I’m thinking that a “location specialist” is what I would call a “skip tracer”: somebody who is very good at finding people who don’t want to be found.
As a lawyer, I’ve had to use them before. Usually, of course, when the people know they are, or are going to be, sued, and they try to disappear. In my experience, a lot of process servers are also skip tracers, so when the person is found, the papers can be served at the same time…
I think the OP is describing a scam, but process servers usually are willing to speak to you and arrange a convenient method of delivering papers.
Typically, the don’t call first, but if a server tries to serve you at your home and you are not there they will often leave a business card to be contacted. If you call them, they’ll usually arrange to meet you if you prefer.
I mention this because a process server’s job is to serve you papers, thereby ensuring that you have actual notice of some court proceeding; that’s it - it doesn’t have to be antagonistic.
While it is true that most people don’t want this to happen, and will therefore make this an inconvenient experience, you don’t have to be surprised by a process server showing up unannounced. Instead, you can contact them and make it much easier and less invasive by agreeing to a time and place.
(Point being that, if you have word that a lawsuit is coming, or if you get notice that somebody is trying to serve you, it’s ok to be cooperative with receiving the notice. You aren’t giving up any rights, and you are skipping the potential embarrassment of being found at an inopportune time. Moreover, if you find that a business card from a server has been left for you, it’s probably not a scam and it would be worth it to call them).
Oh dear. I hope he’s ok.
He got lost on the way to the latrine and is now wandering the back alleys of Peshawar trying to get a signal on his Foretrex even though it just keeps running him around in a loop and dropping satellites repeatedly like a toddler with a plate of Brussels sprouts.
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I wonder what the code is to unlock Jackson’s phone?
When I get an unknown number on my phone, I answer and will say nothing. Usually, then the phone beeps after 4 seconds or so and hangs up. The auto-dialer doesn’t connect a person unless it detects a “hello”. Normal callers will say “hello?” to dead air. My number is part of an exchange that was allocated to a cellular company, so it’s a good bet for people trying phone scams. Also, they tend to spoof numbers from all over North America.
There was a scam back in ye Goode Olde Days that involved telling people they were likely a long-lost heir to some old person who died without will. Or maybe, as they say, it’s a scam to get you to respond and provide a number. Apparently the IRS or Canada Revenue has a warrant for me, and I can find out about it by pressing “1”. Or there’s a problem with my Amazon account, or bank account with Wells Fargo (hint - not in Canada), or my tax refund, or the child (I don’t have) is in Mexican jail … just press 1, etc.
All these are just trying to get you to respond so (a) they know they have a live one and (b) maybe you’ll provide more information; they may even keep calling back with various excuses until they have what they need, and (c) you’re not cynical about scams.
The worst thing you can do is tell them you are the type to respond.
I don’t know the nature of your insurance claim but, setting aside the term “Location Specialist” (which I can’t explain) – if you were the innocent party in an auto accident, then this does have a slight whiff of “Third Party Capture” about it. I don’t know if this is a thing in the US, so I apologize in advance if the following explanation is superfluous.
Third party capture is the name given to a practice operated by some insurance companies after road traffic accidents. They know their own driver is at fault so the insurer will contact the innocent party direct, before that person has time to seek their own advice. The third party, that is the person not responsible for the accident, has been “captured.”
This sort of contact has happened to us twice – actually whilst the claim process was underway. The driver at fault’s insurer is looking to get repairs done at least cost, offering speed and even a modest amount of cash as incentives. (As we weren’t interested in a cheap and cheerful repair, we turned them down.)
Of course, I have no idea if this is happening in the case described in the OP – but it’s something to bear in mind.
j
Thanks for the info, but there was no other party involved–at least not a human party. I hit a deer a glancing blow. Unless the deer hired a lawyer, this is probably not what’s going on. 
The insurance claim, just for everyone’s information, has been dealt with by now, and the damage to my car is fixed. Location Specialist Jackson was not involved at any step of the process. 
Ah. A very slight whiff, then.
j
I hope it wasn’t this location specialist Jackson. OP, you haven’t been attempting to poison and destroy anyone’s brothers, have you?