866-568-0185

Received a restricted call so I didn't answer. The voicemail left claims that I'm being sued and that I should call 8665680185 or I would receive summons at work. A little bit of research shows this to be a Scam. I should have known : he couldn't pronounce the county correctly and claimed it was over a bad check when I haven't written a check in over a decade lol.

I got a message from a marble mouth .... summons... docket number.... law firm... and the number to call "immediately".
I called from another phone asking what the name of the firm was and what they do.  Said "Steven and Probes" or something like that.  I asked what they do. They are a "mediation company".  I asked for their address and the guy got very indignant and wouldn't give it to me.  I said I needed to send correspondence and he still refused. A normal firm would be happy to give their address.  SCAM.  

they call me and tell me about a bad check i dont even use checks, and there going to come to my work ,i wish they would i will get them for harassament there not aloud to call or come to your job .so bring it.

Sept. 8, 2014

Received the same type of contact today as others have stated above, from the 1866-568-0185, making the same threats.  Only in our case, they were 'contacting' us with inquiries of 'how they can get a hold of' our daughter - because she owed
some money and they were getting ready to file suit in court within the next 24 hours.  An 'attorney' from San Antonio, Tx
first made a call to us in the morning today, then a couple of hours later we received a call from an associate firm which was in New York who said they were working with the same 'law firm' as the attorney from the morning call.  Then in the afternoon, we got an additional call from another 'person' in San Antonio.    Sooo they are Really 'working the phones'  once they 'find' a potential victim - in this case, our daughter and trying to 'play upon the concern' of us, her parents.  ...Watch out for them, they appear to be quite organized and determined.  The 'people' we talked to was a "Paul Stevens", "Justin", and a "Katy Sarrotoa"
They each also may 'reference' to a "Case Number" - although they made reference to two Different Case numbers.

Follow-up to first commentary ...the initial call Was concerning a Bad Check that supposedly my daughter had written.

My daughter Got several calls from this number under Unknown looking for me.Told the [***] to stop calling. Says he was from the court system but then called me a f*&%ing moron!!!  Scam.

After obtaining further details and information concerning this situation and calls from this referenced phone number, this seems to be a legitimate inquiry from the company, from this phone number, and from the personnel mentioned in my commentary of yesterday.  I am now working with them concerning the matter in an effort to reach a mutually agreeable resolution.

Yeah, riiiight! Nice try but....you've failed.
Would you like to prove me wrong? Well, go ahead! You say you're "working with them". If so, you have their credentials. Give us their actual physical address. And no, don't bother giving us that box number at the UPS store. We'll spot that faster than you can remember your real name. Give us their license numbers(s) & tell us which states they're licensed, and bonded, to do business in. If you're "working with" them they should be more than happy to give you all their information. Tell them to consider it free advertising.
You won't supply us with a verifiable thing. We all know why!
Skeff Ett Liv!
Gunnar

Threatening message calling my family and I! I have apparently committed bank fraud! Called the sheriff in my county ! No such anything on my record and sheriff is looking into the number as well

My husband and my family are receiving calls from this person who is to suposedly be from Paul Stevens office and a Herb Seigel attorney's office in washington county and stated if the call was not received back by the end of the day then I would be served at either my place of work or my home. When I googled the phone number it comes up as a supposed scam for some bank fraud....>what a scam......

I just got off the phone with these people. I have asked them 3 times to stop calling my work or I will lose my job.
They said at this point nothing they can do to help me cannot make any arrangements just wait to be served.

Am I really going to be served, wages garanished....? I am very upset they sound legit

I have been contacted by these people three times on my cell and now they are calling my house with the same information as the other people are stating.  I have never been so upset this has got to be a scam as I am in Wisconsin and there are people from other states posting comments as well.

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

Called saying I owed money on a bad check....Don't have any only write 2 per month

After reading everyone's complaint I ask them for their address and he would not give it to me they want a payment but would not provide an address and the young man hung up on me

I received a call saying I was going to be served with a summons. From what I read above, this is pure bull and I'm glad I cursed him out!

I've received back-to-back-to-back-to-back calls.  Herb Siegel and associates is the law firm that is serving, supposedly.  Bad check/banking issue is the reason.  They must assume we won't Google the information they provide us.  

i too have been getting phone messages. first i received one late friday afternoon then first thing this morning. then they proceeded to call my friends and threatening them. they told them that i wrote a check back in 2011 for over than $1k. this is impossible. first of all i havent had a bank account since 2009 and second of all i have been HOMELESS since mid 2010!!!!  where they got my phone number from is horrifying enough but to also call my friends and threaten them where will these people stop?? have they no shame??  have they NO conscience??  i searched again on the number and it also comes up to something like Keystone Debt Relief from Grove City in  Pennsylvania with this very same number!!!  I need to call Paul Stevens and the female that calls is from some kind of Herb Siegel and Associates law firm. So lets see they want to scam somebody like me that has NO HOME NO JOB and NO MONEY for some fictitios debt????  what in the world is wrong with these people.

This number keeps harassing me and my family

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