A "Jonathan Holler" contacted my mother and told her he was an investigator/attorney for Virginia and that we had defaulted on a loan that both her and my father had co-signed for and we were going to be sued. She gave him my number but then immediately called me to ask what this could be (we have never signed any loan together).
While we were talking, the supposed Jonathan Holler called me and the whole call was very fishy. He said that it was about some magazine order that I had cancelled over 6 years ago. He said the conversation was being taped for court purposes and that he could make all of the fees and court costs go away for $101.25. When I questioned the authenticity of his call he got really defensive and mean. I told him I needed to call my mother back to get payment information because he said he needed a credit or debit card that day. He REFUSED to give proof of his identity or a physical address.
When I called her back I told her I thought it was a scam. She called the local authorities who agreed. He had bits of all 3 of our SS numbers. We are currently trying to get this guy tracked but according to our Commonwealth's Attorney, since we couldn't get an address and because we didn't give him our credit card information, he TECHNICALLY didn't break the law and without an address or merchant ID (if he ran a card) they have no way to track him.
He number he gave us was 1-888-243-6568 ext. 204 He said the company that was "suing" me was E.P. Publishers.
This is a link to a forum where I found other people who had been involved with a John or Jonathan Holler. Http://800notes.com/Phone. Aspx/1-888-264-3797
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