i got a call from 828-919-6798 from a brenda something saying theres a legal complaint against me from SCarolina and gave me a DTR4632 ref number and to call 877-285-4796. she said she was with some law firm call PH associate. i told her to get a a real job and hung up.

Arnold Smith from DS Services in North Carolina told me there was a legal complaint against me and he could only hold my file for one hour. He gave me a ref# DTR1432 and told me to call 877-285-4796. He hung up on me when I asked him why doesn't he come to my house.  

they are a scam. i have researched the company. They are called PH Associates and they will tell you that you owe an old debt and they are attempting to collect on it. they will say that if you don't pay they will commence court proceedings. they will know all if not most of your personal info including social. be careful . they almost got me until i researched the company.

You need to file a complaint with the District Attorney's office, 1-800-771-7755 is NY's.  The more complaints filed the faster they will caught.  In the meantime you can block the caLLS AT 1-888-382-1222.  You can also file a complaint with the Sheriff's dept., once you have that number, call your phone company and file an unlawful call complaint  Verizon's Unlawful dept number is 1-800-257-2969.  They called the wrong person.  We will catch you.

We received the same type of call and we reported them to Verizon since they stated they were collecting on belief of Verizon and the Sheriff's dept.  

Received a call from a random number in new york they gave me this phone numberto call. I called and they basically had already placed a judgment on my records, they sent me no notification pertaining to this and its completely unlawful. I contacted an attorney and there wasn't much they can do becuase the judgment had already been granted.

I agree

They called my mothers husband threatening me with a summons from the sheriffs department if I did not call them. Once I called and they told me it was about an old credit card I told them I would be calling my lawyer because they were using scare tactics to get in touch with people...hmmm I wonder when I will get my summons :P

My husband got the same call. He did not know and asked them to send papers verifying what he owed. They sent a letter saying he owed $4,022.03 and that they would settle out of court for $983.00. I called the number that was stated on the papers (877-715-7558). A women named Nichole Evans then called me back after I initially got no answer. She then gave me information about my husband without first verifying who I was.. Do not give them any account information!! My husband was willing to pay to avoid legal action. I told him to wait until we figure out what was owed.  I thought this was a scam thankfully I did some research online about this company. Thank you for all posting!

I rec'd call from this number last month with the same  thing about owing a debt and being served summons. It's total scam! And i filed complaints against them and now they're calling from 877-689-5138 saying same things! BEWWARE!!!!

Called looking for sister....threatened with warrant for arrest if she did not call within an hour.   Naturally, I checked for this company and the phone number and got the info on this scam.  I can't wait till they call again!  I plan to give them the info on federal website reporting these scams.

I  just got a call from these same people saying I owe money to JCP from 2001 any that the sherriff is looking to arrest me!!! I looked on google to see if this was real and I'm glad you guys posted these comments cause they almost got me!!! thanks google and friend yessss

Received several calls from this number claiming they are "DS Services" and they need to serve legal papers on me.  Would like to know if there is anyone there that can accept them for me if I'm not home.  I have searched the number and DS Services and have come up with nothing. As stated in above comments, a "Case Number" is also given.

Just got a call from our sister-in-law that she had a man call her and say my husband needed to call this  number because they are trying to serve him papers and if he doesn't appear to the court date he will have a warrant for his arrest.  My husband was extremely confused and called the number and they told him they had sent him materials to settle for $300 and he didn't comply.  He said he never received anything and had no outstanding bad credit.  We pulled his credit report and everything before typing the number into google and seeing all of these comments.  What a frustrating way to spend the evening over people trying to get money.  The fact that they pulled our family in is even more sad.  I'm thankful for these comments and hope these people find a better way to spend their time.

I've just got a call from them.   They said they are DS services, and it was for one of my daughters.  When I asked which one, she said they do not know but kept saying that it is VERY IMPORTANT that one of them needs to call 1-877-715-7558 within an hour in order for them to delivery the legal documents.  They even gave me a reference document number.  When I said that I am at home so they can deliver it to me, but they insisted that one of them should call the 877 number first.

It seemed fishy so I typed this 877 number in Google and I found all of the comments about this number.   I am so thankful for this posting.  I want to post mine here so others can see.

Rose Tran

Company called regarding my stepdaughter's account. They are legit. They just have a overly aggressive way of handling accounts. May be worth it to report their methods to BBB...

several calls- gave their person the address of police station as a meeting place

I just got a call from them and wanted me to send them $300.00 on a credit card they claim I had,  I told them to send me the account number and the credit card company name. That I would call them myself and HE HUNG UP!!   877-715-7558  come on people!!!   http://www.phassociates.com/

THEY PLAY TOO MUCH!!!

CAN YOU SAY SCAM!!

I just received a call from a man who said he works for DS Services. That my husband needs to call 877-715-7558 in the next hour (this is at 5:15 pm on a Friday night) or the legal company he is calling for will serve him with papers. I asked why call first? Why not just give them to our Sheriffs dept and have them served to us? He said he was able to put an hour hold on the case. he gave me the # to call, and a reference #. He kept repeating all this info and asked if I got it written down correctly. I told him I wasn't stupid and that I would call our local sheriffs dept since I have family in Law enforcement and pass this information on to them. Low and behold the man hung up on me... hahaha what losers.. do you really think we'd give you any type of money over the phone? ahahah get real.

so I called the 877-715-7558 number, the recorded voice is British and says its PH Associates.

I looked up DS Services on line and see nothing for this company being a process server.
When I looked up PH Associates http://www.phassociates.com/ says they are data experts.

all scams.. you can file a report online with the FBI and they keep records and have a team trying to stop these types of scams from happening..

I just received a call from a man who said he works for DS Services. That my husband needs to call 877-715-7558 in the next hour (this is at 5:15 pm on a Friday night) or the legal company he is calling for will serve him with papers. I asked why call first? Why not just give them to our Sheriffs dept and have them served to us? He said he was able to put an hour hold on the case. he gave me the # to call, and a reference #. He kept repeating all this info and asked if I got it written down correctly. I told him I wasn't stupid and that I would call our local sheriffs dept since I have family in Law enforcement and pass this information on to them. Low and behold the man hung up on me... hahaha what losers.. do you really think we'd give you any type of money over the phone? ahahah get real.

so I called the 877-715-7558 number, the recorded voice is British and says its PH Associates.

I looked up DS Services on line and see nothing for this company being a process server.
When I looked up PH Associates http://www.phassociates.com/ says they are data experts.

all scams.. you can file a report online with the FBI and they keep records and have a team trying to stop these types of scams from happening..

Called  7 pm today- claimed to be serving complaint  papers and used the terms " to not be served at work" etc- appears to have called other people we know who basically told caller to stop bothering them.

Seems a total scam .

This person called from this number and my niece was scared because they said it was the sheriff and she gave them her credit card number over the phone for a $241 charge!

You must work for them

Shill alert !!

I got the same call. They only call because your sister still owes money and has not been paying. it is a legal firm. I set up arrangements to pay my bill off for half of what was on my credit. I didn't want to pay anything, but I'm glad i got it over. If you have doubts ask them to mail you info. Times are tough, but not paying is tougher. Trying to rebuild my credit, so I was happy they gave me a deal.

my mom got a call friday night about this number 1-877-715-7558 saying she owes for bill that she needs to pay b/c her daugther hasn't been paying on this bill and they want there money and the payment was stop paying on it  so there going send her some paper work on it and they want her send some money to them but her daugther been makeing payment on this through a debt company and been paying on this every month so my question is this a scam or not they even told my mom they would take her to court or put her in jail for not paying its some company from california they even gave her account number so how you know if this is true or not

received a call from 214-716-8261 also same people .. using all different numbers but same number to call in 1 hour or else..877-715-7558

got a call today saying there from the sherrif dept. these people keep on calling me its a scam

Pretty much the same as others. I received a call from 954-338-6055 saying that I was to call 877-715-7558 or a Sheriff's department summons would be issued. I was also given a case number. Has anyone actually called this number? Leary to make the call from my phone.

I just got a call from 877-218-8360, same thing, but they changed the script a little, still from the Sheriffs Department but this time they had a court summons that need my son's immedate attention and that he needed to call 877-715-7558 within 1 hour or they would issue a warrant for his arrest.  I will report this call to the FTC.