866-808-7284

Asking for a referance about my son.

Called asking personal information, said a friend used me as a reference

Premiere Credit of North America, LLC
P.O. Box 19289
Indianapolis, IN 46219
(866) 808-7286
522-417-4563
http://www.premierecredit.com/home/default.cfm?CFID=211364&CFTOKEN=26569622

From their website:

"Premiere Credit is a trendsetting leader in the debt recovery industry. Our mission is to deliver the highest level of customer service and collection success that exceeds the expectations of our clients. We treat borrowers with dignity and require our staff to adhere to strict ethical and professional standards, while achieving results…guaranteed!"

They do collections on defaulted student loans for the government:

http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/DCS/collection.agencies.html

Their website features sharks swimming in a tank.....

How droll.

I never return calls from anyone who doesn't identify himself or his purpose in calling me. I sure as hell don't answer calls from anyone who doesn't even seem to know the name of the household member he's directing his call TO. No legitimate business does that.

But we've gotten a number of calls from these jokers. If it's about someone's student loan, whoever it was never asked us to use our names as personal references. Even if they had, what would these people expect US to do about it?

Charllot From this company Called today looking for reference for my termanaly ill mother. Wanted Me to verify her employment. wanted address and phone number of employer. Claimed my mother had filled out loan app. but when I told her to give me the addresses she had and i would tell her yes or no weather these werer correct. Well Charllot couldnt tell me anything. claimed only info she had was my phone # to contact for reference. Charllot then gave me a reference # and phone #1-866-808-7284 asked me to give to my mother and wants my mom to call her. Well iam not always the sharpest tool in the shed but shouldnt charllot be to able contact my mom herself.
Charllot called from a local phone # 210-822-1406 with a totaly  different name on caller id from company(claimed to represent) or charllots own name....

Got a phone call frome this ### 866 808 7284 8668087284 it was a collection agency for Student loan's they were lying saying my mother gave me as a reffrence to verify

Andy Clipman from 866-808-7284 called my work and left a message saying a friend or family member has listed me as a reference. Took me about 10 seconds to enter the number in google and find that it is a scam. Premiere Credit is behind it, and falsely identifies their intentions. Andy Clipman at 866 808 7284 from Premiere Credit engages in fraudulent behavior, harrasement, deception and all Premiere Credit employees are desperate lowlifes with no hope of being accepted by the human race. Got a hold of a Premiere Credit employee from 866-808-7284 who told me that they were indeed an ex convicts and didn't care about lying and scamming. Sad company run by sad "Todd Wolfe" and "David Hoeft"

Received many phone calls from this company from several different numbers.

866-8088-7284
422-208-6960
as well as some local numbers from right here in my town!

They called asking to get some information because someone had used my name as a reference. Believe it or not, I used myself as a reference. I said of course I know her because I AM her and that there was some sort of mistake. That's when they proceeded to tell me that they were trying to collect a debt for some student loans from 20 years ago.

They are deceptive, unethical, pushy, rude and I don't care how big they supposedly are, they are a total scam. Also watch out for the company they usually say they are collecting a debt for ECMC (Educational Credit Management Corp). These companies have been in court more than any companies I've ever seen.

Someone called to collect a 40 year old and very PAID off student debt.  Liar said his name was Raphael Barnett. He called no less than 5 times in a row from 866-808-7284 and also from a number that doesn't exist--422-208-6960. When calling from the 866 number there is an automated message. His calls have tied up my answering machine big time and when my son finally answered this guy scared him into thinking that I was involved with the underworld.  Nice, huh? I called him and MY CALLER NUMBER must have appeared because he called me by name.  When I explained that the debt he seemed to calling about was paid--he became really rude and said if I didn't pay it again then I'd better have my personal affairs in order!

hilarious reading about the scumbag ceo of this scum sucking company:

http://www.in.gov/judiciary/opinions/pdf/02180802jgb.pdf

Called about outstanding student loan. Asked about personal info including social security #. Threatened garnishing employment pay. Would not reveal company or how telephone # was obtained. Very rude & extremely pushy. How do I get off their list.

Got A call yesterday 2-09-2009 Shannon[Premier Credit} She asked about my student loan {18+ years ago}.She asked me if I had any intentions of
paying this loan..I told her yes but I also said that do to my understanding if you are living on disablity payment, that  the interest
on a exciting student loan would not increase.... Shannon told me that someone lied to me...So then she started to harass me by saying you have no intent on paying back this loan. I told her yes..So she continue to
get a little louder on the phone. So i told to not raise her voice at me..
So she continued....She you leave no choice then to garnish your income..
I told her I work a part-time job {7.50-HR.} She said so what we will still get our money.. So I told her then you don't leave me with no choice
Then to quit my job then you don't get nothing...I told her to let me speak to your supervisor...So then Erica answered, I told her that Shannon
was very rude to me, and that people like that should not be harassing me.. So Erica took down so some of my info {maybe I shouldn't have said anything}.I also told her that on that onfo to put down my medical information-she said she did not have to..I told her that my medicine was a necessity not a luxury.. I needed my medcine to servive..medcine aloneis $1400.00 amonth alone..She to put a defurment on my credit cards,
I told her that is what pays my medical bills... These people will harass
you everyday if they have to...How can I stop them.. Please any suggestions....

Here's another one for you ... I wrote this page yesterday.. Today is another day 2-11-2009...I went this afternoon to my place pf employment to
pick up pay check.. I gave a heads up to my employer that if premier credit might call them, they told tha t they have already called 3 times within 1 hour to find out info on me... I told them not to give them any..
They thought that these calls were about my credit info so none was givein..thak goodness.... But get this my employer is now threating to fire me if it keeps up..{the calls} I just started this job 3 Months ago,
If I loose it then with the economy the way it is then I have nothing. to
pay my bills with..... So I'm sitting at home today {day-off} and starting
to call the atty general's to start process,For these people to leave me
ALONE........

Thank-you So much for the info number for CDLS will call tomorrow to report premier credit...again thank-you..

These disgusting deceptive people called my mother claiming that I put her down as a reference for a company trying to get information. Consult your lawyer people.

ECMC is one of the companies that PremierE collects for, as well as the Department of Education, state agencies that guarantee student loans, Department of Revenue, medical debt and much more. Some collectors have awful tactics and treat people badly and it doesn't have to be that way, but don't find out too late exactly what they can do...they have more power than some people want to admit and by the time they see it, it is too late...by the same token, if you owe a debt pay it and you won't get any calls!

Pay your debt and they will stop calling!

yup... had similar calls from same #'s. rude is an understatement! i'm not even the person they say they were looking to speak to.  even with the threats, get blood from a turnip!! and i'll call u a friggin magician.

These jerks from Premiere Credit enjoy harassing and annoying people. Make  no mistake, folks, that is what they do .... and what they intend to do. I believe it's time to respond to these creeps ... AT THEIR HOMES!

I am in the process of verifying addresses, email accounts, and phone numbers for David Hoeft, Todd Wolfe, Eric Wolfe, Todd Hartmann, Don Conway and any other Premiere Credit creeps I can.

dhoeft@premierecredit.com, twolfe@premierecredit.com, ewolfe@premierecredit.com, thartmann@premierecredit.com, dconway@premierecredit.com

Once this information is posted, I would hope anyone who is being illegally harassed by this outfit, contacts the principals in the same manner they are being contacted ... AT HOME & AT WORK .... OVER & OVER & OVER AGAIN.

Folks, if you know the names of the Premier scum who are harassing & annoying you ... post their names, check them out in the Boone or Marion County Tax Assessor's Office for their residence, get their personal phone numbers .... and do some tit for tat! ... Oh, and post that info on these boards.

Stay tuned ...

Montana Jury Awards $311,000 For FDCPA Violation

By Carmen Dellutri, Attorney at Law on Apr 21, 2009 in Debt Collection Laws, Debt Collector Abuse, Featured

Timothy McCollough of Laurel, Montana sued Johnson, Rodenburg and Lauinger ( a debt collection law firm) for violations of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.  Mr. McCollough was awarded $311,000.00 in damages because of the unlawful acts taken by the debt collectors.

Mr. McCullough’s story is not unique. This is a story that is being played out in courtrooms around the country, and I am glad that the story is finally getting some publicity.  Congratulations to Mr. McCollough for his efforts in taking a stand against the debt collection industry when they pushed him just a little to far.  Mr. McCullough was quoted as saying: “I was being shoved around” and “I don’t like bullies.”Mr. McCullough allegedly owed a debt to Chase in the 1990s.  At some time thereafter, the debt was sold to a debt collector named CACV of Colorado, and Mr. McCullough was sued in 2005.  He represented himself armed with the affirmative defense that the statute of limitations had expired for the collection of a consumer debt.  Ultimately, the 2005 case was dismissed.

In 2007, Johnson, Rodenbury and Lauinger filed another lawsuit on behalf of CACV of Colorado against Mr. McCullough.  The 2007 lawsuit included approximately $6,000 in attorney’s fees and costs.  This time, Mr. McCullough got mad, and he sued the debt collector.  I couldn’t agree more with his strategy.

The Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 1692) is a federal statute which was enacted to eliminate abusive consumer debt collection practices.  It was also designed to provide an opportunity for consumers to dispute debts and obtain verification of debt information.  Needless to say, it is not always followed.  In today’s economy, the debt collector’s activities are getting worse and the collection violations are becoming more prevalent.

After a three day trial, a Federal jury awarded Mr. McCullough actual damages of $250,000, statutory damages of $1,000 and punitive damages of $60,000.  Lastly, the Federal Judge will consider the issue of Mr. McCullough’s attorney’s fees.

This leads to the next question of whether the law firm will appeal the decision of the trial court.  It is possible they will appeal the decision, and the Appellate Court may reduce the award or strike the punitive damages, but it doesn’t matter, Mr. McCullough has already won.

Mr. McCullough has set the standard for individuals around the United States by taking a stand against abusive debt collection efforts.  In my opinion, Congress needs to amend the FDCPA by adding more violations and increasing the damage awards.  Statutory damages of $1,000 is ridiculous.  The damages should be $10,000 per violation at a minimum.