855-748-8367

Yes I received a call a few minutes ago.

I recieved the same thing and i paid it off jan 2014, i called the company that i paid it too and they spoke to the lady at this company her name was carlene summers at ext 101 and she wanted me to pay extra money and said criminal charges would be brought against me so the company i paid the money too called them and he told me they were not legit either

To all consumers reading this thread ---- debt is a civil matter (i.e., a "tort"), not a criminal matter (i.e., a "crime").  Apples and oranges.  Crimes are dealt with in criminal court --- torts are dealt with in civil court.  Two completely different things

What does this mean?

You can not be arrested for a debt.  No some shady bottom feeders will attempt to tell you that you are being charged with or arrested for a "bad check" since you may have used a posted dated check to secure the PDL in question.  The is hogwash.  Posted dated checks for PDLs are not covered under "hot check" or "bad check laws"

You may be sued in civil court for a debt.  However, people don't call and warn you ahead of time before they sue you, they just sue you, period.

Also, I've posted up a lot of information on the previous page about "Kauffman and Associates" based on their website registration information.  Please refer back to that post

What can be done about this? If it is a scam or if it is an actual law firm that has bought the debt? I am so very nervous that I am going to be served. I continue to contact Allied Cash Advance to speak with someone but I am not having any luck.

Being nervous would just be a normal reaction for a decent person who has just been threatened with such nonsense on the phone.  I can assure you 110% it is not a criminal matter (I do know a few things about that due to my career).  No technically you can be sued, but in my 20+ years experience no one ever calls to warn you that they will sue you, they just sue you.

This is not an actual law firm btw, just a collector of very questionable legality.  In the odd chance the debt actually exists and they actually own it, their behavior is clearly in violation of the FDCPA

Please count me in. I called a call today as well as my son and my son in law. They claim  to be investigators and have a legal suit against me. I called them and when it became apparent they are trying to collect on a debt i paid off almost 2 years ago, they didn't believe me. I also told them that I have a copy of the paid off letter. Then they hung up. How did you get their company name? Is it Kaufmann and Assoc?? I filed a complaint with the Florida Attorney General and left a message with the Fraud hotline number. Don't know what else to do.

Please see Elspeth's post above.. You can file complaints with the FTC and CFB as well..   Also read Shill kills posts through out the whole thread..

I just got a call from them as well if you're filing a class-action lawsuit feel free to contact me I'd be happy to submit a Statement

Also keep in mind: Any debt collectors who refuse to provide debt validation in *writing* generally do so because they have more to fear from the law than you.

Interesting note — the web site at kaufmannandassoc.com has been taken down. The site at http://tamikabryant.net/RJFinancial/DOFI/ is still up at the moment but I wouldn't be surprised to see it vanish shortly, too.

A very good point you make indeed regarding the lack of documentation.

Wow, that kaufmannandassoc.com site didn't last very long did it?  Perhaps the regulars can take an over and under on the other one?

Just imagine what is going to happen when their victims try to go the their website now :)

Doesn't look like its down as in off the air, looks like someone removed all the webpages or just the index page and may be planning a new launch. I would watch this. Its record shows it alive and well, at least for now.

Host                            Type              Data              TTL
kaufmannandassoc.com     NS     ns8203.hostgator.com     86400
kaufmannandassoc.com     NS     ns8204.hostgator.com     86400

Thanks!  Let me assure you it will be watched on a daily basis ;)

A business site (looks like Wordpress) as a subdirectory of another site...a site which is "under construction".  Looking at the client facing site is fine for establishing credibility, but I like to go deeper.  In this case, the website builders know nothing about redirection, for if they did they could have at least tried to hide the nasty URL.

I just got the exact same call, but a different amount. Something needs to be done to stop these people!!

When they called me a little bit ago the guy, Chris Lockhart, said the company name was Sanderson Blaine Associates. I asked for a local number and he said the 855 was the local number. Then I asked for a physical address and he tried to give me a P.O. Box number.

You can count me in to!! Email me at txcountrystar@gmail.com and we can trade numbers that way if you want.

I basically received the same kind of call. But they said I owed Chase bank from 2007 and that if I paid it today they would cut it in 1/2. I told them that was taken care of. They tried to intimidate me, so I told them I would call my Atty and I would call back. My Atty said it was a hoax. The scary thing is they have all my info.

My son called them back and asked how they wanted the debt taken care of. He was just toying with them. They told him he could take care of it with debit card he said No...they said then send it WU or Money Gram. He told them this is a big scam and they hung up.

Its a scam!!

yes, I would be a part of the suit!