Have been receiving calls from this number for over three months.  As I do not  answer out of area code calls that I do not recognize the number, I just put them on blocked.  It didn't stop them, then they started leaving voicemail messages threatening legal action.  As I don't owe any past debts I called them.  Said they are looking for someone I have never heard of, and would remove my number.  Three days later another call.  Then today another one.
I called them and raised so much hell that they hung up on me.  lol

good advise, I just got a call..I don;t owe any money or have bad checks out...will be filling out a complaint..

Nicole you are full of s***, the only reason you are saying they are legit is because you were f****ng Shaun aka Shannon Eller hesitate you did not know Shaun is a transgender so you actually f****d a woman

The bad thing is---unless you got a payment agreement in writing, it leaves the door open for collection agencies to develop "selective amnesia". I know of a family member who went through the same thing with another collection agency. Less than three weeks after she paid the verbally agreed amount, the same collection agency was harassing her again, claiming they had *never* made such a verbal agreement, demanding payment in full. It was only after she threatened to turn them into our state's AG they finally backed off.

I used to work with a woman named Annie Jones there, I had a lot of money in medical bills that I knew I owed and she helped me to even get itemization from the hospital! although I couldn't afford to pay very much she was willing to work with me with what I could and little by little we were getting it taken care of. But the past 4 months I have been getting harassed by someone else who said Miss Jones isn't with the company anymore and they won't take my small payment each month and are trying to make me pay the whole thing off!!!! I read all these stories about bad experiences and I am starting to have those bad experiences, if only they had more reasonable and kind employees like miss Annie Jones.... Not paying them another dime on principle!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is a total scam, my ex fiancé whom lives in the state of Alabama with a prepaid telephone number of 205-432-8926 ACCIDENTIALLY called me one day on the 651-209-1825 I asked him was he using a Textnow telephone number since it showed Minnesota, and he played dumb and said no this is my phone number when I lived in California, and he said dont call on this number again, as I started investigating him I found several arrests, and caught him in constant lies, he claims to live with his grandmother but the home is currently for sale by owner by his dad, he does anything to get what he wants, he is very ugly, creepy looking, he looks like Satan! If this number calls you do not answer it and call your local police department immediately!

Just got hung up on as well- googled the phone number and here I am! Well I'll be a monkey's uncle. Glad they didn't get any of my money, now I'm just mad that I treated these people with respect at all and wasted my time.

U need to shut yr mouth, and get a heart

they called me today, the lady didnt give me her name but was rude, they said we owed a check from 2 yrs ago i no we paid, my husband called and said ill send a money order and she got irratte..  and all they wanted was credit info, we also asked for a letter to be sent out stateing the claim and they said they already sent one,,, bull,,,,, there not getting no credit info and if we even owed the check we would take it up with the store or the bank not them!!!!!!!  dont you think if we had a outstanding check from 2 yrs our bank would have sent notice? i mean come on..

It is a legit debt collection company yes I know because I do owe money that I thought was paid off. HOWEVER they are completely unprofessional and rude. I tried to explain to them that I was not comfortable with providing my account information and they proceeded to tell me that they knew I was not going to make a payment wouldn't let me talk and I was hung up on three times by 3 different people.. When I asked to speak with a supervisor they stated that they are not a customer service company and basically didn't care what I had to say..

The people were rude unprofessional and condescending... makes me want to pay them right away...

I do not owe any past debt.
Strange that they say it was over 8 years ago.

I have been receiving calls from this number for awhile also . I just answered it, was looking for my ex-husband of 10 yrs. So I had to look up the number I should of gave it to them. LOL

They have called me several Times. Wanting money for a check? Wont send me proof Of this. Since I do not use Banks, I doubt it's legit. I have no Checking accounts or a Bank. When I told her this She said  I was a GD Liar. I ended the call there.

I just got a call from this number and they as well as everone else says was rude and obnoctious and said I needed to give her my credit card info and I said I would call back 0n 15FEB13. The person said she mark it down as refusal to pay. Did they ever take you to court?

Ok this is a legit attorneys office the attorney is Joel lavintman and peter jerik, they have been a law firm form 33 years they make money strictly debit collecting. They work for clients such as ic systems a collection agency and telecheck, but they are a horrible company. Their tactics are rude, cruel and unprofessionali have worked in customer service for 11 years and was shocked at the things that happen there!! The literally tell their employees that they should not care if the debtor lives or dies! I have seen co workers flat out call people liars and thieves and harass elderly on fixed income into pay $50 a month which is prob all they have to live on. Just know if u tell them u r not paying and will not pay all they do is road your file out and move on, they do not legally do anything to u , they will threaten u that they r "turning ur file over to the attorney" but all that happens is they junk it. They do nothing to u, its just scare tactics. Tell them to find a real job and stop bottom feeding. Glad I am gone and getting a education so I never have to live that horribly miserable lifestyle

I have received phone calls from Kevin Johnson as well.  I asked for him to send be an itemization of what was owed.  He told me he would not because they had already sent it.  I told him I was not going to give money to someone just because they called me and told me I owed them money.  He said that he would pass my information on to "the attorney"

I have received phone calls from Kevin Johnson as well.  I asked for him to send be an itemization of what was owed.  He told me he would not because he they had already sent it.  I told him I was not going to give money to someone just because they called me and told me I owed them money.  He said that he would pass my information on to "the attorney"

They are legit attorneys but they are absolutely horrible people. Not a friendly among the bunch. They've been harassing me like crazy trying to find some girl named Angie and I've told them over and over again they have the wrong number. The woman on the phone was so incredibly rude to me I actually filed a telephone harassment charge and am still waiting to hear back on that. Only been about a wk since I filed. If the charges are not legit, I would file a complaint. They call me so much I'm changing my phone number because of them. What part of 'you have the wrong number' is so freaking hard to understand? I swear. Lawyers. Dumbest species ever, lol.

Received a call on the work phone asking for my husband, I took the call and told them I was his wife..they stated  they were working for a client Georgia Check Recovery and I owed money.  I knew what check they were speaking of because Georgia Check Recovery tried to scam me in 2008 and 2009..the debt was owed and paid before the scam calls in 2008.   Did not pay Georgia Check Recovery and will not pay these people either. My question is how do they get their information???  The NSF check was returned to the company and they called me and I took care of it then and there.  When I received the calls from Georgia Check Recovery I went to the owner of the company I wrote the check to and asked if he had reported it to anyone and he said no.  He called me...very strange how these companies get their information.

same as everyone else except I haven't answered in 6 months. I keep a list of these phonies on my desk top- there are about 40 of them and just don't answer, because I can't block them and they don't stop calling, so I just click ignore on the phone.

If they are claiming to be a law firm (when they are not), and refuse to validate the debt (both are violations of the FDCPA), you need to report them to the FTC: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/.

I received a call as well !!
These bums are scammers who say they are a law firm and refuse to document anything. Can someone put them out of business. .

Yeah sure it is... that is why all of these people had 3 NSF checks that they didn't know about in 2005-2007.  Sorry "guest" obviously you work for the scammers and are going to rot in hell.

Debt collectors are the scum of the earth!  They get a large percentage of what they collect.  If you really owe the money, cut them out and pay the to the person you originally owed.  Most of them can't get real jobs because of the way they look (bad tattoos, weird piercing, ugly, and really fat), otherwise they could get real sales jobs.  I feel sorry for anyone who gives them money, just pay who you really owe and tell them to eat s**t!

I have had the same experience. i talked to a guy saying i owed almost 2,000 dollars for dozens of checks, I asked for notification in mail to show me how much i owed and for what, he said we have already sent them, and we will put down you are refusing to pay. I explained i am not refusing to pay, i just want to know where to send it. he wouldn't tell me that either, he told me i am refusing to pay. I belive this is all scams, and if he was real in the state of minnesota, they are required by law to send something in writting if requested also it took for me to say i used to be a debt collector for him to read the maranda right which is required by the state of minnesota at the beginning of any collection call. It took 10 mins into the conversation before he read that. So I don't believe any of this is real

I am taking YOU DOWN!

me to... your the first one ive seen from 2012... they were so rude and were from this lawfirm please e-mail me back at purcell_designs@hotmail.com

The name of the firm can be checked to see if legally practicing law in Minnesota.  They are not, because on of the two names on the firm is not a Lawyer.  Look them up here:
http://lprb.mncourts.gov/LawyerSearch/Pages/default.aspx

They have two principals listed, Goggins & Lavintman.  The first one - to quote the legal site in Minnesota at:  http://lprb.mncourts.gov/LawyerSearch/pages/L ... .aspx?k=0035695

states that Mr. Goggins under Lawyer License No. 0035695  "is - and it is in BOLD and RED - "NOT AUTHORIZED" to Practice.  The Reason(s):?

Get this - "SUSPENDED FOR NON-PYMT OF FEES"  then "CLE:  RESTRICTED-VOLUNTARY".  

And it was a "PUBLIC DECISION".

Mr. Lavintman is allowed to practice, he paid his fees.  His license no. is 0061220   See:
http://lprb.mncourts.gov/LawyerSearch/pages/L ... .aspx?k=0061220

So they aren't paying their bills - and illegally practicing law - with one not a lawyer listed as the principal when you can't do that - that's not good!  

Someone report them to the Minnesota Bar, at:  http://lprb.mncourts.gov/complaints/Pages/default.aspx

Yes, they do. And they have five days to comply with your request or the debt is null and void. It's that simple. No debt validation, no debt.

I got a call from this number, when I called back they could only look up who I talked to by phone number, and then when I asked for some written confirmation etc. they got snippy and said that they "already sent one and don't have to send another".