I too have been being harassed by a company claiming to be Bailey and Rowe several times during my work day.  When I question who they are representing, or ask for information, their location, they either put me on hold and never come back, or hang up.....

Since this group is actually operating out of the Charlotte area, the proper local jurisdiction to file police reports would be the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
http://charmeck.org/city/charlotte/CMPD/Pages/default.aspx

You can make a report by telephone - If calling outside the Mecklenburg County, the Non-Emergency Crime Reporting: 704-336-7600

You can also make a police report online at
http://charmeck.org/city/charlotte/CMPD/Pages/ReportACrime.aspx

Your caller was, most likely, one of a bunch of intellectually, morally & ethically challenged bottom-feeders operating in the Charlotte, NC area. The AGs offices in Raleigh are very aware of them. This bunch of scammers know it. They're getting very fidgety & are trying to scam as much as they can while doing their best to stay hidden. Ignore them. Their day is coming.
Be Safe. Be Aware.
Gunnar

I I got a call from a Jamie saying he works at a baile and rowe Associates the number is 862 213 3051 I asked him for the address their business ID number and if they are credited to the BBB which is the Better Business Bureau they had no answers from me there's no a online website nothing and when I spoke to themthey were very unprofessional they would not give me any of their information saying they were credited businessand also they said the location was Columbia Columbia South Carolina the first time they told me Fort Mill South Carolina so I'm really confused they gave me a PO Box PO Box 14587and have this time I probably spoke to about 10 different peoplebut only sounded like probably 4 different people

The names of the two guys running this scam are:

Justin Tata

Jamie C.o.o.n.s (apparently the comment filter thinks this is a racial epithet)

They are out of Tonawanda, New York

Last known address:
31 Joseph Drive
Apartment C
Tonawanda, New York 14150

In addition to the above aliases they have also used:

Legal Process Services
Simon Eichler & Associates
American Arbitration Services
First Department Recovery Services (google this one and check out the BBB listing for it)

I recommend everyone forwarding complaints to your state attorney general and the FBI

Scammers!
Investigator Renee Moore from Bailey and Rowe. I told her I don't owe loan.com or cash net any money and that to tell me and send me proof. She just kept reading from her script I told her I was recording her. She didn't like that! I hung up and called back again asking for proof and she started reading from the script again! Report them, verify nothing and pay nothing! THEY ARE LIARS AND SCAMMERS!

Left no message just music, so I called the number and they call themselves "investigations",  and asked if I was " ****** ****** "
which I said no, so I'm assuming that they are some type of collection agency.

For at least the last year, an illegal group of debt collectors have been terrorizing consumers, their family, friends, and employees threatening to arrest the individual of an unpaid loan or other debt (their generally don't even owe). Be aware debt is a civil matter, not a criminal matter, and you can't be arrested. They threaten a warrant if the victim does not pay a sum of money by the credit card over the phone.

Some of the people they are calling do not owe a debt.  Others they are calling have already settled their debt with the organization who owns the accounts. Even if you do owe a debt, do not be deceived by the actions of this group.  Many of the accounts they are attempting to collect they do not own.  In other words, if you pay these people, that is not going to clear your debt with its rightful owner.  

Although when pressed the callers give the victim an address in Columbia South Carolina (usually a vacant lot) or Atlanta GA (often a parking lot near the bus station or a Peachtree Road Address). They are actually out of the Charlotte North Carolina area. The scammers are using the following business names (and there are many others, and they seem to create new ones daily).  They will normally answer the call back number as ?Investigations?

Reynolds, Hill, and Associates
Berkley and Associates
Kaufmann and Associates
Sanderson Blaine & Associates
Blaine and Associates
McKenzie Reid Associates
Kennedy, Kline, & Associates
Nationwide Asset and Recovery
Piedmont Investigations and Procurement
Raffino, Garrison, & McCoy
Greenman, Schwartz & Associates
McCoy Law Group
Salem Associates
Reynolds and Associates
Ryan, Carter and Fields
Berman, Maxwell and associates
DOF Investigations
Vaughn & Associates
Bailey & Rowe


Here is a set of links to a variety of threads on this forum that document this group and its behavior. They include the experiences of victims as well as a former employee or two that quit within a week of finding out exactly what was going on. They also include responses from consumer advocates and people who are really criminal justice professionals advising victims of what to do

http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-748-8367
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-719-1725
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-676-3492
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-805-5549
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-751-1084
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-803-2349
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-775-2417
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-775-2418
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-755-3417
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-746-3946
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-676-3485
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-966-3768
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-699-9749/2
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-966-6246
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-678-5437
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-967-0061
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-746-3948
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-791-2353
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-699-6246
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-735-8624
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-751-1083
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-736-3678/2
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-966-8529
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-967-2633
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-460-1576
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-609-3074
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-576-6210
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-601-5849
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-230-1283
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-658-0438
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-510-9327
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-509-0338
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-803-0755
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-511-0627
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-509-3033
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-509-0339
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-511-0631
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-883-2350/2
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-244-3381
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-0269
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-295-9550
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-966-6277
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-511-4248
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-725-5312
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-756-9997
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-1278
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-0531
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-0273
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-719-5041
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-791-9102
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-512-400-2637
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-585-730-6153
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-1712
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-800-657-1430
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-643-7815
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-860-3119
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-860-2973
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-903-6395

Regardless of what phony name they are using this week, they are based in North Carolina

The proper local jurisdiction to file police reports would be the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
http://charmeck.org/city/charlotte/CMPD/Pages/default.aspx

You can make a report by telephone - If calling outside the Mecklenburg County, the Non-Emergency Crime Reporting: 704-336-7600

You can also make a police report online at
http://charmeck.org/city/charlotte/CMPD/Pages/ReportACrime.aspx

I got a call from this number, and they left a voice message saying they were looking for information about how to find ME. I have had many calls in the past from these people from different phone numbers, and they ALL try to say I owe a bill that I don't owe, and that they are going to take legal action against me. When I ask them questions about who they are, and who they represent, they hang up on me. Finally, about a month ago, I answered one of their calls thinking they were a client (I have quite a few out-of-state clients), and asked if this was the phone number for me by name. Well, since anyone that I would expect to be calling would not ask such a question, I assumed that it was someone that I did not want to verify my information with...so I said, NO - it is not, and please don't call me again. So now, they aren't sure that it's my number, and are calling it anyway leaving messages that they are trying to locate me, lol. (Hey, they're screwing with everyone else, so why not screw with them a bit?) All I can figure, is that they either hacked a payday loan company's database, or that payday loan company went out of business and sold all their client information to them (I'm thinking the latter). The payday loan company that I had a loan with was paid off over 9 years ago (the one they had mentioned in the past), and they had absolutely NO REASON to be calling me. As a matter of fact, I have not had a conventional checking account since 2002, I have a paperless checking account with a debit card that I have been using since 2006, so I have been totally "cash and carry" and don't even have the ability to set up a payday loan (my online bank won't allow them for several reasons). So I had told these people that they were totally barking up the wrong tree with me, because I don't have the ability to set up a payday loan, and therefore could not possibly owe anyone for one. That STILL didn't deter them from calling me! -- The best things that you can do with these callers are: 1. Don't answer calls that you don't recognize. Let it go to voice mail, then look it up online to see if it belongs to a scam caller or not. 2. If you accidentally answer one of their calls, NEVER verify that they are calling the right number OR your social security number if they rattle it off to you (they had mine, which also makes me think that someone that I did business with in the past sold them my info). Deny that you are the person they are looking for (it slows them down a bit) 3. NEVER give your personal information to ANYONE over the phone, whether it be these clowns, or some company that you think might be legitimate. Any company that you've actually done business with will have your correct mailing address and other information, so anyone that asks for personal information over the phone is running a scam and fishing for info on how to harass you more. 4. Install a call-blocking app on your phone (if they're calling your cell phone) like CALL CONTROL. Once you've established that the number is one that you don't want to be receiving calls from, BLOCK THE NUMBER and BLACKLIST it so that other users of that app will have that "bad number" info included in the app's database. With CALL CONTROL, you can either completely block the number, or have it shoot straight to your voice mail. I do the latter, just in case I'm mistaken about the number, and it actually belongs to a client...that way they can leave me a message and let me know who they are. Once a the number has been flagged by the call-blocking app, it may ring once or twice, and then is either blocked or sent to your voice mail. That, at least, cuts down on the annoyance factor from the caller. By taking these measures, I have cut their calls down to 1 or two a month vs several a day. As long as they never get a human being on the phone, and only get voice mail, it will stay that way. The minute you personally answer one of their calls, the incessant calling will start up again.

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/
http://www.stopfraud.gov/report.html
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/#&panel1-1
https://esupport.fcc.gov/ccmsforms/form1088.action
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/
http://www.fraud.org/

Also read up on the laws and your rights:

http://800notes.com/arts/Jb8EW-eDhQA/harassin ... ou-need-to-know
See Residents post here also:
http://800notes.com/forum/ta-34af6a034ba34b6/unending-collection-calls
Templates of Letters:
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-319-242-7350

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-944ec1426a8bcbb/ ... service-attacks
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http://www.clarkhoward.com/news/clark-howard/ ... r-phones/ndF4c/
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http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1828
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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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http://www.fdcpa.me/fake-process-server-injunction/
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http://800notes.com/forum/ta-9413b3202bc8b6c/ ... net%27s-tactics

Thank you! I've alerted SK to this.

this company and all of its above names is 100% a scam, the latest is nationwide asset and recovery number for where they take peoples money is 1-844-245-7180 they claim it to be there payment processing which is a complete lie its the same few people answering the phone "investigations" they were claiming to know where i live and threatening to shoot my family and house if i didnt pay them $5000 for a bond that i owed for warrants for a payday loan i took out first thing is it is completely illegal in north carolina to recieve a payday loan so i know they are lying ...... but consumers beware of this company they are using different names daily and phone numbers daily .........
1-844-245-7180
1-888-512-1378
704-957-5625 they called me from there cell phone number also...................

I am going see file charges i' have had enough and all your numbers and names and all company names you have used times and dates will be turned in i had enough, you got the right one this time.
Don't give them no information / they nothing but scammers

They just called me as well.... Ridiculous!!!!!!!

When these people call and claim to be investigators or answer investigations, record it, record it all. Its $2000 or better per violation of the FDCPA. Catch them, get paid, the moneys yours for the taking. They can't do anything. Tell them come on and get you, they can't do a thing. I got paid, more than once. Remember record it, try to get a name, even if its a fake name. Times are hard so GET PAID !!!!

Same here they have contacted me 5-10 times a day at all hours I wish they would just stop !!

They are looking for someone I don't even know how do we get them to stop!! They say the company name now is bailey and Rawls a**. (855) 860-3119 annoying if I could find out I would be happy to sue them for harrassing me 5-10 times a day!!!

Just receviced a call from this number on my cellphone, (which isnt in my name), I don't answer calls from unknown numbers, send it straight to V/M, a recording stated they were looking for an individual (gave person name), they didn't state who they were but requested that if I had information on this individual to call them with the info or to forward this message to the person. I have gotten these types of calls before and so have members of my family. They seem to come around Christmas time and tax season. Hence, how you know it nothing more then a scam, looking for money from people, cause these are the times most people have extra cash. If this is a true law office or law agency or debt collector, they would be aware of the Fair Debt Collection Act and when you proceed to tell them about the law and your rigths. they claim you are threating them.  My advice is to report them ASAP, they are using illegal methods to locate you or the person they are looking for.

got a call from"bailey & rowe". asked where they were located and they said dallas. asked for an address and they hung up. called back and asked for an address again and they hung up again.

they hung up on me when i asked basic info like an address. supposedly based in dallas. called back and they hung on me.

I received a call from 855 860 3119 they were looking for me said if I was the person that they were looking for to press 1 if not press 2 and speak to a investigator............. Does anyone one know who there people are I would like to report them to the local police dept.  I will not call them back because it know it is a fraud

I just received a message from 855-860-3119, stating I was being investigated and to contact them immediately with my location. They continue to harrass me and when I give them my lawyers information and request their address they hand up on me. She said the company was Bailey and Rowe. Another scam trying to through the back door. I am reporting them to the attorney generals office.

For at least the last year, an illegal group of debt collectors have been terrorizing consumers, their family, friends, and employees threatening to arrest the individual of an unpaid loan or other debt (their generally don't even owe). Be aware debt is a civil matter, not a criminal matter, and you can't be arrested. They threaten a warrant if the victim does not pay a sum of money by the credit card over the phone.

Some of the people they are calling do not owe a debt.  Others they are calling have already settled their debt with the organization who owns the accounts. Even if you do owe a debt, do not be deceived by the actions of this group.  Many of the accounts they are attempting to collect they do not own.  In other words, if you pay these people, that is not going to clear your debt with its rightful owner.  

Although when pressed the callers give the victim an address in Columbia South Carolina (usually a vacant lot) or Atlanta GA (often a parking lot near the bus station or a Peachtree Road Address). They are actually out of the Charlotte North Carolina area. The scammers are using the following business names (and there are many others, and they seem to create new ones daily).  They will normally answer the call back number as ?Investigations?

Reynolds, Hill, and Associates
Berkley and Associates
Kaufmann and Associates
Sanderson Blaine & Associates
Blaine and Associates
McKenzie Reid Associates
Kennedy, Kline, & Associates
Nationwide Asset and Recovery
Piedmont Investigations and Procurement
Raffino, Garrison, & McCoy
Greenman, Schwartz & Associates
McCoy Law Group
Salem Associates
Reynolds and Associates
Ryan, Carter and Fields
Berman, Maxwell and associates
DOF Investigations
Vaughn & Associates


Here is a set of links to a variety of threads on this forum that document this group and its behavior. They include the experiences of victims as well as a former employee or two that quit within a week of finding out exactly what was going on. They also include responses from consumer advocates and people who are really criminal justice professionals advising victims of what to do

http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-748-8367
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-719-1725
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-676-3492
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-805-5549
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-751-1084
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-803-2349
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-775-2417
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-775-2418
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-755-3417
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-746-3946
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-676-3485
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-966-3768
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-699-9749/2
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-966-6246
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-678-5437
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-967-0061
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-746-3948
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-791-2353
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-699-6246
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-735-8624
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-751-1083
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-736-3678/2
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-966-8529
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-967-2633
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-460-1576
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-609-3074
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-576-6210
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-601-5849
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-230-1283
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-658-0438
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-510-9327
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-509-0338
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-803-0755
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-511-0627
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-509-3033
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-509-0339
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-511-0631
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-883-2350/2
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-244-3381
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-0269
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-295-9550
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-966-6277
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-511-4248
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-725-5312
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-756-9997
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-1278
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-0531
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-0273
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-719-5041
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-791-9102
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-512-400-2637
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-585-730-6153
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-512-1712
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-800-657-1430
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-643-7815
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-855-860-3119

Yes they called me to saying the same s***. Watch out for them and other like Harding &  associates, Goldman and associates. They call from several different numbers. I had first fell victim and believed the s*** they ended up getting 200$ out of me til they f****d up and tried collecting the debt from another number and another firm. So I did my research and they are frauds.

Received a call today asking for my daughter but my husband had been bothered at one time with this outfit. Made threats that she is filing charges against my daughter and she might want to call. This one is going by the name of Victoria Risso at vaugh and associates   855-860-2973. my daughter owes no one but used that check smart to cash her payroll check !!!!
So add this phone number and person to the collection. I also have turned this in to Ohio attorney generals office.

Yes. I got a call  from a person name michelle from 855-860-3119 calling my job they do not leave VM at all but on my cellphone non stop calling. oh well I hit end button all the time and screen my call.

I got a recording that I took in a threatening way.  They said they have files and they wanted to know my whereabouts.  
Called from 1 (855) 860-3119
Asked me to call back at 1 (855) 643-7815
Reading other complaints it seems to go back to Vaughn and Associates.  Someone even mentioned they hacked their checking account.  They had better not touch my money or trying to intimidate me either!!!!

yes, this is a scam, report them to the FTC

Get their company name, mailing and physical address.  Send them a cease and desist letter, certified mail/return receipt - so they can't say they never received it.  (On the off-chance the letter is "returned to sender" or "refused" - do not open the letter - and keep it as evidence that it was refused.)  You should make clear that you will seek legal action against them if they call you again.  You would have a claim under both the FDCPA and the TCPA, since you are not the alleged debtor they are looking for and they are still calling.