I still keep getting calls from companies such as this one regarding an account I paid off a few years ago. I paid the company directly, not through another agency. I wanted to make sure the right people were paid. Since then, I receive calls every few months saying they're going to send a sheriff to my house to take me to jail, I could spend a few years in jail, all sorts of unsettling things that upset me physically and emotionally. Something should happen to these people because they have no right to call me since my debt is resolved. They are putting me through a whole lot of heartache all over again every few months and I feel it should be against the law for them to do this. If not that, people that get harassed such as myself should be able to receive money from them each time they do this. Maybe then they'll stop.
I am sure this is a scam artist number-they have been relentless in trying different avenues to gain money from a debt that is non-existant. Don't be fooled.
The same people that are doing this, ran a scam out of GA also, received a call from them this morning trying to pull the same scam. Do not answer any of their questions and get a name and report it to the police.
For nearly two years, an illegal group of debt collectors have been terrorizing consumers, their family, friends, and employees threatening to arrest the individual of an unpaid loan or other debt (their generally don't even owe). Be aware debt is a civil matter, not a criminal matter, and you can't be arrested. They threaten a warrant if the victim does not pay a sum of money by the credit card over the phone.
Some of the people they are calling do not owe a debt. Others they are calling have already settled their debt with the organization who owns the accounts. Even if you do owe a debt, do not be deceived by the actions of this group. Many of the accounts they are attempting to collect they do not own. In other words, if you pay these people, that is not going to clear your debt with its rightful owner.
Although when pressed the callers give the victim an address in Columbia South Carolina (usually a vacant lot), Atlanta GA (often a parking lot near the bus station or a Peachtree Road Address) or Phoenix AZ. They are actually out of the Charlotte North Carolina area. The scammers are using the following business names (and there are many others, and they seem to create new ones daily). They will normally answer the call back number as “Investigations”. They often call people with a recording claiming they are looking for a "defendant"
Bloom & Smith
Global Capital Services Group
Schuman, Walker, & Associates
Kaplan, Stein, & Associates
KS & Associates
Lyman & Turner
Burns & Stevens
HD & Associates
Richardson Simms and Associates
Johnston & Moore
Holland, Dempsey, and Associates
Hughes and Berkeley
RJ Financial LLC
Ondrick and Miles
Anderson & Banker Mediation or Pre-Trial Litigators
Reynolds, Hill, and Associates
Berkley and Associates
Kaufmann and Associates
Sanderson Blaine & Associates
Blaine and Associates
McKenzie Reid Associates
Kennedy, Kline, & Associates
Nationwide Asset and Recovery
Piedmont Investigations and Procurement
Raffino, Garrison, & McCoy
Greenman, Schwartz & Associates
McCoy Law Group
Salem Associates
Reynolds and Associates
Ryan, Carter and Fields
Berman, Maxwell and associates
DOF Investigations
Vaughn & Associates
Bailey Rowe and Associates
Berkley Hughes and Associates
Here is a set of links to a variety of threads on this forum that document this group and its behavior. They include the experiences of victims as well as a former employee or two that quit within a week of finding out exactly what was going on. They also include responses from consumer advocates and people who are really criminal justice professionals advising victims of what to do
I have received several phone calls from an unidentified source trying to reach my son( same first and last name).They would give me no information and i have told them at every call to stop calling my number which they have ignored.His number can easily be obtained but they still keep harassing a 83 year old senior citizen.The internet has shown that this number is a much used scam. Anything you can do would be much appreciated.
I still keep getting calls from companies such as this one regarding an account I paid off a few years ago. I paid the company directly, not through another agency. I wanted to make sure the right people were paid. Since then, I receive calls every few months saying they're going to send a sheriff to my house to take me to jail, I could spend a few years in jail, all sorts of unsettling things that upset me physically and emotionally. Something should happen to these people because they have no right to call me since my debt is resolved. They are putting me through a whole lot of heartache all over again every few months and I feel it should be against the law for them to do this. If not that, people that get harassed such as myself should be able to receive money from them each time they do this. Maybe then they'll stop.