866-202-5822

i got a call from this number stating warning this is a documented legal notice for a legal deposition and testimony for me, you are granted 24 hrs to contact you assigned legal mediator your ssn has been referred for processing. This call has been documented and recorded for state and federal law. Is this legal at all?

this was an automated message.

Got this call too.  After calling back Simon said he was a mediator for a debt collector and unless I paid him $495.00 that day he would tell the company to proceed with filing a law suit.  I said I would go with a pulic defender.  After telling me he would have a public defender contact me he hung up before I could get any more information.  Just will wait and see if anything further happens.

I, also received the same type of call. I have worked in the legal field for the past 20 years and I have never heard of taking a deposition like that! If these people were real attorneys they would not play that game. Real attorneys here in the United States don't work like that!!

Also, Somebody may want to tell them that at least in the State of Illinois under Supreme Court Rule 138 unless ordered by court, SSNs cannot be written on any document. It is a scam. Please don't fall for this scam.

Did you ever hear back form anyone?? I just got the same message. I called back and got a recording.

I just got a call twice from a recording witht he exact same message. This is a shame! Does anyone know what this is all about? This message comes after getting harrassed by a guy who claims he bought an account from a payday loan company from 2005. He could not tell me where I got the loan or where his company bought the debt.

This is really illegal!

I got the same call on 11/14/2011, I tried to call them back and the message said they were only in from 6pm to 12 am. I have never heard of a mediator for a debt collector working those kind of hours. I left them a message telling them to leave me alone or I would be in contact with the police. I have not heard back from them, but my 24 hours will not be up yet. This can not possible be legal.

i got the same call on 11/13/11 saning the same stuff he siad it was from a payday loan and he wants 3000 dollars to end the settlement and wont go from there i was like what can i see paper work regarding this matter and he said for each page and there is 40 of them it will be 30 dollars per page. anybody know of this email me at bronco4525@gmail.com

I received the same message from this number. I called back, left a message and received a return call from Simon Berkowitz stating he was an attorney with IRM Legal Processing. He said that normally he doesn't take the calls without a fee, but his paralegal was on vacation. Apparantly he picked up my collection account from the online payday loan company called Cashnet.com. He had the bank account information that was used for the loan. He told me that my balance also was $495 and that I could make payments to settle the debt. I remembered that I had been paying through a different company. When I asked him of this he instructed me to make no contact with them until I paid his company the amount due. That sounded pretty fishy. I asked him if he could send me documentation that this would be filed or proof of debt, and he quickly dismissed my request. I am currently waiting for the previous company to contact me to let me know if this is correct. Will keep all posted

No after the first phone call which I returned I have not received either a summons or any debt validation, which is required by ther better business bureau when requested by customer.  The same number just keeps callingand leaving the same message.  I just got another call yesterday giving me 48 hours or a summons would be sent to my work.

This guy is a frekaing psyco scam artist. I dealt with him months ago and I paid off an account I was past due on. He called me again about this starting in November. Never saw a court document. It was total crap. He called again today starting that I have federal fraud charges pending. I reminded him that he harrassed me before and I have a letter in my files showing payments have been completed.  He totally backed off. I called back asking to speak to a supervisor and he got hostile with me. He is now dodging my calls and will not allow me to speak to anyone else. Don't confirm anytype of information with this company. There are laws of compliance that collections companies must abide by. This is total crap. His last call of '24 hour due process' notice was over a month ago. Dirt bag.

I also received a calk from Simon Berkowitz and he told me he was with a pre legal company call IRN Legal Processing. I told him I was already making payments with another company and he said they we a scam and they will notify them and let them know that they will be sued.

I call information to look up this company and they could not come back with any phone numbers as well.

I also received a calk from Simon Berkowitz and he told me he was with a pre legal company call IRN Legal Processing. I told him I was already making payments with another company and he said they we a scam and they will notify them and let them know that they will be sued.

I call information to look up this company and they could not come back with any phone numbers as well.

I also have received several calls from Simon Berkowitz,866-695-1396 but the voicemail box phone # said 678-522-4861,but all that was left was an automated message stating I have STATE/FEDERAL charges pending. After DAYS of calling, I finally get a hold him. He told me I had over $7,000 in check fraud. I asked the name of the company, Payday Services. I contacted them and they said the have NEVER even heard of me OR Simon Berkowitz. I called him back and asked for any other name that the company could be under and he told me it was against the law to give out any info during mediation. I thought mediation was suppose to be where problems and info were worked out ?!?  I told him I wasn't going to discuss something over the phone without documents in front of me. He then countered with my sheriff's dept would serve me in the next two days. I'm in Alaska. We DO NOT have a sheriff's dept. I also called my local court clerk, who told me,in order to be served there has to be a pending ALASKA court case with a file #. There is absolutely nothing for me in my state.
I suggest if anyone receives anymore calls from him ask the name of the company you owe and get in contact with them first. And if you owe them CONFIRM who is the collector of the debt.

Received a message I was about to be served with papers at work.  I called back and left a message.  13 days later phone rang with a "blocked" call.  The caller said he was Simon Berkowitz from IRN Legal Processing and he was about to serve a warrant for my arrest.  he said I had defaulted on a payday loan within the past 6 years and that the original creditor (Payday Services Group, Inc.) and the attorney (Josephus Group LLC) were filing Federal and State charges against me for check fraud and defrauding a financial institution.  Simon said that this was a courtesy call and if I agreed to immediate mediation and paid $498.89 then they would not file charges against me and the matter would be totally resolved.  I spoke to Simon for several minutes and during the time he kept pressuring me that if I didn't enter the mediation and agree to take responsibility for this debt that I would be served with court papers and arrested.  He said I would have to pay over $7000.00 plus court costs and could spend up to 24 months in county jail.  He said that if I paid right then, it would all go away.  I gave him my debit card and he gave me a confirm # and this case number #.  He said I would receive a dismissal email within 5-10 days via email.  He made me record agreement to being responsible for this debt (although I told him it wasn't mine) give up any right to dispute it.  He said he did not have time for me to talk to my husband as this was a "courtesy call".  After I hung up, my husband said it was a scam and we went the bank and closed the debit card. The payment was already pending though, so we filed a dispute and our bank credited it back to us immediately.  They will now investigate.

This company helped get them off of my back when they called my work numbers.  I even received $1,381.00 in my pocket.  You might give them a call.  They are:

Timothy J. Sostrin, Esq*, Senior Associate
Macey & Aleman, P.C./Legal Helpers, P.C.
233 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 5150
Chicago, IL 60606
Telephone: 866-339-1156
Fax: 312-822-1064

* Admitted in Illinois and U.S. District Courts in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Texas, and Wisconsin.


Good Luck.

I've received ths same call but from another number 877-695-1396 ..I left message after message then finally Simon called me back saying my debt was being sent to court and that I needed to pay ASAP. This sounds similar to all of your stories here...he couldn't tell me who the debtor was or their name or how much I supposedly borrowed or anything. I made one payment but I will not pay another cent. Please let me know what you did to get this handled or whom to contact. I am going to report them to the BBB right now, filing a complaint.

Hi Brenda,

I am in California, did you have to pay for the help? I'm just curious.