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On Tuesday, September 16th, I received a phone call on my cell phone for my 93 year old Mother, but the caller would give me any information as to why he was calling her. Then on Wednesday, September 17th, the same guy (later identified himself as Mr. Brown wanting to speak with my Mother who answered the phone, while speaking with her, he began to tell her that she owed a lot of money on a credit card and if she did not take care of it he was going to take her to court and place a judgment against her.  He also asked a number of personal questions, like how many children did she have and who lived with her.  I walked into the room just as she was answering some of these questions, at that point I knew she was not talking to a friend.  Shortly after she eventually hung up, then he called back 8 times within 15 minutes(as shown on the caller ID).  When I answered the phone, he began yelling at me saying that "I am coming to your job to get my money", so I just hung up each time.  At this moment, I am reporting this guy and this company to the Better Business Bureau, FTC, and the California State Attorney.
Please advise senior citizens to be alert when a seeming "nice" person that they do not know calls them and starts asking personal questions about family or finances that should not be answered.

I just got a message on my phone from Andrea from WWR @ 714-380-8862 referring to my property when I tried to call back it was a cell number.  I then search the web and found this site.  When I saw World Wide Recovery I remembered a similar call several months ago when a man called and left a message for my 26 year old son concerning my property in jeopardy.  I called them and explained my son had no property and no attachment to my property. They then became rude called me and my son liars and threatened us with lawsuits. I hung up and called back just to find out the company name, after that I just ignored them and their threatening messages.  After reading the info on this sight I have contacted the Attorney Generals office and I'm filing a complaint.  Thank you everyone for your helpful info.

Received a call from WWR and Associates 866-897-9058, inquiring about a non-payment on a Shell Gas Card.  The young man provided a social security number that he insisted was mine (probably wanting me to give him mine) but as I mentioned to him you have the wrong person.  

You know, I like fishing but when it comes to this type of phishing I hope they get caught, here is another hook for them and you can "go to Shell."

Today I got a long winded, hurry up and call back for an "important" message to WWR associates by 1 pm or they would report me to a Military Authority for an Article 134 USMJ violation (Deliquent Debt)- it was from 714-380-5857.  The caller, was a fast, long-winded, hurry up or else threatening call.

Yesterday I got one from another idiot from the same firm demanding to talk to the HR department and threatening to serve me for an deliquent acount. I hung up on the scammers. They are obviously trying to use intimidation as a debt collection technique.

Hey Chief,
Not to brilliant are you?
That's why you are a robot to the US Military.
You had a legal letter from them, and you still think it was not a legit company.
You think cause you fight a complete farce of a war that you have a right to forgo your responsibilities. It's "no brain" people like you that military recruitiers love to meet.

May god bless you someday with some intelligence

for the past 3 weeks someone who identifies himself as Ed Gruntz has been calling my x mother in law and my daughter at late hours in the evening  (9:00pm 10:00 pm) and saying that he needed to speak to me about a legal matter and I need to call him back right away.  When I called him he was very rude and was saying that  I owed a bill from back in 1999 that I was sure that I did not! after looking up the name of his company I really believe it is a scam.  DO NOT GIVE THESE PEOPLE ANY INFORMATION!!!

I keep getting harassing calls from 714-380-5857, a Mr. Brown, Mr. Durbin, etc....  I've asked them to stop calling me at work, but they continue.  When I asked for a mailing address to send them a "cease to communicate letter", his tone became very threatening and harassing.  He refused to give me the mailing address and would only give me a fax number of 714-380-5891.  I immediately called the Federal Trade Commission, to file a complaint.  For the FTC to launch an investigation, everyone needs to call the FTC at 1-877-382-4357.  Call them immediately!!

He has left two messages for me. The first time he said he needed a call or message from me the same day but didn't identify his name or company.  The next time he said he was calling about a case #831068 and about my property at 5933 Willoway (?) Road in Virginia Beach (I don't own property in VA Beach)

TO THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN HARASSED BY THIS SCUMBAG
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This is a rogue debt collector (formerly known as Shekinah, Inc); they bought tons of junk "uncollectible" debts for pennies on a dollar. They break every rule (including not comply with FDCPA) to extort $$$ from you.

Here's what you do : send them a certified Debt Validation and Cease-Communication letter to :

Worldwide Recovery
2414 S. FAIRVIEW ST. SUITE 210  
SANTA ANA, CA 92704

PS: Numerous samples of DV and CC letter can found in the internet.

These people are not only inappropriate, they engage in illegal practices.  This man has called the Parks and Rec department in my town (I coach a soccer team) and told them they would be serving papers to my 5 year olds soccer practice.  They have also called old work numbers I haven't been at in years and constantly called my husbands work.  They phoned m mother and told her I was in "trouble" and she needed to pay them to get me out of "trouble".  Then they transferred her to someone else and when she demanded to know why they had phoned her, Mr. Brown said, " I did not phone you, you have phoned me."  So he obviously knew he was breaking the law and trying to cover his tracks.  He must think they we are all ignorant of the law and won't persue recorse.  He is completely mistaken.  We have hired an attorney and are seeking to litigate to get these people to stop and cease all these illegal practices.  If they continue, we may make it a class action lawsuit, to hit them where it hurts....in the pocket book, then we can all more than pay off our debts, but live a great life thanks to Mr. Brown.  Please everybody....document, document, document.  We have and will continue to do so.

In case u care to learn more about this scumbag, here it is :

http://budhibbs.com/debtcollectorpages/shekinah_inc.htm

He calls himself Mr. Durbin, and he called my boss and threatened with a legal matter.  When I called to tell him to stop harrassing me, he started yelling at me and said that because of people like me, the banks are down the toilet.  This guy needs to get stopped.  He is breaking LOTS OF LAWS.  He threatened to have me embarrassed at work with lawsuit papers.  If there is someone out there who can put a stop to his illegal pursuits, I would appreciate it.

My boss received a call from Mr. Brown asking about me. I was out of the office and he told my boss that I would be served at my office. Today he called again and tried to setup a payment plan for a debt back in 2003. I asked that he validate the debt. He was quite savvy giving me specifics from my credit report such as my car, bank loan and other credit cards. He kept insisting that we take care of this debt but at the same time he kept saying that there was nothing else he could do for me and that I would be served at work. He mentioned wage garnishment and a bunch of other stuff. I asked him to send me correspondence about this debt and he said he could not anymore as too much time had already passed. I repeatedly told him I understood the nature of the call but without validation of the specific debt, I did not know if this was a scam or not. He proceeded to tell me not to worry about that and turned it around on me and said, you are the one who signed up for the credit card and was not honest because you didnt pay it back. He kept trying to get me to say I would not pay them back as I am sure the call was being recorded. At no point did I say I would not pay.

This company WWR & Associates called my daughter's place of employment and violated the FDCPA by divulging information to a 3rd party.  They treatened legal action and asked for her legal representative to call back.  I called back on behalf of her and advised of the violation of the FDCPA and a Mr. Brown went off on I needed a Power of Attorney to speak wiht them.  I know this is a company that buys debt as this is from a credit card that was stolen back in 1999.  The Statue of Limititation Laws in CA on credit card debt are 4 years from the date of the last purchase, not the date they buy the debt.  These people need to be reported to the FTC immediately

Again as I said, write a debt validation letter to this scumbag and don't forget to send it with certified mail.

Worldwide Recovery
2414 S. FAIRVIEW ST. SUITE 210  
SANTA ANA, CA 92704


NEVER EVER EVER release your financial info (acct#, cc#, employment, etc) to this scumbag and NOR SHALL U EVER TAKE A SETTLEMENT OFFER without  them validating your debt because it's an admission of guilt and can revive your statute of limitation.

I got a call yesterday from WC Brown and he talked so fast I could not understand him. After I figured out what he was saying, that I owed money to BOA and I was in a law suit, which I didn't know about....I told him I needed to talk to my attorney. he started getting abrasive and asked for their name. I got suspicious so I would not give it to them and told him I would have them call him, to give me his name and number. He refused. I hung up and the next thing I know, he had called my Boss, telling him that if I did not call within 30 min., he was going to serve me papers. That is against the FDCPA to siclose information to anyone besides the account holder. He is now calling my work and lying about who he is and asking them questions about me. Is this a scam or is it just a harsh debt collector. I don't feel safe giving any information to them.

Help! i don't who these guys are but there making my home and work life very difficult. i work in law enforcement and they really can't be calling me at work and i'm not sure how they even got the number.

There are plenty of consumer protection lawyers that will take your case.  They will work for free and if win are entitled to collect fees from the collection agency, NOT you.  Record all phone conversations if possible, and have them send paper copies of all their claims with their address on it.  It is illegal to make terroristic threats as well as discuss relatives debts without the debtor's consent.  These people are debt buyers who are considered the "bottomfeeders" of collection agencies.  Do NOT be intimidated by them, as all they do is threaten legal action to intimidate just to get money.

You made a BIG mistake by setting up automatic payments to them.  You need to get paper copies of everything discussed.  I would close my bank account or whatever you told him as soon as possible.  They are scam artists that essentially buy bad debt from other collection agencies and use extortion to collect on the debt.  You may lose your money and still owe the debt.  I'm sorry you did not get this information sooner.  Contact your state department of commerce and file a complaint.  I currently have alawsuit pending and my lawyer gets his fees from the company if I win.  If I do not, I owe my lawyer nothing.

This does not sound like a legal letter.  These people are debt buyers who buy debt at huge discounts and use extortion to collect.  Ask for their state license number, and get the address they expect a payment to be sent to.  Usually if you are smart and ask them all the legal questions you are entitled to ask, they will hang up on you.  File a lawsuit on them, I have one pending right now, as well as my state investigating them.  Do NOT be intimidated by them, they never follow through on their threats.  Their only purpose is to try to scare you enough to send them money.  These debts have already been written off by the original collector.  Most attorneys work on a "pay if we win" basis and are entitled to collect their legal fees directly from the "collection agency" and not from your settlement.  I hope everyone joins me in bringing these guys down