The company telephoned my work and stated the where with the Felony and Fraud Department and they were hired to collect a debt. They stated I had to pay it right now or they were going to send the police to my office. I attempted to explain that I was not the one they needed to contact and they would listen. They told me I was stealing and they were going to prosectute to the fullest of the law. I told them to go ahead and at least I would have my day in court and I hung up. They promptly called my cell and home leaving threatening calls. When I did not respond, they began to randomly call my office and speaking to anyone who answered the phone telling them first how they were and that they needed to contact me. They were trying to embarrase me at work. My HR director finally told me what they were doing and that they were not going to take the calls. They have called family members and leaving threatening messages for me. I can't believe they are aloud to do this. They are horribly rude and belligerent.

Arlene

Burbank, California

U.S.A.

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Queenb

Jacksonville,
Florida,
U.S.A.

You Are on BORROWED TIME

#2Consumer Comment

Fri, March 06, 2009

Yes We know we owe the debt but that doesnt justify your company breaking the law......YOU ARE NOT POLICE OFFICERS!!!!!!!! If thats what you want to be go into LAW ENFORCEMENT.......FYI MUST PASS BACKGROUND AND DRUG TEST!!!!!

Pay Your Bills

Jacksonville,
Florida,
U.S.A.

come on people!

#3UPDATE Employee

Thu, February 26, 2009

if we are calling for the wrong person, than tell us and we'll take it out. and to all the consumer responses saying we are a scam-gimme a break. we just MAGICALLY pulled ur ssn, home address, work #, relatives numbers, AND all ur checking information OUT OF THIN AIR??????? pay your bills and u wont have us calling you. and the statue of limatations is NOT TWO YEARS! do ur reasearch buddy....and stop writting checks to payday loan companies that u have NO INTENTION of paying back

Joe

Austin,
Texas,
U.S.A.

Report these guys to the Consumer Fraud Division of your Attorney General's Office

#4Consumer Comment

Fri, January 23, 2009

HOW IN THE WORLD DID THESE PEOPLE GET YOUR NAME? THIS IS FAKE. THESE GUYS SOUND LIKE THE BOTTOM FEEDERS WHO TRY TO COLLECT DEBTS THAT ARE PAST TWO YEARS--THE LEGAL STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. OR THEY JUST MAKE UP A DEBT THAT YOU HAVE NEVER HAD, NEVER WILL HAVE AND DO NOT HAVE AND THEY FIGURE THAT IF THEY KEEP HARRASSING YOU, YOU WILL PAY THEM TO STOP. THIS IS EXTORTION AND IT IS ALSO ILLEGAL. DO NOT PAY THEM A DIME. DO NOT ADMIT YOU OWE THE DEBT. YOU CALL THE CONSUMER FRAUD DIVISION OF YOUR STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE AND TELL THEM WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE DOING. IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU HAVE NO DEBT AND THEY ARE TRYING TO EXTORT YOU BUT WHERE IN THE WORLD THEY GOT YOUR NAME,ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBERS IS A MYSTERY TO ME!

Stacey

Dallas,
Texas,
U.S.A.

SCAM

#5Consumer Comment

Fri, January 23, 2009

You cannot be arrested for a debt unless you wrote a bad check and there are statutes of limitations on those as well depending on the State I had a debt collector try this on me - sued em in court and won If they call again let them know you know that this is a scam - I have never heard of this so called "debt collector" Sounds like another one of those idiots that ABC news did a report on - these individuals hacked into payday loan sites and stole information If not, could be a skip tracer trying to find an individual who has a name similar to yours - happened to my Grandmother - Skip tracer called my home looking for a person with same last name but first name was very different Hang in there -

Laurie

Haslet,
Texas,
U.S.A.

ITS ILLEGAL TO MAKE THREATS AND CALL YOUR CO-WORKERS OR FRIENDS LIKE THAT

#6Consumer Comment

Thu, January 22, 2009

IT ALSO SOUNDS LIKE THE FAKE COLLECTOR SCAM THAT HAS BEEN GOING FOR AND COMPLAINTS ABOUT ALL OVER THE INTERNET AND TV check out the story Fake Debt Collectors Terrorizing Consumers http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1 DID THEY HAVE ACCENTS? THIS IS THE TACTIC THEY USE TO SCARE YOU INTO PAYING A DEBT YOU DO NOT OWE They have been using different company names too Even if this was a legitimate Collection Agency = all you reported is illegal PERIOD! www.budhibbs.com for assistance with legitimate collection agencies

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