Last week I received a number of phone calls from the same number in BC. Most times when I answer there is no one on the other end. Two times I answered and its from a person telling me they are from 'Budget Traffic Tickets' and have an important message for me. They then ask me for my DOB (which I wouldn't give) and refuse to give me any additional information. It felt really sketchy, so I just hung up.
This week my wife gets a call from CBV Collections looking for me. I call them back and they are looking for personal info to verify who I am. I give them the bare minimum - including my old address, which is what they have on file. They say I owe ~$250 for a Budget Traffic ticket. They have no agreement/contract # for me from Budget, no exact date (just 'August 2015').
I call Budget and they are beyond useless. They send me to this website:
www.budgetrentalfine.com. I put my info in, and there's nothing. They have no info on file about this, but say that it doesn't mean for certain that I didn't receive a ticket (because their system is terrible). One agent said that they would definitely charge my CC if I had a ticket. Another says 'maybe not'.
As best I can remember, I haven't rented a car from Budget since January 2014.
A quick search in google for "CBV Collections" or "CBV Collections scam" makes me even more skeptical. I still can't tell if this is a legitimate business.
My feeling is that this is all BS, but at the same time, I don't want to find out that it is somehow real and I have an outstanding bill that is going to affect my credit.
What do you guys think?