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I got a call from a Dan Hicks, same name as the dead singer.Claiming check fraud and a case proceeding against me unless I called back. Call was from 678-257-2029 with National Arbitration Corporation. Quite a convincing skit with details of my local county and case#. Hope this helps someone getting the same spam/fraud call.

I had the same call as well, but she said she was from Missouri with the same Georgia phone number and same exact spill.

I received a call at 1:00pm on Friday, 10/2, from an individual identifying herself as Megan Smith with the California Office of ??? (I could not understand what she was saying), and she gave me her number to call her back, noting that she was investigating allegations of fraudulent activity "that have been lodged with her office." She asked that either I or my attorney contact them immediately to prevent this matter from going to prosecution or arbitration. I was on a trolley in San Diego at the time on a 45-minute trip, after which I received notification that I had missed a call (happens all the time on our trolleys) so I listened to her message (which is outlined above) and tried to call her back immediately at 2:00pm. I am staying in a "dead zone" and cannot receive calls or texts, but must travel to an area (typically higher ground) to get AT&T reception. I stayed in the area for two hours, tried to call her back at 4:00pm and when I received no answer, I left her another message that I was heading home and would be out of service for the remainder of the day but would appreciate a call back first thing Monday morning. I did try to call her over the weekend just in case, but no answer again and again left her a message to please call me as soon as she got my message. Nothing. I started calling her Monday morning at 8:30am and tried eight times during the day. I never got a response and never got a call back. On Tuesday night I received a call from another area code 678 number (from a person identifying himself as Dan Hicks with the National Arbitration Board, noting that Ms. Smith had contacted him to pursue arbitration on this case, and he gave his number as 678-254-0723). I called him back within 10 minutes of receiving the message that I had "missed" his call, and got his voicemail. I told him I had no idea what this matter is about and there is no point in going to arbitration because I have no idea what we're arbitrating. On my message, I noted that I was concerned that their numbers were Georgia-based numbers and yet Ms. Smith had clearly identified herself as being with some state office in California. Anyway, that is all I have at the moment soi I think I'm going to call the California Bureau of Consumer Affairs Fraud Division and see if this is a scam operation or if it's legitimate.