the called me and left a case #

same thing as above..think it's a collection agency- delete

This lady called me and was very rude, she told me that i better call back and pay this and hung up on me.  I heard a lot of backround callers and loud typing.  She keeps calling my work and saying that they have attempted to mail me notices.

This so called law firm called me wanting my 85 YO mothers phone number. I told them that since they called me they can talk to me cause they are not gettng her phone number. They refused and hung up....If they want you, let them mail a letter to you. If not ignore them.......collectons? My mother worked in credit for 60 years and hers is perfect.

harrassing, threatening, rude, obscene, offensive calls

harrassing, threatening, rude, obscene, offensive calls

harrassing, rude, threatening, obscene, offensive calls

Jolis Law Firm  - probably doing collection on a VERY OLD bill.

Left a message:

This is Nicole from Jolis Law Firm, please call 800-279-9292, use this file #

Call the national DO NOT CALL REGISTRY-Register your # and turn them in for harrassment (this way they face a federal lawsuit). Debt collectors are not allowed to call you unless you have called them and started doing buisness or had buissness dealings with them, another words you didn't contact them first they are harrassing you and can be fined up to $1000.00 for each phone call!! I've been successful at ridding my self of MOST Debt collectors calling me for anyone not just me!!!!

641 423-2707

they call me at my work looking for somebody with my name but a different last name I really dont know how they got my work number but I call them back to let them know that they have the wrong number with the case number and the person told me that she cant find the case number file so I wont call them again.......

Can a debt collector contact me any time or any place?

No. A debt collector may not contact you at inconvenient times or places, such as before 8 in the morning or after 9 at night, unless you agree to it. And collectors may not contact you at work if they?re told (orally or in writing) that you?re not allowed to get calls there.

They will still ignore it - but send them the CEASE COMMUNICATIONS letter you will find under Dealing with Debt Collectors below





File complaints with

Federal Trade Commission  https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en

Your State Attorney General
State Attorney General is every state they have offices

Link to all State Attorney General Websites www.naag.org

If you or they are located in NY ? use this SPECIAL Link  www.NYDebtHelp.com
This special website was created by NY AG Andrew Cuomo specifically for reporting illegal debt collection practices.  HE?S CRACKING DOWN AND SHUTTING THEM DOWN!

Also report your calls and contacts with debt collectors at http://www.budhibbs.com/index.html  If the company is listed under agencies ? report there. If not on the list YET, click on Watchlist! and add to the list.   You can also post here http://www.collectorsexposed.com/forum2/index.php?board=2.0

Debt Collectors DO NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS INFORMATION!    
The INFORMED CONSUMER IS THE DEBT COLLECTORS WORST ENEMY!

Dealing with Debt Collectors
http://www.budhibbs.com/start.html


Statute of Limitations by State ? always double check YOUR OWN STATE Government Website
http://www.budhibbs.com/statute_of_limitations.htm


Recording calls from Debt Collectors - always double check YOUR OWN STATE Government Website
http://www.budhibbs.com/record.htm


From Federal Trade Commission Website ? FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT
Debt Collection FAQs: A Guide for Consumers
If you?re behind in paying your bills, or a creditor?s records mistakenly make it appear that you are, a debt collector may be contacting you.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation?s consumer protection agency, enforces the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), which prohibits debt collectors from using abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices to collect from you.
Under the FDCPA, a debt collector is someone who regularly collects debts owed to others. This includes collection agencies, lawyers who collect debts on a regular basis, and companies that buy delinquent debts and then try to collect them.
Here are some questions and answers about your rights under the Act.

What types of debts are covered?
The Act covers personal, family, and household debts, including money you owe on a personal credit card account, an auto loan, a medical bill, and your mortgage. The FDCPA doesn?t cover debts you incurred to run a business.

Can a debt collector contact me any time or any place?
No. A debt collector may not contact you at inconvenient times or places, such as before 8 in the morning or after 9 at night, unless you agree to it. And collectors may not contact you at work if they?re told (orally or in writing) that you?re not allowed to get calls there.

How can I stop a debt collector from contacting me?
If a collector contacts you about a debt, you may want to talk to them at least once to see if you can resolve the matter ? even if you don?t think you owe the debt, can?t repay it immediately, or think that the collector is contacting you by mistake. If you decide after contacting the debt collector that you don?t want the collector to contact you again, tell the collector ? in writing ? to stop contacting you. Here?s how to do that:
Make a copy of your letter. Send the original by certified mail, and pay for a ?return receipt? so you?ll be able to document what the collector received. Once the collector receives your letter, they may not contact you again, with two exceptions: a collector can contact you to tell you there will be no further contact or to let you know that they or the creditor intend to take a specific action, like filing a lawsuit. Sending such a letter to a debt collector you owe money to does not get rid of the debt, but it should stop the contact. The creditor or the debt collector still can sue you to collect the debt.

Can a debt collector contact anyone else about my debt?
If an attorney is representing you about the debt, the debt collector must contact the attorney, rather than you. If you don?t have an attorney, a collector may contact other people ? but only to find out your address, your home phone number, and where you work. Collectors usually are prohibited from contacting third parties more than once. Other than to obtain this location information about you, a debt collector generally is not permitted to discuss your debt with anyone other than you, your spouse, or your attorney.

What does the debt collector have to tell me about the debt?
Every collector must send you a written ?validation notice? telling you how much money you owe within five days after they first contact you. This notice also must include the name of the creditor to whom you owe the money, and how to proceed if you don?t think you owe the money.

Can a debt collector keep contacting me if I don?t think I owe any money?
If you send the debt collector a letter stating that you don?t owe any or all of the money, or asking for verification of the debt, that collector must stop contacting you. You have to send that letter within 30 days after you receive the validation notice. But a collector can begin contacting you again if it sends you written verification of the debt, like a copy of a bill for the amount you owe.

What practices are off limits for debt collectors?
Harassment. Debt collectors may not harass, oppress, or abuse you or any third parties they contact. For example, they may not:
    use threats of violence or harm;
    publish a list of names of people who refuse to pay their debts (but they can give this information to the credit reporting companies);
    use obscene or profane language; or
    repeatedly use the phone to annoy someone.

False statements. Debt collectors may not lie when they are trying to collect a debt. For example, they may not:
    falsely claim that they are attorneys or government representatives;
    falsely claim that you have committed a crime;
    falsely represent that they operate or work for a credit reporting company;
    misrepresent the amount you owe;
    indicate that papers they send you are legal forms if they aren?t; or
    indicate that papers they send to you aren?t legal forms if they are.

Debt collectors also are prohibited from saying that:
    you will be arrested if you don?t pay your debt;
    they?ll seize, garnish, attach, or sell your property or wages unless they are permitted by law to take the action and intend to do so; or
    legal action will be taken against you, if doing so would be illegal or if they don?t intend to take the action.

Debt collectors may not:
    give false credit information about you to anyone, including a credit reporting company;
    send you anything that looks like an official document from a court or government agency if it isn?t; or
    use a false company name.

Unfair practices. Debt collectors may not engage in unfair practices when they try to collect a debt. For example, they may not:
    try to collect any interest, fee, or other charge on top of the amount you owe unless the contract that created your debt ? or your state law ? allows the charge;
    deposit a post-dated check early;
    take or threaten to take your property unless it can be done legally; or
    contact you by postcard.

Can I control which debts my payments apply to?
Yes. If a debt collector is trying to collect more than one debt from you, the collector must apply any payment you make to the debt you select. Equally important, a debt collector may not apply a payment to a debt you don?t think you owe.

Can a debt collector garnish my bank account or my wages?
If you don?t pay a debt, a creditor or its debt collector generally can sue you to collect. If they win, the court will enter a judgment against you. The judgment states the amount of money you owe, and allows the creditor or collector to get a garnishment order against you, directing a third party, like your bank, to turn over funds from your account to pay the debt.
Wage garnishment happens when your employer withholds part of your compensation to pay your debts. Your wages usually can be garnished only as the result of a court order. Don?t ignore a lawsuit summons. If you do, you lose the opportunity to fight a wage garnishment.

Can federal benefits be garnished?
Many federal benefits are exempt from garnishment, including:
    Social Security Benefits
    Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefits
    Veterans? Benefits
    Civil Service and Federal Retirement and Disability Benefits
    Service Members? Pay
    Military Annuities and Survivors? Benefits
    Student Assistance
    Railroad Retirement Benefits
    Merchant Seamen Wages
    Longshoremen?s and Harbor Workers? Death and Disability Benefits
    Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Benefits
    Compensation for Injury, Death, or Detention of Employees of U.S. Contractors Outside the U.S.
    Federal Emergency Management Agency Federal Disaster Assistance
But federal benefits may be garnished under certain circumstances, including to pay delinquent taxes, alimony, child support, or student loans.

Do I have any recourse if I think a debt collector has violated the law?
You have the right to sue a collector in a state or federal court within one year from the date the law was violated. If you win, the judge can require the collector to pay you for any damages you can prove you suffered because of the illegal collection practices, like lost wages and medical bills. The judge can require the debt collector to pay you up to $1,000, even if you can?t prove that you suffered actual damages. You also can be reimbursed for your attorney?s fees and court costs. A group of people also may sue a debt collector as part of a class action lawsuit and recover money for damages up to $500,000, or one percent of the collector?s net worth, whichever amount is lower. Even if a debt collector violates the FDCPA in trying to collect a debt, the debt does not go away if you owe it.

What should I do if a debt collector sues me?
If a debt collector files a lawsuit against you to collect a debt, respond to the lawsuit, either personally or through your lawyer, by the date specified in the court papers to preserve your rights.

Where do I report a debt collector for an alleged violation?
Report any problems you have with a debt collector to your state Attorney General?s office (www.naag.org) and the Federal Trade Commission (www.ftc.gov). Many states have their own debt collection laws that are different from the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Your Attorney General?s office can help you determine your rights under your state?s law.

For More Information
To learn more about debt collection and other credit-related issues, visit www.ftc.gov/credit and MyMoney.gov, the U.S. government?s portal to financial education.
The FTC works for the consumer to prevent fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair business practices in the marketplace and to provide information to help consumers spot, stop, and avoid them. To file a complaint or to get free information on consumer issues, visit ftc.gov or call toll-free, 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357); TTY: 1-866-653-4261. The FTC enters consumer complaints into the Consumer Sentinel Network, a secure online database and investigative tool used by hundreds of civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad
February 2009

Well. I got a call from them today they are most likely a collection agency. They repeated back to me about my ambulance service bill so It's probably a collection agency.

I had this "law firm" call my work today. Isn't this illegal to annoy/hound a person at their place of work? My employer does not let us accept personal/private calls, especially from law firms or collection agencies. How do I get them from not calling me at my place of work? I can't lose my job, their too hard to come by these days. I don't even know why they are pestering me or how they got my work number. From reading the above stories I'm concerned they will call me again at my job. Anyone who knows how I can stop them, please let me know asap. I'm desperate. I can't find them on the internet so I can e-mail them. When I tried to call the person on their end was so rude I hung up. HELP!

Called and asked for my son.  I said he wasn't here, but I could take a message.  The man asked if I was the wife, and when I said no, he said for my son to call him back at Jolis Law Firm.  He said his name was Joe but wouldn't tell me his last name, he kept saying "it isn't important"...but he kept inisisting my son must call about some legal business.  Sounds like a collection agency call using deceptive tactics and they are not realy a law firm.

Received a phone call leaving a message on my answering machine from Jolis Law Firm to call back this 1-800 #.  I called it but the lady on the other end was as nasty as they can come...she asked me to identify myself and I stated no until I found out what type of "law" firm they have...she would not answer me so I did not give her any additional information.  Unsure what they do other than hassle people.

Caller left a message saying she was with Jolis law firm and leaving this number as where we should call them back. Call was for a previous owner of our phone number. We will not be calling back.

Several calls, I don't answer any of them; I figure if it's legit they can find my address and contact me via mail, like a real law firm would do. But yes, demanding tone, rattled off the phone number and a reference number, I had to listen twice before I got it down. 1-800-279-9292.  Glad I looked the number up. Until I have written statements, they can shove it. Didn't get the lady's name, and I don't care to listen to the message again.

I got a message on my cell phone yesterday evening. The lady as talking so fast that it took about 15 times of listening to the message to get part of the information and I still couldn't understand some of it. Her name is Pam or Sam, I couldn't tell. She is from Jolis Law Firm, though is sounded more like Jollee. She claimed that this was a follow-up call but I have never heard of her company before, or received any phone calls from this number ever. Her message was very fast, rude and abrupt, demanding that i call her back before 5 the next day, but giving hardly no information. There is limited information about them on the web and this is all I have so far.

Jolis Law Firm
Caller ID #: 641-423-2701
Call Back #: 800-279-9292

You can also read some other incounters with them at the following blog sites:
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-800-279-9292
http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/8002799292
http://www.creditboards.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t193577.html
http://www.callferret.com/641-423-2701.html?ref=seq2

I had the same experience yesterday.  There is a former co-worker of mine who owes lots of money everywhere and she is using my unlisted number.  I went to a magistrate to seek help but they can't do anything because no money was involved.  I called that bratty lady back to give her this chick's number and where she worked and the woman  got really ugly and hung up on me too.  This is just one of many calls I have received..and they are very annoying.

I got a call on my cell phone out of the blue with a woman rattling off my 'case number' and emphasized that it was extremely important to call her back. Unfortunately for them, I am a paralegal at a very prominent law firm and I work for a partner here, and as I am responsible for filing 'cases' on a daily basis, one MUST BE SERVED with a citation from the Court stipulating the Cause No. and the dispute along with a Court date.  A call from an unidentifiable 'law firm' with a 'Case' instead of 'Cause' number is bogus, and I can't wait until they call back so I can tell them where they can take their numbers and shove it.

They rattled the number and case # off so fast on my message machine it took several times to google this number. Figured they were going through a list.
 If they are a "law firm" they will have to take me to court to collect anything and then I'm ready to fight them. Considering collection agencies don't want to hear your side of the story and that they just want their money, it's not worth trying to reason with these people. The company that believes I owe them money screwed up and with lousy customer service these days just passed it on to a collection agency. I think this is just a collection agency that calls itself a law firm. Considering most reputable law firms have websites or such that you can google. This doesn't have a thing.
Hope they enjoy my answering machine.

BE VERY AWARE of agreements made with this agency!!!!!I set up payments with the "Law Firm" and they NEVER told me that they would charge me an extra 50 dollars for each transaction that would come out of my account. I got a letter in the mail one day before the "fee" would be taken out saying that I agreed to this. When I called them the man who set up my payments was "busy" no one would talk to me I had to leave a message. I threatened a lawyer.... still no call back. Finally I got the man and he acted like it was no big deal this happens all of the time...This "Law Firm" lied to and manipulated me..I dont want this to happen to someone else!!! Ask for EVERYTHING you agree to in writing BEFORE you make ANY payments!!!

Called  and left message on my phone.I called it back.The Lady on the phone was so rude.I gave her the reference number she had left.Told her I was not That person and She said then Why Are You Calling.I told her well Lady you called my house and left the message I`m just being kind and returning it.She got even Nastier So I finally told her well If Ya want jim You will have to go and dig up his bones as  he had passed away several months ago.She Hung Up On Me !! What A Bi***.And they call themselves a law firm!!

Left a message..

This is Karen from Jolis Law Firm, please call 800-279-9292, use this issue #

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