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SOULSISTA1973
Country: United States
My mother received a call at her home for me from a so called Agent Brown and he provided a court docket number and advised I could return the call or would be sued in court. Unlike most of the complaints on here, I know I owe this payday loan from 2005 and as of right now have no funds to pay them. I called them back and spoke w/this so called agent and asked what court is this docket number from being I live in Dallas, Texas and asked for the name of the original loan company. Of course he couldn't provide either. I then advised him I would be contacting the Attorney General and the FCC to file a complaint. It's not illegal to owe money, nor is it illegal for them to contact me regarding the debt but it is illegal to mis-represent yourself, not provide your company name and other info needed to validate the debt. If they call you I suggest you do the same.

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    mikelee
    | 1 reply
    This is a response e-mail I received after telling them I was not going to fall for their scam. Not really sure what he would like me to revert to.

    The company is providing you Settlement Amount only for you to settle down the case file at once as per your situation. We have Settlement Offer for you that if you can pay the amount which is $545.00 by February 2013 then we can close your case file with this amount only or you can pay $445.00 by Today as paid in full with zero balance with this particular amount only.

    Do provide us the date on which you can pay so that we can mention the date on the Settlement Agreement and send it to you. You have to fill the agreement with required information then sign and send it back to us.

    Do revert back.


    Best Wishes,

    Paul Smith.
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      Nrreid replies to mikelee
      I received this same exact email today. What can I do to stop this?
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    Frank B
    | 1 reply
    Ok guys and gals. You need to the call them out on their bluff. Tell their process server or whoever to go ahead serve me the papers. Because a "real process server" has to serve you in person, not over the phone, not in the mail and sure hell not over email. Turn the tables on them, if they have court papers, then they know what court it will be held at, what judge is taking the case, who is their lawyer. All that stuff should be filed already with the courts. Ask them all of these questions.
    Well, that's what I did and boy I tell you they got so mad, I need to pay up or else. I just laughed. So, don't get upset with these jerks, just turn the tables on them. Tell them, I'm not paying, I'm refusing to pay and I want you to take me to court, go ahead and serve me. But, the thing is, they will never come and #2, I hope they really do come, they will look very good on the 6 o'clock news...well whats left of them.
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      J replies to Frank B
      I did the same thing and they get mad and hang up.  But I'm taking it up a notch and call them as often as I can.  I ask for info, I ask for the docket numbers, I ask for addresses, managers name, I demand licensing info.  When they tell me to stop calling I tell them to sue me and when they hang up I call right back.

      There is satisfaction of getting them to tell you to stop calling them. The irony is so sweet!  Now what I am hoping to do is get more people to call them.  Hell just with the folks on these boards we should be able to overwhelm them.
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    Willow S
    I am so glad that I check online now whenever I get a problem so I know how to respond when I am "attacked."   I got a voicemail from a fellow named "Timothy" who was supposedly with ACS representing CashCall, and they were going to collect the debt that I owed them.  Said they were in the process of putting together the papers to file in court in my county but if I called back within 24 hours, they would settle with me for 50% of the total debt and we could avoid ALL this litigation.  The number he left for me to call back was 855-368-1027 Ext 225.  So I got on here to check it out before calling the number.  You all have saved me ALOT of hassle and fear.  THANK YOU to everyone!!
  • 0
    KP
    I recieve emails and phone calls on a regular basis from ACS requesting a different dollar amount each time, I have never had any type of loan, I will be taking further legal actions once i am back home from my work trip i suggest others do the same and maybe we can put these jerks out of business
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    wow
    Has any one herd of them asking you to go down to walgreens our cvs and pau for your debt you owe i to got a call today saying they have tried over and over to take out of my bank and i only see one so i was told i will be aressted at work if i dont go down and put money on this card its bot a green dot but its similer to that any advise thanks
  • 0
    Bre
    do not pay for anything..if they are going to summons you then let them do it.  This is a scam.  Do you know who you are paying...many scammers go on line and set up dummy websites..payday loan agents to get you info..remember the fineprint..they are not lenders but will give your info to lenders.  Many are overseas scamming americans.  Look at the letter, read the letter. Legit businesses send a letter in the mail not email.  Legit business do not have people who scream or threaten.  It is against the law to threaten someone. You cannot threaten anyone AT ALL with legal, physical etc. It has to be a court paper that states you are being sued etc..not a person screaming at you. Be cautious. I received a email as well saying that I owed 955.00 and if I do not pay I would have to pay 4500.00 in court and I committed fed bank fraud, check fraud and deception. OK. send me papers..I'm ready.
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    Debra B
    Yes they have called an email me the same thing saying there coming to my job an said I have been serve by the voice message they left me that there sueing me call every day all day they called m y daughter an they litter cus her out I'm tired off them calling me
  • 0
    ti
    Bre - i just received the same email with the same amounts and it is written by someone that has very broken english.  They use large words and try to look official.
  • 0
    pennie
    This happend to me I got a email saying I owe money and will go to court if I don't pay the loan
     955.48 to acs
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    Scammer
    | 1 reply
    ACS is a Scam:  They use the Name ACS to try and get people to look up a legitimate commercial collections company in Buffalo NY called ACS (Alternative Collection Solutions) to use their good name as a means to defraud consumers.  When I had them on the phone they kept telling me to look them up on the BBB and check their state licenses with NY.  The issues was they were giving me the address for the other company.  Yet their mailing address is different
    .
    So I called the real ACS and tore into them.  Actually nice people who transferred me to the Chief of Operations Officer who told me they have had issues with this more times than he could count.  After I got off the phone with him I called the Secretary of State’s Office for NY.  The lady there validated the registration of the commercial ACS and said they had dozens of complaints about the other company operating under the name but had to record of them having a licenses.  The address the fake company gave me for “mail” was PO Box 2123 Park Dr. Buffalo NY.  There is no company in NY registered at that address.  Next call was to the Better Business Bureau, they have a file, filled with complaints but their investigations have yielded little results because they can’t find any record of the company existing and letters to them at the above address go unanswered.  

    Best thing you can do is refuse to talk to these people on their terms.  Just keep asking them to provide you details and demand a non PO Box address to send your letter.  Eventually they will get tired of you and move on.  Another thing to do is turn the tables on them.  Call them, have your friends call them, have your family call them, do it dozens of times a day and demand their Licenses numbers, demand their address, demand the name of their principle officers, talk about the weather, tell them what your dog did today, just keep them talking.  They will give you none of the important information but every moment they spend talking to you is a moment they can’t defraud someone else.  Plus it is quite refreshing to have them get upset and tell you to stop calling them.

    I hope we can get a lot of people to do the calls and demand thing.  Simply put there are more victims out there then there are “agents” at this fraud of a company.  We can overwhelm them.
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      tj replies to Scammer
      Exactly.  Shill chasing has flushed shills off 800notes.  Similar tactics could collapse the effectiveness of overseas scammers.


      I've wondered why they keep using this same name, after YEARS of consumer complaints.  Sounds like their "look us up" talk-off is the reason.  Doubt it really works, though, since anyone looking up "ACS" would still find all the consumer fraud complaints.

      Any legitimate collection agency calling themselves "ACS" would be wise to just change their name.  This one has been overwhelmed by Indian swindlers.  There are a few other names they've commandeered, but none as much as "ACS".
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    Peeved
    I have been bothered by calls from a foreign accent going on 3 years now.  I think they have finally stopped.  I just tell them I don't owe anyone any money, that I will turn them into the proper authorities and hang up on them.  Sometimes they will call right back, otherwise not.  I now do not answer my phone if it is a number I do not recognize.  They are scums of the earth.  It is too bad they can't get a real job like the rest of us has!!!
  • 0
    yeah, right
    These people actually called my neighbor, who is no relation to me...can't figure out how they got his number...told him that I was being sued for a debt...wish I could nail these jerks.  This is the email I received today:


    Amount Due: $945.67
    Case File #: ACS-1262

    Dear Debtor,

    Our company has authorized us to recover the full amount due to them.

    As we put your Social Security Number into our National Checking Database System we found that you have been never charged for a fraud activity & that’s the reason Court House has decided to give you chance to take care of this issue outside the Court without having a report on your Credit History and Social Security Number.

    We regret that if we do not receive your response within the next 48 hours, we shall have no alternative but to take action through your local County Court to recover the amount due together with court costs and legal fees which is approximately $4203.86

    AS YOU ARE A DEFAULTER ON THIS CREDIT UNITED LEGAL INVESTIGATION BUREAU HAS STATED 3 SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST YOU AND THEY ARE:

    (1) VIOLATION OF FEDERAL BANKING REGULATION

    (2) COLLATERAL CHECK FRAUD

    (3) THEFT BY DECEPTION

    If Court action is taken and Judgment / Decree obtained against you to recover the sum due, we may need to ask the court to make one of the following orders should the debt remain unpaid:-

    ·         Warrant of Execution (Exceptional Attachment Order). Seizure and sale of movable non-essential assets / property by a County Court Bailiff or Sheriff Officer

    ·         Attachment of Earnings base (Earnings Arrestment). Deduction from your wages by your employer or arrestment of part of your salary to satisfy the debt

    The Factual Basis for the complaints is as follows:-

    You agreed to return the funds from the aforementioned income advancement as per contract.

    And as per the agreement the funds have yet to be returned and the collateral has proven to be null that is to say of no value.

    At present, ACS INC is seeking either of the following remedies:-

    All funds to be returned as per terms of initial contract

    Dear Customer as we were investigating your profile, we found you to be a genuine person so it is our duty to help you out but for that we need some right answers from your side. Also we would like to know your intentions?

    If you have recently settled this account, please contact us immediately to avoid further action. Otherwise, payment options are set out overleaf or alternatively call us now on 904.413.0400 to pay or agree a repayment plan with us.

    AGAIN IF YOU WANT TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER THAN CONTACT US IMMEDIATELY THRU EMAIL OR CALL US DURING WORKING HOURS (From Monday To Friday 09:30 AM to 05:00 PM EST) on 904.413.0400.



    NOTE: THIS CASE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION UNDER MAJOR CREDIT BUREAUS.

    Yours sincerely

    Collections Department

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    Roc
    | 1 reply
    Me too... an e mail that stated all same stuff. But I owe $968.00 from advance Cash serv. ??????????? and to call 1-347-305-4100 and to pay with money pac only...LOL...LOL...LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sure so your FELON [***] cannot be traced back to India bank!! LOL...LOL
    I called and reported them with the A.G.O and FCC...they can trace e-mail adds. These guys are Scam artists DO NOT GIVE any info!!!! In America you have to be served with a summons if this was real! Call on these guys and send letters as I have today... they need to go back to Jail period!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well they no give a [***] they cover there tracks. hmmmm they think.haha. Jail birds need to be kept behind bars till they DIE!!!!!!!! just HATE scum like these guys! Bottom river feeders!
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      Sam replies to Roc
      omg there are people calling me too say they are going to contact my HR department and that wedges are going to be taking from my pay check. I have never wrote a bad check before and I dont even write checks so i dnt know what the hell they are talking about. I paid this comany almost 900.00 and the loan I took out was 500.00 so I should have on,y paid back 675.00 they keep charging me but im the theft in this situation. These people are crazy and I am reporting them like everyone else.
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    roc
    | 1 reply
    This is sent viva e-mail... my name was not on this issued me. LOL...LOL
    Soooooooooo Fake … in your browser type for more info and where to send and to know your rights in the USA not India!   http://acsisascam.blogspot.com/

       Case File # KH-9068; Subject - Lawsuit‏

    acs inc (acsinc.incorp@gmail.com)

    10/08/13
        
    FINAL NOTIFICATION

    LOAN/DEBT INFORMATION
    CASE FILE#: KH-9068

    DUE AMOUNT-$968.00
    LOAN COMPANY/LENDER – ADVANCE CASH SERVICES

    We are here by to inform you that you are going to be legally prosecuted in the Court House within couple of days. Your SSN is put on hold by US Government, so before something goes wrong we would like to notify you about this matter.
    It seems apparent that you had chosen to ignore all our efforts to contact you in order to resolve your debt with your Payday Services.

    At this point you had made your intentions clear and leave us no choice but to protect our interest in this matter.

    UNITED LEGAL INVESTIGATION BUREAU HAS STATED 3 SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST YOU AND THEY ARE:
    (1) VIOLATION OF FEDERAL BANKING REGULATION
    (2) COLLATERAL CHECK FRAUD
    (3) THEFT BY DECEPTION

    If we do not hear from you within 48 hours of the date on this letter, we will be compelled to seek legal representation from our in-house attorney. We reserve the right to commence litigation for intent to commit wire fraud under the pretense of refusing to repay a debt committed to, by use of the internet. In addition we reserve the right to seek recovery for the balance due, as well as legal fees and any court cost incurred.

    WE HAVE ALL THE RIGHTS RESERVED TO INFORM TO FTC & YOUR EMPLOYER AND BANK ABOUT THIS FRAUD.

    As we have shared with you in previous letters, read your loan agreement; the next step is clearly defined. It could cost us both a great deal of time and money; you can avoid this by taking care of this now.

    The opportunity to take care of this voluntary is quickly coming to an end. We would hate for you to lose the option of resolving this before it goes to the next step which is a Lawsuit against you, but to do so you must take immediate action.

    NOTE:- THE MODE OF THE PAYMENT WOULD BE ONLY THROUGH MONEY PAK AS WE WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY VISA/MASTER DUE TO INSECURE PAYMENT GATEWAY. CALL US OR E-MAIL US RIGHT NOW IN ORDER TO MAKE A PAYMENT AND FREEZE DOWN THIS CASE.

    Contact us on 1 347.305.4100 from 09:30 AM to 06:30 PM (EST).

    If you do not take immediate action:

    We will be forced to download this case against you and once it is downloaded the creditor has entire rights to inform your employer and your references regarding this issue and the law suit will be the next step which will be amounting to $4258.56 and will be totally levied upon you and that would be excluding your attorney charges and the due amount pending on your name.

    Thanks for being our customer,


    Regards,
    ACS INC


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      Dolores replies to roc
      I got exactly the same email with the same amount of $968.00 owed to these jerks!  All I can say is why don't they get a real job and quit trying to scam people who work for a living.

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