855-583-4844

I got a threatening voicemail from them today, whoever “they” are.

I called them back, some mush-mouthed jerk answered without identifying themselves, and finally I got that they were a civil litigation law firm in Ontario California.  I have no outstanding debt or pending cases so I am quite sure this is debt collection scam.

If you call that number, the ID themselves as "Midland Consulting".  Lady I talked to said they were located in Ontario CA but would not give me any more information.

Midland Consulting Group

History of debt scamming on 800notes.

800-645-0265
844-632-5276
844-886-2251
877-627-0414
888-742-9570
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Midland Consulting Group
337 N. Vineyard Ave
Suite 400
Ontario, CA 91764.
Had a previous address of:
2621 Green River
#105
Corona CA 92882
Which was the location of:
http://www.towerconsultinggroup.com/
Support@towerconsultinggroup.com
Phone: 800.645.0265
Fax: 844.815.7102
Tower Consulting Group LLC.
2621 Green River Road Suit 105-229 Corona CA 92882
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Their location is nothing more than a mail drop
at   A Postal Annex Store
Sierra Del Oro Towne Centre Shopping Center,
2621 Green River Rd #105, Corona, CA 92882
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Nothing on BBB that I can find.

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Also using something called:
litigationprocess.us
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Serious debt scammers.
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Just because someone on the phone calling you says you owe a debt does not mean you actually owe it.

If a voice on the telephone claims you owe a debt:

1.    Demand the person give you his or her name, company name, and address
2.     Demand a debt validation letter by US mail.  E-mail no good.
3.    Do not pay  the collection agent or anyone else a  dime until the debt is validated

Of course they won’t do this, no scammer ever will, so simply ignore them and block their calls.

If they are bothering you, report them:

http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection (Threatening civil proceedings with no intent to follow through, or threatening criminal process in order to collect a civil debt is a  violation of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.)  The same goes for endless telephone harassment

Note that the US Supreme Court in the Case of HENSON ET AL. v. SANTANDER CONSUMER USA INC., has recently ruled that the provisions of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act do not apply if the creditor owns the debt in question.  As a practical matter this probably won't effect the kinds of scam debt collectors who often show up on 800notes.  The scam collectors don't give you any information about themselves so it is impossible to know whether or not they in fact "own" the debt in question.  Most do not send debt validation letters and many often say they are collecting for someone else.  So, make the complaint anyway if they are bothering you.  Let the FTC sort it out.

Also contact your local attorney general

If they continue to bother you,  and you know you do not owe any money, tell them that you know this is  a debt scam and that you are making a complaint to the police for extortion.  Once you get a copy of the police report and they call you again , just read out the  file number and the name of the PD or Sheriff’s office involved.   Tell them you’ll be glad to send a copy to them at whatever address the jack***es are working out of now.

You'll probably have to yell at them and talk over them.  Tell 'em  no scammy debt collector is going to push you around.

You have to get tuff with these people because,  being akin to thugs, brute force is (metaphorically speaking).   the only thing they understand

Left message threatening legal action against a person who died 2 1/2 years ago. Good luck with that.

These crazy people tried to fool me by calling me from an unknown number and giving me THIS number to call about a package that needed to be delivered to me. LMAO!! Are you serious?? I’m not stupid. I have no outstanding debt so go FYS!!!

I got a call from "Ellody Smith" stating "someone" was going to file a lawsuit against me and if I didn't call back they would proceed without "my participation." "Ellody" never stated who she worked for. I called the number back and told them to remove me from their call list and if they don't that I will file a police report. They politely told me they'd remove my number.