scammers
Date: Thu, 03/31/2011 - 11:08
This company is nuts.
I got 2 calls in one day, from a guy obviously in India, I couldn't understand a word he said, finally I get the name of his company, Allied Interstate out of him, he tells me, I owe $183.00 to Franklin Mint!
Seriously? Not in this lifetime.
Just happens, in the last month I sent off for all my credit reports, there is nothing on there from Franklin Mint. I think they're scammers.
The law is, at least in Texas, that they have to send you a letter/bill within 30 of their first contact with you. If they don't, my guess is they aren't legitimate.
Another time, some guy calls me and tells me I owe $4500.00 from 1996, but he can't tell me what company or what it is for.
Besides, that was over 14 years ago, debts are not collectible in Texas via the court system after 4 years.
I laughed at him and asked him if he really expected me to fire off a check for $4500 when he couldn't even tell me who I supposedly owed it to! I hung up and never got the followup letter and never heard from him again.
There's a lot of scammers out there who count on you being afraid of getting your credit ruined and a lot of people will just send a check without researching first.
I got 2 calls in one day, from a guy obviously in India, I couldn't understand a word he said, finally I get the name of his company, Allied Interstate out of him, he tells me, I owe $183.00 to Franklin Mint!
Seriously? Not in this lifetime.
Just happens, in the last month I sent off for all my credit reports, there is nothing on there from Franklin Mint. I think they're scammers.
The law is, at least in Texas, that they have to send you a letter/bill within 30 of their first contact with you. If they don't, my guess is they aren't legitimate.
Another time, some guy calls me and tells me I owe $4500.00 from 1996, but he can't tell me what company or what it is for.
Besides, that was over 14 years ago, debts are not collectible in Texas via the court system after 4 years.
I laughed at him and asked him if he really expected me to fire off a check for $4500 when he couldn't even tell me who I supposedly owed it to! I hung up and never got the followup letter and never heard from him again.
There's a lot of scammers out there who count on you being afraid of getting your credit ruined and a lot of people will just send a check without researching first.
Hi! Welcome to the forums! Yes, you are right. A lot of scammer
Hi!
Welcome to the forums!
Yes, you are right. A lot of scammers call the consumers and tell that they owe money to them. They sometimes threaten consumers to put them into jail in the event of non-repayment of supposed debts. You have done the right thing by not paying a single money to them.
