Twice in the past couple of weeks I've gotten a call from a woman who calls herself 'Taquilla (yes, that's spelled right)' from 'SMS' regarding 'a job opportunity' and she 'wants to verify the education level of my housemate.' She says he used me as a reference and it's very important and involves paperwork that must be submitted soon. The first time she gave me his number and I verified it was current, and texted the housemate myself to give him the message; he IS looking for a job, and I assumed he used me as a reference - he has before.
She called again about a week later saying that she had to hear from him by tomorrow and he still hadn't called; same woman, same number. I talked to the housemate that evening and he said he had looked-up the phone number and name and that it was a debt collection agency trying to collect on a student loan he didn't owe anymore, and he has no clue how they got my number because he's only used me as a reference on a few job applications years ago which was long after getting those student loans. He said he forgot to tell me it was a collection agency because he didn't think she'd call back.
I love getting sucked into this sort of crap. I hope they don't try to come after me just because I live with the guy!
She called again about a week later saying that she had to hear from him by tomorrow and he still hadn't called; same woman, same number. I talked to the housemate that evening and he said he had looked-up the phone number and name and that it was a debt collection agency trying to collect on a student loan he didn't owe anymore, and he has no clue how they got my number because he's only used me as a reference on a few job applications years ago which was long after getting those student loans. He said he forgot to tell me it was a collection agency because he didn't think she'd call back.
I love getting sucked into this sort of crap. I hope they don't try to come after me just because I live with the guy!
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