Read this link. All about this SCAM!


http://www.collectorsexposed.com/collectors/index.php/topic/2459-check-management-group-llc/

I also received such a call for my grown son. She told me that there were some court papers to be served & he needed to call that # asap. I did a reverse look up & found this web site. Thanks all for the information!
Now how to get rid of the jerks! (being nice here)

Ive gotten the call too. He even gave his name Michael Carr. He said he would be at my house on Jan 17 th of course he never showed up. I figured it was just a  collector trying to scare you.

I got a call from Prestige Delivery Services in Hudson County (supposedly)  and the number they gave me to contact the person sueing me does not work.   He called again today and I told him that if I am being sued them they can send me the documents via certfied return mail or by the sheriffs dept.   I don't think I will be hearing from him again.   When I kept pressing him he said he would put refusal to accept.

From a website...

http://collectionagencymedia.com/questions/ho ... want-to-sue-me/


I'm sure you already know what will happen in the event they do find you and serve you, so I won't waste the space telling you all of that.

What you want is advice on how to dodge the process server.

First step is to find out exactly what the laws in your state are regarding service. Go to the link below and read up.

With a few exceptions, it goes like this (Depending on the state).

To the person who said they don't have to serve you in order to sue, you are wrong. No court will even begin to listen to a case unless there has been a "deligent" search to locate the party.

They can have either a court officer, or any "uninterested" adult serve you personally. To dodge them, just be carefull answering the door. But a good process server will eventually locate you on the street or at your place of employment. You don't need to be actually handed the summons. If they are within reach of you they can simply drop it at your feet and that constitutes a legal service.

Failing a personal service, they can (in many states) send it by certified mail/return receipt. That's easy to dodge, just don't pick up or sign for any certified mail.

Next step is called "alternate" service. The judge will allow the plaitiff to simply post the summons on the door of your home or in some location where you are known to be at (office). Once it's attached to the door it's considered a proper service, even if you never actually receive it. Saying that it's your last known address is also not good enough. Some sort of proof must be shown that you either live there, or have a very good chance of receiving your mail there. I served a truck driver who didn't really have a home. But his drivers license had an address, and his PO Box listed the same address. The Judge said that's good enough, so we posted it there. Turned out to be his ex-wife's address and they doesn't have anything to do with him. But due to all the addressed that pointed there, the Judge allowed the service.

To fight this type of service you will have to show the judge that you don't live at that address or prove that you would not normally have been able to receive the summons. If they taped it at your old address, that's not good enough for a proper service.

But any good process server knows how to "skip trace" your new address. Either from your credit records, drivers license records, or other state records. You can't hide behind a US Post Office box either, as those home addresses are accessable to process servers.

Next step is a public notice. The judge allows the plaitiff to post in a newspaper, post notices on several public places in your area, or a simple notice in the courthouse. This is very rarely done because it does not fullfill the requirement of a "diligent attempt", and this form of service is easily fought.

OK, all this said let me give you some advice. A good process server will locate you. From your message you have already shown there are lots of clues where they can locate your new address. I really don't believe that you will be able to hide from them. And all of the work that the process server is doing will be billed and added to your lawsuit.

You would be better served to look for ways to fight the lawsuit. You claim you are disputing the original $2000 bill....find the evidence and fight them with it.

Send the creditor a demand to validate the debt. This is similar to a disclosure demand, where the creditor must show you contracts, bills, receipts, and everything they used to calculate what they claim you owe.

If after examining this information you still think you have a case, then let them sue you and fight it in court. Otherwise, you better seek out ways to settle.

I'm a part-time process server (amoung other things) and I know how to locate hard to find people.

Welllll, if they operate illegally and stupidly, one wouldn't think that they'd do much actual suing, since they have to prove they served you w/papers.  Somehow, sounds like Google was too good about them.  Sounds more like an extortion scheme, since they falsely claim to be serving papers; no one above mentioned they were ever actually served.  And, of course, only idiots would call you first to tell you they were coming tomorrow/next week/next month to your home/business/health club.  Get real.

No, they are not real.  Scammers, and not very bright ones.  Probably learned their legalese off Law and Order.

Believe it is a company called Midland Funding LLC or Midland Credit Management. They are junk debt collectors. Do a google search on them. Looks like they buy up or are assigned debt and then they sue you in court. From what I have read most people do not go to court and they get a default judgement against you. Read that they then have your wages garinished or they can go after your bank account. Please do a search as I don't want to mislead anyone. Just giving everyone a heads up.

I got the same call from an unknown number and they gave me this number to call to find out what it is about.   The phone number doesn't work and they said they will be at my house between 4-6 tomorrow.  Good luck to them because I won't be there.  I asked him to mail them to me and said they need a signature.  I guess they have never heard of certified mail return receipt.

No, the are not real! Fake payday loan scam, they are criminals. Do not give them any information. Hang up or don't answer. Even better, get a whistle or blow horn to use when you answer. You will not get a summon, you will not go to jail. In fact, many people who get these calls don't owe any money. They go by hundreds of names (ACS, UCF, NNS to name a few). They are scumbags.

For more information:

http://800notes.com/forum/ta-200159ab24c5a1d/payday-loan-scam

This is an extortion scheme. You will not get a call from a process server before getting served. They are trying to intimidate you into paying money you don't owe.

I got the same call a guy stating that he will be there to deliver papers for court...never heard of this in my life if you are being served its normally by a sherriff or something of that sort..but who are these people?? We will see if he shows tomorrow

So are they for real or not.

I got a call from 855-376-7121 telling me they have my name and ss and is gonna be served paper for a sumons to appear in court. I am being sued. Who the hell are these people and how can they get away with it..

Never showed. Total B.S. Also the "guy" that calls and leaves a message says he is a "courrier" never mentions that he is a Process Server, because he is not. Try's to intimiadate you by telling you they are serving leagl papers on you for a court date. Think it is just an attempt to scare you by a debt collector. Good luck to everybody that deals with them. Just my .02

I got the same message and call. They left a message saying they would show up today between 2-3 and they never did

Got a call the other day from this number also. Same B.S. as stated above. Will see what happens next.

also when getting served with "REAL" legal documents you are not given any warning what so ever.  I have been served before for an civil matter as is routine procedure and knew of the proceedings and still was not aware of the place or time when I was going to be served.  I wouldn't worry at all with no concrete facts.

getting this call at work and my husband has receive on his cell.  no clue where they got my work number..asked what they wanted and they said to deliver papers and asked if i would be able to sign for them when they arrived at my job on friday...um 1st of all he identified him self as a courier for Division 1 couriers, then he had no clue who he was delivering the papers for or who the client was..he said that he assumed they had contacted me...2nd of all....I have done substantial credit repair of my own and know the Federal and my State's laws on collection and this is just plain non-sense.

Got a call from this number looking for my Dad..Said she needed to meet with him to sign some documents cause he is being sued. I asked her by whom but she said she did not know she was just the delivery person to deliver the documents..