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.
I also got a call from this number. I am in school at another University. I tried the College Network but I decided to go another direction. I tried to settle but they did not . I was laid off of my job after Hurricane Ike, and I am just getting back on my feet. Now they are harrassing me!!!! They are a collection agency??? He sounded so unprofessional it was unreal. I am contacting my Attorney ASAP
You are right the TRUTH will set you free. Not some spin, you obviously like to amuse yourself with. Have you even reread your post. You know the computer puts little red lines under misspelled words and then gives you options for the intended word. Anyway... Through ones inability to accept personal responsibility, they actually create their own problems! I bet not a single one of you complaining on this page have taken personal action to clean your side of the street buy actually making any kind of payment for whatever it is that you obviously owe someone. If you are simply not going to pay the money that you owe, then stand on that!! If you would stop making commitments that you couldn't maintain you might not find yourselves being the recipient of ANY of these phone calls. It is always real easy to come up with plausible but untrue reasons as to why... But at the end of the day it is generally just sewn in to the character of the human being, we are financially morally sound or we are not. There is a simple solution to the problem that you obviously initiated... PAY THE MONEY. Stop making bad decisions that involve the exchange of money and I GUARANTEE you will stop having to engage in these types of situations, remember there is always a common denominator in all your problems... YOU! You are not a victim... If you engaged in something that cost money that you did not pay for, in reality and technically they are the victim. Grow up ALL of you!!!
Through ones inability to accept personal responsibility, they actually create their own problems! I bet not a single one of you complaining on this page have taken personal action to clean your side of the street by actually making any kind of payment for whatever it is that you obviously owe someone. If you are simply not going to pay the money that you owe, then stand on that!! If you would stop making commitments that you couldn't maintain you might not find yourselves being the recipient of ANY of these phone calls. It is always real easy to come up with plausible but untrue reasons as to why... But at the end of the day it is generally just sewn in to the character of the human being, we are financially morally sound or we are not. There is a simple solution to the problem that you obviously initiated... PAY THE MONEY. Stop making bad decisions that involve the exchange of money and I GUARANTEE you will stop having to engage in these types of situations, remember there is always a common denominator in all your problems... YOU! You are not a victim... If you engaged in something that cost money that you did not pay for, in reality and technically they are the victim. Grow up ALL of you!!!
I have researched hundreds of agencies that collect money and they all have these types of complaints and then the most IRONIC thing occurred to me... All these complaints are by individuals that owe someone else money and they are in the process of being held accountable, WOW! What a concept... a consumer can violate terms and conditions agreed on and when it come time to be responsible... Let's just start throwing temper tantrums by the filing of complaints, because "these mean ole' people are trying to make me do what I said I was going to do when I signed the AGREEMENT(S). I have never met a single person in my entire life that had to file a complaint about people supposedly harassing them because "THEY PAID THEIR BILLS"... Seriously... just do the right thing to begin with!!!
I reached a settlement agreement with TCN 2 years ago and my last payment is in February. ( I cancelled auto pmt back in Feb 2006). However, I received a phone call (as well as my parents and my EX husband) today threatening to serve me with criminal charges and terminate my nursing license that I RECEIVED FROM ANOTHER COLLEGE 14 YEARS AGO! I'm actually paying off my settlement debt and still being threatened? The guy that called said he was looking at my credit report and I filed bankruptcy on this loan which is TOTALLY false. Some Cartwright Attorneys office is supposed to call me back in the am. The twit that called me was named Mr.Campbell and claimed to be a law clerk. Maddox, the female atty handling my case (supposedly) was unavailabe of course. This is a scam and illegal. Call your local District Attorney. I am.