I just got a message from Thomas Lawson with the fraud and worthless check division looking for my daughter. He stated she was a known affiliate of someone that none of us know at all! The number they called from was 330-777-4227. The caller ID did show Patricia Degre. However, the person they "said" they were looking for had the same name as a person that collections agencies were calling here fior about 6-8 months ago. This person is unknown to us and those calls stopped after I let them know they had obviously been given a wrong number. Funny how it just so happens "Thomas Lawson" picked up that name! That made me very suspicious and I started researching. How in the world can people get away with this?!?!?!? I am so glad these blogs were out here to warn us.
Be warned......it's looks like they are moving numbers quite a bit.
And there is back ground noise like a call center of some sort.
Thomas Lawson called our home.. after my hubby for a check he supposedly wrote to one of the check cashing places they have.. told him he had until 3 today to pay $797 or else he would face criminal charges... as we both said.. most places will make payment arrangements with you.. not this guy.. wanted paid in full.. by 3 today.. or else. Doesn't sound legit to me....
This Thomas Lawson never once claimed to ever be an attorney at all. I feel like he is a debt collection agency at best. Told me I had till 3:00 p.m. on 11/8/11 to pay $797.00 or I would be facing criminal charges if payment wasn't made by his deadline. Talked to an attorney's office and they indicated to me that my name wasn't on any dockets that they could find in the county where the check fraud charge was supposedly filed. Sounds all pretty fishy to me.
They act as if their offical law enforcement, when they are not. Who ever this is can get in a lot of trouble for pretending to be law enforcement. It is illegal. Further more, give this number to your States Attorney General, and they can and will be shut down.
Back again, I did my home work, The name of this Company is Anderson & Associates. They are a debt collection agency located in Ohio. They have several complaints against them already, and based on the information I gathered, you may be able to sue them. I called the Attorney Generals Office in Ohio, and they can give you a lot more detailed information. 1-888-318-7688 (Ohio Attorney General) Wait on the line, and someone will help you. Make sure you give them the number they called from, and be very specific as to what they said. Esp how they introduced themselves. It is illegal to pretend to be any form of law enforcement in that manner. They could be fined, shut down, or if enough of us compalin, they may get jail time. Lets go to work family and stop being treated badly because were doing badly.
I also received a call from Thomas Lawson a couple of days ago threatening me with charges saying I had forged a check or worthless instrument. He demanded that payment of at least 50% be made that day by noon or he was going to forward this to my local jurisdiction and have me "put in the system". The number he called from was different it was 832-377-3051. I contacted my attorney immediatley who directed me to call the AG office consumer protection and they sent me to the department of finance that regulates the laws and provisions for collection agencies. I was then directed to file a formal complaint to the department of finance, which I did and that complaint gets forwarded to the FTC for further review. Thomas Lawson called me back later that day to see how I was coming with getting the funds together and I informed him that what he had done was illegal and that I had contacted the Attorney General's office. At that point he became even more aggresive and asked where I was at so he could contact the local authorities and send them out to "bring me in", just to show me this is not a game, and then he hung up. They are having a hard time tracking these people down and it is now believed that they are calling from out of the country. I tried to ask the company name on several occasions to no avail he just kept saying "I am with the fraud and worthless check division." When these clowns call get as much information from them as you can and then hang up. Do not answer any questions. We all need to be contacting our local Attorney General's office to get this non-sense to stop.