A lot of the posts on here seem to condone the practices of this collection agency. Remember that they can post things on here also to scare you into calling.  A lawsuit summons is an official document that has the name of the court, the docket or case number, the name of the plaintiff and the defendant, the date, time, and place the defendant should appear and so forth. At the bottom of the "summons" will be the name and contact information of the plaintiff's attorney an official state court seal and the signature of the clerk or deputy clerk of the court.

Debt collectors cannot file a lawsuit and obviously cannot issue a summons for said suit. A lawsuit can only be filed by an attorney licensed to practice in the debtor's state. A summons or subpoena of any sort can only be issued by the court. Any agency or agent attempting to falsify such a document is guilty of a criminal offense and can be subject to severe penalties in a court of law.

Worked with Me Kelner, and was very pleasant, Worked out a great deal and I am actualy happy with this place.

A few days ago I received a call from this number. It was a collection agency.

GOT A CALL FROM THIS NUMBER AND CALL THEM BACK, THEY REFUSE TO TELL ME WHAT THE CALL WAS ABOUT, HAND UP THE PHONE AFTER I TOLD THEM TO MAIL ME ALL REQUESTS IN WRITING BECAUSE I DONT KNOW WHO THEY ARE, I THINK IT IS A COLLECTION AGENCY TOO AND THEY IDENTIFY THEMSELVE AS EVANS LAW FIRM BUT WOULD NOT GIVE ME AN ADDRESS. CREEPY

Please put me on the no call list. This is a company phone.

I got Served a Summons last week from this company, I called the City Court where I live and they do have it filed there. Do I have to get an attorney now? Should I call them? I dont have a job right now, there is no way I can pay this.. What Can I Do here with Little Funds?? Help..

I am pretty sure, as long as your divorce decree stated that your ex was supposed to pay this bill, you could go ahead and take him or her to court for your losses. If you wanted to go that route.. Haha, Good Luck.

I actually got one served to me by this old guy, I called them and they are sending me a validation of debt and settlement in writing. I dont want to go to court either, Im probbly gonna just settle this even though my ex was supposed to be paying it.

I got served a summons today from this old guy, shortly after I got home from work..I called immediately to find out what the deal was and spoke to a woman who was actully cival.. This is for a debt I had two years ago when I was married, My ex was supposed to pay this, it isnt for alot and got a really nice settlement offer.. My issue is, If I were to fight this, It would probably end up costing more in attny fees, then to just settle it and clear my name. I spoke to my friend that is a paraleagal and he said just to get everything in writing before paying. I called them back and spoke to a this guy and they are mailing me a settlement offer and validation of debt notice due before the end of the month. Am I doing the right thing here or is there free services I could use to try and fight this? My ex will just not go away!!! Ughhh...

I spoke with an attorney and he said that you CAN receive a summons by mail.  He said that the plaintiff must prove service by a preponderance of evidence and since the post office has proof of delivery without it being signed, you can get tracking to show it was delivered. Your posting doesnt make much sense because this is my debt and i legally owe it.  Why would i not try to contact them to make arrangements?  Wouldn't that be the logical thing to do being as though i owe this debt?  The last thing i want to do is go to court over a stupid bill!

A mailed summons?   Seems fishy since they are required to hand deliver those.   You can also take it the court house they claim it is from and have them verify it. MANY CA'S WILL FABRICATE THESE TYPES OF FORMS AS A SCARE TACTIC.   EVANS is not a law office - they are debt collectors pretending to be attorney's. (another scare tactic)

YES GET A AN ATTORNEY - AT LEAST FOR A CONSULT  AND READ THE INFO BELOW
www.naca.net  - is a website that refers you to attorneys who KNOW COLLECTION LAW (not all can deal in collection law) - Many will work on contingency as in most cases dealing with these SCUMBAGS is a slam dunk in your favor and the collection agency will end up paying your fees..  

File complaints with

Federal Trade Commission  https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en

Your State Attorney General
State Attorney General is every state they have offices

Link to all State Attorney General Websites www.naag.org

If you or they are located in NY ? use this SPECIAL Link  www.NYDebtHelp.com
This special website was created by NY AG Andrew Cuomo specifically for reporting illegal debt collection practices.  HE?S CRACKING DOWN AND SHUTTING THEM DOWN!

Also report your calls and contacts with debt collectors at http://www.budhibbs.com/index.html  If the company is listed under agencies ? report there. If not on the list YET, click on Watchlist! and add to the list.   You can also post here http://www.collectorsexposed.com/forum2/index.php?board=2.0

Debt Collectors DO NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS INFORMATION!    
The INFORMED CONSUMER IS THE DEBT COLLECTORS WORST ENEMY!

Dealing with Debt Collectors
http://www.budhibbs.com/start.html


Statute of Limitations by State ? always double check YOUR OWN STATE Government Website
http://www.budhibbs.com/statute_of_limitations.htm


Recording calls from Debt Collectors - always double check YOUR OWN STATE Government Website
http://www.budhibbs.com/record.htm


From Federal Trade Commission Website ? FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT
Debt Collection FAQs: A Guide for Consumers
If you?re behind in paying your bills, or a creditor?s records mistakenly make it appear that you are, a debt collector may be contacting you.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation?s consumer protection agency, enforces the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), which prohibits debt collectors from using abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices to collect from you.
Under the FDCPA, a debt collector is someone who regularly collects debts owed to others. This includes collection agencies, lawyers who collect debts on a regular basis, and companies that buy delinquent debts and then try to collect them.
Here are some questions and answers about your rights under the Act.

What types of debts are covered?
The Act covers personal, family, and household debts, including money you owe on a personal credit card account, an auto loan, a medical bill, and your mortgage. The FDCPA doesn?t cover debts you incurred to run a business.

Can a debt collector contact me any time or any place?
No. A debt collector may not contact you at inconvenient times or places, such as before 8 in the morning or after 9 at night, unless you agree to it. And collectors may not contact you at work if they?re told (orally or in writing) that you?re not allowed to get calls there.

How can I stop a debt collector from contacting me?
If a collector contacts you about a debt, you may want to talk to them at least once to see if you can resolve the matter ? even if you don?t think you owe the debt, can?t repay it immediately, or think that the collector is contacting you by mistake. If you decide after contacting the debt collector that you don?t want the collector to contact you again, tell the collector ? in writing ? to stop contacting you. Here?s how to do that:
Make a copy of your letter. Send the original by certified mail, and pay for a ?return receipt? so you?ll be able to document what the collector received. Once the collector receives your letter, they may not contact you again, with two exceptions: a collector can contact you to tell you there will be no further contact or to let you know that they or the creditor intend to take a specific action, like filing a lawsuit. Sending such a letter to a debt collector you owe money to does not get rid of the debt, but it should stop the contact. The creditor or the debt collector still can sue you to collect the debt.

Can a debt collector contact anyone else about my debt?
If an attorney is representing you about the debt, the debt collector must contact the attorney, rather than you. If you don?t have an attorney, a collector may contact other people ? but only to find out your address, your home phone number, and where you work. Collectors usually are prohibited from contacting third parties more than once. Other than to obtain this location information about you, a debt collector generally is not permitted to discuss your debt with anyone other than you, your spouse, or your attorney.

What does the debt collector have to tell me about the debt?
Every collector must send you a written ?validation notice? telling you how much money you owe within five days after they first contact you. This notice also must include the name of the creditor to whom you owe the money, and how to proceed if you don?t think you owe the money.

Can a debt collector keep contacting me if I don?t think I owe any money?
If you send the debt collector a letter stating that you don?t owe any or all of the money, or asking for verification of the debt, that collector must stop contacting you. You have to send that letter within 30 days after you receive the validation notice. But a collector can begin contacting you again if it sends you written verification of the debt, like a copy of a bill for the amount you owe.

What practices are off limits for debt collectors?
Harassment. Debt collectors may not harass, oppress, or abuse you or any third parties they contact. For example, they may not:
    use threats of violence or harm;
    publish a list of names of people who refuse to pay their debts (but they can give this information to the credit reporting companies);
    use obscene or profane language; or
    repeatedly use the phone to annoy someone.

False statements. Debt collectors may not lie when they are trying to collect a debt. For example, they may not:
    falsely claim that they are attorneys or government representatives;
    falsely claim that you have committed a crime;
    falsely represent that they operate or work for a credit reporting company;
    misrepresent the amount you owe;
    indicate that papers they send you are legal forms if they aren?t; or
    indicate that papers they send to you aren?t legal forms if they are.

Debt collectors also are prohibited from saying that:
    you will be arrested if you don?t pay your debt;
    they?ll seize, garnish, attach, or sell your property or wages unless they are permitted by law to take the action and intend to do so; or
    legal action will be taken against you, if doing so would be illegal or if they don?t intend to take the action.

Debt collectors may not:
    give false credit information about you to anyone, including a credit reporting company;
    send you anything that looks like an official document from a court or government agency if it isn?t; or
    use a false company name.

Unfair practices. Debt collectors may not engage in unfair practices when they try to collect a debt. For example, they may not:
    try to collect any interest, fee, or other charge on top of the amount you owe unless the contract that created your debt ? or your state law ? allows the charge;
    deposit a post-dated check early;
    take or threaten to take your property unless it can be done legally; or
    contact you by postcard.

Can I control which debts my payments apply to?
Yes. If a debt collector is trying to collect more than one debt from you, the collector must apply any payment you make to the debt you select. Equally important, a debt collector may not apply a payment to a debt you don?t think you owe.

Can a debt collector garnish my bank account or my wages?
If you don?t pay a debt, a creditor or its debt collector generally can sue you to collect. If they win, the court will enter a judgment against you. The judgment states the amount of money you owe, and allows the creditor or collector to get a garnishment order against you, directing a third party, like your bank, to turn over funds from your account to pay the debt.
Wage garnishment happens when your employer withholds part of your compensation to pay your debts. Your wages usually can be garnished only as the result of a court order. Don?t ignore a lawsuit summons. If you do, you lose the opportunity to fight a wage garnishment.

Can federal benefits be garnished?
Many federal benefits are exempt from garnishment, including:
    Social Security Benefits
    Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefits
    Veterans? Benefits
    Civil Service and Federal Retirement and Disability Benefits
    Service Members? Pay
    Military Annuities and Survivors? Benefits
    Student Assistance
    Railroad Retirement Benefits
    Merchant Seamen Wages
    Longshoremen?s and Harbor Workers? Death and Disability Benefits
    Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Benefits
    Compensation for Injury, Death, or Detention of Employees of U.S. Contractors Outside the U.S.
    Federal Emergency Management Agency Federal Disaster Assistance
But federal benefits may be garnished under certain circumstances, including to pay delinquent taxes, alimony, child support, or student loans.

Do I have any recourse if I think a debt collector has violated the law?
You have the right to sue a collector in a state or federal court within one year from the date the law was violated. If you win, the judge can require the collector to pay you for any damages you can prove you suffered because of the illegal collection practices, like lost wages and medical bills. The judge can require the debt collector to pay you up to $1,000, even if you can?t prove that you suffered actual damages. You also can be reimbursed for your attorney?s fees and court costs. A group of people also may sue a debt collector as part of a class action lawsuit and recover money for damages up to $500,000, or one percent of the collector?s net worth, whichever amount is lower. Even if a debt collector violates the FDCPA in trying to collect a debt, the debt does not go away if you owe it.

What should I do if a debt collector sues me?
If a debt collector files a lawsuit against you to collect a debt, respond to the lawsuit, either personally or through your lawyer, by the date specified in the court papers to preserve your rights.

Where do I report a debt collector for an alleged violation?
Report any problems you have with a debt collector to your state Attorney General?s office (www.naag.org) and the Federal Trade Commission (www.ftc.gov). Many states have their own debt collection laws that are different from the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Your Attorney General?s office can help you determine your rights under your state?s law.

For More Information
To learn more about debt collection and other credit-related issues, visit www.ftc.gov/credit and MyMoney.gov, the U.S. government?s portal to financial education.
The FTC works for the consumer to prevent fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair business practices in the marketplace and to provide information to help consumers spot, stop, and avoid them. To file a complaint or to get free information on consumer issues, visit ftc.gov or call toll-free, 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357); TTY: 1-866-653-4261. The FTC enters consumer complaints into the Consumer Sentinel Network, a secure online database and investigative tool used by hundreds of civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad.
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Evans Law Offices  /  QAR

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Head Debt Collector

Jason J. Evans

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ATTENTION TEXAS RESIDENTS:
3842 Harlem Road,
Suite 400 - 329
Buffalo, NY 14215
Phone: 716-446-1070
800-459-1223
Fax: 716-446-1869
www.evans-law.com    

If you have been contacted by Evans Law Offices in an attempt to collect a debt, please get in touch with us immediately.




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Bud Says                         Consumer Comments Below

The debt collection scams, cons and fraud out of Buffalo, NY never stop. Here is the latest entry into the world of the sleazy debt collectors, using the name Evans Law Offices. The problem is that New York State records do not show this organization and information we received purports to show that Attorney Jason J. Evans may be committing perjury and other illegal acts in his debt collection venture.

I am in receipt of a document titled: SWORN AFFIDAVIT OF DEBT printed on Evans Law Offices stationary and containing a signature of Jason J. Evans, Esq. which (based on the attorney expert I showed it to) appears to violate federal debt collection laws. These are claims for old Discover accounts and attorney Evans makes statements that are false and misleading in his sworn affidavit. (perjury?)

My advice to anyone receiving these bogus notices is to send (attorney?) Evans a debt validation notice, demanding all documentation that validates the alleged claim. Do not be impressed by his bogus affidavits of debt, they are worthless. Make him prove everything. Expect  his hyped-up debt collectors will threaten everything under the sun, as most desperate debt collectors from Buffalo do.


Problems with Buffalo attorneys should be directed to: New York State Attorney Grievance Committee   8th Judicial District
295 Main Street, Room 1036
Buffalo, NY 14203



CAUTION: I recommend you NEVER disclose your bank account or credit card information to a debt collector, as you risk them emptying your account, or maxing out your credit card. If you feel they are reporting on your credit bureau files in error or need assistance in dealing with them, email  the details w/your location.  Assistance and referral to a consumer legal specialist may be available.

I just got a summons in the mail from this company.  Do i need to get a lawyer?

This # left a message for someone. They have the wrong #.
I thought they left a bit too much info, especially since they had the wrong #

I received a call stating that a relative's social security number was involved in an important incident and to press 9.  When I did that, I was connected with the Evans Lawyer Associates, Allison, who then said she need to speak to my relative immediately and would not give out any information as to why.  I refused to pass the information along without being able to say what the incident was about.  She wasn't happy. Then I checked the phone number out and found out all this interesting information.  I am suggesting to my relative that they not respond.

I had a similar senario a few weeks ago. They were lookingn for my ex-wife. I asked them to remove my number, I didnt get any more calls after that.

I had a message from Carl at Evans Law phone # 1-888-860-4441 in the evening on Aug 24, 2009 and again at 12:30pm today (Aug 25th).  The message was stated as being for my husband's ex-wife, who has never lived at this address and has never had this phone number, so I don't know how on earth they got it for her.  When I called back to let them know they had a wrong number, Carl pressed me for if I knew her number because he said it was VERY important that they speak with her.  When I said no, he asked if I would have my husband call him back with her number.  I have seen on www.budhibbs.com that this place is a fraud.  If I ignore them, will they cut it out?  Also, this has happened before.  Any ideas on how they get our number for her?  Thanks.

That happened with me as well.  I called them and they allowed me to settle it.

I just got served a summons from evans law associates, They left me messages a few weeks ago and I didnt respond cause of all this stuff on the internet, Now what do I do? I am in NY? Confused.

Dead beat collection agency, do not call these guys back.

http://www.budhibbs.com/collectorpages/evans_law_offices_cmts.htm