I received a call at work from somebody at Stien and Bauer. The associates name was Jason. This bill collector advised me that I also had 3 felony warrant charges that were going to be charged against me if I did not come up with $1,300, for a payday loan that was not paid in full. Accordig to Jason, it did not matter if I made a few payments in the past, I was still going to be incarcirated and I should start looking for an attorney. This bill collector also mentioned that I should of received a letter in the mail, which I never did. After threatening me with 3 felony warrants, Jason, said he might be able to do something if I call him within the hour and suggested I call family members and friends to see if I can get the money to pay the debt in full. Then and only then, he might be able to do something, so that I can avoid going to jail.

While I was speaking to Jason, I attempted to google his companies street address and could not find anything under Stien and Bauer in Kansas City, Kansas. I confronted Jason and he said that I wouldn't be able to find anything because they are a private practice.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation's consumer protection agency, is warning consumers to be on the alert for scam artists posing as debt collectors. It may be hard to tell the difference between a legitimate debt collector and a fake one. Sometimes a fake collector may even have some of your personal information, like a bank account number. A caller may be a fake debt collector if he:

?is seeking payment on a debt for a loan you do not recognize;
?refuses to give you a mailing address or phone number;
?asks you for personal financial or sensitive information; or
?exerts high pressure to try to scare you into paying, such as threatening to have you arrested or to report you to a law enforcement agency.

If you think that a caller may be a fake debt collector:

?Ask the caller for his name, company, street address, and telephone number. Tell the caller that you refuse to discuss any debt until you get a written "validation notice." The notice must include the amount of the debt, the name of the creditor you owe, and your rights under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
If a caller refuses to give you all of this information, do not pay! Paying a fake debt collector will not always make them go away. They may make up another debt to try to get more money from you.?Stop speaking with the caller. If you have the caller's address, send a letter demanding that the caller stop contacting you, and keep a copy for your files. By law, real debt collectors must stop calling you if you ask them to in writing.
?Do not give the caller personal financial or other sensitive information. Never give out or confirm personal financial or other sensitive information like your bank account, credit card, or Social Security number unless you know whom you're dealing with. Scam artists, like fake debt collectors, can use your information to commit identity theft ? charging your existing credit cards, opening new credit card, checking, or savings accounts, writing fraudulent checks, or taking out loans in your name.
?Contact your creditor. If the debt is legitimate ? but you think the collector may not be ? contact your creditor about the calls. Share the information you have about the suspicious calls and find out who, if anyone, the creditor has authorized to collect the debt.
?Report the call. Contact the FTC and your state Attorney General's office with information about suspicious callers. Many states have their own debt collection laws in addition to the federal FDCPA. Your Attorney General's office can help you determine your rights under your state's law.

http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0258-fake-debt-collectors

I received a call. The first call was to my mothers phone. my brother called me an said some lady called looking for me saying i could get arrested if i didnt call so i called and didnt think much of it. the first person that answered said her name was joyce davis i told her my name an she said she was calling to see who my defense attorney was in my case i told her i aint no what she was talking about so she transferred me to a detective matthews. i told matthews iaint no what was going on and she hung up on me( i suppose because she didnt have her lies together). i called back and she told me  she had 3 felony warrants she was about to process on me for bank fraud, forgery, and some other BS. i told her she must be mistaken so she read off my SS# and said she had me on surveillance as well as my thumb print and drivers license # she then got an attitude with me an said she was calling to try an help but since i was being "combative" she would just process the warrants an the police would come for me in 24/48 hrs. by this time im freaking out cause sounds real she said its from an advance america loan thru a bank that i never even used. and she said she sent several notices to an address i havent lived at in over 5 years. i asked how much i owe she said with interest and court fees im looking at 3000 but if i pay 961.80 she ll drop all charges. still freaking out i asked how long do i have to pay. she told me until she leaves her office in an hour. i thought it was odd she gave me such little notice to come up with so much. she let me no if i didnt pay id go to jail, my fines would go up to 6000 and i could face years in prison. she ended up giving me until the morning and told me i would have to call her to make the payment cause she would be contacting a 3rd party service and id either have to pay with a debit card with a visa or mastercard logo, credit, or moneygram. she couldnt give me any info over the phone an i would be emailed comformation. it wasnt until i started researching and googled the number and all these different post came up did i realize it was a scam. i proceeded to call the kansas city police since that is where 913 area code is ( i live i MI by the way) and the officer recommended i dont make a payment because it sounds like a scam and they dont have a detective matthews or davis and she had never heard of torrey matthews and associates. thank god i read these post before my girlfriend made a payment the following morning

Same to i was talk badly to and was threaten to pay 1275 or i was going to prison and that the warrant squad will be out to get me.

I received a phone call from this number and the woman left a voicemail saying that she is processing a felony warrant and if I did not call within 24 to 48 hours I would be picked up. How can these people get away with this? Who do we report it to?

This is my second time getting this call in the last year.  They say they are mediators from Stein and Bauer (sp?) and that I will be arrested in 24/48 hours.  They say they have been sending documentation to an address that I left over 5 years ago.  I am so sick of reporting this scam.

yeah, i got this phone call too, and she told me that i will be arrested in the morning if i did't pay the full amount of $867.26 by four that afternoon, and told me to borrow the money from my family if i didn't have it.
i then told her i wanted to check it out for myself, but told me then that she had everytning alredy like my bank records and certified reciepts that i had signed for the collection letters, but i never signed any, and everything was sent to an address that i did not live at for a year and a half,
i found out that it was really a scam, the same way everyone else did, and i will report it to the correct authourities.
this is the second time this has happened, where do they get our information?
good grief...

I got a call from this number today saying i was a suspect in a felony warrent. Come on people please why cant we stop this mess and idiots calling us instead of letting Obama takeing away our American Rights When Normal people have identy theft then you get these calls from who knows where they could be comeing from anywhere i always look them up And i never answer them. they are rude people.

IT IS A SCAM CONTACT THE TFC! RIGHT AWAY!

I just got a call from this number that said they are swearing out a felony warrant against the person they are looking for.