I am an attorney in the Commonwealth of Massachsuetts.  I had a client called by Lincoln Legal Division.  Under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 93 Section 24-28, it is illegal for a collection agency or a debt buyer to contact a Massachusetts resident without first having a debt collector license in by the Massachusetts Division of Banks.  It appears that Lincoln Legal Division does not hold a debt collector license from the Massachusetts Division of Banks.  

If you are a Massachusetts resident and have been contacted by Lincoln Legal Division, please call me at (617) 522-3200.  Thank you.

I am an attorney in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  I have had a client contacted by Lincoln Legal Division.  Can anybody provide me the legal corporate name of Lincoln Legal Division.  Also who are the owner(s)?  I cannot find any information on this organization on any state's secretary of state's website.  Thank you.

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Hey LLD... Come & serve me!!! I have a Law suit waiting for you!!  I know you will not serve me because you cant!! So Back off your phone calls.  My lawyers are very aware of this scam. & have informed us of your fake bogus operation... So go play with your self!!   LOL!!

pay your s*** and ppl wont call you nasty a** poor ppl there doing there job its a company they got to get paid to pay up bitchsz

A** H*****!!! They called me at working say they were going to take me to court and a officer to server me with paper work.  I was like 8 months pregnant...i was worried, scared, and crying!!!  I was sooo stressed out cause i could get the money together. I blamed them for going into labor early!!! Grrrr I borrowed money for a family member to start paying them off and then they left it into payments. I went two months paying them...one i called to see if they can give more time to finish paying them but i haven't got a call back from them at all!!! I'm so bad at myself...just because i didn't want them to take me to court, or to show up at work. : (

HOW DO I REPORT THEM

this company is based out of CA. The owner is 28yr old lesbian who is Philippino decent and her Mexican side kick who looks like a hermaphrodite.  Here's how the whole scheme works. They buy the leads dirt cheap. Create a script that is of course illegal. As a matter of fact I will quote the script that you heard just so you can see that I'm not lying.....

Hello,

This message is for (Debtor), My name is ( fictitious name ) calling from the ( COUNTY NAME ) Process Serving Division. I am calling to inform you that we are scheduling a uniformed officer and a process server to serve at your place of employment or resiedence to provide you with a legal summons. 3 attempts will be made. After then 3rd attempt if no contact is established YOU WILL BE FILED WITH THE COURTS AS A FAILURE TO BE SERVED.  Blah blah.

You call in and collector comes on and says they need to contact the attorney's office that's in charge of your case. They tell you they are the attorney agent on the file right, the put you on hold while they contact them right. There not contacting qnybody, they actually take a little break or take another call... Its all just a different method to collect period.... I have been doing collections for many years and worked here at LLDE for a short time. I left because I caused a lawsuit. I simply read the script. The whole scheme is completely illegal.... If you need help feel free to contact me. Would love to help with a suit against this fly by nite scamming operation...

Seems like everyone else is going through the exact same scenario as me!! I never received any written notice regarding court summons and i can never get a live response from "the corporate offices"  I am so glad i checked google for this mysterious number... i hate scammers and bill collectors!!

I call BULL on u Mary. A few years ago I fell for this scam. Having just gotten seperated from a man that messed up my credit made me fall for it. Never saw any trace of that money or shred of where it went. Hope they are real proud of stealing $900 from a single mom of 3 thats also taking care of her ill mother by working 3 jobs. Good for you.... SCAMERS!!!!!

I received msg to call this number within 2 hrs and was given a case # to reference. Like everyone else I was scared & told a coworker. He Google this # and seems you all have provided some great information.  Scams are out there and we all need 2 b cautious.  Thanks everybody for ur posts

I contacted this company and told them of all the complaints that I see on here and that they were a scam.  They  had me call the original creditor that i owed money to and had me follow a paper trail of who they've sold the account to.  I found out that it was actually owned by LLD and that they do have the rights to pursue it legally.  Never the less, I was offered a great deal to settle and I took advantage of it since I've been trying to clean up my credit!!  They updated my credit report as a paid in full as a my credit score dramatically improved.  My advice is get something in writing before you pay it and definitely verify if the account is with them!

WELL LYZ I THINK YOU JUST GOT TOOK.

ITS TO BAD YOU DIDN'T SEE THIS PAGE BEFORE YOU PAID THEM A DIME....JC

This company has been calling me for a while now.  They have been calling on an account that I did have that was delinquent.  I thought it was real especially since they were threatening taking me to court and i paid them a large amount of money just today.  WHAT THE HELL DO I DO NOW!?????!

I have gotten several harrassing calls from a "private" number, w/ message to call 855-630-9823 w/ case ****, after several attempts to reach them, I decided to look on the internet not having any idea what these people were doing.  I pay my bills and couldn't imagine what this was for.  I too was "Threatened" with a uniformed officer serving me papers if I did not call back with in 2 hrs of their call.   Well, I have the police drive by my house daily and I have a good friend that is a dispatcher, so IF it was legite they know exactly where to find me.   I have had hard times in the past and I felt something wasn't right w/ how they were handling things.   This needs to stop!!!!   A debt collector has to give some specifics, I also knew something was wrong as he didn't have my county correct!!!!     Has ANYONE had any thing come of these calls to be valid besides scamming and harrassment???

Same thing here! Process servers have a job to do. They don't fire off warning calls!

Got a call from these d-bags saying they need to schedule a service or legal papers. I work for a law firm so I checked to see if a suit has been filed against me. Nope. Nothing. Zero. They have to file the complaint and THEN serve me. Don't let them scare you!!!

The same exact situation happened to me that happened to Dub. I've had to do a lot of foot work and finding that nobody is owning the account just going around in circles. LLD is no doubt a scam! They want to serve me, so bring it! I will sue them for harrasment under violation of the fair credit reporting act. They are very threatining and forceful when you speak to them and expect for you to give them updated personal information as well as give them double of what the debt is that shows up on your credit report. I found out that this account with HSBC is not an account I opened, someone fraudualantly opened the account in my name. I will be filing a police report and have reported it to HSBC as fraud. I did contact LLD and inform them that I do not owe that money as it is fraud and that I did not open that account. Man, she didn't expect that coming! She told me she wanted a copy of the police report. She doesn't need that! That just has my personal info on it as well as the claim against a charge that they are suing me for. Why would I give them a copy of that? Watch out for these guys they are pretty tough. Just hang up on them and have their number blocked!

has any1 gave them any money as a down payment or whatever...cause my dumba** sent them $150....i put a claim in with my bank to get it back...has anyone on here got their money back???

THESE IDIOTS CALLED MY X-WIFE OF 18 YEARS TELLING HER THAT THEY WERE GOING TO SERVE PAPERS ON ME AND NEEDED MY CONTACT INFO.
WHAT A BUNCH OF DUMB A***S.
I DIDN'T CALL THEM FROM MY OWN PHONE, I CALLED FROM A PAY-PHONE..
NO WAY FOR THEM TO CONTACT ME WITHOUT CALLER ID.
ANYWAY, THIS IS A SCAM TO THE MAX. THEY TRY TO SCARE YOU INTO PAYING.
AND LIKE I TOLD THE JERK, IF YOU HAVE PAPERS, THEY WOULD BE ISSUED FROM MY STATES COURT,,NOT A FLORIDA COURT...
I REALLY HOPE PEOPLE DON'T FALL FOR THIS AND DON'T GIVE THEM ANY KIND OF INFO..
IF THEY ARE LAGIT,,THEY WILL HAVE ALL YOUR INFO IN FRONT OF THEM..
MAKE THEM TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE..

Received a called on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 @ 9:55AM (EST) from this number 855-630-9823 claiming I was being sued and they wanted to speak to me before they file the case at Bronx County court house. REALLY.  

THANK you all for your posts.  I know I don't have any business in the citty and state Bronx, New York.  WOW!!!!!!

someone called my fathers business from this number today .... my employee answered they asked for me or my father then he told the caller that we were not available and started some speech about us being taken to court ! LOL ... thank god I googled this number ... low and behold I saw all these posts ! ... what a bunch of scumbags! During these bad times these losers are trying to rip off people.. I called the number back and informed them if I see their number one more time on my caller id I will have our lawyer call back! He got super defensive... told him . buddy google your number and see what comes up and just hung up ! ... and yes unless people are morons gimme a break these posts here about being actually served have to be 100 percent bs! its the collectors themselves posting or lemme rephrase that its the ( con artists) posting

I got a call from a withheld number on 8/5/11.  Some lady named Jamie saying she needed to talk to me to discuss a legal matter in my county of residence.  I called back the number left, which was 855-630-9823, twice that day, and both times it rang nearly a dozen times without an answer.

The company, LLDE, is near impossible to find any information on, and this whole thing smells strongly of a scam.

Jack - I call BS.  You got nothing in writing to begin with giving the opportunity to dispute the debt, etc...I am very well aware of the fact that bottom feeding low life collectors post on this board and pretend to be a debter in order to scare people into giving it up.

When I called, I get the same "corporate office" recording. No name.

I am inclined to think the same thing.

they also said there where charges against me, how would i look myself up?

The original call was from someone claiming to be a process server for an unpaid bill from several years ago. I was told that I could arrange to make payment so that I would not have to appear in court with all the additional costs that would be incurred. I was then transferred to a lady who told me what the payments would have to be and would have to be paid in two payments, one on that Friday and the  other on the following Friday (today) otherwise the deal would be off and they would proceed with the summons. A form was emailed to me to be signed and returned to them which I was unable to open. I sent an email stating that and was told that the form would be mailed to me and I could mail it back. Today a week and a half later, still no form. We shall see.

"Cops" don't accompany process servers. You are a liar. This site must sure be making it hard for you to trick people out od money on the phone!

Need to speak with you before charges are filed in Somerset County against you.  Then called my job and told my boss that I needed to call to set up a time of conveince to get the sheriff to issue a summons for court because I had to go to court.