s company did not ever contact me, i found out that they were trying to get in touch with me when my mother called me and told me that they had called her twice, my sister four times, my other sister three times and my brother once. I have never recieved a call or mail from this company in my life. they went on to tell my mother who finally answered that they were a law firm and that they would be presenting a summons upon me for a debt that I owe (first of all, I didn't know that debt collectors were allowed to disclose financial or personal information to other people). I called them to speak with them, they knew my social security number, but did not know my address or phone number (I find it funny that they could contact my entire family ON THEIR CELL PHONES at all hours of the day and night, however did not have my LAND LINE PHONE or address to contact me directly. When I contacted them, I spoke to a woman who told me that I owe a debt to a company (of which she would not disclose) and that if I did not pay it right now that the cost would end up being 4 times what the original debt was (which she still at this point did not tell me how much the supposed original debt was), and that I would be taken jail and have to go to court, with a judgement on my credit for 10 years and that all of my bank funds would be frozen, there would be a lein placed on my home and garnishment of my wages (I am currently unemployed and have been for almost 3 years). I asked her to please send me in the mail information about this debt and she told me that there was no time for that and that it must be taken care of right now! She told me that if i did not have the funds, to borrow it from someone else ... i told her that she still had not even told me where the debt originated from. I then gave her my phone number, and told her that now that she has my number to never contact any of my family members again (she hung up on me). I called back and when I presented my name, she said ""yes, i know who you are... what do you want?"" I was appalled! I started to reiterate what I was saying before she so rudely hung up on my about not contacting any of my family members and I got hung up on again! I called back identifing myself and she said ""f*** you, you are going to jail"" and hung up again. I wanted to contact someone because I think that this whole practice is wrong! I have never had someone who is trying to collect a debt treat me like this.. typically real debt collectors will work with you and try to help you as much as possible so they can recieve thier funds .... This company's practices are inappropriate! I was reading in some reviews of this company that they stole a person's debit card information and started charging thier account each month for $75.00, until the debit card owner had to cancel their card to make it stop (they stated that the charge was a point of sale .. which is debit card use ... not a direct withdrawl from their bank account) .... If this company tries to do something like that to me, I will be the ones taking THEM to court! Contact the FTC and make a complaint! this is the only way to stop these people !
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