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Scammer's address 337 Vineyard Ave Suite 400 , Ontario, CA 91764, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location FL 33713, USA
Type of a scam Debt Collections
I was informed that there had been multiple attempts to contact me in the past and a hard copy of a collection letter had been sent to my address. Both of these statements are untrue. The next statement was essentially a threat to proceed to civil litigation immediately unless I was willing to pay in full or agree to a payment plan that day. The alleged debt was from a medical procedure in October 2002, over sixteen years ago. This was a big red flag. There was an ER visit then but I was fully insured at the time. So this debt was not among those I'd settled. Nor was it ever recorded on my credit report. Another red flag.
I asked for documentation and received through email a "Demand Letter" stating an amount. There was no proof the firm had been retained by the hospital nor was there a billing statement explaining what the charge was for. I checked the ScamPulse.com website and found there have been multiple near-identical scams by this firm with similar amounts targeting older people such as myself.
What's especially concerning is that a call was made to my older sister the same day. I obviously don't know how the information would have been obtained but the only place her phone number would have been listed is as an emergency contact in my confidential medical record, NOT in a billing statement from the hospital. Without going into the specifics this caused some distress to her and, in my mind, amounts to harassment. Again, without knowing how the information was obtained, it feels as if there may be some identity theft and/or breach of confidential medical records. For this reason I also plan to contact the Federal Trade Commission. I believe this company may have access to old medical records and are trolling them to create bogus "settlements" with the threat of litigation.
Scammer's address 337 N. Vinyard Ave. Ste. 400 , Ontario, CA 91764, USA
Country United States
Victim Location MO 63901, USA
Type of a scam Debt Collections