213-293-6526

fake collection agent threatening with non-existent "complaint." Ignore them

Guy calls asking for my boss.   From a UNKNOWN NAME (PRIVATE NUMBER).  Claims that they could not serve my boss at his address (the business) last week.  When he is here everyday, as am I between 8-5.  Not one person showed up to serve him.  The guy on the phone then stated that the Law Firm was coming for him.  LPS law firm, but again, he failed to give me his name or company he was with.  Then proceeded to give a bogus case number and that he had to call 213-29-6526.

Sadly some customers call from blocked/private numbers so I can't just ignore these calls.

213-293-6526, please excuse my typo.

I just rec'd the same call, saying they were going to sue me and garnish my wages. did you ever hear back from them

Someone from unknown number leaves message that there was a refusal to sign for some legal documents but I had to call LPS to find out who it is and that I had 2 hours to call back. She did not identify herself.  There was no refusal to sign because nobody lives at my old address!

Lps  called me they were going too sue me for $ 40.000.

I got a call from this number saying that they tried to serve me too but they gave me my last known address and my social security number. When they call over the phone and want you to fax back to them how do you know who you are paying?

They called saying they are trying to serve me papers and to fax them my debit card information.

On phone with Marc from Roberts and Associates right now! Called the 213-293-6526 number back because a Brenda from LPS had tried to serve papers to me at an address I hadn't lived at for over 10 years!!! I remember these phone calls from years ago when I actually wound up believing them and paid them over 5,000! Now they are saying I owe another 2400.. Wow, maybe I should give this man a dose of the law

They ARE scamers don't give them anything check the posts out they are using 213 293 2594 and using 213 493 2594

Most likely this group:

LPS Scam
This group of scammers has a long history on 800notes.
Known for:
• Constantly calling you at work when you have asked/told them not to.
• Revealing your debt to third parties.
• Leaving messages and not revealing they are a debt collector.
• Threatening a lawsuit when they do not intend on bringing one.
• Claiming that you can or will be arrested if you do not pay the debt.
• Claiming that a judgment will occur immediately if you do not pay.
• Claiming that they can garnish your wages if you do not pay.
• Claiming that they will put a lien on your house if you do not pay.

Demand a debt validation letter if they call you and demand it be sent by US mail.  E-mail no good.  Of course , they won't do this.
Do not pay them anything w/o such a letter, if you have paid them anything or are  in the process of paying them anything, it might be a good idea to simply stop paying them.  Any credit or debt cards numbers they have should simply be cancelled and new ones obtained.

These people are serious debt scammers.
Report them:  http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection
Also report them  to the California Attorney General:
http://oag.ca.gov/consumers/general/collection_agencies10

If they continue to bother you, 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 [***] are working out of now.

Here's their worthless website:  http://lpsgroup.biz/index.html

Per 800notes entry dated 1-12-2014  (888-256-6985)

Address: 333 City Boulevard West
              17th Floor
              Orange,CA 92868

Phone:  888.782.3660
Fax:       714.894.2787
Email:   info@lpsgroup.biz
Call from a variety of numbers  sometimes use LPSG as a CID.

213-293-2594   Roberts and Associates
213-293-6526
213-537-8605   CPS, Child Protective Services
312-971-6243   Legal Processing Services
484-429-6630   LPSG (LPS Group) Referred to
619-746-8458   LPSG / LPS GROUP / PARKER LEE AND ASSOCIATES / OFFICE OF VICTORIA CLARK
714-230-7491
844-232-9467   lps or lts & associates  NCR
844-240-6231   LPS services
844-279-1638
844-623-1107   Global Discovery Inc. (GDI)  AKA:  LTS Associates Group
844-882-4631
855-212-9538  NCR
855-444-4130  LPS Legal Services, ACR
855-460-6905
855-772-4944   Book LPS legal services
855-894-6403
866-205-5871
877-271-4774  Priority One Resolutions
888-256-6985  LPSG, Keith with LPS
888-470-0585  LPS

These people are serious debt scammers.

Report them:  http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection

Also report them  to the California Attorney General:  http://oag.ca.gov/consumers/general/collection_agencies10

They emailed me a paper to fill out and fax back with my bank account information. I googled the number read all this so I left them a message saying for them to take me to court because then I can see who I am giving my money too. When you call that number it goes to a voice mail of the guy that called me. They never answer. I talked to them Wed May 18 when I called them at my lunch. Today they called me at work today May 24. I told him that it's the law he cannot harass me at work he said that did not apply to him. I started to answer his question about why I did not fax my bank info and he hung up on me saying he would see me in court. He said Mark from Robert and Associates Law firm but left the same number as for LPS. They say what I owed was $525 but now it is up to $4000

This is a common ploy by criminals masquerading as debt collectors who are attempting to extort money from people by scaring you into believing that you will be criminally charged, go to jail, lose your driver’s license, have wages garnished, be sued, and a variety of other variations on this,  all for an alleged or nonexistent debt.  One of the tricks they use is to call your work place, friends, or relatives repeatedly in an attempt to shame you into paying.  They also use the “process server” ruse who calls and claims he is going to serve you, but then says you could avoid it by calling another number

Federal law (FDCPA) requires them to send you a letter (US MAIL ONLY) postmarked within 5 days of their first contact that contains their name, physical address, the creditor’s name, and the amount of the alleged debt.  It also must contains “mini-Miranda” telling you that it is an attempt to collect a debt and that all information will be used for those purposes.  The one other important thing that this letter must also have in it is that you have a right to dispute the debt within 30 days of receipt of the letter and if you do so, all collection activity must be stopped until the debt is verified.

Read up on your rights here, get template letters to send 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:  http://consumerfraudreporting.org/stateattorneygenerallist.php

I don't owe anyone a penny. My credit report is 100% clean of any collections. Yet this Mark from Roberts and Associates is threatening to sue me if I don't pay $7,500. He had my social security number, my maiden name which I haven't used in 20 years, and the debt is supposedly for the hospital that I was born at. Sounds to me like someone got ahold of my birth certificate. Otherwise he would know that I haven't been to a hospital under my maiden name since I was a teenager. He is stating this took place in 2007, which would still be beyond the statute of limitations for debt collection in my state. I spoke with the sheriffs dept and gave them the phone number and they told me it was a scam. I am forwarding his information to my lawyer.