these people are scammers! they use scare tactics. they HAVE to sound convincing because that's the only way it will work. i ended up completely changing bank accounts and reporting them before they could make withdrawals. they are still attempting to take various amounts from my old acount as it states in my e-mail their failed attempts... i have printed and made copies of these.
local PD informed me to get an address but they absolutely failed to provide any information and stated "they only send e-mails". when challenged, they hung up the phone on me. OK, how professional is THAT?! also, i got a call from a Jamaica # claiming to work for the same company. when confronted, they said their computer system was hacked into and to disregard it.
if you go to the FBI.gov website, it's a total mirror of the scams reported by others.
if they contact your work, prepare to contact your local district attorney and provide them with the name and information... which i will be preparing to do shortly, because they have already contacted my job saying they can't get a hold of me and want to serve me papers - um HELLO! they have my phone #!!! and i will never agree to meet with them... a police officer can substitute anyway ;-)
I just found out these people really are Dorsey Thornton Associates and they changed their Company name to National Mediation Group name after the owner Michael Thornton and Wyteria Dorsey was sued by the Governors office for consumer affairs for the very thing they are doing now. They were sued 15.5 million dollars and he is in jail or going to jail for tax fraud ATLANTA, GA - MICHAEL THORNTON, 41, of Union City, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Timothy C. Batten, Sr. to federal prison for tax fraud.
Reported these people to the FTC today - called "Mrs. Rich" back and advised complaint had been filed and that any other calls from her or her company would result in further reporting. This must be a scam as they do not identify the creditor or the amount owed.
I received the first call this morning regarding a payday loan I supposedly took out in 2008. They then started to confirm personal information and the email address they had for me had not been active since 2006. I questioned the rep. repeatedly about any other aliases the company was known by, she became upset , told me she was noting this as a refusal to pay and hung up. I called back and spoke with a rep. who said he had been with the company for 25 years. I argued with him that I had never received anything on company letterhead stating any debt that I owed. He said all he had to send me was an email but if the address they have on file has not been active since 2006 how accurate are their records? Don't let these people scare you. I wish I could help anyone with a complaint on these idiots.