I got a call from a Chuck Langley same exact situation. I smelled fraud from the beginning. Thing is it is shocking to see how these people are so desperate to get people's money. All of these cases are OLD. How are they getting this information. Normally, any debt that's NOT collected at a certain time frame is usually goes as uncollected. These people are doing the very most. It is truly sad at how stalk people. Be smarter than them. Contact the BBB and others to put a stop to this!!!!!

Me too check was posted in 2009

I have the number for the HKZ associates I got it from a company that said they bought my case from I call HKZ and they thought I was a company to sell a claim when they realized I was one of their cases who's a victim they said oh what's your phone number I'll call you back if there's a way to track this number to end the scam I'd love to help I don't have enough money to pay for a lawyer I'm a SMI client and am on SSI I just had a child to less than three months ago so money's tight but whatever I can do to help end this scam let me know

Has anyone got HKZ actuall phone number cause I have it for their company there's no address but I want to get the number tracked so they catch these idiots

I'm sueing I'm contacting the lawyer as we speak I just had a child she's not even 3 months yet I don't need this bull if u want this settled reply back and I'll contact u on the info

Same thing just happened to me today with company Now they are going by Hannah Kevin Zachary same thing mediation detective everything saying she issued a warrant for my arrest only thing is is I'm sueing them all and the hired fake detective I'm contacting a lawyer I shouldn't have to deal with this I just had a baby that's not even 3 months old

read up on the laws and your rights:

http://800notes.com/arts/Jb8EW-eDhQA/harassin ... ou-need-to-know
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-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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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/

I was called and told to pay 500 dollars tomorrow 1/13/14. For a check I supposedly wrote 2009.

This is nothing more than a collection agency who has purchased old debts from companies who couldn't find us in the first place. They called me spouting a bunch of legal terms concerning a check from twobyears ago. If any legal action were going to be taken, it would have been done looong before now. Not to mention, if Im in AZ, why on earth would someone in MISSISSIPPI be handling my court case? Its all b***s***.

i received this call today first from a inv carter 5129002192 who said i had a ck from 2008 that she had questions about than she 3 wayed me to a scott chambers 888 908 5220 who said i needed to make arrangement with him to pay 262.00 today i told hm i could on the 3rd he said he didnt know if that would hold  it and wanted me to sucure the agreement with my cc no. thank goodness i didt because i decided to ck this out online. tomorrow i am making calls to the bbb and i also posted on fb

this is a fraud company they cant put you in jail they wont come after you its all b***s*** for all those people who paid there money they need to try to get there money back and also to report the company to the attorney general. there is no debtor jail please people look this fraud company up if they keep calling you hang up on them and see if someone come to your house or job liars!!!

THE OWNER KEVIN ZACHERY IS  A SCAM ARTIST  DON'T PAY HIM A DIME .............HE IS A CROOK.

I filed a complaint with the better business bureau today! Scott Chambers and Eric Anderson are not who they say they are and they are using a false company as well to get all of these people to hand over money. There are statutes of limitations that protect people against frauds like this. There are so many banks and businesses that have had their files compromised so it is easy for these crooks to get a hold of whatever information they want. Just so you know, it is no longer Stanford, they are using Capital Mediation Services, LLC as their name now so watch out! They are full of bull crud and they WILL go down!!!

I received a call from 410-344-7914 from a Investigator Tanya Porter about a alleged check written back in 2005. I too am clueless about what they are talking about, but once she gave me the name of the merchant I have done business with them in the past, but do not remember every writing them a check for services. She acknowledged that she had nothing to do with the financial end of the case, but was merely locating me for criminal prosecution if she determined that the check was written fraudulently. She offered to put me on hold and see if she could find out who the mediating company was, but she had to obtain authorization from her supervisor as this was not normal protocol. While I was on hold I received a text from my boyfriend that he had gotten a call from this same woman about check fraud and had given her my number. I let him know I was on the phone with her at that time. A few moments later Ms. Porter came back on the line and told me that she could transfer me to the mediator to see if we could resolve the matter. I don't think she realized that I was on the line the entire time (or maybe that is part of the ploy) she was talking to a Scott Chambers with Capital Mediation. Needless to say I wrote down all of the critical information they were sharing back and forth, and she "brought me on the line". I of course told them that I needed time to call the merchant to see what this was all about since I have never received any information on any outstanding debt and Mr. Chambers got upset and said there was nothing he could do to stop an arrest warrant being issued if I was unwilling to take care of the matter right then, but insisted on doing my own investigation. He offered me his contact number and I told him I would call him back yet today.

What they didn't know is that all of this conversation was being recorded by my telephone system.

I immediately contact the County Attorney's office for the county where they claim there was a check pending criminal action. The gal that called me back was AWESOME and had a chuckle at yet another one of these types of call that are clearly against the law and she told me to place a complaint with the Attorney General's office in my own state and the state that the check was potentially written - I still don't even know if it is a valid debt. She also assured me that in their state there is an 18 month statute of limitation for criminal prosecution and that the merchant in question has never turned over any checks for criminal prosecution in the past 10 years according to her records - and she shared that they turn over checks for prosecution on a weekly basis.

I have since place a complaint with both states AG office's and will provide both with a copy of the recording of the call. I also call Mr. Chambers back (also recorded) and educated him on the fact that I had his number and that all calls were recorded and being turned over to be attached to the complaint. All of a sudden he claimed that we had a bad connection and he was having trouble hearing me, but he got the gist of my call and wished me luck with all of my future collection experiences. I did remind him that all calls were recorded and demanded that he remove my contact information from their files.

As it turns out it is a return check that my ex-husband wrote while we were married and they have been unable to collect from him.

I keep getting a phone call from a 888-210-9585. They saw they are collecting a bad check I made some five years ago, around the time I did write a bad check. They brought in a second party person who was going to talk to the creditors.. they told me I was a good person and could fix this is I paid today, over the phone. There was so many things wrong with this. They threatened to fill a warrant if it was going to be fixed. My check was only 200+ but in my state, anything under 300 can not be collected after a year of writing it, and the threats, and they wouldnt send/mail me a bill. Hopefully these guys will get caught!

They even went to me through my mother first.. Im like come on now..

I recieved a call as well from a John Brady. It was a voicemail so I havent had a chance to get a call back yet but thx for the post about him......now i know who I am dealing with.

got  a call stating i owed a bad check in the amount of he did not know but a awarrant for my arrest.he said that he was john brady from phone number 410-344-7896.rhode island area code,so i told him what info do u have,nothing except that i seemed like a decent person and he would talk to the mediator on my behalf,he puts me on hold forever while he does i'm googling his name and found this site,when he came back on the phone i told him he was a fraud and i googled his name,i heard him in the background what does she mean she googled me,what did she find.he didn't think i could hear him.i told him to never call me again and if he had proof mail it to me..he has not called back..

I am in the same situation as both of you! I recieved a phone call today and was told the exact same thing. I was absolutely terrified. I have never been in trouble in my life and was so afraid of going to jail so I gave them my BFs debit card number. As of now we have put a hold on the account so hopefully we can get this taken care of first thing in the morning so they cant touch anything!!! SOMEONE NEEDS TO STOP THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got scamed by this company also same situation bad check for 2005. they told me everything they told you and to this date i have no reciept. i must have called them 10 times for it , i am going to the news today about them. DO NOT PAY THIS COMPANY ANY MONEY THEY ARE A SCAM.....

"Investigator Blake" must of had a busy week.  I also got a call from her regarding my cousin.  She would not tell me the nature of the call, except that it was very important she get in touch with her.  I relayed her message to my cousin, who in turn called her.  Bottom line was that she owed 364.00 to Comcast and if she didn't give her credit card number to Scott Chambers by Friday, a warrant would be issued for her.  PS - she called Comcast who said she did owe 116.00 from three years ago and she agreed to pay it to them.  Beware of scare tactics and don't give anyone a credit card number.

This seems to be happening to alot of us only thing in common is 2005 CAN WE FILE A CIVIL SUIT AGAINTS THEM. Anyone knowing this answer post for all to see

Identical to my story, and when I contacted the company that Williams & Assoc. said the check was to, the company let me know that they do not sell their collections to 3rd party collectors and that this was a scam. I still took notes and details on everything and saved the email correspondence between myself and the company.

I got a call too.  Investigator Blake was willing to provide me with the check number, bank, date, etc...
I called my bank, "Bank of America", who checked and informed me that a check by that number had in fact been returned NSF.   I had either forgotten about it or possibly never realized it.  Ms. Blake then put me in contact with  a Mr. Scott Chambers who was able to get the issue resolved and allow me to just pay off the check.  He even got the outstanding fees reduced quite a bit.

I am thankful I was able to get this taken care of.  It was an honest mistake on my part and I want to take care off all my responsibilities.  I feel better now that its resolved and don't understand people who try to escape their responsibilites and blame others for their misdeeds.

I rec'd a call today stating that I wrote a bad check back in August of 2005 to Staples.
They have sent it to 3 collection agencies and that they will try to re-open the file.
I have a feeling its a scam

I had the same incident happen to me today. I was called up by "Qwest Processing", that is what showed on my caller ID. I was then transferred to a "Williams & Associates." I spoke with a Mrs. Williams investigator who proceeded to tell me that I was close to having a warrant issued for my arrest for a check that I had paid off several years ago. She had did a three way call with "Stanford Mediation" where once again I was told that a warrant would be issued. I jotted down all their numbers and called my husband. After speaking with him I called back for a second time and spoke with the same people and this time they were willing to try and accept a payment, but not willing to give me the prosecutors information. While I was on hold something did not set right with me so I hung up and called the District Attorneys office to see if there were any issues. Of course there were not.

The numbers that contacted me were
910-778-1587
347-246-4210
877-441-2442

If you run into this issue with any fraudulent companies trying to scam you. Take notes of everything and forward everything that happened to your Attorney General.

Also there is a company out there called Life Lock service that helps protect your credit from scum like this.

I JUST RECIEVED THAT CALL FROM MADISON BLAKE HER RETURN NUMBER IS 209-390-8249.....AND SHE SAID THAT I NEED TO CONTACT HER BY TUESDAY AND THAT THERE WILL BE A WARRENT FOR MY ARREST IF I DONT........I HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF IDENTITY THEFT FOR THE PAST 5 YRS....SO I WAS CONCERNED THAT THE PERSON WHO TOOK MY IDENTITY DID SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE ME ARRESTED....I AM GLAD I DID MY HOMEWORK....NOW I KNOW HOW TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS......SHE CALLED MY SISTER(THINKING SHE WAS MY GRANDMOTHER) AND MY MOTHER-IN-LAW (THINKING SHE WAS MY MOTHER).....I DIDNT GET THE REASON SHE CALLED AT THE TIME BECAUSE SHE HAD THE WRONG INFORMATION....I DIDNT WANT TO TELL HER THAT I WAS THE PERSON SHE WAS LOOKING FOR, JUST INCASE IT WAS ANOTHER SCAMMER......I HAD TO DO MY RESEARCH FIRST.....LOL......SMART ON MY BEHALF.....I WILL ADD THIS TO MY FTC CASE!!!! ITS NOT HARD TO FIND OUT THAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN A BAD CHECK BECAUSE IF THEY POSE AS A BILL COLLECTER, THEY CAN GET IT FROM A LIST IN DIFFERENT STATES........NOW AS FAR AS ME, I DIDNT HAVE ANY...MY BANK WILL PAY MY CHECKS EVEN IF I AM A LITTLE SHORT AND THEN CHARGE ME A FEE....SO I NEED TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANOTHER ACCOUNT OUT THERE UNDER MY IDENTITY.......PLEASE DONT JUST PAY ANYTHING OVER THE PHONE TO PEOPLE YOU DONT KNOW.....YOU CAN GO DIRECTLY TO THE COMPANY YOU OWE MONEY TO AND THEY WOULD GIVE YOU THEIR COLLECTION AGENCY NAME AND NUMBER....AND WITH ANY DEBT GONE TO COLLECTIONS, YOU CAN SETTLE THE ACCOUNT FOR LESS ANYWAY....WHY ARE YOU PAYING MORE

OMG we spoke with these people today Investigator Madison Blake stating that I was going to have a warrant for my arrest today for check fraud for a check written November 3, 2005. After pleading with her stating that I have no clue on the check she stated that i sounded like a good person and she would contact a meditor to handel my case... NO PROMISES but she would beg the mediator to work with me...SOMETHING THAT IS NEVER DONE. after speaking with the mediator John Brady he stated that my case was going to be sent to judge today for 304.92 for a check written to a clothing store.. My gtirlfriend was very suspicious about the topic so we decided to research the info online and found this info....OMG THIS IS A LIFESAVER I ANT WAIT TIL THEY CALL BACK SO I COULD LET THEM HAVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!

I received a phone call from a  investgator Madison said she was hired to track me down , for a bad check in 2005, and I was about to be arrested, I was so scared, I cant remeber things from six years ago I was upset so she said she would get  me intouch the the mediator Scott Chambers, and if I payed 460.00 they might be able to stop the arrest warrent  before it is issue, I was stupid and payed them the money, then I find out investagtor Madison left a messenger on my daughters in-laws phone and said they were looking for me for check fraud!! I have learn alot from this experience I live in Ca. so after 3 years the statue of limitation is up. I have reported them to  the Federal trade commission and Im getting a lawyer to go after them, ,

Why would you be scared if you didnt write the checks.

New Updates from my bankruptcy lawyer.....this is most likely the reason they do not provide an address.

The state Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act require that, except under unusual circumstances, collectors may not contact you before 8 a.m. or after 9 p.m. They may not harass you by using threats of violence or ARREST or by using obscene language..... this is directly out of the FTC Act. Next time your on the phone with these BILL COLLECTORS, bring this up.