207-221-0843

Please read my post on how to file complaints against this unscrupulous company and/or scam.  (Posted today, June 26th and located of page two of this blog.)  Thanks, TAG

Please read my post on how to file complaints against this unscrupulous company and/or scam.  (Posted today, June 26th and located of page two of this blog.)  Thanks, TAG

Please read my post on how to file complaints against this unscrupulous company and/or scam.  (Posted today, June 26th and located of page two of this blog.)  Thanks, TAG

I also recieved a phone call and message from this company. I am a victim of identity theft and I requested written prove of this suppoed debt before and never got it. So, I would advise anyone to not listen to these people.

this company won't identify themselves with an actual company name; does anyone have this information? I'm getting robo calls as well.

Totally a scam, I get the same recorded message, threatening to have Police pick a guy up we don't know.  We have
been getting these same calls for the same person for almost a year now. I have repeatedly asked to be taken off their
call list, not knowing this guy.  I just got another call and called once again and told the lady I would be reporting them if
I got one more call.  Her reply, I won't take you off the list and hung up on me.  Sick of these scam calls, have gotten
8 from 8 different numbers this week and its only Thursday.Authorities need to be notified.

Well lets see now I offically have 3 different number and 3 different names for this awesome company.  They called me a day after another company called about the same "HSBC" account.  They told me I owed a "loan" with them and if I didn't pay they had already sent someone out ot my work to serve me with papers.  I freaked out because the same thing happened the day before.  I was already sick from the previous day thinking I forgot to pay something when I was younger.  I had not ran my credit report in about 2 years, but i was almost positive I had paid off any outstanding debts but my hospital bills.  I of course didn't question and didn't know my rights until now.  I paid them a "good faith" payment on of course a pre-paid credit card of $50.00.  I had again being stupid and scared paid the company for the same thing the day before $400.00 so I literally had given them all the money I had left to live on until I got paid again.  Well after I finally came to my senses I started doing some research and learned about my federal rights.  Everything they did and said was illigal.  They can not threaten you and can not take you to court and garnish your wadges.  Also these are not "federal charges" like they said they are civil.  Well since I cancelled all my cards and closed my checking account I received a call today from now the National Attorney Association who is not a debt collector or a law office per the chic I spoke with they are a summons division on which she could not tell me who for.  Either way neither Brunson and Associates exists which they originally called me 207-221-0843 from Portland ME, then when they send me their email letter, again illigal for any debt collector to notify you by email it has to be in written form through the mail and you have 30 days to dispute or pay it before they can do anything, the letter states BCN Inc and CT Finanacial with number 919-533-4775.  It says all payment will be processed through BCN in, ORS, RAA or CT Financial.  I mean really none of these companies even exist.  All phone numbers are reported as fraud if you google them and even have other scams that don't even include debt collection tied to the phone numbers they use.  I would suggest reporting them to your Attorney General's office, Local FBI and the FTC.  That is what I did and I just keep updating the FTC case on-line with every knew number call me from.

Yay Just Received Our First Message From This Place!!! They Must Be New To The Scam Game & It Sounds Like A Doozie Here....It's So Obviously A Scam, You Can Tell Just From The Message. They Called & Left A Message On Our Machine, Trying To Locate A "Hartford Coates", But No Business Name Whatsoever. Then They Say It's A Personal Matter, But They Then Proceed To Leave All Of "Hartford Coates" Personal Info In The Message...All Red Flags To Make Note Of. Supposedly There Are Pending Fraud Charges, Bad Checks Written, Summonses & Subpoenas Are On The Way As We Speak, This Is Your Final Notice, Yadda Yadda Yadda...The Whole Nine. I Love Calling These Scammers Back & When Someone Answers, They Never Ever Say The Name Of The "Firm", It's Always "Office Of Investigations" Or "Litigation Department" Or Something LoL...Then You Ask For The Name Of Their Company & They Get All Defensive. The First Time We Called Them Back, We Immediately Asked This Guy Who They Were & Were They Were Located. First Guy Said "National Attorney Network" Or Something, Allegedly Located In Texas. The Incoming Call Shows Up On Our Caller ID As "Unknown Caller", But We Called Them Back From A Cell Phone Which Has A City Identifier -- City ID Showed That This Number Is A Maine Number, Not Texas. When We Questioned Why, If He Is In Texas, The Number Is A Portland Maine Number, The Guy Started Getting Defensive & Hung Up On Me. We Called Back Several Times & Kept Hammering Them With Questions. They Would Hang Up, Put Us On Hold To Speak To A "Supervisor" -- Anything To Avoid Answering Simple Questions. A Different Lady We Spoke With Said That She Couldn't Tell Me The Name Of Her Own  Company, Even Though I Reminded Her That Her "Company" Had Just Violated Laws By Leaving All Of "Hartford Coates" Private Bizness On A Random Answering Machine LoL. Another Lady Relented & Said That The Company Is Called "BA & Associates" Before Saying That She Was Going To Report Me For Harassment...What A Joke!!! We Waited A While & Called Again, & This Time We Got Another Guy Who Said That The Company Is BA & Associates, So That's That Name We Will Reference When We Report Them To The Attorney General. None Of These Names Come Up As Actual Businesses In Texas...No Shock There!!!

Wow They Really Really Scammed You Good. These Jerks Count On Consumers To Be Scared & Rattled By All Their Threats, & They Count On Consumers To Be So Upset That They Immediately Pay "What They Owe" Before The Feds Come To Your Door & Your Credit Is Destroyed & Your World Comes To An End LoL. My Credit Has Been Both Near Perfect & It Has Been Poorer Than Poor, So I Have Been Through It All, Heard It All, From The Window To The Wall. The Scammers Can't Rattle Me Because I'm Their Worst Nightmare: An Educated Consumer Who Has Been Through Everything Imaginable Financially & Credit-Wise & Who Knows How To Do Their Homework....And Who Has In A Way Been On Their End Of the Phone In The Past. Any Company Or Firm Who Leaves Random Anonymous Messages Full Of Threats & Private Info -- RED FLAG. Any Company Or Firm Who Can't Tell You Anything About Themselves Or Where They Are Located -- RED FLAG. Any Company Or Firm Who Only Does Business Via Phone, E-Mail, Or Fax (They Can't Mail You Anything, You Can't Mail Them Anything) -- RED FLAG.

Another RED FLAG Is If You Call The "Company" Back & Someone Answers The Phone "Legal Processing" Or "Office Of Investigations" Or "Litigation Department" Or Some Other Scary-Sounding Term, But Never A Business Name Or Their Name....

These Scammers Have Definitely Stepped Up Their Game To Keep Up With Modern Technology. Remember When It Was So Easy To Tell A Scammer Just From The Phone Number Or From A Foreign Accent Or From Your Caller ID? I Remember When The Overseas Scammers Started Using American Names In The Attempt To Fool You, So You Would Get Calls From People Who Had The Heaviest Foreign Accents I've Ever Heard, But Had Ridiculously Stereotypical American Names Like "James Edwards" Or "Timothy Jones"...It Was Hilarious But Obvious. Now We Have Americans With Intimidating & Serious-Sounding Phone Voices (Sometimes They Will Even Use Scary Titles Like "Investigator Richards" Or "Attorney Jacobs" Or Something) Calling From Spoofed Phones Numbers That Can't Be Tracked. Dead Giveaway Is When You Ask Them Where They Are Located Or Calling From & They Have To Think About It, Because They Know The Spoofed Phone Number Doesn't Match Up With Where They Actually Are LoL.

These Scammers Have Definitely Stepped Up Their Game To Keep Up With Modern Technology. Remember When It Was So Easy To Tell A Scammer Just From The Phone Number Or From A Foreign Accent Or From Your Caller ID? I Remember When The Overseas Scammers Started Using American Names In The Attempt To Fool You, So You Would Get Calls From People Who Had The Heaviest Foreign Accents I've Ever Heard, But Had Ridiculously Stereotypical American Names Like "James Edwards" Or "Timothy Jones" Or "Rick Stevens"...It Was So Hilarious But So Obviously Phony. Now The New Breed Of Scammers Are Americans With Intimidating Phone Skills And/Or Serious-Sounding Phone Voices (Sometimes They Will Even Use Scary Titles Like "Investigator Richards" Or "Attorney Jacobs" Or "Officer Peters" Or Something) Calling From Spoofed Phones Numbers That Can't Be Tracked. Dead Giveaway Is When You Ask Them Where They Are Located Or Where They Calling From & They Have To Think About It, Because They Know That The Spoofed Phone Number Isn't Going To Match Up With Where They Actually Are LoL.

they got me.. very believable and threatening.    scary because they had all my personal info.

@ Tag
We get the point!!

I have been receiving phone calls from 207 221 0843 informing me that I have fraudulent activity and I need to return a phone call with a case number and I will be served at my residents or my job . When I called the number back from a restricted number a man answered saying Perry mason how may I assist you so I hung up

Threatened me on phone.

They've been calling me for over a year now of and on. So I decided to call them back over and over and over again. I'm a truck driver with a Bluetooth and lots of drive time. So called them every five or ten mins to let them know unpolitely.until they begged me to stop calling saying I don't owe them any money. JUST PLEASE STOP CALLING! And I answered, Nope! So after over 100 calls that day I told them well talk tomorrow. And yes I tried to make even more calls that day. I hope they get the point, but I don't think so.

I've called them back a many many times. They called me back from 2072210843 so I blocked that number. Then they called be from 5126462261 then 3148843234 then 3148843223 . Same person each time.

I received the same message. Told them for clarity reasons this conversation was begin recorded. She said "fine go ahead". I told them I was turning over the tape to the FCC, the FBI and the local police fraud division. Also told them if they continue to call, I would start legal action with a law sute of my own. It will be so expensive you will have to sell one of your kidneys to pay for it. Before I could get another word in, she started swearing at me. I then kept my cool and told her to get a real job and stop wasting my time. I also blocked their number. That was 3 days ago.  7/15/2014

Last thing, statutes of limitations for check fraud in Missouri is one year for misdemeanor. Three years for a felony. I was told by them that I wore this check in 2002. That's 12 years ago, so even if I did and I didn't! It's too late to be charged on that. So check your state laws. Good luck.