Midwest Credit - it's a debt collector out of KS

I received two calls from them today. Didn't answer the first, but answered the second time. Lady was yelling at me, telling me I was unappreciative. I had already paid half the bill for advanced Physical Therapy, and told them I could do $100 for the next 4 months to pay off the rest. I had to hang up as she refused to work with me, and was still yelling.

Reporting them.

Judgement on a $200 medical debt that we don't dispute? Go for it. It'll cost you more in legal fees than the debt is worth. And you do NOT get your fees back on this from the person you send for judgement.

Want to try me? I've dealt with way more in court.

You are NOT supposed to threaten the people you are contacting. Work with me, I'll work with you. Get snotty, and there's gonna be a stone wall.

This company needs to be shut down for their dodgy practices. ILLEGAL collection tactics. Period.

they called me and asked me if I knew my neighbors ( i will not give out the name of my neighbor like they did) and asked me to  give them my neighbors phone number! really...I asked the lady how the heck did you get my name & number & how do you know they are my neighbors? talk about harrasement.This company is a very harrassing place. I think they need to be harrassed about there neighbors.

I received a phone call from this company, Midwest Service Bureau, claiming that I owed $1300 to Via Christi.  I asked them to send me a bill with the detailed description of the balance due and they refused. I said that I would pay $20 a month if they could validate the debt and they told me that they would take that as a refusal to pay. They then marked my account to go to court so that a judgement could be put on it. I asked to speak with management and it was the exact same woman who got on the phone and claimed to be someone else. When I got off the phone with this company, I called Via Christi to see if they could send me a detailed statement of the charges that were in collection. When they pulled up my account, they said that I only owed them $129 and they had no idea why Midwest Service Bureau was claiming that I owed them much more than that.  I resolved my payment with Via Christi and I am still receiving harassing phone calls. I just mailed a cease and desist letter as well as a dispute of debt letter certified today. If I get one more phone call, I'll be contacting BBB, Attorney General, and FTC.  I suggest you all do the same as the majority of their collection practices are illegal.

They did the same thing to me.  I told them that I would willingly pay $20 a month on the debt and they said that they took that as refusal to pay and marked my account to go have a judgement placed on it.  My "debt" was with Via Christi and when I called them they said that the amount due was over $1000 less that Midwest Service Bureau claimed.

Suspicious call from 316-263-1051 asking personal information about a neighbor.

IT'S THOSE DAMN DEMOCRATS!

unwanted call - no one has my cell phone number except close family - it's a track phone - I never use it - it is for roadside emergencies only.

This may be an extortion scam. Legit collectors per section 809 of the FDCPA http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre27.pdf *must* tell you at initial contact, or send you paperwork within 5 days of initial contact, the following:
1. $amount of debt,
2. name of the current creditor (which may differ from the original creditor who might have sold your debt),
3. a statement that that debt will be assumed to be valid unless you dispute in writing within 30 days,
4. a statement that that if you do dispute in writing within 30 days, the collector must mail you written verification of the debt,
5. a statement that if you ask the collector in writing within 30 days, the collector must send you the name and address of the original creditor if it's different from the current creditor.
If you don't get the 5 disclosures, orally or in writing (you do not have to ask for it, the FDCPA requires it), treat the collector like you would any SCAMMER. Scammers are using bought/hacked loan application data to extort payments for fictitious debts from victims and victims' families and friends.
The FBI warns about payday loan extortion scams here http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/paydayloanscam_120710
The BBB has issued several alerts on this scam, just google "bbb.org alert phony debt collector"
Report to the Internet Crime Complaint Center http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx , the Federal Communications Commission http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm , the Federal Trade Commission https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/ and your state AG, as appropriate.

who was the person you spoke with? it sounds exactly what a lady from that agency told me! i had never even recieved a statment on this bill, so i asked them to send me a statement explaining the charges, she refused saying they had already sent to many of them. i never once recieved anything!!!!! she was soooo rude and even threatened to get my tax return!

they called me at work on my PT job - I've only worked their for 4 months, have no idea how they got the #.  Left the name Jared White. called from the # 316-425-0140.

this number called my parents house asking for me. they said i put them down as a reference for a job and demanded i call by 8 pm that night.

they are calling me at work and will not stop calling there. left a name of jared white.

They are hateful people!  Beware!  When I talked to them and told them that I needed to look at my finances to see what payments I could make they told me that they would take that as a refusal to pay and would take it to the next step.  I told them that they asked me what I could do and I told them I couldn't make a rash decision and had to see what bills were coming and again she said, it's a refusal to pay.

This number has called several times. I usually don't answer, but this morning I did and they said they were trying to get someone named Elizabeth Scott.  I never heard of her, so I humg up.

They have called several times and i have never answered.  Three of those times, they sent a text to my phone with the following phone numbers: 316-425-0113 and 316-962-3100.  The second number sent in text belongs to Wesley Clinic.

getting calls from this #...they want me to get my neighbor to come to phone and also asking if I know so&so because they know I live near them.....WTF??????????????

received this call and did not answer

this number called me 6 times.

Funny the phone number was both in the caller ID space and the phone number space.........

Received a call on my cell phone this morning from 316-263-1051, Midwest Service Bureau, a collection agency in Wichita, KS