Comments on: Collection Fraud – Collection Scam

By: Wenona Lekas

Wenona Lekas — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:32:43 +0000

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By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:42:03 +0000

What do I do if they have called me and threatened that that day they were serving me papers and told me I had to set up a payment plan right then or be served. I was at work and getting looks fro mmy boss so I didnt pay attention too much to what they were saying (I know, this is my fault) but set up a payment on one of my prepaid cards… what should I do now because upon looking up this company, all i get is bad reports, scam warnings, etc…

thanks!

By: Lauri Brinkman

Lauri Brinkman — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:06:06 +0000

Oh my goodness, me and my husband started getting calls at our home and at my husbands work… saying we have an outstanding balance with a payday loan and if we do not pay $645.35 they are forwarding it to the federal business investigation and they were going to show up at my husbands work and have him arrested. I talked with the attorney general and they say just ignore, but the calls are every 10 minutes. He even went as far to say, you just wait and see what Monday brings you it will be bad. Very clearly not from america, could hardly understand. They come across as several different phone numbers. As hard as it may be, just ignore and don’t give them anything. They gave me the call back number of (856) 896-6588 or (856) 210-2580 first name David, can’t understand the last name.

By: Bren

Bren — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:55:31 +0000

union filing services/portfolio investment service in corna ca is a collection agency scam DO NOT GIVE THESE PEOPLE MONEY if u have call your bank, local police department, get a lawyer, im seeking one also jc christiansen is a scam

By: Thomas A. Williams

Thomas A. Williams — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:59:56 +0000

I am reading these posts and I feel like such a sucker and victim. I recently receive calls from such nefarious scammers. They stated they were going to open a warrant out for my arrest, and was going to call my employer, and have them arrested too. I was under extreme pressure from their highly belligerent behavior over the phone. They all had foreign accents, with American names. Names like David Parker, Dominick Turnado stating they are working for some Lawyer/Collection Agency. The phone #’s they called from was 518 621 2694, 714 441 8691, these are fake #’s that pop up on your caller ID. If you dial these #’s they are always busy. They want all your vital information, to confirm your identity. They ask you to write a letter of authorization and fax it to them. FAX # 206 350 1811. They debit your account with a fake Payee name like ACLS MCDONOUGH GA or ACLS GA. They make it seem like you got to pay back a loan that never existed on a high interest rate. Loan for $350 has to be paid back with payment of $797.00. No such thing in the world legally exists. 877 624 2246 is a fake 800# they use also. This scam just occurred to me within this week. I am ready to change my bank account and debit card to protect my funds and my identity. What can we do to protect ourselves and bring this band of scammers to justice for their highly fraudulent practices… These scammers have no soul, and act like it too.

By: tina

tina — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:10:47 +0000

I had an american speaking guy were all me by the name of Michael Klein from worldwide assets 7168333733. He said I had a open act with cash advanced network refused to give me their phone #number said they wldnt want to deal with ms anyways and I was gonna have to pay over 1000me for a 200 loan. He had all my info ss# name he faxed me a letter with the original creditor on it with his address and his bank info ( cause he wanted me to do a bank to bank transfer even gave me bank acct and routing #. I looked up the PDL company to verify loan they had me paid off and at a zero balance they called this guy for me in which h e got irate with her stating. he never told me which company he was representing lol…..little did he remember he faxed me a letter with it all on there. I then decided to search the address he put down 136 highgate ave buffalo ny 14214 and its a residence 3 bedroom 1.5 bath homeowner was a different person. I will be reporting him to the FTC, BBB, FBI. When u threatenme wth jail and try to take money from my family (cause I am a single mother of two with no help ) I research every detail to verify if u don’t send me stuff through mail. I gave in once and lost out in 1500 to a freakin scam and now I make sure!!!!!!!!!

By: Dawn

Dawn — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 03:28:03 +0000

Recently (Today) I get a 504 area code and 904 from a “James Anderson” from orange county f.l.a.p.d
Telling me unfortunately I cannot tell you this serious matter over a voicemail so its very important you call me back right now. I called and again hearing a (indian accent) and alot of other people talking all at once. He’s telling me that I owe $1500 and I need to get it paid if I didn’t that the police will drag me to jail. I hung up since Ive been through this with them already. They called me back and told them exactly that. “I already been through this with you guys” he said “oh we’re not representing cash day loan (OMG HOW DID THEY KNOW???)
So I started to laugh and told them how did you know about the loan? And he redirected the conversation towards how I’m going to pay for this $1500 I asked him why and how I owe this money and he didn’t even want to tell me how this bill even occured. So I hung up.
WHY did they call my job!!! (I was at work)
my supervisor calls me over to tell me I had an emergency phone call.
it was James Anderson!!!!
I told him “HOW DARE YOU CALL MY WORK, DONT CALL BACK EVER!”
so he calls my cell again to tell me that if I do not pay this loan back that he would keep calling my job to make me lose my job! I can’t believe this! At this point I’m just fed up. There needs to be an end to this.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 03:19:30 +0000

The same thing happened with meto while back and now it’s happening again, but now worse!. Got a call about being sued for $300 and thought it was true b/c I had took out a payday loan but had paid it off right away. So at first I was confused. What through me off was that the loan wasn’t the same name as the one I had taken out. The man gave me the date of when they had “deposited this money into my account” I called my bank and they confirmed I had never had a deposit. They kept calling me back to back telling me if I didn’t pay off this $300 that it will turn out to $6000 because of lawyer and court fees. What was scary was that he had all of my information ss# work information birthday address etc; they had everything!. So I had hung up and told my husband and my husband answered the next phone call from them. He knows the law so he asked the man “if you’re the third party give me the loans information so I can confirm that my wife owes this much” and the man said oh well your wife will be getting sued have a good day and hung up! and my husband called back hounding him and my husband told him oh you don’t like the phone calls so stop calling my wife!…The phone calls stopped for a little while

By: amber

amber — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 02:17:22 +0000

Ok so I have received calls from this “david jones” who was a complete jerk. I don’t have paydays lones. They had my email address and the last 4 of my social. As if that’s not scary enough they call again and again and again. They have heavy accents. Very heavy I had to listen very closely to make sure that I was hearing them right. Charges, jail time, I’m a criminal. Here’s the truely funny part they tried to give me my acct # and they gave me my daughters prepaid debt account. Ummm hello not even close bud. I thought I was done with these jerks when they started again. Now there calling themselves cyber crimes unit and that 11am the day after his call I would find myself in court. Ok ppl if someones actually gonna come and arrest you they don’t give you an exact time. Ummm first I have no unpaid loans and besides those are a civil matter and ppl can not threaten to take you to court or use any threats at all. Next I doubt id steal my own idenity so wth??? They are messin with the wrong girl. But that’s fine keep callin me I report every # they call me from and every name they use. In all seriousness. I know that most of us know this is a scam but it makes you extremely uneasy to have someone call you like this. If your gettin these calls ur not alone and report them to the states attorney general make sure you have the name they are using and the # they call from that may help squash this scam. Don’t give in whatever you do. Everytime they get someones money they win

By: tia

tia — Thu, 19 May 2011 16:14:08 +0000

I have been recieving these phone calls as well for over a long period of time. Like some of you i did pay at first and again getting calls that i owe them money. We need to put a stop to this. They last time they called my 8 yr old son picked up the phone and freaked out because this a-hole stated to him that mommy was going to jail. Thats where i draw the line. I have filed a complaint with FTC, with the AZ governer, FBI, and still doing what ever i can. Next is contacting our news to get the word out about these people. Its wrong what they are doing and it needs to stop,

By: Jolie

Jolie — Wed, 18 May 2011 15:32:55 +0000

Wow, I just a call yesterday from a Mr. Carter leaving me a harsh threatening voicemail saying that he was an investigator in VA and that he was looking for me to serve me papers and have the police arrest me for writing a bad check. I haven’t written a check in 4 years! So I ignored it. Well, then the next day they started contacting my family and my ex-husband and his girlfriend saying I am out writting bad checks that they better give me the message or I will be in jail tomorrow. So of course my mom calls me in a frantic and I explain but this harrasing my family and worrying them to death is uncalled for. Then today I decided to call them so I can resolve this issue so they stop harrasing my family. I talked to a Marie lady and she proceeds to tell me that I took out a payday loan in 2007 (4 years ago) that I never paid. I did take out a loan once and it was the last time I would ever do that, please don’t do it no matter how tight on money you get!, but I paid it back. Anyway, Marie then says It was for 300.00 and that I now owe 1000.00 WHAT!! So then I told them that I needed them to send me paperwork showing the original loan amount, how much I paid towards it and what I apprently owe them now. I also asked her to send me a breakdown of what is actually being paid to the payday loan people and how much they were going to make off this because 1000.00 for a 300.00 loan is way to much. She couldn’t do it. She said she didn’t have that information she only had what I owed to the payday loan. She then threatened me and told me that they would call my job and have me fired and arrested their. I panicked and made a payment arraingement with them and they took 150.00 out within minutes. After telling my boyfriend he freaked and said by law they have to show me documentation. I then looked online and saw numerious rip off complaints about these people. Well needless to say I cancled my debit card and moved my money out of that account. I got suckard out of 150.00 and very mad at myself now for falling for this scam. I am going to report them to everyone I know and will have to call my whole family and tell my job what is going on which is very humiliating for me to do. UGHHHH!! How could I have fallen for this Anyway, please beware of these people and if they want to take me to court then so be it and they better have documentation of this debt I apparently owe them. If I owe it so be it but I am not giving money over the phone to anyone that can’t provide me with some proof!!!! LESSON LEARNED

By: Leigh

Leigh — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 04:31:45 +0000

I have been getting these calls for over a year and 1/2. I like a fool paid the first one because I panicked, the said attorney and court. I then contacted a friend of mine at the police department and he called them. I hadnt recieved any calls for about 6 months and now they are calling me again. It is bad enough that this country is sending our jobs over to India so they have all access to our phone lines so they can use them against us. They have our jobs and now they want to scam us besides. WELL I HAVE HAD ENOUGH. Bring our jobs back to the United States and close all phone access off to them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sick of being scammed

By: Stephanie Braudrick

Stephanie Braudrick — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:18:20 +0000

WOW! I though I was the only one going through this with these assholes! I started receiving threatening phone calls from the right before Christmas 2010, it is now March 2011 and they are still calling me. I obtained a short term online loan (never, ever again!!)paid if off and never thought about it again until I started getting calls from “Mark Twain, Angel Jackson, Christopher Davis, David Jones, Michael Jones” and yes, they all have Indian sounding accents. I have tried many times to get these so called “charges” sent to me in writing and they will not send anything to me. One guy said he was an attorney so I asked for his Bar number and told him my daughter was a paralegal and asked if she could speak to him. He would not give it to me so then I knew he was a fraud and I called him on it and he started yelling at me. I now let the calls go to voicemail and have saved all the threatening messages but from reading about how many people they are targeting, I dont think they will be stopped anytime soon. Now, when I really get mad, I engage them in conversation and tell them to get me someone that SPEAKS ENGLISH and UNDERSTANDS ENGLIST, then they get all flustered.
I am glad to have found this website, at least I can vent a little bit.

By: Christina

Christina — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 03:34:17 +0000

http://california.14thstory.com/predator-collection-services-inc.html

SCAM-JAMES (JIM) LOESCH – DEBT COLLECTOR AND TAXI DRIVER

HE OWNS GLOBAL COLLECTIONS SERVICES WHICH HAS A SUSPENDED LICENSE AND THEY ARE NOT BONDED OR DO THEY CARRY E&O INSURANCE!!

HE RIPPED US OFF AND STILL HAS NOT PAID US OUR MONEY!!

THIS IS THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. I have Judge Judy willing to take the case but he is too chicken to do it. Judge Judy will pay the judgment and fly him out but he won’t do it because he is so wrong. To boot he is threatening to sue me for posting these. Well its the TRUTH so it is not Libel!!! PAY UP LOSER!!!!

James (JIM) Loesch – GLOBAL COLLECTIONS SERVICES was hired to collect a debt for a judgment that we won. He collected a fee ahead of time at a discounted rate to take over the collections. The agreement was all checks were to be paid to us. He kept telling us he did not collect it yet and we came to find out he collected it 2 months ago. When he found out we knew he wrote us an email that he would like to negotiate to pay us back in November on a monthly basis of $500 a month. After that email I received an email from another colleague that he got the same email.

Jim Loesch scam is to collect a few judgments for you. Make you trust him and then when you fully trust him, give you a deal where you pay him up front at a discounted rate with the promise he will collect the debt and have the client pay you in full.

DO NOT BE FOOLED BY HIM! HE IS A SOCIOPATH AND LIAR.

If he contacts you to collect a debt, make sure to let the debtor know that he is a crook. Oh sure, he says this is not a crime. What do you think? Don’t let this happen to you.

If you pay him, you may end up still owing the money. SO DO NOT PAY HIM!!!! Pay the debtor directly no matter what he says. Contact the district attorney for more information on JAMES LOESCH. He has not paid off his debt. These will be posted until he has paid in full including what he charged us to collect with interest.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF THIS GUY, PLEASE CONTACT ME OR THE SF DA’s OFFICE!.

I WILL KEEP POSTING EVERY WEEK UNTIL THE FULL DEBT IS PAID WITH INTEREST INCLUDING WHAT HE CHARGED US. PLEASE HELP ME SPREAD THE WORD AND POST THIS TO OTHER SOCIAL NETWORKS! I HAVE FRIEND ALL OVER THE COUNTRY HELPING US AS WELL….THANK YOU

By: Mandi

Mandi — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:51:36 +0000

I started getting calls from a blocked number last week. When I listened to the voicemail it said it was UPS calling about reference # blah, blah, blah. I thought it was a little weird that United Parcel Service’s would be calling me about a package. So I called back and spoke with a female who claimed to be Maria Delgato. She did not have an accent, but definitely used the scare tactic. She claimed that I had never paid back a payday loan that I had taken out from Cash Advance. I had taken a payday loan from Cash Advance back in ’03 or ’04, but it was paid off shortly after. She claimed that it was not paid and that I had taken one out in January 2006, and that I owed $605. I told her this didn’t happen and she claimed that they could trace the loan back to the IP address of the computer that it was taken from. She furthermore stated that if I didn’t take care of this matter right away, that a judge would be forced to rule against me and I would have to pay 4 times what I originally owed. I asked her for physical proof but she just kept repeating that they had the IP address where I took the from. I also asked why this is the first time I am hearing about this and she said that two different collection agencies have revolved the account and sent me numerous notifications and that she and the attorney’s she worked for were my last chance. I told her I was going to verify with my bank and Cash Advance and that I would call her back. I have not called her back and since then have gotten a phone call from her everyday saying that I don’t have much time left and she actually gave me a date and time that my account would be turned over to a judge to issue a summons and that date has passed. Now I got a call today from her “supervisor”. He claims to be Mr. Goldberg. He basically says the same thing, but he added that my employer would be notified of my failure to cooperate. After the first call I did some research on line and first of all I couldn’t find ANYTHING for Unified Portfolio Services, which is who they both claimed to work for. I also checked the phone numbers and I had no luck on the 800 number, but the 716 number was a cell phone registered in NY. I finally went to the website for Cash Advance and right there on their home page is a warning about a debt collection scam, describing exactly what had happend to me. I just hope the annoying calls stop soon! Here is the information I got from them..

Unified Portfolio Services
866-936-7667
716-989-0591
Maria Delgato
Mr. Goldberg

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:18:52 +0000

I have been dealing with this hell for the past two days. I recieved a call from someone named Jason Smith who definately has a foreign accent, probably Indian, but I am not sure. He said he was an attorney from California. The more I questioned him, the more threatening and rude he got. After several phone calls, I was able to confirm that I have never even borrowed money from the payday loan place that he claimed to be representing. Although I have taken out payday loans, I don’t owe the $500.00 he claimed that I owe. He directed me to the Customer affairs and Business Regulations of Instant Cash USA, which seems to be able to tell me that I don’t owe money to. Instant Cash USA even told me that THEY DON’T HAVE ANYONE WORKING FOR THEM!!!!! That is the scary part. I have had to have my bank account red flagged, which thankfully my Credit Union is extremely helpful and understanding when it comes to this sort of thing. I am hoping that these jerk offs don’t have enough of my information to do anything with, but believe me, the more informed you get, the more they back away. I went to the police and they could not do anything because I have not been “a victim of any crime yet. I was disappointment by that, but they did listen to me. Please be careful if anyone calls you. I was also told that it is against the law to call me and bother me at my work. Be careful, People, these people are idiots and preying on innocent people.

By: Nikki..Fed Up

Nikki..Fed Up — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:37:56 +0000

Claims to be debt collector from payday loan that I did NOT have. Threatening messages asking for attorney info. and saying “God Bless You and Good Luck”. Speak VERY broken English. Gives American/English name with STRONG middle-eastern accent. ie: Officer Mark Reneiecen, Aaron Thompson, Mike Davis, Michael Davis, Shane Harris, Shaun Harris,John Adams, John Rogers. Threatening jail time, “a bad situation unfolds”, court fees. Sometimes claims to be from “All American Financial” or “Federal Dept. of Justice.” Claims to “download” a subpoena..arrest warrant…law suit..going to arrest me at work…meet me at courthouse. Sometimes has the nerve to say “God Bless You” or “Good Luck”. HILARIOUS considering I actually work for the state level Justice Cabinet! Sometimes claims to be representing CashNetUSA or CashUSA.Net. Call cell, place of business..and anyone you may have listed as a reference on an online payday loan or anything else….from years ago! Gave him the # to my attorney….the Better Business Bureau….became irate. Also give number to local police fraud division as attorney’s number. Using female “Kim Stewart from Jaffe and Jaffe Law Firm” claims to have sent legal documents to a gmail account. So silly!

#s used:
646-653-2116
347-635-5971
358-956-4259
502-291-3000
202-241-5919
592-672-7369
421-781-8274
646-571-3386
646-396-9593
954-849-4843
585-331-8325
724-315-7309
347-286-7465
520-336-9109
502-291-3000
502-291-0000
315-551-5643
866-447-9180
424-244-6224
424-244-6221

Have posted this with State Attorney General’s website..Better Business Bureau..IC3 website..FTC..www.credit.com..anyone/anywhere who will listen or allow posting. Immediate supervisor at employer has been notified. Just wish the calls would stop on cell and at job. This is RIDICULOUS!

By: Sandie

Sandie — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 03:02:44 +0000

877-855-1624 Ms. Garcia called and said I didnt pay back an internet pay day loan. I have never taken out an internet payday loan. This is a scam. They may have some of your personal information but do not give them any information. The only thing you need to do is to report them to your state’s attorney general. Other phone numbers that I’ve reported are 760-262-3980 Attorney James Parker (yeah right) and 877-258-1188.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:15:49 +0000

Claims to be debt collector from payday loan that I did NOT have. Threatening messages asking for attorney info. and saying “God Bless You and Good Luck”. Speak VERY broken english. Gives American/English name with STRONG middle-eastern accent. ie: Officer Mark Reneiecen, Aaron Thompson, John Adams. Threatening jail time, court fees. Sometimes claims to be from “All American Financial” or “Federal Dept. of Justice.” Claims to “download” a subpoena..arrest warrant…law suit..going to arrest me at work…meet me at courthouse. HILARIOUS considering i actually work for the state level Justice Cabinet! Sometimes claims to be representing CashNetUSA or CashUSA.Net. Call cell, place of business..and anyone you may have listed as a reference on an online payday loan….from years ago! Gave him the # to may attorney….the Better Business Bureau….became irate.

#s used:
646-653-2116
347-635-5971
358-956-4259
502-291-3000
202-241-5919
592-672-7369
421-781-8274
646-571-3386
646-396-9593
954-849-4843
585-331-8325

By: msc123

msc123 — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:05:38 +0000

I have gentleman that has been calling me off and on for the past year. He says he is with Monitoring Criminal Imaging. Phone # (011) 760-262-0970. The number on caller id always starts with 011?? Anyways he wants to collect a debt for Sonic cash net. I do have payday loans, however, this is not a company I have loaned from.

Today (1/31/11) he called my work number. He told my secretary that he filed a case against me and I have not responded. One – if it was a true collection call he should not have devulged any information. I called him back and he indicated that I would be served tomorrow. I asked for the name of the company and any information. He indicated sonic cash and he could not email or fax me any information – he was not a collector. He was the person filing the case against me. I indicated that I would not verify any information and that I did not have a loan with the above mentioned. He said I would find out all the information when it’s filed with the Court in louisiana tomorrow. I will wait and see.

At this point, I intend to submit a complaint with FTC, BBB and the Attorney General. (note: I have done this previously – but they change names and numbers). Will write blog back if any information is submitted tomorrow.