Some one called my home yesterday.  They wanted my bank account number, a debit card number, Master card or Visa card number.  When I told thrm I did not have these cards; the woman tild me to get a prr+paid card anf call her the next day with the card number and routeing number.
When I telephoned them later in the day asking where they were located, the teleohone was hung up immediately.  The next day I telephoned the number; guess ehat the number was no longer in service.
For me they are using a 916.778.4036, which is listed per the machine to Global Management Group.  The call was iniated at this number and then transfered to 1-855.820.4241

This number keeps calling me at work as well.  Its starting to get really annoying.

Omg they did the same thing to me... They actually took money out the first time, & didn't have access afterwards.. They called threathing me, I swore I paid the bill off that they are speaking of..

This company is not a legit company!  Anyone can get registered with D&B  and BBB.  Usually companies that do things wrong always throw out the BBB thing.
They will lie to you, contact anyone they can to make life difficult for you.
They are not investigators!  They have no access to the Courts!  Dont believe anything they say.  They want your money and thats it.  They dont care about you, they care about your money!  I feel sorry for IDIOT that payed them!  Dont get scammed!  Tell them to go (*&^ themselves and enjoy doing it!

I've gotten several calls and of course I got very scared. I was told that they will freeze all of my accounts, garnish my tax refund and charge me in court if I don't settle with them out of court. I am very afraid and don't know what to do. Will someone please tell what I should do?

ARG has called several times. I call them back & have yet to speak to a live person.
Investigative ???? The person they are looking for does not live here.
Now how good of an investigative group are they if they can't pull phone records & see exactly who's number they're calling. duh !
I called the "VP" at 716-836-4401 but maybe they'll look here ?????
KEVIN of CR3340 - HE DOESEN'T LIVE HERE.
STOP HARASSING ME, I'M NOT KEVIN - YES, I'VE CONTACTED MY LOCAL PD & REPORTED THE HARASSMENT.     This is NOT a bright bunch of people.

Received a call today while at lunch.  The woman said she was from the New York County Court and I was being sued by the owners of Household for fraud against a financial services co.  

I had already been contacted by this co. stating that had already received a judgement and now I am being sued (lawsuit comes before judgement...).  Anyways, I told her I would like to speak with her supervisor.  I am transferred and a gentlement gets on.  I tell him to stop calling or I will contact the FTC and file a complaint.  He then asks me who the FTC is.  

This is such a joke.  I then called back and asked for the name of the company, which they refused to give me.  I told them to never call me again.

I reaffirmed with HSBC and asked if a lawsuit had been filed.  They again reiiterated that the account is NOT my liability as it was deemed to be fraudulent and that they have no idea who these people are.

DO NOT PAY THIS COMPANY... IT IS A SCAM!!! YOUR ACCOUNT WILL NOT BE UPDATED ON YOUR CREDIT REPORT AND ANOTHER AGENCY WILL JUST CALL YOU A MONTH LATER, WITH NO RECORD OF ANY PAYMENT EVER GOING TO THIS COLLECTION AGENCY.

THIS COMPANY IS NOT AN INVESTIGATION FIRM, OR A LAW FIRM JUST A NORMAL EVERYDAY COLLECTION AGENCY WHO CAN DO DIDDLY SQUAT TO YOU LEGALLY. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEIR RIDICULOUS TACTICS.

IF YOU ARE PAYING THIS COMPANY CURRENTLY.    STOP!!! YOUR MONEY IS BEING WASTED.

I received a call on 4/14/2009 from someone from ARG on my cell phone.  First, a woman asked for me.  Then after muffled conversation, I was transferred to a man, who started going on and on about pending litigation.  He then asked if I had a credit card with Household Bank.  I told him no.  I knew what this was about as I had successfully disputed a fraudulent account with Household two years ago, even receiving a nice letter from them stating the account was fraudulent, apologizing for all the trouble, and stating that I was in no way shape or form liable.  I stated that and this gentleman said I did not know what I was talking about.  He then started to demand that I send him all this information.  I informed him that not only had the ORIGINAL account creditor deemed it to be fraudulent, but that based on the info I had from Household, the account was beyond the statute of limitations for legal action.  He retorted that that was not true as they had already received a judgement (this is where I knew he had no clue what he was talking about).

I told him good luck.  I immediately called Household, told them of the call.  They again confirmed that the account was fraudulent, agreed to resend me a letter, and told me not to worry as they had not pursued any sort of legal action against me nor consigned or sold the account as it was deemed by their investigation in 2007 to be fraudulent.  

Come to find out, ARG accessed my Experian report on April 13, 2009.

My friend, an attorney, recommended a strongly worded cease and desist letter with the Household letter attached once I got it.  He also recommended I forward a copy of my C&D letter to the Texas Attorney General and the FTC.  

Companies like ARG, who join the ranks of Arrow and AFNI, should be put out of business.

Called but left no message. I don't accept calls from unknowns.

I received a call from Ms. Jacobs, while I was trying to eat dinner with my family. I usually don't answer calls from numbers that I don't know, but I actually have family in Buffalo NY and thought that it could be one of them.  Anyways, she was very rude.  She told me that she was an investigator for ARG and that if we could not reach an agreement with her today that she would have the lawyers file a civil judgement against me. I asked her if she was with a collection agency and she said "no". Like most of the others on this site, she could not tell me the exact details of this supposed "debt" that I owed from 2004. She said that the debt was for $3000 for a credit card and that she would settle for $1800. She said that she would try to get it settled for less if she could and told me that the lawyers were currently in the office and she would put me on hold to ask them if they would settle for less. She had my ss# and birthdate, I don't know how she got that info. Anyways, as I was on hold, it occured to me that what she was saying sounded like a scam, so I hung up.  She called 4 times within the next half an hour.  She hung up twice and left a message twice.  The first message said that she needed to hear back from me asap or they would start the judgement.  The second message said that she would call my job if I did not call her ASAP. She called me from 4 different numbers 716-775-4012, 716-836-4401, 716-836-4402 and 716-836-4400. I did a reverse number look up and 3 of the numbers were not listed they were verizon lines. One of the numbers was listed to DJB Communications. I looked up my rights on the FTC website. It really helped a lot. She broke a few Federal Laws.  I will be contacting a lawyer and writing the FTC. I refuse to let them get away with this.

OK, I posted the last msg.
I called them back at 888-288-3314. I stated they had the wrong number & I was getting tired of them. The person who answered said "Well then, if your tired go to bed". Wow, How Professional!
I then called Mr Copeland today at 716 836 4401 (as listed earlier on this site). Mr Copeland was very nice, appoligized & said my number would be removed from the list. He aslo said he'd handle the rude person who answered.
Mr Copeland may be human but the rest of them seem, to me, to be a lower level. I think they hire from a list of total loosers.

Anyway - call Mr Copeland (if ur ligit) he seems to be a business person.

If they call again, I'll file a harassment charge & post here.
Glad this site is here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Called and threatened on action suit in chester co. pa.. ttraced call to new york. did not respond. have no debts

Called but left no message. I don't pick up unidentified calls.

I got a call from 2 family members saying that I got a message from 7168364401 by someone named Jacobs and that they needed to talk to me because my ss# was in jeopardy..duh..why not call me directly.  I thought it was a bit odd and im glad I found this website!!...like i need more stress added to my life.

I have just gotten a phone call today , same cituation but the company I was told was aspen recovery and on my caller id it said djb communications. the phone number was very close to the ones i am seeing here, 716 836 4402. he said he was an investigator for a company i supposedly owed money to from the year 2000 he thinks, and i asked if he was a collection agency and he said no. he was only calling to inform me of the company he represents and that they are takin me to court for 1896.00 but if i dont pay it i will owe 6119.00 which will include court and attorney fees...lol.

Listen, if an offer is made to settle DO NOT ACCEPT!!!!! Upon accepting of settlement you take responsibility for the debt, yours or not! Tell them you have no knowledge of said debt and have no idea what they are talking about. Deny all info relayed to you from collector. Also, Look up the "fair debt collections practices act" Extremely helpful!! Helped me out "financially" against another "zombie debt collector" last year. Look that one up also "zombie debt collectors" you will be amazed!! I am receiving calls from these guys as well but have not answered yet...just waiting for the really good stuff to be left on my machine so I can bank on their pockets as well. I will sue the hell out of them just as I did the last company who tried this sh$t with me. I KNOW the law and know how to use it in my favor. I will not pay for something that is not mine and neither should you!!!!

Ok so here's the deal with ARG.  They are definitely annoying debt collectors.  First and foremost, check the statue of limitations in your state regarding debt collections.  As most of you will find out, they try to obtain monies that are way over the statue.  They will constanly call you at work at home, cell whatever way they can to harrass you.  Bottom line....dont call them back as they will eventually stop calling.  I received a phone call from a "Mr. Shapiro" a while back.  Initially I was worried when he told me that they were planning on filing a law suit against me but after doing my research it was very evident that they were just trying very desperately on getting some sort of payment on ,my debt that they bought for pennies on the dollar.  DO NOT AGREE TO PAY THEM ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AND DON'T CALL THEM BACK.

The guy called me and said that I need to call him back right away for some sort of civil complaint filled against me... for not paying a cash advance back in May 2008.... now with this economy and my husband not working I don't care... they can keep calling me... my only question is do I go to jail for it???? Please advise

these people are horrible and I hope maby one day we can put a stop to all this non sence

A nam name is sir Melvin called me in GRAND JUNCTION COLORADO and told me I was being taken to court in GJ so I spoke to my husband we called the court and they said at was bogus bs gave us a court sace that was not exzisting and it was so wrong they call us probably 10 times a day or mare they called from (716) 836-4402 called ARG Investigations told us we couls settle out of court but to contact them with money how vrery wrong I finally went on the internet and found this wonderfull web site so now I dont feel like the only having problems with these people on 12 - 12 -08 starting at 7am ti;; usually 1130pm

Stop calling or be honest Name Why Calling and what Company all the stuff thanks

hes going to bring the shefiff to my friends place so we calleed the cops and the shefiffs office never herd of it and said they will trace it if they call back 5 timed to 7 a day its herassing to my friends and the sheriffs office said bs they dont want me we have had no problems my whole lufe enevr been in trouble and Never Ever been to Buffalo New York so why they wont give a name its rude and I want it to stop Damet thanks

Well, I got a call from an special agent Allen King, he said I needed to get back intouch with him and gave me a court doc. # and said failure to return his call would result in a default judgement. He used a last name that I haven't used in years as I have been divorced from that husband since 95. I googled this # to see if I could find anything out and was very happy to have found this page. Thank you all for posting. I think it is horrible what these people are doing and probably are getting a lot of people to send them money, which is sad.


Bien, conseguí una llamada de un rey de Allen del agente especial, él dijo I necesario para conseguir detrás el intouch con él y me dio una corte doc. # y la falta dicha de volver su llamada daría lugar a un juicio de defecto. Él utilizó un apellido ese I haven' t usado en años como me he divorciado de ese marido desde 95. Googled esto # ver si podría descubrir cualquier cosa y me placía muy haber encontrado esta página. Gracias todo por la fijación. Pienso que es horrible qué esta gente está haciendo y está consiguiendo probablemente a mucha gente enviarle el dinero, que está triste.

I received a call from Mr. Carter (716-836-4404) several months ago and I did make payment arrangments with him over the phone to prevent any "further legal action." I told Mr. Carter that I would send payment once I received payment arrangements in writing and he insisted on have my bank routing number.  I accidently gave him the wrong routing number and have yet to receive anything in writing regarding our arrangement.

UNA COSA SIMILAR ME PASO AMI NO HACE MUCHO TIEMPO !! QUE BUENO QUE ENCONTRE ESTA PAGINA , AHORA YA NO ME PREOCUPO POR PAGAR ALGO QUE NO DEBO !!

ESTA MANANA MI ESPOSO Y YO TUVIMOS ESTA CLASE DE LLAMADA , BIEN AMENAZANTE Y RUDOS DISIENDO QUE IBAN A LLEVAR A MI ESPOSO A LA CORTE Y QUE EL TENIA QUE PAGAR TODOS LOS GASTOS QUE IMPLICA IR HASTA AHI APARTE DE LO QUE SUPUESTAMENTE DEBIAMOS DE PAGAR , LO MAS CURIOSO ES QUE DESCUBRIMOS QUE ESA MISMA DEUDA SE PAGO EN EL 2005 , SUPUESTAMENTE SE PAGO ESO ERA LO QUE CREIAMOS , PUES OTRA COMPANIA DE RATEROS COMO ESTA NOS ROBO , NOS HICIERON CREER QUE ASI HABIA SIDO PERO SORPRESA 3 ANOS DESPUES NOS DIMOS CUENTA DE QUE NO , QUE ERAN OTROS IGUALES , YO ESPERO QUE UN DIA PARE TODO ESTO !! QUE ACASO NO HAY NADA QUE SE PUEDA HACER EN CONTRA DE ESTOS ANIMALES ??????

I got a message today from this number as well. The fact they added JR as a suffix tipped me off that its probably BS. They stated that I was a respondant in a legal matter that I needed to pay attention to. I'm glad I can get comfort in a site like this to make sure I am not the only one dealing with these types of shennanigans.

I RECEIVED A MESSAGE ON MY MACHINE FROM THIS COMPANY WANTING TO SPEAK TO A "JOHNNY THOMAS"  THERE IS NO ONE BY THIS NAME AT OUR RESIDENCE.  THE MESSAGE WENT ON TO SAY HE HAS HAD 2 SUITS FILED AGAINST HIM.  HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.  I RETURNED THE CALL AND LEFT A MESSAGE SAYING THERE WAS NO ONE BY THE NAME OF "JOHNNY THOMAS" AT MY HOUSE AND PLEASE CALL ME BACK TO GET THIS MATTER STRAIGHTED OUT, AND TO TAKE ME OFF THIER LIST.  OF COURSE, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM THEM.  DON'T KNOW HOW THEY GOT MY NAME AND PHONE NUMBER OR THE NAME "JOHNNY".

Hmm... I got a call around 10pm on Friday, November 30th.  This guy's name was Mr. Carter.  He says he was calling from a Collection Agency and said he would do me a favor and settle a lawsuit from my creditor outside of court under the condition that I have them electronically deduct $100.00 or so out of my bank account (to amount to $1,000 or so).  He said he would need my check routing and account numbers... I'm getting a bad vibe...