I'm curious, "Amber". If you didn't know the firm's number how did you find this site? If you search on "Law Office Baker and McKenzie" their own web site is the first result (and second and third and fourth). No link to 800notes.com shows up in the first 10 pages of search results on Google. What search terms did you enter that brought up this page?
Amber, you are trying to obfusciate things here in your shameless shill posts on this board. You are playing a "shell game" here. So let me point out a few issues that will "debunk" you narrative. You take a bit of truth, misrepresent it, and spin it to try and provide legitimacy for your con.
First, Baker and McKenzie may very well be a legitimate firm --- that in no way, shape or form indicates that their representatives are the ones make this illegal calls (scammers use the names of legitimate entities to confuse their targets and hide from prosecution). Second, there can indeed be a court action over debt (however, debt is a civil matter, not a criminal one). Third, warrants can in fact be issued for a variety of things (however, law firms, sewer servers, and debt collectors can't issue them --- only a Judge can). Fourth, NSF or "hot checks" can infact be a criminal matter. The parties who due the final investiging in those situations tend to be sworn law enforcement and the charges have to be filed by the prosecutor.
As for people having "too much time on their hands" on these board and their motives for posting, let me suggest this. Scumbags acting like the folks at this number tend to get on the wrong people's radar screens. For instance, they may call the wrong number and try this b.s. That number may in fact belong to someone who is a real investigator (possibly retied or private sector) or law enforcement agent. Similarly, they may have tried that b.s. on the aforementioned type of individual's family member. When folks try to present themselves (or infer) they are a real law enforcement person or investigator, some folks who really do that for a living take exception to that. Finally, the larger legal firms generally don't take kindly to scammers using their name. They don't retain "process servers" in boiler rooms, they retain consultants who are far more sophisticated than you. Finally, the good folks on anti-fraud boards such as this don't like shills making posts like you did and tend to enjoy exposing them.
Enjoy the boiler room
I'm curious, "Amber". If you didn't know the firm's number how did you find this site? If you search on "Law Office Baker and McKenzie" their own web site is the first result (and second and third and fourth). No link to 800notes.com shows up in the first 10 pages of search results on Google. What search terms did you enter that brought up this page?
I'm sorry, I can't help myself. I have a few more questions for you. This are really simple. What state are you in? What was the amount of the check for you to be charged with a felony (as opposed to a misdemeanor)? If you did "90 days in jail", why are you "out on bond"? If you did "90 days in jail", why would you come on here to share your experience --- because you are a nice person who wants to help others?
As I'm sure everyone has surmised by now, "Amber" can't answer the question "What search terms did you enter that brought up this page?" Getting 800notes to show up in search results is pretty difficult unless one enters a phone number as a search keyword. "Amber" claims to have been searching *for* the phone number and we're now about 99.9% certain that's a lie.
Others have posed questions that "Amber" will have equal difficulty answering: Any return visit by this person will involve bluster and insults and a lot of awkward avoidance of these very good questions but nothing of substance. Certainly nothing to cast doubt on the obvious transparency of the previously posted lies.
I think it very likely that "Amber", far from searching *for* this number, is associated with the people making calls purportedly *from* this number (it's easy to fake Caller ID, so they may not be associated with Baker and McKenzie at all) and came to this site after performing a search *on* this number. Scammers often do this and pretend to be "satisfied customers" or helpful souls with "this-is-real-don't-ignore-it" warnings.
It's a shame that the term "Amber Alert" has been taken by a much more worthy cause — it might have made a good name for these kind of fake warnings.
I have just hung up with a representative from the office of Consumer Affairs complaints for Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, Attorney General of Virginia. They are well aware of the situation with this scam, which evidently originates in Loudon County, VA (Leesburg area). First, to put some of your minds at ease…it is NOT a legitimate call from the law firm of Baker & McKenzie. As several others have pointed out here, checks written to payday loan places and similar are not a criminal matter, as a rule. They are civil, which means nobody in a process-serving outfit can legitimately threaten you with arrest. Period. So take a deep breath.
I was worried sick after receiving these calls—even though I have no debt, I did have a primary brain tumor, and lost memory. Had I forgotten or overlooked something? I received a robocall from this number (to call “Nancy James”) and previously from 571-252-3586 (allegedly a “Lisa Burns”). I consulted a real lawyer, who researched this on my behalf and said: PLAINLY A SCAM. All of this has now been confirmed by the Virginia Attorney General, who’d clearly heard it all before. To quote their representative: “I know they are cumbersome and a nuisance, but you have to just not answer the phone. I’m sorry.” Please feel free to report them yourselves: (800) 552-9963.
Additionally, they recommended that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) be notified to begin criminal investigations (my sense is that the actual Baker & McKenzie has already begun this process). Their number is (877) 382-4357, or you can issue a complaint online here: http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/contact.shtm
As to “Amber” here, when my lawyer finds your outfit, we’re suing you into the ground.