6312517501

Same could be said about your comment. Not buying it shill

proof did they provide you?
Name, address, original creditor? Anything?
Yep, good thing we don't believe everything we read on the Internet. Like your post...

Who'd you call there? Left plenty, but forgot to mention who it was you dealt with. We're supposed to buy it, yet you've given us zilch (proof) in terms of who the outfit is.

This company called my home several times and in a very threatening way asked for my grandson.  He does not live with me but I took a message and he was called back.  But, they continued to phone my home.  Seems a day care center, Little Nemos by the Bay,  located in Spanish Fort, Alabama has hired them to collect a "debt" for $4,100 for non existent child care.  ECC has been advised that this is a spurious "debt" and that unless calls and letters cease an attorney will become involved.I'm no sure how debt collectors operate, but it would seem to me that they would need proof that money was owed prior to beginning a collection process.   Obviously, this is not the case.

You will need to find a legally verifiable address for them, so you can mail them a cease and desist letter.  However, they are most likely a fake debt collector.  Their website, http://eccandassociates.doodlekit.com/contact , lists their address as :

Empire Credit and Collection
26 Railroad Ave #117
Babylon, NY 11702

Which is a UPS Store,

https://babylon-ny-4607.theupsstorelocal.com/

First, there is a report on what you need to know about these crooks on page one.  Second, as Yoda said send them a certified,return receipt letter, although I would make it a debt validation letter.

I hate getting random phone calls

The address listed for ECC and Associates 26 Railroad Ave. Suite 117, Babylon, NY  is a UPS store. I called and they have a #117 postal box.  The phone # for UPS store # 4607 at this address is 631 321-8110

They still have to file a USPS form 1093 using 2 forms of valid ID.  The USPS might give you the information without a subpoena but usually requires one.

You 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 (think of it as the best $6.59 you 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 agencies where you should report their criminal activities.

EMPIRE CREDIT AND COLLECTION AKA ECC & ASSOCIATES
Posted in:  https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-631-251-7501
Web site for ECC claims they are a skip tracer but then also indicates that they are Empire:  http://eccandassociates.doodlekit.com/home

Doodlekit?  Seriously?  That is where they have their web page?
Web site for Empire gives the same address as ECC in Western New York, known haven for criminal debt collectors:  https://www.empirecollectionagency.com/contact-us.html
BBB gives them an F rating with 5 complaints and 3 negative reviews:  https://www.bbb.org/new-york-city/business-re ... bylon-ny-164775

Facebook page has the same false advertising on it:  https://www.facebook.com/Empire-Credit-and-Co ... 97684/timeline/
Looks like they don’t pay very well:  http://www.indeed.com/cmp/Empire-Credit-and-Collection
New York Dept. of State info:
Selected Entity Name: EMPIRE CREDIT AND COLLECTION INC.
Selected Entity Status Information
Current Entity Name:    EMPIRE CREDIT AND COLLECTION INC.
DOS ID #:    4542501
Initial DOS Filing Date:    MARCH 11, 2014
County:    SUFFOLK
Jurisdiction:    NEW YORK
Entity Type:    DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATION
Current Entity Status:    ACTIVE

Selected Entity Address Information
DOS Process (Address to which DOS will mail process if accepted on behalf of the entity)
EMPIRE CREDIT AND COLLECTION INC.
1 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10038
Registered Agent
SPIEGEL & UTRERA P.A. P.C.
1 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10038

Looks like they have been sued:

https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/9992 ... Collection,_Inc


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.

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:  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

File a complaint at the NY State AG's Office here:  http://www.ag.ny.gov/

6314173551 sending me test telling me to call 6312517501 concerning account #170304 Gary Thomas

Mr. Gold is a very unhappy man who did not even give me a fair chance to explain my side of the story. I had documentation and he would not allow me to send it to him. He refused to believe I had paid anything.

debt collectors- hide identity when they calll

Every time they call it always says no caller ID it’s so annoying

Appears "Mr Gold" is still up to the same shenanigans...

Same guy answers as “mr gold” refused to give a written letter of supposed bill. Also uses the number 631-251-7511. Even for a text from this “ECC”. Doesn’t seem professional or legit to get a text. Call whatever company they claim you owe the debt to. A while back the Aarons rental company had a huge issue. Somehow client info was let out and people would use the info to sucker people into paying something they don’t owe. Always ask for a written letter of documentation of bill to be sent to your home to validate the bill. Call the company who they claim you owe the debt to. I don’t have debt but this company or mr gold definitely said I owed money to Xfinity, immediately knew it was scam/fraud being as I currently have Xfinity service and would make no sense to owe them something when I’ve had the service for years and never don’t pay. Even called them to ask to just be sure. Never pay anything without a proof letter.

Harassing calls. Threatening tone saying I he’s a debt collector when I owe no one.

Debt collector is a scam. Trying to represent a business we had our vehicle worked on that they messed it up. We settled on the bill and now they say we owe them. We all documentation. asked for documentation from them. Going to get interesting. Never go to Singh automotive in Millersville, PA  They are as much a scam artist as this debt collector

They have been calling my phone a lot of times. CID says "Sag Harbor, NY" My husband answered the phone thinking that perhaps it was a friend who lives out in Sag Harbor, NY calling from a different phone. When he answered there was no one at the other end, just dead space.