801-203-4116

The caller claims to represent a firm that is representing a bank.  The bank allegedly is filing charges against me for bank fraud.  They try to obtain personal information, and offer to help you settle without prosecution.
I have never heard of the bank, I have never lived where they are claiming.  When challenged they hang up.
Obvious phishing scam.
I will be tracing the local number they are using, and reporting them to my state attorney general.

For at least the last year, an illegal group of debt collectors have been terrorizing consumers, their family, friends, and employees threatening to arrest the individual of an unpaid loan or other debt (their generally don't even owe). Be aware debt is a civil matter, not a criminal matter, and you can't be arrested. They threaten a warrant if the victim does not pay a sum of money by the credit card over the phone.

Some of the people they are calling do not owe a debt.  Others they are calling have already settled their debt with the organization who owns the accounts. Even if you do owe a debt, do not be deceived by the actions of this group.  Many of the accounts they are attempting to collect they do not own.  In other words, if you pay these people, that is not going to clear your debt with its rightful owner.  

Although when pressed the callers give the victim an address in Columbia South Carolina (usually a vacant lot),  Atlanta GA (often a parking lot near the bus station or a Peachtree Road Address) or Phoenix AZ.  They are actually out of the Charlotte North Carolina area. The scammers are using the following business names (and there are many others, and they seem to create new ones daily).  They will normally answer the call back number as “Investigations”.  They often call people with a recording claiming they are looking for a "defendant"

Collins and Stern
Schuman, Walker, & Associates
Kaplan, Stein, & Associates
KS & Associates
Lyman & Turner
Burns & Stevens
HD & Associates
Richardson Simms and Associates
Johnston & Moore
Holland, Dempsey, and Associates
Hughes and Berkeley
RJ Financial LLC
Ondrick and Miles
Anderson & Banker Mediation or Pre-Trial Litigators
Reynolds, Hill, and Associates
Berkley and Associates
Kaufmann and Associates
Sanderson Blaine & Associates
Blaine and Associates
McKenzie Reid Associates
Kennedy, Kline, & Associates
Nationwide Asset and Recovery
Piedmont Investigations and Procurement
Raffino, Garrison, & McCoy
Greenman, Schwartz & Associates
McCoy Law Group
Salem Associates
Reynolds and Associates
Ryan, Carter and Fields
Berman, Maxwell and associates
DOF Investigations
Vaughn & Associates
Bailey Rowe and Associates
Berkley Hughes and Associates


Here is a set of links to a variety of threads on this forum that document this group and its behavior. They include the experiences of victims as well as a former employee or two that quit within a week of finding out exactly what was going on. They also include responses from consumer advocates and people who are really criminal justice professionals advising victims of what to do

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-748-8367
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-719-1725
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-676-3492
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-805-5549
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-751-1084
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-803-2349
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-775-2417
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-775-2418
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-755-3417
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-746-3946
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-676-3485
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-966-3768
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-699-9749/2
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-966-6246
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-678-5437
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-967-0061
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-746-3948
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-791-2353
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-699-6246
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-735-8624
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-751-1083
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-736-3678/2
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-966-8529
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-967-2633
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-460-1576
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-609-3074
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-576-6210
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-601-5849
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-230-1283
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-658-0438
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-510-9327
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-509-0338
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-803-0755
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-511-0627
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-509-3033
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-509-0339
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-511-0631
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-883-2350/2
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-244-3381
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-0269
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https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-511-4248
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-725-5312
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-756-9997
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-1278
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-0531
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-0273
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-719-5041
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-791-9102
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-512-400-2637
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-585-730-6153
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-1712
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-800-657-1430
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-643-7815
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-860-3119
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-860-2973
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-831-4161
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-316-3547
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-714-134-4576
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-948-4460
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-415-1851
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-678-389-6196
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-584-6184
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-210-239-1791
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-844-245-7180
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-415-1287
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-440-210-9666/2
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-455-6485
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-425-201-0376
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-393-3515
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-406-272-8763
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-393-0743
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-408-9651
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-254-0813
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-727-260-5017
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-330-849-2731
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-480-270-8627
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-393-4321
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-706-913-1607
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-815-221-4220
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-206-858-9167
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-800-929-4493
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-230-3803
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-526-3182
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-408-9654
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-760-314-6294
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-994-3546
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-972-317-9700
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-210-625-5450
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-410-220-0297
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-307-224-6087
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-712-202-5902
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-602-753-1237
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-608-299-7037
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-937-347-8006
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-513-245-8774
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-702-359-9772
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-253-275-4704

yes they have called me for three years!!! Over them!!

Have harassed me for 3 years for someone else

got a call they said they were collecting a debt I said they need to contact my lawyer.  He said we don't do that we just take care of the debt.  So I said well give me the number and I will have my lawyer contact them.  The number was 855-393-4318.  He called from 801-203-4116.  I asked them to stop calling he said that he wouldn't which is against the fair credit act. They also called my work number I asked him to stop calling my work number and he said he wouldn't.  I will turn in this information with the FTC.  

This is a scam.  They call me looking for my sister using my maiden name I haven't used for over 20 years calling to my cell number (since it's a Utah number and I'm not in Utah anymore). I called the Attorney General's Office of the state I'm in and my sister is in. The caller says they are the "Sweetwater Group." Yet in this state they do not have a bond to collect debts. I bet they don't in UT either.  The AG told me it's a known scam. Sometimes it's random sometimes they find old collections and try to get folks to pay on them. My sister has none. But the AG says they threaten to put it on your credit and folks pay in order to protect their credit.  They call me every morning at 859 am...Central Time.  So even IF they were in UT they'd be breaking the law (if legit) by calling too early and harassing me the sister. Luckily I'm a Dave Ramsey fan and know what they can and can not do legally...so when they continued to break the law I decided to check them out. TOTAL SCAM! Beware. Don't pay them a dime. If you owe a debt pay the company you owe directly!  Most are liars if they are calling.

This is a scam.  They call me looking for my sister using my maiden name I haven't used for over 20 years calling to my cell number (since it's a Utah number and I'm not in Utah anymore). I called the Attorney General's Office of the state I'm in and my sister is in. The caller says they are the "Sweetwater Group." Yet in this state they do not have a bond to collect debts. I bet they don't in UT either.  The AG told me it's a known scam. Sometimes it's random sometimes they find old collections and try to get folks to pay on them. My sister has none. But the AG says they threaten to put it on your credit and folks pay in order to protect their credit.  They call me every morning at 859 am...Central Time.  So even IF they were in UT they'd be breaking the law (if legit) by calling too early and harassing me the sister. Luckily I'm a Dave Ramsey fan and know what they can and can not do legally...so when they continued to break the law I decided to check them out. TOTAL SCAM! Beware. Don't pay them a dime. If you owe a debt pay the company you owe directly!  Most are liars if they are calling. BTW, I can't find a Sweetwater Group other than a construction company anywhere online.

BTW, if it's your cell phone you can have your wireless company block the number.

Got a call from this number stating that they were assisting mortgage officers to better their web presence. Supposedly the company name was GoTeam.  I looked them up on Google and didn't see anything.  That's when I decided to look up the phone number.  Looks like it could be a scam.

Guy Call to tell me that he can get me 5 Star Ratings to better their web presence, When I told him that i can get my own 5 Star Ratings by my own client reviews, he insisted i have no online presents and that i sound like I'm smoking pot and have no Business being in Business and that he feels sorry for anyone that has to deal with me. I hung up at that point.

When I told him I already had a company helping me with similar services he called me a liar.  When I hung up he called me back and threatened me with 1 star online reviews for "lying and then hanging up".