They called me to and even theartened my job

Really "Amber"? I'm very well known here. The regulars here know me, some personally. They'll all be more than willing to confirm that I clear over $300k a year...AFTER taxes!  Do you seriously think that your $18 an hour self is up to the challenge of pissing me off?
I know "collection laws" because once, years ago, a person used me as a reference. Since then, I consider it a hobby to hunt down the people (like you) that have nothing useful to offer mankind & have to defraud others to survive. You're a parasite "Amber". Like a 'tick!
I have nothing to fear from your kind "Amber". You can't intimidate me, you certainly can't threaten me. You're nothing. I carry no delinquent debt. The debt I do carry is to my own advantage for business and tax purposes. You're illiterate rump is way out of your league here "Amber". Go play with the clown in the next cubicle. You're boring us here.
Skeff Ett Liv!
Gunnar

and you kinda look like a fool.saying that your a regular and know collection laws.yes your a regular person who owes many bills and the only reason why you know collection laws is because your a typical debtor who does not pay their bills

ok i got a call from theses people too they were looking for my dad and something really is not right.but gunnar i have been in collections for years, i make 18$ an hour plus bonus.minim wage does not exist  in collections.now all of you people are on here because u got a call from these guys and you obviously ow money.so why call bill collectors low life and trash  when they are trying to collect from you! im sure they make way more than you!!

I spoke with an attorney who advised me to provide her the info they leave on the answering machine. She is going to speak with The Attorney Generals office regarding harrassment of these calls. First of all they needed to send you letters regarding the debt and second of all you would be contacted by an actual sherriff or deputy whomever after they get an court order in which you will be notified by the court prior. Scam artists!

I got the same message you guys got. I knew it is scam. The only way to summon me is via sheriff.... DUH

Said they were serving a summons to call and resolve the issue - no one serves a summons over the phone and I do not belive law enforcement would call you 1st - anyone know who this people are?

Is the Booby Prize a nice, shiny, red stamp - saying "busted"?!

I'm sorry, but submissions to the April Fool Essay Contest were due this past Tuesday, making your entry, titled "Bogus Debt Collector's Wet Dream", ineligible. Your essay may be entered for a chance at the Booby Prize only at the discretion of the Judges.

The only thing that was served here was laughter. LOL! On a serious note , you have people that are getting false judgments on non validated debts and and do not exercise their rights. Then you got these "people" lying to folks about this scam saying that it is true. I for one am glad this site is here to help people be aware of such scams and just laugh at the shills trying to justify them.

So seeing all the "Are You Being Served" references inspired you to write your own comedy story, eh?

The only thing you'll be arrested for is being a scamming criminal who violates the FDCPA and shakes people down for debts they do not owe.

I think this kinda effectively shoots your lame ar$e story in the foot there shilly! Actually, its too bad the cops really didn't arrest you for fraud and toss your lame professional deadbeat behind in a real jail.

http://dfi.wa.gov/consumers/alerts/cashnet-payday.htm
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http://www.cashnetusa.com/consumer-notices
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http://800notes.com/forum/ta-4f7d326029dcf9d/ ... lectors-finally
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Extortion Scam Related to Delinquent Payday Loans

Washington, D.C.
December 07, 2010  FBI National Press Office
(202) 324-3691

? filed under: Press Release

The Internet Crime Complaint Center has received many complaints from victims of payday loan telephone collection scams. Callers claim the victim is delinquent in a payday loan and must repay the loan to avoid legal consequences. The callers purport to be representatives of the FBI, Federal Legislative Department, various law firms, or other legitimate-sounding agencies. They claim to be collecting debts for companies such as United Cash Advance, U.S. Cash Advance, U.S. Cash Net, and other Internet check-cashing services.

According to complaints received from the public, the callers have accurate data about victims, including Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, employer information, bank account numbers, and the names and telephone numbers of relatives and friends. How the fraudsters obtained the personal information varies, but in some cases victims have reported they completed online applications for other loans or credit cards before the calls started.

The fraudsters relentlessly call the victim?s home, cell phone, and place of employment. They refuse to provide any details about the alleged payday loans and become abusive when questioned. The callers have threatened victims with legal actions, arrests, and, in some cases, physical violence if they do not pay. In many cases, the callers harass victims? relatives, friends, and employers.

You're so full of it we can smell you all the way through the internet! Why do you desperate BS-artists try to play with us here? Your story has so many glaring holes in it that it's not worth arguing about. We have gutted the old "bad check" line of crap here so many times it has become tiresome.
So what's your excuse for becoming a low-life, minimum wage fraud? Are you a drunk? A drug addict? A convicted felon? Or is it that you're too lazy to work a real job? Probably all of the above, right?
Take your lame lies & shove them up your backside. The regulars here know more about the debt collection industry than you EVER will! We know all your lines, all of your ploys. We can recite the state & federal regulations regarding the collection of debt backwards & forwards. You're way out of your league here fraud-boy! Get back to your cubicle. Sticking to making bogus lies on the phone is the only hope you have of ever receiving those meager commissions. Wasting your time here is only further proving that you're an inept fraud-wanna-be! Get that GED! Maybe then you could get a real job. Probably not though. Real employers do back-ground checks & Urinalysis. That kind of shoots you out of the water doesn't it?
Skeff Ett Liv!
Gunnar

The only thing you got served with was too much prune juice!

I was also served.   Last week I received a call from Shapiro, Fernandez and Goldman, a law firm in Washington DC representing CashAmericaUSA. stating that I had defaulted on a payday loan.   I thought that this was a scam and I refused to pay.    They told me that if I didn't pay that I would face imprisonment and hefty fines.     I hung up on the caller.

The next morning there was a loud banging on my door.  When I opened it, there were 4 heavily armed police officers with dogs.   I was told to get dressed and I was cuffed and then transported to Police Headquarters downtown.   I was taken into the interrogation room where 4 officers were screaming at me "Why didn't you pay the loan?"  I didn't answer and demanded to allowed to call my lawyer.   When my lawyer arrived I asked how I could be charged. He said that normally failure to repay  a debt is a civil matter but with payday loans charges can be brought for fraud or bad check violations,  While both are felonies,my lawyer thinks that I have a good change of avoiding conviction

Enough of this lollygagging - Everyone get back behind your counters!

Mrs. Slocombe put your p***y away and get to work!

Which one would that be Sir? The snill, I mean shill?  No sales there , but its slow!

Has relocated to a forum in Torquay for the time being but this thread has not gone without notice!

You've all done very well! - well except one of you!

You're all doing very well!

Maybe you should review those cited articles. Perhaps where you live (you think) you're safe from predatory collector plaintiffs and tyrant judges. Not everyone is so lucky. Not to say that it's just, only that the worst scenario is possible.

My favorite joke from the late David Brenner: "I don't care what day your birthday is; everybody got started on a Friday or Saturday night!"

Your remarks are true, and we've had a few rounds of similar discussion in past years on this site. No question that the arrests are for apparent resistance or negligence of court hearings ... but they all *get started* with a creditor lawsuit. The ambushing of witless consumers and treating them as if they are criminals is precisely what the rogue collectors want to occur while misusing court process. The net effect is a de facto debtor's prison.

I never heard of anyone playing tennis while on the job.

Captain Peacock is over in ladies wear talking to me :)

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I want to know where Captain Peacock is!

Simply not true.  Debt is a civil matter.  You can't be arrested for it under any circumstances.  If you don't show up in court all that will happen is you could lose the case and a summary judgement could be issued against you.  You can't be arrested under any circumstances.

Arrest warrants generally can be issued if a borrower defies a court order to repay a debt or doesn't show up in court.  That is a far cry from simply owing a debt.  You can't be arrested for simply owing money.  Period.   You can be arrested if you ignore a court order or don't show up in court.

Depends on the jurisdiction.  Some Sheriffs deputies are authorized to deliver summons and complaint.  You have to pay their fee and it has to be an official actually filed case in their county.  Otherwise you have to hire a private process server.

I'm free! Are you free Mr. Grainger?
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Thanks for weighing in on this Res47 --- a wonderful reply to raise awareness for consumers and debunk the misinformation campaign of certain shills!

} Look up in Google about a Minnesota women [sic] who was sent to jail over debt.

I'm sick to death of you ignorant shills deliberately distorting what little good journalism there is on abusive debt collection. Worse yet is when your sources are cribbed blogger summaries. I keep my own copies of many such "debtor prison revival" stories, anticipating that creeps like you will trot them out every few months as your flimsy "proof" that your employers are legally dangerous.

Every indication in the Star-Trib article was that Uhlmeyer was *not properly notified* of her bench warrant. Probably the entire case against her was sewer-served, which is how most of these "jailed for debt" stories get started. The dirtiest debt collectors pull this crap because they don't want to validate their claims and know they cannot win their cases on the merits. As a bonus, the excessive costs of wrongful "asset recovery" are shunted to the *unverified* debtors, the courts, the state, and the taxpayers.

Conveniently you ignore the premise of the WSJ article, concerning efforts to *reverse* the awful trend of abuse of the court system, in ?reaction to sloppy, incomplete or even false documentation that can result in borrowers having no idea before being locked up that they were sued to collect an outstanding debt.? Here are some other lovely pull quotes:

    ?Some judges elsewhere are issuing fewer debt-related arrest warrants because law-enforcement officials complained those cases gobble up resources needed to pursue violent offenders.?

    Illinois regulators raised their scrutiny after a ?payday lender won arrest warrants against at least four customers. One spent five days in ... jail ... after failing to pay a $275 debt.? Regulators said the PDL thugs ?exploited the court system to obtain the arrest and incarceration of its customers?.

None of this garbage happens simply because a person fails to pay whatever is demanded in a single threatening phone call. It?s part of a much longer and calculated process which can *all* be averted by people who *KNOW THEIR RIGHTS*, the same people you?re so desperate to confuse in this thread. When goons like you come calling with your fright stories about process servers and county sheriffs, you are not to be feared or obeyed, but instead ridiculed, opposed, and sued blind .... not necessarily in that order.


IN JAIL FOR BEING IN DEBT
Minneapolis Star Tribune - 09 Jun 2010
http://www.startribune.com/investigators/95692619.html

Welcome to Debtors' Prison, 2011 Edition
Wall Street Journal - 17 Mar 2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274 ... 3811636610.html