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i just got a crazy call today too last name lawson is i spoke too i told them to send me some information saying waht I owe

(855) 791-9102 this number called asking about my aunt  I made the mistake of giving them her cell # and that she works for a hotel group :-( but then 4 hours later I found out it was a scam   u reported it to local law enforcement and also 2 scam reporting companies  

New info now they call them self nation wide investigations spoke to a ms davenport .asked her for there address it is 3340 Peachtree Rd Atlanta ha suite 10 b if you get a. Call ti is a scam let the federal trade come know so these ttools see what a real. Jail looks like

Received a call from this number but did not pick up. Called them back from an unknown number and they asked me for my phone number. When I told them that they called me and that they should already have it, I inquired about what business I was calling, and the lady refused to tell me what business she was calling from and told me that I was either a defendant or knew a defendant. I told her I doubt that. She then proceeded to hang up on me.

Spoke with a Patrica Bell forgot I hade a pass due loan out there! She did call a couple of my family members everything was taken care of

This is a forum. You have to block it yourself.  Invest in a call-blocker.

This is a bogus debt collector.  Call an attorney and report to FTC asap.  

I received a call from this number today.They left a message on brothers answer machine to report the where abouts of me the defendant?! So I called the number back an was told it was a debt collector agency and it was a good thing I called because they had an affidavit to serve me to go to jail for some loan I never did!!!!!!!!My mother has a bad heart so I hurried up an called her gave her the phone number an told her not to answer it.I never took out a loan from their client.I sent it to attorney general a longtime ago but i see he changed his number.They have threatened to come to my home.Also from the 300-???? he has threatened to kill a man if he didn't send money!This is same fraud fruit loop!If he puts my mother in hospital or worse he will be one sorry extortionist!!!!!!!!Can't the state police arrest this fruit loop?please

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.

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

Personal threats should be reported to the police.  There's no such thing as "an affidavit to serve me to go to jail".  Civil debts are civil matters.  No arrests are involved, no jail, no police.   This is a total scam.  We do not have debtors prisons in the US.
Again, report all personal threats to police.  

See:   https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection

called my nephew and said that it was urgent that I called number 855-791-9102

For at least the last year, an illegal group of debt collectors have been terrorizing consumers, their family, friends, and employees threatening to arrest the individual of an unpaid loan or other debt (their generally don't even owe). Be aware debt is a civil matter, not a criminal matter, and you can't be arrested. They threaten a warrant if the victim does not pay a sum of money by the credit card over the phone.

Some of the people they are calling do not owe a debt.  Others they are calling have already settled their debt with the organization who owns the accounts. Even if you do owe a debt, do not be deceived by the actions of this group.  Many of the accounts they are attempting to collect they do not own.  In other words, if you pay these people, that is not going to clear your debt with its rightful owner.  

Although when pressed the callers give the victim an address in Columbia South Carolina (usually a vacant lot) or Atlanta GA (often a parking lot near the bus station). They are actually out of the Charlotte North Carolina area. The scammers are using the following business names (and there are many others, and they seem to create new ones daily).  They will normally answer the call back number as “Investigations”

Reynolds, Hill, and Associates
Berkley and Associates
Kaufmann and Associates
Sanderson Blaine & Associates
Blaine and Associates
McKenzie Reid Associates
Kennedy, Kline, & Associates
Nationwide Asset and Recovery
Piedmont Investigations and Procurement
Raffino, Garrison, & McCoy
Greenman, Schwartz & Associates
McCoy Law Group
Salem Associates
Reynolds and Associates

Here is a set of links to a variety of threads on this forum that document this group and its behavior. They include the experiences of victims as well as a former employee or two that quit within a week of finding out exactly what was going on. They also include responses from consumer advocates and people who are really criminal justice professionals advising victims of what to do

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https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-719-1725
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-676-3492
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-805-5549
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-751-1084
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-803-2349
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-775-2417
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-775-2418
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-755-3417
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-746-3946
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-676-3485
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-966-3768
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-699-9749/2
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-966-6246
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-678-5437
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-967-0061
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-746-3948
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-791-2353
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-699-6246
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-735-8624
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-751-1083
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-736-3678/2
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-966-8529
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-967-2633
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-460-1576
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-609-3074
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-576-6210
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-601-5849
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-230-1283
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-658-0438
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-510-9327
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-509-0338
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-803-0755
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-511-0627
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-509-3033
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-509-0339
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-511-0631
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-883-2350/2
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-244-3381
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-0269
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-295-9550
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-966-6277
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-511-4248
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-725-5312
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-756-9997
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-1278
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-0531
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-0273
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-719-5041

Obvious shill can't even make up a convincing story.  Sure, "everything was taken care of" because you work with them!

Yeppers, a shill who "hade a pass due loan" so these fine folks throw a block party for her and she comes here to brag about it.  How dumb do they think they folks are to take advice from some illiterate deadbeat with loan amnesia? At least she can afford a computer that doesn't have a broken caps lock

SMH -- where is Defective Ronnie when you need him?

The names of the two guys running this scam are:

Justin Tata

Jamie C.o.o.n.s (apparently the comment filter thinks this is a racial epithet)

They are out of Tonawanda, New York

Last known address:
31 Joseph Drive
Apartment C
Tonawanda, New York 14150

In addition to the above aliases they have also used:

Legal Process Services
Simon Eichler & Associates
American Arbitration Services
First Department Recovery Services (google this one and check out the BBB listing for it)

I recommend everyone forwarding complaints to your state attorney general and the FBI