Victim Location 62615
Type of a scam Credit Cards
On 2/18/19, I received a call from the Smith and Assoc Legal firm indicating that I owed an outstanding credit card from 2007 from the First Bank of Marin. They claimed that I owed $3,626.76 and that if I did not pay this amount that they would get sue me and get the IRS involved (when does the IRS get involved with a credit card debt). They claimed that they had sent me a letter 35 days ago, which of course I did not receive. In the voice mail, that they left on not only my phone but my children’s phones, that they were trying to get in touch with me and that I was to be served papers the following day between 10 and 3 for a legal matter that needed to be resolved. I did return the call and spoke to a "Henry Reed" at 1-866-601-7396. He indicated that this was on my credit report (which it is not) and that I needed to resolve immediately to avoid any additional fees. He provided me the name of the company that he claims the credit card was issued through, even provided me a phone number and a credit card number associated to the account. The bank was closed so initially I was unable to talk to anyone at the bank to see what was actually going on. When I called "Henry" back, he indicated that if I could resolve that day they would be able to settle for half of the initial asking debt. The address he provided was 3914 Murphy Canyon Rd in San Diego, CA, when googled it is a vacant building up for lease. Please do not give these people any money! I did reach the bank to advise them of this and they were unaware that this seemed to be going on and did not seem too concerned.