It's true the address they have me is a ups store and they have box 77.   The employee at the store says they come in every day and get there mail..... Why can't a cop just sit there and wait for them to show up and pick up there mail.    I want them in jail!

Don't pay them it's a scam

After a couple of fruitless attempts, they usually stop. Then a few months later you will get another call from another phony collector. Ignore that too. The best thing to do if you are concerned, is file a complaint with local, state and federal agencies. There is enough material on these bozos online. If they operate too long before switching names and M/O somebody may catch up to them. My local PD seems to be taking a healthy interest.

Got a call from Gary Jones from Winchester group claiming I owe credit one from 2007 when they call me comes up unknown has called my employer once....how do you make the call  stops?

They violated the law by providing you with your mother-in-laws financial information. I'm smelling lawsuit here. They have a brick and mortar address in Temecula and are listed in the yellow pages. Maybe someone should serve them. You mother-in-law is entitled to civil suit.

I got a call telling me to call back 866-561-8264. I called and they tried to get me to confirm personal information. They had my DOB and last 4 of SS#.I refused. I argued with them about the FDCPA and other topics. Specifically that you cannot be arrested for credit card debt. I advised them that the entire call is recorded (undaunted) and it was. Filed complaints with my states Attorney General, and CFPB. Doubtful anything will come of it as they are spoofing numbers and the address appears fake. They are obviously operating illegally and therefore clandestinely. But, I still encourage all of you to take the 10 minutes to file. Enough complaints may cause the bureaucrats to do something.

If you have any doubts towards their legitimacy, go here:

http://www.online-payday-loans.org/contact-info/winchester-financial-group/

So these people called me at work and said they were going to serve me papers at work. I said great see you then! and hung up. They called right back and asked for human resources dept. my co worker said they were in another city so she asked for my boss. My co worker said he wasn't here and left a case number and a number. I called them back and stated that according to my attorney they are not allowed to call me at work and she asked for my name. I started to give her the phone number and then she told me I was threatening her. lmao!!

Constantly harassing phone calls telling me they are contacting my employer on a debt from years ago. And I could go to jail over this debt. ..I must pay it now....  you could tell it was a scam.  I also noticed they were in my credit report the day before. ...SCAM. will report them

These people are not legitimate.  Do not give them any info/money over the phone.  Report them to the appropriate government agencies.  DO NOT FALL FOR IT.

These people aren't only contacting people with bad debt, they are contacting people that have no bad debt.  Your post is inconsiderate and ignorant.  Unless you know what these criminals are doing, hop off the site.  You don't have a clue.

THESE ARE  VERY BAD PEOPLE. They called me 2 days ago using a local proxy phone number; I didn't answer. They mumble their name and reference a complaint and threaten legal action. They violate all of the FTC statutes. Their website is very cryptic and their direct number is listed as (866) 256-2054.

Winchester Financial Group
5225 Canyon Coast Drive
STE 71
Riverside, CA 92507-6321

Google registered debt collectors for your state. I was able to find a list.

Informational Post:

http://800notes.com/arts/Jb8EW-eDhQA/harassin ... ou-need-to-know
See Residents post here also:
http://800notes.com/forum/ta-34af6a034ba34b6/unending-collection-calls
Templates of Letters:
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-319-242-7350

http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpajump.shtm
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/askcfpb/search ...
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/pdf-0096-fair-credit-reporting-act.pdf
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection

And see:
http://800notes.com/forum/ta-944ec1426a8bcbb/ ... service-attacks
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http://www.clarkhoward.com/news/clark-howard/ ... r-phones/ndF4c/
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http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1828
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http://800notes.com/forum/ta-86217073a9c8dad/ ... 077595690349410
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http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0258-fake-debt-collectors
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http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubs/pressreleases/extortion_scam.htm
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http://www.fdcpa.me/fake-process-server-injunction/
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http://800notes.com/forum/ta-9413b3202bc8b6c/ ... net%27s-tactics
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To file complaints for Extortion Scam Operations:
file reports with the FBI, your state attorney general and Department Of Justice,CFB,FTC & FCC..

http://www.nw3c.org/
http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx
http://www.fbi.gov/
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/#&panel1-1
https://esupport.fcc.gov/ccmsforms/form1088.action
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/
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To file complaints on FDCPA/TCPA Violations:

file reports with your states attorney general and CFB,FTC & FCC..

https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/#&panel1-1
https://esupport.fcc.gov/ccmsforms/form1088.action
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/
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Consider buying a call blocking device or phone..
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=call+blockers

I received a called from 1-866-707-7582 saying i owe banks money and they will serve me at my job? if I didnt pay them $1782.00 bull crap!! they claiming to be Winchester Financial Group fax 951-296-6257  Riverside, Ca 92507  same address as the rest of the ppl above. The thing is you can't harrass people at their jobs its against the law. I will be filing complaint downtown. thank you.........

Did you get those papers? They did the same thing to me, I can't figure out who it could be.

yes it does in 7 years.  gone no record

Got a call from someone named Gary Jones in reference to an account. Claiming they need to get information to serve me papers.

I got a call from this same company yesterday.  They were asking for my mother-in-law (who has regularly had debt issues).  The two men that I spoke to were Mark Rios and Alex Martinez.  Both men were very friendly and provided me the information about my mother-in-law.  When I spoke to her though, she claimed to never having the card in question.  After finding this blog, I Googled the address for this company and it actually belongs to a termite and pest company.  The phone number on the letter is probably fake as well.  Mark did however email me with which included his contact information:

Mark Rios, x-123
Winchester Financial Group
Office: 877-529-8033
Fax: 951-296-6257
accountservices@winchesterfinancial.net

Just got the same kind of call and decided to look up the number and I found this site.  I pretended I was not the customer.  If they call again I will not answer or have my husband take care of it.  Glad I found this site.  I did not give them any personal info either.

I received a call from the HR Dept at my work that they received a employee verification form from winchester financial group, HR supervisor gave me the number to contact them. They stated I owed $1913.78 to credit one from 2007 they also had a address I lived at 20 yrs ago. I was trying to make arrangements to make payment arrangements and they could only settle for $1100 but had to pay within 3 days.When I told them I needed more time I was transferred fo a woman by the name of jackie west.This woman was threating and stated she  will be going to court in riverside, ca to process this legal issue and would put a lien on any property I owned, bank acct, or vehicles and could find any info about me if I lied.She said she wasnt willing to work with me and would garnish wages and wouldn't stop there would report to the IRS that I had frauded credit one.This woman was so believeable that I fell for it.I gave my bank info to her to secure the settlement price. At one point I asked if I could  think about it and if I didn't agree to it the terms right then I would be sued.After hanging up I googled them to discover the scam.I immediately called my bank to cancel my acct...I called back and anoymously asked them why there address is a UPS address and that they come up as a scam...a female said there website was www.winchesterfinancialteam.com...website appears real but phone number listed is 1-888 604 1320..same as scam

If these folks have taken any of your money, please leave me a message at 858-518-8920 but leave me a way to contact you. I do not need any of your personal information, but we do need to pinpoint where this is coming from and I'm willing to give it my best shot. If you are Attorney Wilson or any of the fictitous names used by The Scammers on this blog, do not bother calling as I will know. Thanks

I shut down my bank account

They have been trying to contact us and even called the company my husband consults, they were rude, and very demanding.  When we explained to them them that we didn't know what they were talking about, they got even more demanding.  We wanted information from them that they promised and we gave them a (debit card # which we have subsequently cancelled).  Couldn't find the debt they were talking about.  They called my married daughter in Florida, me, my husband and his work. Unbelievable.  I know a little about the law and felt very uncomfortable.  They are very fast talking, rude and very suspecious.  Not saying that debt collectors are not rude, but (1) there isn't any paper demands before they start calling (2) they tell anyone who answers that they the person they are looking for is in legal trouble (3) they need the money asap (4) what was the most suspecious, they fake like they are cancelling the Sherriff so you can hear that once you give them a card #, they call off the Sherriff... Don't fall for it.  Call the State, they are not registered in NC, and they are a scam...

The number they used to contact is:866-252-2054/866-531-4981  Lee Wilson, Angela (she is a peach!)

They treat me to put me in jail

Shady 3rd party collection agency...The best thing to do is not take there calls...they know there are violating and if they are going to send someone to serv you legal documents then they would of already...these people are crazy..they are trying to collect on old accounts that have been charged off and now this company is using scared tactics...trust me the best thng to do is if you are not able to pay this debt off then do yourself a favor dont stress out JUST DONT TAKE THERE RIDICULOUS CALLS....its not worth stressing out over a 3rd party collection agency that cant do S*&T...

Good Luck

People of ALL kinds get these types of calls, not just those who have trouble staying above water, do your research.

ook, I have read all of these posts and pretty much all of this has happened to me as well.  I first started getting calls last week from 1-888-604-2559 at my MOTHER'S house in a different state, from a girl named Patricia Brown at ext. 112.  My mom calls me and tells me about it, I freak out becausetheyre telling her theyre from a litigation office and I owe 4000 bucks but theyll settle for 1000.  I call her back, and Im nice at first because I dont know what this is.  Its believable at first because they actually knew the credit card information of a card that I'd had 12 years ago, that I PAID off.  I told her this was not for me, and she repeated my name, last four of my social, etc.  and so then I told her that I thought this might be a matter of identity theft.  She then proceeded to tell me, that this was NOT in fact, a  matter of ID theft, that it was a matter of me not paying my bills on time; and of course then, I stopped her mid sentence with, "ok - youre definitely a scammer because a legit individual would not be allowed to make that type of comment, let alone be in any position  as a lowly CSR to be able to refute my claim about identity theft.
She then told me that I had opened this account in 2007, and that I'd paid faithfull for three years and that if it were ID theft the person would not have paid on time for three years - they would not have paid at all.  

So I laughed in her face because anyone who knows me know (and I hate to admit this) that I havent paid ANYthing on time for three years, ever in my life, because I am a struggling musician.

I blew up on her and she laughed in my face so I hung up.  
I then called the CC company I was with and they verified that it had been paid off, which I already knew.  And I had also pulled my credit report a couple of months ago and knew it wasnt on there, so...

today I received a call from them again and I listened to the voicemail and they were claiming that they had served me papaers at this job I was working a month ago-which I am no longer there now.  But what worries me is that if they got this information so quickly about a job I worked for one month, what else can they get a hold of?

Jeeze.  

Anyway - I contact FBI.gov and filed a complaint.  She said that they dont personally resolve individual issues but they make reports into a secure database that allows law officials to track patterns for these things...so essentially - anyone who has posted here about this matter should do the same thing - if enough people file a complaint perhaps one day something will be done...

f****rs...

peace!

www.fbi.gov

fax 951-296-6257

PAY YOUR BILLS PEOPLE...LOL ITS NOT HARD TAKE CARE OF YOUR BUSINESS AND YOU'LL NEVER EVER GET THESE KINDS OF CALLS.....COMPANY'S SELL YOUR DEBT AND UNTIL THEY COLLECT THEY WILL KEEP CALLING YOU UNTIL THEY GET THERE MONEY AND ON TOP OF THAT PEOPLE YOUR DEBT DOES'T GO AWAY

Is this company  able to do the things they are doing and talking to people like they are a dog and calling people from the cell phone that they have they should not call anyones number from the cell phone that they use for personal use