So...I work for a legit collection agency, and got a call from a debtor on a paydayloan today, wanting to know what acct i was calling him on. Fair enough. I told him an outtstanding loan thru Check N Go. He tells me that he has arrngmnts to pay on this same loan thru these scammers. The wierd thing is that my agency purchased the defaulted contract on 6/23/11. The gntlmn said they had contacted him just yesterday (7/5/11.) Hmm... So, not only is that a bit fishy, but they also inflated the balance that was due by exactly 200.00. After speaking to this gntlmn at length, I told him that he was, in fact being duped by an agency collecting ilegally. At thatr point, the guy decided that he would rather deal w/ an agency that isnt posing as a law firm or threatening him into paying far far more than he really owes. In light of that, I offered the man a generous Settlement offer. Dont pay these jerks. If the loan is w/ in the statute of limitaions, they either do not own the rights and obligations to the defaulted contract, or they are inflating the balance that is due, and DRASTICALLY.

ps, I know this company more than likely looks at this page about as often as they change their phone number. So to them I say "haha, bi****s." xoxox ~Mark

This idiot called me thinking I would give out info. He even asked me too verify the last four of my social! Really? I don't owe anybody anything and tried to threaten me. When I threatened back he abrubtly hung up. Don't fall for this B.S.!

Phone number came up "Unknown" Caller stated she was from Brockmeyer and Goldstein. Told me my husband and I were listed as the parents of "XXXXX" completely different name. She was investigating this person for bank fraud. Asked if our parents or grandparents used that name. I asked were she was from again? She repeated the name. I simply stated i knew no one by that name and this person was certainly not my daughter. She abruptly hung up - I then found this site.! big time SCAM!!!!!

called and stated that I had check fraud violations and that I had 72 hours before the sheriff came to serve me....  this is bull...scam...AND ILLEGAL TACTICS...

who is this

Something told me to do a reverse lookup...I was ready to shell out my unemployment money ...which under a garnishment in this state would be exempt..that is the number 888-206-9018  GBM & Associate.  The debt to check and go is back in 2008 they said...so glad I looked them up first...This Melisa person was rather slick...but was out of the office today when I called back..some other person says they had no record of my previous arrangements...that was a tip off I might have been almost gullable.  I was told by Melisa that a Walmart prepaid debt card would work...I had one long time back...good thing I tossed it and did not reload it...  Anywho...left them a message that I would not be making arrangements and that I looked them up on line and wow ...what a lot of bad press this is...NOW I think I will contact the attorney generals office and the bbb...hope others look them up before getting taken.

I, too, have been receiving calls from this so-called firm threatening to sue me for check fraud in my state.  I seldom even write checks these days, so I can only assume that it is from a payday loan I received several years ago.  Although the loan has yet to be repaid due to financial hardship, what they are doing is illegal and unethical.  This firm is very rude and I will not acknowledge their calls or debt.

My FIL received a phone call from a Rob Furon from Goldstein/Bruckmeyer? Marsh Law Office yesterday stating that my husband owed Check-N-Go back in 2007 and he would be filing fraud charges on him by Friday. I promptly called him back because I had paid this debt on Jan. 21, 2009. He stated there was no record of payment and that I have till Friday to pay them or my husband would have felony charges for check fraud, and a misdemeanor for the 2nd check- there was no second check though. I freaked out and almost paid him because after many moves and time I had lost the paperwork for paying the debt, but things started seeming fishy- first he told my FIL everything, which he isn't allowed. Second, they spoke to me freely, never asking for any info on who I was and didn't seem bothered by not talking to my husband who they were after. The original amount of the loan was $605, but they would take $1800- if I paid by noon tomorrow it would only be 755 and no charges would be filed. That this was my last chance to pay or warrants would be issued by noon. I was able to locate the info on me paying the debt, as well as finding this website which helped me A LOT! My brother called the office asking for Mr. Rob Furon, and the lady that answered said there was NO Rob Furon there, whom I had just talked to. When he called this morning I made sure to tell him that I knew this was a fraud several times, once time he said it wasnt and then he says "thank you, bye" and hangs up after I told him I had already contacted several people about this. I am so sick of these disgusting people! DO NOT fall for this scam, I almost paid them my rent money in fear of legal action, from a debt I ALREADY paid.

What they are doing is against the law - don't answer the phone so they will have to leave you a message, then you can take your phone to your county's prosecuting attorney's office and let the REAL Investigators listen to them telling you lies about suing you and summons and criminal allegations and they can have a law suit against them.  Make sure you  make a complaint with your state Attorney General's office, the New York Attorney General's office and the FTC.  What they are doing is illegal and goes against everything in the Fair Debt Collection Practice Act.  My loan was already paid off  years ago but they still wouldnt leave me alone.  Good Luck!!

I got a call from this number too. claimed i owed a payday loan from 2006. which i did not. threatened have the sheriff arrest me and sue me.

Several months ago I had a voice mail from a "Rich" using the company name "Goldstein", stating I was involved in a fraud case.  I called the number back, got voice mail, and I left a message stating that they didn't have the correct person as the name they gave did not match mine.  Now, today, several months later, I got another call from "GBM & Associates" - fellow named "Rob" stating I had 48 hours before they filed a fraud action against me.  But they had noticed that no one had called me before, so they were hoping I would call back and work with them.  Well, Rob, you still don't have the name correct and since this is a big scam, you won't get a response out of me.  I'll just report you to the Attorney General's office in Minnesota, the BBB, the FCC and any other governmental agency that will help drive you out of business.

This may be a scam. Scammers are using bought/hacked loan application data to extort payments for fictitious debts from victims and victims' families and friends.
The FBI warns about payday loan extortion scams here http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/paydayloanscam_120710
The BBB has issued several alerts on this scam, just google "bbb.org alert phony debt collector"
Report to the Internet Crime Complaint Center http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx , the Federal Communications Commission http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm , the Federal Trade Commission https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/ and your state AG, as appropriate.

WOW - this Chris Johnson sure gets around!  I have been dealing with these people for over 2 months - first they must have called every number in the book with the same name as  mine in my area and finally got my mother-in-law who took their info - they told her they were serving me papers by the days end (2  months ago) (which is totally against the law when calling a 3rd party to locate someone).  He claimed that they are collecting on a payday loan from 6 years ago that I paid off to a different collection agency 3 years ago.  Also told me that I have 2 counts against me and other BS about "check fraud" and "intent to defraud a company".  I've done a bunch of  investigating and the fax# they gave me to send them the info that it is paid off belongs to the same collection agency that I paid off 3 years ago!!  They are such idiots!  He left me another message last week that they will serve me papers at home or my place of employment since I won''t respond to their correspondence they sent me.  I have not gotten anything from these idiots and he is refusing to resend it to me!!  I don't know how these people sleep at night!!

I also got a call from a Marsh and Kemp I looked up this number and they told me that I had a viloation of federal banking regulations collateral check fraud and theft by deception, you should see the afadavit they sent me, everything misspelled not even my address,  spelling throught this document is harendus, on a plain piece of paper no heading on this document, no phone numbers, I faxed this to my uncle who is a judge in MA he told me if they call again you are to bring it to my attention.. do not talk to these people they got my celll phone number and i dont know how, they are talking about a document that was 7 years ago, and i didnt even have a cell phone back then, so how did they get my number, my  moms number my sisters number and my x husbands number,,,I dont know they are scammers..and they will be reported tommorrow, if they do call you hand up quick and report it....

Melissa Goldstein....VERY Rude...I never gave them my number. They were calling for someone other than me. I said I knew the person but this was not there number. She provided me with TOO much personal information and then started yelling. I told her that I would sue if she continued to be that way and she hung up. She wouldn't tell me where she was located

Chris Johnson probably isn't this scammers real name! If anyone gets calls from this number report them to your state's Attorney General's Office. What they are doing is ILLEGAL. No legit law firm will threaten you like this. It's a scam to get money!!

The infamous Chris Johnson called today and stated I had two civil actions pending against me in the previous county I lived in.. They were for fraud and passing bad check.. First off both of them were payday loan that went deliquent for 8 years ago.. They are scam artists they cannot collect on them becasue of the statute of limitations. has run out.. they are just trying to scare us into paying!!!! Chris Johnson.. the next time you call me I WILL record the conversatiion and take it to the courts.. He stated he was the Lead investigator fro the law office of, i think he said Goldstein, Buckmeyer and Marsh.. Not sure... watch out for him.. he is a joke!!!!