This clown named Adam Bankes keeps calling my son at work about a bad debt. Problem is, there is no bad debt. He has even called my other son amd my fax line . How he got those numbers I dont know. This is clearly a scam since he cannot supply any legit info that pertains to any of us.
Keep reporting this and if it continues, contact your local attorney general about how to handle it. They can help. Says he's from Checks and arbitration.

Thanks Alfalfa, real good info. This guy since my posting has called my son multiple times at his work.
My other son got a call from him also..He did not take the call, just recognized the number. No message was left.
And just a day or so ago, the same guy (Adam Bankes) called my number that my fax is hooked up to. Left his name and then hung up. We're all pretty tired of tall the calls and harrassment. I'll ask the questions you suggested next time he calls.
Thanks Again.

Consumers across the country report that they're getting telephone calls from people trying to collect on loans the consumers never received or on loans they did receive but for amounts they do not owe. Others are receiving calls from people seeking to recover on loans consumers received but where the creditors never authorized the callers to collect for them. So what's the story?

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation's consumer protection agency, is warning consumers to be on the alert for scam artists posing as debt collectors. It may be hard to tell the difference between a legitimate debt collector and a fake one. Sometimes a fake collector may even have some of your personal information, like a bank account number. A caller may be a fake debt collector if he:

is seeking payment on a debt for a loan you do not recognize;
refuses to give you a mailing address or phone number;
asks you for personal financial or sensitive information; or
exerts high pressure to try to scare you into paying, such as threatening to have you arrested or to report you to a law enforcement agency.

If you think that a caller may be a fake debt collector:
Ask the caller for his name, company, street address, and telephone number. Tell the caller that you refuse to discuss any debt until you get a written "validation notice." The notice must include the amount of the debt, the name of the creditor you owe, and your rights under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
If a caller refuses to give you all of this information, do not pay! Paying a fake debt collector will not always make them go away. They may make up another debt to try to get more money from you.

Stop speaking with the caller. If you have the caller's address, send a letter demanding that the caller stop contacting you, and keep a copy for your files. By law, real debt collectors must stop calling you if you ask them to in writing.

Do not give the caller personal financial or other sensitive information. Never give out or confirm personal financial or other sensitive information like your bank account, credit card, or Social Security number unless you know whom you're dealing with. Scam artists, like fake debt collectors, can use your information to commit identity theft ? charging your existing credit cards, opening new credit card, checking, or savings accounts, writing fraudulent checks, or taking out loans in your name.

Contact your creditor. If the debt is legitimate ? but you think the collector may not be ? contact your creditor about the calls. Share the information you have about the suspicious calls and find out who, if anyone, the creditor has authorized to collect the debt.

Report the call. Contact the FTC and your state Attorney General's office with information about suspicious callers. Many states have their own debt collection laws in addition to the federal FDCPA. Your Attorney General's office can help you determine your rights under your state's law.>

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt076.shtm

This guy Adam Bankes was a real jerk. He threatened my son saying that he hhad illegally closed a checking or savings account and made off with all the money. My son and his then wife had divorced almost 2 years ago and this might be a debt she is trying to stick on him. Bottom line is, this guy was RUDE like no other. He called me a jack off and threatened me. I called him everything but a nice guy then he hung up. I called back and he said he would have the bauthorities out to my door because the conversation was taped. He could not present me or my son with any information backing his claim or threats. This group of people need to be put away for the harrassment them pass along to innocent people.

So how come this so called company has no website The guy who called me concerning a loan I had supposedly co-signed on hung up on me when I asked was this a Federal or State Department? He also said it was a payday loan I had co-signed on. Well guess what? You don't need a co-signer for a payday loan. Googled the number he called from and it shows up on a list of "Scam" numbers. And the previous reply above mine is from a Don Henely? Really? You couldn't come up with a more common or unknown name than one from a well known member of the band The Eagles?

He is an investigator with a company called checking and arbitration services LLC. I thought what he was saying was bull s*** and i hung up in his face about two days later county deputies were at my door wanting a signature for a aperance ticket to apear in my reciding county court house which was dallas county. Went to court with my lawyer and they had civil charges for passing bad checks long story short I was being sued it was a FREAKIN MESS