866-512-8542

Call back within 24 hours to keep from being processed or served with papers at place of employment.

Said criminal action is beng taken against me. Scam.

Will say the are from Nowack, Stern & Kosinsky. Corporation just opened.
http://legal-notice.org/llc-notice/ny/erie/2016/nowak-stern-kosinski-llc
Report to donotcall.gov and the ftc.gov

I got a call from the same number but they said they were from a law firm from Milwaukee.

Fine, then ask them what states they are registered in and the Attorney's BAR number for those state.  A previous poster indicates this is an outfit located in western New York, world's #1 capital for criminals pretending to be debt collectors.

This is a common ploy by criminals masquerading as debt collectors who are attempting to extort money from people by scaring you into believing that you will be criminally charged, go to jail, lose your driver’s license, have wages garnished, be sued, and a variety of other variations on this,  all for an alleged or nonexistent debt.  One of the tricks they use is to call your work place, friends, or relatives repeatedly in an attempt to shame you into paying.  They also use the “process server” ruse who calls and claims he is going to serve you, but then says you could avoid it by calling another number.  Please note that process servers do not ever call ahead.  That way you can’t dodge them.

Federal law (FDCPA) requires them to send you a letter (US MAIL ONLY) postmarked within 5 days of their first contact that contains their name, physical address, the creditor’s name, and the amount of the alleged debt.  It also must contains “mini-Miranda” telling you that it is an attempt to collect a debt and that all information will be used for those purposes.  The one other important thing that this letter must also have in it is that you have a right to dispute the debt within 30 days of receipt of the letter and if you do so, all collection activity must be stopped until the debt is verified.

Read up on your rights here and also make a complaint at this government site:  http://www.consumerfinance.gov/

Also file a complaint with your State Attorney General's office.
List of State AG’s offices:   https://800notes.com/faq/attorney-general

File a complaint at the NY State AG's Office here:  http://www.ag.ny.gov/http://www.ag.ny.gov/

Called by an individual claiming to be an attorney for a firm named Nowak, Stern & Kosinski. He said his name is Chris Jacobs. He said he was filling a criminal complaint and a request for judgment. Said he could be contacted at 866-512-8542. My name was never used during this call, or that of any individual other than that of the claimed caller, Chris Jacobs.

The only result I could find for Nowak, Stern & Kosinski is an LLC in Amherst, NY. Amherst is a suburb of Buffalo. Records show that this firm was created on June 24, 2016. There is no listed local telephone number for this business.

http://www.datalog.co.uk/browse/detail.php/Co ... 26+KOSINSKI+LLC

Located a partial record of a DBA stating the three surnames of the firm, those three individuals were listed as Russell Nowak, Ron Stern and Lori Kosinski. They may or may not be involved in this matter. The listed agent for NSK is Sean Gerasimowicz, 2005 Niagara Falls Blvd. Suite 4, Amherst, NY 14228.

A search for Chris Jacobs found an individual in the Buffalo area of that name. But he is not an attorney for Nowak, Stern & Kosinski, he is the County Clerk of Erie County, the county in which Nowak, Stern & Kosinski is located. He was once New York State Secretary of State.

Shttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Jacobs_(politician)tate Secretary of State.

Ironically, he has warned residents of fictitious warrant claims –

http://www2.erie.gov/clerk/index.php?q=jacobs ... t-quotscam-quot

And the Erie County Sheriff’s Office invites those called to report these calls at – 716-858-2903.

http://wivb.com/2014/08/01/scammers-claim-to- ... -clerks-office/

My opinion is that this is a scam being operated by a criminal, or criminals, using threats to fraudulently attempt to obtain personal information that will be used for fraudulent purposes. AKA, Phishing.

D themselves as Nowak, Stern & Kosinski .  Called from 843-414-9692.  Supposedly the office of a Mr Ramos.  Wanted me to leave a message.

This group:

See:  http://legal-notice.org/llc-notice/ny/erie/2016/nowak-stern-kosinski-llc

They are going around pretending to be members of local government entities.  They are also threatening criminal process against those who may owe civil debts.

This is a clear violation of the FTC rules for the proper collection of debts.
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

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

Last known address:

Nowak Stern and Kosinski LLC:
Sean Gerasimowicz,
2005 Niagara Falls Boulevard,
Suite 4,
Amherst, NY 14228

I got a message from an investigator named Mike Braden using a number that has a voicemail from Anthony Ramos. Have no idea what this is about. Stating warrant is out and job will terminate me. No way to return call by deadline, no phone usage at work until after this time. Any help?????

I received a call from Mike Braden 310 923 9488. When calling that number you get Anthony Ramos voicemail from Nowak, Stern and Kosinski.

I was contacted at the end of December 2016 and was actually under the impression I did not have any rights until I received a secondary call which brought up red flags! I have contacted my state's Attorney General as I am out of over $300!