I've gotten several messages left on my answering machine in the past week from this company. Initially I just assumed it was some sort of telemarketing scam, as the message gave no details on the reason for the call and just left a callback number (not even a company name). So after about 3 or 4 of those messages, I just went online and filed a complaint with the Federal Do Not Call List which I'm registered on. I did try the call back number that was left on the message before doing that, figuring that I may be able to get the company name to add to my Do Not Call complaint, which I did. Now after the fact, and after a few web searches on that company name, I see that this is pretty much an extortion scam being financed by the DC government. I live in Arlington, VA but do periodically receive parking tickets in DC since I work there. But every ticket I've ever gotten in DC has been paid in full - this is actually pretty easy to verify if you pay them online, since when you enter a current ticket that you want to pay it will find any other unpaid parking tickets you have and ask if you want to pay them as well. I plan to call this company during daytime business hours and ask them to send me, in writing, the reasons why they are calling me repeatedly. I really don't care if they are only trying to extort $50 or less; if I can get their demands in writing I'm happy to go pay an attorney a few grand to contact them, and perhaps the DC DMV as well, since it appears they are acting as agents of the DMV. The business model of this organization - from the previous posts I've read - seems to be to threaten to damage a person's credit score, even if they have no valid collectible items, unless the person agrees to pay whatever amount they are attempting to extort. And they probably do succeed with it in many cases because they believe that not many people would spend a relatively larger amount of money to litigate. If i proceed with it, I'll post a follow up later.
Cons: seems to be pretty much mob extortion for the masses
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