I was contacted by James Roberts. He said that we owed money and if we did not pay by Friday they were going to give my husbands debt case to a process server and he would issue a warrant. I told him we would like to make payment arrangements. He transferred me to the accounting department. A woman named Kathy spoke with me and said that she was with Blakewood Lord and Associates. I asked repeatedly if they were a collection agency, and was told they are only a mediation firm...BS. I called Blakewood Lord and Associates back and they had no Kathy there??? I told them I would like my validation of debt which is my right throught the FDCPA. I spoke with a woman named LISA!!! Lisa Wang perhaps??? coincidence??? LOL I think not. She said she had never heard of such a thing. I spoke with a John White and he said he would look into getting it for me. 24 hours later I have not received it and cannot get John White on the phone. I believe they are owned by Anaheim Asset Management. It is just a " face company" who "hires" Blakewood for mediation...that way they can say that they technically are not the debt collector. It is some seriously shady crap. I mentioned to the investigation company- Benchmark- and to Blakewood the Finance Code that they are directly in ciolation of. For the stat of Texas it is section 392.304. It covers coersion ( telling someone they will be arrested) as well as deceptive practices. It also states very clearly that they have to communicate clearly who is owed the debt. They did not appreciate that I had done my research. I have been hung up on 5 times. Now I have debt collectors DODGING MY CALLS. Talk about irony. Do not pay these scamming, lying, pieces of human waste.
Mr. Ben Ford called me and claimed to be a criminal investigator. He called my home # asking for my mother & stated she had a criminal investigation on her after talking to him for a minute he stated it was me he actually wanted to talk to about a check written to a company by myself in 2005. He told me I had until 3:00pm calling at 12:30pm to get with my old bank. The check was returned & submitted again by the company, it was paid by my bank at that time. I'm no longer with that bank so to retrieve information from that bank about that account is impossible. Not to mention that bank has merged with another bank so they don't have access to that account in which I did not have the account #. When I asked Mr. Ford for that information so that the bank can access those records to prove the amount that the check was written for was paid and that all I owe that company for is a returned check fee, he refused to give me that information. So what was the purpose of the rude phone call after almost 7 years?
Investigator Ford contacted me on Friday July 20th. He contacted everyone with my last name in my home state. He claims to be a private investigator hired to locate me in regards to a check that was written in 2006. First he said I owed $408. He showed where installment payments were made on the check and they are collecting the balance or I would be charged with a felony. Then Monday he says there was a clerical error. There are 2 checks one for $1500 and $126. I contacted the bank which the account is now a closed account and the fraud department shows that the check cleared and found no record of the $126 . Talk to him today and to ask for the Check # for the $126 check and he says there was a clerical error it's only one check and I needed to pay $1500 today to prevent a warrant for my arrest. So many other details but, this just seems so fishy! He would never give me the names of the company to whom I would be making a payment to. But keeps saying I will get that when I say I'm ready to make a payment..hmmm?? I had my legal representative contact him and he told him he was a private investigator out of Lilburn, GA. Ben Ford 404-920-8657
what was the out come of the matter. He called us as well with the same story (almost exact) but we have not paid any money. Did you find out if it was legit. Or is he trying to collect a debt for something else and is being misleading about it.
He has called me several times with the same story...I believe this is a scam and when I told him that, he got very defensive with me. He used the exact same story as above on me too!!
Actually my husband agreed to pay them thinking it was legit then he cancelled his bank card after he went to the police dept. They told him from the info he gave them it was probably a scam. Then we got an email from a Blakewood, Lord and assoc. saying that payment was decliined. They tried 3 times to get the money and all different amounts. 1590.00, then 1400.00 then 1000.00. How can you just try to get what ever amount you want. This is really crazy. We live in GA and the police said that there was a similar scam going around here. The thing is that he says stuff to scare people like felony, warrant and stuff like that. When he called he asked for the 1500 that same day and wanted 1500 in 5 days.