I received a phone call from a "0000" number last Friday and was left a message from a man by the name of Mark Murphy. He sounded like he was of Arabic or some Middle Eastern country. He said my full name, first and last and then word for word... "my name is Mark Murphy and my number is 213-816-1950, I repeat 213-816-1950 . Please call me back as soon as possile I want to speak with you about the legal case that is filed against under your name and your social security number, and if you don't return the call and I don't hear from your attorney either then unfortunately you will face legal consequences so it's better for you to call me back right now. Goodbye, take care, and God Bless you." After hearind this I immediately called him back only to have another male (who sounded just like the voice in the message) answer the phone "Hello?" (not very professional for a "legal office" if you ask me) and when I asked to speak with Mark Murphy he said that he was out of the office for the day. I think thats odd considering the VM said to call right back, didnt mention anything about being out of the office for the weekend. So I demanded that they tell me what this was concerning and he said that only Mark can discuss my case file so I hung up. First thing Monday morning I call the number and again get a "hello?" answer, when I asked for Mark the man (who again sounded like the man on the VM) covered the phone with his hand and asked said to someone in the background "They're asking for Mark" when he got back on the phone he said that he was out of the office again. So I argued with the man for the next 5 mins demanding he tell me more information and that I refused to wait for this "Mark" to call me back. He finally told me that I never paid an internet loan that I had taken out and that he had my checking account number and 2 references that I had given. When I asked him to give me these he said he could not release the information... this is when I told him to take his "info" and shove it bc this is a scam and I have nothing to worry about bc I have never taken out any internet loans.
I plan on contacting the BBB as soon as I post this message.
I received a phone call from a "0000" number last Friday and was left a message from a man by the name of Mark Murphy. He sounded like he was of Arabic or some Middle Eastern country. He said my full name, first and last and then word for word... "my name is Mark Murphy and my number is 213-816-1950, I repeat 213-816-1950 . Please call me back as soon as possile I want to speak with you about the legal case that is filed against under your name and your social security number, and if you don't return the call and I don't hear from your attorney either then unfortunately you will face legal consequences so it's better for you to call me back right now. Goodbye, take care, and God Bless you." After hearind this I immediately called him back only to have another male (who sounded just like the voice in the message) answer the phone "Hello?" (not very professional for a "legal office" if you ask me) and when I asked to speak with Mark Murphy he said that he was out of the office for the day. I think thats odd considering the VM said to call right back, didnt mention anything about being out of the office for the weekend. So I demanded that they tell me what this was concerning and he said that only Mark can discuss my case file so I hung up. First thing Monday morning I call the number and again get a "hello?" answer, when I asked for Mark the man (who again sounded like the man on the VM) covered the phone with his hand and asked said to someone in the background "They're asking for Mark" when he got back on the phone he said that he was out of the office again. So I argued with the man for the next 5 mins demanding he tell me more information and that I refused to wait for this "Mark" to call me back. He finally told me that I never paid an internet loan that I had taken out and that he had my checking account number and 2 references that I had given. When I asked him to give me these he said he could not release the information... this is when I told him to take his "info" and shove it bc this is a scam and I have nothing to worry about bc I have never taken out any internet loans.
I plan on contacting the BBB as soon as I post this message.
Caller type: Scammer
Caller: Mark Murphy
Number: 213-816-1950