Last night I recieved a phonecall from someone who would not tell me the companys name, stating that the state of Mass filed a complaint against my husband and he needed to call back immediatly. He wasnt home and by the way she was phrasing things it sounded dire. She refused to elaborate until she asked if I was his wife which I said I was. She then told me Cingular had sent a complaint for an unpaid bill of some ungodly amount and that as I was his wife I needed to pay it by credit card immediatly. I told her that as it was my husbands account I could not at the time, but I would pass on the message to him. She then told me that if I didnt pay it right then and there she would ruin my husbands credit and mine alongside. Alarm bells rang in my head. Im not on his account for the account they were talking about and as far as I know, that can not be done. I said I would not pay now but I would pass the message on. She hung up on me.
Flabbergasted, I called back, intending to talk to a higher up or CR. A man answered the phone, mumbled the companys name which I didnt get. I asked to talk to a higher up or CR. He asked why and I told him one of the employees had hung up on me after threatening me. He got nasty and told me then obviously I had a payment to make and would I take care of it now? I told him I didnt it was for my husband and I would let him deal with it, but that I wished to talk to a manager about the professionalism of one of his employees. The guy then told me it was a collection agency and I should go look it up in the dictionary, and that if I didnt pay immediatly he would personally ensure that my husband and my credit was ruined. I refused and he hung up on me.
I called back about 8 more times, to have them either hang up the moment they heard my voice or to let it ring. So, I called Cingular. I found out there was acollection agency on my husband but it was for a pitiful amount which I took care of immediatly.It was nowhere near the amount the other comapny was demanding. However, I asked for the name and number of the agency they used and the numbers didnt match up. Not a big deal, except Cingular could not match up the number I had recieved through caller ID with any they had for the agencies they used. And as I didnt get the name of the company claling me we couldnt figure out if they were one and the same.
This morning I called the number again pretending to make it a wrong number and got the name of the company. It was Morgan IC, not the company Cingualr had used. I called the agency that Cingular HAD used to see if they were anyway affiliated. They weren't and had never heard of Morgan before. So I called the BBB. I told them the story, and they definitely believe it is a scam. They ran the name of the agency and numbers and found nothing listed at all. But the bad thing is they cant do anything about it unless there is an address. That's quite the loophole for scammers, Im thinking. So now husband is off trying to call and get an address, seeing as they know my voice pretty damn well by now.
Anyways thanks to Smoggy, Bloodwolf, Nephs brother and Bhodis GF for listening to me rant on WOW while this was going on. Poor things had to listen to a shaking DSD froth at the mouth. Thanks Smoggy for the advice. Let's see if I can make it go anywhere
Edited, Thu Dec 29 14:01:10 2005 by DSD