I received a call from Lauren Taylor at my place of work.  I have no idea what this is for.... or how they got my work number.  I called the number that was left on my voicemail and it said "corporate office"  They said something about me being service and getting legal council.... very threatening... but i have no idea what this is for.. and don't plan on having any contact with this company.  It really sounds suspect... ...... I have no bills that I know of that this could even be for.. have received no notices... ???????  Very strange....The call comes in as "unknown"

Wait, it gets better.  The phone # you listed I just found for a doctor in New Smyrna Beach, FL.

But the number on the website is different.  Why?

That is actually a two story office building, the restaurant is located in the commercial business complex next door, but we have since moved our current address is
Westfield Portfolio Management Inc.
5750 Divisions st Suite 109
Riverside, CA 92506
USA
this is on our website as well. If you have any concerns please contact our office via email or directly at (877)756-9997 and ask for me personally if I am not available I will return your call at my earliest convenience.

Why is the phone # different on the website?

Please try this link http://www.westfieldportfolioinc.com/

I understand your concerns and would like to address them so please log on to our website and use the survey tab and provide all pertinent information and someone will be in contact with you.

The site is not even registered CW.. none existent.  westfieldportfoliomangementinc.com Website not active (0)

http://whois.domaintools.com/westfieldportfoliomangementinc.com Not Registered!

Nice fake website buddy-it's not even active OR registered!

I just took a look at the street view.. the address given appears to be that of a restauranteur - signs not exactly too clear, but it sure doesn't say WESTFIELD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT INC.

Google street view shows the location as a one-story industrial/commercial complex.  Westfield is supposedly in Unit R.  I'm of the opinion that this group rents a back-room from an existing frontage-style business and hides in plaint site so to speak.  If you are going to sue them, good luck trying to locate this Annie Nelson.

Good luck trying to actually find the scammers in the first place.

Other sites report that this group uses the name:  Phoenix Legal Group.

A lot of complaints on the net about these people.

Best not to talk to them and best to ignore their threats.

File a complaint:  http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/media-resource ... debt-collection

Same here.  Unable to get to the site.

i get the same thing CW..

Funny, I get server not found..

OK, I did just what you said.  Here's what the state has:

Entity Name:    WESTFIELD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT INC.
Entity Number:    C3489610
Date Filed:    07/05/2012
Status:    ACTIVE
Jurisdiction:    CALIFORNIA
Entity Address:    11993 MAGNOLIA AVE
Entity City, State, Zip:    RIVERSIDE CA 92503
Agent for Service of Process:    ANNIE NELSON
Agent Address:    11993 MAGNOLIA AVE
Agent City, State, Zip:    RIVERSIDE CA 92503

Maloy Brando!?   Jesus H. Christ!   Can't these guys come up with more creative names?    Marlon Brando, the now-deceased actor,  played Terry Malloy the would be prize fighter in "On the Waterfront", back in the 1950s.   Classic film.  I guess debt scammers like classic films.  

This Westfield group is a collection of kitchen-table scammers with little in the way of brains.  How do they make any money?

Odd.  I just checked it and it says page is not available.

Sir, if your legitimate address this. 1. How come when you call someone you don't say "May I speak to so and so, my name is "Tell your real name" and I represent "Tell the real name of your business" and state the nature of your call. Your company is so full of crap, that you leave ominous messages with employers trying to freak out the employer or the debtor. If your so legit, how come you don't simply mail your legal papers to the people you claim owe you? I think its funny when they call me. When I press them they usually hang up on me. What a farce. It does not matter how many times you post a message saying how "legitimate" your organization is. Unless you act like a real legitimate organization instead of playing on the phone to intimidate people I will not oblige the caller. If I owe debts, I pay them. I've done so for years. But please do not call me about a debt 25 years ago that I know for a fact that I've paid and tell me that I still owe it! Seriously! I was born at night but not last night. LOL

If you're company is legitimate then why are you calling employers and saying it's a legal matter if the "person who owes" does not have their attorney or themselves call you that they are going to be 1. Arrested or 2. After the person confirms they are not the one, you call back weeks later with the same crap under a different name. I have kept records each time your company or better yet this phone number and other associating phone numbers called my business looking for one of my employees and each time someone has called I press them to give me the name of the organization and they refuse. I have reported this to my attorney and have reported all your numbers to the Nat'l Do Not Call list. I think if someone does not owe you anything and you keep calling under the guise of a debt. You're nothing more than a solicitor trying to sell them something.

Hi, I am a manager at this company and would like to address these  postings. First and foremost I am going to establish that this is a legitimate company and not someone trying to "scam you", this can be verified through the California Secretary of State website, you may use this link                                       ( http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/ ) or google Secretary of State for California and do a business search for Westfield Portfolio Management, Inc. and verify this claim for yourself. Further more if you have been contacted by our office it is for a valid business matter, not to "scam you". We are not associated with any of the entities named in the posting by  SHILLKILL nor do we allow our employees to engage in the aforementioned  practices. If you have any concerns or questions you can visit our website @ www.westfieldportfoliomangementinc.com, there you will find a tab titled Survey you may click on it and address any concerns or issues that you may have and someone from our management staff will be in touch with you; or you can email wpm@westfieldportfolioinc.com. We are very concerned with the interactions that our employees have with anybody that they come into contact with and expect them to maintain professionalism and respect as well as ensure that they abide with all: Local, State, and Federal laws.

The proper local jurisdiction to file police reports would be the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
http://charmeck.org/city/charlotte/CMPD/Pages/default.aspx

You can make a report by telephone - If calling outside the Mecklenburg County, the Non-Emergency Crime Reporting: 704-336-7600

You can also make a police report online at
http://charmeck.org/city/charlotte/CMPD/Pages/ReportACrime.aspx

Stacy left a message at my job to call 877-756-9997 she said she had to serve civil papers..... I called back & asked for stacy & the man that answered my call hung up on me. I called back again & talked to a man "Malloy"... when I asked the name of the business I was calling he said Fraud department.... anyway, this is such a scam, please do not give them any information!!!!!!!

I get a restricted or out of area call from a femal and a male.  The male says his name is Maloy Brando.  

For at least the last year, an illegal group of debt collectors have been terrorizing consumers, their family, friends, and employees threatening to arrest the individual of an unpaid loan or other debt (their generally don't even owe). Be aware debt is a civil matter, not a criminal matter, and you can't be arrested. They threaten a warrant if the victim does not pay a sum of money by the credit card over the phone.

Some of the people they are calling do not owe a debt.  Others they are calling have already settled their debt with the organization who owns the accounts. Even if you do owe a debt, do not be deceived by the actions of this group.  Many of the accounts they are attempting to collect they do not own.  In other words, if you pay these people, that is not going to clear your debt with its rightful owner.  

Although when pressed the callers give the victim an address in Columbia South Carolina (usually a vacant lot) or Atlanta GA (often a parking lot near the bus station). They are actually out of the Charlotte North Carolina area. The scammers are using the following business names (and there are many others, and they seem to create new ones daily).  They will normally answer the call back number as ?Investigations?

Reynolds, Hill, and Associates
Berkley and Associates
Kaufmann and Associates
Sanderson Blaine & Associates
Blaine and Associates
McKenzie Reid Associates
Kennedy, Kline, & Associates
Nationwide Asset and Recovery
Piedmont Investigations and Procurement
Raffino, Garrison, & McCoy
Greenman, Schwartz & Associates
McCoy Law Group
Salem Associates
Reynolds and Associates

Here is a set of links to a variety of threads on this forum that document this group and its behavior. They include the experiences of victims as well as a former employee or two that quit within a week of finding out exactly what was going on. They also include responses from consumer advocates and people who are really criminal justice professionals advising victims of what to do

http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-748-8367
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-719-1725
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-676-3492
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-805-5549
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-751-1084
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-803-2349
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-775-2417
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-775-2418
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-755-3417
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-746-3946
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-676-3485
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-966-3768
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-699-9749/2
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-966-6246
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-678-5437
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-967-0061
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-746-3948
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-791-2353
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-699-6246
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-735-8624
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-751-1083
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-736-3678/2
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-966-8529
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-967-2633
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-460-1576
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-609-3074
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-576-6210
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-601-5849
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-230-1283
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-658-0438
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-510-9327
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-509-0338
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-803-0755
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-511-0627
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-509-3033
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-509-0339
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-511-0631
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-883-2350/2
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-244-3381
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-0269
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-295-9550
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-966-6277
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-511-4248
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-725-5312
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-756-9997
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-1278
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-0531
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-0273

The call came from a blocked number and the lady said they were calling to verify location (she never asked about the address) to deliver documents from an issuing agent.  If I wanted more information I could call 8777569997.  I could divert the delivery of the documents from the issuing agent if I called the number for more information.  I called the number and the guy that answered said corporate office.  No company name given.  They won't be getting any info from me.  My mother just got scammed on something similar.  The police reports have been filed...

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