My experience: Be advised that this law firm does exist in GA and MD and they do collect debts and will sue you. It happened to me. What I read is true to my knowledge the debts that they collected on was fairly old. If they do sue you prepare to come out of pocket or go to court and receive a judgment. I didn't receive calls because I changed phone companies and numbers prior to receiving the summons. I would think that if you are receiving calls they have purchased an old debt account. Check into it before throwing it out the window. Be warned that interest on there accounts change day to day so your balance will change.

The person you are replying to hasn't said anything about possessing a debt, nor having been called.  Looks like your machine isn't working properly.

Wow, you show up shooting your mouth off about a post from almost two years ago.  Well, first, people can't pay debts they don't owe.  So they are pestering the wrong people.

Second, I challenge you to show where anyone in this thread actually owed a debt.

Now why don't you crawl back under your rock in the maggot infested boiler room you came from

Kind of silly on your part to respond to a post from almost 2 years ago with the most recent post about this number from a year and one-half ago.  It makes one wonder why you were searching on this number.

Section 809 of the FDCPA http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre27.pdf requires 3rd-party debt collectors to give debtors written notice of debt (the key word is *shall*) :
"§ 809. Validation of debts
(a) Within five days after the initial communication with a consumer in connection with the collection of any debt, a debt collector shall, unless the following information is contained in the initial communication or the consumer has paid the debt, send the consumer a written notice containing?
(1) the amount of the debt;
(2) the name of the creditor to whom the debt is owed;
(3) a statement that unless the consumer, within thirty days after receipt of the notice, disputes the validity of the debt, or any portion thereof, the debt will be assumed to be valid by the debt collector;
(4) a statement that if the consumer notifies the debt collector in writing within the thirty-day period that the debt, or any portion thereof, is disputed, the debt collector will obtain verification of the debt or a copy of a judgment against the consumer and a copy of such verification or judgment will be mailed to the consumer by the debt collector; and
(5) a statement that, upon the consumer?s written request within the thirty-day period, the debt collector will provide the consumer with the name and address of the original creditor, if different from the current creditor."
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A Collection Agent May Not?

Here are the top 11 actions prohibited by the The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act:

Misrepresent Him or Herself

  A debt collector may not misrepresent himself as an attorney or law enforcement officer.

Use the Telephone to Annoy or Harass

  A collection agent may not cause a telephone to ring or engage any person in telephone conversation repeatedly or continuously with an intent to annoy, abuse, or harass anyone at the called number.

Threaten Arrest or Lawsuit

  A collection agent may not threaten a consumer with arrest. It may not threaten legal action that is either not permitted or not actually contemplated. In other words, a the threat of a lawsuit may be an empty one.

Use Abusive or Threatening Language

  A debt collector may no use abusive or profane language in the course of communication related to the debt.

Publish a Bad Debt List

  Publishing the consumer?s name or address on a "bad debt" list is prohibited.

Contact By Embarrassing Media

  A debt collector may not communicate with a consumer by post card. It may not use any language or symbol, other than the debt collector?s address, on any envelope when communicating with a consumer by use of the mails or by telegram. A debt collector may use its business name if such name does not indicate it is in the debt collection business.

Contact a Consumer at Work

  A collection agent may not communicate with consumers at their place of employment after being told this is unacceptable or prohibited by the employer.

Seek Unjustifiable Amounts

  A debt collector may not demand any amounts not permitted under an applicable contract or as provided under law.

Contact a Consumer Represented by an Attorney

  A collection agent may not contact a consumer after it learns the consumer is represented by a lawyer.

Communicate With a Consumer After Receiving a Validation Request

  If a consumer sends a written §1692g response within 30 days, the collection agent may not communicate with the consumer until it mails the consumer the requested verification of original creditor's name and address.

Communicate With Third Parties

  A debt collector may not reveal or discuss the nature of a consumer?s debts with third parties other than the consumer?s spouse or attorney. A collection agent may contact neighbors or co-workers only to obtain location information. It may contact a third party again if it has reason to believe the information the party provided previously is false.

Bills.com FDCPA FAQ

Below are questions Bills.com readers ask frequently:

Can a Collection Agent Call My Cell Phone?

  Yes. However, if you tell the debt collector it may not use that number because it is a cell phone, it may not contact you again at that number.

I Keep Receiving Dozens of Calls From Collection Agents. Is That Legal?

  No. Unscrupulous collection agents will use "block parties" or "office parties" where they contact a consumer, multiple neighbors, or co-workers telling them they need to reach the consumer on an urgent matter. This is not permitted under the FDCPA.

A Collector Says I Will Be Arrested if I Do Not Pay

  This was a true statement before the US Civil War, but has not been true since. People may be arrested if an aggressive judge files a bench warrant for a person who does not appear at a hearing relating to a lawsuit regarding a debt. However, in that case, the offense is the failure to respond to a court order, and not the existence of the debt. As stated above, it is illegal under the FDCPA to threaten a consumer with arrest if the consumer does not pay the debt.
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File reports with the FTC & FCC:
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/
https://esupport.fcc.gov/ccmsforms/form1088.action

Well, at least you got your ID right! Missing a link indeed..   Yes, a lot of people do not realize they actually have rights under the FDCPA..  especially with all the extortion scam phoney "pay your bills" debt collectors that love to shill here..

Oh look! Theres one now --->

Maybe the FTC can put you where you belong:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v4HEyAMejCc/TJYrrKwGFJI/AAAAAAAAABE/paBfEYMv1Sw/s1600/Jailbird.jpg

Maybe if you paid your bills you would not be contacted;obviously you have no idea of how the  FDCPA really
works-maybe the FTC can pay your debt for you!

Maybe if you paid your bills yu would not be contacted;obviously you have no idea of how the  FDCPA really
works-maybe the FTC can pay your debt for you!

Received a letter in mail from them on Law Firm Letterhead. I thought I was being sued. Got calls from them on my voice mail giving their law firm name, caller's name, who they were leaving message for and stated they were a debt collection company and anything said would be used for this purpose. Left my case number as well. I called them and it was regarding a walmart card. I tried to talk to them for a lower payment and they said they were under strict guideline concerning this account and could not work anything out. They kept telling me that if I wouldnt take the high payments then they would proceed with court processing. I tried to make the high payments but couldnt due to financial situation. They kept calling and would leave a  voicemail message. Then turn around and call back again same day within about and hour and a half. I explained again how I had pleaded with them about the lower payments. They really could care less and stated that I would be served with a processor within 3 weeks and they would persue a judgement. I asked to speak with the attorney and I was refused. I was told I could mail my payment in and it would be applied to account but that they were still going to proceed for judgement. I asked how would I know if payment was received and was told to mail it certified or call and check but that they did not mail out anything regarding payments to the account.
I don't know if they are a collections firm or not? If this this account was a write off by walmart or not, cause if it was a write off and walmart sold the account to them, then this firm is lying to people and intimidating them by using a law firm name in correspondences and phone calls/messages.

Kramer Linkie Taylor is Mann Bracken all over again, same people, same scams:

http://kramerlinkietaylorwatch.blogspot.com/2011/12/mann-bracken-reborn-more-proof.html

Kramer, Meggison & Taylor LLC Replaces Defunct Mann Bracken

According to a statement from newly formed collection agency Kramer, Meggison & Taylor LLC, the firm has "no association with Mann Bracken, and just, several lawyers who worked together in the past formed a new firm to resurrect their careers." I also heard from another source that bacon is now good for you.

Whether you believe the statement or not, it is clear that Mann Bracken and its former owners may be responsible for serious violations. These violations were substantial enough for regulators from Maryland and Minnesota to shut the company down.

Mann Bracken is now in receivership, and receiver Cheryl E. Rose is pursuing additional claims against the firm. Rose stated that she is "pursuing litigation to see if there are parties that might be responsible for what happened to Mann Bracken."

Mann Bracken was accused of widespread violations of the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act, of which many claims are still pending. The greatest wrongdoing was the assignment of its arbitration cases to a related firm. National Arbitration Forum (NAF) shared common ownership with Mann Bracken, creating a very clear conflict of interest. Accretive LLC was the owner of both Mann Bracken and NAF.

As a result, arbitration clients had no chance against the collector, since the arbitrator had clear financial incentives to side with Mann Bracken. Indeed, ?in each and every case where a business entity brought a claim against a consumer and the matter was disposed of by hearing, the NAF arbitrator ruled in favor of the business entity ? a 100% success rate.? This was the conclusion of the City Attorney for San Francisco, CA after reviewing records obtained from NAF.

In a number of states, default judgments awarded to Mann Bracken were reversed. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo led the charge by throwing out nearly 100,000 judgments against New Yorkers by the firm.

Given the scope of violations against Mann Bracken, it is clear that Kramer, Meggison & Taylor LLC will not enjoy the same cozy relationship that it had with NAF. The scrutiny that this firm will have to overcome is far reaching. Even though Mann Bracken came crashing down, its shadow still lurks over the new firm.

Debtors should always do what they can to repay valid debts. That being said, no one deserves to be a victim of any firm that breaks the law.

http://debtorsunite.com/Blog/Debt-Management/ ... efunct-Man.aspx

Yes, Kramer Linkie and Taylor is really Kramer Linkie Taylor and Bracken which means it is Mann Bracken all over again.

Take a quick look:

http://exposingscams.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/kramer-linkie-and-taylor-mann-bracken/

These guys contacted me about an American Express card, saying they represented American Express. American Express never heard of them and they put it in writing. Looks like Scott Kramer, Matthew Linkie, Chris Bracken and Keith Taylor get to look for work again. The Maryland Bar is taking measures and I am filing an FDCPA suit.

This is the law firm of Kramer, Linkie, and Taylor. It is the same people who ran Mann Bracken who were forced into bankruptcy over fraud.

They buy old, rubbish debts and try to collect on them. They have ethics complaints as they often claim to represent companies that never heard of them.

This it the callback number for the so-called "law office" down in Atlanta, (404) 890-5822.

Demand something in writing, send a debt validation letter and do not be bullied by robosigned forms they will send as they are probably fake.

?  TO THOSE WHO ARE WITHOUT A LAWYER:  ?
A free lawyer at a public agency represented a buddy against what must have been the same bunch as this when some or all of them were called Mann Bracken before it got run out of business.  
He put my friend savvy to a device known as the "debt validation letter" for use by people that find themselves  up against this and similar outfits but that don't have access to a lawyer.
What you do is google   debt validation letter   and when the samples come up pick one out and copy it making needed changes as to to and from etc and fire it off registered or certified so you can show you did send it if and when it actually gets to court and as happens in 99% of cases the bottomfeeder plaintiff is clueless as to the history of the debt the case will be thrown out.  
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TO THOSE WHO ARE WITHOUT A LAWYER:
A free lawyer at a public agency represented a buddy against what must have been the same bunch as this when some or all of them were called Mann Bracken before it got run out of business.  
He put my friend savvy to a device known as the "debt validation letter" for use by people that find themselves  up against this and similar outfits but that don't have access to a lawyer.
What you do is google   debt validation letter   and when the samples come up pick one out and copy it making needed changes as to to and from etc and fire it off registered or certified so you can show you did send it if and when it actually gets to court and as happens in 99% of cases the bottomfeeder plaintiff is clueless as to the history of the debt the case will be thrown out.

Kramer, Linkie & Taylor, LLC
GEORGIA OFFICE  FOUR PIEDMONT CENTER, SUITE 205  3565 PIEDMONT ROAD, NE
ATLANTA, GA 30305  (877) 745-9562   (404) 890-5822    
DC OFC  9210 CORPORATE BLVD  STE 350  ROCKVILLE, MD 20850  (877) 745-9562
(240) 880-1606


This is clearly yet another of those myriad bottomfeeders’ reps sprung up as yet another of those casualties of the ongoing economic downturn.  

My first exposure to this outfit was an inappropriate robocall at 8:16 AM PDT on Saturday, 3/19/11, putting forth a litany of instructions and pronouncements including that if I listened to the entire message I would have acknowledged that I was [So-and-so].  Totally off the grid for starters; in the first place it’s usually assumed that calls from this type of concern prior to 9 AM and/or on the weekend are outside the law under the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act.  

The first instinct of course would be to contact  the Federal Trade Commission Consumer Response Center (1-877-382-4357) and file a claim.  The FTC attendant will usually suggest that one first write to the offender and let them know that s/he wishes to cease all communication with them.   After the written communication is received, the perpetrator is only allowed to contact the victim to confirm the receipt of that directive.  There are other remedies that can be employed as well, to include the offices of the federal and states’ Attorney Generals.

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Anyone who gets one or more of these calls without any prior dealings with them or knowledge of them ? as in just plain bill?s case - by all means should not neglect to file with the Do Not Call registry, and file complaint(s), at https://www.donotcall.gov/ .  If you?re registered for 31 days or more as Do Not Call, those calls and particularly recorded calls are out of line.  You can file a complaint; click on ?File a Complaint.?  There?s a place on the form for your address  BUT YOU?RE NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE IT IN ORDER TO HAVE YOUR COMPLAINT ACCEPTED.    
Your registration will not expire. Telephone numbers placed on the Registry will remain on it permanently due to the Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007, which became law in February 2008.
Read more about it at http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/04/dncfyi.shtm.       ?
(The Registry phone number is  1-888-382-1222.)

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Anyone who gets one or more of these calls without any prior dealings with them or knowledge of them ? as in just plain bill?s case - by all means should not neglect to file with the Do Not Call registry, and file complaint(s), at https://www.donotcall.gov/ .  If you?re registered for 31 days or more as Do Not Call, those calls and particularly recorded calls are out of line.  You can file a complaint; click on ?File a Complaint.?  There?s a place on the form for your address  BUT YOU?RE NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE IT IN ORDER TO HAVE YOUR COMPLAINT ACCEPTED.    
Your registration will not expire. Telephone numbers placed on the Registry will remain on it permanently due to the Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007, which became law in February 2008.
Read more about it at http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/04/dncfyi.shtm.         ?
(The Registry phone number is  1-888-382-1222.)

You're wrong. bill.  Wrong on the days and times, but mainly because nothing here is newly sprung up.
When one of the referral sites listing collection lawyers on a  national register showed Kramer, Linkie & Taylor to include the name of Chris Bracken, a bell went off in my head.
Was this the same individual known as William Christopher Bracken III, a major kingpin of the infamous collection megamill Mann Bracken that did an epic crash dive in the courts last year as chronicled in the  Sun?  Or possibly an offspring?    

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-01-22/b ... ctions-agencies

Further research confirmed the first firm bearing the name "Kramer" had brazenly asserted its successorship to Mann Bracken..  

http://www.debtorsunite.com/Blog/Debt-Managem ... efunct-Man.aspx


Looks like when these operators get cleared away under one name they just resurface and charge on ahead under another.  Too bad that?s allowed.

You're wrong. bill.  Wrong on the days and times, but mainly because nothing here is newly sprung up.
 When one of the referral sites listing collection lawyers on a  national register showed Kramer, Linkie & Taylor to include the name of Chris Bracken, a bell went off in my head.
Was this the same individual known as William Christopher Bracken III, a major kingpin of the infamous collection megamill Mann Bracken that did an epic crash dive in the courts last year as chronicled in the  Sun?  Or possibly an offspring?    

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-01-22/b ... ctions-agencies

Further research confirmed the first firm bearing the name "Kramer" had brazenly asserted its successorship to Mann Bracken..  

http://www.debtorsunite.com/Blog/Debt-Managem ... efunct-Man.aspx

Looks like when these operators get cleared away under one name they just resurface and charge on ahead under another.  Too bad that?s allowed.

Kramer, Linkie & Taylor, LLC
GEORGIA OFFICE  FOUR PIEDMONT CENTER, SUITE 205  3565 PIEDMONT ROAD, NE
ATLANTA, GA 30305  (877) 745-9562   (404) 890-5822    
DC OFC  9210 CORPORATE BLVD  STE 350  ROCKVILLE, MD 20850  (877) 745-9562
(240) 880-1606


This is clearly yet another of those myriad bottomfeeders? reps sprung up as yet another of those casualties of the ongoing economic downturn.  

My first exposure to this outfit was an inappropriate robocall at 8:16 AM PDT on Saturday, 3/19/11, putting forth a litany of instructions and pronouncements including that if I listened to the entire message I would have acknowledged that I was [So-and-so].  Totally off the grid for starters; in the first place it?s usually assumed that calls from this type of concern prior to 9 AM and/or on the weekend are outside the law under the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act.  

The first instinct of course would be to contact  the Federal Trade Commission Consumer Response Center (1-877-382-4357) and file a claim.  The FTC attendant will usually suggest that one first write to the offender and let them know that s/he wishes to cease all communication with them.   After the written communication is received, the perpetrator is only allowed to contact the victim to confirm the receipt of that directive.  There are other remedies that can be employed as well, to include the offices of the federal and states? Attorney Generals.

Kramer, Linkie & Taylor, LLC
GEORGIA OFFICE    FOUR PIEDMONT CENTER, SUITE 205  3565 PIEDMONT ROAD, NE
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30305   TOLL FREE: (877) 745-9562  LOCAL: (404) 890-5822
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OFFICE   9210 CORPORATE BOULEVARD SUITE 350
ROCKVILLE, MD 20850   TOLL FREE: 877)745-9562 LOCAL:  (240)880-1606
What can one assume but that this is clearly yet another of those myriad bottomfeeders? reps sprung up as yet another of those casualties of the ongoing economic downturn.   My first exposure was an inappropriate robocall at 8:16 AM PDT on Saturday, 3/19/11: a litany of instructions and pronouncements including that if I listened to the entire message I would have acknowledged that I was [So-and-so].  Aren't calls from this type of concern prior to 9 AM and/or on the weekend are outside the law under the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act?  The first instinct of course would be to contact  the Federal Trade Commission Consumer Response Center (1-877-382-4357) and file a claim.  The FTC attendant will usually suggest that one first write to the offender and let them know that s/he wishes to cease all communication with them.   After the written communication is received, the perpetrator is only allowed to contact the victim to confirm the receipt of that directive.  There are other remedies that can be employed as well, to include the offices of the federal and states? Attorney Generals.