Thank you so very much to all who took their  time to post and keep people (like me) from getting scammed.

Just like all the people above... My sister 2000+ miles away called me in a panic asking if I'd broken the law.  10 mins later I received the BLOCKED CALL on my cell phone. This person informed me I was going to be served within 1-2 hours at my home address. Gave me a case number and a phone number to call. I could not imagine what this was about! I know I have had some collections... But they are over seven years old. The guy had my current address, and the last four of the account number.  I was SO tempted to pay. It was either 2500$ judgement plus a record... Or a 600$ settlement.

I am SO glad I took the time to research. I can even see the original inquiry on my credit report. (This is how they obtained information like my address and the last four numbers of my old account)

The shill posts had me scared too... But obviously it's all part of this scam.

The sheriff was supposed to be here within 2 hours.  He's 9 mins past due... So I will certainly post here if he ever actually shows up :)

(This is the number that I had to call. 1-877-527-5011 guys name was John... of PLF & associates.)  

This is such a scam . I get a letter in the mail from Jcpenny from you people saying my husband owes money and he has never bought anything from there.???? Yes i would say SCAM!!!!

April 2013 -
Number belongs to JC Penney collection department. Customer service available only during normal business hours.

jcpenney
P.O. Box 29140
Shawnee Mission, KS
66201

There new robo dialer number is 877 527 5743 calls his name Mr White........yeah needs to get a real job..an if he white it sure surprised me.

These people have used multiple phone numbers and the people defending them on this website our them. We are in the process of taking care of this matter.....so please disregard this person, they are going to have there own court trial to attend and may involve jail time...i do hope they appear in court...This is not how the court system works the Sheriff comes to your door. They screwed up on this one.

They were just sued by FTC.  A TRO and asset freeze is in effect.
Contact FTC.
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2011/10/rincon.shtm

Yes this company keeps calling a relative. I called them to confirm the debt of which they fail to verify they want you to confirm SSN# and date of birth, like I am that stupid to give it to them. So I told them I am on to them and I already filed a report with the FTC, BBB, and the attorney General. This company is not registered to conduct business in California after I told them I have report them and asked for their address to send a cease communication letter they refused to give me their mailing address and requested I stop calling their company. They messed with the wrong cookie, with online research I found this companies partners already have been charged with 7 felony counts. The threaten that they have all calls recorded good luck using a recording in a court of law these people need to get a life and stop scamming people. They will be caught and when they do they are the ones that will pay will jail time =)

My whole thing is why did they call me numerous times requesting I no longer call them and that my case has been closed. Only because this is a prove of guilt that they are running a scam.

There address is

Worldwide Filing Services
1240 E. Ontario Avenue
Suite 102-175
Corona, CA 92881

send a cease communication letter and if they continue to bother you have a bigger case for them to be tried in a court of law with additional felony crimes

Yes it is. It's being called CORONA DEBT SCAM and unfortunately you are a victim.
Please report them now.

Global filing service called my work and harrased me for about a week ...if I didnt set up a payment arrangement an oficer would come to my work and serve me with papers ....the guy was so mean and intimidating he made me cry and I actually gave him my bank account info this company has been taking out 50 every 26th of the month ... for about 6 mos now.............is this really a scam??

Consumers have reported that:
1)  Texas AG has a cease and desist order filed against them for unlicensed debt collection in Texas.
2)  FTC has been pulling phone records, to connect all the names back together.  They have also been doing follow up interviews to complaints.

This one's coming down soon.

They don't.

They are a scam being investigated by the FTC.

Contact FTC.

Welcome to the Corona Scam.  

They have been running this same scam, with all the fake "process server" calls to relatives, threats implying you have been "sued", or you will "go to jail" if you don't immediately pay them, for several years, using at least 30 company names to hide the full level of their activities from authorities.  Their goal appears to be to panic consumers into paying them for these "debts" without any proof they actually exist, or that they have any right to collect them.  It's basically a con and an extortion racket.

From reports from ex-employees and job applicants, we find out the "process servers" and the "closers" are all calling from the same call centers, based in several sites in the Corona CA area.  The "addresses" are mostly mail drops, usually at UPS Stores in the Corona and Lake Elsinore area, but with a couple also in Fullerton or Riverside, all within an easy drive of Corona.

Many people report they find an inquiry on their credit report (often reported to be Experian), under one or more of their many names (like PMG, HGG, AF Group, etc.), followed within a couple days with the "process server" calls to relatives.  Even though they have clearly pulled a recent credit report, and would have current address, the first calls are almost always to a relative, often in another state or across the country.  This appears to be an attempt both to appear to be a "process server" skip-tracing, to imply a "lawsuit", and an attempt to panic people using threats and embarassment through family members.  They are also known to make threatening calls to employers, threatening "serving a summons" at work, or "garnishment".

Another characteristic is the shill posts they leave on most complaint threads that mention them.  They appear to have found that consumers trading information on their illegal threats interferes with their little extortion racket, so they post "good debtor" shill posts claiming they "settled" an old debt, or whiney "bad debtor" shill posts, claiming they were "served", or "sued and garnished".  The shills are easy to spot, and are usually quickly outed on 800notes, whocallsme, and similar sites.

The "debts" are often reported to sound like old accounts still visible on credit reports, but some complaints report they don't have the information quite right, that they are demanding payment on already paid accounts, even verifiable as paid with the original creditor, or that the alleged debt doesn't sound like any debt they have.  These reports are consistent with fabricating fake "debt" claims using information from consumers' own credit reports.  

They pretty much violate everything prohibited by FDCPA, yet have excuses ready-made for why they don't have to comply with that federal law.  They claim they "aren't debt collectors", that they are "filing firms" [sic] (but not "attorneys"), that they have no control over what the "process servers" might have said, etc.  You ask for proof of the debt, they say they don't have it, or it's "at the attorney's", or "sent to the judge already".  Or they refer you back to your own credit report as "proof", or try to pass of an emailed "settlement letter" instead.

Paying some scammer for a debt they don't own or have any right to collect will not settle any legitimate claim by the debt owner, who could still come along later and demand payment.

You can sue for FDCPA violations, for actual damages plus statutory damages of up to $1000, AND attorney fees.  (That is how your attorney can get paid for his time.)  In addition, as they appear to be illegally pulling credit reports without "permissible purpose" to use in this fraudulent scheme, you may be able to sue for violations of FCRA, also with attorney fees.  State laws often have similar provisions to the federal laws, but some may allow for higher penalties.

There are also possible criminal penalties, for attempted larceny, and the unauthorized possession and use of identity information as part of this fraudulent scheme, if you can get them prosecuted.

You should contact FTC, your state Attorney General, the Riverside Sheriff's Department,.and the Riverside office of the FBI.

Mr. Adams? Funny, I got a call from this # from a Mr. Adams today. Not accusing you of working for them but....*sniff, sniff* I think I smell fish?

i didn't know that process servers call you to serve you.

I am not writing here to give legal advice, or to tell you what to do. I can only speak from my own experience. So I am writing to every post that I can find online regarding these people in order to spread the word. Please do the same thing? it is the only way to stop them!
Finally I was able to close the matter with these people. My ordeal with them started as they began making repeated annoying calls to friends and family members of mine. These calls were random and all violated my privacy by telling my friends and family members that I owed money and that if I did not respond within a couple of hours, they would take me to court and I could end up in jail. Thankfully, one of the first people they called was my brother and him being the gadget freak, he recorded the whole conversation!
My brother let me hear the recording and it is true that they disclosed to him that I ?owed? money and that they will be serving me papers to go to court and likely go to jail.  This by itself is a violation of the Fair Debt Collections Partnership act.
I decided to follow up because even though it sounded fishy, I wanted to know who has it for me!
I wanted to record the conversation like my brother did for my records. I wanted to make sure that I would not do anything illegal so I researched and found out that in my state and most states of the Union, you ARE allowed to record a phone conversation as long as ?one? of the parties knows about it?Since I am ?one? of the parties, it gave me the legal right to do so!
So with my radio shack phone recorder recording I decided to give this people a call ?
I called the number and the person who answered was polite but unprofessional. She did not state the name of her company. They claim to be Global Services from California. They refused to give me any more details.  I gave her my ?case number? and she transferred me to my ?assigned? person. I was then transferred to ?Amy Smith?. I politely asked her to give me more information and she got defensive and told me ?Good Luck in court? and hung up the phone forcefully! (This is obviously part of their scare tactic so that you feel that you did something wrong and to show you who is in control). So I was not going to call back, but I had to do it if I wanted to get any information from these people. When I called back I was then transferred to another person. This person told me that this is concerning an old debt of X amount of dollars. She said that they have tried numerous times to contact me ? (this is not true)?and that since I did not respond on a timely manner, they have been obligated by their client (the bank) to take me to court.
This is clearly all very shady, but I am the type of person that does not like to ignore things. I need to investigate!
This is how I proceeded?
I called my labor union?s attorney and explained the situation. He promised to investigate. He later called me and told me what he found out? It turns out that these people have given ?their? address to some ?defendants? to send correspondence. That address is
1191 Magnolia Avenue, Suite D-396, Corona, CA  92879
The funny thing is that when he checked that address, it belongs to a UPS pick-up and delivery location!!! So now there is another reason to believe this is a shady operation.
My attorney also went over everything I told him and cleared the air for me. If these people are legit (and I very much doubt it), we can clearly sue them because I had enough proof with the recordings that they have violated my rights under the FDCPA!!! He told me that we can sue them for a maximum of $1000.  I am willing to tell him to go ahead and keep all of the money as compensation.  Now we need to find out where they are physically located and if they have a legit company.
So my advice to all of you?if you owe money, pay it. If you are having a tough time to meet ends, then call the original lender and try to come up with a solution.  Research and learn your rights! If you owe money and they threaten to take you to court?then don?t worry and go to court! The court is not there to be against you?the court is there to make a fair decision! They will determine who is right and who is wrong and if you lose the case, they will determine how much you should pay or even come up with a fair payment plan. Don?t let these crooks scare you and by all means, do not send them any money! If they are legit, let them take you to court. No harm done! You cannot go to jail for credit debt! And by all means, get yourself any cheap phone recording device (check online or in eBay or Radio Shack) and record all your conversations with these people...If these people are legit, you might be $1000 richer when is all said and done! And last but not least?Please file a complaint with your State Attorney General?s office and the FTC. With enough complaints to these entities, they will investigate these scammers and put a stop to their bullying!

My mother keeps getting calls from these people saying the same thing two to three times a day... They keep saying you must tell them they have either one or sometimes three hours to call or a Sheriff will be sent to the house. I at first thought that it was for me but after calling them it wasn't even my SSN#. I told them to stop calling my mothers phone # and that she is very old and ill. She dose not need to be getting calls from these people especially if it doesn't have anything to do with her or anybody in her family.  You would think that all the laws they keep adding up their in Washington they would pass a law to stop the harassment of others who have nothing to do with what ever they are calling for.

Came home from running errands and my boyfriend told me I had a message from some company, they wouldn't say who, but told him if I didn't call this number within 2 hrs. they would serve me with a warrant.  I called the number back and gave them a case number they had left.  It wasnt even me. It was for a relative. I was totally peed off, I had to ask 4 times for the name of their company.  Then they have the nerve to tell me it must have been one of the companies who work for them.  They wouldnt name the other company. This is totally illegal.  And I would like to know how they are getting our phone numbers.  There had been another call made to the ex-brother-in-law of the relative they wanted.  He has had nothing to do with the relative for 10 yrs.

The call comes is as unknown talked to my wife told her I was being sued. And the a sheriff will seve me with paper. I called the company it's a old debt from 20 yrs ago that I claim bakrupcty for and they won't stop calling. They had my wife scared to death and they where very ugly she said.

They have been calling my job telling my employees that I need to call them asap or I will be served.  I know this is a scam, but how can I prevent them from calling at work?  There are scaring the people that work for me saying I have  a court case.  I spoke with them yesterday and they said I have an order to be served but I could make a payment over the phone and have it stopped.  I told them  I needed proof of the debt and I would not be giving my personal info over the phone.  She said she understood where I was coming from and good luck in court.

I received a call last night saying that I was being served with papers because I was being sued. I got to the bottom of this by calling 877-527-9806 and giving them my so-called case number. Come to find out, this was a fishing expedition to see if they could stir up one of their prey. Unfortunately, I have a common last name and only use my first initial for the phone book listing. So, I get every call from every creditor looking for every person with a first name beginning with my same letter and the same last name. I am sick of it. I have gone so far as to threaten to utilize all of the advantages that the law provides me in order to stop this assault of my personal domain. But I still don't know what to do to stop this.

They basically tried to extort $5800 from your grandmother for a fake "debt", using threats of "jail",.

Contact the Riverside office of the FBI.

This is the Corona Scam.

They operate under at least 30 names, using mail drops in the Corona area, including Lake Elsinore.

Their standard MO is to have a fake "process server" call a relaitve, to threaten by implying there is a "lawsuit", then when the sucker calls back, they may use information from pulling your own credit report to fake the appearance you owe them some old "debt".

It's a scam.

Contact the Riverside office of the FBI.

GOOD FOR YOU CHRIS DID STEVE ADAMS EVER CALL YOU AGAIN CAUSE HE CALL ME THE NEXT DAY .  THE ANSWERING SERVICE MENTION TO HIM THAT HIS CALL WAS GETTING RECORDED  AND HE HAS NOT CALL ME ANYMORE.

this is most definitely a scam!!!!! ...the police just left my house and advised us to collect as much info from them as possible. which I did and they couldn't give reasonable answers and hung up on me.

Several family members got a call today from 2 different #'s stating the samething...If my grandmother didn't give them 5800.00 dollars they were going to have the sherrifs office in our county serve her papers and if she didn't pay she would go to jail .....when I started asking questions and the lady couldn't give me a reasonable answer she hung up on me. well thats when the red flag went up ....started researching these #'s 877-527-9806 and 210-390-8380 and found out I was right. how can people do this to the elderly .....hope they can sleep at night!!!!!!!

My parents just received a call from this company.  The indivial representing the company stated that I had given my father as my go to contact.  The individual gave my mother a case # and this phone number (877 527 9806) and said I had three hours in which to call back for this call was concerning a Civil Summons and they needed an address to deliver the summons to.

I just reported Steve Adams to the police for harassment.

I advise you to brush up on your education.  You must have skipped English class, since the first word in your angry reply should read either "you're or you are" not YOUR.  Stop pointing out irrelevant matters and stay on point.  That would be how much this so called "company" is a scam!

Thank you very much.  :-)

IF THEY ARE NOT SCAMMERS THEN WHY WHEN THEY CALL TO PEOPLES JOBS THEY SAY I'M A POLICE OFFICER NAME STEVE ADAMS CALLING FOR SO AND SO  AND THEY HAVE THREE HOURS TO CALL BACK AT THESE NUMBER # OR WILL SEND SOMEONE TO PICK THEM UP AT THEIR JOB. WHEN THE LAW IS AFTER A PERSON THEY DON'T GIVE OUT THAT KIND OF INFROMATION.

I TO GET A CALL FROM THESE NUMBER THE 1-877-527-9806  BUT TO MY JOB THE ANSWERING SERVCE  GOT THE MESSAGE FOR ME CAUSE I WAS IN A MEETING AND A MAN NAME ADAM STEVE CALL TO SPEAK WITH ME AND TOLD THE ANSWER SERVICE  THAT I HAD 3 HOURS TO CALL BACK OR SOMEONE WILL COME TO SERVICE ME SOME PAPERS AND STARTED TO TELL HER ALL KIND OF IMFROMATION  OF ME IF THEY ARE WITH THE LAW WHY WOULD THEY GIVE  ALL THAT INFROMATION