i got the same phone call from the same person.  I am a single mom and being told I am going to go to jail repeatedly scared the crap out of me.  So i took a loan from my 401k to pay it off and they got me for $1400.  I called repeatedly to get a release from that they said I would get and I never got and called again and now the phone number doesn't work. the phone number on my bank account sends you to a general voice mail.  I will never fall that crap ever again, I rather risk going to jail than to give up money I don't really have.

I got several calls from a Pam Cantrell (678-534-5744) stating I owe money and need call them ASAP. With harrassing phone messages, I would not return the calls. They eventually started calling my parents (not sure how they got their number, I live in a different state than them). My parents went to their bank to buy the prepaid visa card, and their banker googled the company and let them know it was fraud. So they did not send over the prepaid card and then I started getting more harrassing calls from a man (from my research, his name is Les Covington, 678-894-2982, saying he is going to put me in jail and kept threatening my b/c my dad did not send the card. I let my parents know I got a call from this person, so they called him back. They got the run around from him and he was yelling at them from the moment they called Les. My dad asked for an email address and the guy would not give him one. Finally my dad asked for a manager. A "manager" came on the phone (he remained nameless) and started yelling at my dad right away. My dd asked him for an email address and he could not give one. Then he finally "gave" one and it was a fake one. My dad yelled at the guy and they would only talk to me (even though I gave my dad power to talk to them on my behalf). My dad sent the email over to them to their fax machine. Then pulled uptime credit report to make sure, they are not listed on there, so we threatened to let the authorities know, have not heard from them since.

Fell for it and Gave card info now they keep Charging my card and so As my husband for what we owed from Cash central not them..question is how can they transfer your account to another collectors that's not even legit.?

Hubby's mom got a call asking if she knew hubby and the matter was about depository fraud. If a real investigator was calling they would not divulge that info to anyone except the person they were trying to contact. The caller id # lead us to this bogus website; just read their wording - it was obviously created to continue the scare tactic. http://www.gcbinvestigations.com. No company describes themselves right off the bat as 'they are ethical people who service ethical clients.' Sounds like some company hubby wrote a check for somewhere along the line (ie payday loan) did not shred the cancelled check properly when they went out of business and now these scam people are using the check info to scam folks. This is the # they used to call us .800-533-6077. The caller ID referenced NH although the www references it as Georgia. Go figure. Anyone can set up a website, and easily purchase a 1-800 #. Lincoln's picture being on the website does not make them legit.

They call me and my family and my place of work constantly and I have no idea what they want!  How do I stop these calls!!!  Please help!

Thank you for that info. they have called and left a voicemail at my work saying I was going to be summonsed (sp) to court.  Today a John Francis said he was going to contact my place of employment and gave the last four of my social.

I called the original creditor and they told me that anyone who threatens to take you to jail or says you have committed fraud due to not paying back a payday loan is a fraudulent company. I got a letter sent to me from the people I took the loan out from explaining to me about the companies trying to scare people in to paying them. So just call the original company from which you got a loan through and they can tell you who actually is handling the collections. They were very nice. Those people saying they are from Hoffman Schwartz are lying and being investigated for fraud at this very moment.

got a call from this # investigator yates??

I got a call from this number and as normal when I don't recognize a number I ignore it!  Well they leave me a voicemail so I check it and it states "this is a call for (Boyfriends name) we are calling in regards to a fraud complaint that has been logded against your SSN we need you to call us back so we can get a statement!  Please if this is (boyfriends name again) please call us back at 8664969922 ext 2500 or press 9 for a legal representative!"

Well the boyfriend already has a harassment investigation going against an old business associate and she has caused all kinds of hell and this isn't the first time we've had phone calls like this!  The police department has already been monitoring his calls and all because of the harassment they (hoffman and schwartz idiots)  have called him multiple times!  So the police department here is looking in to it and seeing what they can do!

Funny thing is no matter how many times you call back you get the same freakin guy!  And to begin with it was some woman who called and left the voicemail!  The people are idiots!

John Francis is who called my work place also

They told me they are an collection agency for something I owed that was only $400.00. Now I owe over $1,000. They are asking for $800. The day I was supposed to pay they called my grandparents and said they were the police department. Is this fraud?

I too recieved calls from this place. They even called my mother and tried to get money from her. They have threatened to arrest me. They said that they could settle my loans for less and to give her my debit card #. I did not. Is she for real????

At first my investigator was Miss Teresa Ogletree and she called and scared me and told me that I owed for an online payday loan and that I would be arrested and go to jail if I di not pay and i fell for it and I gave my card info and they have been taking $110 out of my account for the last 7 months and she would call me to verify if it were ok to deduct the money and everything but then in Nov they took two payments of $110 and I called and all of a sudden Miss Ogletree doesn't work there anymore and now my investigator is Mr. Anthony Smith and I complained to him and he says Oh we have a new system and I see that it swiped your card twice but we will getthat added back to your card in 5 business days and that was on 11-29 and still has not been done and he will not anwer the phone or respond to voice messages and now today 12-26 they habve taken another two payments- - please if this is fraud what do i need to do besides cancel that card????

First call said it was for check fraud and gave the last 4 digits of my ssn.  Got another call from the same person an hour later, this time saying it was for credit card fraud and I only had 24 hours to return the call.  The person identified herself as an investigator.  After working for both a bank and a credit card company, and have recieved "legitimate" calls for collection I knew this sounded strange.  Right away looked for information on this company online and find information about them being a bad debt collection agency.  Also they have recieved an F rating from the BBB.

My wife just got this call about a legal matter.more BS if u ask me..I called for fun and they hung up on me when I told them I was going to report them to the Attorneys Generals office

I got a call today on my SISTERs' phone!  Caller identified herself as working for Hoffman Schwartz & Associates.  Number called from was 678-894-3845.  Asked me to call them at 866-496-9922 x 2924 regarding bank fraud.  They seem to have my SS#.  It's curious to me that they would call my sister and not me.  I have tried to call them but my calls go to a general mailbox.
There seem to be as lot of complaint regarding this SCAM.  What is being done about it?

I got a call today on my SISTERs' phone!  Caller identified herself as working for Hoffman Schwartz & Associates.  Number called from was 678-894-3845.  Asked me to call them at 866-496-9922 x 2924 regarding bank fraud.  They seem to have my SS#.  It's curious to me that they would call my sister and not me.  I have tried to call them but my calls go to a general mailbox.
There seem to be as lot of complaint regarding this SCAM.  What is being done about it?

They took money out of my account from my check card. I do not know this company. Who is this? I was told by the bank it was some company in Georgia. I live in Houston. What's going on? Give me my money back.

you were scammed buddy

Hello???? This company, or whoever they are...called me, threatened me...for an old pay day loan i have not paid back yet. I agreed to $50 a month. Gave them my debit card #. They took out $60, not $50. Then 4 days later, they took it again. I called my bank immediatly, they rejected the second payment, cancelled my debit card, AND TOLD ME NEVER TO GIVE A DEBT COLLECTOR MY DEBIT CARD NUMBER AGAIN. Watch out eveyone...these people are evil. And I'm reporting them.

Business Name History

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Name Name Type
HOFFMAN, SWARTZ AND ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED  Current Name

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Profit Corporation - Domestic - Information
 
Control No.: 09078817
Status: Active/Compliance  
 
Entity Creation Date: 11/12/2009
 
Jurisdiction: GA
Principal Office Address: 2045 Mt. Zion Road #328
Morrow GA 30260  
Last Annual Registration Filed Date: 3/10/2011
Last Annual Registration Filed: 2011

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Registered Agent
 
Agent Name: POTTER SIEG, LLC
Office Address: 315 West Ponce DeLeon Avenue
Suite 440
Decatur GA 30030  
Agent County: Dekalb

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Officers
 
Title: CEO
Name: Paris Tauriac
Address: 3814 Augustine Place
Rex GA 30273

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Title: CFO
Name: Paris Tauriac
Address: 3814 Augustine Place
Rex GA 30273

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Title: Secretary
Name: Paris Tauriac
Address: 3814 Augustine Place
Rex GA 30273

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I received the same call from the same guy, and he said the same thing about a depository fraud, and the last 4 digits of my SSN. He threatened to come up to my job with a warrent within 5 days. And when I went to ask him something, he was hostile and irrate with me. He gave me the same phone#. Out of curiousity I called it back and you only get a recording. That was really weird and scary

I got a call from a guy name paul white from this number. saying i owe debt on a check he took my info and now he wont answer my calls. i only get his voice mail.

   is this guy pulling a scam or not?

I keep getting phone calls from this company yet they will not tell me what the call is about. I did call and was met with hostility and abusive language. I was threatened with a civil suit and further legal action if I did not comply but am still at odds about what I am supposed to comply with.

I received a call today from  Paul White told me i owed on a cash advance i did on line.He had sone info on me but that doesnt mean s**t.Anyone can get info on just about who ever they want to.says im going to be served by the sheriff.cool they know me and were i live thanks to by kids.besides i did a little digging on mr white and this is what i found.This site so people dnt fall for the bs unless it's in black and white print.

I also got a call from Paul White.  The number on my caller ID was (678) 466-7902, and the call back number he left was 1-866-496-9922 x2201.  He referenced the name of my bank, 'depository fraud', a check number, and the last four of my SSN.  First of all, this type of message is illegal in that no debt collector is allowed to leave that much detail on any voice mail, particularly one like mine on which the outgoing message doesn't even include a name.  (Any debt collector or financial institution has to be able to absolutely confirm your identity before providing or discussing any details or info.)  I called my bank and was advised not to give them ANY info - she also researched my accounts and confirmed that the check number he referenced has never existed on any of my accounts with this bank, meaning that no such check was ever presented and returned NSF, which is the only definition we can assume for the term 'depository fraud'.  If my bank hasn't charged me for an NSF check, I don't see how Mr. White could be...and that's exactly what the rep at my bank said.  All of my Googling on this has returned similar results, so if you're inclined to call them back, DO NOT release any critical info to them.  In this day and age of rampant identity theft, proof & documentation of any debt has to be provided before anyone should even consider paying.

I was called from that number by a person calling herself Cynthia.  I called the number because I couldn't understand the company name that she gave. She has called me repeatedly at work.  She has spoken to several girls on the switchboard.  She has lied, telling us that the call was urgent company business.  She told one co-worker that she was sending the police out for me.  She refuses to give me an address so that we can communicate.  Her tone is loud, abusive to the point of screaming at me, and also threatening.  She has been rude to the switchboard operators.  Immediately identifying herself as someone calling from the fraud department demanding immediate response.

My friends and family members have gotten calls from this place saying that they are Investigator Atkins and the Sheriff's dept is going to have me arrested.  I tried to call this evening but nobody answered.  This sounds like a scam.

they keep calling saying if i dont pay a debt from 3 years ago that i will be going to jail

FYI, I just received a call at work from "Cindy Hoffman" at (866) 496-9922 x2211 and she left me a voice mail threatening to file a civil lawsuit if I don't call her back right away.  I just called "Cindy" back and told her I did some research on her "law firm" and have found 100% of the information to indicate that they are a phony debt collector (I found evidence of this on a few other sites as well as here).  I told her I will be contacting the Attorney General's office and reporting them for fraud.  She said "you do that" and hung up on me.  People, record every phone call they make to you.  I have had phony debt collectors harass me before (one would literally call my office more than 30 times per day and yell at my receptionist - I started logging every phone call on a spreadsheet, there were so many).  You can report these people to the Attorney General in your state (although no jurisdiction if these jerkoffs are from out-of-state) as well as the Federal Trade Commission (if you can ever find an address for the d-bags, which is usually impossible).  Glad I found all this - the voice mail really scared the crap out of me and now I know they are fishing for personal info.