(877) 444-3343

Ugh

My parents were receiving phone calls for me at their house. They live in El Paso and I live in Albuquerque. As I was reading everyone’s response, I was also skeptical and was thinking it was a scam, but it is not a scam. I also read and watched a video from Channel 7 KOAT News (http://www.koat.com/news/Company-placing-phone-calls-to-collect-on-unpaid-red-light-tickets/-/9154100/19813096/-/9jq5kwz/-/index.html), which verified who they were a little bit more. I called the 1-877-444-3343 number. I said I received a phone call from them and was calling back to find out information. He started looking me without me giving him information. He said he was looking for a Richard someone, which was not me. So I started to think, it is a scam. What he was doing was using the number I was calling from, which was my work number. He then asked for the number that received the messages and so I gave him that phone number (my parent’s El Paso number). He then said I had 3 outstanding citations in the City of Albuquerque. He was not too good with giving me information, so I kept on asking questions. Who, where, what, when. He was able to give me the location of the citation, date, total amount for all of the citations (not each), a citation number & license plate number. I told him that I did not receive any citation in the mail and if they could send me a copy or is there a place to view the citation. There is a website to view the citation – photos & videos (depending if they took video, they had 1 video for me). Here is the website: www.photonotice.com . You will need the Citation Number; License Plate Number; and the City Code (which is ABQ). I was able to see my old vehicle, photos, videos & locations that were legit. It was REDFLEX, the company that owned the Red Light, Speeding Cameras in Albuquerque. 2 of the citations were not at lights, they were on streets & Interstate (I-40) that were being checked for speeding. He mentioned that I had to pay by the end of the month (May). I did not ask what if I did not pay. I am assuming it just might go to legal actions and/or debt agencies. He did mention that when I called back they might give me a payment discount or I can set-up a payment plan. The only weird thing is the amount he gave me over the phone versus what the website said. He gave me a total amount. On the Photo Notice website, you are able to pay for each citation with a $3.95 fee on each citation. The total of all 3 citations with the fee added was still $48.15 less than the total he told me over the phone. So we will see what will happen the next time I call.

Collections company based in Texas who use a call-bot to spam your message box for someone they are looking for.
It does not matter to them that they have a wrong number so you have to sort it out for them or change your number.

Here in Canada it cost $0.25 per minute on a pay as you go phone to check your messages, multiply that by 10 per week and you are paying $10 per month to hear a message for someone else who probably owes them $50 or less... it would be cheaper for me to pay their bill.

Guys if you are reading about yourselves, why the F... are you calling a Canadian number?

There is a reason why these companies use the phone... It's hard to sue with no paper trail!