Thanks to everyone for their help.... I've been recieving calls from this number EVERY day, TWICE a day, since NOVEMBER. It's driving me crazy, and had me paranoid because they keep speaking of a legal matter being "escalated to high levels". I am a student and I do work to pay off my bills, but to my knowledge I have good credit thusfar and haven't missed any payments or done anything to warrant a financial crisis - I'm not even sure why I automatically assumed these messages were from the bank, I supopse that's what they want you to think so you call back :)
Anyways I wanted to thank all of you for your help, you've put my mind at ease for now. Definitely putting these fools on my call-block. Thanks again!
-Leigh

Me again, and again another call.  This is a long response so I hope I can get it all in here.  This time when I got the same call I checked a little further.  This law firm is operated by Deanna Lynn Natale.  She is licensed to practice law.  Search for her at the Law Society of Upper Canada:

http://www1.lsuc.on.ca/LawyerParalegalDirectory/loadSearchPage.do

Contacting the Law Society (416) 947-3315) confirmed that Deanna Lynn Natale is a licensed attorney who is only allowed to practice law in Ontario (so people outside of Ontario need not read further).  However, I asked if there were any complaints about this Deanna Lynn Natale, and after a rather loud "sigh", the person confirmed that there were complaints, but what the complaints were about was confidential.  The Law Society will open a complaint for you, and keep it confidential if you wish to proceed (which I suggest you do - it's free and you won't have to do very much).  Technically speaking, by phoning you this Deanna Lynn Natale law firm is not breaking the law.  Although ethically, the Law Society may have problems what they are doing.  So file a complaint!

Getting you to give out your personal information is not illegal either.  What they are allegedly using it for is illegal, but very hard to prove.  Mostly because many people embarrassed that they owe money to the point where a lawyer or collection agent has called and they want to clear it up quickly, or are so disorganized that they aren't entirely sure that they owe money and pay the $100 or $150 without asking questions.  So it is up to you to make sure you're not being scammed.

So I called the Natale law firm, quoted the reference number, and they asked me my name.  I did not give them my name, instead I said, "Well you called me twice in the last month and apparently sent documents to my home so you should know that."  (I never got any documents by the way - which would be hand delivered by a low-level paralegal or private investigator if it were real "important" legal documents). I then asked what collection agency they represent and if they could send me the invoices.  The woman was unable to respond and after several more of my questions she promptly hung up on me.  I called back several times and did not say anything during any call.  On each occasion, 4 different people answered the phone.  2 men, 2 women.  So it's apparent to me that this Deanna Lynn Natale has several (4 at least) people fielding calls like this.  Google her name and number and you'll see that she's been accused of allegedly sending out false collection letters and getting people to pay up on debts that don't exist. Is this a scam?  How paranoid should you be?  99%

1) Do not give your name EVER!  If they were collecting for a real debt you owe they would already know your name and everything about you.  As someone who has owed money, and been owed money, and been to court several times (as the good guy) I can tell you it's very, very easy to track people down.  A reputable lawyer representing a reputable company would not call you on a matter like this - ever.  If you were being sued they would hand deliver Statement of Claim (it is required by law that the Plaintiff prove you are aware of the lawsuit before a judge or mediator would ever hear the case).  Other important legal documents would also be hand delivered.  Lawyer's letters would be sent to you via registered letter or a courier - something you have to sign for.  You are not legally obliged to respond to a collection agency.  They are ruthless though, so you're encouraged to respond to a legit collection agent to avoid a negative credit report.  But there are several ways to see if the collection is real (read on).

2) Ask them to send a copy of the contract of the debt you took on.  If it's real, you'll get it and it will bear your signature (don't give them an address or fax number or any identifying information and use call block --*67-- when you do call them back).  Real collection agencies / lawyers WILL do everything they can to prove you owe the money without hesitation.

3) If the collection call is false (and you'll know right away) then ask these losers to remove your telephone number from their database.  Here's the trick, don't give them your number.  :)  The reference number that you were given contains an entire LIST of phone numbers, yours included.  So you'll be doing a lot of people a solid by doing that.  You can remind them that THEY called YOU and gave YOU a reference number so they should already know that information.  They will probably hang up on you.  That's what they did to me.

Good luck, and stay private!

called stating it was a law office.quoted a reference number.

You will find a lot of info about these  fraudsters at this link.http://www.canadian-money-advisor.ca/press-release.html

These fraudsters have no intelligence and common sense. They have been calling and leaving messages on my answering machine for well over three months.

Any idiot will know that if you have left bogus messages that long which are not being returned, better get lost and remove the numbers.

Report these bastards to Law society of canada, phone busters and your MP.

They also use another number +1 866-262-9537) through this automated syestem.

These pimps think they can fool public by posting bogus messages and using different phone numbers.

They posted a message on their other number saying they are legit.Legit my foot, they are pimps .They can go pimp their mothers.

Receive  any bogus legal threats from Global Credit recently? Judy Sgro's daughter up to her old tricks!http://www.canadian-money-advisor.ca/threadview/457.htmlDeanna Natale, the erstwhile Damsel of Distress, Diva of Doom and Queen of Mean at Total Credit Recovery recently had a difference of opinion (involving injuries and lawsuits) with her old almer mater where she enjoyed many felicitous years of gouging the public through litigation and unscrupulous mortgage brokerage practices. She is now plying her trade up the road at Global Credit and Collections located in the Motorola Building at 8133 Warden Ave., Suite 400, Markham, Ont.,Tel. (905) 479-2222 or 1-+1 800-463-4929. Natale's office is just down the hall in suite 405 at (905) 413-8748. Basically, it's just a fancy boiler room operation with lots of security and carded entry. They haven't made too many friends. I wonder why.You didn't mention whether Global had bought up your account or were just earning a commission on it from someone else. Sometimes collection agencies will buy up large amounts of old and SOL (stats barred) paper for almost nothing on the dollar, send out bluff notices and play the numbers. Surprising, the money that's lined up to buy the stuff.Last week, I had a guy from New Brunswick send me several emails concerning exactly the same phoney statement of claim from her. Maybe she's sending them out en masse and just working the numbers.Natale sent him one of those bogus Form 7A's (Statement of Claim in Ontario Small Claims Court) threatening legal action in her jurisdiction of Richmond Hill. (I thought it should have been Newmarket, Ont.) In any event, his line of credit was just over the 6 year mark since the date of last activity on the account - which is the limitation period in NB). Natale wanted $6,000 OR ELSE! It was even more confusing since the address of the bank where the original line of credit loan was taken out and the borrower's address were in the same New Bunswick town. That would mean that any lawsuit would have to be filed there, not in Ontario, irrespective of whether or not the debt had been bought up by Global. These bogus Form 7A's always have a blank red seal in the upper left hand corner and the word "Draft" in the top middle. In this case, I told the guy that Global was SOL because the debt was SOL.It seems you also are just one more target of Natale's huffing and puffing. Since Natale is using bluffs and threatening lawsuits when, as a lawyer, she knows full well what the provincial laws of jurisdiction and limitation are, then people should send in a formal complaint to the Law Society of Upper Canada keeping copies of all her correspondence with her as submission evidence of professional misconduct.That's one of the reasons why she and George Krieser at Total Credit Recovery were able to get away with their Five Star Mortgage shenanigans at Total Credit Recovery. We effectively had a collection agency garnering unsuspecting, desperate clients for an in-house mortgage company. Some collectors were getting under the table $3000 monthly bonuses for intimidating debtors to take out second mortgages at egregious rates of 10% to 18% to cover small and marginally delinquent debts without TCR's major bank clients knowing about it. In fact, it was expressly against the banks' instructions. However, they had a way of bypassing their CISCO call manager system that would allow the banks to secretly monitor their collection calls to distressed debtors. In other words, the banks didn't want TCR using their clients as a happy hunting ground for their distressed borrowers thus forcing the banks to needlessly lose interest on the accounts. Unfortunately, TCR was able to clandestinely pull this off and doubtlessly put debtors into an even bigger debt spiral. Wayne Macleod, the current VP at TCR, would call it fiction but other employees there would disagree. Even they couldn't stomach what was going on and left. So you see, unless people know what their rights are and come forward, nothing gets done. Be very, very leery when dealing with this woman - her broom has a sharp handle.It's very doubtful or absolutely certain (depending on the province you're in and the date of the debt) that once a debt is stats barred, that it can be revived by suckering the person into making a payment and starting the limitation period **** over again as blogger Al Reynolds earlier suggested.All CRA's (Credit Reporting Agencies) in Canada are only allowed to report a delinquency 6 years from the date of the last activity on the account (which is usually a payment or a written acknowledgement from the debtor [AND NOT THE CREDITOR]. Another Natale bluff.