844-362-9883

Sounds like you still work for them.

I have received one voicemail, one text and 15 calls from this number. I can see why it is possible collection calls might be placed due to the current defunding of law enforcement, however it seems more plausible the court would just write themselves a larger check by issuing an arrest/bench warrant and slamming ones case with a failure to pay/appear. That sounds far more likely considering we exist solely as a revenue stream for the legal system. I’m calling bullshit. To the individual that wrote that excessively long and detailed (misspellings and misinformation aside) attempt at legitimizing this, that was a smart touch. However all device info and ip address info is attached in the meta data, so law enforcement can find you if this scam actually works on anyone.

To "Former Court Employee" - just because you say it is not a scam doesn't mean it is true. You could be working with the scammers. In fact, considering you have posted the same comments on every.site that mentions this number makes me suspicious of your motives. Why is it so important for you to go to every site and post the same comment claiming it is not a scam? Maybe because it is? They called my dying partner saying g he owed for a 2014 ticket. Wrong, he paid all his outstanding fines or had them adjudicated. I know...I was there and I made the payments.

To Former Employee of Ventura Court System-- You sure put a lot of time and effort going from site to site to assure everyone that this is not a scam. Maybe you are working with the scammers?? These people are claiming my dying partner owes for a fine from 2014, which he does not. All fines were paid and/or adjudicated. I went with him and I paid the one that the court reduced for him. He does not owe any money. This has to be a scam!!

http://www.ventura.courts.ca.gov/pr/pr2014_0409.pdf

i've gotten calls daily for over 6 months for a name i've never heard of. There must be a limit to how long they can call without getting an answer but apparently they are unaware of it.

This number has called my learning disabled son 14 times since November thru early March. They may be using “old” information, but my son has had this number for 6 years. If it truly is Federal Agency as someone is saying above, then you’d think our federal government would be smart enough to track down current info. Or maybe they’re not.

I get this call everyday. I'm sick of it. And the person who wrote that message up up above, saying if we don't answer, we are taking a risk, you are full of it. No superior court is going to call you, unless it's your parole officer. I'm thinking you must be part of this scam. I've had my same number for several years, and have been going to court for divorce purposes, and know they would never call and especially ask for the wrong person. If they need to speak to you about a case matter, they will send a letter, that has been stamped and filed by the county clerk.

I previously worked for Ventura County Superior court collections, and I can tell you that this is not a scam. Ventura County provides debt collections services to several other counties, including Santa Clara. The phone number 844-362-9883 is the number they give out to the Santa Clara cases so that they can ID them when they call in. There are many common misconceptions about the court (I used to hear them over and over again) that lead people to believe that these calls are not authentic, including: 1) “Superior Courts are never open on Saturdays”—although this is mostly true, there are some departments that are open on Saturdays, including collections. 2) “The Superior Court would never call anybody, they would only send mail”— false. I’m not sure where people get this idea, but the court calls to collect its debts just like any other institution that must collect money owed to them. 3) “They called me at my step-brother’s half-cousin’s uncle’s mother’s phone#/sent me correspondence at an address I lived at 30 years ago. The court would have the correct address! SCAM!”—again, false. Just because the Superior Court is a part of the government, does not mean they are omnipotent and know every detail of your life in real-time. A huge amount of the time I spent working for their collections unit was spent trying to find updated contact information for old cases. Believe me, they have old information quite frequently. 4) “The Court wouldn’t call me on a ticket that I got in 1993, there’s a statute of limitations”—wrong. There is no statute of limitations on court ordered debts. You may have gotten a ticket in 1986, that case may have gotten buried under a ton of administrative tape and then resurfaced 33 years later. Guess what? You still owe it. They don’t expire after any amount of time. 5) “If I had an unpaid ticket for 33 years, I wouldn’t still have a valid license! SCAM!”—wrong again. Not every unpaid ticket automatically affects your license. Certain charges (e.g. Failure to Appear in court) do, but not others. Unpaid tickets MAY result in a suspended license, but they don’t always. There are other possible consequences for unpaid tickets besides a suspended license (such as: issuance of a bench warrant for your arrest, interception of your state tax return, application of a bank levy (if you don’t know what that is, it means they take it directly out of your bank account etc…). Finally: Don’t believe me? Google Ventura County Superior Court Collections Unit, grab their phone #, and call. Ask them questions about any of the information above and you will see that I am telling the truth. Ignore these calls at your own risk.

They have been calling me everyday for a month already and I have them blocked, but they still continue to call and I'm left with voicemails.