800-477-6441
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Curious and Concerned25 Jul 2007Someone named Dawn called concerning my late mothers estate. I did not live with my mother, so I'm not sure how the got my phone info. The woman did not leave specific details and seemed to intentionally muffle the name of the company she was calling from, hence my search for the number. I listened to the message 5 times and could never make out the name of the company.
She left an extension and case number, but I have not called back, nor do I plan to unless I get another call.- COMETCATCHER@AOL.COM
Dear Curious and Concerned:
The call you received from 800-477-6441 was from a collection agency which calls itself "Phillips & Cohen Associates, Ltd." Its address is 695 Rancocas Rd, Westampton, NJ 08060-5626. Its regular telephone number is: (609)518-9000. Its web address is www.phillips-cohen.com.
This outfit promotes itself as a "professional deceased debt recovery service." I would not recommend that you either call them back or take any of their calls, as talking with any of their collectors can be of NO benefit to you whatever.
The West Virginia State Attorney General has filed suit against this agency, according to a story in www.consumeraffairs.com, after receiving complaints from consumers that the agency was threatening consumers with jail, discussing the alleged debts with persons other than the consumers, and attempting to collect money for debts that have already been paid.
At best, any collection agency is obnoxious, inconsiderate, threatening, and without any legal authority to take any action against anyone whatever. Their means of collecting consist of harassment, threats, annoyance, and usually lying about the potential consequences of not paying. At worst, their conduct can consist of illegal and predatory tactics. Ignore those calls and the liklihood is that they will cease on their own.- I'm sorry but I can't Agree with you on the Statements About all collection companies. To be honest not all are like that yeah you do have the ones who are but if you are contacted by a collection company just make sure whatever they are talking about is accurate. Do not just go ahead and pay something that you have no idea what it is about. Just do your research then decide on the next action. To add to what I am stating there is a company out there now who is contracted by new jersey division of taxation and they have the legal and authority right to place judgment on a taxpayer if they do what you just said to do which is disregard the company. So that concludes my statement that not all companies are lying when they state the facts about an account. JUST DO YOUR RESEARCH FIRST!
- Bugsy31 Jul 2007I received a call message from a man named Chris Smith who was calling about my deceased mother's estate. The number was 800 477-6441 for me to call back and a case number given. My mother had no estate, shall I call back and tell them? No company name was given. The caller # was 405 409-8737. What to do?
- COMETCATCHER@AOL.COM
BUGSY:
All I know about the number which called you is that it is an Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, number, as your caller I.D. indicated. It is likely that this is an independent associated collector for Phillips & Cohen, Ltd., because there is no question whatever but that the number you were given as a call-back number, (800)477-6441, is "Phillips & Cohen Associates, Ltd."
As stated in the response to "Curious and Concerned," above, this company is a collection agency, pure and simple. My advice would be to ignore them, unless you want to spend valuable time out of your life conversing with some anonymous collector who will poke and probe you for information about yourself and/or your deceased mother, and inquire into any assets or source of recovery which might be available for them to pursue in support of whatever the alleged debt might be.
It would be nice if reason and logic and courtesy were effective with these people, but they are not. Remember, you are dealing with android-like people who only care about collecting money, not about little matters such as facts and truth, much less courtesy, empathy or understanding.- I too received a couple phone messages, with a return number of 1-800-477-6441, concerning the estate a late person. They had the right last name but wrong first name. I called the 1-800 number, talked to the person, said I don't even know the person, and they said they would remove my number from their list. We'll see if it happens!
This "late" person - I had received a number of calls from other debt collectors about this name. Don't know if they just thought they'd try a number that was close or what - but each time I told them they had the wrong phone number, didn't know the person and don't call again. And they haven't called.
- HouseDoctor8 Aug 2007
- Ah ha, I too recceived a call on my answering machine this evening about the estate of the late Mrs. Deborah left phone number 800-477-6441, her extension and a case number but alas, but no company name was mentioned. That in itself was unprofessinal and fishy. I decided to Google the number and here I am. Thanks for the information. I will notify the Attorney General's office as well as my attorney.
- Frogman8 Aug 2007
- Oh come kids, let's have some fun!!! I called them back crying and hysterical that "John" was dead and what an awful way to find out and had ole Sam on the other end doing the calm down ma'am dance. Even debt colllectors can't handle a hysterical woman. Once I had him good and wound up I lit into him about what a $&^&*(%^%&%^ debt collector he was and he had a hel#$# of a nerve and on and on until unfortunately a customer walked in and I had to stop. But I got my yuks yuks for the day. So have some fun and turn the tables on these pond scum. Wait, pond scum isn't all that bad.
- BB24 Aug 2007I have received calls for weeks from this company It shows up on caller ID at out of area and only a 3 digit number They call all time sof day and night.
They previously have not left amessage on answering machine or when I answer just silence.
This time some oddball left a message Im not returning it. - Putin-tain30 Aug 2007
- Judged9 Sep 2007Just when one thinks these scumbag debt collectors couldn't possibly go any lower, they do, preying on the deceased and their loved ones.
Here is the lawsuit against these amoebas on fleas on rats that COMETCATCHER alluded to, in his post on Budd Hibbs' website:
http://www.budhibbs.com/debtcollectorpages/ph ... tion_agency.htm
Bud Says...
West Virginia Sues New Jersey Bill Collector
Congress may have severely toughed bankruptcy laws, to the detriment of consumers, but state officials in West Virginia say bill collectors can't threaten and harass debtors. State Attorney General Darrell McGraw is taking an out of state collection agency to court, saying it may have violated West Virginia law.
McGraw has filed suit to compel Phillips & Cohen Associates, Ltd., a New Jersey collection agency, to comply with the Attorney General's investigative subpoena.
The Attorney General began investigating Phillips & Cohen's' debt collection practices after receiving complaints from consumers that it was threatening consumers with jail, discussing the alleged debts with persons other than the consumers, and attempting to collect money for debts that have already been paid.
Phillips & Cohen is not registered to do business in West Virginia and has not posted a bond, a requirement for all collection agencies doing business in the state.
"Rogue collection agencies will not be allowed to harass and threaten West Virginia consumers," McGraw said. "Any consumers who receive repeated telephone calls from debt collectors or have debt collectors threaten them with jail or criminal prosecution should contact my Consumer Protection Division."
They ought to be STRUNG up by their ----'s. - trigirl24 Sep 2007I too have been getting calls/messages on my answering machine from this company. It is always regarding the estate of a person I have never heard of. I have not called them back. The number comes across the caller ID as "unknown", but they leave their 800 number with a case number in their message.
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