They keep calling and don't leave a message. When you call back you hear music and then they answer saying "Investigations. Do you have a case number?" or they ask "Is this Keenyay Williams?"
All of the workers, male or female, have a black person's voice.
I told them the truth that I've never heard of that person and this has been my phone number for over a year. A man told me he would remove my number from the list but they are still calling me.
If you call with *67 trying to block your number they can still see your number.
When I ask for a supervisor they say they are the supervisor.
Today the caller said he is in Cleveland, Ohio, working for a law firm called Collins and Stearn in San Francisco, CA (found no such company on the internet).
Today I asked for something in writing and they hung up.
They keep calling and don't leave a message. When you call back you hear music and then they answer saying "Investigations. Do you have a case number?" or they ask "Is this Keenyay Williams?"
All of the workers, male or female, have a black person's voice.
I told them the truth that I've never heard of that person and this has been my phone number for over a year. A man told me he would remove my number from the list but they are still calling me.
If you call with *67 trying to block your number they can still see your number.
When I ask for a supervisor they say they are the supervisor.
Today the caller said he is in Cleveland, Ohio, working for a law firm called Collins and Stearn in San Francisco, CA (found no such company on the internet).
Today I asked for something in writing and they hung up.
Scammers. Just received a scam call from an idiot claiming to have a case file on me she wished to discuss. Will be using the block call feature on my iPhone for this number. Looking forward to karma kicking in to address these low lifes.
Very threatening tone of voice. Black. More interested in making it sound official than conveying tangible info. Google search for "Bloom and Smith" turns up nothing.
For nearly two years, an illegal group of debt collectors have been terrorizing consumers, their family, friends, and employees threatening to arrest the individual of an unpaid loan or other debt (their generally don't even owe). Be aware debt is a civil matter, not a criminal matter, and you can't be arrested. They threaten a warrant if the victim does not pay a sum of money by the credit card over the phone.
Some of the people they are calling do not owe a debt. Others they are calling have already settled their debt with the organization who owns the accounts. Even if you do owe a debt, do not be deceived by the actions of this group. Many of the accounts they are attempting to collect they do not own. In other words, if you pay these people, that is not going to clear your debt with its rightful owner.
Although when pressed the callers give the victim an address in Columbia South Carolina (usually a vacant lot), Atlanta GA (often a parking lot near the bus station or a Peachtree Road Address) or Phoenix AZ. They are actually out of the Charlotte North Carolina area. The scammers are using the following business names (and there are many others, and they seem to create new ones daily). They will normally answer the call back number as “Investigations”. They often call people with a recording claiming they are looking for a "defendant"
Bloom & Smith
Global Capital Services Group
Schuman, Walker, & Associates
Kaplan, Stein, & Associates
KS & Associates
Lyman & Turner
Burns & Stevens
HD & Associates
Richardson Simms and Associates
Johnston & Moore
Holland, Dempsey, and Associates
Hughes and Berkeley
RJ Financial LLC
Ondrick and Miles
Anderson & Banker Mediation or Pre-Trial Litigators
Reynolds, Hill, and Associates
Berkley and Associates
Kaufmann and Associates
Sanderson Blaine & Associates
Blaine and Associates
McKenzie Reid Associates
Kennedy, Kline, & Associates
Nationwide Asset and Recovery
Piedmont Investigations and Procurement
Raffino, Garrison, & McCoy
Greenman, Schwartz & Associates
McCoy Law Group
Salem Associates
Reynolds and Associates
Ryan, Carter and Fields
Berman, Maxwell and associates
DOF Investigations
Vaughn & Associates
Bailey Rowe and Associates
Berkley Hughes and Associates
Here is a set of links to a variety of threads on this forum that document this group and its behavior. They include the experiences of victims as well as a former employee or two that quit within a week of finding out exactly what was going on. They also include responses from consumer advocates and people who are really criminal justice professionals advising victims of what to do