Amanda Hawkings gets around!   Apparently Amanda used to use 800-918-3844.  Not sure why they would change their number..I got the call from (888) 267-0963.

To the person above who types in all caps.  Sir/Mam, let me explain.  On the left hand side of the keyboard there is a key called caps-lock.  Press it, once.  you will see a light somewhere on the keyboard toggle.  Notice that.  Now that the light is off, you can now type in a font that is easy on the eyes and makes your text more desirable to read.  YELLING ALL THE TIME DOES NOT MAKE YOUR TEXT MORE RELIABLE OR IMPORTANT.

Also it is strange that the only person defending the scammers is one that writes only in capslock.

I for one am so fearful that I am going to be put into jail 1/2 way across the country I'll pay any amount of money to Amanda Hawkings as BUDDAH the capslock king recommends.  Thanks BUDDAH for keeping me out of jail in Florida.  BTW, Post here your email address, For twice what Amanda charges me, I'll make sure you stay out of jail in Iceland.

Looking for some guy that is definitely not me, and very rude, wanted to talk to my attorney.

Called me numerous times a few months ago. Me & my fiance were very worried we were in trouble for some sort of debt, in which they would not explain. She did some research online & found out they are frauds.

Just got the call again today from a few different numbers.

this number is also associated with (404) 000-4321.  It's out of GA.  Another name to watch for is Elizabeth Lattimore. DON'T PAY THEM ANYTHING.  If you still owe the debt, pay the original business.  Chances are you already paid them.  I was threatenedn  & talked to very rudely.  What scares me is that they had my email & possibly my checking acct.#

Also just received a text message that said:

"Hey can you call me right now its an emergency!"

A lady who said her name was Lauren Ortega from "State Predisposition Services" called my client threatening arrest for a federal offense, coming to her job, etc. When I (attorney) called she denied everything.  I asked for her supervisor and she said she has no supervisor, she's the owner.  I can't find anything out about this company and would like the Attorney General to investigate.  Anyone else out there figured out who/what this is?

I just had a call from these guys as well.  The guys name was Walter Hines.  He said he was from State Predisposition Services and called me at my job.  He told me to get a pen and take down his number. I told them I was at work and would call them back. He then put me on hold and I hung up.

800-918-3844 (Sates Pre-Dispostion Services) Amanda Hawkins / Hillary Ramano

As most on here will attest to, they are a complete scam, and when you call them on it, they hang up and wont speak to you.

Same thing happened to me today as it looks like has happened to many folks out there!

Do NOT PAY THEM ANYTHING!!!

And dont let the scare tactics scare you....they will get what they deserve, one way or the other.

And if anybody finds out where they are located, let us know...my lawyer wants to speak with them.

C.

THEY HELPED ME SETTLE A DEBT I HAD I FORGOT ABOUT WHEN I DID A INTERNET PAYDAY ADVANCE LOAN. I TOTALLY FORGOT THIS LOAN AND THEY HELP ME RESOLVE THIS.

They jsut called me too and told me I needed to pay them some money I laughed and hung up total scam!

Received a call from this #(see caller ID info) today with a call-back # of 1 (800) 918-3844. I'm an attorney so i will call them back and see what their story is.

I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE NOW & DAYS WANT OT GET MONEY & NOT REPAY?
I MEAN DAMN I GOT A LOAN & THESE PEOPLE HELPED ME PAY IT OFF, THEY SET UP A PAYMENT PLAN FOR ME, ALL THIS COMPLAINING THAT PEOPLE DO.. PAY WHAT YOU OWE OR DONT GET IT AT ALL
I MEAN WE ARE ALL FULLY AWARE & CAPABLE OF THE INTERNET, HOW CAN THEY BE A SCAM IF THEY ARE A COLLECTION AGENCY? I MEAN REALLY?
THE REALLY SCAM IS THE PEOPLE THAT DIDNT PAY BACK THE LOAN & SCAMED THE ACTUAL COMPANY, YOU KNOW MY MOTHER ALWAYS SAID "THOSE WHO SPEAK ARE THE GUILTY ONES.."
I MAY BE GUILTY BUT ATLEAST I PAID THEM & FINALLY THE CALLS STOPPED!

Some man (never id himself) called my cell looking for someone I have never heard of..After calling him a few choice names on the second call from him he proceeded to call me an additional 5 times telling me how rude I was and that I had a potty month.  After the 6th time of calling me (within 10 minutes) I told him that this is borderline harrasment, the guy told me that I was not above the law and he is thinking about having me arrested..  What the hell and who tghe hell is this guy???  He NEVER id himself in the 6 times he called. I wish the SAO would investigate this company & "arrest" the guy who I spoke to...

I DONT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE GETTING BENT OUT OF SHAPE BECASUE THEY RECIEVE A CALL FROM THEM.  IF YOU GUYS WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE MATTER BEFORE IT GETS TO COLLECTIONS THEN THEY WOULDNT BE CALLING RIGHT?  DONT YOU THINK THAT IT IS SO OBVIOUS THAT  THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMPLAINING ARE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT STILL HAVENT PAID THE MONEY THAT THEY BORROWED AS PROMISED?   JUST THINK ABOUT IT FOR A MOMENT

they had call couples of times and told me that i have some debts and that have to go to a bank of america and deposit money into an account, or i will be arrested. DONT PAY ANYTHING IT IS A TOTAL FRAUD. THEY ALSO HAVE A 404 AREA CCODE NUMBER PEOPLE ARE VERY RUDE. THEY HAVE A D.A. JOHNS GUY CALLING.

Yes, you should pay back a loan indeed if you took the money, but NOT under false pretences...these people are scamming everyone!!!! They lie, and get you to take the money, and then try to make people pay back 4 times as much!! How do you figure that is right??? Your momma got an answer for that one?

Called and very rude, even told me they had a GPS tracking me and that they had downloaded paperwork to have me arrested for bank robbery.  Even though they were informed they had the wrong number, they said I was lying to them.  VERY ILLEGAL company.

First of all; whoever in the hell is putting my name on here shut the f up and leave me out of your s***...I didnt give anyone anyones number..If they call you its not cause I gave your number..maybe its just because I was married to your man before you and its by association only,i dont even know his number so leave me out of your s***..I have had enough of you running that mouth...The only people I ever use on anything is my family not your man...Leave me the hell alone and out of public s*** just trying to make me look bad before I get you in trouble for whats called slander...You got a problem be big and come find me you know where I live other wise leave me the hellout of your s***...

yES I RCVD THIS SAME PHONE CALL AND THEY TOLD ME TOO THAT I WAS GOING TO BE ARRESTED IF I DIDNT GET THEM THEIR MONEY IN THE OFFICE BY CLOSE OF THE BUSINEES DAY.
I THINK IHAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THIS MAY BE A SCAM,I HAD AN OFFICER CALL THEM AND LEAVE A MESSAGE FOR THEM TO CALL HIM BACK BUT THEY CALLED ME THE NEXT DAY AND ASKED ME WHY I GOT THE POLICE INVOLVED...DUH!

its not against the law to call someone at work. if the person says stop calling work then the calls to work have to stop.

I received one today. These people are crazy and I have no idea what they are talking about and since they won't tell me, they can go straight to H-E-L-L-

Update:

Don't bother contacting Sid Barret at the Georgia Attorney General's office; he's just referring victims of this scam to the Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs. Here's the link to file complaint there:  http://consumer.georgia.gov/00/channel_title/0,2094,5426814_39102589,00.html

There is no such thing as "the office of state precedence dept. of nc"...it's a scam, of course.  And that stupid "person of interest" phrase is a trademark, meaningless phrase used by the crooks at the States Predisposition scam to trick you into thinking that you're being investigated by the government.  In truth, you're being targeted for extortion by a group of grifters.

Ignore their threats and see my message above for information on reporting these crooks to federal and state law enforcement. Hope this helps.

i just received a call this morning from Mr. J. Wms who stated that I was a person of interest and the he needed to hear from me today by 1:00 and that he was from the office of state precedence dept. of nc left the # 800-918-3844 ext.423. well i called the number back and now the recording says state predisposition services.

That stupid phrase "person of interest" is always a giveaway as to the identity of this scam; the crooks from States Predisposition/Bass PreLitigation say that in many of their phoned attempts to extort money from their victims. The "person of interest" phrase is often used by law enforcement authorities to describe someone they want to talk to regarding a criminal investigation. Of course, the people calling you and your husband are attempting to imply that they are law enforcement officers; don't fall for this scam.

This is a group of crooks that was originally based in Florida and, after the Florida attorney general filed a $1.4 million lawsuit against them, they set-up shop in Georgia using the name States Predisposition.  Like many crooks, they go by various names: Bass Enterprises/Bass Pre-Litigation/United Legal Investigations Bureau/United Federal Bank/Impact Business Marketing/Ellis Crosby & Associates/States Predisposition Services/Jackson Phillips & Associates/Kirby & Associates and many others.  And they often are calling about supposed PayDay loans.

Though their aliases vary, their method never does. Masquerading as bankers, attorneys, police or other government officials, these crooks call consumers and attempt to extort money with a myriad of illegal false threats. These threats are always phony and include arresting you, ruining your credit rating, serving you "papers" for a lawsuit and, yes, taking your children away from you.  In one recent phone call to a consumer, these crooks even pretended to be on a walkie talkie coordinating a police raid of the consumer's home.  Granted, this stuff is laughably ridiculous, but, sadly, some people fall for it.

Fortunately, law enforcement authorities and the press have taken notice of these scammers. Check out this excerpt from a recent article in the Florida Times-Union newspaper, and note the last sentence:

"Among the most prominent complaints: Claiming or implying to be attorneys or government agents, threatening arrest or legal action, claiming or collecting exorbitant debt amounts and using harassing or intimidation techniques such as repeated phone calls or calls to a debtor's place of work.  In July, Attorney General Bill McCollum's office filed a $1.3 million lawsuit against the firm - also known as Jackson Phillips & Associates - and earlier this week , state attorneys won the first round of the battle in a Jacksonville courtroom by defeating the agency's motion to dismiss the case. A motion to shut down the firm while the case proceeds will be heard in January. The state is also working with Georgia officials to determine whether Bass is trying to escape Florida prosecution by moving across the state line to Folkston, Ga. Records at Folkston City Hall show that a business license was issued in June to Bass officials Frank and Evelyn Jackson to establish a collection agency called States Predisposition Services Inc."

Read the entire article here: http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/120107/met_221875639.shtml

I don't know if the Florida attorney general knows it yet, but in addition to their Georgia address, States Predisposition has a listing back in Jacksonville which, not surprisingly, is the same address as Bass Enterprises a.k.a. Bass Pre-Litigation:

States Predisposition
6931 Lillian Road
Jacksonville, FL 32211
(904) 446-9236
http://www.yellowpages.com/listings/search_nearby/10320305358

Bass Enterprises
6931 Lillian Rd
Jacksonville, FL 32211
904-674-2482
http://yellowpages.aol.com/business/bass-ente ... ass+enterprises

And this is the first address they set-up in Georgia last year. It's questionable whether this is a real operations center or just a mail drop or telephone forwarding location:

States Predisposition
1204 South 2nd Street, Suite F
Folkston, GA 31537
(912) 496-7220

The other address that they've used in Georgia is merely a rented private mailbox at The UPS Store that's located in a St. Mary's, GA shopping center:

States Pre-Disposition Services Inc
6586 HWY 40 E
STE B-7 Unit 340
St. Mary's, GA 31558
http://www.whitepages.com/search/Replay?search_id=61241442612659447279&lower=25&more_info=1

You should report these crooks to all the following federal and state law enforcement agencies (you can do most of these online):

1) File a report with your local police

2) File a report online with the FBI at https://tips.fbi.gov

3) File a report with Sid Barrett, Senior Assistant Georgia Attorney General at sid.barrett@law.state.ga.us or 404-656-3202

4) File a report to Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum at http://myfloridalegal.com/contact.nsf/contact?Open&Section=Attorney_General and be sure to let them know that it regards the scammers at Bass Pre-Litigation/Jackson Phillips/States Predisposition

5) File a complaint with your state's attorney general. The contact information for each state's attorney general is listed at www.naag.org  Just scroll down to the national map and click on your state.

6) File a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission here: https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01

If these crooks call you again, be sure not to tell them anything other than that you've already reported them to federal and state authorities and not to call again.  After telling them that, I'm sure they'll huff and puff and make more ridiculous threats; if they do, report them to law enforcement again and take consolation in the fact that you rattled their cage. :)

In addition to reporting these grifters to law enforcement, you also have the option of suing them. For more information on this option and for other advice on protecting yourself from outlaw debt collectors, check out these websites:

http://www.naca.net/debt-collection-abuse/
http://www.fairdebtlawyers.com/
http://www.budhibbs.com/First.htm
http://www.myfairdebt.com/
http://www.consumercounselgroup.com/
http://www.creditlawnetwork.com/

Finally, these scammers have a long history of threatening people with arrest and worse. Remember: if someone calls you and demands money to prevent you from being arrested, it is ALWAYS a scam.

I just received the same phone call.  It was for my husband and she said for him or his attorney to call her back immediately.  Said that he was a person of interest.  Said that it was imperative that he call back today.  I took down the number but he hasn't called her back and probably won't.  She didn't say what company she was with or what it was about.

I also received a call from two different people. The first call was a while back and the woman was rude and wouldn't let me talk. So, therefore I hung up on her. I just received the second call a while ago. She didn't state where she was calling from. She did give me her name and ext, but I can't recall her name. She's at ext 421, and she stated that I committed some kind of fraud. And she went on and on about the fraud I supposedly committed. I hung up once again because I honestly think it's a scam. She called me 3 minutes later after I hung up the first time. I didn't let her get one word in and hung the call up. It's against the law if anyone calls you at your work place regarding collections and so forth. SCAM is written all over it. C'mon if they were an attorney or collection agency they know it's against the law to call a person at work.

going to jail for a debt? this screams SCAM!

Let's go over this together people for the last time

YOU CANNOT GO TO JAIL FOR OWING A BILL!
ITS ILLEGALL FOR ANYONE TO CLAIM THIS
AND IF SUCH A DEBT WAS LEGIT, ITS NOT ANYMORE
SINCE THEY VIOLATED LAWS,YOU NOW OWE THEM NOTHING.
BECAUSE YOU NOW CAN SUE THEM FOR VIOLATIONS.
YOU CANNOT GO TO JAIL FOR A DEBT!
IF THEY STARTED PUTTING PEOPLE IN JAIL FOR OWING A BILL,
THEN EVERYONE WOULD BE IN JAIL.

If someone calls you up claiming this, just laugh at them
its a fraud and scam. They cannot do it.

they told me the same thing that i would need to have my lawyer contact them or I will also be put in jail for this matter

I recieved a phone call from this number today also. She said her name was Sara Winters and I needed to try and settle this account out of court. She said I should consult with an attorney. An hour later I recieved another call from her supervisor Robert Gripps and what I intended to do about this. He said I needed to come up with $320 today or I would have to suffer the repurcution. I talked to him an hour later and told him I couldn't do anything today and he said he would give me the weekend? Is this company for real?