I just got off the phone with these folks. They might be process servers. A company who files civil suits but they refuse to give you any real information about anything. I just spent 45 minutes on the phone with them asking for real legit information. Information that by law they were required to give me. Instead of giving me information they transferred me to 3 different people each one supposedly more higher up than the last. We might be served papers and we might not. At this point who knows but they wanted me to set up payment arrangements over the phone with out giving me information as to who they were and who I was giving it to. All they'd tell me it was about was that it was a credit card we'd had 10 years ago. What made them pissed off is that I know my rights legally. I'm not setting up any sort of payment arrangements with a company who refuses to give me information in writing. They offered to email it. They also changed their story a few times. First they said we should have been served and it was weird that we hadn't been b/c a law suit had been filed 10 days ago and we should have been served. When I asked for the information as to which court it was filed in and where I was told that it hadn't been filed yet that they couldn't give me that information. Yet the guy had just told me it had been filed 10 days before hand. If it had they'd have that information. Then I was told that they were trying to stop the process and that if i'd set up payment arrangements with them the lawyer could stop the process. The gentleman told me that he was putting me on hold to discuss it with the lawyer first hand. Yet when I asked for the lawyers information he refused to give it to me and transferred me telling me I could come to the company and blow it up if they gave me that information. I'm not handing my money or any information to a company over the phone that I don't know who they are. Regardless. Then the lady I was then transferred to tells me that she's listened to me enough and that I must not want to resolve this issue something I was told by the other gentleman 20 times just because I wanted REAL legit information. Anyone who would accept an email from someone as proof of who they are is an idiot. No thanks. Then the lady tells me that we were contacted 45 days ago. Again not true. She tells me that she's sorry my husband didn't tell me. First this time they didn't contact my husband this time they contacted a family member. Secondly he doesn't handle anything EVER. This company might in fact file civil lawsuits. They might have you served. They are liars though and paper pushers. It's just like any other debt. Any debt collector out there can sue you. THe problem is when you learn your rights and want real information and are not scared of them. Yes it's a real debt but this company is anything but legit in how they handle their business. You shouldn't have to be served court documents in order to get legit information on who you are handing your money to. You are legally entitled to know who you are handing your money to folks. Be careful.

These guys called my 80 year old mother and told her they were from Court Services (the Sheriff's Department) and they were looking for me to serve a warrant. They scared the hell out of her. They told her they were comming over her house at 9 p.m. to search for me. They never showed up but the damage was done.

The same day they called my oldest son at his work and left a message with one of his employees and told him that they were the Sheriff's Department and they were looking for me. The made the mistake of leaving a case number and contact phone number.

I researched the number onthe Internet and found out they were a collection agency.

I am filing a criminal report with the Sherriff's Department (Fraud Devision) and reporting them to the FTC (Federal Trade Comission).

Don't be intimidated by these guys. They are just vultures.

This number called me earlier this year on the last week of January. His name was "Kyle Wilson", whose extension was 224, from the Los Angeles County Process Service Division. He said I was to go to court bc someone was suing me for not paying out a balance of $269.99 and since I hadn't paid it, it has gone up to a $1,072.48 in debt. I had never received any information through the mail of the stated balances, nor did I receive any calls which is what they do when they go through the debt collector. He claims his "client" has been sending me letters in the mail and I "ignored it". He said there must be something wrong with my mailing system. I told him I was getting mail, but I never received anything from a "Union Management", their client. He said that they can probably stop me from going to court if I just pay $600 in full (RED FLAG). He gave me a time limit ( within 24 hours on a "courtesy hold") bc I didnt buy it and I told him I had to do my research. He said if my time limit was up and I don't pay that amount, the documents would be served to me at my residence and I would need to sign it and take matters to court, which would be more expensive. Then I mentioned I was going to the police to report this, his voice sounded quite startled. I am telling you this story now bc it's been months later and I never had to go to court,nor was I ever served any dox. At first I was scared bc I read some of these comments saying that they went to court and had to pay, but it's the scammers who are saying that.

This is nothing more than a third party bill collection agency. All the talk about being served papers is a flat out lie. I repeatly told " Adam Miller" to bring out the so called papers that he had for me and he kept saying for me to "call 877-489-2120. And as soon as he hung up the phone with me he called a relative I haven't seen in years repeating the whole story over. Bad business.
Little does he know I already have an attorney for my debit desputes and my attorney has gave me a recorder to record the harrassing calls and my family and friends are also documenting if they get anymore  harrassment, so someone is about to be in deep dodo and this time it ain't me. LOL
Under the Fair collection practice Act they have already commited a crime. Can't wait for them to call me back so I can read them what my lawyer has gave me to read to them.

I spoke with my attorney about this place. They contacted a distant relative of mine which scare the crap out of me...that they would know so much about me. Anyhow, they are NOT legitimate. He cannot even sue them as a collection agency as their address is actually a UPS store. They are criminals and need to be reported to your local police as well as the FTC immediately upon any and every contact with anyone. DO NOT call them back, and do not give them ANY information.

Nice try, a$$hole. You aren't going to get people to call your stupid, phony scam by posting on these forums. Do you think people are really that ignorant? Go screw yourself. Whoever called my distant relative from this number has been reported to the police and the FTC. Good Luck.

Same here,  they called my 76 year-old mom and told her the police were coming out the next day between 9 and 4 to talk to her about not forwarding a message to me.  I called them back and threatened to call the local D.A.'s office and they hung up on me.  Slime balls.

WHY would you give anyone your information with out proof of who they are? Email is NOT proof. THIS kind of thing is why people get screwed over and end up with their bank accounts raided and funds stolen. Legally any debt collector has to provide IN WRITING information about your debt. NEVER rely on an email or someones word of mouth. AND NEVER give out your credit card or bank account information. Anyone who says they can't give you real legit information with out payment first is FRAUD that's your first clue!!!!

sarah...we all know you work for this sleazy company,,they cannot get a judgment against you until the debtor is served and you idiots don't validate then the debt is invalid,and one more thing if the sol has passed you can kiss your judgment good-bye,your a low life liar maybe you need to get laid.

Well these people called my husband's work, told him that he had three hours in which to respond or they would be serving him court documents.  He called me and I called them back.  Got ahold of someone who said it was an old credit card, charged off 8 years ago and now the amount went from $400 to $3800!  He told me the information and that they would be getting a judgment against my husband for the $.  I told him that it does not work that way, he said that we needed to give them our checking account information, nope I said, he said they needed a credit card such as a prepaid debit, I said well ok but you need to send me the information first.  He said that they could not send the information until they have the card information.  I said well ok, gave them a cc# of a prepaid card that has $3 on it and said I would wait for their email with the information.  He said I should have it within a few hours, as of yet 48 hrs later, no email and NO INTENTION OF PUTTING ANY MONEY on the prepaid card for them to take until I get an email.  Spoke with an attorney who told us ya they are a back door company who buys old debts and they get nasty but DO NOT SEND $$ WITHOUT THE INFORMATION.  Oh well, good luck but YES RETURN THEIR CALLS, demand the information and go from there!  Good luck

I got a call from this number at my job and wanted to speak to human services on what our procedure was to file a summons because they have one to file for Me and they know how embarrassing it can be to be served at work.  Would I want to be served at my residence.  This was last week 12/27/10.  I called the number and gave case number and they said I had a 2 hour window in which to work with before my case if filed and I am served.  Well I hung up on the guy trying to work arrangements and researched the number and they are a collection agency that buys old debts.  So today I get a call and this number to call again.  I am going to call but to tell them to stop calling my job and send me a letter or do whatever.  This is ridiculous collection efforts!

Okay - first of all, the ones that are saying this is not a joke evidently work for the company.  If your debt is "unsecured" which most credit cards are, they cannot file judgements against you.  Do your research and do not let people pull a fast one on you.  A judgement means that when you go to sell your house, the judgement will be paid out of the proceeds.  They do NOT garnish wages on a judgement.  And if the debt is unsecured, they cannot file a judgement; that is why they are unsecured.  If a company misrepresents themselves, as this one clearly does, it is an FTC violation and they can be fined and the debt dismissed. PLEASE do your research first if you do not believe me, knowledge is power.

Your a joke and your father is a liar. they never say that because that would be against the law you idiots. do you really think going on these lame a** sites telling people this kinda stuff is going to help? FOOLS! CHECK YOUR CREDIT REPORT THEN IF YOU THINK THAT OLA!!!! And tell your daddy the same unless you guys are scams yourself and take peoples money and never repay. High Five for your great way of life

they are filing agents.. its your call. if i were you i would but if you feel you shouldnt then dont

who are these people? i dont know if i should  call them back?

this 877-489-2120 called my fiance and told him they were with the process servers and said if i didnt contact them within a certain time period and set up a time arrangement to get my documents that the court proceedings would go on without me. well i looked on this website thinking it was a scam so i didnt respond. after i got enough courage to call, (thinking it was a scam) they ended up having all the correct information and my attourney and i settled this out. they waved lots off fees because i was willing to take care of this voluntary. im pretty glad i did what i did! advising you people you can do what you want but if  want to go to court and fight something you did, then suffer the consequences.

THIS IS NO JOKE! This number contacted me saying they were with the process service division tried to give me a number and case number to call in. the first thing I'm thinking of is this is a bunch of Bull s**t. A few weeks later I look at my credit report and guess what it see, a judgement passed against me a few weeks earlier. I looked into it, and turns out they did try to serve me some papers. well i never got them and they went on to court with out me. Now i have a judgement against me and their slowly gonna start pulling the fee's from my paycheck. Please don't let this happen to you like it happened to me call this number back to help your self please!

These guys called my grandmothers best friend, that I barely know asking for me and told her that they were process servers trying to serve me. She called my dad to let him know about this so he could contact me.
A day later they called my dad stating they were with the process servers office and they were trying to serve me and that if would be in his best interest to tell them where I was because they were going to be searching everyone's homes that I'd known. So he calls me a little worried about it.
I called the little bastards and they have the nerve to answer the phone processing office. I tell them who I am and the case number I was given and he said hold on while he pulled the file. Immediately I went on alert that this was a collection company. When the kid came back I told him if I find out that this is an attempt to collect a debt and you've misrepresented yourselves as process servers I am gonna be pissed and file a complaint against you. Needless to say he said they weren't and then proceeded to try and collect on a credit card that I have showing in collections on my credit report.

they are a filing agency that that file civil law suits.

who are they?

this number called my brother in law and told me the sheriffs dep. were looking to serve me with court documents at his house, and if i wanted to get those documents i would have to call this number and give a case number. i researched the number and i thought it was a scam, so i didnt call. sure enough i was served at my work today by a process server and a deputy sheriff. now i have to appear in court in the next month. I contacted that number and they went over the documents with me and told me i was being sued and a judgement was being placed against me for 12,842.37 thats not counting 2500 in court costs and attorney fees! this isnt a scam its real s**t! trust me now im going to be broke.

sorry the message was left by 877 489-2120

This number 877 480-2120 also called me and gave my 78 yr old father the same story.... They told him I was going to be served with an arrest warrant the next day and I would not be able to find out for waht unless I  called the number they left with him. This is against FTC rules. They will be reported to FTC for sure.

Your post was removed earlier because it showed indicators that it was written by a shill, intended to present a deceptive picture of this company as a legitimate debt collector.

Your "update" is consistent with a similar intent.  

In particular it paints an erroneously positive presentation of the outcome of paying a debt to this "debt collector" that isn't even consistent with normal industry credit reporting and scoring practices.  Paying a debt to a collection agency would still leave you with damaged credit scores.  Collection agencies don't have the authority to remove negative reporting by others, such as this "credit union".  Faxing some "pay in full" letter would not result in the "credit union" "clearing" anything, as their own posting would still show the entry as a bad debt, either sold off or paid off, but still damaging scores.  

Similar deceptive representations are apparent in other shill posts connected to the Corona scam.

You're still a shill.

Idk why my post was removed, anyways i thought i just let you guys know that i did go ahead and make payments on my debts and i received a pay in full letter i called the Vista\Experia credit union and fax over the letter i check my Credit Report a few days ago and its cleared =] that one step closer to a clean report. I wish you all luck

Another phony "debt collector" scam based in Corona.  Contact the Riverside office of the FBI.

Shill.

These people are nothing but people who buy bad debts from a bank or credit card company. There are laws that these people are violating. No collector can place at call to your home or place of employment and threaten you with the "fear of arrest." Debtor's prison no longer exist.I would encourage everyone who gets a call from this company to file a complaint.
  This case number doesnt exist,and they claim it is sealed. I asked if Grand Jury sealed documents? The man didnt know what to say. They are rude The DumbA** dint know 859 area code was in Kentucky. I ask him several times if he knew what state he was calling. This company purchases old debts some that are way past the statute of limitations..

City Services keeps calling my parents house telling me that I need to call them. But, when I do they never answer the phone. They are telling my parents that I am going to be getting served at his house eventhough I don't live there. I pulled up my credit report and there is no City Services on my credit report to find out who these people are. What can I do to get these people stop calling my parent house when I don't know who they are?

This person is probably a scam artist too. They are NOT legitimate. Do not take their b***s***. One of their "employees" Gavin LaPree (aka a***ole) is one of them that calls. PLEASE DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY INFO, it's a scam.