888-688-5700

3rd party collections subcontracted by Kaiser Permanente. Uses rude and aggressive communications.

Said the name is GV Collects.  Collection company.  I pay all my bills before they are due, and when I called them back, they forwarded me to someone and I think the message said they are calling on behalf of Regence Medical.  I have nothing owing for them.  I left a message, and called back again ten minutes later and now they are closed.  Only 2:00pm PST.  ???

They had a men called charging me 150$ dollars 💵 for detailing boat company, firstable I don't own a boat I don't own no company. I am a humble blue collar worker who pays his bills on time so when this men which was very impulsive and a real scumbag called I was really annoyed and started researching gb collect.

That's because it was 5pm on the East Coast. They do get to go home at the end of the day!

It is incumbent upon them under the law to prove that the debt exists and that you owe it, and (this is the important part) that they have the legal right to collect it.  You are not obligated under the law to prove that you don’t owe or that it is paid.  

Federal law (FDCPA) requires them to send you a letter (US MAIL ONLY) postmarked within 5 days of their first contact that contains their name, physical address, the creditor’s name, and the amount of the alleged debt. It also must contains “mini-Miranda” telling you that it is an attempt to collect a debt and that all information will be used for those purposes.  The one other important thing that this letter must also have in it is that you have a right to dispute the debt within 30 days of receipt of the letter and if you do so, all collection activity must be stopped until the debt is verified.

First, you should make a complaint at this Federal Agency, and while there you should also read up on how debt collection is supposed to work as well as what your rights in this matter are: https://www.consumerfinance.gov/

Also file a complaint with your State Attorney General's office.
List of State AG’s offices:   https://800notes.com/faq/attorney-general

http://www.gbcollects.com/

GB Collects
1253 Haddonfield Berlin Rd.
Voorhees, NJ 08043-4847

Toll-free: 888-688-5700
Phone: 856-768-9995
Fax: 856-768-4355

Info: info@gbcollects.com
Sales: sales@gbcollects.com
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BBB:
(856) 768-9995
GB Collects
145 Bradford Dr
West Berlin, NJ 08091
BBB File Opened: 04/15/2004
Business Category
Collection Agencies
Alternate Business Names
GB Collects, LLC
This Business Is Not BBB Accredited
GB Collects

A+  BBB Rating System
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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.  T

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

Assured me that I owe 140 through prescriptions, but couldn't give me any info on my account due to hipa regulations. IT'S MY ACCOUNT. Pharmacy says no. Insurance says no as well.

I got a letter from them stating AAA, an auto insurance company said I owed them $70. I canceled with that company because from the very 1st visit with them they screwed up something! Then they moved to an entirely different part of town without notifying anyone  & never answered their phone! I finally found out from a lady who use to work there where they had moved to! Went there in person & canceled insurance with a couple of days to get my new one started! I have proof  as I kept all the paperwork in my glove compartment just in case! When I called GB & asked them what dates did they say that I owed them for, they said they didn’t give them that info!!!! I said well if I owe it, I will pay but not until I can research my own paper work so I will pay it when you prove it! Haven’t heard anything back yet.