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I had this same company called me over a 20-year-old auto loan debt from a junk car lot saying they was going to go put a lien on my house  today or in the morningif I didn't pay and they said they was Hemsworth and associates attorney and the guy got mad and I told him to take me to court there was other numbers look like local numbers that never left a voicemail but this guy actually left a voicemail and I called the number back because I couldn't figure out what was going on

This guy also gave me a case number but it's not one for Illinois and not one for making county courthouse so I contacted a lawyer and called our courthouse the property title company and everybody said they thought it was a scam and I found the site there is a law office in Naperville called this ?? But I honestly don't know

Same!! Said I was going to have wage adjustments and there was a lien on my house title

The same person called me saying I owed a debt from almost 20 years ago and threatening me and saying they was going to put a lien on my house that day or in the morning and I have tried to look them up and to find out if they was even real and they wouldn't give me no information about them either

I know it's crazy there's a website you can go to to report them a guy posted it in here and I went to and reported them

Debt Extortion Scam

The vague scare tactic message is designed to panic a victim into calling back.

Most debt collectors will use a certain amount of pressure to convince you to pay the debt. After all, they often don't get paid unless you pay. Be suspicious of a debt collector who uses an unusual amount of pressure to get you to pay immediately, particularly if they also use scare tactics to get you to pay right away. For example, a debt collector is scamming you if it :

• threatens you with a lawsuit and tells that you can avoid the lawsuit by paying right away
• Says a Process Server  or Courier is coming with papers to sign
• Threatens to call / go to your place of employment
• Insists you have been notified, served or are non-compliant via phone message(s)
• Refuses to give a company name or verifiable Contact source
• Refuses to send proof of debt via US mail

A sure sign of a debt collection scam is a collector that wants to you to pay via wire transfer or another method that can't be traced. If the payment method can't be traced, you'll have a harder time getting the authorities involved.

If the creditor sounds completely foreign, or you know you never had an account with that business, there's a chance it's a scam. Never pay a collection you don't recognize. You have the right to request written proof of the debt from the debt collector before you send payment.

https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/fake-abusive-debt-collectors
https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/consumer ... ollection-scams
https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Consumer/Publications/PhonyDebtCollectionScams.asp
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2019/02/ftc ... llection-scheme
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2017/08/pha ... onate-law-firms

Quote:

Here are some ways to find out if a debt collector is legitimate.
•You received a letter in the mail. ...
•The agency is licensed in your state. ...
•The collector can verify your personal details. ...
•You can request information about the debt. ...
•There's more than one method of payment. ...
•A company works with you, not against you.

Source: https://www.bankrate.com/personal-finance/deb ... ctor-is-a-scam/

File a complaint:
https://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/

I got a call yesterday from 888 609 9452 "Hemsworth & Associates. They claimed that they were attempting to serve me papers for a credit card debt from 2009. They said the 4 yr statute of limitations in Ca didn't apply because I had signed a Tolling agreement in 2006 which gave them 25 years to collect.

Did anything ever happen? They called me today and have me terrified!

Did anything ever come of this?

It's a phony debt scam. See post above from MikeHuntleton.

Called me again sometime today and got the same [***] voicemail threatening me and told me the same thing last time over three weeks ago that I would be served within 24 hours!!!!! Not falling for this [***]!!!!!

Same here told me they were a law firm and I had a old debt from Capital one from 18 years ago and that I signed a agreement saying they can come after me for 20 years. They even emailed me a letter in docsfilling service problem is at the bottom is say "This is a letter from debt collector".  Lawyers can not be debt collectors.

Searched them on the web and came up some building in Encino CA. City Nation Building only law firm in that building is Akbatian law firm.

I am going to call them back tomorrow she left me her extention her name was Lauren Thorne Ext 501

FYI the number they gave me to call them and ask for that extension 1-844-649-1385

This number called my husband and said he owed a credit card debt from 2019.  Said with court fees would cost us $8740 but would settle for $4970.  I called them and they said they would settle for $3000.  They gave my husband a court case #.  I’ve tried looking up this Hemsworth and Associates and can’t find anything on them.  They scared us into paying $250 every 2 weeks with the threat of taking our property.  Anyone know what state they are from?  Or who to call to verify them?