Scammers are always updating their techniques, make sure you cover your ass.
Should definitely report it.
Anyway, sounds like the have enough information to cause you some other kinds of trouble, maybe a credit card or something else. You should get something filed, before it goes anything further, big help later if it gets worse. Maybe your report will help catch them, but doubt there is any reward money.
Like I said it was just an odd phone call.
From what I can gather the guy who owes the money told them he had moved, and gave my address at random.
Harvey, credit scores are not just a scam... my wife can't get a credit card with less than 11% interest rate. Mine's a bit under 7. If you don't want to use credit then obviously it's not important to you, but a great many people can benefit from good credit. I'm surprised I haven't had more trouble with my credit report, me my father and grandfather share the same name.
They said I have a $240 utility bill that is apparently six years over due from a legitimate power company but in a place I have never lived in that is some 300+ miles away.
I have had utility companies submit bills to creditors that were paid off. Verizon being the worst offender of them all. About once a year I would get a call from a collection agency saying I owed for an old land-line I had. I would prove it was paid off and it would disappear for about a year or so. Then I'd get another call.
Since the entire burden of proof is on you, with no repercussions to them, they have no reason not to re-submit. They will keep doing it as long as it can still go on the credit report. Fortunately, this year those two "bills" come off my credit report, so hopefully they will stop trying to scam money from me.
When I was Teenager I paid a bill that was sent to a collection agency. I paid with cash, they waited about 3 months and sent me another bill in the mail I went back and paid it again because I lost the receipt.
After that I got a checking account. I'm sure there are a lot of company's who do that to Young people and actually get away with it over and over again.
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