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Myself and my husband have been receiving phone calls from a local phone number that shows up as “Canney’s water company” on caller ID which is a local business where I live but not a debt collector- a literal water business. The phone number on the caller ID is 269-201-5478. The caller in all occasions has told me (using my maiden name of over 10 year ago, ***** *******) to call another number at 855-682-1531 and provides a file number (23243586). But the caller has told me and my husband different business names for this number. One time they said it was called United Carriers and when I called this 855 number they identified themselves as Greenview Financial Services, or GFS. Today I called the 855 number and it was answered by someone initially who asked for my file number and told me they would transfer me to the legal department upstairs. Upon being transferred, the man asked for the case number, asked if I was ***** ******* (I replied yes even though this is my maiden name I haven’t used in 10 years) and then put me on hold. When he came back on the phone he said he needed to verify my identity and asked me to confirm my DOB, which I provided and then he asked if the last 4 numbers of my soc was “****” and I told him yes. I did not give my soc number but he seemed to have it. He then asked me if my last name was ******* or ******, and I told him I wasn’t giving him anymore information until he told me who he was and what this was about. Then he told me that he was calling because I’m being sued by JC Penney for $4000-some dollars and asked if I’d received paperwork about it which I did not. I told him I’ve never had a JC Penney credit card and told him it seemed very scammy. He replied that he doesn’t know what to tell me, but he advised me to forward any paperwork I receive to an attorney. I asked for the address and business name and he told me he was with Greenview Financial Services and their corporate office address is 277 S Washington St, Alexandria, VA 22314. I simply replied that I don’t know what this is about but I have had no such debt and it’s incorrect and he just went silent and eventually hung up. I have pulled all 3 of my credit reports to see if perhaps my info has been stolen and there is something on my credit - I found nothing. I also looked up my name on my local municipality court site to see if there was a case in my name and there is not. This seems like a scam but one where they have my personal information and my husband’s phone number.