888-399-9525

My neighbor was given this number by a "Rebecca" from "KR Associates" for her son to call.  She has been receiving numerous calls from a variety of agencies/numbers for him, who all say the same thing:

"We will be serving him papers between 8 and 4.  Tell him to call before 8."  They also inform her that they know she is his mother; and he is in financial distress and blahblahblah.  All illegal.

I have helped her report this place to the FCC, and NYS Attorney General.  Please do the same if you receive harassing calls from this bogus place.  Her son filed bankruptcy and it was released a couple of years ago...these people must not have gotten the memo.

I received a phone call from KR & Associates 888-399-9525 and spoke with Mr. Bill Hightower.  He said I had an outstanding balance with a First Bank of Delaware.  He said that correspondence was sent to me on 3 different occasions to my home telling me of this civil law suit against me.  Be aware of any phone calls from this company.

K R Associates called my sister's house for me. I have never given any company my sister's number or address. They said they had some legal papers for me and that they would arrive today, 8/16/2012. They wanted to know if someone would be home to receive them.

Did you hear any more about these people?  I would imagine it is a scam of some sort, when I called them, they said that it was from 2004 with Delaware Bank,, they called my mother, and said they would have papers delivered,,

I just got a call from phone # 567-205-4222 asking me if I was going to be home tomorrow for a civil suit document delivery. The man was not able to disclose any information except for a case # and a phone #(888-399-9525) for me to reach for additional information. So I call the # he provided and a woman picks up asking for a case # right away. I give her the case # and I confirm my name. She then asks me to verify the last 4 numbers of my social security, which I stupidly do and says no, "you're not the person we're looking for have a nice day" and rudely hangs up. I decide to call back and ask who is she and what company is she working for and she says K R and Associates , but does not provide her name. I asked her how does she have my name and # match but not my social and now I'm getting furious because she is acting like she works for the CIA or some type of secretive corporation by trying to get rid of me, so I threaten to keep calling if she hangs up again, which she does. The funny thing is when I call, an operator says "wait for the next available agent", but I kept getting the same rude woman. Now, she's not even picking up my call anymore so I will try to call from another phone.

My parents (who I haven't lived with in 25 years) received several calls from 1-888-399-9525 asking for me and if I was going to be home so they can serve me papers.  They gave them a case # and even said they were from my town.  Note, my parents live in a totally different state from me and I never lived with them in the state that they are in now.  My husband called the number and asked them why they were calling me. They said they needed the case #.  He said you aren't getting any information, i'll stop by your office.  He asked where they are located.  They said Texas!  Well that's interesting since they lied to my parents, saying they were from my town!!!  The guy on the phone was not too happy!  I guess they have nothing better to do then to bother people!

It is a scam.  The FTC went after some that sound an awful lot like them back in October of last year:

http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/ftc-ac ... practices-13284

This call and company K&R Associates is a joke.  I got a call from 504-264-9414 "Amanda Hill" and she said my mother would be receiving papers at her home tomorrow for a civil case but she could not speak with me and I would have to call 888-399-9525 and give them the case #.

I called the 888 # and spoke with some rude and ignorant girl who became flustered when I started questioning her and telling her what she was doing was illegal so she eventually hung up on me but I could tell in her voice she knew what she was doing was wrong.  If you speak to these people, tell them what they are doing is illegal and they should think twice before working for a company that is making them harass people to illegally collect fake debt.  Also, if you get a chance, ask them for the last 4 digits of their SSN and threaten to have them arrested if they don't give you the last 4 digits of their social and pay $$ to you over the phone and see how they like it.

I forgot to mention that you owe nothing to any of these companies.  The only way they can prove legit is if they send you a record of the debt from the credit card or creditor company.  If they bought the debt and are collecting it now, they would have a record of this transaction....which of course none of them do because its a scam.

Also, I tried calling both numbers back and neither was in service.  How convenient.

Said they were going to serve "legal papers" between 9 and 4 and would someone be home.  They said it was for my son (by name)to which I replied that this is not his number.  She then asked for a number where they could reach him.  I did not comply and she gave me a case number and a phone number for "K.R. and Associates" for him to call.

My wife received a call from the same 888 + numbers and  KR Assoc. He told my wife they were serving papers on me the next day if I didnt call and wanted 3800 dollars . She called me and I called them to hear the same crap. I told them I would  let my wife know the info and they acted surprised. Needless to say they never came to my door that day. They could not produce paper work when I asked them and before they called me they called my ex son in law which he was never connected to us even for references and he told them we didnt live there we were somewhere in Texas. They connect the dots. They are scammers and have been reported.

K&R contacted my brother in-law by phone looking for me under my maiden name
I called back and they said I had to pay now on an account that was from 2002 with 1st bank of Delaware  or would be served with papers they wanted my current, they claim that they had sent me paper for a settlement over 45 days ago and i asked what address and they gave me my parents, when i said i never received anything from them and asked them to send me something showing all the info and a stipulation agreement to arrange payment,he got nasty and said that they will proceed with the law suit.  glad i decied to look into it more.

the phone number was  1888-351-1181

We just got simultaneous calls from 504-264-9414 on my home and cell phone, so I answered the home phone. A woman on the phone stated that my husband needs to be home tomorrow for a civil suit document to be delivered. I was given a case file and was told to have my husband call 888-351-1181 to prevent the civil doc from being delivered and to take care of the issue. I called the 888 # back using *67 and the man who answered said it is KR and Associates and asked for the case #. I am assuming this is some sort of debt collection company and not a law firm as they lead you to believe. I do not have any outstanding debts and do not appreciate the harassing calls. I checked the 504 # and it originated from New Orleans. Has anyone reported this to the FTC?

Where do I report a debt collector for an alleged violation?
Report any problems you have with a debt collector to your state Attorney General’s office (www.naag.org) and the Federal Trade Commission (www.ftc.gov). Many states have their own debt collection laws that are different from the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Your Attorney General’s office can help you determine your rights under your state’s law.

FROM:
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre18.shtm

False statements. Debt collectors may not lie when they are trying to collect a debt. For example, they may not:

falsely claim that they are attorneys or government representatives;
falsely claim that you have committed a crime;
falsely represent that they operate or work for a credit reporting company;
misrepresent the amount you owe;
indicate that papers they send you are legal forms if they aren’t; or
indicate that papers they send to you aren’t legal forms if they are.

I had  a company try this to me as well they were called PN Financial - they harrassed me until I took legal action against them and filed complaints with the attorney general and a lawyer.  After they took a payment from my bank acct they decided to take more pmts which was legal on their part even though I didn't owe any money, they owe me $1800.00. I contacted my bank and the only way to stop them was to close my acct and open a new one, since they took one pmt they are able to take as many as they want as long as you gave permission for the first authorization !!! I closed my bank acct and after many threats from them and my lawyer to them, they sent out an appology letter saying I owed no debt and it was a misunderstanding.  To this day they haven't contacted me but now I am getting calls from this number 504-264-9414 and they are even calling my parents house in which I haven't lived with in 12 yrs.  My father took a message which was the same, I have legal papers that are being delivered tomorrow and they needed to know if I would be home.  He told them that I don't live there and they hung up on him before he could say anything else.  I tried calling the number back and it says the number is unavailable thank you and it disconnects.  This is probably another scam so don't give any info out and don't comply unless you recieve actual court papers with a court hearing- this is another scam. Don't let this happen to you !!

I have the same thing today.... they tried to serve papers to a family members house. I called the company the Johnathan davis and said I owe 4000.00 and gave me an account number so I went looking for my credit report from 2002-2012 and did not find the account number that he was talking about... I call the police I am also going to report this the attorney general

I was contacted by K&R associates from the number 888-399-9525. They had contacted my parents home which I have not lived with since 1997. And they said the same thing about looking for me to serve legal documents too. My sister called me right away. I was scared so I called back immediately and I get told about this debt from a cc back in 2003. I was confused because I filed bankruptcy in 2004, and couldn't figure out if I had this so called card why was it not included. Well this guy keeps talking to me and I am in a rush to get to my sons football event and I say well ok..I go ahead and agree to make almost $1000 payment. Well after thinking the next day I realized there were a ton of holes in the story. So I started researching and find out all this information. I call my bank and tell them I do not want those charges authorized. On Monday morning I am going to call the OH Attorney General, FCC consumer line, and will attempt to call K&R back. Even though the number they gave me has not been working since Friday. Oh and today my mother in law told me, my husbands aunt was called with the same call looking for me to serve legal documents. Given the same number to call and the same so called legal case file number! Even more disturbing is my file was under my 1st married name. They called my parents with my maiden name and my husbands aunt with my re-married name? Odd? Good Luck. If anybody finds out anything please post on here!!

i got a call today looking for my daughter and i said she does not live with me and she told me this is from K&R associates  I  have some legal document to deliver to your daughter to call amanda hill at this number 1-888-399-9525 and i am very scared i dont know what to do please give me advice I just hang and trying to call back and a lady answer my call an I said i wanted to talk to amanda hill and she told me she does not work there.

I was out shopping with a friend and my cell phone rang and the call was for my mother-in-law. And i ask them how did you get my number and Sandy said i was a contact number on her file. They wanted to bring papers to her. So i told them i was the daughter in-law. She gave me case number and a phone number to call. So i looked up the number for K.R.A.

My mom called me this morning upset, she had received a call from a company saying they wanted to serve legal papers there to me. I have not lived there in 10 years, and have been married under another last name for 5. They used my maiden name and said I owe a 3000 some odd dollar credit card bill to the first bank of Delaware. I live in Ohio, and have never been in New England. I had already searched this number and was expecting a harassing rep. The guy was very rude, would not let me talk, and yelled eventually hanging up when I told him I knew this was a scam.
This is not only illegal, but rude. Why call one's parents and upset them thinking that their child is in trouble.