888-584-7759

Called and said that they were paralegal his name was James White and said that they complaint from his office with Whatcom County if I like to avoid further collection to please call +1-888-584-7759 and I had to like 5 p.m. to response. I also got another call today at at 8 16 am the call yesterday was 9:48 a.m. She said she was it was for a civil matter and it was pending and she was returning a call to my husband so I don't know if this is a scam because they didn't say what company they were from and it was the same number and they said I had a case number was 242 3690 I believe, so yes I would like chunu who they are and who are they working for because honestly I don't think I have anything holding against me.

Typical BOTTOM FEEDING debt collector comments.  IF there was a claim against you, you would not have a warning cold call.  IGNORE & block!   (You will NOT be getting any mail from them.)

Same call today from a Serena Miller, it's a civil matter case 2423690 and that it pending.

The same number called my husband and told him they were going to sue him because of a debt i owed. He also got email from them at his request with a " settlement" letter. I called them and told them they send what they need to to me not him and what was this all about. I asked them for a physical address of their company and was told they didnt take orders from me then I was transferred to a jim from city services who yelled t me and told me my husband and i were going to be sued and hung up on me .... creeps sounds real legit right ??? NOT!!!

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James White called from paralegal....about a relative and needed her to contact him by COB or voluntary collections...

Fyi: I'm getting so sick of these scam calls!

Just received a call from James white saying that it was a civil matter and that I need to call back by 5 pm today to prevent garnishment from my payroll check. He didn't site a company and I haven't gotten any paperwork in the mail. He called me on Friday with the exact same message. Said I could call "City Services". I looked it up online and there is no "city services". what a scam, and always around the holidays.

Only address I've been able to come up with.

City Services Group
1517 S Greenville St, Suite 5296
Santa Ana, California 92704 (post office)
Phone: 888 601-1454  Fax: 714 242-9901

Nothing on BBB, nothing with the California Secretary of State.
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This group has a history of debt scamming on 800notes.
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In any event,

Just because someone on the phone calling you says you owe a debt does not mean you actually owe it.

If a voice on the telephone claims you owe a debt:

1.    Demand the person give you his or her name, company name, and address
2.     Demand a debt validation letter by US mail.  E-mail no good.
3.    Do not pay  the collection agent or anyone else a  dime until the debt is validated

Of course they won’t do this, no scammer ever will, so simply ignore them and block their calls.

If they are bothering you, report them:

http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection (Threatening civil proceedings with no intent to follow through, or threatening criminal process in order to collect a civil debt is a  violation of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.)  The same goes for endless telephone harassment

Note that the US Supreme Court in the Case of HENSON ET AL. v. SANTANDER CONSUMER USA INC., has recently ruled that the provisions of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act do not apply if the creditor owns the debt in question.  As a practical matter this probably won't effect the kinds of scam debt collectors who often show up on 800notes.  The scam collectors don't give you any information about themselves so it is impossible to know whether or not they in fact "own" the debt in question.  Most do not send debt validation letters and many often say they are collecting for someone else.  So, make the complaint anyway if they are bothering you.  Let the FTC sort it out.

Also contact your local attorney general

If they continue to bother you,  and you know you do not owe any money, tell them that you know this is  a debt scam and that you are making a complaint to the police for extortion.  Once you get a copy of the police report and they call you again , just read out the  file number and the name of the PD or Sheriff’s office involved.   Tell them you’ll be glad to send a copy to them at whatever address the jack***es are working out of now.

You'll probably have to yell at them and talk over them.  Tell 'em  no scammy debt collector is going to push you around.

You have to get tuff with these people because,  being akin to thugs, brute force is (metaphorically speaking).   the only thing they understand.