866-758-1358

Left me a voicemail stating they were calling on behalf of Good Samaritan Hospital to determine if I qualified for financial assistance. After speaking to a rep for about 30 seconds I hung up the phone because she had a heavy accent and I could barely understand her. Just smells of a scam.

Same here but different hospital and calling for a different person than me.

Keeps calling for Jimmy Anthony about financial assistance at southwest regional medical center. Number search yields no results.

Financial aid

They have been calling about once a week for several months from an area code that belongs to a location where I used to live and not one that corresponds to my current location or medical service provider. It's concerning that they know my Hospital / Health provider network and I'm wondering how they accessed this information. Hopefully this can get resolved soon.

Caller said they represented the local hospital Coosa Valley Medical Center and were offering a service for medical assistance of elderly.

I purchased a new Tracphone in November. Two days after activation I received text messages for Shaniqua concerning an emergency hospital visit to Chippenham hospital. I responded that I am not Shaniqua just got the phone they are texting and that I have not visited Chippenham hospital for any emergency or other service. Since December I have received three voice messages on my phone. I blocked this number today because it is obviously not legitimate.

You obviously don't know how to properly deal with debt collectors.  Blocking will not help since they will simply call from different numbers.

You will need to send them a certified, return receipt debt validation (by law they have to go back to the original creditor to prove you owe the debt), cease and desist calling, or "not me" letter (this will be the best money that you have ever invested).  Also send it first class mail in case no one will sign for it.  Make a notation of that fact at the bottom of the letter.  You also need to report them to the proper agencies to which I have provided links to.  Then you need to go out and get a consumer lawyer to sue them on a contingency basis (no money out of your pocket) and let them pay you for the harassment.  If everyone did these three things, these crooks would be bankrupt, and we would all be the richer for it.  Use these web sites to find an attorney in your state that will probably take the case on a contingency basis (no money out of your pocket up front):  http://www.consumeradvocates.org/
http://www.consumeradvocates.org/find-an-atto ... tates_value=All

Everything else you need to know follows including at least two or more federal and state agencies where you should report their criminal activities.

FIRSTSOURCE ADVANTAGE AKA MED ASSIST NOW KNOWN AS ONE ADVANTAGE, LLC. AKA FIRSTSOURCE SOLUTIONS USA, LLC. AKA FIRSTSOURCE HEALTHCARE ADVANTAGE.

Masquerades as a medical assistance company but is really a debt collector.  Note that they have an office in Mumbai, India and Amherst, NY

MedAssist Web Site indicates that they are indeed a debt collector:  https://www.firstsource.com/contact/?UnitedStates It also indicates that it is a subsidiary of firstsource which also indicates that it is a debt collector on their web site, and they list lots of offices overseas.  Gee I wonder where those overseas people get your information from?: https://www.firstsourceadvantage.com/contact/

Now claims to be in Illinois:  https://payffs.virtualcollector.net/Contact.aspx

They list addresses in Mumbai, India, and Amherst, NY, both known havens for criminal debt collection operations.

BBB page for firstsource lists an accredited business A+ rating, but they have 61 complaints and 11 negative reviews along with 1 positive review posted by an employee named Ganesh, meaning that they have paid enough money to the BBB to remove 111 complaints as of 12/26/2023: http://www.bbb.org/upstate-new-york/business- ... st-ny-47000806/

Kentucky DOS page for medAssist:
    Organization Number    0639921
    Name    MEDASSIST HOLDING, INC.
    Profit or Non-Profit    P - Profit
    Company Type    FCO - Foreign Corporation
    Status    A - Active
    Standing    G - Good
    State    DE
    File Date    6/1/2006
    Authority Date    6/1/2006
    Last Annual Report    3/12/2014
    Principal Office    1661 LYNDON FARM COURT
LOUISVILLE, KY 40223
    Registered Agent    National Registered Agents, Inc.
306 W. MAIN STREET
SUITE 512
FRANKFORT, KY 40601
Current Officers
        Matthew D Stickler

        Arjun Mitra

        Matthew D Strickler

NY DOS page for First source:
Selected Entity Name: FIRSTSOURCE ADVANTAGE, LLC
Selected Entity Status Information
Current Entity Name:    FIRSTSOURCE ADVANTAGE, LLC
DOS ID #:    1916838
Initial DOS Filing Date:    APRIL 27, 1995
County:    NEW YORK
Jurisdiction:    NEW YORK
Entity Type:    DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Current Entity Status:    ACTIVE

Selected Entity Address Information
DOS Process (Address to which DOS will mail process if accepted on behalf of the entity)
FIRSTSOURCE ADVANTAGE, LLC
205 BRYANT WOODS SOUTH
AMHERST, NEW YORK, 14228
Registered Agent
C T CORPORATION SYSTEM
111 EIGHTH AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10011

The owner is Arjun Mitra.  His linkedin page:  https://www.linkedin.com/pub/arjun-mitra/13/383/73

Bloomberg page:  http://investing.businessweek.com/research/st ... &ticker=FSOL:IN

White pages with his address:  http://www.whitepages.com/name/Arjun-Mitra/East-Amherst-NY/5harw5z

His house:  https://www.google.com/maps/place/6400+Lakemo ... 45133d4!6m1!1e1

The fake process server/location specialist scam usually contains:

They mention that they have received a Fax document or some sort of complaint and that there is a pending legal matter or action about to filed against you to create the sense of urgency.  They tell you that they are a “process server” and cannot give you the particulars of the case since the file is sealed. This is simply ruse to get you to call another number (often with a made-up case number) where they will ask for money to “make it go away” (this is actually the same place, they work in teams, one pretending to be the server, and the other usually pretends to be a lawyer).  They threaten to serve you at home or at work.  They tell you that if they serve you at work they need a supervisor, security, or HR person there as a witness, hoping that will cause you to panic over the alleged embarrassment of being served at work.  They also tell you that you will need two forms of ID.  None of which is true.  Process servers do not ever call ahead so that you can dodge them.  Process servers get paid to serve papers, nothing else.  They certainly are not going to pass up a paycheck by telling you that you can avoid being served, they are not going to give you an extra day or even a few hours to get a “stop order”.  Court documents are time sensitive and have to be served within a certain amount of time.  Remember that you can always call the local courthouse to see if there is actually a lawsuit that has been filed against you.

It is incumbent upon them under the law to prove that the debt exists and that you owe it, and (this is the important part) that they have the legal right to collect it.  You are not obligated under the law to prove that you don’t owe or that it is paid.  

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.

First, you should make a complaint at this Federal Agency, and while there you should also read up on how debt collection is supposed to work as well as what your rights in this matter are: https://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/