A friend texted me and said someone from this number 2016708851, who claimed to be an attorney was looking for me and when I called the number first thing I noticed was that the person who answered it didn't acknowledge who they were, that person transferred me to someone else and again to someone named Kelly Gray, who still wouldn't tell me who she was
. Then when I wouldn't give her any information about myself she hung up on me. I later got a call and voice mail from this woman who said now that they had my number they would proceed with legal action....still not telling me for what.

Just got a message from some man saying that since I did not bother to settle my debt, they are proceeding with the next step as outlined in my letter. What debt? What letter? Quit harassing me people!

Centennial Law Offices is looking for information relating to Accredited Collection Agency Inc., ACA Recovery, and United Credit Specialist,? each are believed to operate as debt collection companies (and may be one in the same).  This information request is related to the case of  Lane v. Accredited Collection Agency Inc. currently pending before the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida (case #6:13-cv-00530).  If you have ever made a payment to Accredited Collection Agency (also believed to operate as ?ACA Recovery? and ?United Credit Specialist?) or are being asked to make a payment, please contact us at Contact@centenniallawoffices.com or by telephone at (888)504-8817.  Those providing information need not identify themselves.

Centennial Law Offices is a law office specializing in the representation of consumers against debt collectors in Fair Debt Collection Practices Act cases.

Received several calls back to back from this number finally answered and the man on the line alleged owed a debt of $1000 to a company I never heard of. When I asked that he contact me via mail he said good luck in court and hung up. I called back a spoke to a woman she wouldn't give me the name of the employer they had for me or information on the bank acct they alledgedly deposited funds into. When I explained I was a victim of identity theft she got upset when I hadn't filed a police report.( I've never heard of that before ).  She hung up on me as well! I then called back and spoke to a different woman. Her name was Lisa. I asked her to give me the dates the funds were deposited and the bank acct info. She asked me to call back. I then asked to speak to the "attorney". He was rude and smug as well. After going back and forth with him I asked that he simply tell me the date of the deposit or debt was incurred and he couldn't ! He told me I needed to go to a website to find that out ! I told him I know my rights and not to contact me on the phone. I asked that they prove the debt and send it via mail. At that point he again said well we will see you in court..... Long story short don't fall for it they're frauds and should be reported some how. They should be ashamed of themselves scamming and harassing hard working people.

LOL - This was seriously funny!!!

I would lie to write on behalf of my co-worker who received a very rude call from Linda Banks from a so called company by the name of UCS in Ridgewood, NJ. After she informed my co-worker that the phone call was a personal ,atter, my co-worker then told her she needed to contact her on her cell or home phone but not as work. She then proceeded to ask for Human Resources and was very rude!!!

Has anyone handled any transactions with a Mrs. McCloud whose office or business line (201) 670-8851 also doubles as the office of C. Turner Esq.? Why is my account going back and forth?

what were your results with this?

Would really like to know if this is a legitimate company or what the deal is. This woman is extremely rude. And when you call the number, they answer Hello or How can I help you. If you are truly a legit company should you not answer that way.

I received call from Linda Brooks with Charles I. Turner, 38 Ridgewood Ave, Ridgewood NJ. Phone: 201-570-8851. There is a Charles Turner, atty in NJ, but this name at this address is a fraud. Do not give your debit card or anything over the phone. Request documentation & then research the company online.

I was scammed by the scums!

Thanks for your information here. I got the call didn't answer, just checked google first to see what I was getting in to.

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Didn't identify herself, became very rude and aggressive.  Complete BS - if you have to act like a complete Witch maybe you should reconsider what you're doing with your life.  

Just received two calls in rapid succession from this number.  No one on the other end.  Disconnected after 30 seconds.  Suspect 201-670-8851 is being used to poll for valid numbers.

A lady named Kelly Gray left a message on my work. Didn't say where she was from. Left a message on my work number stating I had reached the limitations of the document being held in my office. She has to submit documents to prosecute to the fullest extent. Needed to talk to me left a different call back number of 18003653713 by 5pm the next day. Didn't say what the document was about or anything

get keeps calling my employer never said the name of company or why they are calling

call from Linda banks at Turner law firm stating that my consolidation company is a fraud.  Says she will work with me regarding the loan for national payday.  Says that it needs to be settled same day and that the validated debt letter was mailed.  We shall see if I ever see it.

I keep receiving calls to my work phone of 513-896-2949 -  All my co-workers answer my phone calls....they keep calling and calling my work -  I am going to lose my job if the calls keep coming like this.

How do I make them stop?

Lovely Linda Banks called me at work and on my cell phone.  When I didn't answer she called my mother & sister. Calling on a payday loan and they are illegal in NY... Called her back and of course this stupid woman argued with me.  Sure she works for an attorney but the attorney is trying to collect on an paydayillegal loan?  Brilliant, gave her my lawyers name & number... Hasn't called him yet.  Life is full of surprises!  I'm more than ticked off ... Payday lenders & their collectors are bottom feeding people!  They need to learn the laws of the land before they trample on people's rights!  Stay away from them as they are dirt!

Impatient managers must be made to understand a few things and not punish their staff for some intruder's hostile collection activity:
- Rogue debt collectors distort a legal provision for locating an alleged debtor at a workplace, seizing the moment to annoy, harass, and create false shame.
- Usually the agency knows perfectly well how to reach the targeted person at home but chooses not to, under a pretense of skip tracing, which is illegal.
- These are not ''personal'' calls in the sense that employees invite or control them.
- Anyone at the workplace can tell the collection reps to stop calling there for whatever employee and/or indicate that such calls are ''inconvenient'' or not permitted. By law, the agency must stop. (Some will refuse to cease, and must be clamped under a Cert-Mailed demand.)

The person being targeted is in the best position to limit all collection contact in all places. Certified Mail is again your new best friend.

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Whether you are called a debtor or some collector thinks you can flush one out, you have rights and options. Many are simple to exercise if you only learn how. You are granted control of how you are contacted, the right to dispute debt claims, and the means to sue violators at low cost. The FTC and the CFPB can start you on your homework. See also if your state laws grant additional or stronger rights.

official FTC guidance and staff opinions on the FDCPA, PDF copy of the Act
http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpajump.shtm

CFPB Q&A on debt collection practices
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/askcfpb/search ... bt%20Collection

What's more, this article link has been visible on every 800Notes page for 5.5 years:
Harassing calls from a debt collector?
http://800notes.com/arts/KBN5c2IZiAC_wQjKBNRWFA

These people contacted me on my job on so many occassions. Threatening to "garnish wages". Well i did some investigating with the BBB and file a complaint with the Federal Trades Commission and the ACA. These people are nothing but collectors and if you are getting calls from these people on your job, first report it to your HR dept and then give them (HR and the callers)a "revoke letter" stating you revoke them (if they try) to garnish wages unless its the IRS or child support. Then send a "cease and desist letter" to these so called people harassing you and they should stop calling you at work. Little do they know I'm with a government company and recording their calls. If they keep it up I WILL be filing a civil suit against them.

Some guy named Aaron called from this phone number.  He sounded either out of breath or on drugs.  He wouldn't say where he was calling from.  Troubling.

First saw an entry on my credit report from National Pay Day Loan. I never used the company. I inquired and applied for a loan but they wanted me to send in my pay stub so I refused and never followed through.
The company tried to take a payment from my account so I changed accounts. Now I get a letter from Charles I. Turner , Esq., asking for payment in full. Going to report them to the BAR association if they are even legal, but I have my letter showing that I did not follow through because they were asking for my documentation. I will be filing charges for malicious prosecution. (201) 670-8851 38 E. Ridgewood Ave. # 395, Ridgewood, NJ 07450 and (800) 356-3713

Thanks to Linda I dont have a job.she is colling from this number 201 670 8851 I think she is going to pay my bills

I recib calls from this 201 670 8851 .I call my atterny becouse of Linda I DONT HAVE A JOB IS THIS LINDA IS PSYING MY BILLS

they called my dad about me and my work ACA

This company calls all day long, my boss believes I'm recieving lots of personal call on my job and has told me if the calls do not stop I could be written up.  How dow I go about putting a STOP to the Unwanted Calls?

It happens that there IS an attorney currently registered by that exact name in New Jersey, in Jersey City, as a matter of fact.  That attorney does have a 201 area code contact number, albeit not the number identified as calling from the number at issue in these posts.  The listing says the attorney has been licensed since June, 1985 in New Jersey.

The correct place to go for determining whether an attorney is licensed in New Jersey is:
https://njcourts.judiciary.state.nj.us/web15z/AttyPAWeb/pages/home.faces
If you want to find out on-line whether the attorney has been disciplined in New Jersey in the past, the correct place to go is:
http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/oae/discipline.htm
Because their records are stored quarterly as PDF files and cumulative listings are not available after 2010, you may have to go through multiple files to get any disciplinary information, if any exists at all.  But the service does provide instructions on how to most efficiently look through the files they provide.

It is entirely conceivable, however, that the person calling you has nothing to do with this attorney and may instead be stealing his identity for their own nefarious purposes.  That does seem to be happening with some degree of frequency these days.  If so, you may be able to find that out (and do the real attorney a favor, as well) by calling him at the telephone number you will find on the New Jersey Courts website.  And if the number given on their website doesn't belong to the attorney or has changed, the NJ Courts would probably like to know that.

---> Marella Gaulding said, "Anyway I GOOGLED this so called attorney and couldn't find his law firm anywhere in NJ."  <---

That's not the way to find out if a person is an attorney.

It happens that there IS an attorney currently registered by that exact name in New Jersey, in Jersey City, as a matter of fact.  That attorney does have a 201 area code contact number, albeit not the number identified as calling from the number at issue in these posts.  The listing says the attorney has been licensed since June, 1985 in New Jersey.

The correct place to go for determining whether an attorney is licensed in New Jersey is:
https://njcourts.judiciary.state.nj.us/web15z/AttyPAWeb/pages/home.faces
If you want to find out on-line whether the attorney has been disciplined in New Jersey in the past, the correct place to go is:
http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/oae/discipline.htm
Because their records are stored quarterly as PDF files and cumulative listings are not available after 2010, you may have to go through multiple files to get any disciplinary information, if any exists at all.  But the service does provide instructions on how to most efficiently look through the files they provide.

It is entirely conceivable, however, that the person calling you has nothing to do with this attorney and may instead be stealing his identity for their own nefarious purposes.  That does seem to be happening with some degree of frequency these days.  If so, you may be able to find that out (and do the real attorney a favor, as well) by calling him at the telephone number you will find on the New Jersey Courts website.  And if the number given on their website doesn't belong to the attorney or has changed, the NJ Courts would probably like to know that.

I just read your message. I got a letter from this so called attorney today and i also googled it and found out it was a collection agency. Thank you
Marion