meltdown75
Lifer
You've been cranked by a large (George) Trout.
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***UPDATE 07-01-07 PLEASE HELP*** W.T.F.: Got a CREEPY CREEPY phone call
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TehMac
Diamond Member
Yeah, if he was trying to scam you, he'll probably be searching long and hard for his name to appear...unless he's tried this more than once.
Any which way, best of luck, seriously sounds like a scam to me, and it's good to get it checked out.
Hope the bastard if he's a scammer gets shipped off to jail.
Any which way, best of luck, seriously sounds like a scam to me, and it's good to get it checked out.
Hope the bastard if he's a scammer gets shipped off to jail.
Definitely a collections agency, I can't believe you called the police. 😀
Anyway...
Time for a limited cease & desist so they quit calling you, everything from now on needs to be in writing.
Definitely check your credit reports to see if anything derogatory has hit yet. Also look for recent inquiries, if they bought your account they are likely watching your credit report.
If they have the wrong social security number they probably have the wrong person, it shouldn't be too hard to deal with. And on the bright side if they violate your request to not be contacted by phone it's money in your pocket ($500 a call, IIRC).
Viper GTS
Anyway...
Time for a limited cease & desist so they quit calling you, everything from now on needs to be in writing.
Definitely check your credit reports to see if anything derogatory has hit yet. Also look for recent inquiries, if they bought your account they are likely watching your credit report.
If they have the wrong social security number they probably have the wrong person, it shouldn't be too hard to deal with. And on the bright side if they violate your request to not be contacted by phone it's money in your pocket ($500 a call, IIRC).
Viper GTS
illusion88
Lifer
Mine is 617887045
What are you going to do with it?
CrackRabbit
Lifer
brandonb, the agency you worked for may of been on the up and up, but there are plenty of them out there that are willing to break the law to try and collect. Like everything else those are the guys that give them all a bad name.
nakedfrog
No Lifer
It's free to check your credit reports. I'm in the processing of refinancing my house, and the mortgage officer showed me a ding on my credit report that wasn't mine. I used www.annualcreditreport.com to see my report with Trans Union Credit, went through the dispute thing there, and it was removed the next day.
MrDudeMan
Lifer
You are stupid. People working at random places will give you whatever you want if you know a valid SSN. I could find out who is giving you internet service or something stupid like that and probably screw with you. All I would need to know other than your SSN is your name and address...easy. You should edit that out you tard.
a collection agency would identify who they were. There would be no reason to hide the company name from you (if they did, how could they collect the debt from you???).
In regards to them saying it is of "grave federal importance" or some nonsense: An officer of the law would identify himself as such. And if it was some strange entity like the CIA or something, my guess is they would not need to verify your SS# and such.
My guess is its some scammer trying to get your money, I wouldn't sweat it.
In regards to them saying it is of "grave federal importance" or some nonsense: An officer of the law would identify himself as such. And if it was some strange entity like the CIA or something, my guess is they would not need to verify your SS# and such.
My guess is its some scammer trying to get your money, I wouldn't sweat it.
Sure, they deal with the scum of society, but plenty of them are scum themselves. I admit that my experience is strictly friend-of-a-friend sort of stuff, but they would refer to people they knew who did it, and described them as super-cheap, wouldn't lift a finger to help anyone else, extremely vindictive, and would totally take every advantage they could, way past what was reasonable. Another person described her friends' experience on the first day of the job: repossessing a little kids' bicycle. He quit on the spot.
Sure, it's work that needs done, no doubt. But that doesn't mean that many of them aren't Nazis about it.
ultimatebob
Lifer
If I was feeling mean, I could do a reverse lookup on that number to get your full name, address, and phone number.
With that info, I can do a more in depth search and also get your birth date and possibly your mother's maiden name. With THAT, I can now open credit cards and bank accounts in your name... and basically screw up your credit report for years.
It's a good thing that most of us like you 🙂
Spineshank
Diamond Member
Its a collection agency. I worked for one. The entire call sounds like it.
Hammerhead
Platinum Member
watch out for your cornhole man
child of wonder
Diamond Member
Way to go. Some wealthy relative in a far away country had died and this friendly Nigerian just wanted to transfer your inheritance to you.
Hammerhead
Platinum Member
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