Victim Location 48066
Type of a scam Phishing
Called my cell phone and wanted to talk to my son. So do you work for this company in conjunction with attorneys, I don’t remember their name. He said this was in regards to an old bank account that my son had. This was supposedly from the early 2000s. My son filed bankruptcy which was discharged in 2006 and nothing was on his credit report regarding this Bank. The man I talked to, John Sullivan, said that this was not about collecting an old debt, this was a criminal matter regarding breach of contract. He called me again this afternoon and left a message that if I did not respond by the end of the day that they would contact a local law enforcement agency and send out a warrant.
Victim Location 25403
Type of a scam Debt Collections
So these people have been calling my father and mother for the past week and threatening them that they will come to their place of work or their home to collect money from them and take them to court and just today they called me and where trying to reach my dad through me and we’re saying the same things. They have some of our personal information like names, addresses, and places of business. This has gone too far and needs to be put to rest.
Victim Location 45750
Type of a scam Debt Collections
I received a phone call saying that a auto dealer was filing a fraud case against me for a loan that was 10 years old. I said I would be willing to try to settle the debt but did not have any money in my account and was willing to set up payments. Unfortunately I gave them my card info for a payment . I looked up the statute of limitations for debt collection and breach of contract for ohio. Debt collection is 6 years and breach of contract is 8. I called the representative back to let them know I was not authorizing any payments until I spoke with an attorney and his response was that I entered into a contract with them and was legally binded by that phone call. I then contacted my bank and they confirmed that it did sound like a scam and closed out my card.
Victim Location 45133
Total money lost $800
Type of a scam Debt Collections
In 2008 the bank I used said I had an overdraft on a check and I didn’t. I had over $800 in my account. The bank added a $35 overdraft fee EVERY DAY. I called the bank and I went to the bank and they were not truthful about the overdraft and overdraft fees. The bank continued to add overdraft fees of $35 per day until they stole all of the money, over $800, from my account. I tried to resolve their error many times long before the bank stole all of my money in my checking account. I had no communication with the bank after that. I recently learned from the bank’s corporate office manager that my bank account was closed in 9-2009 and their bank doesn’t even show my account in their computer system anymore. My account information was sold to a debt arbitration firm for collection. I had no information from them. The arbitration firm sold my information to KFF Arbitration a few years after that. I heard nothing from KFF Arbitration until around 1-2 years ago and I started getting threatening phone messages from KFF Arbitration and they didn’t identify themselves as KFF Arbitration. Each call sounded like I would be arrested. They continued calling me and I guessed it was a scam and I believe I am right about that. I picked the phone up last week near the end of their robocall and I spoke to a man that threatened me with many things he would do if I didn’t pay $200 settlement immediately or the cost would start at $1,065.06 and I would have to go to court and the court costs would be added to that amount. I told the man I don’t owe the money and then he threatened to freeze my bank account for 3 months and take my Social Security Disability before it even gets in my bank account and until all of the largest amount of money is collected. Plus I will never be allowed to get another bank account again. Everything he told me was a lie and fear tactics! I confirmed with the Social Security office that any privately owned company is NEVER allowed to take my Social Security Disability and they are NEVER allowed to freeze my bank account for any reason. ONLY the IRS is allowed to take money for unpaid taxes owed to the IRS. I do not owe any money to the IRS. During our phone conversations KFF Arbitration collectors would talk over top of me threatening me every time I tried to speak. I have filed reports with many government agencies that protect their type of fraud collection threatening tactics. I yelled into the phone LISTEN TO ME WHAT I’M STAYING. They just kept talking faster and louder and ignored me. I told him I was recording this call and I tried to tell him what he is doing is absolutely illegal according to every government agency I contacted. I told him my next call will be to my Sheriff’s office. He just kept talking LOUD overtop of what I said. I hung up and I called the Sheriff’s office and they told me to block the illegal caller from my phone and that’s exactly what I did. They said I would never hear from KFF Arbitration again. If I do I will call the Sheriffs office and the Police Department and have the threatening caller put in jail. I have already lost over $800 to the bank I used to use and I refuse to pay the arbitration liar. He tried every intimidation tactic he could think of. I used legitimate federal government agencies to protect myself from this unprofessional agency. They have an F rating with the ScamPulse.com and have not supplied them with necessary documents. I would personally rate them FFF-. They are the worst, most unreasonable place I have ever tried to speak with. They wanted me to shut up and have a one way conversation to intemidate me. That definitely did not happen. I hope nobody ever has to experience the abuse I have from KFF Arbitration. I’m not sure if I was preyed on because of my age but the people that threatened me definitely don’t know who they are trying to intimidate. I AM NOT STUPID!!!! NOTE: the word THREW is incorrect in the last sentence of the letter by the law firms name. It should be spelled THROUGH. That is one more unprofessional thing that causes me to question their professionalism and their legitimacy.
Victim Location 45381
Type of a scam Debt Collections
They have threatened to freeze my bank accounts, come to my work and home. All for $495.00.