Victim Location 97007
Type of a scam Debt Collections
I got a very disturbing phone call from GDS Solutions, saying they were arbitrators for an internet pay day loan company. I was not in the area of california, when this was obtained and they listed my mom and *** *, who I have no idea who they are. They said that their client had sent me email, but I have never received any. They would not email me any information about the so called loan until I settled the amount of $390, or they were going to garnish my wages and take me to court, which would cost me $6,000. Their number is 503.741.2393. I am gooing to call the polkice and file a complaint as well. I saw on BBB, where another company was doing this very same thing .
Victim Location 49203
Type of a scam Debt Collections
A company named GDS Solutions claiming I had a debt called my phone twice, my husbands and my work. When I called to find out who they were they said they were an arbitration department and they immediately asked for my social security number to verify who I was. Let this be noted they used my maiden name that I haven’t had in 3 years. So that was yet another red flag. They also called from Wharton Ohio, Addison, Michigan and the website puts them in India.
Victim Location 13440
Type of a scam Debt Collections
Received a call from a company called GDS Solutions (315)203-6152. Came up on caller ID as Adams NY and number no there details. She had staled she was from GDS Solutions and that she was representing her client Gateway Payday loans. She had listed most of my addresses over the last 5 years, had the last four digits of my social security number, and my current address. She had stated that she was informing me of a payday loan outstanding for 460.00 and she couldn’t give me exact date just the date that her client reported it in 2012. She had the last four digits of an old bank account number, I asked her for more details and what I could do she said she was just "making me aware of the issues" and I would be sued and potential arrested for fraud. She also mentioned that it wasn’t on my credit report yet but ti would be soon. She mentioned 2 or 3 times she was just making me aware of the issue on behalf of her client.
I had payday loans in past but had paid them all off.
Victim Location 46239
Type of a scam Debt Collections
They call 20-30 times a day saying that I have 2 serious allegations against me and that they will be coming to my place of employment and my home. They also call for my brother who said that they are trying to collect for a payday loan that he nor I have ever taken out. They have called for 5 months straight now and are harassing my family. They need to be stopped immediately. They leave messages with different names in very thick foreign accents and it sounds like they are scripted.
Victim Location 74112
Type of a scam Phishing
These people called trying to get a hold of my husband telling me that they are with GDS Solutions and said that if he doesn’t contact them that he would be served with a subpoena to appear in court. We had a call previously from a different number that said the same thing. I done some investigation work myself and I have not found this company located anywhere as close to Collinsville, OK. And the name they have given doesn’t have anything to do with investigations or case numbers. I do believe this is to be a scam. They have two numbers. 918-205-1951 and 855-203-8249
Victim Location 40502
Type of a scam Debt Collections
A company called GDS Solutions called me and managed to get my sister’s number and call her regarding me, stating I had an unpaid pay day loan from 2011 that I needed to pay. They said I needed to pay today or they would take legal action against me and garnish my wages. I knew I didn’t take out any pay day loan in 2011. All the people I spoke with had Indian accents. Be aware of this company and do not give them any financial information or pay them anything.
Victim Location 98903
Type of a scam Debt Collections
Said I Owed 1390.00
Victim Location 98043
Type of a scam Debt Collections
I was called on my cell on 12/16/2015 around 7 pm and notified that I had an outstanding debt and if I did no pay I could have my bank account levied and my wages garnished. GDS solutions is the company name and they’re number "877-302-9875 ", they also called my mother and repeated the same threat
Victim Location 89523
Type of a scam Debt Collections
Received a call saying a $450 online payday loan I had taken out had gone to collection in 2013 and now I have criminal fraud and theft charges pending against me. To avoid going to court and possibly being arrested, I could pay them $650 immediately using a credit card. They claimed that I had been notified by mail of this. However, the address they had on file was 10 years old (6 years prior to when I supposedly took out this loan). When I told them I was not going to pay until I got more info from them, the person got aggressive with me, saying that they had a sufficient amount of my personal information to prove their legitimacy. The final exchange was … I told them I wasn’t going to pay; they told me they were going to turn it over for prosecution; I didn’t expect to hear from them again, but they called again two days later. Also contacted a family member, threatening them in the same way if they didn’t pay my debt.
Victim Location 50216
Type of a scam Debt Collections
A company Called GDS Solutions called and claimed I have a Law suit against me from a payday loan I supposedly made in 2006. They claim they cannot provide any paper Documentation as proof that they are who they are, nor any receipts. Nor can they provide Paper document of attempt to collect funds. They are threatening that if I do not give them my account number over the phone, on an agreed Monthly or weekly amount, that I will be taken to court and have to pay all court cost, and my wages garnished. They have old address. Last 4 digits of my SS#, and names of family members dead and alive. I have no recollection of a Payday loan company called Pack Management group, who have claimed to have been trying to contact me for years. I made a few short term payday loans in 2005/2006 but always paid in full. Never made a long Term Payday loan. This GDS Solutions claim this loan became delinquent in 2013 and they are just calling me now in 2015? I have always made address changes through post office. I was never contacted by Pack Management Group by mail, as they claim. They also only have my old e-mail address I changed in 2010. A supposed Arbitrary Company demand funds with no paper trail, nor can they provide paper receipts on a supposed $400 dollar loan that is now $700+ I have tracked the phone number, to Mason City, Iowa. but I cannot locate a legitimate Company by the name of GDS Solutions. How can it be legal for any Debt collector to collect debt without Documentation?
Victim Location 58104
Type of a scam Debt Collections
Calls family members and friends stating they need social security numbers and personal information for a payday loan and if we do not comply we are going to jail and they will come to our home and places of employment and "make" us comply. They call daily and are harrassing us with nasty comments and voicemails. We do not owe money and nothing is on our credit reports saying we have fradulant activity.
Victim Location 71291
Type of a scam Debt Collections
A lady claiming to be with a company named GDS Services keeps calling my husband, my father and myself claiming I owe money from a defaulted payday loan. The first time I called, she asked for me to verify my social. I refused and she hung up. The second time I called her back, I asked the lady for documentation and she got angry and hung up on me. The last time, I told her I was reporting her to the FTC and to quit harassing my family. She stated that she would continue to harass my family until I paid then hung up.
Victim Location 71291
Type of a scam Debt Collections
Someone named Angel from GDS Solutions called stating they are a debt collection agency and I owe a debt they are trying to collect. They called my x-husbands phone # and left a voice mail that I believe he has deleted.
(Red Flag #1)
When I returned the call to 844-834-7395, I spoke with ‘Angel’ who called me by an incorrect name (I don’t remember the name.) I said my name is Karen Galligan, and you have the wrong individual. Then Angel said she was changing the name in her records to what I had just provided her. This seemed strange, she had my x-husbands phone # but called me by an incorrect first and last name. I’ve never remarried so I still carry his last name. Angel claimed I borrowed $590 from a Pay Day Loan Company in Shreveport, La. in 2012.
(Red Flag #2)
* She provided a Shreveport, La. address I had in 2008, not 2012.
(I believe it was for 6-8 months. Anyway, I definitely didn’t live in Shreveport in 2012.)
* When I told her I didn’t live in Shreveport in 2012. She then stated that’s when they were showing the Pay Day Loan Company decided to try and collect the debt though their company. This was another red flag because if they say I took out the loan in 2008, would a company wait 4 years to file with a debt collection agency? She said the original loan amount was over $1,000 (I can’t remember the exact amount she provided) but the Pay Day Company would accept $590.
(I lived in West Monroe and had been working at Chase Mortgage for 3 years in 2012.)
*I don’t remember getting a pay day loan, EVER in my life.
(Red Flag #3)
*Angel said they mailed notices and information. When I asked to what address, they provided my parents address. I have in the past used their address as a mailing address but even if they sent me something, my parents NEVER gave anything to me. They did from time to time receive "Junk Mail" for me at their address. They saved that for me and gave it the next time I visited, which was at least 3 times a month. If they saved Junk Mail, they would have saved something like a statement from a collection service. It was never received.
*I asked Angel to provide the same information again so I could review it because I didn’t take out a pay day loan in Shreveport. She then became VERY agitated with me and said it was already sent and she would NOT be sending it again. I stated once again, it was not received and I would not be paying $590 to ANYONE over the phone without proper documentation for a loan I don’t believe belongs to me. The more we talked, the more agitated she became. I told her the simplest way to resolve the matter would be for her to send me the proper documentation and I would review it. She stated again she would not send it and said that she would just file a judgement against me AND hung the phone up in my face.
(Red Flag #4)
*I began to think this was a scam, so I called the 844-834-7395 back and this time spoke to someone named, Sara Johnson. I told her I have worked in customer service for over 30 years & that "Angel" was rude and unprofessional. I even said that if she were calling from a true collection agency, the phone call with her and Angela would have been recorded AND that I would have been advised of that prior to starting any conversation with me. Therefore, "Angel’s" supervisor should be able to listen to the phone call and evaluate it for themselves. She did not respond to this.
When I asked her for proof of the debt, she said the same thing as "Angel". Then stated the process of filing a judgement was already started and she could not speak to me about the matter. However, she did. I asked her to provide me with the name of the debt collection agency she was calling on behalf of, and was given the name GDS Solutions. I asked her to provide words that would correspond with these initials to be sure I wrote it down correctly. (Ex. G as in Gary, etc.) She did so I know I wrote it down correctly.
*I asked again for documents signed by me so that I could review them because for all I knew it could be identity theft. I was trying to think of anything I could to pressure them into sending me proof. She said if it was, that I was my problem.
*I then told her that their unwillingness to send me proper documents AND my lack of knowledge regarding this so called ‘loan’ SOUNDS LIKE A SCAM. She quickly informed me that it was not a scam, no documents would be mailed, and I would be hearing about a judgement against me. She then HUNG UP on me too.
I went on the internet and used GOOGLE to search for GDS Solutions. The only thing I found was company(s) that works in data and technology solutions. I could not locate anything resembling a debt collection agency.
Please let me know if you are able to locate this as a legitimate business. They were really trying to pressure me into paying the amount over the phone and refused multiple times to provide proof.
Thank You! Karen Galligan
504 Brian Drive
West Monroe, La. 71291
(318) 914-2569
They never told me their address so I don’t know if it was from within the United States.
Victim Location 98225
Type of a scam Debt Collections
Left voicemail stating that this is your second notification for pending legal action and to call them back to avoid this legal action.
I called back the calling party twice and they immediately hung up the phone after asking "what does GDS means"
Victim Location 38547
Type of a scam Debt Collections
These folks at GDS Solutions claim to be arbitrators in a debt collection scam. They call with your social security number and they will tell you what it is and then ask you to verify it. They say they are collecting for some Payday advance company called *** Lending. They threaten you with a lawsuit and then tell you they are going to garnish your wages and put a lien on your property if they can’t get the money from you bank account. Beware, they are foreign with accents. They will not send letters on company letterhead so you can at least verify them in some way. When you ask them to send you a certified letter they say that it is too late for that and that *** Lending has been trying to contact you for several years.