Galvin Associates

Victim Location 91776

Type of a scam Phishing

My mother who is a senior and only speaks Spanish received a call on her cell phone earlier today from a man stating he was an attorney from Galvin & Associates. When my mother confirmed her name and stated she didn’t speak English the man called a woman to the phone who spoke Spanish. The lady asked my mother if she lived at the property provided and my mother then asked what the call was in regard to the woman provided a reference number and said she had to return the call to Galvin & Associates at 866-316-3103 with the reference number provided so that they could provide her with more details. They told her that her court hearing case was fast approaching and that she was facing a civil lawsuit but could not go into further details.

My mother frantically phoned me and I told her I would look into it and that it sounded like fraud. When I called the number with my number blocked I got a busy signal. When I called again with my number revealed a man answered with "Galvin & Associates". When I asked him what they did he replied a law firm. I asked him where they were located. He replied in California and that this was their corporate office and that they managed Civil Lawsuits. I then asked him for an attorney name with their firm. He replied do you have a case with us? and what is the case number? I said I would like to get the name of the attorney so that I can look up his license in the California Bar Directory and he replied why I needed that information. I then replied so that I can confirm that they are not a legitimate business and report them for calling seniors to harass them with false claims of a lawsuit pending. The man then said thank you for calling and hung up on me.