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    Default Phone Call from Debt Collector Saying They Are Trying to Bring Me Documents

    My question involves collection proceedings in the State of: New York.

    I got the same call twice - "private" showed up on caller ID so I didn't answer it. It listened to my voice mail.

    Two different people - they gave their names, but neither gave the name of the company they were calling from or what company they are representing. One sounded friendly and the other a bit ominous.

    This is the message (not verbatim, but close): I have been trying to reach you for the past several days at your home and your place of business, because I have some documents for your signature. Please be available tomorrow between the hours of 12 and 5. If you wish to contact this office the number is _____ and the file number is ___. If you call and resolve this matter, let them know to give me a stop order. See you tomorrow.

    If they are really calling me at my place of business (if they have that number) they won't be finding me there because I work at home and the actual office is in another state.

    I actually did not get any calls from them or any other agency in the past few days as they claim.

    The question is: Is this just a collection tactic or can I really expect someone to drop by tomorrow with "documents?" Is so-and-so from this company even allowed to do this? Or are they talking about a summons to appear in court? I googled the phone number they left on the message but I did not get any information about what company it is for.

    I have heard similar things in the past - such as "there is a matter coming up soon in NY and I just want to give you the heads up"... they mention the court and the police. They say they are calling from a law office but you know it is actually a debt collector.

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    Default Re: Phone Call from (I Suspect) Debt Collector Saying They Trying to Bring Me Documen

    It sounds like an illegal collector's tactic or a salesman. I guess if you don't call them back you will see if the documents show up. If they don't and you don't call them, I guess you just won't know who it was.

    have you tried to do a reverse phone look up for the number they gave you to call?

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    Default Re: Phone Call from (I Suspect) Debt Collector Saying They Trying to Bring Me Documen

    Quote Quoting jk
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    Have you tried to do a reverse phone look up for the number they gave you to call?
    Thanks for the reply. Yes, I tried a couple of sites for looking up numbers but so far I am getting only sites that want me to pay something to find out whose number it is. I am going to try some others.

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    Default Re: Phone Call from (I Suspect) Debt Collector Saying They Trying to Bring Me Documen

    The sheriff is not going to make a curtesy call to let you know they are on the way. That is not how they do things.
    The sheriff tends to show up unannounced.

    This is just a scare tactic. Do not respond to them, something shady is going on.
    If someone other than the law shows up at your house looking for you, "No, he/she is not here right now". Or they don't live there, etc...

    I would put my shiny quarter on - they ain't showing.

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    Default Re: Phone Call from Debt Collector Saying They Are Trying to Bring Me Documents

    This sounds like a ILLEGAL tactic from collection agencies in Corona California. A process server will not call you prior to serving you (that would detrimental to the process server). This tactic is used to scare people into calling in the hopes of settling out before the "not happening" service -288

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