Moral of the story is - scammers call people all the time and scare them into paying a debt they either do not owe, have paid off already, or the debt is not theirs to collect.  Never pay any caller who refuses to mail proof that you owe a debt and proof that they can legally collect said debt in your state.  

Also, you don't get calls about "potential" cases against you - a legitimate, law-abiding debt collection agency would mail you dunning letters, which would be your cue to demand a debt validation letter showing original creditor, amount of loan, date of last payment and if the agency is licensed to collect said debt in your state.  If you are going to be sued, the next step would be receiving a letter (NOT a phone call) that the agency is proceeding to legal action against you., then you would receive court papers via process server or certified/registered mail.

It is a violation of the FDCPA to reveal details to a party other than the person being sued.  And scammers don't care if you pay your bills or not - heck, they don't care if you're even the person they're looking for.  As long as they can scare some poor schmuck into paying them money, that's all that matters to them.

i am just curious how these people get this info. my family was contacted about a potential case against me. i called the number back and it was a old debt that i didnt pay. i am a responsible person so i paid the debt and they left me alone. i just dont understand why the contacted my distant family members. if your not in the habit of paying your debts, situations like this can occur. moral of the story for me, pay my bills on time.

Hi I too was approached by Edison Parks Assoc today, saying they were serving me, going to Superior Court taking my monies.  They wanted monies by a certain time today.  What is with these people?

Thank you for this information; I also received similar threat tactics but from a different number 855-329-7126 with CA claim number by Bob Roberts; made all the same threats; they have documentation being sent to the clerks office then give my address.

They gave me their office name is Eddison Park and Associates.

There has to be some kinds of law enforcements from these kinds of crooks.  I am going to work very hard to get to the bottom of these so call lawyers.

Please see the court documents/ injunction filed by the FTC on several companies from same area engaging in the same behavior as this one.

http://www.ftc.gov/os/caselist/1123142/111026rinconcmpt.pdf

My take is that they are all related. I don't think it'll be long before these guys are shut down. DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY MONEY, INFORMATION, ETC.. and do not take them or their threats seriously at all (they are not lawyers, process servers, paralegals, and i have yet to find any  licence info on their "collection business" They are just some ghetto ciminalls and they will all be prosecuted, including the employees bc they are engaging in fraud, extortion etc...   Check your credit and  document every contact they make with you and complain to the ftc and local gov agencies.
I highly suggest writing to the vendors they use, such as merchant accounts Edison uses to process the creditcards of their victims, the UPS store that permits Edison to have a po box (which they claim as their physical address), Edison phone providers, and the credit agencies permitting Edison to use their credit report database, and Edisons landlord. Bc these vendors are supporting Edison Park and associates illegal activities and should  also be held accountable for damages.

This has been going on all around the country, look at the threads in Florida about another criminal outfit called Thurston and associates
http://complaintwire.org/Complaint.aspx/IwDlZUO5rwCnIwjOJPSk-w/10

Hi, when you say this is a scam, are you saying the company it self does not exist? Or the way they are collecting the debt is not legal? Are they realy a debt collector? It is a different between a scam and a company doing something ilegal. When i call this people, they answer the phone and i hear phone lines, they are faxing information on letter heads not to say you cant create one. So, i'm a little confuse when i read all of the above information. A scam to me is someone who would take money and then dissapear, this is not the case here. Althought i think they are a***oles and are going at it very ilegal, i'm not sure if this is a scamed or not? Please help!

I received 2 calls and was told papers would be issued and that my employer would be contacted if I did not respond by 5pm end of business day. One of the numbers I was to call was disconnected and the other number their was an answering machine. Nobody ever served me and as far as I know no body contacted my employer. This is a total scam. I don't know who is doing this and what they want (probably money out of fear). I hope they get caught and put some where far away from the general public

Oh my god I am going through exactly the same thing. They called saying I was gonna be served if I did not pay them. I stupidly enough gave them a $100 payment and suppose to pay them $1100 next month. They definitely scare me that is why I made the payment. After reading this I have no idea what to do. They have my credit card info so should I go cancel it and get a new one. Please help. If you can please email me directly at ace265@gmail.com with any advice. Anything would be appreciated. Thanks.

I received a call from this number, in which they claimed to be calling from the sheriff's department and that they had papers to serve me with.  They first began calling all of my family, and then proceeded to tell them that the sheriff was looking for me and that there was a possibility that I could be arrested.  They then proceeded to call my employer and continued to leave a case number for me to call back.  When I came back to work, I was then left a message by my employer that I was being looked for by an attorney to be served with paperwork.  After I tried calling this number, they would answer, "CORPORATE OFFICE"  I asked what this place was and they said it was an attorney's office and I then asked to speak to the attorney, for which they responded that he was in court and could not be reached "Attorney Edison Parks".  I asked for his bar association number, and I was given, "206450".  I checked it out and this number belongs to an attorney named Joel Curzon, which of course was not Edison Parks. The office manager, Sharra Blakanship, as she claimed to be called, then proceeded to continue to ask me in which county I lived and that I would be expecting to be served with paperwork by the sheriff's office, on that day or the next, and that I needed to call the County Clerks office to confirm my case on the court calendar.  I asked them what this was all about, and if they were in fact a debt collector's office, for which she said no.  I called the county clerk's office, and the county clerk said that they were not responsible for the court calendar and this I was being lied to, and that the case number was not legitimate. I called them back and I asked them not to call my  place of employment and to contact me directly about the matter.  The next day, the calls continued to family and friends and my place of employment. A man by the name of Tom Harrison kept calling leaving this number 855-640-4813 and an extension of 3122 to reach him at.  I was so distraught about the matter, I asked one of the administrative assistants to call them back to see if they  could find out what this matter was about, for which they were very rude and did not help at all.They then told them that I was going to be arrested by the sheriff.  They called again at work, To my employer and then called me.  I could not take the call, so I did not pick up, they then called continuously for three  consecutive calls and demanded that I pick the phone up, that the sheriff was on his way to my work and that it would be embarrassing for me to have them there and be arrested in front of my co workers and  students.  I told them that if that is what they had to do then to do it. Still at this time, they refused to give me information on what this was all about.  I told them that I would call them back after I got off of work. After I did get off of work, I called back, and I was told that I was going to be arrested by the sheriff's office.  I said since I still did not know what the reason for their harrassing calls was about, that I could do nothing about it, and that no sheriff showed up after they threatened that i was to be arrested.  After I got home, I checked them out online. I filed a complaint with the FTC, and the attorney general's office.  I also checked them out online and I confirmed that they are indeed debt collectors who are practicing illegal debt collection tactics, and are misrepresenting themselves to be attorneys.I found a registration for this company at:

http://www.corporationwiki.com/California/Ont ... c/45516795.aspx

Registered by a Jason Elsen.  He also runs Steele Morgan and Associates from this same address.  They seem to be doing the same thing.  They are debt collectors illegally practicing this. DO NOT BE FOOLED!!!!  Get an attorney and SUE THEM!!!  RECORD EVERY SINGLE CONVERSATION YOU HAVE WITH THEM and SUE THEM!!!  OR else,  THEY WILL CONTINUE TO CALL!!!  I found an attorney.

I suggest you do the same. Do not be intimidated by them.. They continue to call you to pump you for information that they use against you until they force you to pay.  Stop their mind games, and their use of illegal tactics to scare you. When you are on the phone with them, they gather bits of information, they then put you on hold. They then get online while they put you on hold on the phone, and they are adding information to your file so that when you ask them questions they google their answers and play with your head that way they sound like they know what they are talking about( hence the legal jargon they use and fake legal procedures they make up).  Then what ever information you give to them about your attorney, they put you on hold, and proceed to verify online of their existence.  They know how to play with your head, and how to get to you by calling family, friends employer and anyone else they can get to to corner you and scare the living day light out of you to coherce you to pay money to stop the supposed process to arrest you.  DO NOT BE COHERCED!!! REPORT THEM!!!
1. Record all conversations, get an attorney specializing in illegal debt collecting practices
2. Report them to the Better Business Bureau
3. Report them to the Federal Trade Commission
4. Report them to your state's Attorney General's Office

When I was sued by a Credit Card Co. , They never called me to inform me I was being served. Guy showed up 10:00 pm knocked at my door handed me paperwork. I was still able to settle the debt for less after being served but still had to  pay the court fee ($200 )and show up to court. Their Lawyer didnt show since the debt was settled.So if your to the point where there trying illegal tactics to collect a debt, the original lender has written it off and it should come off your credit report after 7 years.

THIS IS A SCAM. Scammers pretend to be law enforcement (police, sheriff, Feds, AG's Office, fake cop agencies with made-up names) and using bought/hacked loan application data to extort money for fictitious crimes or your personal ID.
The real DEA warns about fake-DEA extortion scams here http://www.justice.gov/dea/pubs/states/newsrel/2010/denver111010.html
The real FBI warns about payday loan extortion scams here http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/paydayloanscam_120710
The real FDA warns about fake-FDA extortion scams here http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/2009/ucm195814.htm
The real FDIC warns about fake-FDIC extortion scams here http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/specialalert/2010/sa10131.html
Report to the Internet Crime Complaint Center http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx , the Federal Communications Commission http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm , the Federal Trade Commission https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/ and your state AG, as appropriate.

Definitely a scam! Regrettably, I believed harrassing calls and voicemails (threats) they left me saying they would subpoena for a lawsuit and send a Deputy "Donovan Artur" to retain me to appear in court unless I paid the debt owed. I paid $1000 to them yesterday 3-15-2011, thinking I was paying off my past debt when in actuality it was a SCAM! I sent them a debt validation letter and asked them to send me LEGAL proof however they hung up on me and will not reply to my emails. Please, don't let this happen to you. I let my Navy Federal bank know as soon as possible, cancelled my card, and received half of my money back so far! I am waiting for the other half to come in. I filed a complaint @ ftc.gov and also filing a fraud police report. They are pending a legal investigation on this company who claims to be STEELE MORGAN ASSOCIATES LLC. Please do NOT call these scammers back!

I received a call from an unknown # and told we were being sued by an EPA lawfirm which I could reach at this number - 855-640-4813.  I was given a file # and told to reference it when I called, similar to the one like the previous post by snoopy591.  CA35630DC  I asked why we weren't served papers yet if we are being sued and was told it was scheduled for tomorrow.  Rubbish.  When I called, I was not greeted by a professional opening, just a generic 'Corporate Headquarters' or something like that.  I was asked if I had a reference #, which I gave, then was transferred.  I was then told a bunch of legal phrases, most likely to induce fear or panic...telling me that our case had been sent to litigation.....Anyone believing any of this?  I asked what EPA stands for and was told Edison and Parkman.  I hung up after that.

Bottom line, it's not how professionals work.  If we are being sued, we will be served......LEGAL documents, which we will then sign for  to legally document our receipt of the paperwork of the suit.  Not called and asked to call someone with a reference number and then 'scared'....none of it is legit.  None of it.  I hope no one falls for this ploy....and it looks like they are using difference schemes depending on who they call.  Answerer beware.

Received a call today from phone number 855-640-4813, but male speaker would not leave his name or what company he was calling from. He did have my work supervisor's name and her title and stated they were going to send documents to 700 H Street, downtown Sacramento, to room 2270 (I believe) and they needed my signature and if I could not be present, to schedule another date to provide my signature.

He stated they needed me to contact them immediately and provided the 855-640-4813 and once I speak to one of their agents, to provide them with case number CA 3315BD and they could assist me. This is not the first time I have received these calls. A few times it was a male caller with an Eastern Indian accent stating his name was Officer Robert Johnson with some un named state department. Another time is was a female with an Eastern Indian accent and they always give me the case number of CA but with different numbers.


I believe if they worked for a real collection agency, the would send you a real letter or contact you with their business name and number and provide you with a real account number for the case. Plus they would not pose as officials or officers and try to scare you.