Harassment
Complaint
Debra M. Persiano
Country: United States
I got a call today at home from a man stating he was a process server for Collin County DA's Office and he is with the Sheriff's office and needed to come serve a warrant on me. I was shocked and asked why? He stated do you live ....are you still at this address are you now at this address and I stated who are you? He again, stated he was from the county going to serve court papers on me today. He gave me a toll free number for what he stated was the county's office which is 1 866.872.6116 gave me a case no. which he called a Cause No. 008307-TX. I called the number was transferred to a Mr. Fisher's office who stated that law suite in the amount of $6,214.24 was filed in Collin Co., Tx and that warrant was out for me. He then after back and forth said let me get more information from my secretary and state this was for an outstanding debt in from Capital One a credit card that I obtained several years back and had disputes over interest charges etc. He stated that if I did not want to go to court or jail that I could pay $1,951.00 in full by end of business today and this matter could be cleared up. I explained that I recently lost my job etc. Anyway, he stated that I needed to call him back by EOB today or they will serve the papers. Ok, so that was a heads up for me. I called the DA's office nothing is filed on me as of today, after searching PMG it is clear that they do not practice best practices for collections and have been in trouble for this before back in 2004. I need someone to give me advise. I want to pay off my debt, I don't want this type of collections to continue this upset me, made my blood pressure raise, this type of collections are not the right thing to do. Had they called and ask to make arrangements or give me an opportunity to clear the matter, rather then threaten me by taken legal action, or harassment stating they are sending a sheriff over today. This is wrong, bad business, and should not continue this company is bad news.
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waste of litigation time and resources, but has likely contributed to the loss of
evidence and receivership assets. For example, on or around December 5, 2011,
Mr. Lunsford contacted the property manager at one of the offices stating that there
had been a theft at one of the offices. Segura ¶ 7, Att. 2.8 The fact that some of the
additional offices appeared to be cleared of equipment comports with FTC
investigator Ann Stahl’s observations during her visits of the four additional
offices in late December 2011. See Stahl ¶ 29. This probably would not have
happened had Defendants told Mr. Weissman about those locations back on
October 13, 2011 when the TRO was served. Had Mr. Weissman been informed
about these locations, he would have secured the premises and changed the locks
as he did with all of the other offices when he took over on October 13, 2011.
Moreover, the FTC would have had the opportunity to image the hard drives of the
computers to ensure that no data was lost. In short, Defendants have not
cooperated with Mr. Weissman as touted throughout their Motion (dkt 45-1 p. 2-3
(Begley ¶ 3), p. 4 (Begley ¶ 7), p. 21 (Begley ¶ 44)), but instead their failure to
comply with the TRO has facilitated the spoliation of evidence and loss of
receivership property."
FTC FOOTNOTE:
It is unclear how Mr. Lunsford was aware of the theft, and why he did not
alert the FTC to the incident
Their defense is comical. What happens next? This is getting good.
The IRS is going to eat them up.
Why don't they man up and tell the truth. Their outrageous lies are surely not helping their case. What a bunch of [***].
Cause they agreed to be fooled!
And if you didn't ALWAYS fool them, but maybe some of you sometimes didn't, then some of it wasn't fraud, so the business is OK? Right?
And, oh yeah, "all the debt was legitimate", so it's all OK! You had to get the money you were owed, so whatever is OK! Right?
This horse isn't dead yet. It needs more beating.
Four offices not disclosed, and now their stuff just disappeared in a "theft".
The Swiss would have just locked everyone up while they investigated.
Horse is still twitching.
It needs more beating.
What is this? You call yourself a "debt collector", and you get to just make it all up?
Their whole scheme shows up by fall 2009 in its final form, with separate LLC entities, and the caller/closer split, showing it had already been designed and thought out, evolving primarily by cloning numerous new entities with additional managers (including the final batch of "Filing Services").
Did they somehow think they could get away with it, even scale it up, if they just "did it better", with LLC separation between debt purchase and "resource management" to distance them from the phone extortion, "independent process servers", and similar multi-shell legal cover?
The Dateline series was broadcast shortly before Begley and Lunsford filed a batch of LLC registrations to get this game rolling.
Dateline chatted up LHR's employees on break (NY AG went after them later), and walked into one of Boyland's Buffalo call centers, full of low lifes playing "detective" and making phone threats (many were later prosecuted for larceny).
LHR:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAlA_BhaqtQ
Boyland:
"Bethesda Maryland Police Department"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-K7kuoxRQQ
Undercover walkthru at "Final Claims Asset Locators" call center, getting paid via Western Union.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-HNWiY1Isw
NY AG prosecutions:
http://www.ag.ny.gov/media_center/2009/sep/sep29b_09.html
Restitution:
http://www.ag.ny.gov/media_center/2010/feb/feb09a_10.html
Note the similarities in entity names:
http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/2009/06/22/daily23.html
"...
Central Resource Management, Final Claims Asset Locators, Final Control Asset Locators, Interchange Payment Solutions, Next Step Services, Portfolio Asset Assurance, Silverbay Services, and Teleport
..."
Compare to "Pacific Management", "Atlantic Resource Management", "Portfolio Management Group", several "Services" entities, etc.
Phone thieves and con artists are the real deadbeats.
They never intended to have to pay back any of their easy money ill-gotten gain.
Hypocrites.
Are all these "debt collection" rackets set up and capitalized by a network of portfolio brokers to provide a batch of "accounts" with little or no out of pocket capital from the nominal "owner/manager"?
"he also said that he sent someone to a place of residence that I have not lived in for 4 yrs saying he sent them to get the money"
Complaints consistent with deceptive and abusive collection, using deceptive "process server"/"serve papers" scripts.
Complaints restricted to reports of callers currently active in 2012.
Some of these fit profiles of oveseas scams, but most are U.S.
Some non-"800" (or 877, etc.) numbers may be "freelance" scams, including overseas VoIP.
Note that several known So. Cal. operations still show up. Also note the cluster around Buffalo NY (incl. Amherst), and the Florida cluster.
Google search: ("serve" OR "papers") AND "2012" AND site:800notes.com
800notes debt collection calls, to "serve papers":
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-574-8272
""DRCC"
"process servers of wayne county, nc"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-219-6813
"World Wide Recovery"
"World Credit"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-272-1419
Jacobson and Associates
PO Box 1241
Amherst, NY 14228
Local: 716-828-8986
Toll Free: 855-272-1413
Fax: 716-828-8987
"PTS Delivery"
Regos Alliance
210 John Glenn Road
Amherst, NY 14226
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-972-793-0439
Abbott, Newman & Associates, Inc
793 Center St., #129 (ups store)
Lewiston, NY 14092
888-386-0143
888-299-9576
888-552-5129
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-783-0243
"Civil Arbitrator Departmen (so they say)"
"Davis Oliver & Clark"
Davis & Clark, Inc.
3840 East Robinson Road Suite 420
Amherst, NY 14228
Phone: 888-321-9671
Fax: 716-691-3939
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-848-3757
"some legal sounding firm"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-877-0326
"County Legal Services"
"Minnesota Legal Services"
"Legal Services"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-272-1416
"IAG"
"All State Law Firm"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-566-6095
"Nationwide"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-556-5931
"global"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-469-522-9122
VoIP fake debt scammers.
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-890-5076
"USC"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-800-913-9558/2
"Anthony Barnes and Assoc"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-228-4981
"American Financial Group"
"AGS or AFS (They wouln't be specific)"
"Process Verification"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-234-7604
"Prosessing Replication Department"
"Bentrand and Associates"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-360-6635/2
"National Check Recovery Services"
"Law Office of Anthony H. Rodriquez"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-728-4657
"huntington group"
"United Litigations"
"A mediation company"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-951-847-3312
"LV ASSOCIATES LAW OFFICE"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-314-7680
"Nationwide Litigation"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-228-3235/6
"Anthony H Rodriguez"
"CrossPoint Associates"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-294-0886
"claims to be lawers"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-407-0693
"national processing service"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-227-3089
"they didn't say"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-908-4070
"Fraud investagation"
"davis olivers and clark"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-234-2873
"ACS Litigation"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-272-1417
"IAG"
Fax:716-691-5397
"western NY"
IAG/ International Asset Group
IAG International Asset Group LLC #1
1800 Hertel Ave.
Buffalo, New York, 14216
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-373-1873
"Check Systems Recovery LLC"
"CRS"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-509-0384
"CHM Mediation Firm"
"Chm capital"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-374-4495
"US Capital Management"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-863-5719
"Process Server's Office"
"PDI Process Services"
"PF law group"
"pristine financial group"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-207-9500
Liberty Capital Services
828 W. Town & Country Road
Orange, CA 92868
"Lisa Graham (impersonated process server)"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-523-3295
"Nationwide Mediation Firm"
"Mediation Office"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-585-364-6528
"DocuFile"
"claim to be the sherrifs office, this is not true"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-502-7963/4
"recovery processing systems"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-925-2664
"A&M Financial Firm"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-211-4568
"Alliance and Associates Alliance Now"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-453-8654/4
"usc mediation firm"
"USC & Associates"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-343-4843
"Litigation firm"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-203-2907
"Check and Credit Reporting Services"
"The Marshall's office"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-682-267-0924/4
"Telemarketer"
"FEDERAL LAW OFFICE"
"survey"
"Microsoft Control Center"
"Probably a den of thieves"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-219-6807
"Global"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-912-1707
"national litigation"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-202-568-6189
"Vanderbilt and Associates"
"Formerly known as Mendenhall & Associates---same address:
Address: 5732 Old Cheney Highway"
"Buchanon Capital Management Llc.
5744 Old Cheney Hwy., Orlando, FL 32807"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-972-863-1338
"Michael Dean Brendle and Stone"
"American Services"
"brindle, stone and associates"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-869-2160/2
"Argos Alliance"
"C.M.M.S."
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-558-7636
"southwest mediation group"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-605-5414
"Mendenhall and Associates"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-800-630-0816
"Goldstein and Barone"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-913-2574
"USC"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-572-0564
"Thomas Brown and Associates"
Thomas Brown and Associates
Primary contacts:
Melany Steinberg, associate; Karen ??, supervisor.
Primary address:
PO Box 590121
Fort Lauderdale, FLorida 33359
(Located in Pompano Beach)
Phone toll-free:
888-830-8620; 888-902-8197
Fax:
954-603-1479
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-800-380-9329
"E & M Associates"
"Levin, Cohen & Associates
5734 Old Cheney Hwy.,
Orlando, FL 32807"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-255-1947
"Bar Group"
"BA Group"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-583-2042
"Process Server"
"Global Collections"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-847-5151
"NCR"
National Check Resolution
P.O Box 491406
Lawrenceville Georgia 30049
877-348-3599
fax #678-905-9521
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-837-6299
"ACS"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-487-9932/2
"Avid and Newman"
"Abbott ,Newman and Assoc"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-373-6858
"Liberty Law"
"lincoln legal division"
LLDE
1444 S Belcher Rd Ste #C127
Clearwater, FL 33764
855-225-0973
FAX: 855-630-9821
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-812-1761
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-294-0881
"ADR"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-413-304-3474
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-294-0888
"GNA Legal Services"
B & V Services
1207 King;s Highway Suite #271
East Pointe, Ga 30344
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-391-2134
Epstein & Rothman Firm
757 SE 17th Street, #718
Ft Lauderdale, FL 33316
888-404-0487
888-873-8363
954-417-8715
Fax: 888-344-4265 954-417-7863
"Lipson Burns & Klein"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-373-1821
"audubon financial services"
Audubon Financial Bureau
P.O. Box 901
Getzville, NY 14068
Toll Free: 1-855-373-1821
Fax: 1-716-218-2153
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-290-9007/2
"Goldberg Keller and Brown Law Office"
Goldberg Keller and Brown
Phone: (716) 568-7595
3840 E Robinson Rd #113,
Buffalo, NY 14228
"Officer O'Neal"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-269-8388
"Chief Investigator"
"CCS"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-583-2050
"Santa Fe Management"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-373-0478
"PROCESSING SUMMONS DIVISION"
"american litigation"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-716-478-4109
"Woodforest Bank"
"Clark Daniels & Cunningham LLC"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-913-2581
"USC Mediations"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-800-913-9558
"Anthony Barnes and Associates"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-802-1770
"Abbott Newman & Associates"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-357-9690
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-254-7556
"Eastern Capital"
"Corporate Offices"
"ECG"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-229-7865
"Abbott Newman & Associates"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-871-3929/2
"Huntington for ThinkCash"
"World Wide Mediation - process server (fake)"
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-567-2686
"Nationwide"
And on, and on, and on ...
(855) 294-0886
Change their name and all their numbers?
Shut down?
Folded into "A&N Financial"?
"JD Mitchell and Associates"?
What's up?
They call themselves civil claims bureau
(855) 294-0886