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My dad is a very good man he take care of me and my mom yeah he made mistakes on the past but we all do thats what makes us human

License for the company is held by the city of chicago.  You can look it up for yourself.

Address:
4301 S ELLIS AVE , Floor:2 , Suite/Apt:209      

Co. Name:
P.I.F. FINANCIAL
    
License type:
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

Ward:         04
Precinct:     005     

Now I don't know who I talked to but it was either Mr. Andre or Mr. Laverne pretending to be "Investigator John Adams".  These guys have little to no education, they bumble their way through conversations, and they obviously have no control over their emotions.  They contacted me claiming that a certain credit card company was claiming fraud against me.  There just happens to be another person where I live with the same name as me.  My guess is that they called both numbers they could find and told both of us the same story, hoping one of us would contact them and they could try to collect their debt.  I ran a credit report for myself just to make sure it wasn't me, and my credit report was clear.  When I asked him to send me all of his information pertaining to the case, as is required by LAW, he gave me two addresses that he stated he had sent letters to, neither of which I ever lived at.  I have told him several times that he has the wrong person, but he just can't face facts and move on.  I have filed FTC complaints for his behavior and added myself to the national do not call list.  If he calls again, I'll report him there too.

I spoke w/Mike Grey and Alex Ambrose about a debt that I supposedly had in 2001.  In Florida the SOL is 5 years, but they told me that because it is w/ a law office already that the SOL doesn't matter.  I asked for their address, but they refused to give it to me.  They both ended up hanging up on me.  Not very professional.  Tom Mason should know that his name is being drug through the mud.

These people (I use that term lightly) are scum bags! They called my cell phone and work saying they were from an Attorney Tom Mason's Office threatening me and trying to verfiy my information which was wrong, put me on hold I hung up, and then a man named "Larry" called back from PAenforcement yelling and threatening me with a Felony charge, I told him I would report him and he then proceeded to tell me "you can't report me B%*#!" I hung up and I think they just tried to call my work again, and they have been told not to contact me at work! I have reported them to the FTC I hope these scum bags get whats coming to them!

Received a call at work which I did not answer due to caller I.D..  He left a message saying he was calling about an important matter and that I was going to be served.  Identified himself as Alan Cruz with the Attorney's Office of Tom Mason and left a phone number of 866-252-5507.

Received a call from a restricted # today and she didn't want to give her name, just that she was calling from an attorney's office concerning a debt that I owed.  Would not give me an account # and told me that I had 24 hrs or they would call my employer and demand my income information (I told her that she did not have permission to call me at work).  She would not send me anything in writing like I asked.  She told me that I would be served by the sheriff's office and taken to court.  She would not give me an account number, only would tell me the name of the bank.  Told me she was from the lawyer's office of Tom Mason in Skokie, IL.  She said she was not a debt collector.
I told her under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act that she must send me information in writing (and I tried to give her my address - but she would not take it).
After she was done violating all of my rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, she then said that I had better call or all the above things would happen and then she hung up on me.
I checked my records when I got home and I paid off this debt back in 2006.  The number she gave me to call back was 877-588-9108.

Getting calls at a business from Rachel Cole who says she's with Tom Mason's office and insists I'm the person she's calling for.  Coming from 877-588-6671

He also has charges in Nevada and is in hiding, like a coward.
He is the worst kind of crook and person.
Stay as far away as possible as he is very unpredictable.
HIs wife is Toi (Nolen) Culpepper in Las Vegas, NV.
I hope someone puts him under the jail as he served federal time for mortgage fraud and came out of jail still doing mortgages.  He deserves EVERYTHING he gets.

Jane - how do you know this?  Is Culpepper the same person as Mark Mastin?  Who do we call to erport him?

no call i found out that the mans name is really Anthony Eugene Culpepper. He was sentenced in 2003 by the Anthony Culpepper was sentenced in 2003 by the United States District Court Northern District of Illinois for Fraud and was given a sentence of one year plus one day and One Million Dollars of Restitution. Anthony Culpepper has another Federal court case in Wisconsin.

This Matson guy is a real c**ks*****r. Also called up as "James" so using a phone name. Called my mom and tried to get info out of her. These guys are used to dealing with people who don't know their rights, so my advice is to not return their calls, warn everyone you know, and file the appropriate complaints with the FTC and Illinois State Attorney's Office.

BEWARE people, these are some two-bit criminals.  They took a poor friend of mine for $2,100.00.  They are stealing personal information from somewhere.  Because they had all o her information and told her that her ex-husband opened an account if both their names and that she was responsible.  They are divorced and she did't know that even if he had she wasn't responsible. bUT THEY THREATENED HER... We are going to do somethin about this, trust me.. The guys name was Mark Matson.  They are using a financial processing service to collect their money. I don't know what to tell these people except better be looking over your shoulder that is all I am saying.

These Guy's are nut's I called John Clyde and he flipped out I have a call into the Attorney General"s office we will see if they can stop their call

Don't wait. Call your State Atty and get these SCUM BAGS arrested.

This Mark Maston who claims to be an attorney for PIF Financial gave the complainant a Bar ID # of 0015401.  He was tryinig to get the reportee to pay $4000.00 dollars of a $11,000 dollar debt owed form his daughter and brother inlaw. He also threatened felony charges and the liqudation of the reportee's personal assets. When i called the Illinois Attorney Registration Board
(public information) they stated they have no record of a Mark Maston and the bar ID# I had was not valid.  People be aware I have found nothing that verifys this company as a legitimate company.  They even went to the extent of creating a website and put a picture of some professional looking people from another website on it.  I would love to see these idiots go down.  Continue to report any and all information about this group.  Don't believe anything they say.....MARK MASTON IS A FREAKING JOKE..they are more then likely a group people living in the same house like cats in a barn believing they are actually good at what they do..

Be safe people.

J

My parents got a call from a "John Quincy Adams" from this PIF Group, who claimed that he was a fraud investigator and she had cosigned on an account with an individual my parents didn't even know.  He threatened to have my mother arrested if she didn't pay the supposed amnount owed.  I called the credit card company he referenced and they had never heard of my parents and said that they do not use this credit agency to recover debts owed.  We contacted the BBB and had fraud alerts put on each credit report.  THIS IS HIGHLY ILLEGAL AND I HOPE THEY ARE CAUGHT AND PROSECUTED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW!

I swear this guy was just making things up as he went along. Somehow he got hold of my father's ssn and was claiming that this account was in my name and cosigned by my father 8 years ago (let's not even get into the SOL discussion there). Gave me a line about how I might have "accidentally" listed my father as an authorized user instead of a reference, which STILL would not have made him a cosigner. Also claimed that because there were so many addresses attached to the account, this could be a case of fraud.

Because college students don't move every single year apparently.

Took forever to get the company name because he mumbled it every time. Also, he claimed he was the lead attorney for the company, but he talked like a high school drop out.

This guy is the "True Fraud". Called one of my neighbors today and wanted her to give him our phone number to him, on the pretense that he was an "investigator" investigating a felony fraud case against me. I called the poser,and rode circles around his charade. I had to explain the diff to him between criminal, and civil law. Once I explained to him that a criminal indictment/prosecution has to prove "INTENT",once a single payment has been made,the "criminal intent hurdle" has been cleared. He was no match for me,...a Texas Parolee who just got out 3 days ago! GO COWBOYS!!!

Mark also calls me saying he has pending Fraud charges ... but when I get on the phone he is looking for a man who happens to have my same last name (IE. I'm a female)!!! I told him to submit it in writing to have my lawyer look at it for possible harassment charges and he hung up....

These people keep calling my in-laws telling them that they are a law firm just getting ready to have me arrested.  Mark Maston is the guys name.

These people raped me!

I am in South Africa and got an sms from 072 394 7818 saying i have won R980 000 from P.I.F promo uk contact person was Donald Wayne on 078 590 0737, i called to find out what it was because i didnt entre any compition, all he asked for was my reference number and the cellphone number that recieved the sms....? could they get any of my personal details from my cellphone number as i did suspect it to be a scam...?

Contacted by sms as winner for Nokia Promo?. Asked to email reference no. and name. Donald Wayne was the name attached to the email requesting info for all personal details including occupation and individual description? but no banking details. Grammar was poor and no mention of which Nokia department the email had originated from? Googled this and suspect it is a scam.

I have won an amount of R980 000

You have won an amount of R980 000 to claim I should call Donald Wayne.

They say I have won an amount of R980 000 and I should called Donald Wayne.

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License for the company is held by the city of chicago.  You can look it up for yourself.

Address:
4301 S ELLIS AVE , Floor:2 , Suite/Apt:209    

Co. Name:
P.I.F. FINANCIAL
 
License type:
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

Ward:         04
Precinct:     005    

Now I don't know who I talked to but it was either Mr. Andre or Mr. Laverne pretending to be "Investigator John Adams".  These guys have little to no education, they bumble their way through conversations, and they obviously have no control over their emotions.  They contacted me claiming that a certain credit card company was claiming fraud against me.  There just happens to be another person where I live with the same name as me.  My guess is that they called both numbers they could find and told both of us the same story, hoping one of us would contact them and they could try to collect their debt.  I ran a credit report for myself just to make sure it wasn't me, and my credit report was clear.  When I asked him to send me all of his information pertaining to the case, as is required by LAW, he gave me two addresses that he stated he had sent letters to, neither of which I ever lived at.  I have told him several times that he has the wrong person, but he just can't face facts and move on.  I have filed FTC complaints for his behavior and added myself to the national do not call list.  If he calls again, I'll report him there too.

Caller claimed to be an investigator trying to reach a neighbor of mine (gave name and address) claiming that his SSN and ID had been used fraudently and he was going to help him clear it up. He asked me to give my neighbor his name (Grant Kennedy) and phone number (888-661-0667). It sounded pretty phony to me, so I googled the number.