This company and their employees are SCAM ARTISTS! They have no affelation whatsoever with the business they are claiming to represent. They can not have you arrested. They have no means of issuing arrest warrents. They are trying to scare your wallet open. DO us all a favor if they have called you and let them know that you are on to their little game anfd that if they continue to call you they will be reported to all intereted regulatory and federal agencies.

They are bandits preying on the uninformed!

I have recieved a couple calls from this number.  The last message said that I had a bad check and there was going to be a warrant put out if I didn't pay it today..when I called she kept asking for my current address, which I wouldn't give her, I told her I could pay the amount in a week, it's like $60.00,  she said the best she could do was hold it until tomorrow, when I asked her where the check was written and what it was for, she said "do you want to give me your current address"?? I said no, then she said "you have an hour to pay", and hung up on me.

Bewildered,
My daughter called me saying that Mrs. Jenkins was trying to get a hold of me that it was a time sensitive matter. She did not give me any information just that I had committed check fraud and would be looking at 1 year in jail and have to pay 1,500 dollar fine on top of that. I to have not had the account for about 5 years. Thank you for your post as the name was what caught my attention.

Recieved a call this morning from 1-800-994-4422 and a lady calling herself Mrs. Jenkins, she had a strong southern accent and when Questioned, she said she was from Georgia. Said that I owed $1,092 ands if I did not pay it by 9AM tomorrow morning which would be January 5th 2011, I would risk spending 1 year in jail plus a $1,500 fine. She said it was dealing with Check Fraud. I was very frightened at first, until My daughter looked the number up for me. I did not know what to think when I read all the other posts about a strong southern accented lady calling about this. I did not give her any kind of personal information. My brother suggested calling the Attorney General which I have been trying to do. I would suggest that everyone else who has recieved a call like this to do the same in your state. By the way, I am in Kansas.

Also if anyone can answer a question why would someone in Georgia be handling something done in Kansas or any other state?

I got a message from my sister-in-law to call ms jenkins back 800-994-4422 about a criminal investigation. she asked if i was associate with a certain address and a certain bank. i told her no she would not give me any information and said she would forward it to atty. she also said she did a skip trace on me. i have not had that account for over 5 years

Here we go folks, check out the Notes associated with 800-994-2949. There you will find a reply posted by America's Network Inc. replies to Alfalfa  22 Mar 2010.   Note that they have also replied to Alfalfa as
Encore Worldwide Financial and they claim to abide by all State and Federal Laws. They claim they have been in business since 1964 which is hard to beleive with thier manner of doing business.
If these people were based in California they would have been put out of business by now. If you live in California  and have received phone calls from these people I recommend you record all communications with these people and contact a Consumer Rights Attorney. These people are the kind of people that give collectors a bad name. Here in California the District Attorney's office's will not persue a bad check if it is presented to them after it is 6 months old and they will very rarely take a bad check from a 3rd party debt collector even if it was purchased.  I would almost be willing to bet that these people do not have possession of the original checks and I sure would be interested in what bank or banks the checks were originally drawn on.

...... I have done a little research and here is what I have found so far...    The number 800-994-4422
may be a cell phone.  In any event it comes up on Kellysearch.com as belonging to
America's Network, Inc.    www.electronicmerchant.net
Company Overview
Credit Cards, Electronic Scanning, Secure Web Site Hosting, Interactive Web Site Design available from America's Network, Inc. based in Snellville, GA. Click the links below to visit our website or contact us via our profile page
Contact Details
2285 Oak Road, Suite B, Snellville, Georgia (GA), 30078, USA
Tel:  work+800 994 4422       Fax:  fax+678 708 0205
web site:  www.electronicmerchant.net       (I was unable to establish a connection with this web site)
Google Search results include but are not limited to:
Press Release - America's Network, Inc. To Market CrossCheck's ...
For more information on America's Network visit their website at www.badcheckcollector.com or call (800) 994-4422. Founded in 1983, CrossCheck provides ...
www.cross-check.com/PressReleases/2002/7_AmerNet.htm
-When I attempted to view their web site:  www.badcheckcollector.com  It comes up as "Under Construction"
and
Bank Checks
Oct 17, 2008 ... They will stop all activity on a checking account if they think a fraudulant check has been written. http://www.badcheckcollector.com/scan. ...
www.sxlist.com/TECHREF/ecommerce/checks.htm -
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FYI - Just thought I would do a little research and let you all know that Tal Lewis Incorporated is a California based Collection Agency established in 1980 what that means to you is we have ways of tracking people down and in the 30 years we have been in this business it has always been against the law to use deceptive practices in attempting to collect a debt. When a collector is leaving a message or introducing themselves they are allowed to use an alais as long as they clearly state the name of the Collection Agency they are working for. (Required by Federal Law). When it comes down to criminal action or criminal investigations only law enforcement agencies and not collection agencies are authorized to do them.  Based on the feedback I have read here it sounds to me like our Southern Bell
is not only using illegal tactics but I am willing to bet that is she works for a legitament company, the company may have been set up for the sole purpose of commiting fraudulant acts against both the debtors and the creditors as well. Do to the fact that these people are threatening people with arrest they are in violation. The fact that they are using the telephone to do so it results in a Federal Crime under the Federal Wire Frauds Act.  So hopefully you will all file a complaint with the Federal Trades Commission.  www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov         ........... CONTINUED

I received a message on our company answer machine from a Southern sounding woman who identified herself as Mrs Lane. She said she was calling in reference to a serious legal matter, that she was trying to work with me but if I did not call her back at 800-994-4422 extention 13 today she would be forwarding my case to the Attorneys office where it would become a criminal investigation. I tried several times to call her back but got a busy signal each time.

My elderly great aunts are getting calls from a very southern sounding lady calling herself Mrs.Lee who says they owe $777.00 for a $100.00 check they wrote 3 years ago and she threatened them with a warrant being issued for there arrest and jail. My aunt informed her that she couldnt pay that amount so she would wait to be seen in front of the judge in the hopes that he would make payment arrangements with her since Mrs.Lee told her she had to pay the amount in full. In response Mrs.Lee told her that if she did that her company would sue her. Unfortunatley my also elderly grand mother paid the money before speaking to me and guess what....now there are supposedly 2 more checks that are owed. Same situation, they were $100 now $777. I called Mrs.Lee to have the charges reversed and she was extremely rude and hung up in my face(sound familiar)! To top the whole thing off my great aunts now realize that they had paid off the original debt so they actually owe NOTHING.These people are horrible! Preying on individuals who don't know any better. Our attorneys will be contacting them! What A-holes!

This company and their employees are scam artists. They are attempting to prey on the uninformed with scare tactics. DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY MONEY! They have no means of enforcing their claims nor are they working for any business to recover money. They simply want to scare your wallet open. Tell them that you are on to their little game and that there is a special place in hell for their type.

This southern sounding woman from this phone number called me and told me if I did not send her 579.14 by 5:00pm that a warrant for my arrest would be ensued on me for a bounded check. Well I did bounce a check of 179.14 by accident in 2007 and I paid it immediately, luckily I had that receipt that I payed it. She told me that the business I wrote the check to was pushing this, well I live in a very small town of 5,000 people the check went to my animal clinic, I called them and they told me that check was satisfied in 2007 and know one has contacted them about this. Well here we are February 2010, and this southern woman that wants to be called Miss Stevens is threating me with jail if I dont pay this, she wants me to fax her a copy of the money order receipt, I contacted our county DA and he said dont send her anything, that is just more info. for her to work with.

I got a phone call from the number 1-678-708-0203.  A lady threat me on the check I wrote to my client (I stopped that check for a trust issue). She threated to make the check available by 5PM at the same day OR she will put a warrant out of me. She was so rude and nasty. She did not listense to my explaination. I told her that I will have my attorney contact her. She tried to ask who is my attorney, bla bla bla... She tried to rush me to make a check clear right away. She told me to call back at phone number 1800-994-4422. ext #19.
I called this number, the lady pickup the phone. I asked her the company name, she did not give me, She hang up on me. I called back after business hours, It was American Network Incorporated ....This is a F***ing company.

IF ANYONE GET A CALL FROM NUMBERS 1800-994-4422 OR 1-678-708-0203. JUST GIVE THEM A S*** ON THEIR FACE....DON'T BE SCARED....

received multiple calls from woman with strong southern accent..she never gave her full name or name of corporation she was calling with until pressed.  had my husbands social security number/our home phone number/my name, etc.?!?!  hopefully she can't do anything with just that information? said my husband's name came up on a bad check written by some man and she was doing us a favor by calling to let us know that we should have a free credit report run to check for identity theft.  she wanted me to elaborate with our address and his DL # but DO NOT confirm ANY personal information over the phone EVER!  just FYI in case this ever happens to you....

I received a call from this woman as well.  She said I bounced a check in 2004 to Midas.  The check was $682 and I owed her, or them, $2,092. If it wasn't paid by 9am Monday I would have a warrant out for my arrest and the bond would be $5,000. She temporarily scared the s*** out of me because I did bounce a check.  How she got that info I don't know but this has nothing to do with that.  She wouldn't even tell me the name of the company.  So if you get this call from a real southern sounding lady don't believe it.

I recieved a call from this number as well. i was told if i didnt pay the check by 5 pm they would put a warrant out for me. i asked her for the state attorney info so i could call the check division and get info on the check that was written on 2003. she didnt want to give me any info and became quite rude and nasty. i told her i would have my lawyers call her she then hung up on me.

Phony call from the same number, do not call them back

someone called me at night a recording.said i  had wrote a bad check . i had not had a checking account  in many years.So i called the # back,and left my phone #.A lady called me back and said , she was this check recovery and ask me for my ss#  or my dr.# i was not going to give it so she ask me if i had lived in some town in i never heard of i said no.Then she ask if i live in the town i live in i said yes. she said the check was 5$.ans wrote in 2003, so i called the bank that i used to have an account with ,the said that was crazy.i needed to call them back and send me a copy of the check,the lady was very rude and ended up on hang up on me

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