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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds like a classic overpayment scam.  You weren't actually ever overpaid by anyone, were you?

And how do you know it actually was this guy? . [/quote]

I looked up the number they called me from and this guy’s LinkedIn profile came up first in search results.  The guy’s name matched the phone ID and the name he introduced himself with.

I don’t know if this employer overpaid me or not. I only worked for them for a week and then got paid. I thought it was a little high,  but since I don’t have a single paystub from them I have no idea.
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Ugh. It sounds like a cross between the typical overpayment scam and these new employment scams that are coming out. The hallmark of the employment scam that comes to mind is they hire you for a week, maybe two, then pay you way more than makes sense. Then in some way -- here it's this I'm a lawyer and you were overpaid and I'll take you to court! stuff -- they get you to transfer the money to someone else, and they scare you or bully you into paying more than they originally paid you. That's how the scam works. Given your short period of employment and the fact that you thought payment " was a little high" ... it's the scam. I assume the people you did work for were sketchy. Do not engage with these people. Block.

Look for more info on this kind of scam here: https://fightcybercrime.org/scams/imposter/job-scams/?gclid=CjwKCAiAsIGrBhAAEiwAEzMlC5n9BWCKnrqXOjePudF9V4raxs4e775L4VDdbulAZlD9-FE2BlN84hoCTCEQAvD_BwE[/quote]

OP here.  I think the company is legit.

I only worked there one week because I got a much better offer that I couldn’t turn down.

I do, however, wonder if this is a scam involving some employees there.

I asked them to send me a copy of my pay stubs and haven’t gotten them.[/quote]

There are a lot of state and federal regulations governing the collection of debts. And almost none of them involve people calling you and telling you to fork over money and saying things like they don't trust the mail.

So, I think two scenarios are possible here: 1) someone is scamming you and using the identity of and spoofing the phone number of the legit collections firm you identified;

2) you are being "leaned on" to cough up $, which you might legitimately owe, but they are going about it in a shady and wrong way. Which calls into question whether it's legitimate.

Bottom line, if you owe someone money and they have a good legal case to come after you for that money, and they have a long-time collection agency at their disposal, then they are going to do everything by the book to collect that money in the cheapest and most efficient way possible. If they aren't doing that and they telling you things like they don't trust the mail then I think you can ignore them until they do something like send you a certified letter. I certainly wouldn't fork over a dime if they can't even send paperwork that clearly proves you were overpaid.

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