A new number that Kentwood & Associates is using 855-263-0277 for debt collection. First they had a "process server" call and when asked about the call reason, stated they could not open legal docs to look, however, they did give a case number, company name (Kentwood and Associates) and a contact number. Already this is sounding fishy. A follow up call to that same phone number revealed that yes, they are trying to collect an old debt that is beyond statute of limitations. Without even confirming if it was my debt, Kentwood & Associates wanted to negotiate a settlement.....sorry dudes, I am not in the business of negotiating any debt, mine or anyone else's AND I pay my my own bills, not anyone else's. Hope this info helps someone else. Cheers.

F*** you debt collector!!!!  Don't call these f****, they are trying to steal from you.....they are at best a third tier debt collector with extreme documentation issues.....THEY CANNOT PROVE YOU OWE THE DEBT......The best thing you can do is let them sue and hire a good attorney.......their documentation cannot pass the legal threshold.........and no I am not an attorney....I am a fraud Investigator........yes they are being investigated for several violations of several laws in several states....they continue to attempt to collect in states they are not allowed to practice law nor are they licensed as they should be in any state other than that b***s*** state California

} The 'attorney' that called was filthy mouthed, used foul language a lot, and threatened to come to my house and put me on the f'ing street. .... Long story short, I made the first payment of $1000 ....

You gotta be kidding. Come here wringing your hands about your poor cash flow, and you left an easy four figures on the table. When collectors violate your rights, the proper response is *not* to negotiate your payment terms. You send a summons and complaint, and demand that *you* are paid promptly by *them* for the hassle and abuse. Now of course it's far too late to spank your past debt lawyer or Kentwood. The FDCPA gives you but a year to take action from the day you're harmed.

Official-type material on US federal collection law:
http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpajump.shtm
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/askcfpb/search ... bt%20Collection

Go to ftc.gov and read the FDCPA and learn your rights.

THE KENTWOOD LAW GROUP ARE ALSO LIST AS 855-382-7828. YES, I KNOW THAT THEY ARE RUDE AND AS YOU SAY, LIARS. THEY ARE THE SAME COMPANY THAT'S BEEN HARASSING ME WITH THEIR PHONE CALLS TOO.

To 'Papa,'
I have situation like you. Numerous times I've had phone calls from them and they start off with... this is a private and confidential matter from the Kentwood Law group and if you're not the name of the name of the person..........blah, blah, blah, you should hang up. The message is saved for 21 days and then it gets deleted. They keep calling once or twice in a day and only a matter of minutes after making the first call. I'm sick of them calling every time that I want to call them back and tell them to take the phone number off their calling list because its so annoying listening to the same line over and over again.They are harassing people with their phone calls and it never stops. The phone is always on silent, so they have no choice but to leave a voice mail. What do you suggest me to do with returning their phone call? Your advice would be of much help to me 'Papa.'

These jerkoffs called me a couple of weeks ago and w're evasive about who they represent.  They used the "lawfirm" ploy, & when I wouldn't confirm my identity, or answer nosy questions, they gos snotty.  When another person called from the same place, told him I had already told the first guy I didn't accept solicitations & to quit calling.  I then put them in my blocked caller numbers.  Today a friend called to say she received a message from them, indicating they were trying to locate me.  She sent me the number & surprise, it was them.  No doubt some slimmer credit card company that wouldn't work with me since I lost my job over two years ago is using them.  They can't be very bright.  I have had the same address for almost 9 years.

I never pickup. I let it go to my voicemail. If someone wants me to call them they have to leave the following info- "Please leave your first and last name, home phone, home address, social security #, mother's maiden name. If you have children, please leave their names and the schools they attend." Don't get a lot of replies. But I will carry through with any of them dumb enough to leave the info. If they have to worry about stalkers maybe they will think about their attitude.

I would contact the original creditor, and ask them if they sold the loan to Kentwood, because you have been making payments to them. If the answer is no, then you will know that Kentwood is a scammer, and maybe the creditor will take it upon themselves to go after them for the money.

Best wishes-I hope that helped.

Sadly, I have found this site late.  I have been paying off a debt with this Kentwood group for some time now.  Is what they are doing legit??  Is my old credit card debt being payed off with my payments to this group, as they represent it is??  I'm affraid I've wasted my money..  Any suggestion?

This company called me asking me to send over to them my POA on my mother to prove that I have POA. I am not sending them a damn thing, they only want her SS#, my mother is 94yrs old and is dying of kidney failure, they need to leave us alone.

If you owe on a credit card it is an unsecured loan, they can not take you to court they can not attach your wages for that. Block their number if you can, and if not and they call you again, tell them they are harassing you and you are going to let your attorney know, these people are crazy.

This company is calling me asking for me to fax them my POA on my mother, they would not tell me what this was about and I am not faxing any personal information to anyone about my mom, these people are just trying to get SS numbers and use them I suggest if you get a call from these people , block their number, if it is due to a credit card debt they can not take you to court on it, or try to collect  on it because credit card debts are unsecured loans....

Got a call from the above number. Caller said he was a lawyer looking fpor Robert Redfield.

If you get a phone call from 855-382-7828 AND/OR from 303-900-2933 BE AWARE, they are the same people/agency! - Someone by the name of Jesus Sotelo left me a voice mail requesting to call him back at 855-382-7828 X 119, but did not leave the reason why. He just said that he was calling from the Kentwood Law Group...

Some one by the name of Jesus Sotelo stating that he was represeting Kentwood Law Group, left me a voice mail in my cell phone and at home!  He just said to call him back at 855-382-7828; however,  did not leave a reason for his phone call!!! -

Don't know this people. Never heard of them. Freaks

It is true, The same thing happened to me.

You know if they buy a loan not paid .What makes them think ill pay them.

THIS PHONE IS ALSO LISTED AS 303-900-2933 WHICH SAYS ITIS A TELEMARKETEERSBUT ARE REALLY A COLLECTION AGENCY .CLAIMING TO BE KENTWOOD LAW FIRM.THEY ARE RUDE  AND LIERS.855-382-7828 ARE THE SAME COMPANY

APRIL 4TH,2012
ON THIS DAY I RETURNED THIS PHONE CALL.THEY STATED THEY WERE A LAW FIRM.
THEY INSISTED I PAY THE 3920.00 IN FULL REFUSED TO SET UP PAYMENTS.STILL THE PHONE HE (MR.SIZEMORE)WAS VERY RUDE.HE THEN DROPPED THE AMOUNT DOWN TO
2500.00.I SAID I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY IF I DID I WOULD NOT BE CALLING TO SET UP PAYMENTS.THEY STILL REFUSED.THEY THEN DROPPED THE AMOUNT TO 1170.00
MY REPLY WAS THE SAME I DO NOT HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY.THEY ARE A COLLECTION AGENCY FOR (HSBC).I BECAME FRUSTRATED AND SAID I CAN NOT DEAL WITH THEM ANYMORE ,AFTER 30 MINUTES.THEY ALSO SAID THEY HAD SENT ME SEVERAL NOTICES.I SAID I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY NOTICES.THEY THEN VERIFIED MY ADDRESS
AND SAID THEY DID NOT GET ANY RETURN MAIL SO I RECEIVED THEM,IF NOT ASK THE POSTMAN ABOUT THEM.THEN THEY CALLED APRIL 5TH ,OF COURSE I WAS NOT AT HOME
THEY LEFT A MESSAGE VERY MEAN FOR ME TO CONTACT THEM AT 855-388-7828 EXT.155
THE CALLER ID ON MY PHONE WAS 303-900-2933.SO I DECIDED TO GO ON LINE AND CHECK THEM OUT.BOY WHAT A SURPRISE.I AM GOING TO REPORT THEM TO THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREA AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL .BEWARE OF THS COMPANY KENWOOD LAW GROUPTHEY .ARE A RUDE COLLECTION AGENCY.ALL MY OTHER CREDITORS WORKED WITH ME AND WERE VERY NICE AND HELPFUL.THANKS FOR LISTENING

Mr Ramey from the Kentwood Law group just called me and asked for my daugher. I advised him I was her father and asked what the call was in refrence to. He identified himself and his "Law" group. When I asked what type of law his firm practiced, he stated, due to confidentiality, he could not. I told him, unless he would tell me the type of law they practiced, my daughter would not get the message. He offered to set up a 3 way call with my daughter, if he has her permission. He finally did advise me of the companies website kentwoodlawgroup.com . After I checked them out, I called him back and advised him, my daughter does not live here (she hasn't for many years) and to take my ph# off her records as cannot be contacted by them through this #. He got defensive with me when I called his company a "collection agency". His response was, "There is an attorney here 24 hours a day!". I said, it's still a collection agency. I then advised him, I wasn't calling to have a discussion but to advise them, my phone # is not to be used for this case again. Once he verified he would place a note in the file, I thank him and hung up.... we'll see.

Wow - I gave them the name of my Employer, probably shouldn't have done that.  I do owe a bill, but they want a large amount now, and won't accept small payments.  So, I don't know what to do.  They just started calling me about a week ago. I'm pretty scared right now, I don't want my wages garnished or them calling my employer.

I guess you work with them.

If you google their number, 855 382 7828, the first five or six posts that you see are from Kentwood Law Group bragging about how they follow the law, and how polite their employees are and blah blah blech !!!

Based on my own experience, none of the calls from these people are from polite people.  Yes I owe people money.  I have been self employed for 35 years and always paid my bills on time, and never bought anything that I couldn't pay for.  Unfortunately, I am a victim of this economy and over a year ago, 90% of my work was postponed until the economy improves.  I have tried very hard to make payments but companies like Target, HSBC, Sears, Capital One, CitiBank, Home Depot and Lowes, don't want to work with you.  They then turn you over to these 'collection agencies' who call and threaten and belittle and harrass you.  By the time a few months have passed, you find that your original debt has doubled or tripled in a few months.

NONE of these 'collection agencies' are polite, helpful, and courteous.  They only know how to threaten and be rude. I have never received anything in the mail from Kentwood Law Group and they have been calling for almost a year.  

As an example, last year Capital One sent my $1600.00 account to another legal firm collector.  The 'attorney' that called was filthy mouthed, used foul language a lot, and threatened to come to my house and put me on the f'ing street.  He added that he wouldn't even leave me a f'ing car to sleep in.  My balance of $1600.00 and change was suddenly $6100.00.  I tried to talk to him about it and he used more foul language.

He said he would cut the debt down to $3500.00 if I paid it in three months.  Long story short, I made the first payment of $1000.00 on Jan 31st, and then on Feb 4th, Feb 6th and Feb 10th this a** tried to make three more withdrawals from my checking account using his own printed up checks.  When his first attempt (Feb 4th) was denied because I didn't have the funds, thats when I knew that he was doing wrong.  I called him and he told me to 'f off' and hung up.  I notified my bank and told them to not pay anything coming in from the 'collection agency'.  There were two more attempts, on the 6th and 10th which my bank would not put thru. I did pay it off in 5 weeks and they wouldn't send me anything stating that the loan was paid in full.  Finally, after me consistantly calling them for almost three months, they sent me a letter saying the loan had been settled for $3500.00.  

I refuse to work with these 'collection agencies' because of the way I have been treated in the past.  I am doing my best to work with a couple of the companies that I owe money to.  Fortunately there are a couple of them that have compassion for those who are victims of this economy.

Kentwood has quite a few numbers that call.  They are rude.  They harrass.  They belittle.

Since my experience with the attorney mentioned above, I now record all of the callers.  Funny how 99% of them will not allow me to record when I tell them that I am recording too.  Most of them hang up on me.  

When the economy improves, many people like me will be able to get back on track and pay off our old debts.

You are the biggest liar!!!

The company is the Kentwood Law Group. Their web site is http://www.kentwoodlawgroup.com. Yes, they are a collection agency but I called them back because I would rather deal with the problem now than later. I am actually quite happy that I did because the people there were actually trying to be helpful and seem to have come up with a way for me to get rid of the debt.

why would you not just pick up your phone and tell them that they have the wrong number.

fyi calling you on money you owe is not harassment......if kentwood owed you money you would call them over and over again until they payed up ,right ????  I bet you never thought of it that way. When they where calling me on debt that i owed i told them that i would not be paying this debt anytime soon since im out of work. I offered 25per month but they would not allow it. the way that the collector explained it was "how would i make a 25 dollar payment if im not working." then he asked me if i know any one that could loan me the money , i told him that borrowing money when i dont have it, is how i got into this mess.

on a other note if most of you read the FDCPA you would know that 3rd party contact is allow if there is no good contact number ......and .....IF YOU DONT PICK UP YOUR PHONE THEN THEY DONT KNOW.   -For your convenience- http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre27.pdf

-on the subject of bail outs
READ ABOUT IT BEFORE YOU USE IT AS AN EXCUSE NOT TO PAY YOUR BILL

ps. i wouldn't take 'Captin Avoido' advice running up bills and not paying them is a bad idea, cus you'll pay for it one way or the other .....just ask ppl that try to fiance anything ...and of course food, mortgage/rent, and utilities have priority in your life, but before your go on your next vacation or by yourself something nice you may want to pay back the money you already borrowed.

Attention everyone, This company is a DEBT COLLECTION COMPANY. If you are never going to pay them (like me) then expect a call every day. DO NOT SUPPLY THESE "PEOPLE" WITH ANY OF YOUR INFORMATION! They will not hesitate to call your employer and harrass them, or any other # they can find in relation to your name. I am aware of the laws and in 6 years these debts are erased from your credit. Also they will make threats that they will garnish your wages (check your state laws)and I informed them that they can not do that in the state where I reside. (High caliber lawyers) These are highly unethical business people who "buy" your debt for pennies on the dollar from banks that we all have already paid through our taxes (bail out). DO NOT FUND THESE UNETHICAL DEPRESSION ERA TACTICS. Hold in there! 6 years comes faster than you think! Spend YOUR hard earned cash on your kids or food. Don't give these bottom feeding preditory b*****ds one cent! Then start with a clean slate! BTW I never check my voice mail :)