Just wanted to let everyone know that Brian Young is now posing as an "investigator" with Copeland & Associates.  He left a voicemail on my office line looking for someone I had never heard of.  He threatened to dispatch a sheriff to this person's home or place of business if they didn't call back by 5:30.  I called him back to let him know that he had the wrong number and that he had called a law firm and left a voicemail that clearly violated the FDCPA.  He got an attitude so I hung up.

He's now calling from 855-603-8120.

seeker...you shouldnt pick on brian young like that he cant help it that he is a FOOL...HEY FOOL im sure you do not understand what seeker wrote to you so let me explain
erudite... showing great knowledge..you really need a lot of knowledge to be a low life sleazy debt collector
vocational endeavor..special training in a skill...it takes a lot of training to lie and use useless scare tactics duh you will be arrested...
jurisprudence...understanding of the law...now that is funny RIGHT FOOL..

PEOPLE what we have here is a FOOL who works as a low life lying sleazy debt collector and not making any money  he probable was evicted from his one room roach infested apartment because he couldnt pay his 300.00 month rent so he had to move back in with his MOMMY
THIS FOOL is using scare tactics, the debts he is trying to collect on are timed barred or SOL ignore this moron when he calls you
 SEEKER VERY NICE POST
       FAMILY FIRST,DEBT COLLECTORS LAST

thank you that fool brian young couldnt answer my post so he had to attack my english at least you and others understood what i wrote and the best part it does hurt is little tiny business

I take him seriously.   And I believe that you are a thieving loser and big mouth.

Brian, first I am sorry to hear about your co-workers who are criminals and felons.  I know it is not your fault that such an erudite individual such as yourself cannot find a more pleasant and meaningful vocational endeavor.  Furthermore, why hasn't your "company" been shut down?  I'm sure someone with such an extensive knowledge of jurisprudence such as yourself realizes that ongoing investigations do take some time

HAHAHA... is that the best you could do IDIOT...i proved that you and your low life sleazy company is a liar and a thief and all you can come back with is my english   well thank you for that, at least you admitted that you are a low life sleazy debt collector making 7.00 an hour and depending on your 15% commission if your english is so perfect how come your not a English teacher but you chose to be a low life sleazy debt collector  IDIOT..

On the contrary.  Most judge by the quality of the content and not by the words themselves.   I take him seriously as do others reading this thread.  It's pretty easy to see who the liar and thief is in this thread.  It's you and your kind.

I think you should go back to the 2nd grade and learn about the general English language. Then, and only then, would anyone take you seriously. You can't speak the language that you grew up speaking. How sad

hey idiot even if they did close you down you would just open up with a different name
people dont listen to these fools you do have rights first if this is a PDL there are illegal in about 15 states that means they did not have a license to loan you money.. any loan company must have a license these fools will not take you to court all you have to say to the judge that this company is not license to loan money they will be fined thousands of dollars...also check the SOL if this is a time barred debt they cant do anything but to use scare tactics and to be honest there scare tactics are not scary there not even registered with the BBB the reason why is there will be so many complaints about there idiotic ways that they would have the lowest rating which is a F and its public record..remember they pay pennies on the dollar for your debt if you owed 500.00 they probably bought the debt for 50.00 and they would try to collect 800.00 from you..when these fools call you and if you have the time then waste there time one thing a low life lying sleazy company hates to have there time wasted and get no money from you

Back at ya -- if all these people have supposedly committed a crime and you've threatened them with arrest, how come they haven't actually been arrested?  You are nothing but a FDCPA-violating scammer.  The only time you'll see the inside of a courtroom will be as a defendant when one of these people takes the initiative to sue you for FDCPA and TCPA violations.

If its illegal as you and everyone else says it is, how has the business I work for not been shut down and no one has been arrested? Except with the subjects of investigations that is

I guess you're talking about yourself, then, not the people you illegally harass....

Well, it's not our fault that most of the people we deal with are complete losers who are criminals and have extensive felony records

Last Friday, June 14th Johnathan Riley left a message on my cell phone to call him regarding some case number.  He then called my husband and told him that there were two fraud charges being filed against me and that I should just turn myself in.  When I called him back, he tried to badger me, but I wouldn't let him.  He wanted me to tell him my social security number, date of birth and address (which I wouldn't).  I told him that I would have my attorney call him.  He then said to me "let me have his name and I'll call him".  I told him my attorney is a female to which he replied "that's a mistake, there are no good female attorneys".  Yea, this guy is professional alright.  I told him that I would be filing a police report against him and hung up.  He then proceeded to call me back 5 times in a row, and each time I ignored the calls.  He then left me a voice mail message stating that he knows where I live and understands why I'm a miserable person.  When I got home that night, my neighbor called me to tell me that this guy left a message on his answering machine stating that I was a felon and that he should lock up his mailbox because I steal other people's mail.  I have filed a police report as well as complaints with the FTC and Attorney General's Office.  The sad thing is, is that I think this 855 number is untraceable, but it's at least worth a shot at filing the complaints and posting this information on this message board.  I wish I could meet the low life scumbag Johnathan Riley face to face and give him a piece of my mind and my foot up his A$$.

So Brian Young, that name seems to be floating around all over the place in this forum. He called my dad who lives in a totally different state looking for me. Funny, this is the 3rd time that this has happened, the first time about 10 months ago, then about 6 months ago and then again the other day. I called back furious and got the suckers vmail. What an a**. This guy needs to go out and get an education and get a real job. Just by listening to the message he left for me you can tell his life sucks.[removed:lang] What is even more astounding is the debt they say they are calling about was paid off 3 years ago. They have no idea what the hell they are doing. If he wants to make calls like that then I invite him to come and knock on my door! [removed:lang]. Oh, and if you are seeking complaints about yourself I have already contacted the FTC and the Attorney Generals Office. Things are gonna get rough for you BRIAN YOUNG!

this person is harrassing me at work and home. they call my mom and distant relatives that i don't even see. they even gave my social security number to the person they were talking to about me. this is a violation of personal information.

same here my fiance called back using *67 and it was a message saying u have reached fraud investigator services to leave your name and number and also case ID number and when we talked to them earlier when they called they refused to identify themselves and then we started asking asking questions they hungup on us. SO BEWARE of this its a SCAM of IDENTITY THEFT!

I received a call from a Jason Riley who identified himself as a fraud investigator for bad checks.  I filed bankruptcy  3 1/2 years ago and offered for this male to call my attorney.  The male was very condescending and used profanity.  After this initial call, he called my elderly father and identified himself as a detective.  Also, he claimed there was a warrant for my arrest.  This totally upset my father.  When I called back this male, he said he would call my father again and was totally disinterested how this affected my father.  I called back to this company posing as ' Logan and Associates' and spoke to Jason Riley.  He was very unprofessional and said he would continue to call.  This company refused to go through my attorney and wouldn't take the information.  This company is a fraud and keeps calling, continuously.  I have received over ten calls in the last fifteen minutes.

My family is being harassed by these people and oddly enough I have never received a call from them. They stated on the phone that I had already been served and I can't miss another court date! Also they were sending out a sheriff ody to arrest me and charge me! First I have never received any form of summons AT ALL second I have multiple people in law enforcement that I know and they would have said something if I had a warrant out on me! It's getting really old

This company is operated by Attorney Johnson Riley.  I kept calling back the number 855-531-1877 which called me and stated that I was supposed to call them back.  I was told by Attorney Riley that they do not make outgoing calls when I have a message from Investigator Sarah Carter who required me by law to call her about bad checks that I had nothing to do with.  I spoke with Attorney Riley a few times trying to find out the law that required me to call back and I asked why was it implied I had anything to do with this when I didn't.  He insulted my religion and my character.  When I asked for answers he told me to call 911 and tell them I was a hazard to my self.  He would never answer the question of how my name was involved and would hang up on me after his insults.  I kept calling only to be hung up on repeatedly.  

I thought this was strange after I have a recorded message with a person posing as an Investigator with law enforcement and stating that the law required me to call them back.  He never would answer my questions about why was I linked to this crime of bad check writing.  He stated that according to the US Code 1344 that in the course of an investigation, I was required by law to call back and he suggested I read the entire code.  

He also said that because I kept calling back to get answers and stated I would contact the AG and others, with the information that I was threatening an officer of the court!  

He asked for the case number again like he was going to help resolve the matter and answer my questions.  He let me know that they use the same database as law enforcement.  He then began to recite me my husband's date of birth, social security number, job, etc.  He told me to tell my husband congratulations on his clean record!  I took this as a threat!  He wanted to let me know he knew where we lived at, started quoting neighbor's names, etc.  He started naming off people unrelated to any of this and letting us know that he had their information too.  One of these people included my ex mother-in-law from over 10 years ago!  I took these comments of being on the level of law enforcement with our personal information and the reciting of his knowledge of everything about us totally unrelated to the matter as threatening.  What was he going to do?  Pay us a visit?  Screw with my husband's social security number?  Ruin our credit?  

After quoting all of this, he told my husband that he needed to make sure that I backed away from this matter.  He stated that if we didn't, he would sue me for Commercial Harassment!  This on top of the threat to go after me with threatening an officer of the court (attorney) when I made no threats other than to report him and his business to the BBB, the AG, & the FTC!  

He lied and said everyone had been nice to me when I had called.  He stated this was the first time he had spoken with me after he had spoken with me in a prior call insulting my religion and my character.  

I must admit that by the time he did all of this, I made sure I did leave him with a few of my thoughts in some very colorful words.  

Be very careful in dealing with these people and report them.  Do not call them back repeatedly so you will not be sued.  I must say I am still concerned about our private information being in the hands of this man and his staff after all that I have read and been through.

To the post about the elderly mother, call and report them to FTC, State Attorney General and BBB.  Look online at some of the scams that are going on.  

http://www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov/press/ ... lls_likely_orig

These people could be a collection company but they could also be a scam trying to threaten your mom into giving them money or financial information.  

Report them

Company is illegally posing as official investigators working for law enforcement.  I received a voice message where Investigator Sarah Carter giving a case number said I was required by law to call her back about some bad checks that were written by someone.  I haven't seen this person in 10 years and I don't have anything to do with them.  I was worried the person writing bad checks had involved me in some kind of crime I did not know about.  When I called to learn more, I was harassed by employees all posing to be investigators.  I asked for the LAW that Investigator Sarah Carter said required me to call and no one could give it to me, not investigator, Stacey McNael, Johnson Riley, Kenneth, Rebecca Johnson, Lacey or Dean.  I kept calling back and was told it was a law firm named Logan and Associates.  

I have been unable to locate them on the internet.  When I called back I was talked over, had my character insulted, my religion insulted, asked if I had a job, asked if I did not have anything better to do.    These actions were all taken by Johnson Riley who Investigator Lacey told me was the head attorney!  

They also answer the phone as Fraud Investigations and Fraud Investigations Services.  I have done nothing wrong and have no ties to the person they are looking for yet, they call and leave me a threatening message and say that "by law" I am required to call back.  What law?  They will not tell me.  

I will continue to call them back and record future calls.  I suggest everyone else continually call them back.  Also report their practices to the the BBB, the FTC and your State Attorney General's office.

I have been receiving calls looking for my daughter. Brian Young, Rebecca Johnson and Stephanie Williams are the scammers. The DA's office has other reports on these same people. SOOOOOO don't answer any of their calls. They will try to intimate and scare you into sending them money you don't owe. They can't not get a warrant for your arrest without going through the DA's office.  So BEWARE!!!. They will haunt you to death if you talk to them. They even told me that I would be involved also because I co-signed for my daughter on this debt. That of course is BULL because I co-sign for no one. Don't let this happen to you.

This company is calling my elderly mothers home every day asking for a family member who has never lived here.  Phony Investigator Brian Young is constantly calling wanting information about this family members address so he can send out a "warrant for his arrest".  If they could get family members numbers and harass us half to death, why can't they find an address to serve a warrant.  This is getting irritating.  I might just call them everyday for nothing just like they are doing my mother.

this "fraud investigators" called and left a message on one my employees phones saying that they need my employer to send them information about me and that they didn't want to come make a seen at my work. absolute bull s*** fraud and the FTC does nothing about it. there should be a HUGE penalty for these companies.

I have been receiving calls for the past few days and so have a few of my friends. I filed bankruptcy over 5 years ago. I had 2 payday loans on the bankruptcy. About 8 months ago I received a similar call and paid $390 after being threatened with being served. I later found out this is a scam by collection agencies to attempt to collect monies that have already been settled by the court. Unfortunately, I think I opened up a can of worms by paying the first one. The person calling is impersonating a court officer from the Queens Criminal Court (which is illegal from what I understand). They won't give me any info and attempt to berate me on the phone. It's so frustrating and embarassing to deal with. I don't know what to do to make it stop.

Rec call stating owe debt.  My sister also contacted and message left on vm looking for me for criminal case. This is a scam have been scammed before about a yr ago lost money!!!! Amazing still going on!!!!

My parents AND my sister got a call from this number.. One lady said her name was Rebecca and the other was Stephanie Williams.. Said they had a warrant out for my arrest!  Funny thing is, Ive had this exact same thing happen to me 6 months ago and I reported them to the FTC. Great advice above as how to handle these bottom feeders..

To those receiving calls from this number...are they saying that they are trying to reach said person for a fraud case? Contact them immediately to avoid charges, etc?
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation's consumer protection agency, is warning consumers to be on the alert for scam artists posing as debt collectors. It may be hard to tell the difference between a legitimate debt collector and a fake one. Sometimes a fake collector may even have some of your personal information, like a bank account number. A caller may be a fake debt collector if he:

?is seeking payment on a debt for a loan you do not recognize;
?refuses to give you a mailing address or phone number;
?asks you for personal financial or sensitive information; or
?exerts high pressure to try to scare you into paying, such as threatening to have you arrested or to report you to a law enforcement agency.

If you think that a caller may be a fake debt collector:

?Ask the caller for his name, company, street address, and telephone number. Tell the caller that you refuse to discuss any debt until you get a written "validation notice." The notice must include the amount of the debt, the name of the creditor you owe, and your rights under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
If a caller refuses to give you all of this information, do not pay! Paying a fake debt collector will not always make them go away. They may make up another debt to try to get more money from you.?Stop speaking with the caller. If you have the caller's address, send a letter demanding that the caller stop contacting you, and keep a copy for your files. By law, real debt collectors must stop calling you if you ask them to in writing.
?Do not give the caller personal financial or other sensitive information. Never give out or confirm personal financial or other sensitive information like your bank account, credit card, or Social Security number unless you know whom you're dealing with. Scam artists, like fake debt collectors, can use your information to commit identity theft ? charging your existing credit cards, opening new credit card, checking, or savings accounts, writing fraudulent checks, or taking out loans in your name.
?Contact your creditor. If the debt is legitimate ? but you think the collector may not be ? contact your creditor about the calls. Share the information you have about the suspicious calls and find out who, if anyone, the creditor has authorized to collect the debt.
?Report the call. Contact the FTC and your state Attorney General's office with information about suspicious callers. Many states have their own debt collection laws in addition to the federal FDCPA. Your Attorney General's office can help you determine your rights under your state's law.

http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0258-fake-debt-collectors