Department of legal services
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This is a well orchestrated pitch but it's illegal as hell ! First, don't be excited that you might be in trouble. Let's dissect the conversation. She calls from a BLOCKED number. ( RED FLAG # 1 ) Nobody, whether its a court or an attorney's office calling you with proper legal information will call from a blocked number. SECOND. Bill collectors use phony names and almost ALWAYS a generic and one syllabic name like Smith, Brown, Green or Clark. THREE, The Department of Legal Services. Sounds official right ? But its generic. Not the Springfield District Attorneys office, or the Plymouth Court House or the Jones County Sheriff's Office. It doesn't NAME a real location. You know any attorney's office can be a " Department of Legal Services " lol. FOUR. They address you by partial name and part social, That's to make you THINK it's for real. A real legal issue they would address you by full name and never a social number. FIVE. "You must make yourself available between 12pm and 2pm" NO one, nowhere will make an appointment for you to be served with a legal notice. They KNOW you will try to avoid it so they try to surprise you ! SIX. " To answer a complaint filed by a petitioner " WHO ? They dont name the aggrieved party ! Not real. ( and keep this in mind, if it WAS a petition filed by somebody, it would be a CIVIL complaint, NOT criminal so you would NOT be arrested. ) SEVEN. " feel free to contact the petitioner at 844-464-7042 " It's NOT a local number it's a TOLL FREE NUMBER ( ATTENTION: You cannot block your number when calling a toll free number ) they WILL see it ! Toll free numbers actually pay for the call even if you initiate it and by law they are entitled to your number. EIGHT. If it were a legal matter for the courts they would NEVER tell you to talk with the other party., NEVER ! NINE. A stop order ? What's that ? Sounds official but there is no such thing in a civil filing. TEN. If you dont sign for the summons we will contact your employer, Can't not allowed nor would your employer or your HR be made to "witness and/or sign anything, nope. ( Its funny, I dont HAVE an employer or and HR department ) LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!
Caller type: Collection Agency
Caller: Tina Clark
Company: Department of legal services
Number: 844-464-7042
Got a call from a private number called twice back to back ! Left a voicemail message " This is Tina Clark from the Department of Legal Services ! " Ohhhh sounds official ! " She addressed me by my first name and last four of my social. She then said " This is to inform you that you MUST make yourself available at home tomorrow between the hours of 12pm and 2pm to receive a summons to appear in court ( named a neighboring county ) to answer a complaint filed by the petitioner. ( No name given ) " You may feel free and it is STRONGLY advised that you contact the petitioner at 844-464-7042 to discuss the charges against you " If we do not receive a "stop order" from the petitioner and you do not sign for the summons we will contact your employer and their HR department will have to witness and sign for the summons. BULL CRAP !
Caller type: Collection Agency
Caller: Tina Clark
Company: Department of legal services
Number: 844-464-7042
Guy sounded like he was Indian, This is a phone scam!!! do not cal them back!
Caller type: Scammer
Company: Department of legal services
Number: 916-872-9429
This number belongs to some legal services company and the guy that called me his name was "sam Ross". He is a big liar and a thief. They will harass you by saying some kind of loan you took from one payday loan companies and you didn't pay it. SO the debt collector passed your information to us and there is a court subpoena on your name and if you don't settle this out right now than you have to go to court. Then he (sam ross an" a***ole") asked about my debit/credit number so he can resolve this issue over the phone instead of me going to court. I told his sorry a** that why don't you send me all this information in my home address or how come the original creditor never send me any information before.
HE'll not listen to you but keeps on reading from some script with all the legal bull s***. I told him that you are harassing me here and I have my attorney contact your sorry a** regarding this. As soon as I said that, he hung up and said" see you in court".
This looks like a big freaking scam they asked for your credit/debit card number and screw you up. Even you took some kind of load back than, but the original creditor /debt collector should have contacted you regarding any financial situation not from "sam ross" (MOFO).
Just watch our for this company, will definitely report to Attorney general.
Caller type: Scammer
Caller: Sam Ross
Company: Department of legal services
Number: 443-450-4086
THIS IS PART THREE, PARTS TWO & ONE ARE BELOW
If you get a similar call, First dont panic. Second don't say ANYTHING ( they take notes ) Take a breath, write down all you remember of the call and they go to the internet and RESEARCH it , just like you did coming here. If you got a voicemail, SAVE it, An investigator may need it later. Contact your state's Attorney General and make a complaint, They can't do anything about it if you don't tell them.
SPECIAL NOTE: When they didn't get me to answer they called my daughter's cellphone. Yep, they have extensive date bases on everyone, The NSA doesn't have anything like a bill collector. So don't be surprised if your family or friends get calls from " Tina " They will try to glean information from them even though it's illegal as hell.
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Caller type: Collection Agency
Caller: Tina Clark
Company: Department of legal services
Number: 844-464-7042
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