Complaint Review: ACS Inc.

I received this email today. I have never heard of this company, they have a gmail email address and are threatening to have me thrown in jail for check fraud and a bunch of other things. I have only had my checking account for 5 yrs, I don't have checks and I live in a different country. My husband is active duty military. After reading other complaints I see the email is the exact same as everyone else's except the amount. Here is the email:

Case No: HK-12/74305

Balance Amount:  $963.86

Case File Transferred to ACS: - November 2014 

Dear Customer, 

Having checked your Social Security Number through our National Checking Database System, and finding out that you have been never charged for a fraud activity, ACS has decided to give you a chance to take care of this issue outside of the Court without you having a report on your Credit History and SSN. In order to avoid a lawsuit of $2873.81 against you, we request you to kindly pay the Court Restitution Amount which is $963.86. If you settle this matter today, you may be entitled to get some percentage of deduction on the restitution amount. You will have to send us a promissory note in order to hold your case file from being sent to the court house. On a case to case basis, you may be given the solution to pay 45-55% of the pending amount in the same month & a 30 days extension to settle the rest of the settlement amount as mutually agreed.

As we were unable to reach you so we are sending you this final notification through email. This legal matter will require your cooperation, so kindly get in touch with the department to make a payment and freeze down this case.   

 As you are a defaulter on this credit, the following counts are likely to be represented against you at local County Courthouse:

(1)       VIOLATION OF FEDERAL BANKING REGULATION

(2)       COLLATERAL CHECK FRAUD

(3)       THEFT BY DECEPTION  

 Once the court action is initiated and a Judgment / Decree  against you to recover the balance amount with the cost of law suit is received, we may need to ask the court to give one of the following order, should the debt remains unpaid:-

• Attachment of Earnings base (Earnings Arrestment). Deduction from your wage by your employer or arrestment of part of your salary to satisfy the debt. 
• Warrant of Execution(Exceptional Attachment Order). Seizure and sale of movable non-essential assets / property by a County Court Bailiff /Sheriff Officer.

If you are under any state probation or payroll we need you to inform your reporting officer or manager about what you have done in the past and what would be the consequences once the case has been downloaded and executed in your name. If we do not hear from you within 48 hours of the date on this letter, we will be compelled to seek legal representation .We reserve the right to begin litigation for intent to commit wire fraud under the pretense of refusing to repay a debt committed to, by use of the internet and your SSN. In addition we reserve the right to seek recovery for the balance due, as well as legal fees and any court cost incurred.

The Factual Basis for the complaints are as follows:   

You accepted to return the funds from this aforementioned pending loan. 

And as per the agreement the funds have yet to be returned and the collateral has proven to be null that is to say of no value. 

At present, ACS INC is seeking either of the following remedies:-

All funds to be returned as per terms of initial contract.  

Dear debtor, as we were investigating your profile credit bureau & social security administration we need some right answers from your side. Also we would like to know when you can pay the requested $963.86 to settle this case.

To resolve this issue contact us during the working hours Monday to Friday 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM EDT on (334) 218-3500 or reply back to this email to get in touch with the representative.

NOTE: THIS CASE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION WITH MAJOR CREDIT BUREAUS.

Yours sincerely

Collections & Legal Department

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