I’ve been waiting for a call about an application I put in, so whenever I see SoCal area codes I flip out!
So I was soo excited when a SoCal area code popped onto my phone on Friday!
The conversation went like this:
“Hello”
“Hello, is (asked for me by my maiden name) there?”
“This is she.” I grumbled- I was w-a-y let down. It was obviously not for an interview, all my applications are in my married name.
Then the phone called got weirder.
“I’m calling from (something) dental and I’m wondering what you’re going to do about this $85 charge.”
“What charge?” I said totally flabbergasted. I went to a dentist office months ago, but this wasn’t a dentist I had seen.
She goes on I tell me about the services I supposedly had in two cities which I’ve never been to before!
I tell her I’ve never been to those offices- let alone those cities. She says that if I don’t pay them she’ll send them to a collection agency. I tell her that I’m not going to pay for services I never sought.
She asks me if I’ve ever gone by two other last names- one of which is my new married name and the other was Ludbeck (or something like that). I told her just this and she said “fine” and hung up on me.
SO I’m freaking out! I’m thinking: Is some collection agency going to come after me for fraudulent charges? What would I do about that? Or was someone else just using names and happened to use mine? Was it someone phishing for my information and I gave too much??!?!?
I checked my credit score and it was still the same, and I had no unusual charges on my credit cards. I placed a fraud alert on my credit and I’ll request a copy of my credit report when I get the offer in the mail. But beyond that- what do I do?
Nothing? Do I just sit and wait for something to happen? GRrrrr…. What would you do?
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2 comments:
you already put the fraud aleart on, so keep a close eye on everything, and best of luck!
I bet they have you mixed up with someone else. See if you can call that number back and get a company name or anything for your records. If any other calls come, ask who they are and the name of the company they're calling for as well. You're going to want to dispute any charges they put on your records, if they insist that you're the person they're looking for. It's unfortunately but I'm pretty sure that they ignore the "you've got the wrong person" defense since they probably get it a lot.
Other than that, sit tight, and watch your credit reports.
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