312-920-0620

what's said is that you don't know that there IS such a thing as a body attachment do YOUR research before you go off telling people it isn't true ask a lawyer or a judge no it will not happen right away or sometimes at all but some attorneys will file for a body attachment and if the judge rules in his favor a warrant is placed against you look it up!!

Contact a REAL attorney if they call you. Find out what your options are.

I received a call from them this morning and it was not a pleasant one. They send me a letter in September of 2010 and filed a lawsuit in October 2010 and I was served in January 2011. They never verified the debt and were calling to try to settle with me before they went to court. The male on the other end wanted me to verify the last four digits of SSN (socical security number), I told him that I did not feel comfortable with giving out this information. He said that he needed to verify that I was the correct person and he repeated the last 4 digits of my SSN. I proceeded to cuss him out and told him to stop calling me and hung up. I do not give out my SSN to anyone and wonder how they were able to find out my information. They probably looked up my credit report and got it from them. So now I guess I will be going to court since I cussed him out. The good news is that they never responed to my validation of debt and on the summons they did not attatch a complaint nor did they attached a copy of the contract. If anyone gets calls from them file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau, the ARDC (Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission in Illinois the website is www.iardc.org, mail them a letter to the Chicago address and also file a complaint with the Attorney General of Illinois the website is www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/ and click on the link for Protecting Consumers.

you even call my fax machine-which I can't answer(no handset) and my home phone looking for someone else. My bills are paid!

got a call no message but wasnt blitt& gaines

I was served in 09  for a credit card... ORIGINAL DEBT 2500.00  Amount sued for almost 10,000.00  I SADLY messed up my days and missed court.  I have been paying for a frikken car!!  It seems it should be ILLEGAL to get 3+ times the amount of the original debt.  I also did NOT KNOW all of this validation info I am down to my last 2500 and they WILL NOT SETTLE (well they will but they will only take off like 500.00)  and supposedly they said they went BACK to court since i hadnt paid in a few months.  I would LOVE to know if I could go after them.  I HAVE most of the paper work with my last payment.  and they just called a couple of days ago.

Thanks for the insight.... To make a long story short these people wouldn't take a payment arrangement when I offered two years ago and only wanted "paid in full" when I was unemployed which was not possible. After waiting 2 years to take action, they decided to garnesh my paycheck this year of course over the Holidays, Now I have to explain to my family why we won't have any Christmans presents this year. Happy Holidays Blitt and Gains, hope your scummy business practices come back to haunt you some day maybe over the Holidays like you did to us!!!

Oh really? They just decided to 'garnesh' your wages huh? Maybe you could elaborate on that a bit. When did you receive your summons? Where did you appear in court?
To attach any income a court order must be in effect. A bottom-feeding debt collection agency does not just decide to garnish your wages. You must be legally served first and then appear in court. Failure to appear may result in a default judgement, but that's highly unlikely seeing as how 3rd rate collection agencies are far more terrified of courtrooms than any debtor is likely to be.
Shills patrol these sites hoping to drop a hint occasionally that might make there firm look legitimate. Never works. There are those of us here that, for whatever reason, have decided that B.S. artists have no place in the collection industry. Debts are a sad but real part of life. They should be paid if at all possible. To the legitimate creditor or the legitimate owner of the debt. NEVER pay a debt without first getting valid proof that said debt is owed and is valid. DEMAND a written letter of validation to be supplied to you, by mail (NOT E-mail), within 5 days of first contact with someone claiming to be collecting on a debt. Log and record all calls at home or at work if permitted in your state. Google 'Recording phone calls'. Most states use a 'One-party' rule. A few use a 'Two-party' rule.
Educate yourself on your rights as a consumer. Learn about the laws regarding the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). Familiarize yourself with the frauds, scams and scare tactics that are used by bogus debt collectors.
I can assure you that 95% of the debt collectors who call you will promptly hang-up when a Letter Of Validation is demanded, especially when they are told that the call is being recorded. If you are being harassed at work explain to the boss what is going on. Have him see to it that calls are logged and, if possible, recorded. These parasites have been getting away with this sort of thing for far too long. It's time to haul them into court and shut them down.

"Garnesh" is the 6 armed elephant god of extortionist scammers.

who is colin taber at b and g ???  why no recent updates they stop unethical practice?

Saying we owe credit card debt.  We settled and/or paid off all credit cards in 2011, 2012.  Reggie Neal wanted my social security number and I told him no.  He got huffy.  I will be sending him my lawyers info for them to provide all proof of debt.   These guys buy up old settlements and try to collect on them.  Shame shame on them.  Enough crooks in the world already.

People who work for Blitt and Gaines are blood sucking parasites who have not nor will not ever get a real job.

Blitt and Gaines contacted me via letter on June 6,2014 stating I owed a debt. I sent them a certified letter stating the debt was discharged in my bankruptcy in 2012. I tracked the letter via USPS and noticed it wasn't delivered due to no one signing for it. I believe this is a tactic by this firm for them say I didn't respond. This firm is shady...

It can still be used against them. If they refuse to pick up their mail, it counts against them so the jokes on them.

https://800notes.com/arts/Jb8EW-eDhQA/harassi ... ou-need-to-know
See Residents post here also:
https://800notes.com/forum/ta-34af6a034ba34b6/unending-collection-calls
Templates of Letters:
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-319-242-7350

http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpajump.shtm
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/askcfpb/search ...
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/pdf-0096-fair-credit-reporting-act.pdf
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection

To File complaints FDCPA/TCPA violations:
Your State Attorney General
Their State Attorney general
www.naag.org (you can find your state AG at this link).
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/#&panel1-1
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/

LAW OFFICE OF BLITT & GAINES
Alternate Business Names
Blitt & Gaines, Blitt & Gaines, Attorneys
Posted in:  https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-312-920-0620/3
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-312-940-6158

Web page gives no physical address but claims they are lawyers: http://blittandgaines.com/contact-us/
LinkedIn page give no address either:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/blitt-&-gaines-law-offices
BBB pages gives them an A+ with 31 complaints:  http://www.bbb.org/chicago/business-reviews/a ... ing-il-12017416
Roughly 50/50 on the bad reviews from the employees:  http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Blitt-and-Gaines-P-C-Reviews-E414892.htm
Looks like LinkedIn also has some of the criminals listed that work for this outfit:  https://www.linkedin.com/title/associate-atto ... nes-law-offices
Illinois Dept. of State info:
Entity Name    BLITT AND GAINES, P.C.     File Number    57193522
Status    ACTIVE
Entity Type    CORPORATION     Type of Corp    DOMESTIC BCA
Incorporation Date (Domestic)    02/22/1993     State    ILLINOIS
Agent Name    FRED N BLITT     Agent Change Date    03/26/2008
Agent Street Address    661 GLENN AVE     President Name & Address    FRED BLITT 661 GLENN AVENUE; WHEELING, IL 60090
Agent City    WHEELING     Secretary Name & Address    JAN GAINES 661 GLENN AVENUE; WHEELING, IL 60090
Agent Zip    60090     Duration Date    PERPETUAL
Annual Report Filing Date    01/15/2015     For Year    2015
Old Corp Name    09/19/1995 - LAW OFFICES OF FRED N. BLITT, P.C.
Illinois attorney listings:
Full Licensed Name:     Fred N. Blitt
Full Former name(s):     None
Date of Admission as Lawyer
   by Illinois Supreme Court:     May 12, 1989
Registered Business Address:    Blitt & Gaines P C
661 Glenn Ave
Wheeling, IL 60090-6017
Registered Business Phone:     (847) 403-4900
Illinois Registration Status:     Active and authorized to practice law  - Last Registered Year: 2015
Malpractice Insurance:
(Current as of date of registration;
consult attorney for further information)     In annual registration, attorney reported that he/she has malpractice coverage.
Public Record of Discipline
and Pending Proceedings:     None

Other complaints:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/blitt-and-gaines-pc-wheeling
Please note that this has to be included in papers that they may file with the court and served to you as well.
Federal law (FDCPA) requires them to send you a letter (US MAIL ONLY) 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

Also file a complaint here:  https://www.iardc.org/howtorequest.html

Thank you so much! I am getting a real lawyer!!

SHILL ALERT!!!   Another happy customer of an unnamed "wonderful" company.

So if you know who the number belongs to, why did you look it up? And since they sent you a letter, please give us the legal name and business address of this company. It's right there on your letter.