When I moved in to my current resident some 10 years ago the cable company misspelled my name. How they managed to turn a 4 letter name into a 7 letter monstrosity with only an initial “R” and no vowels in common has always been a mystery.
But it always alerts me when an entity; spammer, scammer, mass marketer contacts me using that misspelling, that they bought my name from the cable company lists.
Today Lockhart Morris contacted me using this name saying I owed money. These people used the non-existent person’s name. I asked who I owed it to. They could not tell me, only that it was a “finance company.” The only thing I have ever financed is my car and that is long paid for and I hold the title. I traded in my old car, which was also paid for, as the down payment 16 years ago.
And my cable bill is automatically deducted and paid up.
They did not have my real name so I asked them what address they had. They didn’t have one. They could not tell me, only that it was from a finance company. I asked when the debt was incurred; they could not tell me, only that it was from a finance company.
Did some checking and this company is in Texas. Did some more checking and it turns out Texas is a haven for illegitimate and semi-legitimate debt collectors. Scam artists. Despite what the Lockhart Morris employee has been paid to post in this site, a legitimate company would have my correct name, my correct address, the name, and date of any legal debt; and this boiler-room phone bank lacks all of those.
this is a collection dept for lots of people in mid west to the pacific west
they owner of this has people lie about their real name . a guy name bryan keep calling me , so i sent a dont call letter and the own of the called me back asking to me pay or they will take me to court after i told him about what his people did calling me 5 am -11 pm i told him i filed a ftc complaint and he hung up the phone 5 min later bryan call from that office . they lie and i will be followin up ftc
Someone named Erick Sutton just called from 972-231-7292, looking for an ex-daughter in law and said there was a complaint against her nurse's license. I asked point blank if this was a collection matter and he said "no" and then gave me the number 214-522-6424 to have her call about the nursing complaint.
This number is from a debt collection agency (Law Office of Scott Wheats) that uses questionable collection practices. When asked for documentation regarding this "debt" I am refused that information as well as the who the original debtor is. While I know that there are people that do run and hide from debts, I try my best to pay my debts as best and as soon as possible. I have had previous identity theft years ago and am still working on cleaning up that mess. This number is for an agency that has swore at me (including on messages) refusing to send documentation, threatening jail and stating they are filing charges against me. And I have been told that they only payment they will accept is my bank account information on the phone......that is DEFINATELY not happening. I have sent out a "cease and desist" order and hopefully that helps. I hope this helps someone else getting harrassed.
Yes, John Montgomery presented himself as a lawyer. He just did not sound like one with his foul language. So I asked him if he is licensed to practice law in his state. He would not say Yes and danced around the question. If he calls me one more time, I will file complaint with FTC against him and his company.