Law Offices Of Mitchell N. Kay, P.C. Claiming I owe T-Mobil after 3 years - am I victim of scam or identity theft? New York New York

I came home today (August 12, 2008) to find a letter in my mailbox from "Law Offices Of Mitchell N. Kay, P.C." claiming I owe $496.49 for a T Mobil bill that was $159 and change, back in May of 2005!!! Mind you, the account was paid in full back then and closed! However, if I pay within 30 days, I will only have to pay the settlement amount of $297.89.

I did call the number provided on the letter and spoke with a man who was not helpful at all - and made it clear that I needed to take care of this debt. When I asked what cell phone number this was in regards to, he told me he did not have that information -so I asked to speak to a supervisor, who was quite aggressive and kept cutting me off, then flat out told me to "shut up and listen" and when I said to him "excuse me?!" he told me to "Have a nice day" and hung up on me.

I called the number back, asked for a supervisor, the woman told me she was the only one who could help me, and when I insisted on speaking to a supervisor again, she put me on hold, then came back on and claimed to have been a supervisor. As I was on hold, I went on the internet to see if I can get a local number for this 'law firm' rather than the '888' number, and when I googled this law office, I discovered a few articles on the same exact situation with another woman, and this law firm and apparently having to collect a debt on behalf of T-Mobile! And she stated how they had the last 4 digits of her social, however an incorrect address - so as I searched some more, I discovered some more of the same situations with this law firm.

I have no choice but to believe this is a scam and/ or even possibly identity theft!!! What debt collector would tell a customer to shut up and listen, then hang up on them, and not even have all relevant information in regards to the debt that they are attemtpting to collect on!?!?!?!? I believe this is a fraud and should be investigated!!!!

Kristen
Lake Grove, New York
U.S.A.