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They claim that I need to call them to discuss "an important business matter". It's always a recording, everyday,numerous times a day. If it's so important, why can't a "person" call me,rather than have me call them (Long distance)?  Who are these people and what do they want? I refuse to find out on my dime.Get a job LOSERS!

My mom has been receiving calls from McCarthy, Burgess and Wolff and they have been harassing her and have been very rude and obnoxious. They call everyday, 3 to 4 times a day.  She is a very sick woman, been in and out of the hospital due to COPD and Pneumonia.  I would like to have to calls STOPPED, she doesn't need this kind of aggravation!!!!  If it doesn't stop, I will call the Attorney General and file a complaint!

They call 5-6 times 7 days a week, when I answer there is nobody there.  It is a recording that says that they are McCarthy Burgess & Wolff & they have an important business matter to discuss.

This recording is calling my house at least 2 times per day.  Very irritating and want it to STOP!!

Thank you for your post.  My feelings exactly.

You are such a dumbass. How do you know he does not pay his bills on time. A lot of collection agency's are high pressure salesmen using scare tatics. And for your info some friend or family member can use you name without your permission and you will start receiving calls when they fail to pay the bill. Happened to me years ago in a town maybe fifty miles from where I live. Then I had to go prove it was not me. So yea I agree with Toby.

These people call us all day looking for Joshua Gibson he does not live here has not for 12 years I am (grant Gibson ) disabeled his farther he has no contact with me and has no phone. That I know of these people use computer generated calling can you get them to stop our number is [removed].

I have been getting calls almost every day from this number and it refers to a file number I am not even aware of.  I will like these calls to stop.

Call blocker might be your best bet.

I wish these people get there stuff together and stop calling me every day. Or I will start a class action law suite. And then I will see what they want to do next.

They took out money 2 times in one week and refuse to give back what they took.

I have been haharassed for a business web site and I think his name is mike and he makes rude jokes about my business saying no one can make money being a dog walker or pet sitter and I need to win a the lotto to pay him .any how he call all the time and threats me to a lawyers office.

Harrassing phone calls to our business

Ratings by the BBB mean nothing - the BBB is NOT the best source for reliable business information.  See the article below.

Colleciton companies like this typically post their own reviews and would obviously have a good rating by the BBB because they pay dues. Use reviews by actual objective users.


Last week, the Better Business Bureau announced that it had officially expelled one of its local affiliates, the BBB of Southland, which served the greater Los Angeles area.

The expulsion stems back to a pay-to-play scandal unearthed in 2010 by the ABC News show 20/20. The investigation showed extortion-type practices applied to local businesses: Those that paid annual dues to the BBB were handed accreditation and A ratings, while those that didn’t play along were given subpar grades, even if they hadn’t received complaints. Most disturbingly, investigators were able to get accreditation and an A- grade for a fake, totally nonexistent business after paying a $425 fee to the local BBB. (The name of the dummy business was Hamas—yep, the same as the Middle Eastern terrorist organization.)

Katherine Hutt, a spokesperson for the Council of Better Business Bureaus, which oversees the 113 independently operated local BBBs around North America, characterized the Southland affiliate scandal as “an isolated situation.” Getting rid of the the rogue branch just proves that the BBB is “the leader in advancing marketplace trust between businesses and consumers,” said Carrie A. Hurt, president and CEO of the national Council of BBBs, in a press release. “We hold businesses to high standards for honesty, transparency, fairness and integrity, and we hold ourselves to those same standards.”

It’s certainly good that the Southland branch is no longer associated with the BBB. But the fact that it took more than two years to expel a branch that was basically engaged in open extortion is cause for concern. What’s more, a closer look at the BBB shows what appear to be built-in conflicts of interest throughout the organization. At the very least, the BBB certainly isn’t what many consumers think it is — some quasi-government combination of consumer advocate, watchdog, and complaint bureau. And even after jettisoning the bad apple in southern California, the BBB hardly seems fair and transparent.

What with the rise of online forums and user review sites like Yelp and Angie’s List, the services provided by the BBB would also seem to be increasingly irrelevant. But due to widespread concerns about the trustworthiness of online reviews, and the fact that the BBB clings to a reputation as some sort of “official” organization, consumers continue to reflexively turn to the BBB. The association announced that consumer inquiries had risen 20% from 2011 to 2012, and that the number of complaints made with the BBB by consumers against businesses rose 6%, to nearly one million. The numbers “demonstrate the trust that consumers place in us to give them good information, to steer them toward good businesses and away from bad ones, and to help them resolve problems when they arise,” said Hurt, who described the BBB brand as “more relevant than ever.”

If they do not have a permit in the state the are attempting to collect the debt from call the insurance commissioner in that state. $10,000 fine for attempting to  collecting debts without being licensed with the insurance commissioner.

As I go down this list I keep reading all these comments about people who claim to never received a letter or was not notified before initial phone contact from the creditor (mb&w).... here's how this naturally works.. first of all if they are calling they are calling for a reason ,because the are paid to they are regular people like me and you its not their fault. When you opened the line of credit and signed that contract you agreed to these collection terms upon default of loan and have no one to blame except yourself if you really cared about the line of credit and wanted to resolve the debt you would have stayed in contact with the initial debtor but you did not you put it off and ignored it until a group of lawyers have now bought the debt and are pursuing you with collections. And now as far as never receiving a letter I gaurentee a letter was sent. No respected collection agency is going to make contact with anyone unless a letter was sent first. Wheat her or not you keep on on address changes or notify you debts of a new address is a different story.  It is your responsibility and only your responsibility to contact all of your creditors and notify them if u have a new address.  Although these companys do use skip tracing to locate you they are not always 100% accurate. But a letter was sent indeed. They are not going to risk there multi million dollar business over your small balance and yes even if its $20,000 that is not worth it to be shut down.  The day the receive the accounts an automated system generates a letter for every account and is mailed out.    So everyone claiming they are going to sue because never received a letter. Well they have all the necessary documents to prove they followed all fdcpa and state laws... do u???.  So waste your time and money on an attorney trying to get an easy payday. Almost gaurenteed not going to happen.  My advise to you keep track of your bills and contact original debtor if you do not wish to receive collection calls.   And do not blame the voice on the other end of the phone .   These are people just going to work like everyone else And supporting there family's   you should not try to hurt someone's career and make them loose there job and maybe make a family homeless because you feel u shouldnt have to make right on a signed contract by you and pay the debt.   Have a nice day and pay your bills on time otherwise they will make you pay and its either bif or sif in full  You lost the option for payments when you stopped making them before

People are receiving calls for debts they do not owe, belong to someone else, have been discharged in bankruptcy or are beyond the statute of limitations....

BTW---this is not a discussion as to whether or not we should "pay our bills"--

This is about consumers' rights when it come to the collection of debts.

Have a nice day!

Jason, since you are the type of guy "who gets it done", and I suspect you work for McCarthy, Burgess & Wolff, care to comment on any of the FDCPA cases below in which they were the defendant?

http://dockets.justia.com/docket/alabama/alsdce/1:2014cv00309/56203
http://dockets.justia.com/docket/new-york/nysdce/1:2014cv04518/428627
http://dockets.justia.com/docket/ohio/ohsdce/1:2014cv00447/171822
http://dockets.justia.com/docket/florida/flmdce/8:2014cv00908/296586
http://dockets.justia.com/docket/ohio/ohndce/1:2014cv00617/208200
http://dockets.justia.com/docket/arizona/azdce/2:2013cv00280/756710
http://dockets.justia.com/docket/new-york/nyedce/1:2012cv02522/330696
http://dockets.justia.com/docket/new-jersey/njdce/2:2011cv07395/268384
http://dockets.justia.com/docket/florida/flsdce/0:2011cv62593/391363
http://dockets.justia.com/docket/texas/txedce/6:2011cv00467/132159
http://dockets.justia.com/docket/new-york/nyedce/1:2010cv05482/311805
http://dockets.justia.com/docket/florida/flsdce/2:2010cv14310/368841
http://dockets.justia.com/docket/florida/flmdce/3:2009cv01151/238992
http://dockets.justia.com/docket/illinois/ilndce/1:2009cv05917/235912

Jason, you poor, misguided idiot.  Clearly this is the "training" speech they gave you when you took that sad excuse for a job.  You probably can't get any other work because you, yourself are in debt up to your ears from enrolling in classes you couldn't pass, buying a car you couldn't afford, and paying $10 a pill for your drug habit.  The fact is, you aren't calling the debtor, you're calling everyone with the same last name as the debtor within a 4 state area.  You'll note that the people complaining on this site are usually complaining because they have NO SUCH DEBT.  Really, Jason, grow-up.  Read this article and you'll learn all about the shady, illegal, lying tactics that fear mongers like you use to intimidate people into paying for debts that they DO NOT OWE.  Yes, my imbecilic little friend, you too have been fooled.  Now go home (presumably to your mommy's basement) and read.  Read, read, read.  It will help your cannabis clouded brain to make some new connections so that you can land a decent, respectable, honest job.  Good luck and here is the link to the article:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/08/15 ... ector.html?_r=1

Grant Gibson won't be back to see this, having followed a poor example set by others. Your callers do not maintain this site or this web page. No one reading here is empowered to stop calls or invoke legal rights on anyone's behalf. You cannot expect compliance with your orders until you deliver them *directly* to your caller.

It is unwise to publish a phone number you meant to protect in an open forum where any data harvester and scammer can find it. I've reported this comment so that Admin can redact it.

To halt the misfired skip trace calls, laying a paper trail is far more effective than verbal denials. My advice for "not me" cases is found here:
https://800notes.com/forum/ta-34af6a034ba34b6/unending-collection-calls