I'm so sorry to hear that! I just received calls from this man earlier today (7/17/2014). At first he left a message for me saying he was John somebody - the Texas (where I live) state prosecutor - calling on behalf of Ron Pierce...from a restricted number. He gave me a "case #" and everything. So I called the number back that he left on the voicemail. "Ron Pierce" gave me VERY limited information on the supposed debt that I owe - a payday loan back from 2011. Now, I'm thinking it could be legit because I did have quite a few payday loans years ago; and I worked w/ a company to help me pay them off, but not all of them were resolved. So, I stayed on the phone w/ him to get further info. He said the amount that I owed was $600, but due to some kind of fees, it went up to like $1600, but if I settled it out of court, I would only have to pay the original amount that I owed of $600. So, I said ok, well how to take care of this out of court (supposedly there has been a civil suit against me and criminal charges would come up by Monday; and I'd be served by an officer tomorrow either at my job or home.) Since I've been scammed out of my money before, I asked him how could I take care of this outside of court, and if I could get more information on him and what company he worked for. He wasn't willing to give me ANY information on who he was, the company he worked for or anything. He said he had other people to "help" if I wasn't willing to cooperate and make a payment today, and I was acting weird. How am I acting weird by asking you for your information. No, he wanted me to give him my debit card info to make a payment right then and there. I just hung up. He actually called me back from another number and left me a message saying he was officer Randall Harris and had a warrant for my arrest, and I had a few hours to contact Ron Pierce to cooperate. I called the number back - it was the Harris County Sherriff's Office!! The officer I spoke with over the phone said that an officer would NEVER call from that number informing me of a warrant. The guy is too stupid to even change his voice to at least sound like a different person! People like him disgust me. The problem is that a lot of people have legitimate debt that is still outstanding from when they were younger, and now are willing to take care of it, esp at the threat of jail and/or law suit. A legitimate debt collections company CANNOT threaten you w/ any kind of criminal or civil charges, they WILL give you any information on who they are if you ask (ALWAYS ASK FOR IT IN WRITING VIA MAIL), and they will not require you to make the entire payment right then and there. Even if they threaten you w/ court, so what? Worse comes to worse, they're telling the truth, you go to court, and pay back money that you owed in the first place. Don't give anybody your bank account or card info over the phone until they have undeniably confirmed who they are, their company info and your ORIGINAL debt. Otherwise, hang up the phone.
Got a call from this number saying they were prosecutors office and trying to collect a 5 year old debt but they can provide no legal letterhead. Scam!!
They called my mom's cell and left a message stating they were going to serve me papers for docket # BGxxxx and I could call the above mentioned number to settle out of court which would be fine as well. They left the name Ron Pierce, but of course it was not the name of the person calling from the FEDERAL MEDIATION OFFICE
I just got an call from this number Ron Pierce and he even went to the measure of so I thought was the clerk office call me and threaten me with filing charges on me if the matter is not cleared up and so i paid it a few minutes before I found this post. it was all I had. 256.00.. I am sick to my stomach and people like this need to be stopped. The caller id said ICS Investigations. I don't know what to do know...
I'm so sorry to hear that! I just received calls from this man earlier today (7/17/2014). At first he left a message for me saying he was John somebody - the Texas (where I live) state prosecutor - calling on behalf of Ron Pierce...from a restricted number. He gave me a "case #" and everything. So I called the number back that he left on the voicemail. "Ron Pierce" gave me VERY limited information on the supposed debt that I owe - a payday loan back from 2011. Now, I'm thinking it could be legit because I did have quite a few payday loans years ago; and I worked w/ a company to help me pay them off, but not all of them were resolved. So, I stayed on the phone w/ him to get further info. He said the amount that I owed was $600, but due to some kind of fees, it went up to like $1600, but if I settled it out of court, I would only have to pay the original amount that I owed of $600. So, I said ok, well how to take care of this out of court (supposedly there has been a civil suit against me and criminal charges would come up by Monday; and I'd be served by an officer tomorrow either at my job or home.) Since I've been scammed out of my money before, I asked him how could I take care of this outside of court, and if I could get more information on him and what company he worked for. He wasn't willing to give me ANY information on who he was, the company he worked for or anything. He said he had other people to "help" if I wasn't willing to cooperate and make a payment today, and I was acting weird. How am I acting weird by asking you for your information. No, he wanted me to give him my debit card info to make a payment right then and there. I just hung up. He actually called me back from another number and left me a message saying he was officer Randall Harris and had a warrant for my arrest, and I had a few hours to contact Ron Pierce to cooperate. I called the number back - it was the Harris County Sherriff's Office!! The officer I spoke with over the phone said that an officer would NEVER call from that number informing me of a warrant. The guy is too stupid to even change his voice to at least sound like a different person! People like him disgust me. The problem is that a lot of people have legitimate debt that is still outstanding from when they were younger, and now are willing to take care of it, esp at the threat of jail and/or law suit. A legitimate debt collections company CANNOT threaten you w/ any kind of criminal or civil charges, they WILL give you any information on who they are if you ask (ALWAYS ASK FOR IT IN WRITING VIA MAIL), and they will not require you to make the entire payment right then and there. Even if they threaten you w/ court, so what? Worse comes to worse, they're telling the truth, you go to court, and pay back money that you owed in the first place. Don't give anybody your bank account or card info over the phone until they have undeniably confirmed who they are, their company info and your ORIGINAL debt. Otherwise, hang up the phone.