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Hi, I got this same call saying i would be served. When did you get called? You got served recently. I am concerned. I thought this was a scam. DId you go to court or anything? I am confused!

I got the info!! This is a collector. The name is American Financial Group (AFG). They contacted my husband, so we acted like we were going to send in the payment and got all of their info. Instead, we sent them a "CEASE AND DESIST" demanding that they not contact him at home or work, and not contact family or friends as they had been. We mailed and faxed the letter to the Chief Director!! Here is the info: American Financial Group (AFG) - Chief Director (Eric Stone) 32295 Mission Trail St. Suite 8385-10 lake Elsinore, CA  92530. Phone #888-246-6420, Fax #909-212-7258.

Do your thing, and put a legal end to the harrassment!! Pay your bills WHEN YOU CAN!! Screw them trying to intimidate you, they can't put you in jail - they are not more debtors jails. And if they sue you, the courts will give you an opportunity to pay and settle out of court. They don't want to waste their time. And furthermore, if you owe $500, it would cost more than that in time and $$ to sue you. So they have pions and peasants harrass you - but you can stop that FAST! Take care and stay strong!

I got this same call about a year ago. They also called family members and said I needed to call back or they were going to sue me. I called them and they said i owed 6000.00 for a 300.00 charge card and they would settle for 500.00.  When I ask how I could owe that and they said I filed bankrupty and then opened another card and defaulted on in so now they could collect on what I filed for bankrupty for. The whole story was I did file a chapter 13 and had backed out of it.  They called me and ask me to file for the card to rebuild my credit.  I paid and paid and every month they charged me 100 in overdraft fee after they charged me high intrest.  I paid the 500.00.  And later I put it together it is Capital one.  They gave me a card in a diffrent name so they could pull this.  I paid over 1500.00 for a 300.00 card when I added it together. I goggled my name and the members of my family that showed when I goggled my name is who they called.  Beware I know I was taken.

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I got a call one night at about 10:30 in the DAMNED evening and again at 7:15 the next morning. In my book if you're calling at those hours you had better be family or very close friend and it better be an emergency or some one had better have died. Anyway he said his name was Brian or Ryan and that he was a process server in "S.D" County and he needed to confirm the address for my daughter so he could get the court papers to her right away so she wouldn't be charged with "failure to appear".  He left a case# and the 888#. The second call was from a Mr. Adams, sounding more aggressive, demanding that my daughter return the call. I called her and gave her the info.  She logged onto all of the different court websites and could not find that case # in any of the courts. I thought about it later and realized that where we live Process Servers DO NOT call ahead, you CANNOT be charged with a "failure to appear" if you were never served, THEY DON'T NEED a confirmation on your address because, they can find you if they have to.  They DO NOT use initials or abbreviations for the area you live in and they DO NOT use 800#'s as contact #'s. I came across this website and began to read some of the statements of others that have been called and realized it was all a scam.
I suggest that if you have an answering machine and caller ID that if you get a call that says BLOCKED NUMBER OR UNKNOWN NAME OR CALLER, that you let the answering machine pick up then when you hear the voice you can decied if you want to pick up and talk or not.  Also if you have a fraud hotline in your community or a Reporter that reports these things on your local news that you use them ASAP. If they leave messages on your phone like they did on mine then save them because they could probably be used later as evidence.
The best of luck to all of you and make sure you spread the word about these calls.