Mark Harrington - trying to scam money with stolen information

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I am receiving harrassing phone calls several times per day from this phoney organization threatening to sue me over a debt that I have never had.  This happened to me a about 1 year ago and I told them that I reported them to the FBI and they went away.  Now they're back.  They are also harrassing my family members who have been alerted to the scam.  I can't believe all of the poor folks going through the same issue.  We all need to report these people to your state's attorney general.  I don't understand how something like this can continue month after month and year after year without someone catching these [***].

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    tj
    Similar complaints:
    https://complaintwire.org/Complaint.aspx/Ubneeon1VgB6CQjNRbxkig

    Just another criminal phone extortion racket, playing "debt collector" to steal money for phony "payday loans".

    Most likely they are calling from India or Pakistan, not California.  That's why FBI and AGs aren't very interested, other than posting a few press release warnings.

    It might be possible to put pressure on their VoIP phone services, however, to expedite cutting them off, since they would have to have some U.S. presence.  Try contacting your Congressman, since that is the level of pressure it would take to get the FBI to take that approach.
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    pissed off
    this douch was Ryan Peters... yeah ok... he called all my numbers but when i spoke to him from my cell and told him he is a scam and that i would stick my hand up hi --- and cut off his D--- he did not like that.... i also told him a few more colorful things.... so he left a message on my wokr phone... sounded a little flustered.. i guess he didn't acpect that a "lady" would speak the way i do!!! [***]...all of these terorists ..they really need to blow themselves up and leave us alone..... ENOUGH ALREADY
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    813-347-9440
    Same thing happend to me! it's stupid they dont stop. i called the phone companies the number is associated with and had a hard block on them.
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    Armie
    I am being stalked by ACS law firm telephone number6465788876 but in my caller ID his phone number is 52928512. He said he has legal documents for me but he just wanted my information. He call my cell phone number, my home phone and my work place number and asking information from co-workers. He doesn't stop calling my phone numbers. He claims he is Kevin Kooper but his accent is not. I told him to stop calling any of my home phone, workplace and cell phone. He wouldn't, how do we catch this stupid guy?
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    CONSUMERADVOCATE
    If you're receiving debt collection calls for debts you do know owe to your mobile device, from ACS or others,we may be able to help. Please check the following link and submit a complaint if appropriate.

    http://www.topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settle ... -action-lawsuit
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    tj
    These are a bunch of criminal scammers calling from overseas, probably from India.  It's a phone extortion racket, demanding payment for phony, fake "debts".

    "He said he has legal documents for me"

    He's lying.  It's just a threat to intimidate you into paying him.


    "He call my cell phone number, my home phone and my work place number and asking information from co-workers. "

    Third party disclosure by debt collectors is prohibited by FDCPA, but these thugs routinely do it, since their goal is to intimidate and harass to get your money.  They have gotten access to one of the skip-trace services, so they can look up employers, and even relatives to use in their scheme.  

    "He claims he is Kevin Kooper but his accent is not."

    He's a liar.  Everything he says is a lie.


    File a complaint with the FBI, and if he continues to call, tell him you are recording the call as evidence.  Or just hang up.  When he realizes you aren't going to be conned, he will move on to the next sucker.

    If you really want to hurt them, get a local TV consumer reporter to do a story on these scams, so lots of people in your area know it's a con.
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    mary
    I have the same experience too. Someone from ACS Law Firm called me. He has an Indian accent and he told me that he's company will sue me because of an existing payday loan that I got last March 2010. I ask for their address and he gave me 1 Chelsea Street Tampa Florida. So I hung up then call them back with my number blocked and ask for their address and the other guy gave a totally different address. I asked them if theyre a call center and the guy got pissed and told me to just get a lawyer and theyll just file the case in court. Why cant our government do something about this?
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    BR
    We are dealing with the same foolishness... Except the names are Jimmy Santana and Justin Floyd.  Both heavy foreign accents and do not like having thier hand called...

    Has anyone tried the FTC?
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    Debbie
    Yes I reported them to the FTC today.  I work in the Intensive Care Unit and they called me today over 20 times and swore at my co-workers.  Please whatever you do do not pay them any money.  I reported them also to the States Attorney office.  They say this is the biggest scam out these days.  Do not answer your phone .
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    Vero
    Ok ppl.  I recieved a call today from the Law Firm ACS..great stuff.  I didn't know about this being a scam until after I spoke with my sister.  Now, they were calling in regards to an account that she had.  They also stated that I was put as a reference and that I would now be responsible for her debt.  After a few choice words to my sister, I had finally gotten all the info I needed on this stupid freaking law firm and had to call her back to apologize.  I will be calling the FBI soon to give them all the info.  New phone number they called me from was 325-245-0507.  I spoke with Tina mmmmxzm or something, a Stacy and some other guy, who all proceeded to hang up on me when I asked them for thier address.  I hope these idiots get taken care of.  Thanks to all who posted about this company, I would have never been the wiser.
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    Shannon
    I just got a call from the Law Firm ACS at work, they left me a voice mail message which I saved just in case i need it as proof.  I called the number back that they left on the message 510-936-8373 and someone with a very thick accent answered and I told him that I received a call at my work and stated that they were NOT to call my work number again. he asked if I knew why I received a call and I told him no I didn't.  He then stated it was because there was a law suit against me....mind you, I NEVER gave him my name when I called so how would he know that if this wasn't a scam???  I asked him if he was so sure there was a law suit against me without looking anything up to tell me my name and he asked me to give him the number that they called and left the message at and of course he couldn't find anything, he then asked for any other phone numbers I had and I told him I would not give him any other phone numbers and he hung up on me....SCAM.
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    Megan
    I just called the number that was left for me (347-416-5090) by "Alex Matthews" BUT I did it as a conference call with the head of security at my place of employment.  I didn't indicate at any time that it was a conference call but for some reason they very quickly said they'd remove my numbers from the system and stop threatening to call my family members and coworkers.  The only thing I said to them was that I felt that they were running a scam and wanted to know why they were calling me.  Crazy!
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    Darlene
    same thing happened to me today.  I know I did not get any payday loans.  It is all about getting money from you.
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    maru wellinger
    i have been reciving many calls,from this law firm and also telling me i could be facing jail time. please tell me who i can contact
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    ananomys
    just got a call today sounded like a scam soo i decided to look it up and found this page. someone needs to stop this  these douches cant go around playing people like this.
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    anoy.
    I had issues with this company before - Big scam. Filed report with FBI and Attorney Generals office.  They are calling me continously.  I even told them I know that they are a scam and they called me every few minutes to the point I have shut my phone off.  What can be done about these f.. idiots??????  I'm on the Do Not Call List - alot of good that does!
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    mdc
    My wife received a call from Dave Brown from this number today.  Total scam.  Tried to convince her we are being sued. We've filed a report with local police and I called to tell them that.  They keep hanging up on me.....go figure.
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    Christina
    These idiots are hard to understand and hardly know the english language. In their little "speach" they give you they pause every so often and wisper to someone next to them which you can totally hear, they are asking how to pronounce some words. One day they said some word that was not english and I asked him to repeat it like 50 times, no joking, and the fool did it.  Once he was done I said you arent from america are you? He asked me why I would say that and I said because you dont know how to commumicate with us! Where are you, India? He had no response so I said how about this...I know you guys are a scam and if you call me again I will hunt your a** down and lynch you! He immediately hung up and hasn't called in over a week...guess they dont like the threats! JERKS!!! The first time they called I will admit I was a little scared but after I found out they are scamming people it became a joke and now me and my co-workers just mess with them on the phone and make them feel like dumb a**es! You do that enought they will stop calling! Other than that I dont see what can be done!
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    littleegypt65
    I just received a voice mail (legally notified umm alright then) 1-866-574-8858 Amy Harris ( ok african american sounding woman) telling me there is a legal action pending and can be rectified over the phone..please give me a break. Upon calling the number back of course no one answers it goes to the same extension everytime and a generic please leave a message with no identification of whose extension it is. Is there any legal recourse for this??
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    Soto
    I got a call from them also claiming I will be sued. I was given this number 866-575-0589 and a contact person of Tony Roberts. Also referenced a case number but they will be filing in court??? OK I don't know what the hell they think but I just want to be left alone.
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