151, Report:
#147601
Posted Date:
Jun 28 2005
Merchants Credit Guide Co. I believe I got ripped-off also! What can I do about it? Chicago Illinois
Help! I think I got ripped off by Merchants Credit Guide co and I don't know what I can do about it. Anyone with information about this, please respond below. Has there been a class action suit filed against this company? Are the reports that this company is fraudulent only accuzati...
Entity
Merchants Credit Guide Co.
Categories: Con Artists
152, Report:
#147337
Posted Date:
Jun 24 2005
NCO PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT ripoff dishonest billing Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Original creditor : CITICORP ,I got a letter from Merchants Credit Guide Co. and who client is :NCO PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT,INC.
I called and asked them, about why they are charging me 2,901.20 and I asked for a statement about this charges , and I did not have any aswer from them ,...
Entity
NCO PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
Categories: Collection Agency's
153, Report:
#146942
Posted Date:
Jun 21 2005
Merchants Credit Guide ripoff Chicago Illinois
In the letter that I recieve from Merchants credit guide co. First it was under my old name. which that man and i have divorce for over 16 teens years. so this bill is over 16 teen years old.
I thought that they can only hold you for seven years. which in my divorce it is say tha...
Entity
Merchants Credit Guide
Categories: Corrupt Companies
154, Report:
#146887
Posted Date:
Jun 21 2005
Merchants Credit Guide ripoff Chicago Illinois
I too have been harassed by Merchants' Credit Guide Co. (MCGC) of Chicago, Ill and Hauppauge, NY.
First they started leaving automated messages on my answering machine. They didn't identify their company or the nature of their business.
Next, Monday, June 20th 2005, I got this...
Entity
Merchants Credit Guide
Categories: Collection Agency's
155, Report:
#146692
Posted Date:
Jun 18 2005
Merchants'Credit Guide Co. ripoff Hauppauge New York
All of a sudden I am recieving letters From This Company stating that they are collecting on old Debt... They say I was in Wahoo, NE. using a po box... When I have not lived there in over 7 years and i certainly did not have a p o box during that time and I did not have a Credit car...
Entity
Merchants'Credit Guide Co.
Categories: Banks
156, Report:
#145253
Posted Date:
Jun 07 2005
Merchants Credit Guide, Sherman, AT&T Broadband Scam letter to fraudulently collect money for AT&T Broadband Ripoff CHICAGO Illinois
End May 2005 I received a letter from a collection agency Merchants' Credit Guide Co. saying that they represent Sherman LLCAT&T Broadband LLC, and that they had purchased my defaulted account:
ATT & T BROADBAND LLC
# 101030340013770079
$ 150.07
I called MERCHANTS' CREDIT GUID...
Entity
Merchants Credit Guide
Categories: Collection Agency's
157, Report:
#144965
Posted Date:
Jun 03 2005
Merchants Credit Guide Co. Scam letter to fraudulently collect money Chicago Illinois
I received a letter from Merchants Credit Guide on 6/2/05 addressed to my MOTHER at my address, saying she owed $95.45 to their client, Sherman, LLC. The original creditor was noted as AT&T Broadband.
I immediately called MCG asking to know what this was about since my mother DIE...
Entity
Merchants Credit Guide
Categories: Collection Agency's
158, Report:
#143611
Posted Date:
May 22 2005
Merchants' Credit Guide Co. ripoff - ripoff trying to collect on a bad check charge 10+ yrs old & prison time served out & this is the same dirtbag rip off company connected to the Alyon rip-off scam Chicago Illinois
My son paid an Attorney to clear this claim of $1,062.26.
he did time in a prison to repay his debt to society.
Now - ten years + later they are trying to collect on this debt again.
i am writing them a letter. I tried calling and leaving messages, but no one has return my ...
Entity
Merchants Credit Guide
Categories: Collection Agencies
159, Report:
#142770
Posted Date:
May 22 2005
Merchants' Credit Guide/NCO Portfolia Management ripoff,attempt to collect on fraudulent account Chicago Illinois
Yesterday I rec'd a letter from Merchants' Credit Guide Co. on behalf of their client NCO Portfolio Management who is apparantly attempting to collect on a debt that doest exist. The letter states that the origional creditor is GREAT/ASSOCIATES NATIONAL who I have never heard of an...
Entity
Merchants' Credit Guide/NCO Portfolia Management
Categories: Corrupt Companies
160, Report:
#136851
Posted Date:
Mar 30 2005
Merchants Credit Guide ripoff deceptive fraudulent collections billing Chicago Illinois
We received what appeared to be an offficial bill from a legimate collection agency. They call themselves Merchants Credit Guide Co. and said they represent Sherman L.L.C.who purchased our original account from AT&T Broadband.
They said we owe them 111.39 of which if we made a on...
Entity
Merchants Credit Guide Company
Categories: Collection Agency's
161, Report:
#136777
Posted Date:
Mar 29 2005
Merchants' Credit Guide Ripoff Fraudulent attempt to collect past due account Chicago Illinois
I received a letter from Merchants' Credit Guide Co. informing me that I owed money on some past due account, HFN-Fleet Bank. They provided three handy ways for me to pay the past due amount directly to them.
I have never paid a bill late in my life so I called to get further in...
Entity
Merchants' Credit Guide
Categories: Collection Agency's
162, Report:
#136044
Posted Date:
Mar 22 2005
Merchant Credit Guide Ripoff Claims I owe money Chicago Illinois
I recently recieved a notice from the Merchants Credit Guide Co. saying that I owe 69.08 on an account 9 years old supposedly leftover from Sprint Communications Com.
They gave me the address of where I was living at the time, my address now, and the last 4 digits of my social s...
Entity
Merchant Credit Guide
Categories: Collection Agency's
163, Report:
#134383
Posted Date:
Mar 09 2005
OSI Gulf State Credit, AT&T Broadband Contact Info ripoff Duluth Georgia
Well I see there's a ton of people looking for info on how to get ahold of a few collectors such as OSI Gulf States Credit aka OSI Broadband AT&T, Sherman, and Merchants Credit Guide. Well the Reaper went hard at work and made some calls and got the info you've been looking for. Ple...
Entity
OSI Gulf State Credit, OSI Gulf State AT&T Broadband
Categories: Collection Agency's
164, Report:
#132944
Posted Date:
Feb 26 2005
Merchant's Credit Guide Company Debt collection harrassment scam Chicago Illinois
Last year I received a formal letter from Merchants Credit Guide Co. at my house addressed to a Deborah Nash. None of my neighbors go by that name so I opened it to see what sent to my address. I found a debt collection notice from Sears for some $700. I don't have an account at ...
Entity
Merchant's Credit Guide Company
Categories: Collection Agency's
165, Report:
#130403
Posted Date:
Feb 07 2005
Merchants' Credit Guide Co. ripoff! Chicago Illinois
I too have recieved a letter from Merchants' and upon reading it my red flags went up. I do not remember this debt and my credit report does not show any collection activity. The collection letter was in reference to an account with ATT Communications, Inc. But isn't ATT legally nam...
Entity
Merchants' Credit Guide
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
166, Report:
#129698
Posted Date:
Feb 01 2005
Merchants' Credit Guide Co. Rip-Off, Sherman, Ken Hughes, Sprint Communication.Com Chicago Illinois
I had a Sprint Calling Card around 1996 which was sent to a collection agency. I paid the collection agency $158 (the total amount owed) and I shows on my credit report, in the delinquency section, as paid. On one of the credit reporting agencies it is closed, on one it is opened, a...
Entity
Merchants' Credit Guide Co.
Categories: Collection Agency's
167, Report:
#107101
Posted Date:
Jan 13 2005
Merchants Credit Guide - Asset Acceptance - Hurley State Bank Collection Agency Fraud Scams & Ripoff Chicago Illinois
I just received a letter, (forwarded from N.C.),
from Merchants' Credit Guide Co. located in Chicago Illinois. They are a collection agency & claim to represent Asset Acceptance who has purchased your defaulted account,and are trying to collect $1853.98.
The letter states that t...
Entity
Merchants Credit Guide - Asset Acceptance - Hurley State Bank
Categories: Collection Agency's
168, Report:
#124760
Posted Date:
Dec 29 2004
Merchants' Credit Guide Ripoff tries to scam on a 12 year old debt charge off Chicago Illinois
I received a letter earlier this month from a Ken Hughes a collection agency representative with Merchants credit Guide Co.-talk about Christmas cheer! The letter claimed I owed $3,305.46 and had a few payment plan options. I had a rep call to my house the other day and I told her s...
Entity
Merchants' Credit Guide
Categories: Collection Agency's
169, Report:
#122884
Posted Date:
Dec 15 2004
PALISADES COLLECTION ripoff Duluth Georgia
I bought a car 3 years ago, and my interests rate for the car payment quoted by the car shop was so high at that time (more than 17%). I later found out that Palisades Collection file a report on my credit history without even informing me.
Palisades Collection was saying that I...
Entity
PALISADES COLLECTION
Categories: Collection Agency's
170, Report:
#118641
Posted Date:
Nov 18 2004
Merchants' Credit Guide claims I owe $1155.73. Rip-off! Chicago Illinois
This Merchants' Credit Guide Co claims I owe $1155.73 to a SHERMAN,LLC from an original creditor GTE Mobile Communication.
My son had a mobile phone 10 years ago; it was cloned; GTE was notified, GTE told him they had taken care of the problem, and his number was changed.
Now...
Entity
Merchants' Credit Guide
Categories: Con Artists
171, Report:
#117769
Posted Date:
Nov 14 2004
FLEET BANK AND RAVINIA/CFB HOLDINGS, LLC ripoff CHICAGO AND BOSTON ILLINOIS AND MASSACHUSETTES
MY NAME IS CAROL C. WOZNIAK, I LIVE IN REHOBOTH BEACH, DE. I WORK OUT OF TOWN AND JUST RECEIVED A LETTER FROM MERCHANTS' CREDIT GUIDE CO., 223 W. JACKSON BLVD., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606, *888) 249-4134, STATING THAT THEY REPRESENT RAVINIA/CFB HOLDINGS, LLC (ORIGINAL CREDITOR: FLEET ...
Entity
FLEET BANK AND RAVINIA/CFB HOLDINGS, LLC
Categories: Banks
172, Report:
#116682
Posted Date:
Nov 08 2004
Merchants' Credit Guide Company Rivinia, CFB Holdings, LLC rip-off! Chicago Illinois
I received a letter from Merchants' Credit Guide Co. on Oct. 3, 2004. I finally received it after the 30 day deadline for sending them written notice that I dispute the validity of this claim that I defaulted on a loan.
I called and spoke to a rep. and she could not tell me what...
Entity
Merchants' Credit Guide Rivinia - CFB Holdings
Categories: Collection Agency's
173, Report:
#115641
Posted Date:
Nov 02 2004
MERCHANTS' CREDIT GUIDE RIPOFF SCAM Chicago Illinois
I also received a letter, dated Oct. 4, 2004, from Ken Hughes of Merchants' Credit Guide Co. representing NCO FINANCIAL for buying out a large alleged debt to Citibank for $4,000!!. I was amazed as I have never done business with Citibank and have never had credit with any credit ca...
Entity
MERCHANTS' CREDIT GUIDE
Categories: Collection Agency's
174, Report:
#115446
Posted Date:
Oct 31 2004
Nco Financial ripoff Azle Texas
Merchants credit guide co. Their client nco financial I owe 7,879.95 I can make three payments of 5515.97 or 50% 3939.98 or full.
Deborah
azle, TexasU.S.A.
Entity
Nco Financial
Categories: Corrupt Companies
175, Report:
#114462
Posted Date:
Oct 25 2004
Cavalry Portfolio Services, Merchants Credit Guide Company ripoff MONEY HUNGREY Hawthorne New York, Chicago,Illinois
I have been fighting with Cavalry Portfolio, AKA Cavalry Investments since October, 2001 to the tune of $11,361.92.
The first letter I received was about a debt from 5th 3rd Bank (an auto loan) which had been discharged in bankruptcy in 1987. Fifteen collection letters later a...
Entity
Cavalry Portfolio Services, Merchants Credit Guide Co.
Categories: Collection Agency's