888-512-0269

This number called a family member telling them that I was being investigated for fraud and that they were going to send someone to my place of business (funny since I'm self employed and they have no way of knowing where I'm working on a day to day basis).  I've never done anything fraudulent that I'm aware of, so I called them back to see what they were talking about, and when they answered they wouldn't tell me who they were with.  Just said that they were "investigations" but wouldn't say what company or municipality.  I then told her that my family member had been contacted and asked her what it was about.  She immediately asked for my social security number and got livid when I refused to give it to her until she advised what this was about.  

I've heard of this before with scammers getting a hold of debt information and trying to use it to obtain personal information.  Not sure if that's what this is or not, I have a few medical bills that I'm currently paying on, nothing is past due yet, but that's the only thing that I can think of as to how they got my information.   It's scary how easily people can be tricked into giving out information like this...be careful and do your research first!  

For at least the last year, an illegal group of debt collectors have been terrorizing consumers, their family, friends, and employees threatening to arrest the individual of an unpaid loan or other debt (their generally don't even owe). Be aware debt is a civil matter, not a criminal matter, and you can't be arrested. They threaten a warrant if the victim does not pay a sum of money by the credit card over the phone.

Even if you do owe a debt, do not be deceived by the actions of this group.  Many of the accounts they are attempting to collect they do not own.  In other words, if you pay these people, that is not going to clear your debt with its rightful owner.  

Although when pressed the callers give the victim an address in Columbia South Carolina (usually a vacant lot) or Atlanta GA (often a parking lot near the bus station). They are actually out of the Charlotte North Carolina area. The scammers are using the following business names (and there are many others, and they seem to create new ones daily).  They will normally answer the call back number as “Investigations”

Reynolds, Hill, and Associates
Berkley and Associates
Kaufmann and Associates
Sanderson Blaine & Associates
Blaine and Associates
McKenzie Reid Associates
Kennedy, Kline, & Associates
Nationwide Asset and Recovery
Piedmont Investigations and Procurement
Raffino, Garrison, & McCoy
McCoy Law Group

Here is a set of links to a variety of threads on this forum that document this group and its behavior. They include the experiences of victims as well as a former employee or two that quit within a week of finding out exactly what was going on. They also include responses from consumer advocates and people who are really criminal justice professionals advising victims of what to do

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-748-8367
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-719-1725
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-676-3492
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-805-5549
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-751-1084
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-803-2349
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-775-2417
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-775-2418
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-755-3417
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-746-3946
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-676-3485
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-966-3768
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-699-9749/2
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-966-6246
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-678-5437
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-967-0061
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-746-3948
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-791-2353
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-699-6246
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-735-8624
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-751-1083
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-736-3678/2
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-966-8529
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-967-2633
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-460-1576
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-609-3074
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-576-6210
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-601-5849
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-230-1283
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-658-0438
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-510-9327
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-509-0338
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-803-0755
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-511-0627
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-509-3033
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-509-0339
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-511-0631
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-883-2350/2
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-244-3381
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-0269

Robocall to two of my phone lines within a couple of minutes asking for me by name, and to pres 1 to speak to an "investigator" if I had any information about this "defendant". I'm not a defendant in anything. Spoke to Diana who refused to identify what company she was calling from or why she called. Said she didn't half to identify her company. Got really pissed and hung up both times when I demanded she identify who she worked for. Its a scam of some kind.

Help my two family members got call from number. She feels I did sonething wrong I didn't does anyone know how to stop them more then likely I guess you can't stop scammers do they use real company names

Does anyone know how to get these people to stop they called couple family members and now they are upset tired of all the scams I call number they gave them but have to listen to music then get recording to leave message for manager. Funny part they never called me

Same my family members are getting calls also don't know what to do I even called them and they hung up on me. But if it was real wouldn't you get something in writing.

So I just got off the phone with them again since they hung up on me 3 damn times. And this [***] lady started yelling at me when I kept asking what company is this. And I'm having family members getting calls. This is bs. Stop calling! Please help I don't have anything to worry about with them do I?

Debt collectors looking for someone named Bertha. I've had my number for years and there is no Bertha here and never has been.  I blocked the number but also blocked other numbers they called on in the past. They just keep rotating numbers, but I'll just keep blocking.

The proper local jurisdiction to file police reports would be the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
http://charmeck.org/city/charlotte/CMPD/Pages/default.aspx

You can make a report by telephone - If calling outside the Mecklenburg County, the Non-Emergency Crime Reporting: 704-336-7600

You can also make a police report online at
http://charmeck.org/city/charlotte/CMPD/Pages/ReportACrime.aspx

ShillKill,
After months of using your useful posts from this site, I decided to finally make an account. Go ahead and add "Holland, Dempsey, & Associates" to the list of names these people use. They called from the 888-512-0269 number and when I called back, they answered as "Investigation."
hollanddempsey.com/contact-us/ lists a mailing address of 3340 Peachtree Road, Ste. 10-b, Atlanta, GA 30326, this is the same address that many of the other aliases are linked to including Reynolds, Hill, and Assocs.

The contact page of Holland, Dempsey, & Assocs. also lists numbers of:
877-583-0513
877-239-8076
877-437-9035
877-217-4207
and fax: 888-557-5105

-DewDog

Welcome DewDog and thanks for this information.  These new numbers are very helpful and thanks for sharing and looking out for the folks