Received automated phone call every 2 weeks dunning for a collection. Response code selections included pay-by-phone. When I selected the response code to talk to someone, the phone hung up.
Finally got someone on the phone a number of calls later. They asked me to confirm my SS#. I refused, and asked what this was in reference to. They said they couldn't talk to me unless they verified my SS#, and then hung up.
I received a written notification a number of weeks later. The notice said they were collecting on a debt originating at Chase Manhattan Bank. I called, and verified the last 4 numbers of my SS so someone would speak to me. They indicated that this was a credit card debt from Chase Manhattan Bank from 1984. I never had a Chase card in 1984. As a matter of fact, I have never had a personal Chase credit card, ever.
I realize this is some sort of scam, but I am very concerned that something might hit my credit report, and either compromise my good credit, or cost me huge chunks of time and aggravation to straighten out.
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