Wow! I'm so glad I went with my gut and researched these phone calls!!! I am very, VERY distressed that they are calling my work phone though and that it may be possible for them to also harrass anyone I put down as a reference. I have already warned the two people I believe I put down as references, which I would advise others to do. At any rate - Same M.O. as the rest of you. My calls were from "Steven Johnson" who had a very heavy Indian sounding accent. I have not actually spoken to anyone yet. I just happened to be away from my desk when he called. I probably would have picked it up if I had been here as I receive phone calls from all over the country every day I wouldn't have had any reason to be suspicious. He stated the last 4 digits of my SSN and said there was some sort of legal action being filed against me, it was all very vague which was another red flag to me. I called my home phone voicemail and there were THREE messages from him on it!!!! BUT, this is where they screwed up royally - he must have hit redial by accident or something because the second message he left he referenced a completely different persons name but said all of the same exact information but said the last for digits of that persons SSN. This is what immediately alerted me something was not right. From what I've read on other message boards, this scamming is rather common, most of it stemming from looking into or applying for pay day loans. How they get this info, I don't know. It seems that asking them for specifics or telling them you will be calling the authorities or telling them the call is being recorded has worked for people in terms of getting them to stop calling but I wish I knew how to actually pursue legal action.
Wow! I'm so glad I went with my gut and researched these phone calls!!! I am very, VERY distressed that they are calling my work phone though and that it may be possible for them to also harrass anyone I put down as a reference. I have already warned the two people I believe I put down as references, which I would advise others to do. At any rate - Same M.O. as the rest of you. My calls were from "Steven Johnson" who had a very heavy Indian sounding accent. I have not actually spoken to anyone yet. I just happened to be away from my desk when he called. I probably would have picked it up if I had been here as I receive phone calls from all over the country every day I wouldn't have had any reason to be suspicious. He stated the last 4 digits of my SSN and said there was some sort of legal action being filed against me, it was all very vague which was another red flag to me. I called my home phone voicemail and there were THREE messages from him on it!!!! BUT, this is where they screwed up royally - he must have hit redial by accident or something because the second message he left he referenced a completely different persons name but said all of the same exact information but said the last for digits of that persons SSN. This is what immediately alerted me something was not right. From what I've read on other message boards, this scamming is rather common, most of it stemming from looking into or applying for pay day loans. How they get this info, I don't know. It seems that asking them for specifics or telling them you will be calling the authorities or telling them the call is being recorded has worked for people in terms of getting them to stop calling but I wish I knew how to actually pursue legal action.
Caller type: Scammer
Caller: Steven Johnson
Company: Didnt specify
Number: 704-251-9518