888-714-2858

Got a call from a restricted number this morning at 8am. They called 3x's in a row. I answered on the 3rd call. A lady named Sonia Ramirez claiming to be with "Process Service Dispatch" said I am going to be served a summons in the next hour and that I need to call 888-714-2858 to find out more information.

I asked if "Process Service Dispatch" was the name of her employer and she said yes. I asked for a call back number to her and she gave me 866-375-0883.

When I hung up with her I first called the number she gave me for "Process Service Dispatch". It was to a wealth management firm that does not handle debt collections at all and had no clue who "Process Service Dispatch" is.

I then called the 888-714-2858 number. Some guy answered. He knew my name and date of birth. I asked him what debt this was referencing and he told me a Chase student credit card from 2008. I then immediately knew this was a scam and told him "no thank you" and hung up.

1. I have NEVER had a credit card with Chase (a student one even less likely)
2. Even if it was a valid debt it is WAY past statute of limitations.
3. I called the courthouse in the county I reside in. They have no record of a pending summons for me.

I later received a text from my husband that they left a message on his phone. I have also made my employer aware of this scam as I assume they will be called next. I have reported this to my states Attorney General and local Sheriff Dept.

It is now 3:30pm and I have not been served any type of summons. LOL!

I was left a voicemail for sonia scott who is my sister.  not sure how they got my number however the message was also that there was a summons being issued Sonia needed to call the 888-714-2858 and reference case number 2022170219.

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

I had the same thing happen to me Friday, they even called my brother. Then my employer, I called the municipal court and court records. They also have nothing in my name. What a joke!!!

Same happened to us Friday.  A call from sonia ramirez and also from a Luke Jacob's. They called me,  my husband and my grandmother.  They had our info and said we owed a debt from 2007 and they wanted to serve us with papers on Monday.  I called our county court clerk and gave them the reference numbers and she was sure that it was a scam.

Received call Friday as well (they must've been putting in work that day) from a Stacy same script. I originally hung up on her and she called me right away quite arrogant stating I know what I did and they are trying to help me out (ha!). Gave me some reference number and that phone number. Contacted my brother as well. Today, March 21, she called me AGAIN unknown phone number left me a voicemail.

Just an update... This scam has been reported under hundreds of thousands of phone number, but not many posters have followed up, so I decided to follow up on my experience...

It has now been 14 days and still no summons. I followed up with the county I reside in and they also still have nothing on file for me. I can WITHOUT A DOUBT state that these calls are a COMPLETE SCAM. Do not pay these people a dime or give them any information. File complaints with your local sheriffs department, attorney general, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Tell these people you will sue them. Tell them whatever you want.

They are the scummiest of scum and deserve zero respect.

Of course there are no follow ups because there's no need. REAL process servers don't call in advance.
Why would you tell people to "File complaints with your local sheriffs department" when there's nothing LEO can do about scam calls?

She is still at it just using different phone number.

I didn’t answer the phone call. They left a message. The following is the transcription provided by my phone. They were calling for my mom. “My name is Sonia Ramirez I am calling here with IPS which is _⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠_ _⁠_⁠_ in process servers we are calling to notify the defendant in this case is _⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠_ can see that we've been retained to serve you man with a summons for court at the home address verify place of employment we do have on file for you now if you're not gonna be available to sign up on documents or if you need further information regarding the lawsuit that's been issued _⁠_⁠_ _⁠_⁠_ name it is best that you do get in contact with the attorney's office phone number to that office is 855-785-1648 the case number is 2023 104-2083 is no communication is made _⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠_ department in a timely manner we're gonna have to go document this _⁠_ a vision of service and it does run under title 18 section 1501 legal proceedings are going to take place without your knowledge or consent you must keep in mind that there's already been a filled attempt to serve you at that location second one we're gonna have to go notify the _⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠_ field actually to serve _⁠_⁠_ the courts can't proceed without you _⁠_⁠_ they will be issuing out a failure to appear in court you've been notified…” the phone number doesn’t exist for a law office, 18 section 1501 doesn’t make any sense in this respect, and finally the case number doesn’t exist.

I also got a call from so called Sonia Ramirez with different 888 number , that they had documents to serve regarding a complaint and to call back.  None of the numbers exist.  They give you a file number, yeah.  Well I forwarded the voicemail to federal, state and local authorities.  What is unusual is the voice claiming to be Sonia Ramirez sounds like a computer voice, robot or AI type voice rather than a real person.  DO NOT CALL BACK, DISREGARD AND FORWARD MESSAGE TO AUTHORITIES PLEASE.  It is one of thousands of scams floating around now.