425-230-5998

Hallstead financial, a collection agency I believe!

Halsted Financial is the proper spelling

You will need to send them a certified, return receipt debt validation (by law they have to go back to the original creditor to prove you owe the debt), cease and desist calling, or "not me" letter (this will be the best money that you have ever invested).  Also send it first class mail in case no one will sign for it.  Make a notation of that fact at the bottom of the letter.  You also need to report them to the proper agencies to which I have provided links to.  Then you need to go out and get a consumer lawyer to sue them on a contingency basis (no money out of your pocket) and let them pay you for the harassment.  If everyone did these three things, these crooks would be bankrupt, and we would all be the richer for it.  Use these web sites to find an attorney in your state that will probably take the case on a contingency basis (no money out of your pocket up front):  http://www.consumeradvocates.org/
http://www.consumeradvocates.org/find-an-atto ... tates_value=All

Everything else you need to know follows including at least two or more federal and state agencies where you should report their criminal activities.

HALSTEAD FINANCIAL SERVICES

Web page with contact info:  https://halstedfinancial.com/contact

BBB page with an accredited A+ rating with 44 complaints and 42 negative reviews (BBB removed a whopping 160 complaints, probably when they paid money for the accreditation and they also removed the notation that there is a pattern of complaints –surprise! Surprise!) as of 5/14/20: http://www.bbb.org/chicago/business-reviews/c ... kie-il-88375998

From the Illinois Dept. of State:
Entity Name    HALSTED FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC     File Number    02536234
Status    ACTIVE      On    03/03/2015
Entity Type    LLC     Type of LLC    Domestic
File Date    05/30/2008     Jurisdiction    IL
Agent Name    ILLINOIS CORPORATION SERVICE C     Agent Change Date    09/30/2014
Agent Street Address    801 ADLAI STEVENSON DRIVE     Principal Office    8001 N. LINCOLN AVE., SUITE LL
SKOKIE, IL 60077
Agent City    SPRINGFIELD     Management Type    MBR   View

Agent Zip    62703     Duration    PERPETUAL
Annual Report Filing Date    03/03/2015     For Year    2015
Series Name    NOT AUTHORIZED TO ESTABLISH SERIES

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 (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.  If and when you get that letter 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