Got a call from this number on 1/23/08 12:09pm EST. It's a guy with a drunken voice asking whether I was lonely. Did they change the harrasing strategy? Or maybe the rude woman is not home so the husband picked up the phone and started to make stupid phone calls....
Ive received 2 calls today 2-22 they left message a Mr jenkins say I or my attorney shall call, won't call, could be about a pay day loan I was paying to a Jackson Phillips in FL lead me to beleive they were attorneys and going to court next day, cost a days wk to schedule payment plans, then in Dec couldn't contact, never returned my calls, so just let it go. Found out later they can't mislead you, didn't get any paper work, can't make threats or go to court. You said you'd contact MI Attorney General what'd they say.
Don't fall for this scam. This is a group of criminals that was originally based in Florida and, after the Florida attorney general began pursuing them, fled for Georgia. Like many criminals, they go by various names: Bass & Associates/United Legal Investigations Bureau/United Federal Bank/Impact Business Marketing/Ellis Crosby & Associates/States Predisposition Services/Jackson Phillips & Associates/Kirby & Associates and many others.
Though their aliases vary, their method never does. Masquerading as bankers, debt collectors, police, or other government officials, these crooks call consumers and attempt to extort money with a myriad of illegal false threats. These threats are always phony and include arresting you, ruining your credit rating, serving you "papers" for a lawsuit and, yes, taking your children away from you. In one recent phone call to a consumer, these crooks even pretended to be on a walkie talkie coordinating a police raid of the consumer's home. Granted, this stuff is laughably ridiculous, but, sadly, some people fall for it.
Fortunately, law enforcement authorities and the press have taken notice of these crooks. Check out this excerpt from a recent article in the Florida Times-Union newspaper, and note the last sentence:
"Among the most prominent complaints: Claiming or implying to be attorneys or government agents, threatening arrest or legal action, claiming or collecting exorbitant debt amounts and using harassing or intimidation techniques such as repeated phone calls or calls to a debtor's place of work. In July, Attorney General Bill McCollum's office filed a $1.3 million lawsuit against the firm - also known as Jackson Phillips & Associates - and earlier this week , state attorneys won the first round of the battle in a Jacksonville courtroom by defeating the agency's motion to dismiss the case. A motion to shut down the firm while the case proceeds will be heard in January. The state is also working with Georgia officials to determine whether Bass is trying to escape Florida prosecution by moving across the state line to Folkston, Ga. Records at Folkston City Hall show that a business license was issued in June to Bass officials Frank and Evelyn Jackson to establish a collection agency called States Predisposition Services Inc."
Read the entire article here: http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/120107/met_221875639.shtml
I don't know if the Florida attorney general knows it yet, but in addition to their Georgia address, States Predisposition now has a listing back in Jacksonville, FL:
States Predisposition
6931 Lillian Road
Jacksonville, FL 32211
(904) 446-9236
States Predisposition
1204 South 2nd Street, Suite F
Folkston, GA 31537
(912) 496-7220
Anyone being harassed by these grifters, should do the following:
1) Give them nothing. And tell them nothing other than that you've reported them to federal and state authorities.
2) File a report online with the FBI at https://tips.fbi.gov
3) File a report with your local police.
4) Report all the same information to Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum at http://myfloridalegal.com/contact.nsf/contact?Open&Section=Attorney_General and be sure to reference that it was a call from scammers at Bass & Associates/Jackson Phillips/States Predisposition
5) Report all the same information to the Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs at http://consumer.georgia.gov/00/channel_modifi ... 5687815,00.html
6) File a complaint with your state's attorney general. The contact information for each state's attorney general is listed at www.naag.org Just scroll down to the national map and click on your state.
7) Report all your information to the Federal Trade Commission here: https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01
8) Check out these websites for advice on protecting yourself from outlaw debt collectors:
Finally, here's more information on these racketeers:
http://www.budhibbs.com/debtcollectorpages/ellis_crosby_and_associates.htm
http://www.debtconsolidationcare.com/collection-agencies/enough-credit.html
https://www.debtconsolidationcare.com/collection-agencies/about23543-15.html
http://forums.treemedia.com/fb/showpost.php?s ... 75&postcount=90
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-480-365-0155
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-210-858-6602
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-800-918-3844
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-678-954-0520
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-800-918-3849
I too received a call from these people almost the same as yours did you find out anything? They hung up on me as well . Thank-you for your time, Cindi
Calling me telling me that I owe from a payday loan and I have to settle now...or I'm going to be arrested. Can someone please tell me who these people are.
i received the same call today and when i called them back the man was very rude and tried telling me i was stupid and had no clue what i was talking about. i told him i never received anything from this company that he was referring to and he basically said i was lying. i had a payday loan with them and had to close my bank account for other reasons but had no contact info from this company.
what can they do to me leagally