I have been receiving calls from this for almost 4 years now!!! They're trying to locate a woman who does not work here. I have explained that in a good and bad way but nothing, they keep calling!!! I am so tired of their call!!!! This week have called every single day. UGH!!!!!!!!!!
SCAM - Fraudulent debt collector posing as a law firm. Left a voice mail on my work phone. Morgan with Bloom and Smith regarding a case pending in their office and I must call right away re: Case number 2014-xxxxxxx. Imperative that I call her at 855-393-4318. Then a robot comes on saying "your phone number is associated with a case in our office call 855-414-6205."
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
For all who have been targeted by this "organization", since this group is actually operating out of the Charlotte area, the proper local jurisdiction to file police reports would be the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
http://charmeck.org/city/charlotte/CMPD/Pages/default.aspx
You can make a report by telephone - If calling outside the Mecklenburg County, the Non-Emergency Crime Reporting: 704-336-7600
You can also make a police report online at
http://charmeck.org/city/charlotte/CMPD/Pages/ReportACrime.aspx
They've been calling since November. They took a break in December and are back at it today. This time, I actually called the number back. "Janice Bowers" answered the phone and very quickly read a list of charges against me filed from a payday loan company. She asked if I wanted to settle the matter in or out of court. I asked for an address and she gave me this address:
Bloom and Smith
P.O. Box 134587
Columbia, SC 29201
When I kept asking questions, she told me she was going to transfer me to someone else (couldn't make out what she said). I was placed on hold for a few seconds, then it hung up on me. No one called me back after they hung up.
What's odd is that any time I asked a question, she would type something THEN respond.
Was called this morning concerning a debt that I know I paid last year. I got the call back number and then later called back to find out more about the Lawyers. Bloom and Smith Firm Columbia, SC. The lady asked why I wanted to know and when I said that "I think I have a right to know.", she abruptly ended the call. Glad I decided to look into this.