Trying to get personal information
Complaint
Debby Schaan
Country: United States
Received call from Vitelity LLC, they said they were online pharmacy company and wanted to get some information from me to save me money. I immediately told them I was on no call list, but they persisted and I hung up. THis company is fishing and trying to get personal information from them.
Comments
Appears to be a telephone fraud and extortion ring. Reports they pretend to be law enforcement under various ficticious "plain english" names, making threats of arrest, etc. Reported thick accents, possibly Indian or middle eastern. This may be the same Indian "payday loan" extortion racket reported elsewhere.
Phony phony "debt collector" extortion scams would fit with other telephone scams like phony "online pharmacy" scams (apparently phishing).
http://www.callercomplaints.com/SearchResult.aspx?Phone=805-980-6057
"David Wisniewski, Esquire Filed by David Wisniewski, Esquire at 8/26/2009 1:23:57 PM Caller Type: Debt Collector
Phone Number Report: This phone # is owned by Vitelity, LLC, who leased it to Michael Tomlinson, who re-sold it to an unknown party. Tomlinson had the phone # from January 26, 2009 until he canceled it in August 2009. The person making the collection calls is operating a boiler room operation. It is a scam. If anyone knows the name/address of the person making these telephone calls, please contact: David Wisniewski, Esquire Wisniewki & Mensing, LLP 1616 Walnut Street, Suite 710 Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-735-2171 "
Verification:
http://www.philadelphiabar.org/page/YoungLawy ... mittee?appNum=4
"Tom Filed by Tom at 2/20/2009 12:25:54 PM Caller Type: Unknown
Phone Number Report: Received call from (James White) Odd because he is a snake charmer. Had a list of charges ranging from check fraud to violation of federal banking regulations. Obvious fraud. He ends his conversation and or message with good luck. The same thing that they say when you buy a lottery ticket at 7-11. "
"big dee Filed by big dee at 2/17/2009 6:37:06 PM Caller Type: Unknown
Phone Number Report: Got a call at work east of the Mississippi from "officer John Kettler" of the " California legal department" telling me I was going to be arrested by them but that he was going to tell me how to avoid it. Sounded more like Osama bin Laden than a cop with an Irish name. I hung up and then he left a VM with this phone number 805-980-6057. Don't know if he is even a legit debt collector as I never had an unpaid debt. "
"Rick Watson Filed by Rick Watson at 2/17/2009 7:31:12 AM Caller Type: Debt Collector
Phone Number Owner: ricky watson
Phone Number Report: I think they take old already settled debts. I know this because he is using my old last name. The last collector will "forget" to issue something saying debt was settled. They just sell this stuff, and then these new guys make you think you still owe. This was from a $200 payday loan that cost me $690 to settle. The mistake was that one week there was a stop pay against something else and this got mixed up as it was for same amount. Payday pls refused to talk to me, let me send money, I dealt with collector. I Western Unioned a bunch of money. He then never sent me a letter saying settled. He just sold it to people with Indian accents. It makes me feel sorry for the Indian people with real, honest jobs. "
"Shannon Filed by Shannon at 2/16/2009 1:26:35 PM Caller Type: Debt Collector
Phone Number Owner: Officer Jim Kelly
Phone Number Report: Says I took out a internet payday loan. Very threatning individuals. They call my parents as well and threaten them. This man had my SS# and my bank information. How do you stop this. It's a scam!!! "
"Mo Filed by Mo at 2/4/2009 12:19:51 PM Caller Type: Debt Collector
Phone Number Owner: ricky watson
Phone Number Report: He called, but I let the call go to voicemail. He said that it was a legal matter and he could not leave any confidental info om my cell phone. He had a thick accent and I could not understand everything he said. I've been burned by these people once before and I'm not about to let it happen again. If you tell them to send you proof in writing they say they can't and if you pay them, they will disappear and you will never get a receipt for your payment. "
I did not answer the phone and they did not leave a message.
I am on the Do Not Call list, but clearly that doesn't stop them based on all the other posts on the internet about them.
I will report them on the Do Not Call website and I hope others will do the same.
They are just a bunch of lying crooks, probably calling from India, and although the police and even FBI can't do much to them, they can't do much to you. It's basically an extortion racket, using threats and harassment to fake the appearance of some "debt" then
Although it is unlikely they will open fraudulent accounts (an address in India is a major fraud tip-off), you can file a fraud alert with one of the CRAs (they will forward it to the others), to provide some protection against fraudulent use of your information.
Also, file a complaint with your local poilce, and get a copy of the police report.
It is evidence of id theft, and if later fraudulent accounts show up, file additional complaints, and that should help you keep them off your credit reports.
Best thing to do is ignore them, or harass them back if they keep calling, until they get the hint.
This happened to me but I received calls from the number 866-870-0014 from "Paypal" asking me to confirm my personal information, I went to Vitelity's portal on my account tab select the sub-tap Blocklist and there add the number that is calling.
I did it some minutes ago, I hope that this work.
What is happening in all these cases is someone is signing up for service through Vitelity and using that phone number for illegal collection practices and/or scams. Clearly someone doing such acts doesn't want to be traced, so they are signing up through Vitelity to avoid being traced.
These people are probably eventually found out and then service terminated by Vitelity for violation of terms of service. You can help make that happen quicker by reporting this abuse to Vitelity. They have no way of knowing f their customers are using the service for legal and legitimate purposes or not, just like your phone company wouldn't know, and rely on complaint reports to identify account abusers.
Just my $0.02, but great company from my experience!