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A Collection Agent May Not…

Here are the top 11 actions prohibited by the The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act:

Misrepresent Him or Herself

  A debt collector may not misrepresent himself as an attorney or law enforcement officer.

Use the Telephone to Annoy or Harass

  A collection agent may not cause a telephone to ring or engage any person in telephone conversation repeatedly or continuously with an intent to annoy, abuse, or harass anyone at the called number.

Threaten Arrest or Lawsuit

  A collection agent may not threaten a consumer with arrest. It may not threaten legal action that is either not permitted or not actually contemplated. In other words, a the threat of a lawsuit may be an empty one.

Use Abusive or Threatening Language

  A debt collector may no use abusive or profane language in the course of communication related to the debt.

Publish a Bad Debt List

  Publishing the consumer’s name or address on a "bad debt" list is prohibited.

Contact By Embarrassing Media

  A debt collector may not communicate with a consumer by post card. It may not use any language or symbol, other than the debt collector’s address, on any envelope when communicating with a consumer by use of the mails or by telegram. A debt collector may use its business name if such name does not indicate it is in the debt collection business.

Contact a Consumer at Work

  A collection agent may not communicate with consumers at their place of employment after being told this is unacceptable or prohibited by the employer.

Seek Unjustifiable Amounts

  A debt collector may not demand any amounts not permitted under an applicable contract or as provided under law.

Contact a Consumer Represented by an Attorney

  A collection agent may not contact a consumer after it learns the consumer is represented by a lawyer.

Communicate With a Consumer After Receiving a Validation Request

  If a consumer sends a written §1692g response within 30 days, the collection agent may not communicate with the consumer until it mails the consumer the requested verification of original creditor's name and address.

Communicate With Third Parties

  A debt collector may not reveal or discuss the nature of a consumer’s debts with third parties other than the consumer’s spouse or attorney. A collection agent may contact neighbors or co-workers only to obtain location information. It may contact a third party again if it has reason to believe the information the party provided previously is false.

Bills.com FDCPA FAQ

Below are questions Bills.com readers ask frequently:

Can a Collection Agent Call My Cell Phone?

  Yes. However, if you tell the debt collector it may not use that number because it is a cell phone, it may not contact you again at that number.

I Keep Receiving Dozens of Calls From Collection Agents. Is That Legal?

  No. Unscrupulous collection agents will use "block parties" or "office parties" where they contact a consumer, multiple neighbors, or co-workers telling them they need to reach the consumer on an urgent matter. This is not permitted under the FDCPA.

A Collector Says I Will Be Arrested if I Do Not Pay

  This was a true statement before the US Civil War, but has not been true since. People may be arrested if an aggressive judge files a bench warrant for a person who does not appear at a hearing relating to a lawsuit regarding a debt. However, in that case, the offense is the failure to respond to a court order, and not the existence of the debt. As stated above, it is illegal under the FDCPA to threaten a consumer with arrest if the consumer does not pay the debt.

I believe that like the sky is falling.

You can keep posting under different aliases but your continued bad advice (and bad spelling) continues to give you away.

I DO know my rights - I live in a TWO party consent state, so unless I informed the other party that I was recording, those recordings are about as useless as your posts.

This is a total scam.  Being in ordinary civil debt is not a crime and you cannot be arrested for it.  Defaulting on a pyaday loan is not a crime and you cannot be arrested for it.  Civil debt is a civil matter.

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 criminal process in order to collect a civil debt is a clear violation of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.)

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.

Not contacted by law enforcement

they keep calling me about a debt on my ex wife that is past 7 years old. we have been divorced almost 14 years.
they looked her up, can't find her so are now bugging me to pass on messages.

Please read the previous posts and block the number, or don't answer.  Use some common sense.

ID themselves as "Process Forwarding International".  Supposedly a process server group.  I asked her what state they were located in since most process server who are not sheriff's deputies or constables have to be licensed by the locality they are in.  She refused to say.

I Found this, but the number and business may be spoofed.

http://www.pfiserves.com/
Process Forwarding International (PFS)  (AKA: ABC Legal Services, Inc.)
633 Yesler Way,
Seattle,
WA
98104, USA
Phone:      800-232-8854
Fax:      800-786-4003
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BBB:
HIS BUSINESS IS NOT BBB ACCREDITED.
A B C Legal Services Inc
Phone: (800) 736-7295
Fax: (206) 224-3409
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My brother in law got a call for my husband, from a Riley Taylor at PFI, said same thing they have 2 felony charges filed against him and needed to call the 855-607-3359. Had similar call before threating to have sheriff pick him up at place of employment..never happened..I hate these scam people..but they are not messing with fools here !!!

I just received 3 call from this number looking for a person I had no idea who it is They said that they would remove my number from there system, we shall see !!!

I hate my job and i am a loser. I feel bad but this is the only job I could get, sorry for scamming everyone
Linda
855-607-3359
Fell free to call me anytime day or night for some hot action,I go both ways.
xxxooo

Ignore these [***]
They have no lives and will be behind bars soon. Totally [***]  and illegal.

They called my job and txted my phone . I don't owe anyone any thing. This is a scam.he said once the paper work was out of his hand he will file for a warrant for my arrest. Really.

So i got the exact same message as everyone else here! I took the advice to call this company and try to get some information about them! When I called they asked if my birthday was a certain day and when the year was nearly 10 years off I politely told her no and she hung up on me with no information

Hey said they were going to send police to pick up my fiance after 2 pm...He works from 930 to 7. Well i called them back after talking to police and got hung up on several times and i continued to call right back...did not want to give me direct address in Louisiana and number is in canada...hmm...but she did give me her name Heather Mitchell. And i gave all to the police her name what she was saying she was...and thus 8556073359 number finding out abc...is only legal process servers in us at the moment. Please don't fall for it when i was calling these times i got hung up on...i heard them saying the exactly same thing to other...people on the line.

I received a call from the above number at 12:51 PM today, January 19th,  which went to voicemail. The person said she was Melissa Johnston and that she was calling me for a two part felony complaint and that charges were being filed and that papers would be served and I would be arrested at my home or work. The company was stated to be Process Forwarding International, which I did find online. She only provided my maiden name (first, last) from before 1990, after which I was married. My son called it as a scam. I did try to call back and reached a voicemail with a different female voice that gave no information except that the party I was trying to reach was not available. I left a message with the number that I was called at and my current name and I left the individual know that I believed it was phishing. I hope that no one out there is taken in and gives these jerks their personal information or money, etc. My intent was to get them on the phone and ask so many questions that their heads would spin. Be careful out there! :)

Call from 2 different nbrs:  855 607 3359 and 505 273 7624 that i need to call jacob adams because there are 2 complaints against me for international wire fraud.  I must call back immediately to avoid sheriff's coming to my place of employment or residence and take me away in handcuffs.  Caller does not even identify the name of his supposed company, only his name which is probably phoney & he's using some innocent person's name.  Regardless of which nbr you try to call back, it's only an answering machine.  I decided to call back and just give me the nbr to my local police department.

I am reading your complaint.  I too received that I have 2 felony charges.  It is strange that they seem to tell everyone there are 2 sets of charges.  We are in the United States and I can't believe the government and FCC cannot or do not do a damn thing.  Neither can AT & T.  It's a little frightening.  What I did was left them a voice message telling them to contact my police and sheriff's department.  I did not identify the nbrs they would be calling.  Just told them to call me back on these numbers.  We'll see.

Reply to Monique.  Monique I started receiving the calls today.  The person who told me to return his phone call as it is gravely important that I do was a Jacob Adams.  I am not deleting the voicemail he left me.  I find it might strange; however, that they leave these types of threatening messages and many times, never leave the name of the business and refuse to give you information on who is actually filing charges against you.  And, they seem to refuse to mail you information.  Something needs to be done about this.  If it's not people in the U. S., it's foreigners from somewhere in India.

This is good advice.  I will try it.  Thank you.