213-973-1503

213-973-1503 threatening legal action - A total Scam

Threatening legal action

Have gotten 2 calls saying law suit from 2002 against me. Have SS and date of birth parents info etc informed them over 20 yrs ago she put on hold said will update my file have a good day hung second call from someone else in same office called them back said we already took care of this hung up Catricia Hughes told scam

This isn't a "law firm".

Received a call stating my husband got a complaint against him. Said it was a law firm.

Called threatening that "The Firm" will have to make a desicion without my consent. Called received from 213-973-1503

Caitlyn calling about a complaint filed and "the firm" needing a response or they will take legal action without my consent. theyve called twice now, threatening VMs, each vm more threatening than the last. No info on who "the firm" is, what the complaint is in regards to, and what type of legal action they are talking. Total scam, dont fall for it they're just looking for a payoff.

"stating to call 213-973-1503 and consider this a 48hr notification, if you do not callback, they will proceed with the case without your consent regarding a civil complaint"

Say I owe an old credit card from 2009.  I check my credit report regularly and that account was never on there.  Also they provided me the address:  5800 South Eastern Ave Suite 500, Commerce CA 90040.  They did know an uncomfortable amount of stuff about me like my current credit card acct #'s and balances.  They say they gonna dock my check. SCAM!

They cannot simply "dock" your check they have to sue you first and they cannot legally do that in 49 states.  So you would only be in trouble if you lived in Kentucky.  By the way, the address is a virtual office in a Regus building.  Regus specializes in providing address for criminal organizations so that they can hide from law enforcement.

  It is incumbent upon them under the law to prove that the debt exists and that you owe it, and (this is the important part) that they have the legal right to collect it.  You are not obligated under the law to prove that you don’t owe or that it is paid.  

Federal law (FDCPA) requires them to send you a letter, email, or text (postmarked in the case of a letter) within 5 days of their first contact that contains their name, physical address, the creditor’s name, and the amount of the alleged debt. Unless they have communicated it to you verbally at the beginning of your conversation.  It also must contain the “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 communication 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.  If and when you get that communication you should immediately send that debt validation letter by certified, return receipt mail.

First, you should make a complaint at this Federal Agency, and while there you should also read up on how debt collection is supposed to work as well as what your rights in this matter are: https://www.consumerfinance.gov/

Also file complaints with the FTC: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/#crnt&panel1-1

Also file a complaint with your State Attorney General's office.
List of State AG’s offices:   https://800notes.com/faq/attorney-general

That's good information and thank you for that.

I just got a 2nd one, good thing I know some CHP officers , they said the same thing

Received several calls from this person named Shandria Brown. She has not only called me but every other person that knows me. The message states that they have a complaint filed against me in their office and that they need to speak with me immediately. Today i received another call that i have 48 hours to respond or a decision will be made on my behalf 213-973-1503 is the number i need call back. Its funny how the number changed when they called someone else looking for me 213-973-1494. I looked up this last number but nothing came up

They also use the typical scam practice of spoofing caller id based on the area code of your number. Of course I moved from that area 5 years ago. Kept the number to identify scams, telemarketers. If a call comes from that area code or another in that state and it isn't in my address book it gets rejected.

Got the same message from Gonzalez and Associates, except it was for my parent. I played along and they're saying it's related to Fingerhut and someone opened a credit card under parent's social. My parent has had no collections under their name. They're definitely fishing for info. One number called me (when I call it, I just get a busy signal) and left two different messages with two other different numbers to call.

Why is it that everyone thinks that they are "phishing for info"  How much money do you think that this "info" will bring, assuming that they can sell it?  Do you really think that it will bring more then hundreds or thousands of dollars instantly when they con you out of money by scaring you into paying?

Contacted with various phone numbers, saying I would be served a summons to go to court for some old debt. They offered and emailed me a contract, good for 24 hours, to settle for over $8k. I researched and found these reviews so when they followed up I told them to f off and hung up. Of course, no further calls or summons. Thankful I found these comments.  I do plan to report them to the various federal agencies.

1, real process servers don't call in advance. 2, email is not a legal method of debt validation. Nor are phone calls, faxes, or texts. Only documentation sent via U.S. mail.