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About 3 months ago I got a voicemail from "Mr. Rubio" saying that I was suspected of committing fraud  using 2 cc #'s. Never called back, never heard anything more from them until the other day I got the same exact voicemail from the same guy making the same exact claim.

If you had committed credit card fraud, law enforcement would be knocking at your door, not some scummy, lolife crook pretending to be a debt collector.  This is an extremely shady outfit.  Read the following and make sue you follow up with complaints to the listed agencies:

SPECTRUM BILLING SERVICES AKA PREMIUM BILLING SERVICES AKA FRONTIER BILLING SERVICES AKA CARDHOLDER SERVICES AKA HEAT MAGAZINE
Alternate Business Names
Card Holder Services, Exposed Magazine, Pixel Publishing, Preferred Entertainment, S P Entertainment, SP Entertainment, The Spectrum Club, Secrets
Posted in:  https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-800-616-7833
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-800-999-7932/2

Web site looks real cheesy and lists them in LA:  https://spectrumbilling.virtualcollector.net/Contact.aspx
BBB gives them no rating with 40 complaints and 1 negative review but strangely lists them as an eviction service:  http://www.bbb.org/losangelessiliconvalley/bu ... les-ca-13130417
BBB gives Heat Magazine a B- with 42 complaints:  http://www.bbb.org/losangelessiliconvalley/bu ... les-ca-13037580

I can’t find a company registration anywhere which would mean that they are not legally allowed to conduct business.  From the looks of it they are operating under a ton of names in order to avoid detection.  However they are using a PO Box which means they had to provide ID to open it and the USPS will release the information when served with a subpoena.
The address seems to come back to several organizations including an adult magazine:
https://www.trustlink.org/Reviews/Heat-Magazine-205727788
https://premiumbilling.virtualcollector.net/Contact.aspx
https://frontierbilling.virtualcollector.net/Contact.aspx
https://cardholder.virtualcollector.net/Contact.aspx
Other complaints (looks like a history of breaking the law):
http://forums.debtcc.com/forums/spectrum-billing.html
http://forums.debtcc.com/collection-agencies/about17628.html
http://www.checkbca.org/report/spectrum-billing-services-13130417/complaints
http://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/so-to-make- ... ill-665587.html
https://complaintwire.org/complaint/YJVb9HZaPQU/credit-card-services
https://www.trustlink.org/Ask-The-Community/Question/Business/Extortion-5217
https://www.trustlink.org/Reviews/Spectrum-Billing-Services-205800547
They seem to be tied in with some sex chat phone line as well:  http://www.outscam.com/spectrum-billing-services-f7
https://complaintwire.org/complaint/hKIBAAAAAAA/card-member-services/13

Federal law (FDCPA) requires them to send you a letter (US MAIL ONLY) 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.
Read up on your rights here, get template letters to send and also make a complaint at this government site: http://www.consumerfinance.gov/

Also file a complaint with your State Attorney General's office.
List of State AG’s offices:  http://consumerfraudreporting.org/stateattorneygenerallist.php
Also notify the California AG’s Office:   http://oag.ca.gov/

messagefrom cindy saying they are doing investigative report . LOl ! get a real job,person

Do not answer or give information. They act very shady and I assume they are just a scam. DO NOT give them any info at all.

This place is calling me telling me I did credit card fraud witch never happend

Illegal collection attempt, which is why you should take the time to read my other post.  Then do this:

You need to send them a certified, return receipt debt validation letter (think of it as the best $6.47 you ever invested).  Also send it first class mail in case no one will sign for it.  Make a notion 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

additional links :
"Web site looks real cheesy..." link also gives another number :  tel: (800) 572-0420
There are no posts on 800notes about that number at this time.

http://www.bbb.org/mississippi/business-revie ... es-ca-205739398
Spectrum Billing Services
P.O. Box 30689, Los Angeles, CA 90030

http://www.complaintslist.com/debt-services/spectrum-billing-services/
Spectrum Billing Services Complaints & Reviews

http://enhancedcall.com/sbsBilling.jsp
Spectrum Billing Services Terms of Service
The Spectrum Billing Services "SBS" pay-per-call billing service is located at 6433 Topanga Canyon Boulevard, #579, Canoga Park, California 91303 - which appears to be a UPS store (on Google Street View)
screencapture : http://i.imgur.com/aB2697h.png

enhancedcall.com :
Registrar is ENOM and the owner hides behind a proxy service in Kirkland, Washington.
http://whois.domaintools.com/enhancedcall.com
screencapture : http://i.imgur.com/X3cy0UU.png

virtualcollector.net
Appears to be one of many domains owned by an business calling itself
     Global Collection Systems Inc.
http://whois.domaintools.com/virtualcollector.net
screencapture : http://i.imgur.com/uTqJWuv.png
edited for clarity :
Email                   domains@49tulip.com    is associated with ~29 domains
Registrant Org    GCS is associated with ~275 other domains
Registrar            DOMAINSITE, INC.
Dates                 Created on 2006-01-16 - Expires on 2020-01-16
IP Address         206.82.192.70 is hosted on a dedicated server
IP Location        United States - California - Irvine - Global Collection Systems Inc.
ASN                   United States AS5693 LATISYS-IRVINE - Latisys-Irvine, LLC, US
                           (registered Aug 24, 1995)
Whois History         65 records have been archived since 2007-10-20
IP History                6 changes on 6 unique IP addresses over 10 years
Registrar History    2 registrars with 1 drop
Hosting History       5 changes on 4 unique name servers over 12 years
Website Title          None given.
                              { No homepage. Website has a lot of subdomains. }

Whois Record ( last updated on 2016-08-21 )
Domain Name:                     VIRTUALCOLLECTOR.NET
Registrar WHOIS Server:     whois.domainsite.com
Registrar URL:                     http://www.domainsite.com
Creation Date:                      2006-01-16T20:33:43Z
Registrar:                             DomainSite, Inc.
Registrant Name:                 Igor Cadez
Registrant Organization:      GCS
Registrant Street:                 49 Tulip Place
Registrant City:                    Aliso Viejo
Registrant State/Province:   CA
Registrant Postal Code:       92656
Registrant Country:             US
Registrant Phone:               +1.9494251132
Registrant Email:                 domains@49tulip.com

Registrar Abuse Contact Email:     abuse@domainsite.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone:   +1.1 7203101849

OK, thanks Global is well known around here,  Complete criminal enterprise.  I will add that info to my sheet and see if I can expand on it.

Keep calling spammers, but, you can't get through. Blocked, Thank you True Caller. Plenty of room to block, plenty of numbers... Keep calling, I dare you to.

I want this phone number to stop calling me

A lady called me and said how long have I had this phone  and hung up and very rude to me. And that they where gonna make a fraud report.

Lady said she was from spectrum said she was notifying third party but never said what it was about and said she was starting  investigation but never said her name

They called my brother twice asking for a john and the third time they called asking for me by full name he said he didn't know who I was and they rudely answerd saying they knew that he knew who I was. They then told him I owed them money?? The only money I owe is on my car which I have always payed on time or early. My question is if I truly owed them or anyone money then why are they calling him and not me? And they only call and have never sent any bills or notices by mail. I'm going to just block their number and if by the off chance I do owe money then they can find my address and send me mate collection notice that way.

That Mr. Rubio is all over the place.  I didn't answer this call but I see others did and it was him.  And it is all sorts of different things they are trying to tell people they owe for. Mr. Rubio did call me today, using a number that had the area code of my area but I didn't answer that either.  Why can't the gov't. do something about this place?

Threatening me to press charges in a stolen credit card of someone’s I have no idea of

These guys are trouble.  Same issue with them trying to get a debt of $40 ... received a letter that my credit card was being credited for $40.30.  The last 4 digits did not match any of my cards, so I called to find out what was going on.  An extremely rude man said that he was actually doing a fraud investigation and would press charges if this wasn't taken care of...  told him never to call back...  received a call from a woman a few days later and she said same thing.  Told her to never call back too...

THIS IS A SCAM!

is it a scam?

Mike posted here in 2008, 10 years ago.  Are you really expecting an answer?  Why did you not read past the first post?  The answer to your question and all the information you need has previously been posted.