WATCH OUT FOR THESE CRIMINALS....! I worked at this company and everything they do there is illegal. They purchase all of this debt and pay the collectors 20% per payment. They tell us to represent ourselves under false aliases and threaten check fraud by reciting the laws that govern the state that the debtor tive in. We used to refer to ourselves as "investigators" and pending warrants on every debtors answering machine, and threated to issue a summons by a local sheriff through the magistrate court. They are CLEARLY breaking the law. If they call you DO NOT PAY THEM...GET A RECORDER AND SUE THEM FOR WHAT THEY ARE WORTH!!!!
I was threatened that I had a warrant for my arrest for an unpaid check (on an account that had been closed for over a year). I was unable to have written that check and believe it was identity theft! This "collection agency" said nothing about collections just that I was going to be arrested. My husband is a Law Enforcement Officer and heard them treaten me over and over, knowing full well that I was unable to have written said "fraudulent check" My number is unlisted and I was told my ex husband gave them my current phone number. I DID NOT write any check when they are trying to say I did. I have already had to deal with quite a bit if Identity Theft in the last 5 years, and believe this is another instance of that!
We also got a call from this outfit about a fraudulent check. "Investigator Barnes" left a message. I dont even have a home phone in my name so I dont know how they got the number. Do not call them back.
I got a call from someone no identifiable name was give. I was told that there was a warrant issued in my state for a fraudulent check written in April of 2005. While the information he gave me was from an account I had at the time and he read me my License # I refused to "make arangments" until I seen something in writing. Ill be damned if I give my current information to someone threatening 6 mos in jail or settle out of court.
We are a company based in Atlanta, GA. If anyone believes that they are a victim of identity theft and the debt does not belong to them, then please call us at (404) 249-1099 and bring it to our attention so that we may remove you from our database. Writing a bad check can be a criminal offense in some states, however we will pursue civil action against debtors who refuse to pay any outstanding obligation.
We are a company based in Atlanta, GA. If anyone believes that they are a victim of identity theft and the debt does not belong to them, then please call us at (404) 249-1099 and bring it to our attention so that we may remove you from our database. Writing a bad check can be a criminal offense in some states, however we will pursue civil action against debtors who refuse to pay any outstanding obligation.