Collection Agencies

I received a call from Receivables Performance Management. They informed me of the debt I owed and were very helpful in assisting me resolve it.

Over the past 2 months, I have been receiving calls from a person who (first time around) claimed to be a government agent for the DEA. He called my house 35 times in one day, and every call came from a different area code. My answering machine has caller Id, and announced the number every time. He...

So my girlfriend and her friend were accused of shoplifting without any actual proof, (though they were), so Walmart basically scared them into signing a piece of paper didn't call the cops and said they probably wouldn't press barges (less than $25). So about a month later they sent us a letter...

I have received a letter from this Northland Group Inc. claiming that I owe them a lot of money. They have my correct information, and a mysterious "former clam number" that only the last few digits are visible in from a bank I have paid off years ago. The letter looks very official. You say this is...

I would advise people not to ignore debt collection proceedings by PRA: PRA purchases old, fraudulent and other types of questionable debt that other mainstream collection agencies avoid like the plague. However, PRA is persistent in its attempts to acquire funds; this company will go to court and...

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....

A month ago I paid my final installment on an old Spiegel Account from 2004. I paid over 3,600.00 in 100.00 dollar monthly payments. I have been waiting for a letter from this office with acknowledgement that the judgment has been paid in full. I also have requested that all three credit reporting...

Hello, I am looking for help, I have been receiving phone calls from ACS law firm, I know that it is a scam, I have turned in complaints to the FBI, Attorney General, FCC, Credit Bureau's and Better Business. They are now calling my references on a pay day loan, that was paid and demanding money. I...

Union Filing Services/ Union Management is collecting from my bank acct. money to pay my credit card dues which I defaulted. I am trying to contact them since they are not giving me confirmation nos. as agreed. All the telephone nos. i have on record are no longer in service. if any one can provide...

This guy called our dental office and asked to verify information with our front desk regarding our information in the yellow pages and after she verified the information they asked if she was authorized to do this and she said yes. Then they asked if she wanted the info faxed or mailed and she said...

Gravano, Mattrey & Mayner called me yesterday in reference to a payday loan i took out last year with CashNet, They first asked that if I took this loan out with the intension of not paying back, I expalined my situation and they actually listened and were very insightfull and treated me with...

so you have a debt that needs to be repaid. so they call you and work out a reduced amount, which you pay in full with a cashiers check. then they call again 6 months later to collect the remaining original amount. you prove they marked your account "paid in full" when younpay the reduced amount....

As a 3rd party interloper, debt collection agencies have no lawful standing or recourse to dun ANYONE for repayment of a loan or debt that was never originated BY them. They will harass and berate people into believing they still owe the money even though the person has no SIGNED CONTRACT WITH...

Saturday I received 11 calls from HSBC.8:13am,8:43am, 9:32am, 10:30am, 10:34am, 1:27pm, 1:38pm, 3:13pm, 5:19pm, 7:20pm, and 7:28pm. Nine of those calls, there was no one on the phone when I answered. The other 2 times, I explained that I didn't have any money at this time and I would pay what I...

Whoever it was that called, called on Sunday. WRONG! You don't do that if you want a courteous response. And not only that the person that they called was not here and was told so. I'm putting them on my do not call list. He wouldn't not identify the agency who I supposedly owed the bill to or say...

I to my bank, to take money out, and was told I had a negitive $128.00. I never received a letter, I will get an attorney, what Mary Jane Elliott did was illegal, she needs to be put out of business.

are they legal

these fools even called my sister and left a message saying that there are 2 charges against me and I better call before 5pm that evening. I called and it is usc. The rude lady(would love to use another word) would not give an address or fax number and refused to send a letter of authorization or...

I never REORDERED this magazine. I paid for the one year subscription. Then I started getting renewal notices which, I trashed because I didn't want to rewnew at this time.

I have the same issue. I never had Verizon service in my life and somebody ordered a phone and as per Verizon's record, I never used it. After 4/5 years I saw it in my credit report that I owed them around $200 and now it is $372.00, out of the blue. I tried convincing them that I never had a...