Victim Location 27612
Type of a scam Debt Collections
These dirtbags called my sister, brother in law and father as well as myself demanding that I pay a back debt before I’m taken to court. Upon returning their call I discovered the company was shutdown in December of 2018 and is no longer accredited by the BBB.
Victim Location 25545
Type of a scam Debt Collections
Knew actual last 4 of SSN and asked to get payment on claim they “received last week” on a credit card in delinquency. Said I made a payment of $40 in 2012 but none after and needed to follow up. They didn’t know I filed bankruptcy in 2014 due to medical expenses and included that credit card.
Victim Location 77494
Type of a scam Debt Collections
I received a voicemail from my sister today that was from Philip Arbor who stated to be with ARG (Atlantic Recovery Group). According to Philip, I took out a pay day loan in 2013 for $1000 but closed the bank account and didn’t pay back the loan. I explained that I had identity theft years ago and this was probably from that. When I asked him for more information on the account, he failed to provide any of the documentation he had on file. The information he had was outdated and some was just plain wrong. He advised that if I didn’t make a good faith payment, I would be looking at being sued for more than $5000 or I could serve time. I told him that I’d be more than happy to send him the police reports and affidavits I made while going through all of this identity theft.
While I was on the phone with him, I began looking up company information and a law firm who has dealt with complaints on this company surfaced. I filled out a form explaining my experience and I had someone call me right back. After he I gave him the information and phone number this man called me from, he did verify it was a fraudulent call. This guy was trying to scam me out of $1000!! I didn’t pay him but please be aware of these types of phone calls; these people are well trained and do have some personal information.
Victim Location 21227
Type of a scam Debt Collections
Today October 24, 2018 at 9:47am was left a threatening voicemail by a representative named *** *** with Atlantic Recovery Group indicating I needed to contact them regards to a pending motion scheduled to be filed with the county clerks office and that I needed to call them before legal documents are served to me which I don’t know what this is in reference to. They also indicated if I wanted to receive more information in reference to a out-of-court dismissible i needed to contact them prior to legal documents being delivered to the me and to be advised that this was served as an official notification. I called back with no answer left a voicemail with my contact information and case number they left on voicemail (***). I don’t believe this is a way to contact someone by leaving such voicemails.
Victim Location 50138
Type of a scam Debt Collections
I spoke what’s an individual after they called my parents and ex in-laws. I asked them to use only my number, booty calls kept coming to the other parties. I’ve requested documentation on exactly what is owed and am told they can only email it. I have not received any mail even though they said they sent it multiple times after confirming my email address. They’re very rude and you scare tactics and personal insults to try to get me to give my bank info to them. I was told that the total owed was $771 but that they would settle it for $300 something. They couldn’t even give me an exact amount.
Victim Location 29579
Type of a scam Phishing
My parents received an automated call for me indicating that I needed to contact this number to avoid legal action. I called them back and was told that I owed money to a payday loan (that I never took out). They threatened to have me served at my place of employment and notify HR. I asked for their mailing address and the rep immediately hung up. After several more failed attempts to reach them, the woman finally answered. She used profanity and hung up. This is the second time that they called – each time, the amount of the debt changes. I finally got the contact information and asked for a phone number. The number I was given did not work.
Victim Location 23702
Type of a scam Debt Collections
Someone names David Smith contacted my mother stating this was their last attempt to contact me before legal documentation was to be delivered to me concerning a debt. This upset my mother and was not sure how they got her number. I called the number and a Ms. Williams answered and asked me for my case number. I gave her the number they left on my mother’s phone and was placed on hold. I was on hold for 20 minutes before I decided to hang up. I gave it about 5 minutes and called back and received a recording stating no one was in the office to take my call. I then waited for another 10 minutes and called back. Ms. Williams answered again and asked for my name. I gave her the case number instead and she stated she could not find that number. She then asked for my name and I gave it to her. She then asked me to confirm a birthdate that she gave me. I told her that was not my birthday and she asked me again to verify the birthdate she had and again I told her it was not my birthdate. The birthdate she stated was the correct month and year but not the correct day and she stated she would remove me from their list. At this point I knew that this was some type of scam. I researched them on BBB and found someone else had been scammed as well.