Palisades Collection Pressler & Pressler ripoff, scam artists, fraudalent people Englewood Cliffs New Jersey
My mom has the same problem. She received a letter from court saying that pressler & pressler is suing her for breach of contract saying that she owes $561.00. This account was originally opened by my aunt without my moms authorization and we recently found out. Anyways, the letter from the court said that she had 30 days from the date the secretary sent her the copies,May24th (5 days after this lawyers filed May 19th) to answer the complaint. Well thanks god I came across with this website and got some ideas on how to answer to the court. I replied back and took the papers myself to court on June 9th which would give them 15 days to answer. I sent pressler & pressler copies of my response and sent copies to palisades collection to validate this debt certified return receipt.
Well on June 21st she received 2 letters from pressler & pressler (still no answer from the court) dated June 15th, saying that I did not answer the claim on time and due to that error they werent able to validate this debt, but they will still request from the original creditor a copy of the application or contract and if its received they will foward them to her. In the meantime they sent me a print out from their computer showing the total amount (made by them) like a bill basically also showing her social. It shows that she owes $542.05 not $561.00 like they put in the summons and its signed by a different lawyer from the law suit filed in court.
The second letter states that she must answer several questions within 30 days of receipt and return them certified to their office under the provisions of NJ court rule 6:4-3 and if they are not answered, judgement may be entered against her without trial. Then the second page following this one, looks like the papers you get from court but of course these arent from court, they were made them in their office. It says civil action interrogatories dated June 19th.
It says:
DEMAND is hereby made of defendant(S) for certified answers to the following interrogatories within the time prescribed by the rules of this court.
Now what court are we talking about??? They are lawyers!! and once again she hasnt received any papers from the court showing proof of their response showing that she needs to show up.
The first question basically asks to provide names, addresses, and dates of the people that used this cell number during the time they are charging her...
The second one asks to provide cell phone numbers used by my mom in the past six yrs.
Third asks to attach any documentation evidencing my moms mailing address between that time period (01-04) which should include copies of energy bills, mortgage loans, drivers lic, lease, etc... and list mailing addresses where my mom got each of these documents.
Then the last part says I certify bla bla bla... basically she has to sign certifying that she told the truth and that provided legit documents.
These people are scam artists!!!!! They of course dont have proof of debt validation, so they send these letter to scare my mom, showing that these papers come from the court when they were actually made in their office...Basically asking questions they need answers to. Should I counter sue them???
Then on top of that they said she never answered the complaint in time??? We all have proofs that we did. In fact the papers I took to court are stamped by the court and show that I made the correct steps..... Should I answer these letters or should I ignore them??? Thank you!!
Clary
wny, New Jersey
U.S.A.
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Clary
wny,New Jersey,
U.S.A.
its hard
#3Author of original report
Tue, June 27, 2006
Yes I did say that my aunt opened up this account in her name. Well its hard because they are sisters, but not only that, she also trashed her credit opening credit card under my mom's name. She is in our home country now she is no longer in NJ. My mom plans to get a lawyer and show everything but say that she has no clue who did it. Even though they will find out who it is right away. but she is tooooooo good.... If i was her i wouldnt done it a long time ago... See there is something involved. My aunt came to this country in 1999 with cancer, my aunt took us in and took care of her, so my mom kinda feels bad or i dunno what to call it..... Anyways but now this came up....
She just got a "postcard" from "court" (not stamped) saying that she needs to show up in court on sept @ 8:30am. Now, court papers or apointments are never sent using a postcard. They are always in an envelope and stamped by the court. I still have to check her po box but I doubt this is from court. No certified mail either.... This is getting scary.. Any suggestions?
Don
Belleville,Illinois,
U.S.A.
fraud
#3Consumer Suggestion
Tue, June 27, 2006
First let me say that obviously, Pressler & Pressler needs to verify the debt, and follow through with the legal procedure.
But, I have one question based on your post. You said right in it, that this account was opened in your Mom's name by your Aunt. My first question is, has your Mom gone to the police to file a fraud report? I know that many people do not want to get family in trouble, but your Aunt committed identity theft. That is a crime, which she should be dealt with for.