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Complaint Review: Law Office Of Timothy Collins - Buffalo New York
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Law Office Of Timothy Collins
4842 Ridge Lea Rd Buffalo, 14226 New York, U.S.A.
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Law Office Of Timothy Collins ripoff, illegal debt collection, fraud, harassment Buffalo New York
In June 2005 I received a call from Collins Law Office. A woman named Marcela told me they had gotten a debt from Visa in my name and would settle for $1250. She told me she would reduce it to $1000 and waive the attorney fees.
She then told me she needed to have my bank account number and information on file so that Collins Law Office could collect the $1000 by the end of the month. She told me I had to have the bank information on file by the end of the day. I was scared and I gave her my information in hopes that I could somehow come up with $1000 by the end of the month.
I am a mother of 2 and currently not working outside my home. I told my mother of what had happened to me and she began investigating with Consumer Affairs. I was then notified that Collins Law Office was a fraudulent company illegally collecting debts.
On June 6 I sent a certified letter to Collins Law Office requesting verification of my debt in writing and requesting that they no longer contact me by phone, but by mail only. I tracked the letter and confirmed that they (Collins Law Office) did, in fact, receive the letter and sign for it 3 days later. I also had to close my bank account due to the fact that Collins Law Office now had my account number and information.
During the last week of June, I received 4 phone messages from Marcela from Collins Law Office regarding the debt and the bank information that I gave to them. I had to write a second letter on July 4, again stating that I wanted verification of my debt in writing and not to contact me by phone. I have heard nothing from Collins Law Office since that date.
This is the second time I was contacted by Collins Law Office. The first time was in November 2004, and I was unaware of my rights to fair debt collection practices. At that time, I paid $2500 to Collins Law Office for a credit card debt not knowing that the company was fraudulant. My husband had to take out a loan to pay the first debt because Collins Law Office told me I would be taken to court and face attorney's fees along with the debt they were already collecting if I did not pay within the 30 days they gave me.
Heather
Arlington, Washington
U.S.A.
She then told me she needed to have my bank account number and information on file so that Collins Law Office could collect the $1000 by the end of the month. She told me I had to have the bank information on file by the end of the day. I was scared and I gave her my information in hopes that I could somehow come up with $1000 by the end of the month.
I am a mother of 2 and currently not working outside my home. I told my mother of what had happened to me and she began investigating with Consumer Affairs. I was then notified that Collins Law Office was a fraudulent company illegally collecting debts.
On June 6 I sent a certified letter to Collins Law Office requesting verification of my debt in writing and requesting that they no longer contact me by phone, but by mail only. I tracked the letter and confirmed that they (Collins Law Office) did, in fact, receive the letter and sign for it 3 days later. I also had to close my bank account due to the fact that Collins Law Office now had my account number and information.
During the last week of June, I received 4 phone messages from Marcela from Collins Law Office regarding the debt and the bank information that I gave to them. I had to write a second letter on July 4, again stating that I wanted verification of my debt in writing and not to contact me by phone. I have heard nothing from Collins Law Office since that date.
This is the second time I was contacted by Collins Law Office. The first time was in November 2004, and I was unaware of my rights to fair debt collection practices. At that time, I paid $2500 to Collins Law Office for a credit card debt not knowing that the company was fraudulant. My husband had to take out a loan to pay the first debt because Collins Law Office told me I would be taken to court and face attorney's fees along with the debt they were already collecting if I did not pay within the 30 days they gave me.
Heather
Arlington, Washington
U.S.A.
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Nascarman
Amherst,New York,
U.S.A.
She ripped me off too! I have her name and home contact #
#2Consumer Comment
Fri, July 18, 2008
do a search under her name on rip off report and you will see she is a crook. She now works for Burgess Law Office and is doing the same stuff there. Marcella Digaetano Phone: 716-886-1573 59 Military Rd Buffalo, New York, 14207 U.S.A.
