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Who is this and why are the summoning me to court?

I just recieved the same message as well

I just got the same if its for a summons for court to...I know I am NOT in any kind of trouble I think this is just crap...I'm not returning this call...

Hello,

My fiance got one of those calls tonight on his nieces phone. They call him every year with the same ole crap about taking him to court for a pay day loan he never got. A foreign guy usually calls. Don't worry, it's a scam and they are just trying to find a way to get some money out of you and everyone else!

I just received a call from this number at my place of employment. I am not returning the call.

Bunch of BS

Person called and asked for another person I may know and wanted me to accept a legal document and that the person had 2 hours to call. These people must have hacked into a database or do a people search.

Got a call and so did other of my relatives. summons for court and to be sued. they want me to pay in full or monthly payments. JE Group.

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 the date 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

It's a collection agency called JE Group (website is www.JEGroups.net).  They threaten to take you to court as an attempt to get you to agree to make payments.

Got the same call, even gave me a case number. Shady tactics. They said a legal complaint had been filed against me and I would be taken to court.

i got a call from NLC  and called this number for the legal office. i did acknowledge what was going on at the time and they were correct and thorough i knew i had owed this fingerhut debt but i could not find it. with their help i was able to pay it off and they even sent me docs  and reported as a positive for my credit. now i have a bank account! thank you JEgroup for all your help

...you shills are so obvious!

http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0258-fake-debt-collectors

Consumers across the country report that they're getting telephone calls from people trying to collect on loans the consumers never received or on loans they did receive but for amounts they do not owe. Others are receiving calls from people seeking to recover on loans consumers received but where the creditors never authorized the callers to collect for them. So what's the story?

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation's consumer protection agency, is warning consumers to be on the alert for scam artists posing as debt collectors. It may be hard to tell the difference between a legitimate debt collector and a fake one. Sometimes a fake collector may even have some of your personal information, like a bank account number. A caller may be a fake debt collector if he:

is seeking payment on a debt for a loan you do not recognize;
refuses to give you a mailing address or phone number;
asks you for personal financial or sensitive information; or
exerts high pressure to try to scare you into paying, such as threatening to have you arrested or to report you to a law enforcement agency.
If you think that a caller may be a fake debt collector:
Ask the caller for his name, company, street address, and telephone number. Tell the caller that you refuse to discuss any debt until you get a written "validation notice." The notice must include the amount of the debt, the name of the creditor you owe, and your rights under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
If a caller refuses to give you all of this information, do not pay! Paying a fake debt collector will not always make them go away. They may make up another debt to try to get more money from you.

Stop speaking with the caller. If you have the caller's address, send a letter demanding that the caller stop contacting you, and keep a copy for your files. By law, real debt collectors must stop calling you if you ask them to in writing.
Do not give the caller personal financial or other sensitive information. Never give out or confirm personal financial or other sensitive information like your bank account, credit card, or Social Security number unless you know whom you're dealing with. Scam artists, like fake debt collectors, can use your information to commit identity theft – charging your existing credit cards, opening new credit card, checking, or savings accounts, writing fraudulent checks, or taking out loans in your name.
Contact your creditor. If the debt is legitimate – but you think the collector may not be – contact your creditor about the calls. Share the information you have about the suspicious calls and find out who, if anyone, the creditor has authorized to collect the debt.
Report the call. Contact the FTC and your state Attorney General's office with information about suspicious callers. Many states have their own debt collection laws in addition to the federal FDCPA. Your Attorney General's office can help you determine your rights under your state's law.

Also good info at the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau:
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/askcfpb/1699/h ... legitimate.html

So you got a call from NLC, but you are thanking the JEGroup?  Now why would that be?  But if you have had such a wonder experience with these people, why not give us their full name and address?  After all shouldn't everyone know about how wonderful they are, and we wouldn't want them to be confused with another company now would we?  and what would having a bank account have to do with paying a loan off?

You have got to be kidding me. Are all these shill posts written from a script or what?

debt collection

I got a call from a Justin Howard at this number and another number, 866-630-8731 in an attempt to collect a debt from Sprint phone company for an amount of $357.93 which he told me was owed from 2003. I explained to him that I never had an account with sprint and that I suspected that his call was a scam. He had my full name, address and social security number threatened me with a law suite if I did not make some arrangement for settlement right away with him. He told me that I had three options, either to go to court and would be responsible for the amount of $729.97,  which was the amount owed plus interest, plus legal fees and court costs which could amount to about $10,000.00. The second option was to agree to a monthly payment for the amount of $729.97 or the third option was to agree to pay $$143.08 right away with the balance due of $214.61 in 30 days. After much arguing with him that I did not owe any money I told him that I would pay the $143.08 on 3.19.15 and would pay the balance in 30 days so that I could investigate what this was all about.
I called Sprint and told them what had transpired and asked them to look up an account which could have been opened in my name with my social security number. I spoke to a representative by the name of Shane who reported to me that they did not have an account opened in my name or with my social security number and that their records went back to 1996.
I called back to Howard and told him what I had discovered and that it was indeed, as I had suspected - a scam - and that I would not be making any payments to his company.

As you have discovered, you should never pay anyone calling out of the blue unless they verify the debt as required by law.  You should never have to do the leg work.
It is incumbent upon them to prove that the debt exists and that you owe it.  Not the other way around.
This is a common ploy by criminals attempting to extort money from people by scaring you into believing that you will be criminally charged, go to jail, lose your driver’s license, have wages garnished, etc. all for an alleged or nonexistent debt.
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 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/

Followup: I am the same AJohnson that posted in February.  JE Groups has continued to call both myself and my family.  I was finally able to get JE Groups to tell me name where they claim the debt originated from and contacted that company directly.  They confirmed that I had no debts with them that had gone to collections and mailed me itemized account statements, while JE Groups had the information for a business I once held an account with, the amount they stated did not match to anything associated with the legitimate account.  I faxed the itemized statements (with account numbers and personal information blocked out) to their fax number I obtained from their website (listed above) as well as certified mailed copies of the documents to their address with a request for written verification of the alleged debt (which Justin Howard has refused to send when I've spoken with him over the phone) and a request for all contact aside from the verification to stop.  I have reported them both to my Attorney General's office and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. I would encourage anyone else receiving calls from this fraudulent law office to do the same.

yup same thing happened to me