How to Spot a Phony Debt Collector

Special guest, Carol Baizer, from the Independent Living Resource Center of the Tri-Counties, shares a threatening voice mail from a fraudulant bill collector. While it sounds official, Baizer points out that the caller omitted vital information such as what the bill was for and what agency they were with. The caller did, however, ask for a call-back where they most certainly would have tried to get the intended victim to pay them. The Independent Living Resource Center assists individuals with disabilitie s and among other things, helps them to navigate social security, medicare and medicaid. They are a national organization. The Independent Living Resource Center of the Tri-Counties serves San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura. https://ilrc-trico.org/