I keep getting a call from (678) 373-4609 from a women name stephson says it about a bad check in 2-2007 and if I don't pay they will take a warrant out for me and I would go to jail she was very demanding and rude I told her I don't remember what she was talking about and I just got out of the hospital she said I do t care are you going to take care if the I am an agent for thomas & William
what should I do

I'm an idiot! I had a bad check out in 2007 and Mr. Roach called me telling me they are getting ready to issue a warrant. So like a fool, I give him my info to take half the payment out and the rest out in 2 weeks. They took the exact amount they said out, and my bank statement shows Thomas & Williams. I'm now confused as to whether they are real or not......but to be safe I've cancelled the next payment coming out. I just think it's a scam!! I'll update soon.

I've been getting calls also, first from a Ms. Fry, who left a message wanting a call back by end of day. I called back a couple of times that day, just got voice mail.  Left her a message saying I needed to know nature of the call, and she called back and said it was regarding a Jason Myer, who I've never heard of.  Called the next day, got Ms. Fry, who said I had a check dishonored in 2007, originally $62, now she wanted $320 by end of day, that actually there was only a 24 hour window for payment which had expired, but that since I had called they would give me till 4:00 p.m. that day.   I was totally shocked, and started asking questions, so was immediately handed to Ms. Stevens. She thought she was so subtle, saying you're calling so early you must be on your way to work, to which I didn't respond.  When I started to question her, she became very irritated and rude, especially about giving specifics about how she came up with the amount.  Same as others on here, she refused to send any documentation by mail, so I gave an email address, tried to get me to say that I would go buy a pre-paid credit card, and call her by 4:00 to pay, with no proof of anything.  I had to press her about where she even worked and type of business it was. Never received an email that day, so next day I called and gave a 2nd email, never got anything at either email.  Yet, when I sent a test email to each account, messages arrived within seconds.  I have now called them about 10 times, never got any proof, and told them that I hoped they WERE recording my messages.  Last call was a couple of days ago to Ms. Stevens, who was very rude and wanted to lecture me, saying she didn't HAVE to send me anything, that it was just a courtesy.  I told her it would take a pretty stupid person to give her a credit card # based on a phone call.  She wanted to talk over me and kept getting louder and louder.  Just as she hung up on me I told her I could see why so many complaints have been lodged against them with the local BBB.  Happy to say that I have filed a complaint now, and will be following up with reporting them to the FTC. I agree with others on here, they are all about lies and misrepresentations, and trying to use thug tactics to get money before too many questions are asked.  Stevens is a piece of crap. I would venture a guess that those who work there all use numerous fake names.

If the statue of limitations on a check is two years what can they actually do if a check was written in 2009?

I am getting a harassing phone call at work from the above mentioned number. The person would not give me his name. He stated that there was a check wrote in 1986 for one hundred and something dollars. I can not get these type of calls at work. If the debt was a valid deb, he did not have enough information to validate the debt. He even contacted HR and when she asked him to fax a former ?Request for Verification Form? and she would get back to him.  He was irritated and said that he called me to try and resolve an issue with me and I hung up on him.  She reiterated that she could not provide him any information without a written request and even then - she could only verify certain information.  He mumbled something and hung up. I had no clue if this was a fraud or what however I do not want them calling my job again.

They are calling me with the same exact message......for a bad check from 2007

 got multiple calls from 678 804 7566

ignored all day...at night called them back.  Ms. Clark rants about me owing money on a bad check written 7 years ago.  I ask several times the name of the firm she is with, she talks over me and I finally interrupt with "are you a collection agency or law firm?"  she avoids until I say "fine, I'm calling my attorney, he will handle you"  then she says "stop interrupting me no, I'm with Thomas & Williams. I am Ms. Clarke, etc.." she kept  tossing out a lot of talk in an effort to intimidate and confuse.  (Law & Order season 1)

I remain focused.."If you are not law firm or collection agency, who are you?" she hurls out lots of double talk.  i wait till she comes up for air and I repeat, "I only want to her a short answer or I am hanging up and reporting you to the authorities in Atlanta as I have already looked up your area code" If you do not accurately represent yourself, you are in violation of the law.  "who are you with and what are your intentions with this call?" She had the nerve to state her line may be monitored by the national government, to which I said "oh mine MAY be too"  (Living in Boston my whole life 101)

She goes on to state the check's info, giving me my social, my birth date, old address etc.  I told her if what she is saying is true, then a 2007 was 7 years ago and I am sure the stature of limitations has run out on collections (Law and Order season 2) and she has no business calling me"".  She insisted I pay this by 2pm tomorrow or she was going to take legal action to which I replied: Ms. Clark #1 my legal right entitles me to more that 16 hours turnaround notice to handle this
#2 7 years old I am sure the bank will allow me more time #3 we are in a norester and have 3 feet of snow now, the roads evacuated and bank closings and if you are calling Boston you should be aware we are in a state of emergency.

I went onto say "if I owe that bank something from 7 years ago, Ill go to the local branch bring them a noz of chocolates and pay them in person thanks for the heads up"

she was frantic and freaked out,  she refused to mail me anything in writing, insisted I accept her email.  I said "now I know you are not with a law firm cuz everybody with half a brain knows anything passed through the mail becomes a legal document, so the simple fact that refuse to mail to me proves  you are not legally right in asking me to pay you over 400 by 2pm tomorrow" (Drop Dead Dive season 1)

she said I would have to pay 378 plus some other charges adding up to 565 by tomorrow at 2pm or she was going to take further action. when asked, she could not think of any action, so she said, "Maam I am trying to avoid that, but since you are asking so many questions, I am not going to allow you to enter into our hardship program of payments, and your total is due all at once, but what I will do you a favor and allow you past tomorrow until jan 8th where you can just pay the check plus 1 NSF charge.  (ok, so first she punishes my for asking questions and wont offer a payment plan, but then she rewards me by giving me 5 extra days and reduces total by 100?

so she is back peddlng just to get some ILL GOTTEN MONEY OUT OF ME.  I HAVE NEVER BEEN CALLED OR MAILED ANYTHING BY THE ISSUING BANK>  

I told her I will call my friend who is on the board with the bank and if he tells me yes, pay them the $400 for the check from 7 years ago, then I will call her and pay her. but not to hold her breath.  

she also said she was the manager of the dept, yet she had broken English, terrible diction and was not aware Boston and Atlanta are the same time zone.  (geography class 8th grade) when she offered to make a "3 way call with me,her and my bank" ....realy?  a 3 way bank call at 6pm in Bostons snow storm.  (uhhhh really?  her coworker sitting in next room with a Boston accent? (SNL any season)

nothing will be done from my P.O.V

They just calked me fir a second time in a year.They were cousing me out the first time. This time I stayed calm and he said u could google us. Told him cant pay anything this month. He said ok I will take the red flag off and we will call u next month. Last time I called the B.B.B and they told me to disregard that call cuz any time a collector calls they dont curse at u first of all and they would not bring an amount from around $1100 down to 400 dollars. The B.B.B. said thats probably a scam. The whole thing boggles my mind cuz nobodys getting a direct answer on the people.

This company is no different from any other Zombie debt collection agency. They called me and after I told them no one with that name lived there-they called me five times more. I told them to stop harassing me but they continued to call. DO NOT GIVE them any information. They are most likely trying to collect on zombie debt and are trying to get any information that will reactivate your old debt. Do not admit to anything or reason with them. Check your credit report and your state laws regarding old debt. They cannot sue you or legally collect on old debt unless you admit it is yours and tell them anything about the debt. Hang up and ignore them, especially if they are trying to collect from another State you do not reside in.

Received a all now from a different # 678-710-8256 Annette ( they use different #'s ) they are truly scam artist.Filed a complaint with FTC and my State attorney's office also BBB. Do not give any information. IF and only IF you believe the information given to you clamming a bounced check, according t the REAL State Attorney office no one can call you unless it comes by them. These people s*** rapped in skin. Don't fall for any calls.

I received a call from this Tami lady this am who left me a message saying She was with the firm Thomas And Williams and its a legal matter and not a collection agency, says its more "intense than serious" The # that showed up on my caller id was 678-952-0877 and thats the # I had to call back. They even used my name from when i was married. So I did a little research and came across this forum. So, I call Tami, shes throwing out all these words I dont understand so I kept stopping her and she would say LET ME FINISH! She told me it was from a check 2007 and it was fraud for Tillys for 62.67 and it was a bad check. I cut her off and she said again, LET ME FINISH, I said NO YOU LISTEN TO ME, YOUR SAYING ALL THIS STUFF I DONT UNDERSTAND SO EXPLAIN IT TO ME BEFORE YOU GO ON SO IM NOT COMPLETELY CONFUSED AT THE END. Well, Tami did not like that and hung up on me! REAL PROFESSIONAL!!!! So, I called back and said yeah you hung up on me, she says I WILL NOT TOLERATE YOU BEING RUDE TO ME, so I laughed at her.  Starts telling me that Im going into "local jurisdiction" TOMORROW. I said really? She told me I would be taken to court if I did not take care of this. I said I want to see this check you claim to have and ALL of the info you have, she says before she did that she had to know if I was going to fulfill on my end, I again laughed and said I had no idea and that I wanted to see all of this info first. She told me that she would email me the info within an hour!!! LETS SEE! I called my dad about this and he said dont by any means give them any personal info, which they already claim to have. My boss, a Dr. had this happen to him a few years ago and it was all FRAUD, on the other parties end!!! Tami said I can go to jail for this!!! Uhhhh, ok, so I owe like $124 to Tillys apparently for bad check fraud in 2007. I shop there like 3 times a year, have had my own bank account SINCE 2007, so.....Wheres the issue? THEY ARE SO RUDE TOO!!!!! Ill stay in touch!!!

I just recived a call from a Tammy Kemp of Thomas and Williams at 678-952-0877. She told me in a very threatening tone that I owed $266 as a result of me writing a bounce check to a 7 Eleven store in Virgina in 2007.She told me if I don't pay up they will be taking further legal action with fees.  The check was written against a checking account from Urban Trust bank. I have never heard of this bank and have asked Tammy to send me a copy of the check which she promise to do within 48 hours. I suspect this is scam.

Check out the statute of limitations for your state.  They may be beyond both filing charges and filing a bad debt case agaunst you.

It's a scam - and your first instinct was correct.  If you had written a "bad check", you would have received a notice from your financial institution within 5 to 10 days asking you to rectify the situation.  These scammers call and frighten people into paying bogus debts.  When they call back (and they will), let them know you've reported them to the FTC, the FBI and your state's Attorney General.  And please DO report them.  If they persist, tell them that all calls from them are being monitored and recorded by the FBI - that may stop them from calling you again.

got a call from them stating i owe money for bad checks, i have not ever gotten any other notices that i owe and this call came from mrs robinson, i have till 1 to call them back with $300, or my case will no longer be able to be solved out side of court?  i dont know if this is a scam? some one let me know if you have herd of this number???

Keep The Records Of All Payments You've Made. IF You Are The Person Being Apprehended Then Your Lawyer Will Just Conclude The Proceeding's Through Him/Her. Nothing Really 2 Worry About, But The Debt Will Be Required 2 Be Paid.

My first call came on December 4, 2012 from a Mark Robinson saying I owed on a returned check written back in 2007 in the amount of $315.10 with $127.34 added in legal fees totalling $442.44. I had never recieved any correspondence from them and when I requested something be sent in the mail, he said they don't do that.  He did send me something through email, but who knows if it is legitamite.  That correspondence listed Kevin M. MacDowell as Director of Operations. He indicated that their company had taken over for Orion Porfolio Services in collecting on this check. He scared me to death the way he was talking, having me proscecuted, etc. I made arrangements to make payments and paid a total of $180.00 before someone advised me that this could be a scam.  That is when I started investigating and found this site and all of the exact same situations being reported. I immediately stopped the payments.  Then yesterday, after two months I recieved a call from a Ms. Robinson, Director of Operations, from 678-373-4609 telling me that if I did not pay the remainder owed she would "recommend that I be pursued to the fullest extent if she did not hear from me by 2 pm the following day".  
I called an attorney and have made arrangements to meet with him next week to discuss this matter. He said not to worry about her threats, it was just a bullying tactic and she can't do that.
Just wondering what others have discovered if they contacted the F.T.C about these calls.

I'm An Ex Employee Of Thomas & Williams. The Company IS Legit!!! The Practices ARE B***s*** Tho. When They Call You Just Take The Docket # They Leave & Call The F.T.C.  They Will Let You Know Who The Debt Should Be Paid 2. CALM Down When You Get The Calls, I Myself Have Called Numerous Ppl Who Happen 2 Have The Same Name As 100 Other ppl. At Times They Come Up With The Wrong People. NOT A SCAM. Just A Very UnProffesional Business Intity!!!!!

i just got a message from them but idk what its about now i c this! whats the outcome people!!!!!!!!!??????????

so whatever happened this situation for you I am going to the same exact thing now but the check is from 7th and they said its for $450 don't know what to do

I received a phone call dating the same thing they said it was a check I wrote back in 2007 at Kmart for $450 I don't exactly remember this check but everything seems to check out with a bank and I even called certigy g check service and they have record of this being in there system have to wait 48 hours to for them to get all the information about it to see if it has gone to collections really nervous about this not sure they said I have to have it paid by 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time today

Got a call from them asking for my dad to give me the message to call them it was highly important and the funny thing is my dad doesn't live here

my neighbor got a visit from someone who left the message from a ms robinson to call me asap

this guy, steve thomas called me yesterday about a check of mine that was written back in 2008. i di not write the check it was stolen from my wallet, so i cancelled all my check once i found out and so the $600 check amount never went through my bank and this is the first ive heard from someone about the incident. stupidly i did not get a police report, and nothing ever happend with my bank accounts so I didn't worry too much after canceling my checks.  this man told me that he was going to litigate against me if i could not prove that it was stolen or that i had to pay the full amount. i am scared to death and unsure of what to do. i checked out their website and left a message for them to email me back asking who they were and why it has almost been 5 years since ive heard about this. unsure of what to do, any advice?

I got a call from this number (678) 373-4609
Wanting to talk to my husband regarding my mother in law. They also called my daughter in law asking for my mother in law also. I called the number back and just an answering machine. I believe this is a scam. My mother in law lives in a different state and she doesn't have or knows how to read or write. So she never has written a check in her life. So who they r or what they are trying to do is beyond me.

I CALLED "MS. ROBINSON" @ 678-373-4609. SHE LIED AND SAID THAT THEY OWN THE DEBT FOR A PAYDAY LOAN THAT I TOOK OUT ON LINE. I CALLED THE PAYDAY LOAN COMPANY THEY EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS CHARGED OFF THIS DEBT HAS BEEN SOLD TO 3 DIFFRENT COMPANIES. I HAVE BEEN GETTING CALLS FROM OTHER AGENCIES SAYING THEY OWE THE DEBT THIS COMPANY IS A SCAM DON'T PAY ANYTHING TO THEM!!!! THEY DON'T HAVE A WEBSITE THEY CAN SO ME THAT THEY ARE A LAW OFFICE I ASKED FOR A BAR # AND GOT NOTHING I THINK "MS. ROBINSON" IS  A BLACK LADY SHE IS SO GETTO I AM REPORTING THIS GETTO FABULOUS COMPANY TO THE FTC, IRS AND MY LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT!!!

This nasty piece of work called threatening me with check fraud and said they were going to have local authorities come and arrest me.  I told them I don't have a checking account and to leave me alone.  When they asked for my "docket number" I told them I didn't have it, but they did and they could look it up.  He then hung up on me.  They are now bombarding me with calls.  Five in ten minutes.  Jerks.  Thomas & Williams.

They have changed numbers!  678-951-8695.  They just called and said I was being investigated for CHECK FRAUD and they were turning this over to my local jurisdiction.  A***ipes.  I called and told them I didn't have a checking account so it was b***s*** and that I wanted to know who was accusing me of this.  He asked me for my "docket number" (b.s.).  I told him I didn't have it and since he just called me he could look it up himself.  He then hung up on me.  Jerks!  Thieves!

The police definitely are investigating them.  I was called today for some other chick with the same first name!  I called my dad immediately who is an attorney and he said the person gave me too much information about this girl without first identifying me.
I'm looking for this girl, she should sue them for giving me her ssn and mother's name.

got a call for (678)373-4602 say that she owed money saying that if she didn't pay right now she would go to prison for check fraud then told her to call back in the morning to make a payment with a prepaid card, i asked if i could send a money order, she says we dont accept that. i asked if i could do an electronic cashiers check through my banking account, she says no. i said okay what about me getting a receipt? she says i will send you a receipt through your email after you make the payment. i said well i would like to arrange this so that i can have a receipt right when i pay you how can we do that she says there is no way this is the only way to make a payment! so my boyfriend gets on the phone(already mad at the situation) she proceeds to call him a loser and a boy( he is 50 by the way) and the curses at him so he asks for a manager, without putting me on hold she proceeds to holler for someone (who i dont believe was the manager) and he proceeds to do the same, have an attitude and being rude. i then look them up after he gets off the phone, they are not listed with the better business bureau. And i would suggest that they get their stuff strait before calling and harassing to many people cause i will be contacting my lawyer.