New Collection Tactic?
Date: Thu, 03/29/2012 - 07:26
Can anyone comment on this?
I've got a few old payday loans out there, and I just got a new type of collections call just this morning.
I've gotten the "we have a court case against your SSN" and similar calls before, but this morning, the message was from a number in my state, with Teresa Martin (I think that's the name she gave) saying that there's a file with my name and social security number, and she will "be in my area" today and if she can't reach me she'll be coming by my residence and then workplace with papers for me to sign. She left a "case number" and a phone number to call back - 855-832-6248.
I feel like it's got to be another collections scam to try and frighten me and there's nothing I can or should do about it, but the bit about coming to my workplace in person today has me a little nervous, I have to admit.
They didn't mention which lender they were collecting for (they actually didn't mention a debt at all in the message), and I don't really want to call the number back, if for no other reason than I feel like it will confirm for them that they've got my correct phone number and it will embolden them to further harass me and let them know I'm scared.
Any thoughts on this?
I've got a few old payday loans out there, and I just got a new type of collections call just this morning.
I've gotten the "we have a court case against your SSN" and similar calls before, but this morning, the message was from a number in my state, with Teresa Martin (I think that's the name she gave) saying that there's a file with my name and social security number, and she will "be in my area" today and if she can't reach me she'll be coming by my residence and then workplace with papers for me to sign. She left a "case number" and a phone number to call back - 855-832-6248.
I feel like it's got to be another collections scam to try and frighten me and there's nothing I can or should do about it, but the bit about coming to my workplace in person today has me a little nervous, I have to admit.
They didn't mention which lender they were collecting for (they actually didn't mention a debt at all in the message), and I don't really want to call the number back, if for no other reason than I feel like it will confirm for them that they've got my correct phone number and it will embolden them to further harass me and let them know I'm scared.
Any thoughts on this?
not new at all
a couple of years ago i got those calls.except the idiots had thick accents as in INDIA.i also got similar calls like that from the "wharf rats"in NY.vague messages meant to get you on the phone to really threaten you.havig been here for almost five years i have seen just about all you can see.that is not as uncommon as you might think,but it is a complete scam.
Thanks - that's what I figured as well, but since it was a tacti
Thanks - that's what I figured as well, but since it was a tactic I hadn't heard before it did make me a bit uneasy at first.
I got a call like that from about cash net use they gave me a ca
I got a call like that from about cash net use they gave me a case number but it is the wrong format and not enough number. lol. fail.