What was the outcome of this? Were you able to dispute the charge? Did u hear from them again? I was contacted by the same people.

I was just contacted by Lachner, Gates & Associate. They said I am being charged with intent to fraud. They said I had taken out 3 payday loans and when they went to collect, the account was closed. They wanted $2000 initially and then wanted to settle for $320. Everything sounded really odd. Is this real or fake? I am worried. Please help.

the New York State Attorney General's office is taking any complaints related to this company, please contact us at 716-853-8404,  save any messages or taped conversations where allowable.    do not pay under any threat of arrest or  legal action, these are false statements.

the New York State Attorney General's office is taking any complaints related to this company, please contact us at 716-853-8404,  save any messages or taped conversations where allowable. we are investigating this company and know who they really are,   do not pay under any threat of arrest or  legal action, these are false statements.

i was contacted by this company on many occasions and I paid 1,000 to them. I contacted my bank (chase) on Dec 7, 2012 and they said that they cant stop the funds because it is still pending.

I have been receiving calls from these exact people, a girl named Julie that has sort of a man's voice. saying the exact story. I went to the police department to see if they would look into it. I googled Riley James & Associates, and I came up with a website of Riley and Associates and A JRiley and associates. contacted them. I gave them the persons Number and they never heard of these guys who claim to work for them. I contacted my Lawyer who also is looking into them. And he informed me of what rights we have.
Before sending any money you have the right to have all paper work on you.
you have the right to ask their names, addresses, and phone numbers,
you have the right to ask them that you do not want to be contacted by phone so emails and letters only.
It is against the law for servers to serve you papers at work.
if they can't provide any of this information for you or won't give you any of that information, it is a scam.
it's scary that they have all your information so head to your social security office and have them FLAG you SSnumber, and put in a request to have it changed.
I hope no one falls for this scam, I have reported this to my states news cast and paper hoping that they will get the story out there and stop these D-BAGS from scamming any one else out of their money.

These people called with then name Emily Throne and gave my 85 yr old mother a heartattack because they told her if she didnt tell them where I was she would go to jail. These people all need to be stopped maybe we should all file suit on them and they dont even have my current name right thats how stupid they are.

wow if these people were sued with those guidelines they sure are not following the guidelines my 85 yr old mother just got a call for me from a emily throne stating she will go to jail if she didnt give the message to me.My mom elderly mother ender up being taking to the hospital because this made her so upset and her blood pressure sky rocketted . I am going to report them to the FBI

They call me on a daily basis back to back. My phone allows me to block any number. since I added them to my block list they started calling from different numbers. It is a scam and they refuse to send anything in writing. They ha hav

I have received messages from this company and when I finally got a hold of them and looked for Emily thorn, somebody by the name of Julie handled my inquiry. She right away threatened me of jail and court summons of a loan that was done through the internet that I haven't availed of. I requested paper works to be sent to me showing proof but to no avail. Why can't these people be stopped? I believed they have changed their names and numbers so many times.

I just recieved my FIRST  and I hope last call from this criminal.....Thank all of you for your msgs.Ask to be removed from their list an fwd all this to the FCC.Maybe???? they will take action.You can always dream.

Some finicail place or pay day loan place was hacked,  and all the peoples information was sold to different scammers,,  this is the 3rd i have dealt with,  and it is from 2006 & 2007,   now  if any company calls and says you owe money but they havent sent anything to you in the mail,  hang up.  if they call from the same phone number call your phone company and have that number blocked,   only real way to get out of them calling or months down the road another company calling is to change your number to an unlisted one

this loser works for them and is one of the scammers,

Time for a class action lawsuit. Anyone know how to start one? We too have gotten the same type of call from them.

here is a website to go to to report these people, www,ic3.gov, they are involved with the FBI and other gov agencies...I filed complaint today,also called the consumer protection agency and got the number for Dept of Financial Institutions and got the website listed above, was informed this company is a scam and you cannot be arrested for not paying  back a payday load, best thing to do is to not answer the calls and if you do and they start threating you inform them you know they are a scam and hang up on them, DO NOT ARGUE WITH THEM...good luck to all of you

heres a website to go to to file a complaint against these people, www.ic3.gov, they are involved with the FBI and other gov agencies

my friend got a call from Riley, James and Associates last week, it was supposedly from someone named Emily Thorne and that they were going to serve me papers at home or at work and gave that 888#, my friend gave me the number and I called it. Emily Thorne was out in the field according to the people at this number and I was going to be arrested right before the holidays on wed before Thanksgiving and would sit in jail through the holiday til fri to when I would be arraigned if I didnt pay 2 payday loans that was not paid back because I got laid off and was on unemployment for the amount of over $2900, then they said they would settle for $2100, then a $500 payment and then a $100 payment when I explained I didn't have that at this time and maybe I could do something at the end of the week when I got paid they said they needed the money now  to stop proceedings and I told them I just got back to work they said my only other option was to dodge the arrest which will be at my home on wed. This is such b******t, times are hard enough these days without someone threating you over the phone to have you arrested. this place also had my new address, my ss#, my boyfriends name, name of place where I use to have a bank acct, something needs to be done about these kind of people

That name is a character on the show Revenge, so dont know what that is all about

They have called my brother 5x today and I havent given his number in over 6 years.  Also mention Emily Thorn.  Other bill collectors havent had any problems finding me.  They arent very good at their job.

I just like the rest of you JUST got off the phone with Riley james and associates; spoke with a Vickey Johnson then a Mike Case because she couldn't answer some of my questions. $2,700 dollars are due for an old account in (just like yall) 2006. That was an old closed account and yes I'm alittle old myself but I swear I payed it off. They made me VERY scared talking about jail and coming to my job. Just did a credit report and it didn't show up on my report (AT ALL). She said that it wouldn't because payday loans don't report it. I asked her WHY I am just hearing from them now in 2012. She said that she sent it to old home addresses, and old place of employments ( but yet you have my new address and never sent it there or to my MAILING ADDRESS). Ok so I DID THE FOOL, I told her I could pay a certain amount and gave her my card # D'OH... I know ABSOLUTELY STUPID RIGHT!!! I get of the phone with her and googled the company and got ALL OF YALL. I feel sick to my stomach right now. In the the next days or so they are going to take that money out my account!!! What should I do?? should I let my bank know and stop the transaction?? should I report it to someone. I can't even find the paper work from that long ago if it was paid off. I am sick with this, If anyone is out there reading this ANY ADVICE would be greatly appreciated.

they are scammers, report them to the fcc

Same idiots calling leaving me a recorded message. I called back, the person who answered refused to give me the company address and other info. Then he proceeded to say I was the one with an attitude when I told him he was a scam artist. He then hung up on me. I called back and told him once again to remove my number from their list. He said he was trying to help me not get served with a summons. I told him the only help he could give me was remove my number or I would report them to the authorities. He then proceeded to scream at me and tell me my psychiatrist must think there is no help for me either. WTH??? These folks are nuts. BTW, I have never had any kind of payday loan.

I was told they cant send a letter because it would be mail fraud. I have been getting these calls from like 9 different numbers for years and they have yet to serve me with paper. I am getting really tired of it and wish it would stop. I am thankful for your post that it is a Scammer. I will not answer if they call again.

they called a former indebted charge off cheking acct cutomer's # looking for one of her friends.  her checking acct charged off 2000 & paid out on a small less than 30.00 balance. she called them to let them know he no longer lived there.  the caller told this lady she was emily thorn, this former indebted customer told her the person they left the mesg for no longer lived there.  emily turned on the lady and stated she too was on a loan for online loan with this man that used to live with her and his ex wife.  same story 1700 or warrant for arrest and needs to know where to serve the warrant, home or work.  could not disclose what account the check was written for 1700 came from but that it was written to the institute i work for.  this customer went to a local branch and thatis how she contact my dept.  told her to fax a police report or go to jail for bad/wirthless check.  

has similar situation w another customer, they left a "warrant" taped to his door while he was out of state for a few months,

ag's office told him SCAM SCAM SCAM

wonder if they are trying to recoop the rily & associates who defrauded the casino insurance?  or the riley & associate law firm .. they told these customers they were a collection agency hired to collect for the institute  work for..

WHAT DO ALL THESE VICTIMS HAVE IN COMMON?

where are the commonalities of the people these scammers are calling?

all have an old charged off chcking acct?  ever have a deceased person living at the address?  do these people work for a bank, colletion agency , credit reporting agency or chex system?  hmm.. they have your infor for a reason and i bet everyone has "some" common demonimator .. pool together and stop them!

I have been receiving calls from Riley, James & Associates that are not even in reference to me.  They keep leaving a message for me to pass on information to someone I know regarding an alleged felony issue.  If they are truly authorized to conduct the business that they say they do, would one not think that they would have the assistance of law enforcement behind them?  When I called back to ask them to quit contacting me, I was counseled about my responsibilities which I promptly told them to shove it up there "pie hole" and that I will be filing a report with the FBI and other agencies.

They threatening with jail and felony charges. If its a legit debt then be respectable and not a***oles about it. If u r a lagal company then u should prove it and not be nasty with the people u call to collect the debt from.

Lbarbados reported Riley James Associates from 888-479-9480 as a Scammer/Fraudster
Nov 13th 2012 - 6:24:34pm PST
Yes I am receiving calls and recorded messages from this number 888-479-9480, stating they ate calling from Riley James Associates and contact Emily Thorn. Its very overwhelming at times. In seeing that they call my home, work, family and any number that maybe associated with me. I have reported them to the FCC and any other method that comes my way. I really wish that they can be stopped. But may have to come to the radiation that they will change their number, or sell my supposedly account and this nightmare of a process will start all over again. I dont see their point unless it to annoy the heck out of me! A simple letter will do?

I have received several calls from this number, so have my family and co-workers. If I answer the phone, and a live person, after answering their questions to verify myself. They will not answer none of my questions, like the account number, the address of their company or let me talk with a supervisor. They just call me a,?dirt bag" before hanging up the phone on me. They leave messages recordings for me at any and every extension throughout my place of business. I am willing to work with them but the process of elimination is frustrating and not to mention very tedious. I reported them to our Attorney General Office and Consumer Affairs. If there is anything else I can do, please advise. Thanks

what is this companies address

THIS COMPANY REAL OWNERS NAME IS JOHN CHEBAT A SCUM BAG GUY IN BUFFALO GETTING SUED FOR 175,000.00 HE OWENS OVER 20 FAKE AGENCIES JUST GOOGLE HIM

http://www.insidearm.com/daily/collection-law ... another-175000/