Just in case they start using this number again... the 888-113-7118, and the names used are the same ones used with the companies listed below.

There are complaints about them all over the internet for harassing people that do not owe the debt, threatening to arrest people for a debt, telling people the only way they'll stop calling is to pay "court costs" on an alleged suit they filed, etc.  According to some of the MANY complaint pages and numbers they've called using, it seems they call about debts that are 5-10 years old, don't care if they were paid or not because they want money.  There are people who have fallen for this, and stated that they paid, and are STILL waiting on getting the documentation of the debt from them.  Of course, their story is that they sent it out ... yeah, right.
What's laughable is one page on their website that says they follow the law during collection attempts.  OBVIOUSLY, NOT!  THEY have an F rating with the FL BBB (see below).

By the way, it would seem to me that, IF you had a bad debt, it would show on your credit report (if still eligible to be reported).  IF you do have a bad debt on your credit report, you might want to consult an attorney and/or the original creditor, rather than these folks who obviously could care less about the law.  [I am NOT an attorney, nor do I profess to be one.  I am NOT dispensing ?legal advice,? simply giving my opinion!]

IF they were calling about a legitimate debt, they would NOT be calling to see if you'll be home all day on certain day to "deliver legal documents" or "subpeona."  A legit collector CANNOT discuss your bill with anyone else OR threaten to arrest you and/or send you to debtor's prison, etc.

Make yourself aware of the rules in the FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT.--http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpa/fdcpact.shtm  
Here is more info on it from the FTC Consumer information -- http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection
It's glaringly apparent that these folks enjoy breaking most of these rules.

Hope this helps someone!


As well as filing a complaint with your State Attorney General and the FTC, you can also file complaints in Florida.
Here is the Florida Office of Financial Regulation's complaint info page:
http://www.flofr.com/StaticPages/FileAComplaint.htm

(Florida) Bureau of Financial Investigations
http://www.flofr.com/StaticPages/BureauOfFinancialInvestigations.htm

(Florida Bureau of Financial Investigations)  Online Fraud & Abuse Tip Referral Form
http://www.flofr.com/StaticPages/documents/OnlineFraudTipForm2.pdf

Here are some other agency contacts:
NATIONAL WHITE COLLAR CRIME CENTER (NW3C)  http://www.nw3c.org/Home
Phone:    (804) 273-NW3C
 Email:    ISS@nw3c.org


FBI ?Contact us? page -- http://www.fbi.gov/contact-us
FBI Tips and Public Leads submission form  https://tips.fbi.gov/
?Please use this website to report suspected terrorism or criminal activity. Your information will be reviewed promptly by an FBI special agent or a professional staff member. Due to the high volume of information that we receive, we are unable to reply to every submission; however, we appreciate the information that you have provided.?  
[NOTE: As far as I?m personally concerned, the behavior of these companies IS a form of domestic terrorism, although the FBI may not.]

It also occurs to me that, particularly on the GreenDot/Prepaid card ?payments,? since they are apparently difficult to trace, I seriously doubt they are reporting these funds on their income taxes === tax evasion.  (That?s the way they finally got Al Capone!)  The IRS has forms for reporting suspected evasion, and even a reward form you can complete for if you help them catch the folks!
http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/How-Do-You-Rep ... aud-Activity%3F   (I?m 99% sure it?s the Form 3949-A that you?ll want to complete if you?ve been swindled by these folks.)    It looks like Form 211 is to claim a reward!
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f3949a.pdf   -- Form 3949-A
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f211.pdf  -- Reward form

   I personally don?t care WHICH branch of the government goes after these people, as long as THEY get REAL FEDERAL ARREST WARRANTS out on them!!  So, if you?ve been taken in by these folks, besides filing with the above, don?t forget the IRS!  (You KNOW they like going after money!!!)

It may not help, but it certainly wouldn?t hurt to fill the mailboxes at the White House with letters about these folks.  If the President wants to get involved with courts and everyday peoples? lives, then he needs to get involved in THIS!
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact  -- to the right side of the page, there are links for leaving online comments, writing a letter, or calling the White House.



I'd suggest giving a list of time, date, phone number, and anyone's name you were given on these calls...EVEN if you didn't answer or it went to VM.


--------------------------------------------------COMPANY NAMES & INFO--------------------------------------------------------

GOODMAN AND STERN, LLC
Goodman and Stern LLC -- http://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationS ... /Goodman/Page12
Articles of Organization for Florida Limited Liability Company -- http://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationS ... er=L12000043155
2013 Annual report -- http://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationS ... &formatType=PDF

Goodman and Stern have a license as consumer collection agency in Florida
https://real.flofr.com/ConsumerServices/SearchLicensingRecords/Search.aspx  )
License info: https://real.flofr.com/ConsumerServices/Searc ... 702&licDesc=CCA
http://www.bbb.org/central-florida/business-r ... ndo-fl-90168391 --, they have a F rating with the BBB .  Read their responses to complaints and you'll understand why!
If you go to this site and click on "View additional phone numbers," the drop down will reveal:
"Additional Phone Numbers
(888) 779-7118
(888) 591-3948
(877) 588-7426" ****************

For
Goodman and Stern LLC
(888) 314-5992
View Additional Phone Numbers
7751 Kingspointe Pkwy Ste 107, Orlando, FL 32819-6501
Send email to Goodman and Stern LLC
http://www.goodmanstern.com
When you go to their website, you'll see they did, indeed, remove any phone/address, etc. from the site (IF there ever was any).

Scambook -- http://www.scambook.com/company/view/95428/Goodman-Stern-and-Associates

FTC previously went after another company name (no idea if it was these, but sure acted the same):
http://getoutofdebt.org/31596/ftc-goes-after- ... process-servers


Goodman and Stern Associates -- http://www.sunbiz.org/scripts/ficidet.exe?act ... um=G12000035195
Ficitious name registration -- http://www.sunbiz.org/pdf/30943953.pdf

GSA Management -- http://www.sunbiz.org/scripts/ficidet.exe?act ... um=G13000019672
Application for Registration of Fictitious name -- http://www.sunbiz.org/pdf/20097452.pdf  -- Owners Goodman and Stern, LLC


Goodman and Stern, LLC dba Recovery Services/GSA Management -- https://real.flofr.com/ConsumerServices/Searc ... 702&licDesc=CCA  
Consumer Collection Agency?original license 4/23/12?approval status 12/12/12 ?expiration date 12/31/13 ? 7751 Kingspointe Parkway Ste 107, Orlando, FL 32819
https://real.flofr.com/ConsumerServices/SearchLicensingRecords/Search.aspx  -- shows that Recovery Services/GSA Management Is the only approved and active CCA in Orlando, FL with ?Recovery Services?  in the name.

directly connects GSA Recovery, GSA Management to same PO address
----- http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-786-233-6742 --   Megan replies to KJHWILL  --6 Jul 2013
GSA Management
PO Box 593563
Orlando, FL 32859

Fax 888 371 9229
This is the information they gave me when I demanded the contact info for their compliance department

Scambook complaint ? by a 63yo retiree ? These people don?t have ANY respect for ANYone -- http://www.scambook.com/report/view/253397/Recovery-Services-Complaint-253397-for-$600.00



GSA Recovery -- http://www.sunbiz.org/scripts/ficidet.exe?act ... um=G13000019672  -- Reg #G13000025241, filed 3/13/13?expiration 12/31/2018?Multiple counties ? Owner: Goodman and Stern, LLC
Application for Registration of Fictitious name -- http://www.sunbiz.org/pdf/40659354.pdf

http://www.gsarecovery.com/#   Toll Free: 1-888-983-3011
TollFree: 1-888-983-3011
Fax: 1-888-906-3083
Mailing Address:
GSA Recovery
P.O. Box 593563
Orlando, FL 32856-3563
© Copyright 2013
GSA Recovery
Caller: Goodman and Stern LLC, aka GSA Recovery, aka GSA Management Orlando, FL  




Also going by:
EIESNBURG, WHITMAN & ASSOCIATES LLC (Should be Eisenburg, but is spelled EIESN on Articles of Organization) -- -- L12000083285. FEI/EIN 45-5578652  ? ACTIVE ? effective 6/25/12
http://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationS ... %20Nathan/Page1 -- Reg Agent & MGRM: Nathan P Dixon?principal address: 7751 Kingspointe Parkway 106, Orlando, FL 32819

--http://www.bbb.org/central-florida/business-r ... ndo-fl-90197044  --
Eisenburg, Whitman, and Associates
Phone: (407) 802-3206 Fax: (407) 674-2518   7751 Kingspointe Pkwy Ste 106, Orlando, FL 32819-6501Send email to Eisenburg, Whitman, and Associateshttp://www.eisenburgwhitmancca.com
  == C+
On a scale of A+ to FReason for RatingBBB Ratings System Overview


WEB PAGE:  http://www.eisenburgwhitmancca.com/contact-us   -- states they have an ?A+? rating with the BBB
Eisenburg, Whitman, & Associates
Phone: (888) 211-9377
Fax: (888) 608-4906
Email: ewandassociates@gmail.com
Consumer Collection Agency
License #: CCA9902836

Hours of Operation
Mon, Wed, Fri: 10am-6pm EST
Tue, Thur: 10am-8pm EST
Sat: Closed
Sun: Closed
Address:
7751 Kingspointe Parkway
Suite 106, Orlando, FL 32819


AND: [updated with this info 8/7/13]
RUBIN AND WEIZMANN, LLC ? Florida LLC document #L12000111927, active status 8/25/12, principal address:
8810 Commodity circle, Suite 02, Orlando, FL 32819 ?. Registered Agent & MGR: Rick Simmons (same address)
----http://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationS ... man%20LLC/Page1
--http://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationS ... man%20LLC/Page1
Consumer Collection Agency license CCA9902847, approved status 12/21/12, license expires 12/31/13 ? (same address as above)   https://real.flofr.com/ConsumerServices/SearchLicensingRecords/Search.aspx  
https://real.flofr.com/ConsumerServices/Searc ... 847&licDesc=CCA  
CCA License TERMINATED effective 8/8/2013  https://real.flofr.com/ConsumerServices/Searc ... 847&licDesc=CCA

Rubin and Weizman, LLC.
(888) 980-8166   8810 Commodity Cir Ste 2, Orlando, FL 32819-9065
http://www.bbb.org/central-florida/business-r ... ndo-fl-90173181

  == F
On a scale of A+ to FReason for RatingBBB Ratings System Overview



SUGGESTIONS (again, I am NOT an attorney and am NOT attempting to dispense legal advice.  These are my PERSONAL suggestions)
1-IF you decide to answer one of their MANY calls from about 50 different telephone numbers (no, I?m not exaggerating), give them NO INFORMATION.  In fact, YOU MAKE THEM ANSWER QUESTIONS, and if they don?t, hang up on them!   I don?t know anything about spoofing/masking numbers, but there have been comments that they are VOIP?ing the majority of the numbers they?re calling from.  I do not doubt this, as a person said the number showing on her phone was that of the local police department.
2-Keep a running log of the date, time, telephone number, person calling and note of conversation to file with your complaints.  (Or, try to record the call, BUT they usually hang up when they?re told they?re being recorded.  ROFLOL, now how many LEGITIMATE collection agencies would do that?  NONE that I?ve ever heard!
3-Look up your state?s Statute of Limitations on debts that can be pursued in court (that you can still be sued for).  It seems to vary from 3-15years.
4-DO NOT allow them to intimidate or frighten you.  These idiots have even called the numbers attorneys, police officers, etc. with this scam.  Intelligent, they are NOT.  

USUAL PLOYS:
1-call friends, neighbors, relatives, employers, and you trying to intimidate you into paying JUST to make the calls stop (but, from looking online, they don?t stop?they just demand more). ? Ask these folks to also keep a log of the calls, give them this internet page to check.  Ask them to do a search for ANY of these company names.  They?ll soon realize it that these people are nothing but SCAMMERS.
2-??have important legal documents (or summons) to deliver, will you be home ---(day) from 8:30 to 4:30 to accept it??
3-?There?s a warrant out for your arrest UNLESS you send us $xxx TODAY?  -- they seem to prefer asking for the ?Green Dot? prepaid card and want you to call back with the numbers on back ? harder to trace where to $ goes, apparently.

COMPANY NAMES:
Goodman and Stern LLC, aka GSA Recovery, aka GSA Management Orlando, FL  ? AND/OR ? EIESNBURG, WHITMAN & ASSOCIATES LLC, Rubin and Weizman, LLC.


TYPE OF CALL:
SCAM AND/OR EXTORTION BY A DISREPUTABLE LICENSED COLLECTION AGENCY


By the way, in case you haven?t seen it, complaining DOES help!

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/Debt-collect ... qz/-/index.html

Debt collection agency busted in Orlando
Federal investigation results in arrests, search warrants
Published On: Mar 11 2013 12:20:18 PM EDT   Updated On: Mar 01 2013 07:12:52 PM EST

Same thing happened to me today!  After answering the call i had dead air for several seconds before a lady came on and asked for me.  When I asked her what the call was in reguards to, all she said was that i was being served court papers for a summons.  I asked again what it was about and she told me that she was just a third party caller and could not help me.  She then said the papers would be served tomorrow...hello, tomorrow is SUNDAY, guess she doesn't have a calander.  After freaking out and my wife freaking out, I decided to call the number back but all I got was a busy tone, but after several attempts I finally got a generic answering machine so I hung up.  I then decided to look up the number and came apon this site and several others for this numbers, so I happy I decided to look it up so I could calm our nerves.  Not very happy that this has to happen during the holiday season!!

This number refers to 888-779-7118, with a case number, then they ask for the last four of your social if they don't already have it attached to your phone number.  Then they tell you a story that you are going to be served legals documents tomorrow on an old debt you never incurred and the original balance was 505$ and it is now 2958.57, and you have one hour to settle the account to stop the legal action, it happened to me and they had all my personal information including previous address. What they want is a pay off, they called my kids cell numbers, read the posts from the 888# and you will see just how often it has happened. I reported it to the FBI. PLEASE do the same. Thanks.

Excellent reply.

Same scam - saying they have papers for me.  I told them i had died in a freak accident the week before.  They hung up.  However, I doubt being dead gets me off of their to-scam list.  Oh well.

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

Received multi-phone calls about court papers from a woman. I knew this was a scam. I hunged up each time. Try calling the number busy tone. They call back on both my cell and home. You call back using another telephone number they must have access to calling id even if it is busy. Do not call back. These scams will get worst during the holiday - they are idiots.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I recieved yet another call today , telling me serving court papers said his name was Jeffery.I told him I called the court here in NJ on the same thing last week when a woman called telling me to call a number which I did got somebody named Dexter Carter , he wanted me to set up a payment schedule with him and would settle for 750 not the 2,800 original amount .Anyway these people are using all kinds of numbers  today 786-206-0063. I almost fell for this last week , but when I checked on the number which was different than todays , all kinds of comments were posted .. Last week they said they were from goodman and associates . So many scammers out there and they are worse around the Holidays I think .

OK,I GOT A CALL FROM A LADY AT THIS NUMBER WHO ASKED FOR ME,WHEN I SAID (SHE)I WAS NOT AT HOME ,SHE ASKED IF I WOULD BE HOME ON DEC.10,TO SIGN FOR COURT PAPERS FOR HER,NOW I TOLD HER (SHE) I WOULD NOT BE BACK IN TOWN UNTIL AFTER THE 14TH.,SHE SAID THAT SHE NEEDED TO CALL 1-888-779-7118,SO THEY CAN RE-SCHUDULE  HER DELIVERY FOR HER COURT PAPERS.NOW I DON;T WORK FOR NO COURT SYSTEM,BUT I DO KNOW IF THE DOCUMENTS ALREADY HAVE A DATE WHEN YOU HAVE TO APPEAR IN COURT,,THERE IS NO ONE THAT CAN DELAY THOSE PAPERS..YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL BECAUSE THERE ARE TOOO MANY SCAMS OUT THERE.WHEN SOMEONE CALLS YOU AND YOU DON;T KNOW WHO IS CALLING TYPE THAT NUMBER IN ON YOUR COMPUTER,IT WILL TELL YOU WHO IT IS,AND THE LOCATION THEY ARE CALLING FROM.I HAVE TO DO THIS AT LEAST 3 OR 4 TIMES A WEEK

this person calls and never says a word it needs to stop

Same here and when I asked leave a message the just hang up

They called my cell phone with their I.D. blocked, would not leave a message.

Just received a call from this number.   Since I didn't know the number I waited and they did not leave a message.   I googled the number and found out they are US LEC Corp out of Miami, Fl.   Associated with PAETEC Holding Corp and all now under the umbrella of Windstream.   Windsteam is a comunications company dealing with internet and other other communications for companies.  

So this could be someone that is trying to scam out of US LEC Corp.   I would just don't bother to pick up the call.   After awhile if they get no reponse they may just give up.   Or try donotcall.com and register.   I am registered but still do get some of these calls.

They answer me. Said they had legal documents for me. I just said no, you're a scam, and then hung up. Several different numbers have been calling my extended family for same thing.

Several weeks ago they called my daughters unlisted number saying they had documents for me. then another number called a week later saying they had documents for HER. Now this number comes up Phoenix Telnet and they are calling my daughters number for me again. I just hung up on the girl.

Calls constantly, everyday. Im sure the other numbers that show up on my caller ID are the same people and they just use different numbers. Register your number on the do not call registry and after 31 days if they keep calling, you can report the number.

Keeps calling. Very annoying. Never answer. I thought I was on the no call list.

This number called 5 times in the last 2 days. Never answer when the phone is picked up. Who is this caller ID comes up "unavailable and then 786-206-0063. This has to stop.

Called me at 7:26 am and wouldn't say anything. After several "Hello's" from me they just hung up.
Caller ID shows their number in both the name and number spot.
Who calls someone before 7:30 am? JERKS!

Someone at this number keeps calling me and never speaks.  When I call back no one answers I hope that you can identify who this is and get the calls stopped.

Spoke with a gentleman...gave me a 888# to call with a case# along with it....dialed the 888#..went to strange automated voice-mail...no professional entry to the business or nothing...skeptical at the least..