They called me leaving an automated voicemail claiming it was an "emergency from Bristol Hospital." After reading this thread I can only assume it has to do with an "outstanding bill" from that hospital from June 2011 because whoever processed it forgot to write in that I was (and still am) covered by Medicaid-D and do bot pay for anything out of pocket.

They pressured me making me believe they were attorney's at law, and that I had two bounced checks from 4 yrs. back. They continued on saying, I had 2 hrs. to call and pay a little over $2,500.00 or they would be taking immediate legal action. Long story short; They got my money and ran!!!!!

I woke up to this # on my caller id, no voice mail. Someone answered saying V.A. Mortgage company. I asked who they were & she said they help refinance. Wasn't a bill collector.

"Are you calling to save money on your VA mortgage."  ARM Mortgage Scam

One other thing. The account number to the company GBR provided was fake. And they store number to the company was fake also. And they also have another two different phone numbers. 888-517-0244 or 0246. And GBR has no website. And they don't come up on a search of the online yellow or white pages.

I have received two calls from this company. One in October, and today. After reading comments on this site and several others, along with calling the company I supposedly had an unpaid bill to (that I have never done business with) this is a fraudulent collection attempt. They had basic info on me, nothing that could not be found with a basic internet search. Along with info on me that was incorrect. They did threaten collection activity including sending deputy to my house serve a subpeona for court appearance. They even provided a false account number to the company I supposedly had an unpaid balance to. Even telling me check fraud is a felony in Texas and that I will go to jail if I don't settle with them.  I called the company for the hell of it, told them what was going on. They ran the account number and my ssn. And there was nothing out there on me (which I knew there wouldn't be). The clerk spoke with her supervisor and said they have heard of this company before. Then they told me to file a police report and notify the Texas attorney general about the situation. I have allready filed a police report. And will be contacting the A.G. next. Anyone that is harrassed by these butt holes need to follow my example.

He calls himself Allen and has an extension you give the person when you call

Also they go by different names one being Allen

these people keep calling my daughter claiming to be a lawyer and also times a Collection Agency saying she owes a bank money on an account closed 4-yrs ago that she had closed with a zero balance ... they say she owe a large sum of money but they are willing to settle at half the amount and if she doesn't pay them they will have her arrested ... they had her street correct but the house number wrong wanting it verified to send a process server over ... they go by GBR & Corporate when you call them at this number of 1-855-304-3080 and a address of 40485 D, Suite 142 Murrieta, CA 95263  Upon research of the phone no this site came up and upon a search within the website of Mailbox Etc business this address shows as one of there many stores across the United States.... Upon calling the Attorney General several payday loan places have been hacked and info on people gained not to mention the breaches in several major banks where these hackers gained private info on many people and now scammers are using the info .... 1st Red Flag:  US does NOT have debtor prisons to arrest anyone over a debt, 2nd Red Flag Collection Agencies don't call to get your address to send a process server... Process Servers come as a surprise.... If you believe you are approached by a scammer immedately contact your District Attorney's office, check for if they are registered as a Collection Agency in your state as many states require they register in their state to collect off any residents in their state.... Always start with an address, phone, name search in Goggle.com, Yahoo.com, Bing.com for info and map locations, you can search in Mailbox Etc's website for the exact location given you to see if it's one of their stores they are scamming through as well:   www.makeuseof.com/dir/mailboxmap-mailbox-locations/        

     www.woosk.com/2006/11/mailbox-locator.html

       or even google search for Mailbox ETC and search for a store even by address and it will say if it's one of their stores.....  scammers use these types of services to hide behind ....


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Hope this helps everyone

I myself have experianced the same issues as above after alot of research I located the address so please report them  FTC and attorneys general. So we can put a stop to this fraud

40485D murrieta hot springs rd
Suite 142
Murrieta CA 92563

This company is ONLY a debt collector.  It is illegal for them to represent themselves as attorneys.  If they attempt this, ask them for their California Bar number.  It is also illegal for them to threaten to send somone over to your house.  I reported this to local law enforcement which defines this as assault.  If you would like them to stop calling you, you must follow a legal format of notifying them by mail.  Research California's rules for drafting this letter to a Debt Collector to stop harrassment.  Then send it certified mail.  Remember, they are only a lowley debt collector, nothing more.

I received a message on my answering machine at home August 31, 2011 at 9:30 am telling me I must return the call within 1 hour and to reference the complaint number BR2683-CA2011 and it was a legal matter.  I of course didn't get the message until I returned home from work so I called the next morning and spoke with Mr. Reed Allen.  He asked me if I was surved with a summons and of course I was not, then he told me that GE, the defendent, was sewing me for debt on my American Outfiter Credit Card which I've never had.  Then he asked me to verify my social security which I gave him the last 2 numbers.  He then said it didn't match and I was the wrong person.  Kind of scary.

The "manager's" name was "Michael Irving"

A guy by the name of John Randal called me and left his number.. I call back get a lady named "Brooke Bently" who said I owe "xyz" amount bc of an old us bank account that I JUST paid off. This is clearly a scam, they put you on hold so they can talk to each other, when you ask who they are they put you on hold then try to rush off the phone. It's nothing legitimate about this company and since they are harrassing us, I started harrassing them! Called about 20 times yesterday asking for information, they kept asking for a case # that I never recieved and I kept asking what the name of the company was and they KEPT hanging up the phone one me. Eventually I found out that they are "GBR" they got my file from "Regent" and they have a "law firm". Each person told me something different about who they were, they sent it back to the "manager" who was going to file for "harrassment" and if thats the case I'll get them taken down. I ENCOURAGE you to do the same, dont say who you are but they must answer the phone in order to see if your sometone falling into their scam... Please call and do they like they do us!

They constantly call looking for my mother. They call me and my grandmother all the time. I have asked them repeatedly not to contact me anymore and of course they do. These people are rude and this should be illegal. This should not even be my problem...if they need to speak with my mother, they should contact her!

i have found a address for this so called company  Global Bureau of Recovery
41663 Date Street Suite 201, Murrieta, CA 92562  but how much you want to bet there not there anymore

my mother got a call at her house from someone saying the same things that was told to everyone here but they was looking for my wife and they told my mom the our last name was just one of the names my wife used and that they was trying to find her to serve her with a summons to court when i called them he said his name was Christopher Wallace and couldn't tell me anything when i called the lady answered as Corporate Office they told my mother that if my wife did not call today she will go to jail i think thats just wrong

myra are u blond? im sure that didnt happen try again

It's nice to empower people out of taking care of their financial responsibility!  America the Beautiful!

my dad just called me today saying he received a call from a john randall looking for me..i left a message but no one called back. If these people are real debt collectors, they are required by law to tell you immediately that they are calling from a collection agency in an attempt to collect a debt.

I keep getting a call from a John Randall process server in reference to my address.... If this was a real process server, wouldn't they just show up to my door? They've been harassing me for a month now!

They keep harrassing my elderly mother who is suffering from bipolar and schizophrenia. I think it's awful how they continuosly call threaten her saying that the sheriff is gonna come out and arest her.... SAD SAD SAD SAD SAD SAD

Myra
your obviously part of the scam and should be ashamed.. Hope the FEDS come knocking on your door real soon.

It's a scam! You don't owe GBR anything. They're trying to steal from you as slyly as they can.

Alright, I just found out that I've received a call from them and apparently I've lost my window of opportunity to talk to these morons. They called saying that I had to call back within the hour at the phone number we all know and love so much. Well I've called a few times already and NO ONE is answering so i cant even have the joy of arguing with them over a debt that doesn't exist.

Someone earlier stated reporting it to the social security office. I think I'm going to do that. This isn't the first time I've had something try to take money from me. These kinds of fake debt collectors seem to pop up only if you LEGITIMATELY settled a debt that hit your credit. Especially and exponentially large debt as if to say "Oh they paid that off so lets see what we can squeeze outta that sponge of money."

I received a call from the verifications department on July 15th, 2011 and then called into the legal office at 855-304-3080.  A Mr. Allen told me I had a  charged off debt from 4 years ago that was sold to GBR.  It was a legal matter and he gave me an option to pay my settlement for $1000 in two payments.  I gave my credit card info but forgot to send back the a credit card form.  I received numerous phone calls from the accounting department but disregarded them.  I noticed that my credit card was never charged the $500.  I received a message from my boss at work about a summons.  Then yesterday I noticed I was served with a summons to appear in court for Los Angeles County.  Wow, I hate owing money!

My son recieved a call from them telling him that there looking for me to serve me papers for court. I called the local law enforcement from city clerk, the police and sherriffs department and our DA office, and guess what? they had no idea what I was talking about. They did tell me not to return that phone call and wait for them to contact me again and pump them for info and if they refuse to give me anything it's most likely a scam. So I'm waiting, but at least I feel better about it.

These same people have called my inlaws, and my parents looking for me..  I got the same spiel that all of you did.  They wanted to know how much my husband and I made monthly and that since it was "so much" we should have NO problem paying this crazy high payment.  Yeah, okay- if I owed that!  I could go on and on and on, but I'll only be posting what all of you already have.  But before I go I must point out- anyone else notice the names that they're evidently giving us as their "real names" are rappers, sports celebrities, etc??!  I wad told the man I spoke with's name was Christopher Wallace...  someone else said the name they were given was Michael Irving..  when I called to report them they warned me that they also gave the names Sean Combs, Michael Tyson...  honest to god these people are insane.  PLEASE DON'T FALL FOR THEIR SCAM!!!!!

A number of people have come to the same conclusion as I have, and noted that this is in fact a SCAM.

Becareful because these people definitely have information of yours. You should consider looking up your credit because they may have your social security number. Place an alert with the social security office if something has appeared on your credit.

Here is my situation and I am now fully confident it is a scam.

They called my uncles home two days ago and threatened my cousin saying they were from the military and needed to speak to me, or be held with obstruction of justice. My cousin, in fear, gave them my mother's cell. They then told my mother that I have a court appointment and that I have 40 minutes to resolve the situation. She emailed me immediately. (They had also left a message with my voice mail stating that I should call them regarding an issue with a certain property that I do not live - but as it turns out is my aunts address. I did not see this message until today later)

At this point I call them and they say it has to do with an old bank account that had indeed gone to collections but I was certain was paid off. All he would give me was their name GBR. He refused to give me their address and he refused to repeat any information to me when I asked for it. He gave me a fax number to send information to and hung up on me.

I tried calling again trying to seek information and this Michael Irving hung up on me again. He wouldn't even tell me if they were a collection agency or a law firm.

To this point I have already tracked my old debt down. It was sold from my original debt, to a secondary agency, to a third and FINAL place. They explicitly said that this agency has no right to the debt and is not affiliated whatsoever with them. Furthermore that my debt had already been resolved.

These people are fakes and scam artists. That's why the information they pedal is quick brief and ultimately vague. Call your local law enforcement. I tracked their fax number to be a Irvine, California number 949-751-3890. I intend to call the police there as well.

Regardless, even if this was legitimate( it's not) I used to work for a collection agency and everything they are doing is a violation of the FDCPA. Each violation entitles you to sue them for $1,000(plus fees). But, good luck, their number is unlisted online( as you know) and their business doesn't exist.

Lastly advise your family members to either ignore or not to give any information out to these scum. They will try their best to scare people to pay.

I had the exact same thing happen this morning.  He called me at work and said pay up or we're serving you a summons.  When I finally agreed to pay 200 today and 200 more (on a $1200 debt) in two weeks he told me to go to Bank of America, gave me the routing and account number in which to put the money in.  Then he told me he would email me all the info on the company and mail me my paperwork.  I found this very suspicious, so I'm making a call to the company he claims is the original company I owed the money to, and I'm waiting on response from them.