the legal dept. Strange this is he gave me my old address and then when I told him I did not leave there anymore he then started my current address, strange

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

all of what the others are saying in their post is true expect they cursed me out because I told them to bring the papers i'm at home. IT'S A SCAMMMMMM!!!