888-732-4298

I got a call from that number.
They left a message with a case number and everything, the lady name was Melissa Miller, I don't know how they got my father number and my job number, I did not call yet. :(

They called me and my siblings.  Saying that my dad has a court date. Apparently they are a firm. They even gave me a case number. I think it's spam.

I received the same call this evening. Case number and all, saying if I didn't settle my debt TONIGHT, I would receive a summons at work tomorrow to go to court.... they say it is a debt that has been in collection for 4 years but I checked my credit report and no such debt exists!

Had to unknown missed calls. Then my sister called to tell me I'm  subpoenaed for court. They gave her a phone number and reference number. Figured it must be a scam. Did leave a company name

Same here said if i didn't settle the bebt i will be summons for court. That its an old checking account from 2009 that was over drawn in a small amount and now has interest ect. I had 24 hrs to pay or go to court and pay more and jail.

What ever happened?

Just got the same call. What happened?

Scam!  Being in ordinary civil debt is NOT a crime and you cannot be arrested or prosecuted for it.  We do not have debtors prisons in the US.    Ignore and block these calls.

Just because someone on the phone calling you says you owe a debt does not mean you actually owe it.

If a voice on the telephone claims you owe a debt:

1.    Demand the person give you his or her name, company name, and address
2.     Demand a debt validation letter by US mail.  E-mail no good.
3.    Do not pay  the collection agent or anyone else a  dime until the debt is validated

Of course they won’t do this, no scammer ever will, so simply ignore them and block their calls.

If they are bothering you, report them:

http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection (Threatening civil proceedings with no intent to follow through, or threatening criminal process in order to collect a civil debt is a  violation of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.)  The same goes for endless telephone harassment

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.  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.

You'll probably have to yell at them and talk over them.
You have to get tuff with these people because,  being akin to thugs, brute force is (metaphorically speaking),  the only thing they understand.

ID themselves as "Sherman Law Group".  Well-known scam artists.  Most likely part of the Sherman Law Scam.

Sherman Law, Sherman Legal Group Scam

Phone Numbers                 CIDs
844-261-7520        Process Server Dispatch, Weinberg Legal Services  Note that Weinberg is an AKA of Western Portfolio
844-310-1448         Sherman Legal Services, Process Service Dispatch,  Sherman Acquisition LLC, Financial Recovery Services Inc
844-424-9378        Sherman Law Professionals, Process Services Inc, Sherman Law
855-313-2584        Riley Legal Group, Sherman Legal Group
855-561-8727        Sherman Legal Services, Ray Jackson, Sherman Law, Sherman Legal Services, Hamilton county Dispatch
866-559-5957        Harris County Dispatch, Sherman Law Service, Sherman's Law/Processing Center for Kent County
866-584-9633        Dallas County
866-762-3973        Sherman Legal Services or dispatch office, Dispatch process servers
888-388-2173        Sherman
888-732-1873        Sherman Financial Group LLC, Process Service Dispatch, Sherman Legal Services, Sherman Acquisition, LLC, aka Financial Recovery Services, Inc.
888-732-4859        Sherman Law Center, Process Service Dispatch, Sherman Legal Services
888-749-4872          Process Server Dispatch, Kagen Legal Services  (Note that Kagen Legal Services is an AKA of Western Portfolio}
909-247-3216        Sherman Law Firm
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My own research suggests that this Sherman Scam is simply an outgrowth of a group called
WESTERN PORTFOLIO ASSETS INCORPORATED
See 888-388-2173  800notes  my entry dated 10 Sep 2016
___________________________________
WESTERN PORTFOLIO ASSETS INCORPORATED
Entity Number:    C3458393
Date Filed:    03/02/2012
Status:    ACTIVE
Jurisdiction:    CALIFORNIA
Entity Address:    PO BOX 332
Entity City, State, Zip:    UPLAND CA 91786
Agent for Service of Process:    CATHERINE A BATEMAN
Agent Address:    8851 SAN BERNARDINO RD
Agent City, State, Zip:    RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
_________________________
BBB:
THIS BUSINESS IS NOT BBB ACCREDITED.
Western Portfolio Assets/Weinberg Legal Services
Phone: (909) 281-5674
PO Box 332, Upland, CA 91785
! WESTERN PORTFOLIO ASSETS/WEINBERG LEGAL SERVICES IS BELIEVED TO BE OUT OF BUSINESS !
According to information in BBB files, it appears that this business is no longer in business.
BBB® NR Rating
On a scale of A+ to F
_____________________
In any event, block and ignore any calls coming from any of the CIDs mentioned above.   All part of the same scam.

I got a call to do not believe anything they say ignore it.

Got a voice mail today from  Ms. Freeman from Sherman Law Group. She ststed she was callimg to collect a debt and that the call may be recorded for such. She gave a case numbe-r and all and said that I needed to get in touch with them as soon as possible because a summons had already been served to me and if I didn't comply , I would be subpeoned to court and I thought she said the Sherman Law Group was respresenting me in the matter. Which didn't make sense at all. It appeared on my landline as unavailable for the phone, but she left this number 188-732-4298. I called it to see what it was about and it just rang and rang. Now if this was legit. it would have come up with a recorded message from this said company. This is why I think it is not legit. I looked up the law group, it is out of GA and specializes in bankruptcies and DUI's. None of which would relate to me.

Well known scammers.  If a summons had been served on you, you would certainly know it.  You can check this out yourself by simply going down to your local main civil court and check the defendants civil list to see if there are any cases filed against you.  And you would certainly receive a letter from the attorney for the other side if there were a civil case.

You would not first hear about this matter by some scammery scummery debt collector who cold calls you and starts asking for money.  Callers are most likely located in Southern California.  This "Sherman" organization is strictly a zombie group.  No one can find them.  See my entry above.  I think Sherman is a remnant of   WESTERN PORTFOLIO ASSETS INCORPORATED

Just because someone on the phone calling you says you owe a debt does not mean you actually owe it.

If a voice on the telephone claims you owe a debt:

1.    Demand the person give you his or her name, company name, and address
2.     Demand a debt validation letter by US mail.  E-mail no good.
3.    Do not pay  the collection agent or anyone else a  dime until the debt is validated

Of course they won’t do this, no scammer ever will, so simply ignore them and block their calls.

If they are bothering you, report them:

http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection (Threatening civil proceedings with no intent to follow through, or threatening criminal process in order to collect a civil debt is a  violation of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.)  The same goes for endless telephone harassment

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.  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.

You'll probably have to yell at them and talk over them.
You have to get tuff with these people because,  being akin to thugs, brute force is (metaphorically speaking),  the only thing they understand.

Let's try to make some sense out of this here CW. Cynthia is saying that this outfit has had her served, but she's not aware of it. Now she's being "subpoenaed". There are times that I have to sit back & laugh...
I'm sorry. Sometimes it just gets to be too much!
Live Well.
 Gunnar

Received a voicemail at my work from an Elba, stating that she's a process server but left no other identifying information. She said I've been subpoenaed but they were unable to serve me at the location they have on file. She left this phone number and a case number to call back immediately and that I should consider myself notified. This really had me scared, but after reading these posts I'm hoping this is a scam. I do have an outstanding debt, but that debt doesn't even show up on my credit report and it's been years since it occurred. I tried calling the number back and all it does is ring and ring.

I called the number back again and a man answered as "Sherman Legal Group". I'm chalking this up to being a scam. Thanks for all the information CWG40!

They were trying to collect a 10 year old debt of 600 dollars from a Sam's credit card,but I explain that the account was paid off,they try to scare me and I knew that account was paid because I was a Business Manager for Sam's Club...

Mr Rodrigues  claims I have to appear in court for credit card.

I must paid $1300 today 10/5/16 or they will bring me to court

law official  is being sent to my residence is what the message said and they will summons me and I need to call them back immediately.  When I called back they let the phone ring for a long time and when someone finally answered he said he was a law group and asked for my case number and when I said I didn't have one he said "alrighty then" and hung up on me!

Well they succeeded in getting you to call back, so they will continue to try to extort money from you by threatening and scaring you.

Read up on your rights here 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:   https://800notes.com/faq/attorney-general