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17901 Von Karman Ave Suite 600, Irvine, CA, 92614Phone: |
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I was not sure what it was about so I returned the call. The person on the other end of the call said they worked for a company called Western Asset Company and they needed me to verify my address. When I inquired about who exactly they were and why they needed my address, they said that they needed it because someone had filed a law suit against me. They said they had sent a letter to me on behalf of a client about debt I owed, and because I did not respond I would be served a law suit that would result in me having to pay $9,000-$10,000. However, if I paid them over the phone immediately, they could settle the debt for $2200. I told them I never received any letter. I asked them about the debt and who I owed money and they gave me the name American Investment Bank. They were very adamant that I needed to pay right then or I would be served a law suit and required to pay $9,000-$10,000 if taken to court. I had no knowledge of owing anyone money but they were very convincing, as they had somehow obtained my personal information, such as SS#, cities I where I had lived, sister's name, wife's name etc., as well as a file number and other official sounding information.
They made me start to doubt myself and wonder if there was some type of debt I actually owed, and I foolishly gave them my credit card number. I asked for an email documenting the amount I was paying and who I was paying it to. They sent me an email while I was still on the phone, but only after I had given them my credit card number.
I was such an [censored]. As soon as I got off the phone, I realized I had been scammed. First, I looked at the email they sent me and it included a document requesting my electronic signature authorizing the amount paid. On the document, the creditor listed was American Investment Bank, and it stated that I owed a balance of over $9800, but they were authorizing a settlement of $2200. I knew this was a scam because I have never had an account with this bank, and after a Google search the only thing that turned up under the name American Investment Bank was a bank in Salt Lake City that closed in 2005. Then I attempted to get on the web site listed in the email they sent me (www.westernassetcompany.com), only to find out that the web site does not exist. There was a company with a similar name, www.westernasset.com, so I called them. They stated were aware of a company using a similar name as them that had been posing as a debt collection agency and aggressively seeking immediate payment over the phone for supposed debts. They described exactly the experience I that I had. Then I searched for the physical address provided in the email, there was no record of a business under the name Western Asset Company at that address.
I told my wife what happened and she immediately called our credit card company, reported the fraud, had payment on the transaction stopped, and cancelled our credit card number. To be absolutely certain this was not a legitimate debt I somehow owed and was not aware of, I obtained a credit report, and there are no debts listed on the credit report. I told my bank what happened, and they assured my no legitimate debt collection agency would call requesting immediate payment and threaten a law suit. Fortunately, my wife was able to stop payment to this fraudulent person, but I was nonetheless very shaken about the whole experience because they had somehow obtained all my personal information. As a safeguard, I had fraud alert placed on my credit report.