305-600-3814

This number calls me daily. They ask for a Stephen or Stephanie and no matter how many times I tell them wrong number they call right back.

says a civil report has been filed against someone here, and hung up

I received the same call.  This rude woman told me they were filing a civil suit against my daughter..
I figured it was a scam.  I gave her my daughter's phone number.. I think it's to scare seniors into paying
to save a member of their family from being sued..

Well, I got a call from this number and they are saying they have a civil suit against me, I didn't disclose a thing about myself so they said ok and hanged up. This seem to be a number in FL. Well, they can keep their civil suit there.

Says they're "Express Locators."  No such entity found after doing an online search of that name.

Said he was calling to serve me - I asked if he could call me back because I was driving - he said he couldn't because he was calling from a "dialer" - I kept asking him what & who was he calling in regards to? - he just kept saying "you have been served" - I asked for his name and he hung up on me ...

No one can be legally served by phone, fax, email, text message, or even smoke signals.
This is a common ploy by criminals attempting to extort money from people by scaring you into believing that you will be criminally charged, go to jail, lose your driver’s license, have wages garnished, etc. all for an alleged or nonexistent debt.
Federal law (FDCPA) requires them to send you a letter (US MAIL ONLY) within 5 days of their first contact that contains their name, physical address, the creditor’s name, and the amount of the alleged debt.  It also must contains “mini-Miranda” telling you that it is an attempt to collect a debt and that all information will be used for those purposes.  The one other important thing that this letter must also have in it is that you have a right to dispute the debt within 30 days receipt of the letter and if you do so, all collection activity must be stopped until the debt is verified.
Read up on your rights here, get template letters to send and also make a complaint at this government site:  http://www.consumerfinance.gov/
Also file a complaint with your State Attorney General's office.
List of State AG’s offices:  http://consumerfraudreporting.org/stateattorneygenerallist.php

Just had this number call me asking if there will be someone to accept legal papers on behalf of my mother. They hung up before i could ask anything else.

This number called me, and after about 5 seconds of silence hung up. Looking it up online shows its from Florida and judging by other comments on here, it appears to have been a scam number.

Well, let me start out with 305-600-3814 has called my wife numerous times stating that there is a claim against MY mother. They told my wife to inform her and gave her a 844-620-8850 number to call. First off, don't call my wife regarding issues that deal with my mom... you need someone to talk to, I'm here for you. Call me and let me know! I call the number and asked this guy to stop calling my wife to call me if there is any issues. I simply asked for a name and what his business was... he hung up ratherly quickly! I called back, asked for a name and supervisor. He replied,"Samuel Jones" and he is the "owner" of the company. Then he said i was harassing because I called them twice when they have been calling my wife daily for the past month... He told me to "have a nice life" and hung up. I would like to meet this guy by the tree line for an ole fashion a$$ whoopin'!!! I think I have anger issues after tours overseas... Neh, just don't like people trying to steals other individuals private information just so they can get by while others work hard to make a living...

Don't Fall Victim to Debt Collector Harassment!

6/10/2015 1:35 pm
Company ("A First"/ Express...) Dale (305) 600-3814

I received a call from this telephone number on my personal cell and was asked by the caller to speak with a family member whom, I do not live with nor share any accounts with. I asked the name of the company, he quickly and unclearly said what sounded like "A First".
I immediately asked to be removed from their system and put on their Do Not Call list. He goes "whoa whoa whoa" as I was making this request and hung up.
I called the number back & a woman answered the call. I asked her for the name of the company, she said what sounded like "Express..." I couldn't make out the rest (both times I asked).
I asked her to remove my number from their system... she said is this regarding "family member name" (they have caller ID and knew what account I was referring to). I said, yes. She said okay and hung up!

It sounds like a collection company.

Tips:
If you encounter this company or any other collection company whom you are not familiar with, the following steps have helped me.

1. Before you give ANY information to anyone, you have the right to find out who is requesting the information.
Company Name
Representative Name/ Employee #
Contact Number.
(Write this down)
If they cannot provide you with this information, you can not validate their authenticity & should suspect fraud.

Mock Conversation:
Rep: "Hello, can I speak with "Susan"
You: "Who is this, and from which company are you calling?"
Rep: "Is this "Susan"?
You: "Who is this, and from which company are you calling?"

2. (a). Family Members:
After getting the information (this will come in handy later) ask to be "completely" removed from their system & put on a Do Not Call List.
(b). You happen to be "Susan":
Tell them you do not Recognize them and you request that they send correspondence through post validating who they are as well as why they are contacting you, until then, they are not to call you again regarding this matter as it will be taken as harassment.
(Do not give or validate your address).

If you do not recognize the Company, it is likely you have no business with them. If you never signed a contract with THEM, you owe them nothing! (Collection companies are often sold non-collectable debts from other companies! Unless you re-negotiate the debt in question with this New company, you are not in business with them & you never agreed to pay them anything).

3. They send something in the mail (doesn't usually happen):
Now that you have a written letter from this company you should send them a formal certified "debt validation letter" to end future correspondence from them.

Under the Federal Debt Collection Practices Act, you are within your right to challenge the validity of a debt that a collection agency states you owe (never accept ownership of a debt without proper investigation & validation).

Search online for a sample "Debt Validation Letter", note: this is not a "Verification Letter", you want them to prove you owe this debt to THEM & that they are legally entitled to receive payment.
If they can not produce a contract signed by YOU agreeing to pay them,then you have no agreement with them. Any attempt to collect is an attempt to trick you into entering into a (new) agreement with their company.

Make sure you keep track of all the date/ times & from which #s they call. Each time they call say "this is my 3rd, 4th, 5th time requesting you to stop calling, this is harassment & if it continues I will be forced to take legal action against you."

If they do not stop calling, you have the right to sue them... Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, they must follow your request to cease communication.

Don't fall victim to debt collector harassment!

Parents got this call.  Hung up on him when he said he was a police officer.  He is contacting agencies now for this scam.

Keep getting calls from a young girl stating she needed to have me served for a civil court matter. I have continued to ask them to stop calling me and hanging up on me..and leave my family alone. They are calling family members on their cell phones after being told over and over this isn't an accurate debt and please stop the harassing. I have never listed these family members as a reference with their cell phone numbers on any kind of loan. This is pure harassment and I don't know how to stop them and not sure who else they will call because this info was obviously contained illegally. I called the number they kept saying I needed to call, 844-620-8850 ...what a joke, scam,  and pure idiot. I guy named Sam Jones answered and because I was repeating to him this was illegal calling me and family members  when we have asked not to be called back...He said I was harassing him. Besides a good kick in the @$$...what can be done??!!

Call blocker might be your best bet.

If they are bothering you,

Report them:

http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection

Also contact your local attorney general

If they continue to bother you, and you know you do not owe any money,  tell them that you know this is  a debt scam and that you are making a complaint to the police for extortion.  You might have to yell at the scammer and talk over him or her.  Once you get a copy of the police report and they call you again , just read out the  file number and the name of the PD or Sheriff’s office involved.   Tell them you’ll be glad to send a copy to them at whatever address the jack***es are working out of now.

They called my Marine son about me. The Marine Corps has a no call list and investigation (fraud) unit that is now aware of them. They tried to tell my son he could pay $100 to settle the matter for me.

That was several months ago. They just tried my husband today.

this number called my cell, my fiancée's company (not even his company) cell and our home number with in 60 seconds on the same day. Who is this and how did they get these numbers. We owe no bills and have no family who owes anything.  Only heard a grunt from the other end of the line.

Got a call from Brianna at Express Locators today 305 600 3814.  She told me there was a civil suit against me and they were a locator company.  She said she could only call twice and then it would go to court.  I asked her what this was about and she told me she did not have that information, but would give me a number to call.  I asked her who they were looking for and she said "you".  I said that I found that very strange because I had this same # for over 20 years.  Silence.  She had hung up on me.

Just got a call from these people.  Get this, for my ex-husband's wife.  How they got my information is anyone's guess.  And I live far away from Florida as does she.  I did not release any information to Expess Locators but got the 1-800 number for her to call them back.  I relayed this information to her then promptly looked online to see who these people are.  Thank goodness I saw this information.  She called them and was told she owed money, which she did not.  The rep was very aggressive with her so she got my ex on the line and he shut that down.  I have blocked the number as has she and my ex.  I am reporting them to the FTC and FL agencies.  What boggles my mind is that they have not been shut down they are using the same number and I am sure the FTC and FL consumer fraud agencies have been bombarded with complaints.  Awful!

Hey I'm Brianna from express locators and I doubt I hung up on you unless you were being extremely rude and insulting or if I had given you the information and had told you goodbye already so don't try to say something about me

Seems to me you're engaging in some sort of debt scamming operation.  I'm sure your name is not Brianna and you are not a locator; you're a debt collector.

For your information, if a civil suit was being contemplated, the attorney for the other side would have sent out letters.  They're be a paper trail.  No legitimate attorney will simply cold call someone and say that there is a case against them.  Legitimate attorneys generally work with written documents.

There is no  civil case and you know it.  You are just trying to scare some money out of someone.

You aren't by any chance associated with
the following entity are you?

(The party  at 844-620-8850 says they are a "litigation firm" which is scammer double-talk for debt collector.)

Entity Name:    I & K ASSOCIATES, INC.
Entity Number:    C2761584
Date Filed:    05/05/2005
Status:    FTB SUSPENDED
Jurisdiction:    CALIFORNIA
Entity Address:    703 SOUTH MAIN ST
Entity City, State, Zip:    BURBANK CA 91506
Agent for Service of Process:    JOAN ESPIRITU
Agent Address:    703 SOUTH MAIN ST
Agent City, State, Zip:    BURBANK CA 91506

How about it; you work for these people?