On October 28, 2013 I've received a call  from someone I did not  know so I hanged up very suspicious of all the spam messages and wrong calls I receive daily. He called right away, from a 949-484-0778 number, a guy called "Bryan" from a firm "Williams", and left an intimidating message in a strong voice warning me that IF I did not call immediately back to the number 888-533-2123, referring the code for my phone number that he mentioned in his message, that they recorded the time and date at which the warning was made, pacific time, they would call my site of employment to take legal action against me.
I've been receiving at least 4 spam "machine generated" messages a day for people I do not know since I got this number a few weeks ago. All the messages  start with "this is an important message for..."(it's never my name!). So I registered the number in the DONOTCALL official registry last Friday (3 days ago!). Now I get this call, in which I get a direct threat with my full name. Give me a break! This is plain FRAUD. Thank you to all the people who commented on this site.

I have been receiving phone calls from a company called AGI and Associates who left the same message on my answering machine.  I called the number and inquired as to who they were and what company they represented.  The man told me the company was AGI and they were an information seeking company for financial companies.

WE HAVE BEEN CALLED BY THIS MAN ALSO AND TOLD CRIMMINAL CHARGES ARE ALSO IMPENDING UNLESS PAYMENT IS MADE, SO WIFE GOT ALL UPSET AND DEMANDED I CASH IN MY 401 K YO PAY THIS MAN AND HENCE IT WAS PAID TO AN ATTORNEY ESCOLE ACCT AT BANK OF AMERICA ACCT. SEEMS LIKE BANK OF AMERICA IS IN ON ALOT OF SCAMS FROM USA AND AFRICA TOO. AND NOW JUST RECEIVED A CALL THAT OUR LOAN ACCT WAS NEVER PAID OFF BY THIS MAN AND WE ARE BEING THREATENED AGAIN, MY ADVICE IS NEVER ANSWER A CALL YOU DON'T KJNOW THE NUMBERS LOST A TOTAL OF 20 GRAND THROUGH JERKS LIKE THIS OVER THE YEARS

I got a call from these guys yesterday. Interstingly enough they called about an old bank account of mine that was closed years ago. I initially received a call from 404.381.8905 but when I answered no one was there so I returned the call. A guy answered (just a hello..no identification of the organization). I indicated that someone had just called me fromt he number and the guy seemed abit surprised and mumbled something about the computer must have ms-dialed. He then asked my name and after I gave it to him he claimed I had two outstanding accounts with the firm. I figured ti was a scam at this point so I asked him for details and why i had not received any correspondence about the debts. He said they had sent documentation to an old address of mine. I told him I had taken care of the account a while back. He said that he had evidence in black and white and that I would be summons. I told him that they should send me a summons and he simply said good luck and hung up.

So now just in case I review my bank records to make sure I have the proof that I did pay the account. Well I find the information and decide todo a little research on who I paid the settlement amount to inthe past. Lo and behold the company that I paid the so called settlement to was one of these flim flam companies. So i ma not have paid these guys a dime I certainly paid $1000 to another con artist months ago. These guys are pretty good. Unfortunately these type cons are pretty low on law enforcement's priority list. Local cops do not know enough about financil crime to effectively investigate and the federal authorities are tied up with other type criminal activity to devote resources. I work inthe financial services industry and acouple of years ago was briefed by the FBI that anything less than $100K in financial crime is no longer investigated due to the resources devoted to things like the war on "terriosm".

Stay safe and be smart!

I got a call from 404.381.8905 and 312.765.7460.  The guy sounded like a thug and asked for Michelle, not Molly.  He got the last name right, but I'm not Michelle, so I just said this wasn't her number and he hung up.  We shall see if he calls again.  Now that I know about this guy I will have a little fun at his expense I think.  What a douche.  Good luck, y'all.

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My parents in their 80s just got a call from AGI & Associates, claming they are going to sue my mother. She's never even had a credit card. It's laughable. But I returned a call from they number they called me from 404-994-3081. When I told them I am going to report them, they first hung up on me, and then the second time told me to go ahead. I think I'll spend all day harassing them like they've done to my parents.

I received this call from a Jeremy Cobb legal investigator about me owing on a HSBC master card acct that I had in 2008. Called me on a tuesday and told me they had to have $834.95 by friday or $417. 45 by thursday. Well I admit I stressed because I couldn't remember having a mastercard since 2001 and everything was paid off by the time I came back from overseas. But I work at the police dept so I figured it was best to get everything on a recorded line. So I called him from my work phone. And I would never give him my social or my birthday but when he said my SSN I got pissed and began working overtime on trying to find out who these people were. I asked him to send me information about this mastercard by mail or by email. He told me I would get it on the 13th and I told him I would make a payment on the 15th of 500.00. So the 13th came and no email mail or nothing I called him back and he said he had the wrong email address I gave him the email address and he said call him back when I get the email. Well of course it wasn't what I asked for but just a letter stating what he asked for. But the mistakes he made you can tell it was a scam. First it said the wrong county and then the letter head he couldn't get it to go to the top so it printed at the bottom twice lol. It was really tacky like he was rushing to get it to me. Then he gave a lame excuse like only the lawyer has the information to go to court I don't have that information. So I got my credit report and checked all 3 reports nothing about a mastercard and then I took it to my investigators and followed the identity theft packed to set up if anyone uses or has used my idenitity I will be called and notified. But I was told by my detectives to have them call him. While I was in the police staton he called wanting his payment. I called him back when I got to the recorded line and told him I had a number for him to call to speak with my detectives he adv you can have him call me I said ok how bout I patch you threw to him and you should've heard the voice on him start to crack. So the detective came on and he didn't want to stay on the phone he kept saying just have him to call us back and we will pass this information on to our supervisor. I said ok he will be on the phone in a few who would he need to talk to John Grecko or Melvin White. He said he didn't know a John Grecko and who was that I told him the name at the top of his letter head he said oh ok. Then Mr John Grecko gets on the phone and tried to bully me saying that the investigator came meet him in court because it had my name and social on it but he kept trying to talk over me so I couldn't give him the name or phone number to talk to him or his associates at. He finally hung up saying you already know who has done this to you so you don't need to talk to us about nothing. LOL I'm ready to go to court!!!

They use 2 different numbers the first time I dealt with them they were using 1-888-392-8605 this time they are using 1-888-533-3755 I've dealt with 4 different people to there names are James Gates, Diane Ruffeno and John Accord. I can't remember this new guys name. All I know I was scammed and theres nothing I can do unless someone knows of something I can do.

I recieved a phone call from a man named James Gates threatening me with a bad check and I had 72hours to pay otherwise I was going to be taken to court on criminal charges. I took a settlement and paid them $1763.00 and now they're saying it wasn't settled and I owe them another $606.86. After I paid the initial $1763 I was suppose to get a letter in the mail and an email stating the matter was taken care of. After 4 weeks of calling them with no answer they finally answered this past week and I talked to another guy and he said the debt wasn't paid and I still owed $606.86 and that's why I never recieved the letter or email stating that the debt was paid. So anyways after 4 weeks have passed he claimed I had 72 hours to pay the remaining balance out of nowhere. So now I just paid them all this money and I have no record of it because I had to pay with  green dot money packs. All I have is the receipts for the money packs and the green dot money pack cards. So in all actuality I have no proof of ever paying them. I have no clue what to do because my local police said there is nothing they can do so does anyone have any advice? Oh when I was calling them for the 4 weeks the company name changed and when I questioned them on it they claimed I was dealing with a different department.

Got a voice message from a recording stating that I must call them because my Federal and state taxes will be in jeoprady. I called the number and to my surprise its AGI associates. They are such lame a***s.

They just called me! They scared the crap out of me. But, I feel better seeing all these posts. They aren't getting a dime. Not to mention, they were sooooo rude! They had me yelling in my house--scaring my poor dog.

omg!! Me too! They said it was a past loan and that i would go to court and a police officer would come to my door and not to have any weapons. The minute I told him it was being recorded he hung up on me!! Then I called back and he said to stop harassing him!! It is a scam!! I never took anything out. He wanted $920!!

Just received the same call, giving a case number and 72 hours for me to return a call to 888-533-3755 ext. 1007.  No company name, no person's name.  Wished me "good luck" and hung up.  Kept saying "uh" throughout his message, and threatened me with a summons for "fraudulent checks written through Fleet Bank".  We have never had an account at Fleet Bank.  This is not a nice man, can tell just by his snide remark at the end of the call.  Thanks for everyone else's input...I feel better now.

Got two calls from a "wireless" caller today, leaving messages for my adult son, who does not live in our home.  The man stated my son had bad checks on his bank account and that this case would be going to court as criminal charges had been filed for acts of Defrauding a Financial Institution.  Caller ID for this wireless call gives his number to be: (202) 400-3498.  The number the man left for my son to call is: (888) 533-3755, ext 1006.  He also gave a ref # for the case of: 890022-US.  The man left no name, no name for the bank, nor due deadline for a return call.  The whole thing smelled fishy to me.  I called my son who said he is sure he has no outstanding checks and that he has never given our phone number out to his bank.  He also said he received a similar call on his cell phone recently and kept asking the guy for an amount of this supposingly written bad check and who was it written to.  The man refused to give him that info.  My son said that he would need to contact his attorney then to get any other info.  However, the strange caller got angry and said he was not calling my son's attorney, then hung up.

this is the email it came from for me mailto:cobb.jeremy@thealliancegroup.us and the name on it was
John Greco                                                              
Legal Assistant                                                              
AGI & Associates                                                              
7421 Douglas Blvd Suite N216                                                              
 Douglasville, GA 30135

phone #s 888-533-3755
and 202-400-3495

I just got the same call today from a man named Jeremy Greco he sent me an email stating that I owe $842 in bank service fees for a bad check that I actually paid off on 1/31/11 I have the paperwork stating this was paid off and its reflected on my bank account which I have those statements also, he said its not to where I wrote the check to its for the bad check fees, I said the NSF on that check are $842???? they said they are just calling to get my statement to see if I want to settle this out of court and that there would be someone summonsing me to appear in court in the county that I live in, im not sending them a dime.  Sounds like a scam.

call came from ag&i associates. incoming call came from 404-381-8905 saying to call
888-533-3755 regarding a tax complaint filed against me.  this is a total scam call.
they need to be shut down.  i have no accounts with complaints against me.

I got a call at my work place.  The persons name was Brooke Coleman.  It was from 888-533-3755.  She said a complaint had been filed against me and that I had 72 hours to return her call.  I thought that something was up so i googled it and like everyone else I found this website.   I have also received automated phone calls stating the Commonwealth was going to press charges against me.  I ignored those calls.

I just received a call from this guy John Accord who is threating me and wanting to take me to court in regards to a past due account...God he gave me a lot of stress today...he had a lot of information on me, how are they getting this?

http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/8882678555
http://800notes.com/forum/ta-1b47a30428c1e14- ... ew-numbers-here

These guys break so many laws it is unbelievable!  All these debts, even if they are yours, are outside the statute of limitations. They buy these debts for pennies and then try to strong arm people into sending them money.

Any threats of criminal charges are illegal.
Any threats of garnishments without a court order, are illegal.

If you check recent news, you will see that prosecutors are going after a number of them for this type of crap.

oh they used tel 202-400-3495

I just talked to this a** John Accord who told me i am s*** out of luck and that he is going to sue me even tough the account number is incorrect.

I got a call from these same people except the # is 855-570-4138 John Accord--he was uncooperative, very rude and just basically kept threatening me with some kind of criminal charge. When i asked exactly who this debtor was, he couldn't give me the original debtor's name and of course had very little information, but he tried to sound very tough. When I informed him that any "debts" I had from that time period was actually filed under a 13 Bankrupcty, he insisted this would not preclude me from criminal charges. I told him I would gladly give his information to my lawyer. I also believe they use the #404-855-7905.

Got a voice message on my office phone after hours, with an electronic voice that did nothing but say there was a lawsuit filed against my federal and state taxes and to call 888-533-3755. Really!?  LOL I ought to call the number back with a fake canned electronic voice and tell them to contact me via 888-SUPER FRAUD. It's sad that these bottom feeders are allowed to get away with this kind of garbage.

I just got the same call not twenty six minutes ago saying my taxes were in question. I went on line yo look and I found this website. Thank you for the notices. For warned is great.

Legit collectors per section 809 of the FDCPA http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre27.pdf *must* tell you at initial contact, or send you paperwork within 5 days of initial contact, the following:
1. $amount of debt,
2. name of the current creditor (which may differ from the original creditor who might have sold your debt),
3. a statement that that debt will be assumed to be valid unless you dispute in writing within 30 days,
4. a statement that that if you do dispute in writing within 30 days, the collector must mail you written verification of the debt,
5. a statement that if you ask the collector in writing within 30 days, the collector must send you the name and address of the original creditor if it's different from the current creditor.
If you don't get the 5 disclosures, orally or in writing (you do not have to ask for them, the FDCPA requires collectors to provide them), treat the collector like you would any SCAMMER.
If they say the FDCPA does not apply to them because they own your debt, the debt-owner exemption only applies to the original owner. Any 3rd party who buys the debt for the purpose of collecting debt is treated as a debt collector, i.e., ownership is irrelevant for debt buyers and they must obey the FDCPA as explained in this FTC Staff Opinion letter here http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpa/letters/arbuckle.htm
Has the statute of limitations for your state http://www.fair-debt-collection.com/SOL-by-State.html expired on your debt? If expired, don't pay.
Collectors generally have to be licensed by your state to practise (collect debt) in your state and you can find out by calling your state Attorney Generals Office. Ask if a license is required and does this collector have one. If not licensed, don't pay and file a complaint.
Read useful debt-collection FAQs from the FTC here http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre18.shtm
Be aware that scammers are using bought/hacked/phished 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.

I got a call from them today... they left an e-mail about some sort of legal proceeding that could effect my estate.  I'm ignoring the call after seeing all of these posts!  They didn't even leave my name in the message, so how am I supposed to know if the message is even for me or not? FRAUD!

Number was 404-381-8905

Fraud!!! Ignore them!

The message was stated that I was being sewed.  It seem like fraud.