My husband got called at work by these guys, I called them back and realized right away what a scam this is as they could offer me no way to verify their company. Thankfully I found this website and know for sure that it is indeed a scam based on intimidation and scare tactics.

This is just another name used by the Corona Scam.

They fake "debts" using information from your own credit reports, and attempt to get you to pay them using illegal threats.

Contact the FTC, your state Attorney General, and the Riverside office of the FBI.

Scam claiming to be collecting for a debt, and that they process servers working for a client that is about to submit your case to court (in CA).

Then they claim they give you a settlement for a fraction of what they claim you owe, and request your account information. Do not provide them that information unless they can provide the actual court documents, or something official from the company you owe that claims you owe this debt.

Contacting BBB about them as we speak

What would my complaint be?

More Corona, CA scammers.  Don't send them a dime and don't believe anything you read from the shills on here like "Bea".  

These people will be stopped, but only when enough people complain about it.  Don't be scared by their tactics.

Contact the FBI here and file a tip/complaint:  https://tips.fbi.gov/

Contact the Office of the Attorney General in California:  http://ag.ca.gov/contact/complaint_form.php?cmplt=CL

Contact the Internet Crime Complaint Center as your credit report was more than likely illegally obtained:  http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx

Lastly, contact the FTC as they're breaking the law by threatening legal action and impersonating officers of the law:  https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en

Don't be fooled.

Just got a missed call from this number.

Whether or not you actually owe this debt is irrelevant. I would then suggest you contact the original creditor in order to make some sort of a payment arrangement if that is your desire.  Meanwhile, as the others have suggested, do not fall for this scam.  Your attorney is duty bound as an officer of the court to report this "Rockwell Office" people to the proper law enforcement authorities of your state.  In doing some further research on this, I have learned that the FBI has been investigating this "Rockwell Office" scam and others like it for some time, now.  You know, truthfully, this has to be some sort of a major scam if the feds are investigating it.  The feds haven't been able to pull the trigger on a raid of this place as of yet...I suspect they are building as airtight of a case against these cons as they can before they turn it over to the U.S. Attorney's Office for prosecution.  Again, do not give these people a dime.  Your attorney really should know better.  I also did some digging and found out that "Rockwell Offices" does not have a website (the domain is expired from a prior user).  Plus the phone number 877713-4371/4370 has lit up numerous consumer fraud information boards.  All you have to do is google search the number plus "Rockwell Offices" and you will find numerous people have been duped by this scam.

I have received so many collection notices, they all start to run together.  I am not sure if they sent something or not.  My attorney indicated that they would be able to use a legal device to recover a debt that I am aware that I owe.  Still scared, but realize that I need figure out a way to get the debt issue resolved.  I have been avoiding this for a few years now.  I had them send a settlement offer to my attorney, all the info is correct.

Bea, I don't mean to scare you.  However, when you look at it this way, what kid of a legitimate collection agency would openly be violating every law in the book (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, numerous state laws, you name it).  First of all, any debt collector which has been assigned an account must notify you in writing by mail to your last known address that they have your account and in accordance with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA).  If you dispute the debt, you have 30 days from the date of the notice to inform them of that.  Then the collection agency is required not only to verify the debt, but they must also validate the debt from the creditor that sent them the account.  If they do not provide a debtor with proper validation within this 30 day window, then they must clear the matter from their records.  

Since thie "Rockwell Offices" place did not send you written notice (I assume) and give you this initial 30 day window that is required by the FDCPA, they are already in violation of the law...coupled with the fact that they start calling people like you out of the blue like they did with me and start making threats, they've just dug themselves in deeper.

The FBI is investigating these crooks and I mean they ARE crooks.  Do not give these people a dime.  If your lawyer is any kind of a lawyer, he or she would have smelled that this was a scam a long time ago.  As an officer of the court, he or she is required by law and under the canons of the bar in your state, to report these people to the proper authorities in your state.

Rick, you have me scared.  I don't know what to do.  My lawyer had me run my credit just to see what it shows regarding the account that Rockwell is attempting to collect on.  The account is clearly on my credit report, and I know that I owe the money.  I am thinking about having my attorney negotiate a settlement for me.  I don't feel like I am being scammed because I know I owe the debt.

More on this "Rockwell Office" scam.  I checked back with the Consumer Protection Division of the attorney general's office for my state; and I was informed that they referred my information on to the FBI!!  It seems that the Feds have been investigating this "Rockwell Office" and other similar scams for quite some time now.  Thankfully, I gave them no credit card or checking account information, so it isn't likely that I will personally get scammed out of any money by these crooks.  What they are doing is completely illegal and in violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ... not to mention they're probably in hot water for numerous potential criminal counts that would include mail, telephone and wire fraud.  DO NOT FALL FOR THIS SCAM AND DO NOT GIVE THESE PEOPLE ANYTHING!!  If you get a call from this "Rockwell Offices" place...take down as much information as you can about the name of the person who called, and the time and date they called.  Give this information to the attorney general's office for your state and file a complaint with their office.  Also, file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission.

I also was scammed by these people, I got a call at work from a "process server" asking if I would be available to sign, I asked what it was about and he gave me a case number and told me to call 877-713-4371, I spoke with a women named Anna Stark who informed me I owed them 8500.00 and if I did not give them a credit card payment of 1300.00 right now the sheriff would show up at my job and they would get me fired. I was stupid and gave them my credit card. After I hung up I knew I had been scammed, when I got home I checked my credit report and of course there was nothing on it, I also searched the courthouse and no case was filed so obviously there was nothing to serve me. I then contacted my credit card company and disputed the charge as fraud. Thankfully they ruled in my favor and I got the charge reversed. I then filed a complaint with the FTC and the Illinois Attorney General for consumer fraud. Now I am waiting for a call back once then realize they don't have my money. I am so looking forward to that call, if it happens again I will sue for violation of the FDCPA, completely illegal what they are trying to do to people. DO NOT FALL FOR THIS SCAM!!!

My wife informed me that I had a phone message from "Rockwell Office." The return phone number to call was 877-713-4371. I called the number and was referred to a Mr. John Amos.  Mr. Amos proceeded to tell me that he had lawsuit papers to deliver to me.  He went on to tell me that this stemmed from an account with US Bank in which I supposedly owed $2,211.72.  This news of course came completely out of the blue.  I am a US Bank customer and have never received anything in writing that I had a delinquent account for that kind of money.  Mr. Amos also informed me that if I wasn't prepared to make arrangements then and there, he would serve the papers to me and the amount would balloon to $4,711.72 (after penalties and interest).  First of all, lawsuit papers have to be delivered in person.  Second, I had no prior written communication from either US Bank or this Rockwell Office informing me of said claim.  I suspected that I was being had here, so I contacted my banker at the US Bank branch I do business at.  She assured me that they had no record of my owing the bank anything.  Armed with that information, I called back and again spoke with Mr. Amos and informed him that I had just spoken with a US Bank representative and they had no record of my owing them anything.  I flat out told him that I believed he was attempting to perpetrate a fraud against me and that my next call would be to the attorney general of my state.  I haven't heard from him or anyone at Rockwell since.  I also submitted a consumer fraud complaint with my state's attorney general's office.  They subsequently escalated it on to the FBI, because apparently the feds have been investigating this "Rockwell Office" and other similar scams for quite some time now.  If you get a call from this Rockwell Office place, it is not legit.  Don't let them con you into anything.

I got a call at work from my wife who said I had received a call from this "Rockwell Office." I called the number back and a guy who went by the name of John Amos told me that he had lawsuit papers ready to serve me from US Bank.  He proceeded to give me an old account number that I had from US Bank from at least 15 years ago and said that I owed US Bank over $4,000.  I grew suspicious because, one, I had never received any written communication from this "Rockwell Office."  A debt collector must send you an initial notice in compliance with the FCRA, notifying you that it has been assigned a debt, plus you must be given 30 days to reply and dispute the validity of the claim.  A debt collector cannot just start calling out of the blue and claim you owe money.  He said in order to avoid having the papers served, I would have to set up an arrangement with him then and there on the phone.  I said I would call him back later.  Meanwhile, I checked with our banker at our local US Bank branch and she assured me that we did not owe US Bank anything and she said the call I got was likely a scam.  So, armed with that information, I called Mr. Amos back and told him that I had been in touch with a representative of US Bank who assures me that I do not owe them what you claim, and that my next phone call was going to be to the attorney general's office of my state.  He said he was sorry that I wanted to do that (like heck).  I downloaded a complaint form from the consumer protection department of our attorney general's office, filled out the form and filed the complaint.  It turns out that the FBI has been investigating these bogus outfits for some time.  It seems they buy old debt from years ago for pennies on the dollar and then they start with the threats and attempted fraud.

the number that callled us was 18777134371....but same stuff, just dont fall for these idiots tricks, they sound ligit at first....they claimed it was a collection through paypal, since we use paypal we contacted them to be sure, sure enough not only did they not hire rockwell, they had never heard of them....just be careful guys these guys are tricky!

You sound as if you have ran the gambit and I wish I knew who to get in touch with that would do nothing less than inprision these low life pieces of garbage and put an end to these scammers.

I worked there for a very short time and since I left it has been over a month. I have yet to get a paycheck from when I worked there or my final check after I left. I tried getting a hold of my manager but I go nothing.

I do not agree with the methods they use and after a short time decided that is was not for me. I can not lie to people about what I do and who I am. Why not just tell people it is a collection agency and be done with it.

It seemed a little strange to me that David Jones was not allowed to take payments or negotiate a settlement but the person a client called back could.

I just wonder how many deals were taken away from me when I was onl lunch or after I left for the day. There was a rules that they could determine if you would get paid on a deal or not and give it to someone else. wtf!

I agree with you... I don't agree with the tactics they use... I owe the debt and am trying to negotiate a payment arrangement.  My lawyer advised me that if I owe the debt to pay the debt.

thank you so much for all this information, these people called my job today and they states they are from the sheriff dep, and they want to issue a summon, so my job called me and they give me the name and the case number 18777134371. called back thinking i will be talking to a sheriff, then a person asked for my case number, gave him the case and transferred me to Mr John Amos who is Brad Miller according to one of the post I read here, them Mr Miller told me that I have a case against me in court through citibank and it is $1300 the original and now its 5781 after all late fees and court fees...that was  a credit card when i used to live in NY and I was goiing through some difficult time...Mr Amos was nice overall on the phone and he wants to take off all the late fees and court fees...he states that he will email and mail me all the documents needed...after I read all these posts online I was skeptical, and I called again. Mr Amos assured me this is a ligit company, but on the flip side there are many elements that made me suspicious about the company and their picth.
1 they called my job and acted like they are from the sheriff department and they need to issue me a summon, and then it turns up that they only a collection agency.
2 Mr Amos states that they can stop the court process and put it into pending if I agree to pay $1500
3 when asked about website, he states they dont have one.
when I called again to aks him for the case number at the court, he states that he doesnt have it because it is an internal stuff, and when i insisted he states that They didnt yet file it in court, so now the story changed, before they want to give me a summon and now they didnt file it yet.
it is clear that they used the word sheriff or police dep. depend on where you live and they want to issue a summon...it is a trick and part of the picth that you will call them immediately to see whats going on, and at that moment they start pulling the game on you...I will get a lawyer to see how this case can be taken care of.

Shut these scumbags down and NEVER pay them a dime. Call the FTC and report them as well as the the Corona Cahmber of Commerce. Make as many phone calls as you can and give the real names. It is illegal to use false names when collecting a debt.

My sister got the same call today. John Amos said he was from the sheriff's dept and they were scheduled to come out today and serve court papers. He then asked if her husband was available to receive the papers.My sister was so worried about this that she had her husband call back after he got home from work and did find out it was a collection agency(Rockwell Associates). He said the debt was from 2002 for $2100 and he could cut him a deal of $1001 if he agreed to pay now. He basically said the debt is unfounded and if it was good luck trying to collect and hung up. The statue of limitation in Penna. is 4 years. Glad he didn't agree to anything. Never agree to anything!!

Please tell these people to stop.  they use scare tactics and it must be some type of scam.  they say a sheriff is coming to serve you and has already come once, if you are not there a second time, there will be failure to appear.

My inlaws in oregon got a call from this same number and the person was Sharon Hall.  She only said she was a process ervice and my husband who happen to be visiting the state - asked her from what company - she said private...She said there was a "failure to appear" and something about the Sherriffs office.  When he asked in what state she refused to answer.  he pointed out they were calling elderly people in oregon and my daughter did not even live in that state.  This woman was not interested in getting my daughters address or phone number or anything - all she kept saying was my daughter had to call them.  I am a professional Collection Manager and what this company is doing is against the law.  If thsi is actual - they could figure out where my daughter is by running her drivers license and they could actually have asked my husband for her address which they were not interested in at all.  Dor a company that wants to collect a debt you would think they would want at least an address.

I guess thats all you have time to do since you dont have a job....hmmm..

if your debt is 7 yrs or more old do not agree to anything as it is past the statute of limitations...they will still try to scare you and get you to pay but do not agree to anything! i know this to be true as i once worked for the company

most of the positive replies about this company on here is really the director placing the comments under a fake name! I repeat, "DO NOT FALL FOR THIS COMPANIES SCAM"
I worked for them at one point and quit because my morals and values are above that!

#1 this company claims to be a litigation office......NOT SO.....they ARE debt collectors (illegally)
#2 there is NO David Jones that works for them because this is a fictitious or stage name that they use
#3 there is no Jason Romo, Justin Harris, John Amos, Lisa Dixon or Travis Porter in their office either, as they are ALL fictitious names!
This is there MO: They buy debts from Banks and creditors for pennies on the dollar!
They have two positions in their office, a dialer and a closer. The dialer calls out to you( the debtor), says they work for a process service division and threatens that a sheriff or constable depending on where u live is coming to your job or home to serve you with a summons to appear in court or sealed legal documents. However if you agree to call in to the "issuing agency" of those documents and schedule a time to have them served or picked up it will be easier on you and then they give you the 877-713-4370 number along with your "case number."  Then when you call the "issuing agency" of those documents, you are actually calling back into them and that is when a closer takes the call and claims they are an associate of this legal office assigned to your "case" when they are really assigned to your debt! they collect on anything even debt that is past the statue of limitations They prey on anyone especially elderly who are on social security and threaten them that their social security check will be garnished.....which is illegal! They threaten that you are being sued which you are not going to be sued this is one of their lousy scare tactics! DO NOT AGREE TO PAY THESE PEOPLE THEY GET ABOUT 50% OF THE DEBT IN THEIR OFFICE THAT YOU ARE ALLEGEDLY SETTLING OUT OF COURT AND THE REST GOES TO THEIR OWNER OF THE COMPANY! They buy these debts for pennies on the dollar! And if your debt is 7 yrs older or more its against statue of limitations to collect from you!
Now here are the true identities of the ?litigation office associates!?
Jason Romo is really Edward Palaco the ?Director of the litigation office?
Justin Harris is really Steve Smith
John Amos is really Brad Miller

DO YOU PEOPLE REALIZE HOW MANY JENNIFER EDWARDS THERE ARE IN THE US???
DO NOT CALL ME AGAIN.

They've been calling my parents house asking for me by my maiden name.  Each time they've given this call back number but different "case numbers".  They've told my mom that they would make 2 more attempts to reach me and that if I didn't respond that I'd have a failure to appear in court on my record.  If this is a legitimate company, why not just reach me at my own number which is listed or my own residence which is listed in my name.  Obviously, if they were truly trying to serve me with a subpoena, they could simply contact local authorities to do so.