CARD Corporation

Initial call from Rebecca Smith (626)225-8389 saying they were collecting a debt from my wife with file number CV110846. Called the 877-213-1943 number and was transferred to a Patricia Brown who said that they were collecting on behalf of First Equity Card Corporation for an account that was opened in 2009 and went into collections in 2017. She read off my wife's social security number and she gave us what she said was the last four digits of the Credit Card Account. She said she could only see those 4 digits. We told her we had never heard of the card and never had it to our knowledge. She mentioned it was green and a Visa. She said the original balance was $4557, but it was currently at $9619.97 with penalties and interest and that we would be served by the Sheriff. We said we needed something in writing and more details including details of the original $4557 balance and transactions and she said she would email it all and that we needed to get back to her before 3pm. She got very defensive and aggressive and she eventually hung up as we asked for more info. She has not emailed anything. There is no First Equity anywhere on any credit report we can find. I called back at 3pm and reconfirmed name of business--Common Law Compliance Group and got an address of 2600 West Olive Ave, Ste 500, Burbank CA 91505. The man said they were a mitigation firm and I would need to talk to my case officer, Patricia Brown who would call me back in the morning. This has all the hallmarks of a scam. [BBB Scam Type: Debt Collections] [Business: CLC Group or Common Law Compliance Group] [Location: CA, USA - 91406]