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On Wednesday, November 27, 2019, my husband recieved a phone call from a company called the Legal Group. The person who left the message (Eve) stated that my husband was involved in an important legal matter. She stated that they had been attempting to serve him with papers at 2 different addresses, one of which is our current address. She left their number 866-538-3606 and a case number of 5070. She ended with stating he had been served. I contacted the number they left and the woman that answered the phone answered with Legal Department. Acting as my husband, I informed her that I had gotten a call from this number. She then asked if I had a case and for the last 4 numbers of my husband's social security number, which I provided and she proceeded to place me on hold. A man then came on the phone and asked me if it was Dennis Davis he was speaking with and informed me that this was a legal matter and the call was being recorded and could be used in a court of law. I affirmed and he went on to ask me for the case number. I provided the case number again and asked what this matter was concerning. He then told me that they had been attempting to serve my husband and asked about my addresses, one of which was an old address and then he rattled off my current address. He then repeated back my husbands social security number, asked about who another person was to which as acting as my husband I responded as my wife. He then asked if she went by the last name Sanchez, which raised a red flag, when I responded no. Then he asked if my husband filed taxes. He then in a hushed tone repeated the name correctly. After that I again asked what the matter was concerning and he placed me on hold and told me they don't usually discuss the case with the individual after it has gone to service for litigation, however he would pull the file. He placed me on hold, when he returned, he informed me that my husband allegedly had a credit card in 2002 from Providian and since they had been sold to JP Morgan Chase, that Chase was now collecting on those contracts. He stated that he had the contract in front of him that my husband allegedly signed with this credit card company and that the reason it was going to litigation was because my husband had allegedly been paying the credit card bill, stopped and breached the contract. I thought it was odd for a credit card company, even after being sold to come after someone after 17 years, however, I allowed him to continue. I asked how much was owed for this debt? He did not inform me of the actual amount owed on the card, but instead told me that after years of accrual, my husband owed $1998.46, another $2500 for filing, court, contract and litigation fees, $685 for serving fees (somewhere about), for a total of $5548.46. As he rattled off these numbers, he spoke so fast, it was difficult to obtain all of the numbers correctly, however the first 2 are definitely accurate. I then stated, I don't recall paying any money to Providian, which he kept insisting had been done or it would not be going to litigation. I accepted what he was saying and he asked if I had more questions and he then told me they would see me (my husband) in court. I called the office back to obtain the official company/legal firm name and the girl that answered with Legal Department. I asked for the company name. She asked if I had a case number. I told her I did not, however I needed the company name. She provided a name, however she said it so fast that I had to ask her 4 times to repeat the name. Eventually, I asked her to slowly provide the name of the company, to which she replied, "I've given it to you!" I asked her to repeat it once more, slowly, and she stated the company name was Gibbs & Callahan Litigation Group. I said, "OK" and ended the call. Still not satisfied, I called again. This time a man answered and said his name was Chris. He asked if I had a case number. I told him I did not, however I wanted to know where they were located. He said they were in Long Beach, California but had offices all over. I asked if they had an oice in Chicago, he said they had an office in Cook. I asked the company name again and very quickly he gave a name. I once again had to ask about 3 or 4 times what the name was and asked him to slow down. He then became beligerent and aggresively told me to slow down. He then gave the company name of GC Litigation Group and hung up the phone. I waited and called again to see if the name continued to change. On the 4th call, the phone was answered with Litigation Group and on the final call of the day, the girl picked up, provided her name, Christine and called the company Legal Group. I again waited and called at 6AM this morning to see if there was a voicemail that provided the company name. There was a voicemail, but all it said was Legal Department. I don't know of any company that does not provide a name on it's voicemail. There are too many red flags with this alleged company. I did a Google search and a Gibbs Law Group came up in Oakland, California, however their practice focuses on the consumers protection, not the company. I put in GC Litigation, nothing. I then put in Legal Group, still nothing, which leads me to the belief that this is a fraudlent company attemting not only to steal money, but identity as well.