Also 804-545-0892. Also calling frpm locally bought cell phones to trick you. I reported to FCR, FDC, FDCPA, BBB, FTC, Consumer protevtion act and Consumer fraud bureau. Its considered unethical and unlawful abuse. Can be fined in your favor upwards $1000 per call.
Also 804-545-0892. Also calling frpm locally bought cell phones to trick you. I reported to FCR, FDC, FDCPA, BBB, FTC, Consumer protevtion act and Consumer fraud bureau. Its considered unethical and unlawful abuse. Can be fined in your favor upwards $1000 per call.
An unknown creditor whom I have never dealt with (past or present) keeps calling me. How can I stop all calls from this number and (515) 212-2416; same company & a different contact person.
Invest in a call blocker and DO NOT pick up on call numbers you do not recognize.
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In any event,
Just because someone on the phone calling you says you owe a debt does not mean you actually owe it.
If a voice on the telephone claims you owe a debt:
1. Demand the person give you his or her name, company name, and address
2. Demand a debt validation letter by US mail. E-mail no good.
3. Do not pay the collection agent or anyone else a dime until the debt is validated
Of course they won’t do this, no scammer ever will, so simply ignore them and block their calls.
If they are bothering you, report them:
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection (Threatening civil proceedings with no intent to follow through, or threatening criminal process in order to collect a civil debt is a violation of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.) The same goes for endless telephone harassment
Note that the US Supreme Court in the Case of HENSON ET AL. v. SANTANDER CONSUMER USA INC., has recently ruled that the provisions of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act do not apply if the creditor owns the debt in question. As a practical matter this probably won't effect the kinds of scam debt collectors who often show up on 800notes. The scam collectors don't give you any information about themselves so it is impossible to know whether or not they in fact "own" the debt in question. Most do not send debt validation letters and many often say they are collecting for someone else. So, make the complaint anyway if they are bothering you. Let the FTC sort it out.
Also contact your local attorney general
If they continue to bother you, and you know you do not owe any money, tell them that you know this is a debt scam and that you are making a complaint to the police for extortion. Once you get a copy of the police report and they call you again , just read out the file number and the name of the PD or Sheriff’s office involved. Tell them you’ll be glad to send a copy to them at whatever address the jack***es are working out of now.
You'll probably have to yell at them and talk over them.
You have to get tuff with these people because, being akin to thugs, brute force is (metaphorically speaking). the only thing they understand.
MRP appears to be basically the Hunter and Knight "govern yourself accordingly " scam.
Call from a variety of numbers currently using a 515 area code to make the people they call think that this Hunter Group is located in Iowa.
I suspect they are located in New York state but are following a new trend of using Midwest area codes to mask their true location.
This group is most likely a phantom outgrowth of:
Weinberg Mediation Group
c/o JERRY VERHAGEN
3380 SHERIDAN DR.
SUITE #133
AMHERST, NEW YORK, 14226
Call from:
515 200 7233
515-200-7780
515-200-7783
515-200-7945 Upadhye. Legal Mediation Services
515-200-7970 Also using a CID of Weinberg Mediation Group
515-200-7984
515-200-7991
515-212-2456
515-212-2457
515-212-2466
515-212-2467 Uses Hunter and Knight Mediation Services
515-212-2531
515-212-2602
515-212-2620
______________________
In any event,
Just because someone on the phone calling you says you owe a debt does not mean you actually owe it.
If a voice on the telephone claims you owe a debt:
1. Demand the person give you his or her name, company name, and address
2. Demand a debt validation letter by US mail. E-mail no good.
3. Do not pay the collection agent or anyone else a dime until the debt is validated
Of course they won’t do this, no scammer ever will, so simply ignore them and block their calls.
If they are bothering you, report them:
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection (Threatening civil proceedings with no intent to follow through, or threatening criminal process in order to collect a civil debt is a violation of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.) The same goes for endless telephone harassment
Note that the US Supreme Court in the Case of HENSON ET AL. v. SANTANDER CONSUMER USA INC., has recently ruled that the provisions of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act do not apply if the creditor owns the debt in question. As a practical matter this probably won't effect the kinds of scam debt collectors who often show up on 800notes. The scam collectors don't give you any information about themselves so it is impossible to know whether or not they in fact "own" the debt in question. Most do not send debt validation letters and many often say they are collecting for someone else. So, make the complaint anyway if they are bothering you. Let the FTC sort it out.
Also contact your local attorney general
If they continue to bother you, and you know you do not owe any money, tell them that you know this is a debt scam and that you are making a complaint to the police for extortion. Once you get a copy of the police report and they call you again , just read out the file number and the name of the PD or Sheriff’s office involved. Tell them you’ll be glad to send a copy to them at whatever address the jack***es are working out of now.
You'll probably have to yell at them and talk over them.
You have to get tuff with these people because, being akin to thugs, brute force is (metaphorically speaking). the only thing they understand.