I got the same "urgent" voice message. This from a woman and as she spoke I could hear someone in the background telling her what to say! This woman almost sounded credible expect for the pauses in her delivery and the coaching in the background. Previously I have received the calls from the person with the heavy foreign accent and hyper American name. Thank God Google intercepted an attempt to get into my email that came from the Phillipines. This is just ridiculous.
i got a call yesterday at work stating that simmons smith and associates was calling to collect o a pay day loan in the amount of 1875.00. I explained i did not owe any pay day loans and that could she tell me who it was and she said the orginal debtor was cash now, but it was against hippa to give me any more information so i requested she email me the letter, i got it last night and i googled simmons smith and associates and found this site! So i emailed them back this morning and told them not to bother me again or i would contact the local sheriffs department and sue for harrassment, i get a email back saying that wouldnt be a problem however they would send my account back to the orginal debtor and i will get a statement from them for payment in full in 60 to 90 days! Really!
I have had Simmons Smith and Associates call me four times now. The first time a Ms. King called and said that I had a payday loan that was in collections, I asked who the loan was through and she told me it was through 500fastcash.com. I told her that I had not taken out a loan, but of course she wanted my bank statements from the 6 months prior to April of this year. I told her this loan was not mine and that I would not be paying or sending statements on something that I had no proof of and hung up. I then googled the company and saw that they are a fraud. I figured I would call back and see if I could get documentation, took me a hour to reach Ms. King, who of course became VERY upset when I asked for documents. Saying that it was illegal for her to send anything, ect. I know that it is within my rights to get these papers and stated that to her, just made her madder. Her last comment was "I guess we'll see you in court," to which I replied "I guess so!" I then called a local attorney and she had me call the Attorney General, who also said this is a scam but that there was nothing that they could do. Since this all happened, about two weeks ago, I have pulled my credit report twice, changed my bank account, and pulled all of my bank statements.
The second time they called, I again answered as advised by the Attorney General, told them I wanted documentation and was told that it would take 90 days to receive and hung up on them. Oh and this time it was not a payday loan, but a past due amount that had come to them from my internet provider for the same amount.
Third and fourth time they have called I have not answered. Don't plan on ever talking to them again.
I told them to send me somthing in writing... I figured they wouldn't because the "supv" says it will take 6 months..really??? But hey I did get a letter... Look like a kid typed it... Had my name in lower case letters... I'm like professional please??? so anyway... its not legit... but the address on this letter is 407 Lake Howell Rd Maitland FL 32751 and the numbers attached were 1-866-847-6165 & 407-956-4210... They may be bogus but if you are filing a police report this may be helpful.