I got a call like this today... Did anyone ever show? They are saying I was going to jail for theft.... I never stole anything in my life!

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

I have received numerous calls from 855875805 for an old debt my son owed. Now these people are calling my landlord and even called my landlords mother. My so is not on my lease and does not even live here. They make threats of having court papers and even said the police were coming here or to my sons job to arrest him. Is this legal? They are calling me dozens of times a day. This isnt even my debt its my sons so why keep harrassing me?

dam straight...I did fight back. i called the ftc fdcpa bbb. I reported the AAg to all these government agencies. unfortuatly they cant and wont do anyhing right away to STOP all the collection calls and harassment. I did find these other people  on a google search. Consumer Credit Helpers. they helped me immediately and it didnt cost me a dime! I would not use your 9mm use your verizon phone.

Why has these people not been arrested? I will set up meeting on my personal property and if they show they will get a 9mm double tap...someone has to fight back here.

I got a call from Michael Mayson, he said that he would be coming to my home on Monday Sept. 3, 2012, to delivering documents that I need to sign for with my ID and have a witness. Or he/ll be going to my place of employment to deliver them their and I need to have my supervisor sign for them as well. FOOLISHNESS!!!!!!  He gave the number 855-875-2511 to contact to find more information.. He MUST be STUPID!!!!

I received a call today on my cell from a local number.  I didn't answer and let it go to voice mail.  The guy stated his name was Michael Mason and that he had come to be in possession of some sealed documents that required my signature.  He said that I needed to have a valid id, & a witness to sign as well.  He said he would try my residence and then my place of employment where he would need a signature from my supervisor.  He said if I had any questions to call 855-875-2511 and refer to a file number to reach the filing party prior to his arrival.  He told me to consider myself properly served!  I thought it sounded awful weird.  Now that I am reading other posts, I am going to ignore the call and report it only if it becomes harassing.  It looks as though this has been going on for quite some time now.  My question is, why hasn't someone stopped them?

I recieved a phone call from this number for my husband. I called the number back to see who it was, Company was called National Asset Group. The phone call was actually from a private courier saying they were coming to our home or office tomorrow. I called the company back and they were willing to give me all the information since I was his spouse. ALERT how many bill collectors do you know that will give you the information if you are not the person they are calling for?? They say this message is solely intended for so and so if you are not so and so please press 1, or this is a private business matter. They said he had a returned check from a Payday loan place. They had a case number. I was scammed by a similar outfit recently and actually payed them $400 before I realized it was a scam. I stopped paying and they never called again.

I received the same call today that a sealed document will be delivered to me tomorrow afternoon via courier either at my residence or my place of employment. Called the 855 # claim debt collector. That I was suppose to be served papers. to my home or job. Trying to get me to settle a payday loan. Telephone courier calling from is 2813375921. Went on Harris County District Clerk Website to see if my name is there for legal reasons. Nothing online

Government Actions

NYS Attorney General vs Argos Alliance Group, LLC
Date of Action: 6/21/2012

The NYS Attorney General reached a settlement with John Chebat, who operates several debt collection businesses in the Buffalo area, including Western New York Capital, Inc.; International Asset Group, LLC; Unified Asset Solutions, LLC; Outsourced Legal Prep, LLC; Argos Alliance Group, LLC; and Check Systems Recovery, LLC.

The Attorney General's office entered into an agreement with Chebat requiring him to pay $175,000 in penalties and change his debt collection practices. The investigation concluded that Chebat collectors:

Illegally contacted the employers of consumers.
Illegally sent verification of employment forms to employers demanding information to which they were not entitled to. For example, they demanded social security numbers of consumers.
Illegally sending letters to consumers on the letterhead of a local attorney.
Falsely representing to consumers that, if they did not settle a debt, their case would be referred to a "nationwide network of attorneys" or in-house counsel.
Engaged in Caller ID spoofing, the practice of causing a fictitious local number to be displayed consumer's Caller ID display, including local court phone numbers.
Falsely represented to consumers that they were process servers and were about to serve consumers with legal process.
Falsely represented to consumers that if they did not settle the debt, Chebat would pursue them "according to [the consumer's] Bad Check Laws"
Falsely implied to consumers that they had taken civil judgments when they had not.

In addition to paying $175,000, Chebat must (i) install a system that permits him to monitor the calls of his collectors without their knowledge, (ii) monitor his collectors on a regular basis to ensure that they are complying the law, (iii) bar his employees from engaging in spoofing and representing that they are process servers, and (iv) appoint a compliance officer responsible for ensuring that Chebat's collectors comply with the law.

http://www.bbb.org/upstate-new-york/business- ... t-ny-235965899/

I received a phone call from a gentleman named David Judge from a blocked number, he left a message for a friend of mine on MY phone saying he had papers to serve.  I called the 1-855-875-2511 number back and was told I am to appear in court over this.  I want my phone number removed from their system.

I have received 2 phone calls from 215-660-3072 telling me that a courier was coming to my house tomorrow and I needed ID and witness to sign some papers.  I didn't answer first call which said it was from AAPA and I could call 855-875-2511 and refer to the file number he left (his name was Mutt Mason.)

Second phone call was next AM.  I told him person he was asking for would not be home and that this surely sounded like a scam and that I was going to report it.   He did not show up at 3PM as he threatend to.

This caller doesnt identify themselves, just says they will come to my job to give me some papers.  I want this to stop.

I had a couple missed calls from this number do you have the name of the company????

I have been receiving calls from them as well. I wanted to say thank you for posting that number they really are helpful my calls from AAG have stopped and i honestly didnt think it was possible it was everyday many times throughout the day!!!so thanks for sharing your information with us.

Has anyone gone thru this? Ive been recieving calls telling me the same thing. Has anybody been served with papers? Is this a legitimate business?

i would not hold my breath, this is a scare tactic that these collection agencies use, to try to trick you into paying your debt. Nobody will ever show up. They probably are calling you from your area code...Right?  They use a system that allows them to make it look like they?re in your area. This is supposed to scare you into calling them. I found all this information out from a friend who helped when my debt was in collections. He is has helped a lot of people, if your interested?

I received a call today stating they would come to my job and or home if i didnt pay the bal of 804.32 in 3 pymts with first one made today 7/27/2012. They states its from a check that i wrote at a check cash place almost 8yrs ago that i am certain i paid. Because i'm in the process of getting another job and aware that in my field background and credit checks are done. It scrade me and rather than miss a job making 100+k the first yr due to a mistake made almost 8yrs ago I agreed to pay it only to insure that no judgements are placed against me on my background or credit. After speaking with them and making these arrangements to pay (but not before letting them no I dont owe anything during the recorded part of the conversation, that my only reason for pymt was to insure I have no issues getting this new job) I ran it by a friend of mine that informed me they did her mom the same way. They arent representing anyone but themselves and are getting people information off the internet that is growing so fast enabling people to tap into your lives without reason. This company is a scam. If you tell them you will have your lawyer contact them, they will stop calling, will not come to your home or job. It will be let go as if it never happened. I dont deny writing a check and not paying it but once it was owed for a certain length of time and a settlement was offered, I paid it and plan to sue them once i get all my documents together. What i think is happening is anyone who has ever written a check at these 2wk ck holding companies and not paid or went into any collection activity, they have a way of obtaining that information and using it to get people money. Im sure their are some that still owe the money but I dont and if you dont DO NOT ALLOW them to scrade you. Tell them to do what they need to do and you will do the same. Its to easy to find people information now a days that its sicken. I typed in my name and was given not only my phone number but my current address with a picture of my front yard. Glad im not hiding from anyone

I go the same call as the others on thisposting a guy named David Stevenson and he is coming tomorrow at 3pm and I need to behome with a valid id and a witness to sign for some documents and if I am not home they will consideer it as a refusal and take further actions on me!

I am not sure what I need to do but I was burglarized  recently and I dont know how they got my number its a fairly new number:( I am going to repost this to the police just in case.I am not having no one show up at my house demanding nothing over here!

I got this same message on my phone and I dont know what in the world this is??? He said he will be at my home at 3pm to sign papers and i must have a valid id and a witness!!!!!! Im calling the police!and making my repost. I recently been online and i think my identity has been stolen!OMG!

got the same message .did you find out anything.

I am also getting calls.  I assume that no one has had them actually show up?  The person calling me is claiming that they are Larry Dove, a person courier, and that they have a document at their office that they need to drop off to me no later than today and that they will be stopping by where I work and if they can't find me at work, they will be coming to my home.  If they can't find me, they will have to send it back as a refusal.

Ive been calls from this company for a couple weeks now. I know better than to carelessly give out my social security number over the phone. Just like how collectors know better than to threaten me with a summons before identifying who they were speaking with. This is the number for a non-profit company that deals in protecting our rights from collectors 855-672-1988. When I called and explained what was goin on, he told me that I might have a case. he said he may be able to put me in touch with an attorney. He said in the mean time he will make them stop calling me. My verdict. 2 thumbs up.

There is no way that I wuill be making any type of arrangements with these people they are very rude and I need to find out every bit of info about them as I can!!

Received a phone call at my place of employement saying that he would be here around 3:00 tomorrow to deliver documents to me....refusing them would be taken as a refusal to pay.  No idea who he is or what this is for.  Left me a very threatening voice mail which I will be saving and reporting this man to the BBB along with a report to the local police department.    If he shows up here tomorrow,  I will be having the department security guard on standby and have the police called.

I got a call from Frank Goldstein & he said that he would be delivering documents first thing in the morning...what the hell

just wondering what town yu live in he called me yesterday with the same message

I received the same call today that a sealed document will be delivered to me tomorrow afternoon via courier either at my residence or my place of employment, I will need valid ID when I sign for it, and I will need to have a witness there to verify my signature.

If it is a scam, how can it be stopped? Very annoying, intimidating, and embarrassing.

Yeah, this guy name Frank Goldstein called from that 855-875-2511 number and said he his come to deliver paper...I know it is a collection company..They r trying to harass us.,.I gave this info to our bankruptcy attorney and we r going to sue them for harassing us...Thus will stop...We r reporting them...