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Scroll back in this message thread a bit to my post from Feb. 6th...you'll see information about the identity of this scammer and how to report them to the authorities.  Good luck.

Ok, I got a phone call from these people this morning under my maiden name so this debt is well into being 6 years old or older. I noticed someone posted a fax number. Can I fax a Cease and Disist letter to them regarding the phone calls or do I need to mail it? If so, which address do I use? I noticed a few different ones. My husband is up in arms about this. We got "scammed" last year from another one of my old debts who told me that the police were on our way to our house with warrents for our arrest. Turns out, we paid it cause we were scared to death, but that was before I knew about this site! I am not about to be scammed again! Thanks in advance!!!

First of all, read this background information on this debt collection scam:  http://www.budhibbs.com/debtcollectorpages/cmc_recovery.htm  As you'll see, they're really located in New York...not in Georgia.

I wouldn't fax the letter because these crooks would just claim they never received it.  Moreover, I wouldn't bother sending them a letter at all; in terms of effectiveness, it would be like sending a cease-communication letter to a Nigerian email spammer. When you consider the fact that these grifters ignore federal and state debt collecting laws and break other laws by impersonating law enforcement officers, it's doubtful they would suddenly decide to start abiding by the Federal Debt Collection Practices Act once they receive your letter.

But if you want to go that route, their address is listed in the link that I listed above. Be sure to send it via certified US mail with a return receipt request.

If it were me, I wouldn't bother with the letter. Rather, I'd verbally inform them to stop calling then tell them if they keep calling, you'll report them to the Federal Trade Commission, your state's attorney general, the New York Attorney General, the Georgia Consumer Affairs Office. If they threaten you in any way (such as threatening to sue you or arrest you) or if they impersonate a lawyer, law enforcement officer or an officer of the court, then you should immediately report them to the agencies I just mentioned plus the FBI.  Here are the links to do that:

Federal Trade Commission
https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01

Your State's Attorney General
www.naag.org (Scroll down to the national map graphic and click on your state.)

Georgia Governor's Consumer Affairs Office
http://consumer.georgia.gov or 404-651-8600 or 800-869-1123

New York Attorney General
http://www.oag.state.ny.us/complaints/complaints.html or 800-771-7755

FBI
https://tips.fbi.gov/

they use to be called claims america outta ga, now they run to buffalo ny to hide from the law. all of them use drugs two have felony convections. they are lamont cooper and johaan mcduffey, heavy drug users. they use the money to buy more drugs thats why they so high when they call. they at 3385 bailey ave in buffalo ny in suit #8 another phone they use is 716 462 4971. they also sell drugs outss that location. don't send them no money cause they will pop it snort it or stick it with a needle they just get messed up then call people and make them pay. they should all go to jail.

They called my uncle looking for me and said that I had 48 hrs to contact them. How can you call someone and say that and yet you aren't available 24/7. I called them in a panic and that's when I heard the name of the business and decided to look up the name and number online. You guys just don't know how much you put my mind at ease. Thank you. I was really scared and going through in my mond who could possibly be taken me to court. Thanks again, now I know how to fight back when the call. The person that called was a Mr. Scott.

hey guys i found this web site that gives a little more information. if anyone is contacted by this group you should contact this attorney. it seems he is at the head of an investgation.

http://www.budhibbs.com/debtcollectorpages/cmc_recovery.htm

some copied stuff from his page:

RSI Investigative Services
RSI Claims Processing Services, LLC
aka/CMC Recovery
aka/Claims America
aka/ "EDI" Emanee Development Inc
Aka/Murray, Bradshaw & Associates,
Attorneys at Law

3385 Bailey Ave., Suite #8  
(Click for Google map)
Buffalo, NY 14215

CALLS ROUTED THROUGH GA NUMBERS:

PHONE: 404-492-7970 & 404-287-0204
Local: 716-462-4971 (Emanee Development)
FAX: 404-592-0173
Head Debt Collectors:

Lamond Marquis Cooper,

Convicted Felon, (drug dealer)

(Aka/Lamond A. Conrad, Lamont Ashley,

Lamond M. Burns, Lamond Marqus Cooper,)

Jahaan McDuffie, Convicted Felon

Donte Lee, Convicted Felon


If you have had dealings or contact please get in touch with us.  We'd like to see your letters, faxes or recorded tapes concerning this agency.

Jahaan McDuffie and Donte Lee.  All three are convicted felons an ex/current

Drug dealers.  They teach their employees to lie to the debtors to get paid

On debt that are out of statute.  They purchase debt with their drug money and

add hundreds to thousands of dollars to the debt and have the debtor believe

they are entitled to an out of court settlement.

Their caller id shows Atlanta, GA, they are using ‘Phone Spoof’ to fool the debtors.

ALL CALLS GET ROUTED TO THE BUFFALO ADDRESS.

There is no attorney office of Murray, Bradshaw and Associates. This agency is a complete farce.  They gross at least $250,000 per month and its pure profit...everyone in the agency is related somehow so that the scam/scheme and play on.

Warn anyone contacted by them NOT to pay and NEVER give them any information on your bank or credit cards, they will steal your money!

NOTICE: If you have information to add to this report, please contact us. If you are named in this report and feel the information is inaccurate, please contact us immediately so that we can take the necessary steps to insure that only accurate information is being reported about these "agencies" and individuals.

these people just called me looking for my older sister under her maiden name. i freaked out. i gave them no info as to contacting my sister or that her name changed and took down the "claim number" and name of the woman who called, Christina Harris. but they got my phone and my home address too!! scary!!!! they would not tell me what it was for, and when i talked to my brother-in-law he said they have her number and were already harassing her, but would not even tell her why or who the claim was from. she's since contacted her local DA office about this

So, I got another call from them tonight, this time from a male and I don't remember his name. Same crap, I have 48 hours to respond. What happens if we don't take their calls and don't call them back?

I have had dealings with them and what is really scarry is they give private information out about the person!! Like the first 5 SS#, birthdate etc.  That is very scary that they have that kind of private info on people!  Mr Lomus is now calling as Special Investigator and when you call back they now tell you to wait on hold a minute while they go and get your papers from the court room! LOL!
Don't be scared of them.

Called by Investigator Scott Kowalski, looking for a friend that I have not spoken to for over 10 yrs.  Very threating words of going to court etc.  I ried to call number and it woud not connect from here in CO.   Makes one very upset.

My dad recieved a call from our friends at RSI yesterday. Seems they were claiming he had co-signed on a credit card for my EX-wifes boytoy. He called me to let me know that something was askew, and see if I knew how to get ahold of my EX. Whith him on the phone I did a search of the number her had (404-287-0204)and found all the wonderful info on this site..... Well I called the number and when they asked my name, I told them I was Mr. XXX, and they told me (third party) all sorts of stuff... from account numbers to my the first 5 of my dads SSN. I basicly led them down the yellow brick road mining them for ALL the info I could get (as well as names, dates and such) even promising to get a bank draft out to them right away. Let me tell you, you could have heard a pin drop when I told them the bank draft would be couming via a banking assoc. in Nigeria...LMAO!!

After that conversation I thought I'd have some "fun" with them......
I grabbed my cell phone and called them back. When they answered I asked for "Inspector" Loomis.When Inspector Loomis got on the line, I proceeded to respond with "Hi, this is "LT. Colonel Harmon McKenzie" (any JAG fans?) fron the Judge Advocate Generals office United States Air Force, and that I'd like to discuss some calls that personel had been recieving."
Let me say... I have never heard a phone line go dead silent so FAST!!! Nor heard such a resounding *CLICK*....

I'd like to think that just maybe.... I might have thrown the fear of GOD into the wannabe inspector....heeheehee

Someone called my mom, my dad, my uncle, but not I.  They left messages with all three with the # (404)287-0204.  I called it.  The person answered "Investigor Ingram" They asked what file # I was calling about.  I gave them the one that they gave my family.  He asked if I was (my name) I said yes, he put me on hold for 4 minutes.  He then told me I was deliquent with an account that has already passed the statute of limitations to be sued over.  I told him I would have to check my records.
Then I started drilling him:
I said you did not tell me what company you are from?  He said Claims America. Then he told me, "we are not a collection agency."
I said well if I were to check my records and find out that this is indeed my debt, whom would I be making payment to? He said "Murray Bradshaw & Associates."  I asked if they had bought my debt.  He said yes.
I said that I had not recieved any thing in writing & needed him to verify this debt in writing.  He said that was not possible.  He said they could email me or fax me.  I told him I had neither.  I told him  by law you must notify me in writing if you have purchased a debt & if I am asking for verifaction.  He told me again not possible.
I asked for the address to send a cease & desist letter to, so that I could put in writing that the debt is past SOL & to stop calling me & my family.  He put me on hold for about 3 to 5 mintues & briskly ratteled off the address:  2483 Heritage Village 16-349, Snellville, GA 30078
When I google this address nothing comes up.
However, thanks to this site I know see the connection between 770-881-7088 and the offices in New York.  So I guess I will send a letter to NY & GA.

Someone called my mom, my dad, my uncle, but not I.  They left messages with all three with the # (404)287-0204.  I called it.  The person answered "Investigor Ingram" They asked what file # I was calling about.  I gave them the one that they gave my family.  He asked if I was (my name) I said yes, he put me on hold for 4 minutes.  He then told me I was deliquent with an account that has already passed the statute of limitations to be sued over.  I told him I would have to check my records.
Then I started drilling him:
I said you did not tell me what company you are from?  He said Claims America. Then he told me, "we are not a collection agency."
I said well if I were to check my records and find out that this is indeed my debt, whom would I be making payment to? He said "Murray Bradshaw & Associates."  I asked if they had bought my debt.  He said yes.
I said that I had not recieved any thing in writing & needed him to verify this debt in writing.  He said that was not possible.  He said they could email me or fax me.  I told him I had neither.  I told him  by law you must notify me in writing if you have purchased a debt & if I am asking for verifaction.  He told me again not possible.
I asked for the address to send a cease & desist letter to, so that I could put in writing that the debt is past SOL & to stop calling me & my family.  He put me on hold for about 3 to 5 mintues & briskly ratteled off the address:  2483 Heritage Village 16-349, Snellville, GA 30078
When I google this address nothing comes up.
However, thanks to this site I know see the connection between 770-881-7088 and the offices in New York.  So I guess I will send a letter to NY & GA.
By the way, he hung up on me after ratteling off the address & said that I would be "served" next week.....WHATEVER.  If these people contact me any more I am going throught the trouble of reporting this.

You will be "served" next week?  If it took that long to "serve" me, I sure wouldn't tip the waiter. :)

By the way, sending these crooks a cease communication letter is ok, but I doubt it will result in anything. These people are criminals posing as debt collectors, so abiding by federal debt collection laws probably isn't high on their "To Do" list. :)

So in addition to the cease communication letter (which you should send via certified US Mail with a return receipt request), I suggest you report them to the following law enforcement agencies:

1) The FBI at http://tips.fbi.gov

2) Your local police

3) Your state's attorney general, the contact information for whom is at www.naag.gov

4) The Federal Trade Commission at https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01

Good luck!

oh these ppl are real idiots .. they have so far called my ex husband (tried tellin him they would get a warrant for him too supposedly this was a joint acct) they have called my ex mother in law .. told her i was going to jail and they could prevent it if she would just tell them where i was ... so i called them .. some dumb chick answered .. (christina) .. asked me for a case number .. i in return asked her some questions .. she just kept asking for the case number so i gave her this ... you all should know .. youve been looking for me, calling ppl i havent talked to in years .. telling them im going to jail .. so heres the deal .. in 5 mins .. im going to my local police station .. giving them all yalls information .. and we shall see who goes where ... i got put on hold and she never came back ... IDIOTS

Good job, Deb!  If everyone realized that it's ALWAYS a scam when someone calls and demands money to prevent an arrest, then crooks like those who called you would be out of business fast.

You may want to also give the FBI a heads-up about these crooks. You can easily do that online: http://tips.fbi.gov

Go get 'em!

These people called me and claim that if I didn't settle the debt today that they would summons me to court and it would cost me double.  I ask what it was in reference to and they claim a credit card debt that was unpaid.  They claimed that chase Manhatten had bought the credit card co. and couldn't give me the orginal credit card co. name.  Only that Chase had handed it over to them for collections.  At that point I asked them when the card was issued and they said in 1998.  I knew for sure it wasn't my debt at that time and ask for a number to call them back which they were VERY reluctant to give.  I then went to check my credit report online to see if someone had gotten hold of my identiy in 1998 and to no surprise there was never a card issued to me in the year 1998. They called back within a hour or so saying they would settle for even less and requested my bank acct #.  I gave told them no just take me to court.  After that I called the local police who immediately called them to let them know that they were following up on a complaint from a local citizen and would be checking into the situation further. So far no one has called back and if they do, after reading these statements I am going to have a few choice words for them.  Thanks to everyone for reporting this co.  I will be making complaints everywhere in hopes to shut these scam artists down

WOW! I always come here to type in phone numbers to see where they are calling from. Usually, I check numbers for my cell. This total [***]. The guy calling looking for Vanessa So-and-So. I asked who that was. He said that this number was given as contact information about a civil suit against me. When he asked "Is this the Smith residence? Do you know this person?" When I said No, he hung up. I didnt think about it until about 2 minutes after the conversation. I am with the National Do Not Call Registry and I thought it would stop all these calls.

Criminals typically don't abide by the law, let alone the Do Not Call regulations. Besides, had these particular crooks been real debt collectors, they could still legally call because debt collectors are exempt from the DNC.

Regardless, if these grifters call you again, be sure not to give them any information about yourself and tell them not to call again.  If they ignore you and call again, report their crooked [***] to the many law enforcement agencies listed in this thread.

ok this idiot is a real winner .. hes done called back .. now hes messin up cuz hes leaving msgs on answering machines ... threatened my ex of 13 yrs to have him thrown in jail too .. man ... can anyone be more stupid