Complaint Review: ARA

RECEIVED A CALL SAYING THEY WERE A DEBT COLLECTION AGENCY TRYING TO COLLECT ON A DEBT PAID OFF YEARS AGO. SAID IT WAS NOW A FEDERALLY MANDATED DEBT AND I WOULD BE SERVED IN MY COUNTY. REDUCED THE AMOUNT SEVERAL TIMES TO TRY TO GET ME TO PAY THEM. THEY HAD ALOT OF INFO ON ME INCLUDING BANK INFO, TYPE OF VEHICLE i OWNED ETC... WHEN i ASKED HOW i REALLY COULD KNOW THEY ARE WHO THEY SAY THEY ARE THEY GOT A BIT AGRESSIVE SAYING NO ONE CAN GET INFO LIKE THEY HAVE ON ME ie" rEGISTRATION NUMBER ETC... wHEN i SAID i HAD TO SPOUSE BEFORE AGREEING TO ANYTHING THE MAN SAID OK IN AN UPSET MANNER AND HUNG UP AFTER TELLING ME HE WOULD GIVE ME A REFERANCE NUMBER AND TOLL FREE NUMBER TO CALL BACK AFTER DISCUSSING WITH SPOUSE. i HAVE RECEIVED SCAM CALLS SEVERAL TIMES THIS YEAR HAVE HAD id THEFT AND id FRAUD SO STAYED LEARY ABOUT IT ALL.