Mitchell shields stated he was an "investigator" and called a woman whom I know asking for me and leaving a threatening message on the machine saying there are "allegations against you ?in such and such county only he was calling another state about a different state and county..How many laws is he breaking by calling here...threatening...saying my attorney or I need to contact him as we are named as respondent's in an allegation...gave the woman such a fright that she was in hysteria and almost had a heart attack, as she is a senior citizen, and she called the Better Business Bureau who told her to file a complaint with them and the AG's office. She did that, and she had just gotten her phone...very scary these people are...I called the police.
It's a scam that goes by such names as MoreStar Consultancy, LLC; Litigation Consulting Service, LLC; Claims & Warrants; and North American Asset Investigation Bureau, LLC (NAAIB). For details, read consumer credit advocate Bud Hibbs' report on these scammers: http://budhibbs.com/debtcollectorpages/NAAIB.htm
One thing it remember is that anytime someone calls you demanding money to prevent your arrest or criminal charges, it is ALWAYS a scam. No debt collector (let alone criminals posing as debt collectors) have the authority to have anyone arrested for anything. (And it's illegal to them to threaten such a thing.) These type of crooks also routinely impersonate FBI agents, police and other law enforcement officials, which, obviously, is illegal as well. (Besides, law enforcement officers aren't in the business of debt collection, and debt is a civil, not a criminal, matter.)
The bottom line is, these are criminals trying to steal your money. Ignore their illegal threats and report their attempts to extort money from you to all these federal and state law enforcement agencies:
1) The U.S. Secret Service is responsible for protecting the country's financial infrastructure and payment systems from international and domestic threats. Call or write your local Secret Service field office to alert them to the details of this attempted extortion. The addresses and phone numbers for the local Secret Service field offices are listed at http://www.secretservice.gov/field_offices.shtml or in your phone book.
2) Alert the FBI at https://tips.fbi.gov Be sure to tell the FBI that you are being targeted by extortionists over the phone and give them all the details.
3) Maryland Attorney General http://www.oag.state.md.us/Consumer/complaint.htm (Litigation Consulting claims to be in Maryland)
4) Your state's attorney general, the contact information for whom is at www.naag.org
5) File a complaint with your local police. Most police departments will take a report over the phone. Be sure to tell them that you're being targeted by an extortionist and give them all the details.
6) File a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en
If these criminals call back, tell them that they aren't getting any money from you and that you've reported their scam to federal and state law enforcement. They will react with the usual moronic, false threats. If possible, try to save any voice messages they leave and, if legal in your state, record their calls if you speak with them. (Inexpensive phone recorders are available at Radio Shack-type stores.)
I just recieved a call from this same place, from a "Victoria Brunson", as someone else mentioned. The number was different, but the area code was the same as listed at the top. The phone call did not specifically mention what county, merely saying "your county", which made me suspicious, so I did a search online and found this site.
Investigator Mithcell Shields said I owed $725 for two checks I allegedly stopped payment on 23yrs ago and said if I didnt pay it I would b in jail withing 72hrs..#1 statute of limitations has run out. #2 The company I allegedly wrote the check out too is out of bussiness & noone has a copy of this check etiher... What a joke no proof no jail. I dont know how but they break the FDCPA & FCC RULES
HEY THEYRE IN HYATTSVILLE MD I DONT KNOW THE NAME OF THE COMPANY BUT TELL HIM YOUR COMING TO HYATSVILLE MD & THEY [***] THEIR PANTS IVE BEEN MESSING WITH HIM ALL DAY LONG