866-496-9922

I received a call from "Agent Sudler" this morning 866-496-9922 ext. 2630 regarding a summons on a family member who "may lose his NC driver's license' if payment is not made. Note: these people will NOT give you an address, will not provide written proof that a debt is due, and will attempt to pressure you into giving bank information so that funds can be transferred electronically.

There may be a legitimate debt collection company involved, but there are questions as to whether or not their calls are placed in a manner that is fraudulent, particularly since collections may cross state line.

Report this call to your state's Attorney General's office and provide as much detail as possible to the AG.  DO not provide ANY personal info to this company regardless of the threats to "escalate the process if the debt is not paid by noon today".

I received a call from 1-866-496-9966 on 5-19-2010. Invesigator ADkins she said her name was. She said  I was going to be arrested if she sent a warrant out . That i have this old payday loan that hasn't been paid.The original amount was 672.oo now it is over 1000.00 and is a felony. That she wasnt a collection agency that I needed to pay this debt. SHe came back with 3 payments or a one time settlement.

This company called asking for a former employee (hasn't worked here in 5+ years).  As soon as I told them that they hung up.  I called back to request removal from their database.  A man called me terrible and vile names.  I called back and used an extension in this string of  posts and got hold of Carol Haufman who called me a "lying b**ch" and said I was harassing her.  I will report them to the TX Attorney General and ask everyone to do the same.  They are mean, unprofessional, and dangerous.

I think "pay loan" here is one of them.  Bullsh*t.  They are a fraud.  I went to the website they gave me and the only contact info they give you to retain their services is a mailing address.  Who makes potential customers write a LETTER to do business with them?!?!?  LMAO  A legit business would at least give you a contact email.

I just called "Cindy Hoffman" at ext. 2211 and this time "Mr. White" from "Investigations" answered.  I said I would like their PO Box number so my attorney can send written correspondence to them and Mr. White became verbally abusive, absolutely WOULD NOT give me the PO Box number no matter how many times I asked for it.  SCAM!!!!!!

You are one of them from H&S trying to validate yourselves by scaring the HUNDREDS of people who have shared their stories about your company.  SCAM!!!!!!

Them AGAIN!  Liar!!!

WRONGGGG!  I have had a payday loan company send a "letter of garnishment" to my boss.  My boss called our attorneys and the attorneys said that it doesn't matter what I signed when I got the payday loan - they cannot garnish your wages without a court-ordered judgment.  My boss told them to go eff themselves and they never called again or sent any further correspondence!

HAHA!  After eading all these posts, maybe they should be called HoffmanS, Swzrtz, & Associates, because Ms. Hoffman goes by the name Carol, Cindy, and many others. LMAO

*reading, oops =)

I decided to harass the harassers on my lunch break today.  Here's a run-down of everything that went down:

I just received a call at work from "Cindy Hoffman" at (866) 496-9922 x2211 and she left me a voice mail threatening to file a civil lawsuit if I don't call her back right away.  I just called "Cindy" back and told her I did some research on her "law firm" and have found 100% of the information to indicate that they are a phony debt collector (I found evidence of this on a few other sites as well as here).  I told her I will be contacting the Attorney General's office and reporting them for fraud.  She said "you do that" and hung up on me.  People, record every phone call they make to you.  I have had phony debt collectors harass me before (one would literally call my office more than 30 times per day and yell at my receptionist - I started logging every phone call on a spreadsheet, there were so many).  You can report these people to the Attorney General in your state (although no jurisdiction if these [***] are from out-of-state) as well as the Federal Trade Commission (if you can ever find an address for the d-bags, which is usually impossible).  Glad I found all this - the voice mail really scared the crap out of me and now I know they are fishing for personal info.
FYI - their FAX number is (866) 496-9995 and I will be printing out all the information I found about them on the web and faxing it to them.  I also asked for their address and here is what they gave me after putting me on terminal hold (I asked why it took her so long to look up her own place of work and she said she was on another line - whatev).  Here is what they report to be their address:

4514 Chamblee Stunwoody Road (now THIS is funny - I found a DUNwoody Rd. on MapQuest but not a STUNwoody Rd - she was very clear in spelling the words out for me)

Suite 262
Atlanta, GA  30338

I asked them how I can verify they are a legitimate debt collection agency and the gave me this web address:
http://www.hoffmanswartz.com/

Now, when you go to the "Contacts" page, it just gives you an address.  If they were really trying to solicit business from companies who are trying to collect on bad accounts, they would not make them WRITE A LETTER to retain their services.  LMFAO.

This website is all for show to scare people.  It gives virtually no information about their company.

I have called them several times and they have finally stopped answering their phone.  The Chamblee Dunwoody Rd. address is actually a UPS store.  So when I called them back to tell them this, they then said it's their PO box and refused to give the PO Box number numerous times when I said I would like to have my attorney send them written correspondence to cease and desist.  The 1st time I asked for the address they gave me a suite number; now they're saying it's a PO Box.  HMMMMMM.....

Ms. Hoffman goes by Cindy, Carol, and Brenda, I have found out by viewing posts on this and other sites.  Not even a real name.

all of you people who think u can get a loan and dont have to pay it back are the ones making it bad for people like myself who really needs the $$$....if u dont have any intentions on paying the money back, stop getting these loans and then tring to say u are being harrassed....u got the loan, PAY THE $$$ BACK...STOP TRING TO MAKE EXCUSES WHY NOT TO PAY!....hoffman,swartz&assoc is a legitimate company.......PAY YOUE DEBTS.....

**Update**

It is next day from my last post and I called them again - they are rejecting my calls.  I don't think they will be calling my work again.  SO if you want them off your back, harassing them seems to be the way to go, lol.

You are so full of crap-"investigator"! This company is not legit and this "investigator" is from this fake legal company! Report them to your Attorney General!

I haven't received a call from this "Investigator Sudler", but she did call two of my best friends with the same thing, saying if I don't contact her my NC driver's license would be suspended. These are the same tatics a company known as JAS, LLC used last year, contacting friends of mine before even trying to contact me. However they made the mistake of calling one of my friends from a supposed landline, 770-776-6068. Did a reverse lookup and it's unpublished, and am so tight on money I can't afford what some websites would charge to provide the info on who it is, but from a lot of the posts looks like Hoffman, Schwarts and Assoc. On one post the physical address was a UPS Store. Have contacted the GA Attorney General's office and will provide them with further info, but it sounds like same people who got me a year ago now operating under a different name. Deja vu all over again.

these people are full of crap. I received a message from Don Jones stating he was contacting a magistrar re a payaday loan. He was very ugly and disrespectful. Tried to intimidate me. Didn't work! talking about his sons in law school and what his father taught him. Who gives a flying flip about what school his children attend (or if they go to school) what does that matter if you are calling about a bill.I will contact my atorney.Mr. Jones is a Dumb A?&).

Liars, liars, liars, can't sue and just take some one cars, checked with my attorney, they are filing information with the FTC on this company and the Attorney General in their state, file to Georgia Attorney General, they are phony as can be, don't pay them ever, and I mean ever, they will keep running your credit card, they are as phony as their website, they have no attorneys whatsoever, so they are not any attorney based firm owner is Paris Tauriac per Secretary of State this is their company writing this bull

I have reported you and I did pay 300.00 to you for a debt I am not sure, so screw you and your mama. Go fall in a ditch somewhere. Fake Investigator. It is not my fault you was born backwards, blame your dumb mama for allowing you to be born, if she was smart she would have aborted you. It is not our fault you was born stupid and live in the slum with a Mother who is a big time horror. Ask your mom does she need a pimp, I know someone who can pimp her on the corner now.

Peace

Actually my sister got this call about me (left a message for her to call back - I live there too, seems they didn't know that). Saying she needed to call them to keep charges of Depoistory Fraud from being charged against me. Investigator Debois was the name she used.

Now I do owe some things (a payday loan and an over draft) but I have the debt paperwork at the house and these I know. the companies collect said debt so I am unsure what this may have been about...

Dont believe any of this garbage, I use to work for this company they work out of Marietta Ga,the address on their website is bogus, they work for Kenneth Knight and LLoria Harris the owner is Paris Tauriac for Hoffman Swartz, they use intimidating tactics, they double your debt, they are not licensed in any states, they are breaking the law,their website is a joke. Dont pay them a dime or you will regret they got your credit card info. This company needs to be exposed. Hoffman Swartz and Associates, Inc. let the news know, let everyone know not to pay these clowns. No one is educated that works for them, they hire crooked collectors to steal your money. Run, Run