Electricity switch scam - caller ID says PPL (Pennsylvania Power and Light)...nice try PPL does not serve my area.

Another number to report to the FTC.

My guess is Paige wolford is a drug addicted con woman. She is a high school drop out and they don't ever use attorneys. They are a last resort collections firm that buy old debts.  Tell her your recording her call and will report it to the authorities. And hang up she can,t do s*** to you there is no lawyer. She is a con woman. This firm has many complaints. Don't believe her lies hang up on them

This same, Paige Wolford, called me and left a message. An hot later I call her back and get voicemail so I left her my info to get in touch with me. The next day she calls my work 3 times in a row and when I pick up she isn't there, right after I get a voicemail on me cell that if I don't call her now she will go through my supervisor to make sure I call her back. So I step away from work, still not sure of the reason for her calling me and left another message on her voicemail. 30 minutes later she call me and tells me when she calls me she doesn't have time to wait on hold and I need to answer her call right away because she is doing ME a favor. Very irritated I listen to her threaten me that my next paycheck will be garnished. I state I haven't received and paperwork or any calls prior to the day before and I can only make payments that I can afford... I tried to make payments but nothing was good enough. You continued to talk down to me and tell me if I didn't come up with at least a thousand down, that my wages would be garnished on my next check. She told me when I said I would get an attorney that I could not hire an attorney. But then said if I did the attorney would have to prove I retained him for $1500. She said i had until tmrw to call her back with the down payment or they would garnish my wages. So, being terrified and panicked I tried everything to come up with money... So I have called her 3 times today and left 2 messages and still haven't heard a response.

Close your bank account. A collection agency CANNOT charge you $50 without your consent and you said you don't owe any debt. They'll have to send you a letter of validation first. You got scammed by a fraud collection agency.

i saw unknown charges on my account in $50... i called my bank and they said it was a collection agency.  I dont owe any money and just received this debit card.... can someone please tell me if this company has any legit collections? :(

I received the same call.  I tried to work out a payment plan and she threatened me with wage garnishment.  She was not helpful.  Let me know how what you claimed resulted in.  Thank you.

I've never had any kind of debt and I get them too, they're just trying to get your money

It's a scam, I have never had any debt and have been getting texts before I was even a legal adult.

When I first started getting this I was also under 18 and still have never had any debt.

Have been getting texts from these people for years saying to call the National Attorney Service on a sensitive matter.  Half in English, half in Spanish.  Have never replied.  Eventually started saving the messages. I've gotten it from a variety of numbers, usually starting with 1213, and almost never from the same number.  I've had one repeat.

Yo trabajo para Abogados Nacionales y tengo que llamar a las personas para que me den la informacion sobre su tarjeta de credito o debito.  Asi podemos cobrar lo que sus amigos/parientes deben en la Curacao.

Amo mi trabajo porque puedo sentirme superior a la gente con quien hablo.  Asi balanceo mi autoestima, ya que esta muy bajo.  Aparte de que tambien gano comision.

Me pueden llamar al 855-915-5626 Ext 205

Saludos,
Ronald Portillo

A ms Wolfhard, if that is the correct spelling of her name, called me a couple of times.  When I called back she stated she had a case number and the last four of my SS#.  This company National Attorney Services is also under another name as well National Collection Services. The company they are trying to collect for is Check'n'Go which is ligitemate Installment Loan Company.
However I do feel after reading complaints against National Attorney Services, they are the ones that aren't ligitemate.  Do be very careful of this company.  Definitely do more research when getting calls from this place.  They also stated that they were going to contact my employer and have my wages garnished.  By law there are steps to take before anything like that can happen and furthermore National Attorney Services has never sent me any documentation showing they are the actual owners of this debt.

I got a call from a Mrs. Wolford stating that I owe 800 bucks from a payday loan with Check Smart. I explained to her that I actually am  recieving a check in the mail anyday and was planning on paying this off anyways. She said that I had to pay this in the next two days or they will be proceeding with filing my case through court and I will have another 1500 dollars in fees. etc etc. I found this strange that she couldn't wait until next week for a payment (as the check I have coming will take a few days to clear) and she asked me to call around and ask relatives for money to borrow. This sounds like just a collection agency, but with all the legal yada yada it does make me nervous. She also said if I didn't pay this in the next couple days, that she would proceed with getting my wages garnished at my work.
Has anyone had experience with this place? They call themselves National lawyers collections

I OWE NOTHING TO THESE PEOPLE. I HAD BLOCKED COLLECTER CALLS HOW ARE THEY STILL CONTACTING ME.

If you set up payment arrangements with this company and use a debit card, they will automatically run your next payment on that card, even if you didn't authorize it. I called to make my next payment and they had already ran a payment for the full amount due. Crooked people didn't even stick with the payment arrangements. Only good thing for me is it is already paid. Don't have deal with a***oles anymore.

Collection companies can not just garnish your wages and can not legally harass you at work either.
Do not pay them, contact your debtor and make arrangements, they will typically settle for a lower amount.

Last option: don't pay anything. It will disappear from your credit file in 6 years.

If you owe a gym, don't pay!
Any blemish to your credit for a gym will be ignored by lenders as they all know gyms are a scam!

Knowledge is power and money in your pocket!

I keep receiving text message from another number (213-245-4774) for someone I do not know advising me to call this number for an urgent matter.  I have called them twice and told them I have no idea who the guy is they are trying to reach and they have told me they were taking my phone number off the list, yet I continue to receive text messages.

Can I take any legal action against them?

This company is presenting themselves to be  subpoena welding attorneys. A relative used a cash n go? kind of company and used family members as references and now they won't leave the family members in peace. This should be illegal. Another legalized scam bull our country allows itself to get away with....this nonsense and CEO bonuses.....opposite ends of the spectrum and the same means..............lol.

I received a message from Mr. Shepherd claiming I owe $$$ for a CNG that was a long time ago.  I have been dealing w/ these type of people for a while now,... I tell them I think there busy is fradulant and not to call..they still do, but at least there claim is illegitimate.  DO NOT PAY THEM...according to CNG any credit agency that claims they have your file, has to have the original paperwork you signed or a copy of it...Plus, do your own research...ask them to give you the original creditors name....then call them, they will let you know, who your loan was sold off to...keep going til you find out who actually has your loan. More than likely, it will not be National Attorney, Mr. Shepherd...877-202-5736 x 254...

After four days weekend i came back to work and one one of my coworker gave me a note , stating my name and 18772025736 with ext:236 and they gave the name HADEN CONRAD. So i try to call them but no one answered . But when he called me , he said i have a pending case in his office and ask me if i have pen and paper to write all the information abt the case so when i told him iam busy send all the information at my home address then he said he already did but i told him i didnt receive anything and i caught him when he said i dont like playing games and start getting mad at me . So i told him my attoney going to give u call soon and i hang up on him...

I have many voicemail and texts from the same number and service. Makes sense that it may be from a check advance place. I won't waste my time with it. Thanks all!

I'm a former debt collector for an attorney's office & their is something called the FDCPA (fair debt collection practices act). A collection agency (a reputable anyway) will notify you in writing of a debt they have obtained under your name. You then have 30 days to dispute the validity of the supposed debt (VOD, verification of debt). The agency then has 30 days to furnish you, the consumer w/ said debt. If they do not, then that agency CANNOT attempt to collect. They are then forced to sell it to yet another agency. The more a debt gets passed along, the harder it is to collect on!!! I have received text messages from 310-661-1314, 818-572-5306 & 302-360-8272 about an "urgent legal matter" as well as a voice mail from 877-202-5736 indicating the same. The voicemail was from a woman named Angelina Straughter. When I called 877-202-5736 a male voice identified the company as NACS, I then found Angelina Straughter in the directory but of course the automated recording just loops, nobody ever picked up.

I got calls from this number twice.  Once they asked to have get my brother to call them.  Another time, they called to ask me to get my old roommate to call them.  These are separate cases.  The message says there is a legal matter so they need to call back.  They always leave an extension, which is supposed to make people get all worked up.  Only "real offices" use extensions right?

Where are these creeps getting my number?  And if they have my number, they probably have their numbers too.  Are they trying to trick family members into thinking their loved ones are in serious legal trouble?  Never believe politicians and never believe strangers either.

I Received a  text from this number, regarding a important legal manner, then a voice mail. I did not respond because I do not owe any one, I am  a paralegal and I looked the company up and came up with nothing, no information in the event that I did owe some one and it may have slipped my Mind.  A reputable collection company will notify you in writing of a debt that you owe, they will not contact you by phone and demand that you pay the debt over the phone. I have reported this to the Better Business and also to th attorney General. Also, some one just mentioned to me to check into TCPA ( Violation of Consumer Protection Act) which is a violation of collectors for calling your cell phone.

I received a text message from310-661-1314 telling me to call National Attorney Services at
877-202-5736 Ext 274 regarding a very sensitive matter.

Same company called me twice this month, Karen Watson is the name of the rep.  She claims to have my file and that it is a legal matter that needs to be addressed with me ASAP.  I got a similar call from a similar company a couple of years ago and as it turned out, they simply googled my name, which happenes to be shared by hunders of people out there, which is how they got my number.  The person they were looking for lived in a different city and wrote a bad back to a check cashing place, which is somewhere I've never been to.  They claimed they had all the correct information and that it was me.  They were rude and obnoxious.  So, I did my own research and contacted the specific bank institution that they claim returned the check, which I somehow majically wrote and received a payroll advance for.  BTW - I did not have an account with this Bank nor have I ever done personal business with them.  I eventually called back and told them I researched their claims and found it to be unsubstantial for obvious reasons and advised them to refrain from calling me and to hire better investigators in order to get in touch with the correct indidiviuals.  And, if they continue to harrass me, I would have no problem spending my own money to track them down and file a lawsuit against them for harassment and whatever I can throw in there to prove my point.  I never heard from them again until now. I know that I probably didn't have to spend the time to look into it myself but it just bothered me so much that I had to do something.  Now after that experience and with the new calls that I received once again... I am waiting for this person to actually get a hold of me so I can share my thoughts and mess with her mind (just for kicks)...

i did not receive a call but I got a text message from them.  if it was really a legal law firm they would not send you a text.

Why don't you learn to read?

"I know my status and have a super clean record."

I had the exact same thing.  I thought..if this was a legit place, they wouldn't send a text..what attorney would do that!?!  If this is legit, is this their way of informing you in writing because how can they guarantee that you have texting capabilities.  I can't even remember if I have a pay day loan...if I do it has to be at least 2 or 3 years ago because I haven't used them since.  Shouldn't you get something int he mail or calls from the payday loan facility to collect the money before it's been 2 or 3 years?  After reading all these posts, I honestly don't know what to do, I don't know if I should call them back or the last place I would have taken out a pay day loan and see what they say...??

They texted me and threatened me in writing on a cell #.