321-222-1298

Threatened to file criminal charges against me if I did not pay a bill that she says I alledgedly owe (and I do not owe it).  She said I originally owed $860 (500.00) of which was the original amount of said bill, but the additional $360 is for fees, however, she demanded I pay now $1,501.11 or I would be prosecuted.  I proceeded to call a Fraud Detective and also the Police Department and they told me this was an EXTORTION ATTEMPT to get me to pay by threatening me.  I filed a report with the Detective and Police Department in my county.

They said I have a warrant for my rest an they gave me  this number to call an said I owed money tht came out to 500.00 to 850.00.

Actually received a call from a number to be given this number to call to see what the felony charges were that i was being prosecuted for. When I asked who the originating debt was owed to she could not give me the information. Told me in order to get a criminal release number I had to pay over $1000 by 11 am tomorrow. I told her I don't have the money so what is the process I have to take. She told me that she is not in the position to negotiate with me and that once I get arrested and go in front of the judge the judge will decide what to do with me and then hung up on me. I tried calling back and got no answer.

I received the same call and have spoken with someone now at 4 different numbers...I have called my local court house local police station and Tallahassee from where the first call came from and no one has a record for a warrant...they claiming it is from a debt original from 2008 and have been looking for me since 2011...I am wondering are these people real????

I spoke with an number of 850-391-6707 and the male advises that I had spoke with the attorney two days prior and I advised no he put me on hold and a lady got on the phone and said what he said was not true that no attorney contacted me but I had to contact 321-222-1298 they transferred me to the so called attorney and she advised me they are trying to contact since 2011 and no response and gave me a address that I haven't lived at in over 8 years ..I advised her of that information and could she update and provide me the information she said at this point she doesn't have to because it been so long and I needed to pay $1501.11 today in order to get the case release number in order to stop the war rent that would be issued the next day at 9am ...she transferred me to another department in order to get the payment information...I called my local police station and also court house to see if any paper work submitted and nothing...I received a voice mail from the 850 number later on that day and advised me that she had not received the case release number and if it is not on the voice mail by morning that they will issue the warrant and also do a full dmv and social security check on me ...

The first thing you should take note of is that the original poster in this thread and you both owe the exact same amount.  What are the odds of that?  The second thing you should know is that not repaying a loan of any sort is not a criminal offense, therefore, no warrants will or can be issued.

Whenever someone tells you that they are a "lawyer", the first question you should ask is what state(s) they are registered in and their BAR number for that/those state(s).  Then go to that state and check them out.  Now for the rest of what you should know:

Criminals masquerading as debt collectors attempt to extort money from people by scaring you into believing that you will be criminally charged (they use the bad check or hot check claim a lot) and go to jail, lose your driver’s license, have wages garnished without actually being sued or going to court, 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 family, friends, neighbors and/or places of employment (past or present or both) to create panic and embarrassment so that their intended victim calls them and they can scare that person into paying their extortion money.  They will use the words “Mediator”, “Arbitrator”, or “Law Office” to make you believe that they are something other than a debt collector want-a-be and that they don’t have to follow Federal and State collection laws.  They do have to follow those laws, but they won’t.  They mention that they have received a Fax document, to create the sense of urgency.  They also tell you that if you fail to call them back you are "waiving your right to council", which is pretty much nothing but hogwash.  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 where they will ask for money to “make it go away” (this is actually the same place, they work in teams, one pretending to be the server, and the other usually pretends to be a lawyer).  Process servers do not ever call ahead so that you can dodge them.  Process servers get paid to serve papers, nothing else.

It is incumbent upon them under the law to prove that the debt exists and that you owe it, and 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 (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 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

This happened to me also but I paid it

is this a legit company?

Try reading the previous posts.

I have and I have even posted but I am still getting calls and I am asking someone that actually paid this company

No I called the FBI and the FTC its a scam

They make you pay by money gram so you have no way to reverse the changes with the bank.

The address that they said they sent all the collection notices to was from 2011 I haven't live there since 2011.

By the way I live in Reno Nv they say the debit was from Las Vegas when I lived there

We're you arrested for not paying them?

Hello Reese I've been getting call from them for the last 2  days threatening me with jail time if I don't pay $1310. I should not pay them a dime right ?

They called today and said if I`ve  don`t pay them $1,907.00 by 12pm they would have me arrested.They have been calling me for 2 days now and threatened me with jail time. They have not sent me any collections notice.

I received a call from them on Monday they said I committed check fraud back 2010 and I owed 1590 but would settle for 1210. I had to pay it by noon the next day or charges were being filed against me and I'd be arrested, tbey also gave me moneygram info for sending the money. I did not pay and I called my lawyer which called them and they never returned her call. The ingo they were saying didnt even add up and i knew was false but just to be sure I contacted my lawyer.

I just left my attorney's office.  I cannot believe I almost asked my mother for the money to pay these criminals.  I filed a complaint with the State of Ohio Attorney General'a Office and was advised to block their numbers, that these were in fact scare tactics and was not legal.

I received a call from this firm, stating that i had taken out a loan in 2010 and that i needed to pay $ 1,098 by 9am the following morning or i would have a warrant out for my arrest for 2 felony counts of check fraud. i never took out a loan in 2010 and i did not live in the city they are saying the loan was taken out.