508-556-7176
Country: USA
508 area code:
Massachusetts (Cambridge, Fall River, Plymouth)
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- Michelle| 1 replyWe are getting harassing calls from this number. They are looking for a specific employee of ours and have some information on his father as well. They all have accents from the country of India.
- Caller: The Investigation Department
- Call type: Debt collector
- corey gierszmy job is getting harsassing calls from these peopel
- Caller: 5085567176
- EdI started getting phone calls from them too. They are looking for a person who might have had my number before. After 4 phone calls and 3 explanations that this person does not have this number I called them back. An obnoxious man with Indian accent was pretty much laughing at me. I wonder if there is an agency to report them.
- Security/Receptionist| 1 replyWe are being called several times a day, repeatedly looking for an employee. The guy will not take no for an answer when we tell him there is no way to get in contact with anyone on the factory floor.. The guy "Rayvon Scott" keeps shouting and demanding to speak to the person. I informed him that we will be taking legal action because his calls are very harrassing and distracting (we're very busy)
Would like to know where to send a nastygram.- Caller: unknown
- Call type: Debt collector
- Pristhis mark person called 5 times in a 10 second spand... very harrassing very angry
- Caller: cash advance
- Call type: Debt collector
- SJ| 1 replyI have been receiving harrassing calls from these people saying I owe them but can't provide any info. I have been getting back to back calls from them shouting and saying very nasty things when I ask for paper work the Indian guy of many names says you know what this is about Bitc# and to suck a d***. Cursing and saying all types of profane words. When I started calling them and asking for the owner the guy says all of us are the owner, so I asked him if he was schizophrenic he really started screaming and hung up. I kept calling back like they were doing me on my cel and work number and then they started haning up. I wish a group of us could sign a petition and find out about the location of this place and suit the pants off these idiots! I AM SICK OF IT!
- Caller: changed the name several times
- Tabatha| 1 replyI don't know who this company is but they know my bank account number and they know i draw disablity and the where so rude the even told me to shut up They said i owe the money put i don't I don't know what to do
- Caller: They didn't say there name
- Call type: Debt collector
- Tabatha replies to SJThey did the same to me. They know my bank account number i don't know what to do.
- Tabatha replies to Security/ReceptionistWhere do we need to go to report them. I don't want them taking money out of my checking account. I don't know how they got this information.
- anonymous replies to TabathaRelax! You may be the victim of an extortion scam. What you describe is *NOT* what normally happens in debt collection and this is how you tell the difference between a legit collection call and a criminal extortion call. The FDCPA http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre27.pdf treats the INITIAL CONTACT between collector and debtor (first call, first letter, first whatever) as a special event. Legit collectors per section 809 of the FDCPA *must* tell you at initial contact, or send you paperwork within 5 days of initial contact, the following:
1. $amount of debt,
2. name of the current creditor (which may differ from the original creditor who might have sold your debt),
3. a statement that that debt will be assumed to be valid unless you dispute in writing within 30 days,
4. a statement that that if you do dispute in writing within 30 days, the collector must mail you written verification of the debt,
5. a statement that if you ask the collector in writing within 30 days, the collector must send you the name and address of the original creditor if it's different from the current creditor.
If you don't get the 5 disclosures, orally or in writing (you do not have to ask for them, the FDCPA requires collectors to provide them), treat the collector like you would any SCAMMER.
Note that 3,4,5 must be done *IN WRITING* so you will need to ask an address from your collector. If s/he refuses to give you one for any reason, treat the collector like a SCAMMER.
The collector can threaten court action at initial contact but the FDCPA requires that the collector actually take you to court if the collector threatens it. Threatening court and not going through with it (coercion) is illegal.
If they say the FDCPA does not apply to them because they own your debt, the debt-owner exemption only applies to the original owner. Any 3rd party who buys the debt for the purpose of collecting debt is treated as a debt collector, i.e., ownership is irrelevant and debt buyers must obey the FDCPA as explained in this FTC Staff Opinion letter here http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpa/letters/arbuckle.htm
Has the statute of limitations for your state http://www.fair-debt-collection.com/SOL-by-State.html expired on your debt? If expired, don't pay.
Collectors generally have to be licensed by your state to practise (collect debt) in your state and you can find out by calling your state Attorney Generals Office. Ask if a license is required and does this collector have one. If not licensed, don't pay and file a complaint with your state AG.
Read useful debt-collection FAQs from the FTC here http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre18.shtm
The debt collection process explained in plain English http://www.consumeraffairs.com/debt/fdcpa.html
Be aware that scammers are using bought/hacked/phished loan application data to extort payments for fictitious debts from victims and victims' families and friends.
The FBI warns about payday loan extortion scams here http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/paydayloanscam_120710
The FBI warns again http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releas ... nt-payday-loans
The BBB has issued several alerts on this scam, just google "bbb.org alert phony debt collector"
Report to the Internet Crime Complaint Center http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx , the Federal Communications Commission http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm , the Federal Trade Commission https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/ and your state AG http://www.naag.org/current-attorneys-general.php as appropriate. - Jenn replies to MichelleIgnore the [***]!!!! He is calling just to get money. A guy called my phone and threatin me with calling my employer!!! He said he's going to call my job and let them know, I told him that was fine and to ago ahead!!!!n I already informed my job that an [***] was going to call to and to just ignore him!!!! He wants my job to pay him some money to cover this debt balance he claims i have, which i've never been in any kind of debt what so ever. So again just ignore the [***].
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