I, too, have been receiving mail from these scam artists.  Again, a charge for a company that I've never heard of for which  they are offering a settlement payment.  The ironic thing is, I recently moved and they tracked me to my new address.  The CBSC that sent me a letter has a PO Box address in Ohio.  I'm forwarding a copy of this to the attorney general and governor's office in Oh, as well as to the federal attorney general.  This has to stop, we all need to stand up and demand our government do all that they can to put an end to this.

Dispute the debt in writing and VIA certified mail. Be sure and get a receipt and do it within 30 days of the date on the letter--otherwise they will 'assume' it is valid.

I just received a bill from CBCS collection agency claiming I owe them  $410.02.  Never have I had ATT East as a carrier and this is totally fraudulent.  Be very careful. . .there are creative crooks coming out of the woodwork.                          August 2012

Received a letter from CBCS today offering a settlement offer reduction on $115.++. Nothing in the letter says who the money is supposedly owed to, who is the original debtor (as federal and state law dictates must be shown) or when the debt supposedly originated from. When I called the number (888-413-0093)I get a message saying my call is important to them and please wait for the next representative. If my call is that important they shud at least have a real live person answer and inform me that I will be connected to a representative soon. I have looked up this phone number on the net and there are many complaints against CBCS Collections.

I received a letter today from CBCS saying that someone at my adress, owed $224.02 from ATT.I Called the numberto check the infos,never been connected,disconneted all the time
This is a fake

I just got the same scam last night saying I owed money. I could smell "scam" right away and did research today. I am going to report this to better business bureau.

I forgot to mention that I contacted the originating company who could not find any such information regarding any collections for their company what so ever! this is supposed to be from HN-Southwestern Bell. The problem is they were taken over by AT&T. Contact them you will find that they still possess the account information. Resurgent Capital Services LP is a scam I would not pay them one red cent!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I reported them to the BBB in their area! I had a similiar experience with them!
Better Business Bureau of Upstate South Carolina
408 North Church Street, Suite C
Greenville, SC 29601-2164
Phone: (864)242-5052 | Fax: (864)271-9802
info@greenvillebbb.org

CBCS corporate phone number 1-614-222-5543    Credit Bureau Collection Services licensing & compliance office

Just received a letter telling me I owed $600.  on a credit card I haven't had in 20 years.  They are threatening legal action,  What do I do?

Just got a letter saying I owed $600.  on a credit card I haven't had for over 20 years. They are threating legal action.  What do I do?

I recieved a bill from CBCS for 105.17 to settle for 52.59 for a sprint bill from who knows when cuase they dont say.  when i call the number they want my phone number , there is no way i will give them my real phone number for one then they wanted the last 4 of my SSN um hell no. I filed a compliant as stated above.  Even if i had a bill with sprint i would have to be from more then 11 years ago, and i am almost fairly certin i have never done buissness with Sprint ever. It would be out of the statute of limitations by a long shot.

CBCS IS A SCAM TRYING TO COLLECT ON OLD DEBT PAST THE STATUE OF LIMIATATIONS TO COLLECT,TRYING TO SCARE PEOPLE!!! *****DO NOT SEND THEM ONE CENT AS IF MAY START OVER THE OLD DEBT VALID AGAIN*****  FILE COMPLAINT WITH STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND POST MASTER GENERAL WHO WON'NT DO ANY THING THANKS TO OUR BROKEN CORRUPT GOVERNMENT ****KNOW YOUR RIGHTS*****PASS ON THIS INFO !!!!!!

I need an email address for these people.. Google keeps sending me to a corp by the same name in Greenville SC. Is it the same company??   Ed

Looks like these people are at it again after three months.

If you receive these junk mails, you can file a complain online with the Ohio Attorney General (since they base in Ohio) at https://www.ag4ohio.gov

For more information, go to http://www.ag.state.oh.us/citizen/consumer/complaints.asp

Also, there is already 560+ complaints against these people.  Do a search here at: https://agcares.ag.state.oh.us/public/search.aspx and put in "CBCS" in the "supplier name."

My husband received a bill in the mail saying we had a collection against us from CBCS for a sprint account.  We have never had sprint.  When we tried to call the first three times it was a recording asking for our account number.  We entered in every time and it said it did not have our account number.  The fourth time we called a man finally answered, he sounded like he just woke up.  We asked about the details and he said that we owed sprint for it services.  My husband said we have never had their services.  Then the man rattled off my in-laws address and asked if they were his parents.  I have no idea how they had that information.  My husband then asked when the delinquency was from and he said 1997.  My husband was 11 years old!!!  The man asked for the last four digits on his soc so he could verify about the account and when my husband said he didn't feel comfortable giving that out over the phone, the man on the line got off real quick.

If you get this crap in the mail,,,look at the number above your name and address.  If it's something like #BWNDVHT********AUTO**-DIGIT 546
Then it's "junk" mail !!!  Trust me,,,I worked at the post office and that was one of the first things I learned,,,if that AUTO DIGIT number is there,,,,TRASH IT !!!!!

Hell NO,,,,do not respond !!!  I am getting the same phone calls,,,in which I no longer answer,,,thank goodness for caller ID,,,if I don't know the number,,,I DON'T ANSWER !!!  We just got something in the mail from them too,,,saying that we could pay off this "Sprint" bill with our stimulous refund,,,,,I DON'T THINK SO !!!  Don't have sprint and never have,,,,HOW CAN THIS BE LEGAL ????

I received a call from this number today, and called back out of curiosity (I have received a few calls before, but disregarded them).  When I called the number, the woman was screaming at me to give her the account number I was calling in regard to.  I tried to tell her that I had no idea what she was talking about, then she started calling me by name and saying that I had some old bill for a place that I never even lived in in NYC from the year 2000...  EIGHT years ago??  I guess that is enough time for someone to not quite remember and just pay up, but I DO remember...  I remember that I never lived there.  Meanwhile, the woman is screaming at me on the phone that I owed something like $200 for some AT&T bill I never had.  Then she ASKED ME FOR MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER!!!  I told her I didn't feel comfortable giving her that information, and she said I could send a fax to "Mrs. Blue" telling them that I never lived at the address mentioned.  Then she ASKED ME TO FAX MY DL AND SOCIAL!!!!  Does she think I am stupid???  This reeks of a scam!  Should I send the fax without this information?  How do you make these people go away??

I'm so glad I have foud so many other complaints about this company CBCS. They're caliming, just as of this month through harassing phone calls and one letter-that I owe over $300 for a thirteen year old Verizon bill which I have never heard of before. I had a landline many years ago then switched to broadband. The lady was so rude and disrespectful when I called and tried to get some information and verification. She only wanted the payment and asked how I would like to make payment that same day! She was so angry then hung up on me after stating she would be calling back.

I filed a complaint with the NYC Dept of consumer affairs.

ok so i called this number when i got a letter saying i owed money for a phone with MCI communications...first of all i never ever had a house phone its always been a cell and second of all i thought, well...maybe it was like identidy theft so i called the number it gives and the lady asked me to mail a copy of my dl and social...they should already have this info and they said they needed it.  whatever im glad i looked this up because it turns out many people are in the same boat...OH and also i went to the ftc website and it gives a gov sponsored credit report site where you get an annual report FREE with no asking of credit card info and all my credit was in check and where it said collections or debts owed it said 0.....dont answer these people its a SCAM!!!

My husband received the exact same letter and stated to respond within 15 days with no return address information and none of the options describe his situation, because we do not believe the debt is valid.  He wants to respond, but the only address listed is to a P.O. Box 69 in Columbus, OH.  Are you going to respond?

Ialso got a "settlement offer" from this company for att. I have never used broadband from them. I called the wireless division where I have a closed acct and they verified I owe no money.
I called this # and they ask for your phone # and last 4 digits of your ssn. Then they have an "all lines are busy" msg but then it disconnects.
Isn't this mail fraud?

I just received a letter from this CBCS place also saying I owed money to AT&T (FKA Bellsouth) but no phone number to call.  Just a dollar amount of $174 and some change.  Same address:  CBCS, P.O. Box 69, Columbus OH 43216.

I have gotten to the point I won't answer the phone if I don't recognize the number anymore either, I have been getting strange phone calls for people that don't live here, or no names mentioned and only a machine wanting me to call some number for "an important business matter."  

The weird thing about this letter I got though was it said I had 15 days to describe my claim and it listed 8 different debt options, but never decribed who to send it back to.  

This is not the first time I have gotten a letter from this bogus company either.  I wish this government would go in an arrest these scam artists.

My Husband & I Have been receiving ridiculous statements trying to say we own money to places we have NEVER even herd of, we recently moved from NY to PA. There no way we have any outstanding bills! When i tried to call to get an address so i can write a nasty letter, i wouldn't share the account number so the girl HUNG UP ON ME! Any Suggestions how to get them to stop? I have a standard letter iv been sending. But this is getting very very annoying!!

Received collection letter today from CBCS, P.O. Box 69, Columbus OH 43216 (1-888-413-0093)for $78.54, willing to settle for $39.27 for an old AT&T BROADBAND LLC bill..never had AT&T Broadband, or anything related to it...looked up on the Internet and this CBCS/AT&T BROADBAND collection scheme very common these days.

Same thing happened to me over the last month Jan - March 2008.  I reported them to donotcall.gov and will also place a call to the FTC.  
I never had DirectTV in my life.  I don't think it's even available in my area.

I received a letter today from these folks saying I owe a debt of $545.22 to AT&T Broadband and they are willing to settle for $272.61.  I do have an AT&T Wireless Account in which the bill has never been paid past the due date.  This is a scam.  What do we do about it?  I will contact ATT Wireless on Monday and report it.

I just got a letter from this company claiming I owe Sprint 324.96 but they are willing to settle.....  Funny thing I have never had Sprint.  And the crazy thing is they are using my maiden name and not my married name, (I have been married over 10 years) but they have my current address.  Watch out for these folks. it seems fake.

I received a letter today in the mail from CBCS stating that I owed $621.29 to HFN-Southwestern Bell.  I called the number on the letter, they ask what # you are calling from, I put in an old phone number.  They ask for the last 4 digits of your SS# I put in a fake #.  Once they get on the phone that state that they are trying to collect a debt.  Told me that I owed Southwestern Bell for a phone bill dated back in Feb 2000.  Told her I did not think so, asked for the phone number and she gave me the phone number that I entered and she gave me my cell phone number.  I have no idea how she knew my cell phone number and it is not with Southwestern Bell or AT&T.  After telling her that she needed to provide me with an address that the phone number was related to and she hung up on me.  I tried to call back and entered fake information once again.  Needless to say I was never connected I was disconnected.  Watch out for this scam!!!