The morning
began well. Woke up, happy to be
here. Took Loki out for the morning
hike with Mike.
Upon my
return, Gloria told me that “a litigator” had called from Missouri. He told her that we had been used as
references by a former son-in-law in order to obtain fraudulent loans. He also told her that we were legally liable
and would be subpoenaed. He gave her a
phone number in Florida where the supposed culprit lives. Insisted that we call
that number and then report back to him.
To my
discredit, I delivered the target person to him. If he owes on loans, that is his affair to settle
and I have no knowledge of them still, if I had thought this through I would
have known it to be a lie.
Here’s the
facts as they shake out.
The person
who called Gloria goes by the name of George Rubin.
Mr. Rubin
claims to work for AFB & Associates, a California based company that makes large
revenue chasing down college loan defaulters.
Mr. Rubin claims to be a “Missouri litigation officer.”
Mr. Rubin
told Gloria that we were going to be subpoenaed and required to travel to
Missouri. He flatly misrepresented the amount
of money supposedly obtained by fraud and stated that our signatures were on
the fraudulent forms.
Down to brass
tacks, Mr. Rubin lied to Gloria. There is
no subpoena and we are not involved in any college loans for anyone.
Mr. Rubin
used the callback number 885-893-2466.
855 Area code is notorious for being used by collection agencies and
scammers. When I called him to complain
about his lies and efforts to intimidate Gloria, he laughed and hung up on
me.
If Mr. Rubin or someone like him calls you, don’t believe
their story. Any call from an 855 number
should be considered suspicious. You
are under no obligation to talk to or help a collection agency that lies to
you.
Shrimp tacos for dinner tonight.
Shabbat Shalom
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