Violations of Fair Debt Collections and Practices Act.
Complaint
Dale Sowder
Country: United States
EXECUTIVE FILING AGENCY AKA EXECUTIVE FILINGS AND RECOVERY AKA 866-302-6388....Address 1474 Pomana Road, Corona Ca. 92504 Phone 866-302-6833, UPS MAIL DROP, 5198 Arlington Ave. Suite (BOX) 133 Riverside, California, 92504 Fax (951) 582-2184.
Agents call debtors claiming to be process servers and giving out PHONEY Lawsuit case numbers. Agents claim they will be "SERVING PAPERS" in 48 hours if YOU the Debtor don't pay them.
They are ONLY a Collection Agency Only licensed to do collections in California. They ARE NOT licensed in any other state. They have no authority to call any debtors in 49 states. They are not Licensed,Bonded or insured in 49 states.
They refuse to follow DUE PROCESS FEDERAL LAWS. Debtor should first request ASSIGNMENT OF DEBT CONTRACT,showing a relationship between original creditor and Collector. (in writing).
Secondly, all lawsuits in each state must be handled by an attorney in each state. Federal Law requires a specific Lawyer to give all the facts to you in writing in the form of 30 Days Written Notice before filing a Lawsuit.
If you do not live in California and are contacted by Executive Filing Agency, please File a complaint with your State Attorney General for Unlicensed Activity and the Federal Trade Commission for HARASSEMENT.
Agents call debtors claiming to be process servers and giving out PHONEY Lawsuit case numbers. Agents claim they will be "SERVING PAPERS" in 48 hours if YOU the Debtor don't pay them.
They are ONLY a Collection Agency Only licensed to do collections in California. They ARE NOT licensed in any other state. They have no authority to call any debtors in 49 states. They are not Licensed,Bonded or insured in 49 states.
They refuse to follow DUE PROCESS FEDERAL LAWS. Debtor should first request ASSIGNMENT OF DEBT CONTRACT,showing a relationship between original creditor and Collector. (in writing).
Secondly, all lawsuits in each state must be handled by an attorney in each state. Federal Law requires a specific Lawyer to give all the facts to you in writing in the form of 30 Days Written Notice before filing a Lawsuit.
If you do not live in California and are contacted by Executive Filing Agency, please File a complaint with your State Attorney General for Unlicensed Activity and the Federal Trade Commission for HARASSEMENT.
Comments
They collect faked and fabricated "debts" through illegal threats of "arrest" or "lawsuits", impersonating "process servers", "deputy sheriffs", "court employees", and "attorneys".
They also illegally pull credit reports (often Experian), and reportedly use information obtained from them to claim an old account is "owed" to them, or to concoct a "debt" that may sound like an old account. Pulling credit reports for use in fraudulent schemes like this is a felony under federal and state law. See Title 18, USC.
They probably have over 60 active front names by now, with numerous phone numbers locateable by complaints against them on 800notes, each with its own mail drop at various UPS Stores in and around the city of Corona CA.
Main tracking thread:
https://complaintwire.org/Complaint.aspx/QrqUYTUISgCLBgjMeJtSCQ
http://dockets.justia.com/docket/california/cacdce/5:2011cv01623/514482/
Contact FTC if you are being harassed or threatened, or have been defrauded, by any of the Corona Scam fronts.
http://www.pe.com/local-news/riverside-county ... ors-illegal.ece
The team of: Markham Investigations & Protection
Washington State
But why do we have to sell them credit reports?
We already know this lesson, from CAMCO.
That is what made this one so effective, and able to grow so large.
They could just keep taking on more "process servers", hand them scripts, and fabricate more "cases".
Based on posted complaints across various sites, there were so many consumers recognizing this as fraudulent, and also finding related credit inquiries, that Experian MUST have been getting complaints. Statistically, the numbers should have been there, unless it is simply not possible to report a fraudulent inquiry. Does the concept not even exist within the channels through which they restrict all consumer communications?
Have they so restricted their "dispute" process that even complaints of fraud are ignored, or "coded" so they are impossible to recognize for what they are?
Have they made themselves entirely blind to signs of fraud pointing to their own "customers"?
What is left of the operation is now under the control of a court appointed receiver, and about all that would still be operating would be automatic payments set up before they were sued, with charges transferred into accounts under control of the court appointed receiver.
Due to the deceptive way they were operating, it is difficult to determine whether particular alleged debts were actually owed to them or not, since they used threats and deception to evade FDCPA required validation. If they actually owned some account you owed, then your payment of it in accordance with a settlement agreement would be binding on them and any later assigns of the account, but it sounds like you don't even know what bank this was, let alone what account, and only paid to stop the fake "lawsuit", basically victimized by fraud and extortion.
Contact the court appointed receiver, and demand an accounting of the account, including all information on the original creditor and account number. If it's not your account, ask for your money back, as you were defrauded and extorted.
You will probably find you are in the same boat as all the other fraud victims, waiting for the court proceedings to decide how to return any seized assets to the victims.
You can reach the FTC attorneys on this case, here:
MARICELA SEGURA, CA Bar No. 225999
RAYMOND E. MCKOWN, CA Bar No. 150975
e-mail: msegura@ftc.gov and rmckown@ftc.gov
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
10877 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 700
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Telephone: (310) 824-4343
Facsimile: (310) 824-4380
The court appointed receiver is:
Richard Weissman, CA Bar No. 54781
12121 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 600
Los Angeles CA 90025
Telephone: (310) 481-6780
Facsimile: (310) 481-6786
email: rweissman@rwreceiver.com
If the debt wasn't yours, you might be able to recover payments back 60 to 90 days, by disputing them as fraudulent through your bank under FRB Reg. E, which allows banks to reverse charges disputed within 60 days of the statement date of the statement showing the disputed charges.
Name, "Executive Filing and Recovery", appears to be similar to a former Corona Scam LLC, name, "Executive Filing Services", which was also tied to the Corona-Lake Elsinore area, near Riverside.
Like other Corona Scam names, the name appears chosen to create the implication that they supposedly "file" some implied "lawsuit", while creating "plausible deniability" against accusations they are pretending to be a "law firm" if they get caught. Website appears to be a minimal "front" site, to create the appearance of some real company, but with minimal content, and little other reason to even be created. All it contains, other than generic boilerplate, is "contact information" and a link to FTC information on FDCPA. It appears similar to other Corona Scam "prop" sites.
Address is a UPS Store, matching classic Corona Scam M.O.
http://www.superpages.com/bp/Riverside-CA/Ups-Store-L0112362240.htm
The UPS Store
5198 Arlington Ave, Riverside, CA 92504
http://www.theupsstorelocal.com/1441/
(951) 354-0191
800notes complaints go back to mid-Nov. 2011, roughly 4 weeks after the FTC raids on the Corona Scam.
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-747-9656
The name, timing, and location is just too coincidental. Anyone in this scam "business" in that area would have known about the FTC raids, so there must be a reason they are choosing to appear real similar to the raided Corona operations. It may be a Corona spin-off, with a similar name chosen to preserve an existing account with a CRA or Accurint. That would imply this is set up by a former Corona insider, who might also have taken Corona assets other than just CRA business account information with him (such as "The List"?) possibly in violation of court orders directing that all Corona assets be turned over to the Receiver.
Contact FTC in L.A.
https://complaintwire.org/complaint/RkPQ8QghW ... orporate-office
I looked the number up to see who could be calling and making such harassing phone calls and the number was attached to the company Executive Filing and Recovery Inc. I called the number and gave the case number with giving my name. The man who answered the phone gave the name Michael King and would not provide information about the case number unless I was the specific person the harassing phone calls were intended for. Of course, I didn't give my name due to the fact I had just read about this companies fraudulent activities.
The address and phone number currently listed on my credit report would connect them to me, if I was whom owed the debt. I am definitely not going to make it easy for them to harass me or do their fraud work.
FTC: Federal Trade Commission Helpline
(8770382-4357
Same old shakedown scripts, aimed at collecting wthout any proof of the "debt", or even proof you owe them at all. Deception (threatening to sue when they don't or can't) is a violation of FDCPA, and you can sue them for it, if you can find them.
Many states require that out of state debt collectors be licensed (and often also bonded) to collect from residents of the state.
Contact your state Attorney General.
File complaints with FTC, your state Attorney General, and the FBI (for impersonating law enforcement in an extortion racket, and attempted wire fraud across state lines).
Doesn't work so well when they call the wrong person, but it does reveal the deceptive and fraudulent nature of the scam.