I received a call and a message firm a Michael Wester whose number is 1-844-827-6623.  He stated there was a legal paper on his desk and he was ready to expedite these papers immediately.  I needed to call this number to discuss it.  I did call and the answering machine stated he was out of the office.  I didn't leave a message or my name.  

PMG is using another number...844 827-6623...they called and left a VM two days in a row.  First call came up unknown by a guy named Howard Lester.  He claimed that he had papers in my name and ss# "but" if I wanted to talk to someone and settle this matter I should call 844 827-6623.  I didn't call back.  The next day some guy called me from  the 844 827-6623 number left a VM stating that he was from Proficient Mediation Group. He said he had a pending legal claim in my name and ss# and if I didn't call right back to settle this matter, they would have no choice but to send the info to my county for further legal proceedings.  These msgs used to keep me up all night until I talked to the caller and tried to fix it.  Not any more, they prey on you with all sorts of sleazy scare tactics to get what they want if you talk to them.  Before you know it, they have you second guessing yourself if you don't know your rights.

#1, How do they know this is actually my phone number (my name is not stated on my VM msg) and how in the world can someone leave a supposed legal notice via VM?

#2, I paid off all my payday loan debts years ago.  However, I still get these calls every other month or so from a new so-called legal representative threatening me with anything from bad check writing, bank fraud, etc.  At first I used to try to reason with them, tell them I have receipts, sometimes that works.  But, a few try to say that they can STILL prosecute me for bank fraud or bad chk writing if I don't pay.  So...I refuse to reason with them anymore.  I haven't answered any calls from numbers that I don't know and haven't called them back when they leave VM.  No one has tried to serve me papers for court yet and it's been going on for 2 years.  

#3, I spoke to NYS atty general office about this problem because it is getting ridiculous and the way some of these people threaten me is unbelievable.  Atty gen office said that once your name is in the 3rd party collection system, it cycles around every 30 days and I should expect a new caller just like I am receiving now.  The facts are...it is illegal to try to collect on a payday loan from NY residents.  I didn't know this until I contacted the Atty Generals office. Usually the company charges unreal interest charges which are way over the interest cap allowed for NYS.  There are other states that have the same law...look it up on your atty general website.   Most of these callers are not in NYS, (when they do divulge to me where they are located it is usually down south) if in NYS they could be given stiff fines and lose license to operate plus be ordered to pay back every cent to the consumer.  

I paid my loans, not trying to get out of it because I live in NYS, but I refuse to pay them again and again and again.

Hi Amy, do you by chance work for this company?

their new scam number is 1-855-791-7998  

PMG Litigators call wanting a payment about a unkown bill that I occured and was not paid in  2007. If I don't pay ASAP they are going to send the Sheriff to arrest me ... I told them to send the Sheriff!

Had phone message waiting when I got home from a Howard Gates, who said he had not recieved a formal cease and desist letter and had no alternative but to move forward, and that he will appear at my home by 4pm tomorrow with paperwork for me to sign and left the complainant's number of 1-855-234-1304.  I am thinking, what the heck, and called said number and a voice recording said it was Proficient Mediation Group.  I hung up.  Now, a couple of things....this Howard guy did not state the name of the person he was leaving the message to, and the recording voice at number sounded very much like this Howard guy.  Am saving the message I got and forwarding the information to proper channels.  Fortunately, we do have options towards this type of harassment.

I missed types the date this  fraudulent scamming company was founded it was 08/12/2013

I have gotten calls from these asshat varied scam artists on many occasions, dating back to 2008.  Different people, different alleged companies and even the hardly speaking English people telling me god is going to smite me amongst other threats.  They are always made up debts, that are not on my credit report.  I have gotten threats of being arrested, contacted by fake lawyers and police officers of the court.  I am yet to be arrested or served any papers because guess what its a scam and they are parasitic wastes of flesh.   This latest scamming company is called Proficient mediation group(founded 12/2013) according to its message/answering service when i called back.  Yes i left a message, without any of my information but i did talk ish to them, well because that is what i do.  I refuse to be scammed and have my family suffer in any way because of some lowlife fake company trying to take my money for a made up fictional charge, fraud or bill i do not owe or commit.   Contact the FTC, your attorney general and turn them in, the FTC has a extensive file on them already, do not worry yourselves over this or do what i do talk ish to them and make them hang up on you.  Sadly,  I have been dealing with these calls for years but they are not as often or daily as they used to be, it's usually every few months a new company and scam starts calling.  Good luck to all and do not fold to they're threats and give them money, always ask for proof and usually when you do they will hang up or try aggressive tactics, give it back to them and make them hang up!  Be strong!

I've called them several times and they refuse to give any more information unless I agree to a debt without providing me with any information regarding the original creditor - so no people don't trust them.

Legal agencies leave factual information, an office phone number and their name, and have business addresses. A summons to court can be mailed. Court officers don't pretend or call you. People do pay their bills and scam artist do exist and don't care who the harass. I've been sued and summons to court and garnished before. Most like you haven't. This debt collector has given me 3 addresses that don't exist, they threaten to charge criminal charges to come to your house and job to force you to sign documents all without proven who they are. They use illegal practices to scare people into paying and repaying debts, and some folks don't owe them anything.

Had a phone call 255-234-1304. Told me he was coming to my business to sign paper work. Looked up telephone said it a scam.

Dont ever talk to them and fall for this tactic,,, they say they will be at your house or place of business within 48 hours, they have allegations against you... It's a scam to get money, and/or they buy old debt and try to scare people to paying.  It's usually from old loans, write offs, etc.  Dont even ask for validation, tell them they have the wrong number or call them back and given them another name and tell them to take your number off you are not who they want (whether you are or not)...this is what I do and it usually works for a long time then my number will cycle around again after a few months or when they sale your information to someone else!!!

so i got a call and the ppl were nice and all, im not gne say i was scared, but a lil weirded out so as the lady goes on she starts out with a complaint and im like yea ok but as she started getting into it yea i did take a title loan thru advanced america in 2009 i paid it and got it oer with and yes they sent my letter to me in the mail so....thanks

I received a call yesterday and the caller ID showed the phone number as 000000000. I didn't answer the phone as I get more than my share of scam callers. The message left was he was "Howard Tate or Gate" and would be out to my home or place of work within 48 hrs concerning some "certified documents" and I would need evidence of who I was or 2 "supervisors" to vouch for me  and any questions I should call 1-855-234-1304. I didn't call since I believe this to be just another scam by some dirty b@st@rds trying to take advantage of the elderly and anyone else they can scam. Just a shame we have to put up with this BS, I realize it must be difficult to prosecute these animals but I would like to se some type of concerted effort put into putting them all out of business. Of course the politicians are too busy worrying about hungry kids outside the USA or other stuff while our country falls apart.........All I can do is shake my head............

so i've been getting calls from all sorts of ppl but these ppl in particular were funny, now at the end of the day yes i kno  i owe the bill but u dnt have to call me with all the extra ness or screaming, half the time ppl dnt wanna pay and they kno they owe, i will pay my bills if they are mine send me an email or letter or a fax hell and i will pay as long as i got proof, now if u ask for documentation and they hang up different story, i just want a letter and i'll pay thanks

855-234-1304 number keeps calling my home tired of it any way to stop it

Oh Boy!  Surfs Up!  Another all caps. Shill trying to justify his existence. I hope you're more literate than the last one was. He was just plain lame!
If anyone is called about a debt, the first thing they do is DEMAND a notice of validation be mailed to them. NOT e-mail or fax. As per federal regulations under the FDCPA. When a worthless fraud refuses or starts to make threats & excuses....case closed. Your caller is an outright fraud or is a bottom-feeding 3rd party collector attempting to collect on an invalid, time-barred or purely bogus debt.
My guess is that you're just a bogus collector. We can tell because you're so illiterate. Now, save yourself some time & embarrassment. Get lost!  You're going to discover quite quickly that you're trying to play way out of your league!
Skeff Ett Liv!
Gunnar

What bar in Mumbai did you write this in? The beer is well priced, but in India it's 3 AM. Time to call it a day. Plenty of time to try and scam people tomorrow. Say, did you know that 90% of people in India do not finish school? . . . never mind.

IT'S CRAZY ....... AND YES I HAVE BILLS TOO JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE,BUT I GET THESE CALLS ALL THE TIME AND IT'S BECAUSE  HALF THE TIME I DID SOEMTHING,  NOW TRUE IT PROBABLY WAS 5 OR 6 YRS AGO BUT I DID IT, PPL ALWAYS ARE QUICK TO SCREAM AND HOLLER ABOUT WHAT THE PRICE WAS OR HOW THEY CALLED, OF COURSE IT'S WRONG AS HELL TO HAVE SOEMONE CALLING YOU AND SAYING NASTY THINGS TO YOU AND THEN TRYNA GET MONEY BUT AT THE SAME TIME U KNO YO BUT OWE IT, AND IF IT'S LOW ENOUGH HELL IMMA PAY IT CAUSE I KNO HALF THE TIME IT IS ONMY CREDIT REPORT. NOT TRYNA JUSTIFIED THEM AT ALL BUT I'M SAYING SOMETIMES U GOTTA OWN YA STUFF THESE PPL DNT CALL OUT THE BLUE ALL THE TIME, JUS SAYING

This being my 15th call from several different numbers, representing several different companies for many different reasons in the past month - this one not threatening to show up at my place of work (none) or at my house to serve papers withing a half hour.  I have a great credit score, no outstanding loans or pay day loans or fraud cases or other concocted cases.  Gee, I wonder if someone is trying to scam me big time?  The only thing I have is a long list of scam phone numbers written down.

"Hello, this is Ronald John from PMG Associates at phone number 855-234-1304, ext.302.  I've received a file for a pending legal case # CV32516 regarding fraud on your part, our client and your financial institution.  Please return my call within the next 48 hours to proceed in a settlement.  Thank you and good luck!"

Good luck with me calling back!!  My wife and I already have gray hair but these people are making us pull out what's still there, is nothing ever going to be done about these harassing, threatening types of calls even though the government can track down every call made throughout the world.  The No Call list doesn't work and Caller ID seems to be the only way to survive anymore, but it's a royal pain to let the phone ring and not pick up right away to be courteous to a real friend or relative that is calling to say Hi!  Please do something with these scam scumballs or find them a real job.

Yea, same story... "I'll be serving you papers at your residence or place of business in the next 24 hours". Nothing. They apparently think that their threats are legal and/or useful. I'd hate to have their job...

The process server is probably calling the wrng nmbr and all you have to do is call the nmbr back and let them know. they will remove your number from thier files and you wont be contacted anymore. its plain & simple

Obviously you are a deadbeat debtor that runs from bills that you owe. instead of going online and complaining you should grow up, be an adult and pay your bills. Then you wont receive calls about debts that you owe!

maybe you have a debt you owe. the responsible thing to do in this situation is call back to adress the situation instead of compalining on the internet about it...duh!

Its obvious you have bills you are running from instead of complaining on the internet about it you should just pay your bills and you wouldnt get calls anymore!

Did you ever stop to think that maybe they are calling the wrng nmbr? Have you contacted them to confirm that? Mr. Howard is a process server calling to schedule you to to be served. He may have the wrng nmbr for the person he is trying to serve. Try calling the nmbr he provides just to make sure.

SCAMMERS! THEY GET OLD INFORMATION OFF OF INTERNET SITES YOU HAVE MADE PURCHASES ON IN THE PAST AND WILL USE LITTLE INFO THEY CAN TO TRY AND GET YOU TO PAY FOR A SUPPOSED DEBT YOU HAVE! I HAVE NO DEBT NOR COLLECTIONS THAT ARE OWED TO ANYONE! PEOPLE OWE ME MONEY DU****CKS! THEY ALSO STATE THEY ARE ATTORNEYS ETC. THEY ARE F****NG WITH THE RIGHT ONE! KEEP CALLING ME BI****S LMMFAO!

Got the same message just now and their client dr donald is in a different country!!!!! Suspicious!!!!

Got numerous calls from them too but nada they will have to get in line like everyone else plus they are a scam they paid off account to whoever owns it and now they want me to pay them back but all I can say is thanks for paying my account but their dumb fault for paying it I didn't ask them to???

A gentleman called from a 10000000000 number (which always means they are using online services such as the internet and a couple other cyber things they can use to cover where the call is coming from exactly).  He stated his name was Howard Gates.  That since I had not cease and desist what ever debt or property he is stating I owe that he was going to at my job by 4:00pm today. If I did not want this to happen that I would need to call the debtor at 1-855-234-1304.  When you call the number they will never say the name of the company.  So I asked for a random name Shaniqua was available.  She actually said yes one moment please while I see if she is available.  I tried for exactly three minutes to get company information out of her and she went around the questions.  The company is definitely located in America but it is still some third party debt collector collecting on a debt that was paid a long time ago but trying to get you to pay it again.  Do not talk to them.  Ask for everything in writing.  Only give them your house address or PO Box.