51, Report:
#229506
Posted Date:
Jan 16 2007
Merchants' Credit Guide Co HARRASSED AND DAMANDED MONEY FOR A DEBT OVER 8 YEARS OLD RIPOFF Chicago Illinois
We were contacted by telephone from merchants credit guide co. the day after christmas 2006 that my husband owed over 3,200 dollars for a broken lease back in 1992. The amount was paid in full in 1998(we have verification). Since then a demanding letter has arrived still saying we ...
Entity
Merchants' Credit Guide Co
Categories: Collection Agency's
52, Report:
#228971
Posted Date:
Jan 08 2007
Merchants Credit Guide Company ripoff 15 year old debt Chicago Illinois
please help! Merchants Credit Guide Co. has been calling a family member looking for me for quite some time. Ken Hughes left a message that it was of the utmost importance that I return the call. Upon returning the call I find that they are trying to collect on an old debt from 1...
Entity
Merchants Credit Guide Company
Categories: Collection Agency's
53, Report:
#219526
Posted Date:
Nov 24 2006
MERCHANTS CREDIT GUIDE CO. FRAUD COLLECTION LETTER-CLAIMS DEBT IS FROM 1991 CHICAGO Illinois
Today I received a letter from Merchants stating I owe $1,216.46 from AT & T Communications. I called the phone number provided and they verified the last four of my ss#. I was told the debt is from 1991. Problem is I wasn't a homeowner until 1995. I've always had exceptional cr...
Entity
MERCHANTS CREDIT GUIDE CO.
Categories: Collection Agency's
54, Report:
#220640
Posted Date:
Nov 16 2006
Merchants Credit Guide Co. Trying to collect 50% from a 20 year old debt long settled Chicago Illinois
Wow, was I relieved to read the rip-off report on these Merchants Credit Guide Co. *&*&*s. I have been so stressed out this afternoon about the letter I received in the mail today that I'm still coming down from ultimate stress. Thanks to all who make the effort to bring these typ...
Entity
Merchants Credit Guide Co.
Categories: Collection Agency's
55, Report:
#218787
Posted Date:
Nov 03 2006
Merchants Credit Guide Co. Trying to collect on a 13 year old cable bill, I smell ripoff!! Chicago Illinois
I received a voice mail saying It was critical that I call a Ken Hughes at 888-249-1037 When I called I found out it was a collection agency.
They told me that I owed $148.65 for an AT&T Broadband bill from 1993, thats 13 years ago. AT&T was the cable TV provider for my town bac...
Entity
Merchants Credit Guide
Categories: Corrupt Companies
56, Report:
#217060
Posted Date:
Oct 22 2006
Landmark America - Merchants Credit Guide trying to collect on a bill that has already been though the court system in nebraska and has been awarded a judgement to genral collections in Grand Island Ne. and I have been paying on it for over a year ripoff Chicago Illinois
Sirs:
I am a man who is trying to get things strighten out on this bill with u.s. bank and have been paying on it at Genral collections who have all my accounts from us bank. I have been paying on them for over a year. I have told this to Landmark America and they sold the bill to ...
Entity
Landmark America - Merchants Credit Guide
Categories: Collection Agency's
57, Report:
#216749
Posted Date:
Oct 20 2006
Merchants Credit Guide Co. ripoff scumbags sent me a letter saying I owed them $5,950.01 with some bogus account number and saying that Harris Trust was the original Creditor their client is CFB Financial LLC and the bimbos name is Arlana Coppoedge, Its really funny because I've never owned a credit card, house, or took out loans so who the hell are they? Chicago Illinois
I sent them a letter back saying they have the wrong person ,the letter said that unless i notify them within 30 days that they will assume that I owe them that money, what a joke , who are these people ? I'd like to go smack the shit out of all of them , and on the back they give ...
Entity
Merchants Credit Guide Co.
Categories: Collection Agency's
58, Report:
#204020
Posted Date:
Oct 16 2006
Merchants' Credit Guide Co ripoff, numerous phone calls from Ken Hughes Chicago Illinois
I have received two phone calls on the last three days from Ken Hughes. I have received numerous phone calls before, then they stopped. Now I'm getting calls again.
I have never talked to him or returned the phone calls. I have read many of the reports on this website. I can't...
Entity
Merchants' Credit Guide Co
Categories: Collection Agency's
59, Report:
#214629
Posted Date:
Oct 09 2006
Merchants' Cridit Guide told me I owed money on debt that was 15 years old and closed. Chicago Illinois
The Merchants' Credit Guide Co. told me I owed
money on cridit card debt.
The debt was from 15 years ago and closed.
They kept calling me and told me to pay much
more than the debt was.
They frightened me into giving them $100 a month.
I'm on SSDisability because I ha...
Entity
Merchants' Cridit Guide
Categories: Collection Agency's
60, Report:
#214361
Posted Date:
Oct 05 2006
Merchandise Credit Guide Co. ripoff Chicago Illinois
I Reginald Thomas received a letter from MERCHANTS CREDIT GUIDE CO. indicating they represent MIDLAND RECEIVABLES 99-1 CORP. Demanding payment of 1,761.99 dollars to collect a dept within 30 days or it would file a judgement against my credit. Account #8500010467. File#15-0723143216...
Entity
Merchandise Credit Guide Co.
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
61, Report:
#214143
Posted Date:
Oct 04 2006
Merchants' Credit Guide Co. fraudulent billing Chicago Illinois
Got a letter telling me I could pay half of the amount owed to settle my debt with a credit card company. This credit card debt is 15 years old and has been written off.
The amount they claim I owe is inncorrect by several hundred dollars. They didn't get me, my trash can jus...
Entity
Merchants' Credit Guide
Categories: Collection Agency's
62, Report:
#213910
Posted Date:
Oct 03 2006
Merchants' Credit Guide ripoff claiming to be collecting from 5 year old, settled account, questionable account number ripoff Chicago Illinois
I received a phone call last week demanding settlement of an old account I had settled back in 2001. They quoted an account number I would have to search out to know if it had even been one of my old accounts. They said they had purchased the debt. I said there was no debt as the...
Entity
Merchants' Credit Guide
Categories: Corrupt Companies
63, Report:
#130567
Posted Date:
Sep 27 2006
Merchants Credit Guide, Ken Hughes RIPOFF SCAM automated calls Chicago Illinois
Just another one to add to the pile. I'm not as lucky as some of the others, instead of receiving letters I receive automated calls early in the morning asking me to contact a Ken Hughes. After being fed up with these calls I decide to call them (from a phone other than my home line...
Entity
Merchants Credit Guide
Categories: Collection Agency's
64, Report:
#212999
Posted Date:
Sep 27 2006
Merchants Credit Guide Co. ripoff collections on paid and invalid (over 10 years old) debt Chicago Illinois
I received a letter from MCG last week. It had my father's name on it but my address. I get mail like that from time to time as our names are very similar and sound similar as well. The debt was supposedly for a newspaper account with the Chicago Tribune.
Having been a custome...
Entity
Merchants Credit Guide Co.
Categories: Collection Agency's
65, Report:
#212470
Posted Date:
Sep 24 2006
Merchants Credit Guide ripoff fraudulent defaulted account CHICAGO Illinois
I received a bill for $145.36 from Merchants Credit Guide Co. stating that they purchased my defaulted account from Allegheny Power.
I called them back, only to be told that I would have to send a letter to them to dispute it, saying that it was not my bill. The address they said...
Entity
Merchants Credit Guide
Categories: Collection Agency's
66, Report:
#201223
Posted Date:
Sep 20 2006
Call Ken Hughes - Merchants Credit FISHING for BAnk of America account numbers - DO NOT ANSWER Chicago Illinois
A female voice has been calling lately from number
1-888-249-1037.
Apparently, many others (according to Internet research) have been contacted by this company, and everything I've seen indicates that they are trying to call and say they are trying to collect on a defaulted acco...
Entity
Merchants Credit Guide Co.
Categories: Collection Agency's
67, Report:
#205185
Posted Date:
Sep 19 2006
Merchants Credit Guide Co HELP In My Answer To This People ripoff: They claim I have a debt of 7,062.48 dollars from 12 years ago and I was not even in this country. Chicago Illinois
I wish I would have read your site before calling this people.
Today,I received a letter Merchants sent me to my previous address in California. The letter stated that I owe their Pinnacle Credit Services client, $7,062.48 and that the original debt was from Chevy Chase in Maryla...
Entity
Merchants Credit Guide Co
Categories: Collection Agency's
68, Report:
#210190
Posted Date:
Sep 09 2006
Merchant's Credit Guide Company ripoff Chicage Illinois
Hi,
I too have just received a notice of collection from Merchants Credit Guide Co for a GTE Mobile Communications. They don't even have a last name for me!!!NEVER have had an account with these people. Will definetly file a notice with the FTC and let them know about this company...
Entity
Merchant's Credit Guide Company
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
69, Report:
#208259
Posted Date:
Aug 28 2006
Merchants Credit Guide Co. Ripoff - Raping poor peoples credit Chicago Illinois
I am filled with such anger and rage because I truly believe that I have been violated. I am suffering from Credit Rape which should be a federal offense in this country.
As hard as it has been for me as a single parent to acquire and maintain good credit standing it was a trauma...
Entity
Merchants Credit Guide Co.
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
70, Report:
#203919
Posted Date:
Aug 01 2006
Merchants' Credit Guide Co. false collection agency Ripoff Chicago Illinois
After we experienced identity theft, therefore closing all credit accounts or the ability to open new accounts, the Merchants' Credit Guide Co. sent us a letter demanding payment for an account we did not open.
When I called thier number to disput the account, they repeatedly trans...
Entity
Merchants' Credit Guide
Categories: Collection Agency's
71, Report:
#203173
Posted Date:
Jul 27 2006
Merchants' Credit Guide - MCGC ripoff dishonest fraudulent billing scam artist scum Chicago Illinois
I recently received a letter from Merchants' Credit Guide Co. dated July 18, 2006, stating that I owed their client CFB Financial III LLC (one of their other names) a total of $817.01. At first I was puzzled because this amount was very close to the amount of an old student loan th...
Entity
Merchants' Credit Guide
Categories: Credit Card Processing (ACH) Companies
72, Report:
#202996
Posted Date:
Jul 26 2006
Merchants Credit Guide - CFB Financial Ripoff I discovered a scam a ripoff Chicago Illinois
The other day, my husband of 8 years received a letter in the mail telling him that he owed money. The letter came from Merchant's Credit Guide Co. out of Chicago, Ill. To me the letter looks cheap. No fancy letterhead, no color, just a typed, black & white letter. The letter st...
Entity
Merchants Credit Guide Co - CFB Financial
Categories: Collection Agency's
73, Report:
#202904
Posted Date:
Jul 26 2006
Merchants' Credit Guide - CFB Financial Ill Traditional Industri ripoff dishonest fraudulent billing scam Chicago Illinois
After spending 15 minutes on the phone, trying to contact Merchants' Credit Guide, Co. (aka- CFB Financial Ill, LLC and Traditional Industri), I finally gave up waiting for someone to answer the phone.
They alledge that I owe $1,278.15 as per Ken Hughes, the signed Collection Age...
Entity
Merchants' Credit Guide - CFB Financial Ill - Traditional Industri
Categories: Collection Agency's
74, Report:
#202774
Posted Date:
Jul 25 2006
MERCHANTS CREDIT GUIDE FRAUDULENT COLLECTION PRACTICES ripoff Chicago Illinois
Yesterday, my husband received a collection notice from Merchants Credit Guide Co. in the amount of $5,537.13. I, as his wife, knew we had no bills in that amount, etc. I contacted them and they asked for the last 4 digits of his Social Security number. I gave it to them which I ...
Entity
MERCHANTS CREDIT GUIDE
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
75, Report:
#201891
Posted Date:
Jul 19 2006
Merchant Credit Guide - Ken Hughes Ripoff Erroneous Threatening Phone Calls Chicago, Illinois
I received a very threatening and rude recorded phone message from Ken Hughes, Merchants Credit Guide Co., on 07/18/06 @ approx. 7:00 PM Mtn Time Zone. I phoned their toll-free ph. #888-249-4134 the next day, 07/19/06, 2 times. First time I spoke with a Mr. Lewis. My 2nd call was an...
Entity
Merchant Credit Guide
Categories: Collection Agency's