A call came from someone claiming to be Sean Carter, for an employee of ours, said it was to recover a debt. He was asked not to call again by the employee, by myself, my wife, the office manager and two people in the front office. He called back 128 times in three hours. We had to pay the phone company to block the number to get it to stop.

I am an employer.  They have called repeatedly for one of my employees.  It is exactly as above.  Will not answer any questions, also can hardly understand the person calling.  I have told them if it is personal they will need to contact the employee at home.  Yesterday 7/7/9 they called 14 times within 5 minutes over and over again.  Yesterday the number that appeared on caller ID was 500447852 - not even a complete phone number.  It wasn't until today they asked to speak to our Program Director by name with a different number on caller ID 321-221-0026 that I was able to call the number back and ask who they were.  At first the guy asked me who I was............I told him I was the person they kept calling and calling and I wanted to know who they were and he said Jason Reed & Associates.....I went on line and found this website.  This is crazy!!

I truly believe Roy Martin ( or he says) from this is trying to get me fired. I asked for their address and a supervisors name and websiteto confirm that this was a legitiment company, they got mad and hung up on me only to call my supervisor and bad mouth me. Calling the human resourses office 15 times in 5 minutes is just crazy!!! The number they are calling from is 500-447-852. That's not even a legitiment number. Please report to the FTC (Federal Trade Commisson).

Same number only from a David Cooper, who could barely speak english. Discussed a legal allegation.  Also said he had regret for the situation at hand and to take care of my self.

WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE AND WHAT DO THEY WANT? THEY REFUSE TO GIVE ME INFO BUT WONT STOP CALLING ME AT THE SAME TIME

If you have any questions or concerns regarding my call then by all means, please contact my office at 424-354-0531 or 407-687-3103. We work withthe National Attorney's Network and have affiliates all over the United States.

Our office will be more than happy to assist you in resolving whatever issues you may have in our office. Good Luck!

www.maxwellgold.org

Has anyone sen this number 424-354-0531? Shows up as a california zip code and the guys name is melvin and claims to be from national recovery, i had got a call from another one of there guys, however with a 407 area code a couple months ago. i looked on my credit report and see a national recovery service lister on there. Just trying to see if anyone has any information on this, or should i report them?

Hello All,

Does anyone have any information for PRG or Profile Recovery Group LLC? I received a letter demanding payment within 7 business days, also threatening to enter judgment against me and garnish my wages and enter a lien against any real property.  Any information you have would be very helpful!  Thanks so much!

Another update--

Now its Invetigator Officer Mark Thomas at the State Investigation Dept.  The phone number is 323-474-0503.  But the message is the same as the one from the Law Firm Dept and so if the phone number.  Do these guys even know what script they are reading from?

UPDATED PHONE NUMBER

Just wanted to let everyone know that the calls started again today.  Now it is Officer Kane Marshall from the Law Firm Dept. at 323-474-0503.  If it does not here from me or my legal I will be in big trouble.

Oh no Mark, you have that totally backwards....YOU ARE THE ONE THAT WILL BE CAUGHT.  Watch your back, Mark.  God is watching you.

Hi,


Great you found such a nice way to escape from your responsibilities.
Great site and great work done from you.These are the old fundamentals that you using to escape from this legal charges.....but soon we will catch you..

With Regards,

Mark

they use the number 866-570-0132 also.

I COULD NOT AGREE MORE WITH YOU. I ASKED THESE SAME QUSETION BUT MY GUYS NAME WAS SEAN EASTMAN. WOULD NOT ANSWER ANY OF MY QUESTION

hi, i guest after eading these commets i am not the only. i get phone from800-253-8218 someoneone name sean (heavy accent can not understand him. He tells me judgement againist me and my soc sec # for an outstand debt from 2008. If i do not pay i will regert it. He will get me fired. Take me to court have me arrested. I told my boss who said it is a scam. when sean called back i told to go ahead and sue. I also connected co he says he work. they have no idea who he is. here are other numbers he uses. 1866-570-0132 773 681 5642(when i call this one back they tell me it is a non working# i have report this to police, ftc, atty general

JUST HANGING UP WILL NOT STOP THE CALLS- YOU HAVE TO DO THIS!  

?Because the fraudsters make a special point of calling consumers repeatedly at work, employers must understand that the consumers are innocent victims of a criminal enterprise and cannot stop the calls from coming.

If you are targeted by these criminals, be sure to report them to all the following federal and state law enforcement agencies (most of which you can do online or over the phone):

1.    The U.S. Secret Service is responsible for protecting the country's financial infrastructure and payment systems from international and domestic threats. Call or write your local Secret Service field office to alert them to the details of this attempted extortion. The addresses and phone numbers for the local Secret Service field offices are listed at http://www.secretservice.gov/field_offices.shtml or in your phone book.

2.    Alert the FBI at https://tips.fbi.gov Be sure to tell the FBI that you are being targeted by extortionists over the phone. And if the crooks claim to be law enforcement or lawyers, officers of the court or bankers, be sure to include that information in your report.

3.    File a complaint with your local police. Most police departments will take a report over the phone.  Be sure to tell them that you're being targeted by an extortionist and give them all the details.

4.    File a complaint your state's attorney general, the contact information for whom is at www.wvago.gov

5.    File a complaint online with The Federal Trade Commission at https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en

If these crooks call back, promise them nothing, pay them nothing and tell them nothing other than that you know they're a scam and that you've reported them to law enforcement. (And be sure to report them to all the agencies above each time they call you.)

http://www.challengedebtcollectors.com/videos ... -the-FDCPA.html

I just found this site that has videos of recordings from these scammers.  Very interesting!  I recognized "Stanley's" voice, but his name was "Peter".  I know that their voices all sound alike, but this one I could detect because he has a slur when he talks.  This video is just another verification of their violations of the FDCPA and that their threats are pointless.

500447852 is the number that called me. The man had a very heavy india accent and said his name was nathan jackson (yeah right)I asked him where he was calling from. He said a law firm. I said what law firm he said florida. I said thank u very much for the call and hung up. He procededd to call me again 4 or 5 times I ignored the call so he kept calling. I am so sick of these scum bags calling with their india accent and demanding money saying their is fraud agaainst my ss#. I would not give them any info. My father is an attorney and he has gotten on the phone with them and asked for information from them. Of couyrse they hang up. Don't give these people any info whatthey r doing is illegal. U cannot threaten people like this over the phone!!!!

Do not give them any money.  They are scammers claiming to be debt collectors.  They will not and can't do anything to you.  So don't worry.  the minute you hear that heavy accent voice, hang up immediately.  Advise people you work with that answer the phones that these people are illegal debt collectors and to hang up immediately.  Everything they say is a lie.  If they keep calling, keep hanging up.  They are NOT attorney's, law enforcement, work for the state or represent payday loan companies.  They make up American names and threaten, cuss and harrass people trying to collect an old debt or even debts that never existed.  Please, do not give them any money, do not give out your bank cards or bank account information.  They will take more than they say you owe and will even call you saying you owe more.

You can report them to the Florida Attorney General's Office, the FBI, FCC and the BBB.  The Florida Attorney General's office has an on-going investigation to catch these criminals.

So just hang up the minute you hear their voice.

received a call at work and said it was legal problem. They were collecting an old loan from 1995. His name is john mathew and i tried to settle with them by making payments but all they said was i am very sorry we cannot take those payments their lawyer would not accept that I am 74 years old and my husband is ill with a stroke  and they said they were very sorry but They could settle for $730.00.The lawyers name if kenneth trumbull What can ido?

Today it was a call from Kevin Marshall at a new number 512-501-2350.  This time he is from Huson(?)Law Dept.  The message is the same as always.  This one only butchered the first part of my first name and did not attempt the last name.  They don't even have my full name so I know I have no dealing with any company they claim to represent otherwise they would have my complete name.

In regards to "Officer White"  I did call him back when I got home.  He told me that this was not regarding a debt collection so he did not have to follow FDCPA.  He said it was a criminal matter and he was calling to prevent charges from being filed. He said that Cashnet was going to file charges against me if I did not pay.  I told him that I had never heard of Cashnet and he informed me that they were to biggest division of US National Bank.  I told him that I had never heard of them either.  He then informed me that charges would be filed the very next morning........I told him do whatever he had to do, but do not call me again.  So, today I am getting the same message from TX instead of NJ.  A month ago is was FL.

As I get calls from new numbers I will post updates.

Show this information to your manager - This is a long running SCAM and you are not fault that they keep calling.   YOU HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING WRONG AND SHOULD NOT BE FIRED FOR THIS.  

Give your manager this link and ask to read about this debt collector scam
http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm - click on read the entire press release

from the press release
McGraw added, ?Because the fraudsters make a special point of calling consumers repeatedly at work, employers must understand that the consumers are innocent victims of a criminal enterprise and cannot stop the calls from coming. I also wish to assure the citizens of West Virginia that my office will continue to do everything possible to locate and shut down the outlaw debt collectors.?

Here are more links to information on this SCAM

Fake Debt Collectors ? Terrorizing Consumers

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5621205&page=1


MORE ON FAKE DEBT COLLECTORS
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-904-425-9141
http://www.wvago.gov/internetloanscam.cfm
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/call4action/17285785/detail.html
http://www.800helpfla.com/newsletter/2008/092008.html



HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO STOP THEM !!!  

If you are targeted by these criminals, be sure to report them to all the following federal and state law enforcement agencies (most of which you can do online or over the phone):

The U.S. Secret Service is responsible for protecting the country's financial infrastructure and payment systems from international and domestic threats. Call or write your local Secret Service field office to alert them to the details of this attempted extortion. The addresses and phone numbers for the local Secret Service field offices are listed at http://www.secretservice.gov/field_offices.shtml or in your phone book.


Alert the FBI at https://tips.fbi.gov Be sure to tell the FBI that you are being targeted by extortionists over the phone. And if the crooks claim to be law enforcement or lawyers, officers of the court or bankers, be sure to include that information in your report.


File a complaint with your local police. Most police departments will take a report over the phone.  Be sure to tell them that you're being targeted by an extortionist and give them all the details.


File a complaint your state's attorney general, the contact information for whom is at www.wvago.gov


File a complaint online with The Federal Trade Commission at https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en



If these crooks call back, promise them nothing, pay them nothing and tell them nothing other than that you know they're a scam and that you've reported them to law enforcement. (And be sure to report them to all the agencies above each time they call you.)

Advise the people you work with and answer the phones that these people are scam artists.  Tell them the minute they hear that thick accent voice to hang up immediately.  Just keep hanging up.  And remember, they can't do a thing to you.  They cannot take you to court or arrest you.  They are a total joke.  They have filed NOTHING against you.  They say these things to scare you into paying them.  That's their scam.  They are all talk.  Period.

And it's funny, when I asked for a supervisor I got Peter Brown too.  First he claimed he was an officer and then a supervisor and then an attorney.  I kept asking which one he was and he hung up on me!  They are not a law firm, supervisors, officials that work for the state of Florida, investigators, law enforcement, or attorney's.  They are none of these things.  Sometimes they will say they work for an "infraction division".  And they say they represent their "clients" the payday loan place.  They do not represent the payday loan places.  The payday loan places have verified this and advised everybody to just hang up on them the minute they hear their voice.  They are just creepy little boys.

So don't worry.  They will not put you in jail or file criminal charges against you.  They even might say they are sending "officials" or "authorities" to come get you.  It's a lie too.  When they told me that, I said for him to send them.  I would LOVE to meet these "so-called" authorities!  Again, he hung up on me.  I have all their conversations and messages recorded and saved.  Since they were calling me at my place of employment, I reported it to our security department.  They turned all the calls and recordings to the FBI who in turn sent them to the FCC, BBB and the Florida Attorney General's office.  I have family in the FBI and it really made him mad that they are doing this and told me they would do all they can to see these people get caught.  And I believe him.  They've caught tons of other people who commit this sort of crime.  They are all in prison now.  They even caught people all the way in India.  These bad people can't hide anywhere!

Again, just hang up the minute you hear that voice.  And tell the people you work with to do the same thing.  They will probably call and call but eventually they will stop. And report them to the Florida Attorney General's office, your Attorney General's office, FCC, file a report on the BBB (Look up Jason Reed & Associates), and the FBI.

can you please provide me with some information because the people are calling my job everyday harrassing not only me but my co-workers and the owner of my company, when I called that number back they said i had to pay them a certain amount of money by the next day or else they were going to send someone to my job and have me put in jail. This is really stressing me out, i am not really eating or sleeping at night because i dont know if these phone calls will eventally get me fired from my job, please direct me in the right direction

Someone name Michael has been calling me at my work place for the last 3 weeks none stop saying he is a collection agency and he is very rude and is harrassing not only me but my co-workers, and the owner of the business that I work for, he tells them to shut up and cusses them out when they tell him I am not there. This happen aleast 20 to 30 times a day or more. When ask to speak to his supervisor sometime he would say no and one time he put a guy by the name of Peter Brown on the phone and he was no better, he was very rude and not professional at all to be a supervisor. they tell my I have to pay them money by the next day and they threaten to have me out in jail and criminal charges brought against me, what can i do about this.

ok, Mark, this gets REALLY old.  Do you even know what the definition of "antiquates" means?  Here's the definition:

1. to make obsolete, old-fashioned, or out of date by replacing with something newer or better: This latest device will antiquate the ice-cube tray.  
2. to design or create in an antique style; cause to appear antique.

So, explain what "they talk with good antiquates" mean.  I'm sure we would all like to know YOUR definition. As for your "apology"?  NOT ACCEPTED.

Oh, and another thing, you do not follow the guidelines of the FDCPA.  You have broken EVERY law of the FDCPA.  And please get this through your thick head:  YOU DO NOT REPRESENT PAYDAY LOAN CLIENTS.  These payday loan places have verified this.  They actually advise people NOT to deal with you people because you are a scam.  I keep laughing everytime you post a stupid little comment like this.  You say you "purely to help out and resolve any issues coming upfront", then STOP CALLING WHEN ASKED TO STOP AND DON'T HARRASS, CUSS, AND THREATEN.  But of course this makes no sense "issues coming upfront".  What does that mean?

For real though, everytime you keep posting a little "note" like this is really a waste of time on your part.  No matter what you say, nobody believes anything you have to say because it is all a lie.  Please stop doing that.  I'm actually getting a little embarrassed for you.

So Mark, please go back to that black little hole you and your associates live in.  You guys are a bunch of idiots and liars.  I have everything recorded too.  These recordings have been sent to the FBI, the FCC and the Florida Attorney General's office.  They all can't wait to meet you all.

Now all THIS "falls upon you".  Oh, and drive safely, Mark.

Hello everyone,

      For your information, our intentions are never ever to be rude with anyone. Our staff is very professional and they talk with good antiquates.
Even though, If you have felt rude or bad then we really apologize.
In fact, our clear intention is purely to help you out and resolve any issues coming upfront.
We represent our clients and our clients reserve all the rights to proceed adhere with any actions according to the guidelines of the FDCPA.

Mark

Has anyone received a call from 720-624-6054.  The caller id states the caller's name is Sophie Ho.  I just received a call from this number right after receiving a call from 800-360-4319.  An automated voicemail was left by the caller from 800-360-4319 stating to call and reference a master number.  Does anyone know if this is National Recovery Services?  Thanks.

Getting a rude call from the same dumba** about a loan that I have no knowledge about. My attorney has sent them a letter about ten day service of proof. He has yet to receive proof of debt. Guess these stupid b****eads don't know is they're violating the fed debt collection act! If u get this call, file complaint to attorney general and to the FTC! FTC told me its a SCAM. They're nothin but fakes!

Thank you for that information. I did call the bank and they told me and my husband to come in on Monday. They also said it would be a good idea to close out our account. They said they couldn't get any money out until 12:00 Monday night.