my elderly father (who has dementia/heart condition) received a call which upset him regarding being sued for fraud & was given an affidavit #. I spoke to a david smith then got the info about what account they were calling about then hung up. I called the # that was given to me to check on the supposed owed account & the # was out of service then tried looking up the corp. office address for the co. for the account & no such address matched. I tried looking up Cont. Legal Support on the BBB-nothing, I googled them & luckly came up w/this site & fd another address in Washington NJ which when I pulled up the website was just another business giving out business reviews for money however they did have a map site which I went to & it was an old small office building that held other businesses(massage etc). I called back & spoke to a Jacklyn Smith-funny how everyone's last name is Smith!! & she would not give me their address or any other info. I work full time plus, have a deabled son & elderly father to take care of & my dtr w/2 sons had to move back in due to loss of job so I don't have time to do any more f/u on this but I intend to call the local TV station & give then the info, they have a investigative team that will hopefully check this out & stop this people from scarring/scamming anyone else out of their hard earned money!!!
my elderly father (who has dementia/heart condition) received a call which upset him regarding being sued for fraud & was given an affidavit #. I spoke to a david smith then got the info about what account they were calling about then hung up. I called the # that was given to me to check on the supposed owed account & the # was out of service then tried looking up the corp. office address for the co. for the account & no such address matched. I tried looking up Cont. Legal Support on the BBB-nothing, I googled them & luckly came up w/this site & fd another address in Washington NJ which when I pulled up the website was just another business giving out business reviews for money however they did have a map site which I went to & it was an old small office building that held other businesses(massage etc). I called back & spoke to a Jacklyn Smith-funny how everyone's last name is Smith!! & she would not give me their address or any other info. I work full time plus, have a deabled son & elderly father to take care of & my dtr w/2 sons had to move back in due to loss of job so I don't have time to do any more f/u on this but I intend to call the local TV station & give then the info, they have a investigative team that will hopefully check this out & stop this people from scarring/scamming anyone else out of their hard earned money!!!
Just received a call from this number from a Josephine claiming to be a "special investigator" claiming i owe on a 6 year old credit card debt. She said that if i didnot settle something with her in 2 hrs that i would receive a subpoena about a pending lawsuit. I asked her to mail me a debt verification letter which she refused she said that the only thing that she would be mailing me would be a subpoena. I stated to her that I wanted to verify this supposed debt and she once again pressured me to agree on a settlement. I stated that i live in CA and that the statue of limitations is 4 yrs on a credit card debt even if this debt was valid. She didnot hav much more to add accept that i could try calling tomorrow but they might not have my "file" any longer. Has anyone dealing with Continental Legal Support had any resolution to these calls/claims? I find this very sketchy and am going to investigate further.
My Mom received a voice mail from this company & responded out of concern. They told her that they were going to garnish her wages, freeze her assets and possibly have her jailed for fraud. She was to say the least upset and called me for advice. I am a manager of a collection agaency. I took all the information and assured her that none of what they told her was remotely possible. She was afraid to deposit her payroll check.
I called these folks (who refused to give me their office location) and spoke with a woman who did not identify herself. She told me they are not a collection agency because they do not accpt payments at their office. I then spoke to her boss (Lloyd?) who told me the same thing. I explained the working of Fair Debt Practices Act and how he and his employees violated it on many points. He even discussed the account with me; a 3rd party. He finally ended the call stating that I did not know what I was talking about.
Folks all collectors are not like these scamers. We make our employees follow the rules to the letter. If you get a call from this company or any other company like them please record the call and then call the Attorney General for your state and the state the company is from. They need to be stopped.
Bottom line is they have purchased accounts and are trying to collect out of statute bills by using illegal techniques.
I too received the same type of message, and talked to a Josphenine Brown and Carol. They said I owed on an old car repo and given me an affividant number as well. I tried to call the number on the weekend but they weren't available, I then tried to call today...was on HOLD for about 45min. I hung up and looked up this company on Google and ended up here. I am glad I spotted this. My first instinct when the called originally made me feel as if it was a scam because they were trying to double talk, but this just solidifies that it is a SCAM! Terrible people in the world...beware.