888-512-1712

I received a message today of someone looking for my mom.  They referred to her as a Defendant and gave a case number and a contact phone number.  When I looked up the contact phone number I was linked to https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-803-0755.  That page carries a lot of similar stories and a notice that this is a Fake Debt Collector operating under the name of  Mc Coy Law Group.  That was not stated in my message, I believe it was cut off. There were however the threats of arrest if we did not comply immediately.

1-888-518-1712 is calling friends, family and everyone else making threats that they will have me arrested, I am wanted by the law and they can be arrested if they don't call back.  Don't know who they are, not into anything illegal and don't owe them any money.  

I received the same call on two separate occasions.  They read off some names that I supposedly listed for references, one of which I've never heard of? They claim I owe someone money, they're lying and just trying to get money. They said their name was so and so from the Fulton County D A'S office, I called them and asked if this person worked for them and explained what was going on and they said no one with that name has ever worked for them.  They're just scum trying to scam people.

I have received this call on three occasions now.
The caller asks, female, asks for my daughter, making threats of arrest and so on if they are not responded to.
The caller states that I was used for reference.
The caller ID reports:
Nationwide
1-888-512-1712

Yup, it's what they do.  They say I used this unknown person as a reference.  They just make crap up and say they're going to arrest you blah blah.  It scares people into giving them money.  If they're saying they work for the DA's office, call your local DA's office, explain what's going on and ask if they work for them.  If they don't start threatening them.  These people are scum and what they're doing needs to stop.

these people called my job and were harrassing me saying they were with investigations and they are reporting to a judge. i have dealt  with these types of businesses before and they are very rude and threatning. i files a bankrutcy for all my stuff years ago and told them they could not touch me and they continued to threaten me, so i hung up on them. they are crazy.

This one is the worst because they will call your friends, family members, job, and even people who know people that know you (my brothers girlfriend who I never met got a call that I was going to be arrested) in order to embaress you enough so you will pay just to get them to stop calling.

Record the call, file a police report.They are based in Charlotte NC.

After searching for an address or even a state where they are located I came across job postings for this company and know they are in Charlotte NC http://berkeleyandassociates.youarehr.com/Jobs/About

The email address on the website is actually associated with this company: http://csacollect.com/

AND on that website the address listed is the SAME ONE that is listed on this debt collectors BBB page:  http://www.bbb.org/charlotte/business-reviews ... lotte-nc-311963

After google mapping the address, it is a UPS store that they pick the mail up from.

If anyone can help out with figuring a real address with all that information I posted above that would be great!

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.

Some of the people they are calling do not owe a debt.  Others they are calling have already settled their debt with the organization who owns the accounts. 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 or a Peachtree Road Address). 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
Greenman, Schwartz & Associates
McCoy Law Group
Salem Associates
Reynolds and Associates

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
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-295-9550
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-966-6277
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-511-4248
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-725-5312
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-756-9997
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-1278
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-0531
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-0273
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-719-5041
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-791-9102
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-512-400-2637
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-585-730-6153
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-1712

SK, you're aware of where I'm from. I'm going to send a message to a friend of mine in Raleigh. He works for a guy named Roy over there. I think I may be able to stir up some hornets to buzz around the NC end of this bunch! We'll see what happens.
Live Well.
Gunnar

And should you ever need to find me, you can always stop by the other "place" and drop me a note.  Regulars there know where I can be found just about all of the time.

I'll do that SK. I haven't been stopping by there often lately. That dirty four letter word (work) has been interfering with my time a lot this season. I'm kind of missing that slower economy.....
Gunnar

I received a call from them yesterday. I really need to find out an address on them. They have my personal information. I was threatened to be arrested. The only thing they do not have is my correct address. She threatened to have my driver's license suspended and I was to be arrested today. She was screaming like I was afraid of her. I knew she could not do any of the threats by law. She got angry. I have no idea who these people are. I called back twice and they would not talk to me. They would not talk to me. They kept giving me a recording.  They were at first calling from a 770 and 678 number in Atlanta GA.

left a computer recorded message saying trying to reach 'defendant' and a 'case number' and the 1-888-512-1712 callback number. thank goodness for google search.

I received a call from 1-888-512-1712 stating that Investigator James Reid @ Ext 1003 needed to speak to my nephew.  Don't know where he got my name/cell....asked for it to be removed.  Spoke with my nephew who stated this is a scam.  I would like to know who to report this to.  This company had me scared to death for my nephew.  

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

The company is Special Investigations, they claim they are located in Nashville.  They keep calling me and asking about a friend of mine who I have not seen in years.  Anyway they said they are looking for her and that she will be served if she does not pay her debts.  These people are threatening and calling everyone she knows leaving threats.

The names of the two guys running this scam are:

Justin Tata

Jamie C.o.o.n.s (apparently the comment filter thinks this is a racial epithet)

They are out of Tonawanda, New York

Last known address:
31 Joseph Drive
Apartment C
Tonawanda, New York 14150

In addition to the above aliases they have also used:

Legal Process Services
Simon Eichler & Associates
American Arbitration Services
First Department Recovery Services (google this one and check out the BBB listing for it)

I recommend everyone forwarding complaints to your state attorney general and the FBI