but if they can scare you out for 4 hours they can burgle your home.  nice, huh?

I have the same problem. I bought a computer and was a few months late with payment. Now, they want take my car and any valuable from my house.

Hello, my situation is occurring in Pennsylvania, but it is with DL recovery.  Someone from this number called my brother and threatened that they would arrive the next day to take all of his belongings away unless he paid 1000$.  The called referred to himself as an attorney, gave my brother a docket number, and generally freaked him out.  My brother then called me and asked if he could get me to pay a bill with my credit card for him, but I didn't ask what the bill was for (dumb I know), so I gave my brother my cc number and he called the "attorney" back and gave it to him.  An hour or so later, I asked my brother 'by the way, what was the bill you owed?'  (thinking it was an electric bill or something).  He told me what it was and I said, ok we've just been scammed.  I had seen how this is done on a 60 minutes episode.  Fake threats, fake docket numbers, falsely calling oneself an attorney, etc.  All illegal.  So I called my credit card company and of course the charge is already on there for 1000.00.  It's from DL recovery.  I call the number of the person who called my brother and ask if they are "DL Recovery" they say they are Davis Attorneys at Law and will not admit that they just charged my credit card.  Wouldn't give me any names, told me they were recording the call.  I went beserk on them, yelling, telling them they are committing crimes and behaving illegally with their debt collection practices, then hung up.  The guy calls me back, recites my own name, my age, and my address to me as if he's trying to make me feel threatened that he knows where I live.  Ha, I give him another earful.  These people are a disgrace and need to be stopped.  I'm on board here with anything I can do to bring them down.  Meanwhile, I'm going to contest the charge with my credit card company since it was all done illegally.  Any thoughts on that part?  Thanks.

I am a consumer protection attorney in North Carolina, and my office has received a number of complaints about calls from this number (from DL Recovery).  Please let me know if any of you are from North Carolina, so that I can see what we could do to help.

I got the same call from these people saying they were going to seize my personal property because someone at this house owes them money. I almost had a panick attack.

I got the call today too. They are going to come into my house tomorrow and do an "extraction of personal property" and they're going to put a lien on my home and take my vehicle away. Yes, they are extremely rude and threatening. They're idiots because my home is about to be foreclosed :(

google royal prestige scam  los angeles CAS.
ANYONE that has a debt involving royal prestige should know that once it goes into collection the Royal Prestige company is not after the money. the debt is collected from the distributor that you bought the product from. He is responsible for the wholesale price and after that is paid he is after his profit amount. Royal Prestige does not send it to collection. they send it back to the distributor and the distributor hires a cheap collector that strongarms folks. On many occasions they increase the rates thousands of dollars and frighten fo9lks that they will lose everything, including having the children taken away from them. This is illegal and the collector can be charged with extortion which is what 2 creditors were charged with in Los Angeles January 2010.
Do not pay, do not agree to pay, obtain information from them and act as if you will pay. then report the information to the local police.

ignore anyone telling you they are a creditor and that they have the power to do anything to you. They are violating laws and on many occasions they are contacting people that do not owe money. If they contact 100 people and 1 person send money to them then they win. It sounds like a complete scam. If they want to sue and make threats, tell them to sue and also state to them to not callyour number again.
Information is easy to obtain. If you have ever registered your children in school or any activities the information is easy to obtain. On a regular basis check sites for your kids information, including Zabasearch.com, facebook and myspace. If your kids utilize these (or if you do) use false information. Do not put your legal full name and do not put your real birthday! Find out where they want you to send money to and obtain bank information that thye want you to deposit the money. then contact your local police to report a crime of theft by trickery.

I received a phone call from this Michael Shannon threatening me that officer Todd is coming to take my furniture or my car and they have a lean on my house. also j
he also says that they will come into my home even if I'm not there, they will put my belongings in storage and auction it off. Record all conversations date and time it don't tell them you are doing this petite it down number time and exactly what they day. This threatening is illegal and you can sue them for a max of $1,000 and lawyer fees. They are violating federal debt collectors consumers protection act look it up. These people won't give much info. But pretending to be a lawyer is a criminal offense. don't let them scare  you. I have good friends in legal dept. they also said a judge. flemming signed the order no judge in my county or state with that name.
call free legal aid they can direct you in the right way. No law firm with Manchester Bare in NY

Today somebody call me from this number and threatened me with take away all of my house. I have 2 unpay bill without Townecraft and I think that They have sign this secret company that call with this number to threaten me.

I HAVE A FRIEND IN A IMPORTANT NEWSPAPER, PLEASE, IF YOU ALL WOULD PUT YOUR NAMES AND YOUR CASES IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE A PUBLIC DENOUNCE.

I´m from Raleigh. Someone over here?

I´m spanish, but my journalist friend is american. Please contact me for email too. With case and name. defkon4@hotmail.com

I also received acall on my cell from a blocked number. The man asked if I was SO and SO and id'd himself as a county officer. When I asked his name and what county he just said Officer Johnson and told me he was coming the next day between 9 and 1 to confiscate anything I have to satisfy an unpaid summons and  to call 212-779-2038 and give a summons number to make payment arrangements to avoid this action. When I called that number a woman answered without giving a company name. I asked who this was and she replied who do I want to speak to. Then she transfered me to an extention where a man named Mike Shannon said it was the legal dept.He asked for a large sum & had info about me some of which was wrong. He said unless I made payment immediately I would lose my property. He said the legal firm was Manchester Barr but when I googled that I found that to be the name of a barrister in England. He also mentioned DL Assoc. I"m interested in knowing whether anyone has ever actually had a visit from anyone trying to confiscate property. I know for a fact that this is not the way Camden County NJ operates.

I have received a call from this number stating that they are three hours from my house and they are coming to pick up my furniture and my car.  I told them that they have lost their minds.  I was told that this matter was not turned over to the courhouse in my county but there was a county officer I could call.  Although they didn't provide a number or a name they told me that the officer was on vacation.  Jimmy has called me twice and left a message.  I tried to speak with Ms Rojas and she isn't available.  Mr Tubbs gets on the phone and tried to talk down to me about the bill.  I can't believe the nerve of these people.

I just received a phone call as well and they claimed that I owed for attorney and court fees.. First they tell me to call and ask for Mrs. Sanchez but when I did call they stated that the attorney in charge of my acct is Mrs. Flores... and that she is not available that she is IN COURT... They said that being that I am in texas that they cannot garnish my wages but that they can go in to my home even if i am not there. The company that sent it to them is Royal Prestige over $455.00... I called the originating company and I was told that it was in collections and not in the courts... when I questioned why I was told that I was sued they just told me to talk to the person in charge in collections.  I called THIS company back and questioned them and she started to stutter not really wanting to give me the ATTORNEYS full name but she then said her name is Marilyn Flores... NO ATTORNEY in NY with that name.... I will be making a formal complaint in TX and NY

These people called my fiances house and told her that her mother owed a ton of money and they were coming to reposes everything. This is FRAUD and it is illegal. If you have received a call from these people buy a voice recorder that connects to the phone and tell them next time they call that they are being recorded. If they have a brain they will hang up and if not take the tape to the sheriffs office because they can go to jail for these crimes.

These guys called my neice and had her in tears, they said they were at her apt and they were going to take all of her possession and put them in a storgae locker and auction them off. They also called her and said they were on the way to her job and had a garnishment for her pay and they were going to take her pay check. She was in tears. I did a little research on them and found out that Michael Shannon is not an attorney as he protrays himself and that he is just a collector. He wanted to get smart with me about a payment and had I not been at work he would have gotten an ear full. The way they processed the payment is D L Recovery. I have pulled a complaint form for the NY Attorney Generals off and am filing a complaint with them, in Virginia, the BBB, The FTC, and the NY and VA Bar association. He wants to threaten people, I have something for him. He is misrepresenting himself as an attorney which is a crime, and they also are misrepresenting themselves as law enforcement officers for the county in which the person lives that they are trying to collect from. I have heard of unethical scare tactics by collection agencies and I work with them everyday as well as several attorney groups. I have checked with one of the attorneys that I work with and under his advisment I am filing the above. He has stated that they are violating several collection laws and major crimes. keep this in mind if they call you in the future. Lets all ban together.

I have had the same phone call has anything ever happened to anyone after receiving the call?

I received this call this evening from our supposed "county office". He never gave his name but when I asked who his supervisor's name is he stated "Mr. Tubbs". There is supposedly a lien on our house, they are coming tomorrow to assess the house and take whatever is of value. I don't know what to do! Is this legit or is it a scam? This number 212-779-2038 is supposed to be for an Attorney named "Barr".

called my house, spoke with my father telling him to take out all valuable items.. my dad though was very firm in telling the person that he will get his lawyer...

they called my mother in law threatning to take our household stuff, our car etc. said they would be to my house at 9am.  they asked her if she new our number she told them she didnt.  She got the number of 12127792038.  I called from my cell number put in *67 then the number the lady said it was Davis Law and Associates. HUM pretty strange. googled it but no number like that.  But there is a davis law firm in New York and 212 is an area code for New York.

EVER ONE PLEASE READ ..... THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO YOU THEY ARE BREAKING THE LAW YOU CAN WHAT THEY CALL SKIP TRACE AND FIND OUT BASIC INFORMATION ON A PERSON MOST OF THE INFORMATION IS PUBLIC INFORMATION DONT LET THESE PEOPLE SCARE YOU WHAT WE ALL NEED TO DO IS TRY AND FIND OUT WHO THEY REALLY ARE SO WE CAN PRESS CHARGES ON THEM

YOU NO ITS KINDA FUNNY BECUASE IF EVER ONE WOULD TAKE THE TIME OUT AND READ THE FDCPA ACT THESE PEOPLE ARE BREAKING THE LAW IN WHICH THEY CALL THEM SELF 3 RD PARTY COLLECTIONS IF YOU DONT NO THEY WILL TELL YOU THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE YOUR HOME AND HAS WENT AS FAR TO SAY BREAK IN YOUR HOME.. THINK ABOUT IT IF THEY COULD DO SUCH AND THING WHY WOULD THEY CALL YOU THEY WOULD JUST DO IT COME ON PEOPLE LET THINK HERE . IT IS A COMPUTER IN MOST CASES COST NO MORE THEN 3,000.00 AT MOST NOW THINK ABOUT IT WHY WOULD THEY TAKE A CAR THAT YOU ARE IN SOME CASES STILL MAKING PAYMENT ON THINK BOUT THIS HOW CAN THEY TAKE YOUR HOME WHEN IT IS OWN BY THE BANK YOU GET THE POINT

THESE PEOPLE CALL ME TO TELL ME THEY GOT A SUMMONS FROM THE COURT TO COME INTO MY HOME AND TAKE EVERYTHING OF VALUE OUT OF MY HOME AND COMMANDED ME TO BE HOME BETWEEN 9 AM AND 1 PM. THEY ARE RUDE AND GIVE OUT NO INFORMATION ABOUT THE NO NAMED COMPANY. I GET THE NAME OF TWO OF THE CULPRITS MIKE WHO CLAIMS TO BE A LAWYER AND JIMMY WHO CLAIMS TO WORK WITH IMPERIAL TRUCKING: STINKING ATTITUDE, THREATING AND UNPROFESSIONAL.  THE CITY NEEDS TO PUT A STOP TO THESE PEOPLE.

these people call me claiming to be a lawyer, mike,for a company who i supposedly owed and they have information on my minor children i want to know how to stop these jerks who have my children's name and information and my address.  It is illegal to search minors. They are rude and their company has no name. They claim to be affilliated with imperial trucking, a guy named jimmy. Who called me to let me know they are coming to take everything of value out of my home.

my dad received a threatening phone call from these people only to find out they didn't have all the correct info.  they are looking for someone else!  my father went to the emergency room with chest pains after this call...these people are UNBELIEVABLE!!!

hang up on these jerks!

Called and said i had an outstanding debt -  and they were gonna take my vehicles if i didnt pay ? He had lots of info of mine - but it was all very old info ?  He was terribly rude also

Keeps on threating me about a bill that they have of mine but wont tell me the company that they are working for or what company she works for.

People, If you are getting these threats they are illegal. See: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre18.shtm and report it. Your local AG and the FTC _will_ take action.

Collect America   CACV & CACH

(Separate Corporations, Subsidiaries)

370 17th Street, Suite 5000
Denver, CO 80202-3050
Ph: (303) 296-3345
Fax: (215) 281-7522

Phillip Scott Lowery Offices:
(Private Law Firm Owned by Collect America's CEO)
4500 Cherry Creek Drive South
Suite #700
Denver, CO 80246

Web Address: http://collectamerica.com/
Phillip Scott Lowery

Brian L. Johnson  (Financial Officer)

David L. Michael

James R. Wolf



Collect America, LTD (Div KRG Capital)
fka/P. Scott Lowery Law Offices
aka/(CACV, LLC) & (CACH, LLC)
dba/CA Holding, Inc., Astrum Financial, LLC,
Autus, LLC, Argentum Resources, LLC,
CA Internet Marketing, LLC, Candeo, LLC,
Guardian Financial Corp.,
Healthcare Funding Solutions, LLC,
Impulse Marketing, LLC, Orsa, LLC,
Refinance America, Ltd., Valesco Data Services, LLC
(with call center in INDIA)
4500 Cherry Creek Dr. S. #700 Denver, CO
370 17th Street, #5000 Denver, CO

One of the largest debt buyer organizations in America  In 2005, Collect America owner Phillip Scott Lowery reportedly sold his operations for $350 MILLION to an organization called First Analysis Private Equity Fund IV, in collaboration with co-investor KRG Capital.

The Collect America system is comprised of approximately thirty franchisee?s across the country, with an attorney name on their door. Some of the attorneys such as Sam W. Streeter of Houston, have been dubbed ?Rent-A-Lawyers? due to their total lack of debt collection law and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) experience.

*Collect America Franchisees:

Davis Law Office, Russell A. Davis, Solana Beach, CA
Law Office of Sam W. Streeter, Houston, TX
Richard G. & Catherine A. Neuheisel Law Firm, Tempe, AZ
Neuheisel Law Firm, Deborah Sue Harvego, Sacramento, CA
Law Office of Thomas K. Bamford, Dallas, TX
Harold E. Scherr, Attorney at Law, Longwood, FL
Bronson and Migliaccio Attorneys, Williamsville, NY
Bronson and Migliaccio Attorneys, Elmwood Park, NJ
Phillips and Cohen and Associates, Westampton, NJ
Law Office of Larry Roach, Copley Twp, OH
Phillip Scott Lowery P.C., Denver, CO
Law Office of Joe Pezzuto, Phoenix, AZ
Law Office of J. Anthony Cambece, Boston, MA
Workman Law Office, P.A., Jacksonville, FL
Collect America, LTD, Denver, CO
Gamache and Myers, St Louis, MO
P. Scott Lowery, P.C., Tulsa, OK
Law Office of Wilfred E. Briesemeister, Montclair, CA
Harrison Ross Byck, Morrisville, PA
Daniels & Norelli, P.C., Westbury, NY
Richard DeJana & Associates, Kalispell, MT
Dennis Michael Dendy Law Office, Gretna, LA (Houston TX)
Daniel N. Gordon, P.C., Eugene, OR
Mims, Jerry M., Attorney, Islip Terrace, NY
Pentagroup Financial, LLC, James J. Thorpe, Attorney, Houston, TX
(represents CACV & CACH)

(*May not accurately reflect all franchisees)

Since the sale of the main organization, Denver Attorney Phillip Scott Lowery and his collectors that include attorneys David L. Michael and James R. Wolf have relocated to the Cherry Creek Drive address. Scott and wife Texie were rumored to have moved to Vail, CO, however he reportedly still is involved in the day to day operations through brother Arthur Todd Lowery.

CACV of Colorado, LLC. which stands for Collect America Collection Vehicle and CACH, LLC  are the debt purchasing arms of Collect America. Lowery and associates reportedly purchase these accounts for pennies on the dollar, then attempt to collect on the full value.  Collect America does place these accounts on credit bureau reports under the names CACV, CACH and Collect America. Under provisions of federal law, the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), they may NOT stay past the date of last activity as stated by the original creditor and the information and amounts reflected MUST be accurate, as stipulated by federal law.

The ONLY thing that can restart a ?date of last activity? is by YOU making a payment, Collect America cannot change it under any circumstances. You should always obtain copies of your credit reports directly from the credit bureaus to compare those dates. You have the right to dispute any debt buyer account found on your credit reports as ?Not My Account? with the credit bureaus. Always keep copies of credit reports for reference.  If  a date of activity has been changed in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act,  you may be able to take legal actions against whomever in federal court for violating the law. Contact me for referral to a local consumer law professional.

If you are ever sued by a Collect America attorney it is VERY important that you respond to that suit.  

http://www.budhibbs.com/collectorpages/collect_america_cacv.htm

http://www.ripoffreport.com/Collection-Agency-s/Russel-A-Davis-Davis/russel-a-davis-davis-law-as-8cef3.htm

I received a call from this number stating that they are a law office and they were coming to repossess my belongings and car.  They couldn't provide a name for the company but their trucking company is Imperial Trucking.  Finally they told me that they are Davis Law Associates.  I have never heard of these people.  They are harassing people that owe money.