ARA, Inc. Debt Collector Elmhurst Illinois
We are getting collection calls for a credit card (Discover)that my husband supposedly opened on June 17, 2001. They are threatening to lock up our bank accounts to collect the money. He has not had a Discover card since 1991 which was a part of his bankruptcy. I ran a credit check on him today and there is no Discover card listed. There are 2 companies that ran credit checks recently that we don't know and should not have been run (8/17/17 & 8/20/17). The calls are from different numbers here's the list with date and time according to the caller ID on 609-300-2304
the phone:
9/1 11:48 am
630-528-1070
9/1 8:54 am
630-528-2192
9/5 9:45 am
9/7 9:27 am
9/7 10:05 am
630-796-4204
9/7 11:16 am
9/7 11:55 am
All phone numbers were checked with whitepages.com and come back as scam or fraud or suspected spam. The call back number that was given to me is 888-686-9475 ext. 3082. The phone is answered "ARA how may I direct your call?". We have not sent them any money.
1 Updates & Rebuttals
FloridaNative
Palm Beach Gardens,Florida,
USA
Make sure you notify the collector that the debt was included in a Bk
#2Consumer Comment
Tue, September 19, 2017
It sounds like zombie debt that may or may not even exist. Certainly it was discharged in your husbands Bk if there was a balance. If they contact you again, make sure you mention that and keep records. If they continue to harass you, you can sue them for trying to collect on a discharged debt. That should get them off your back. Some of these collection agencies just go too far....Also report them to the CFPB and the FTC.