LOL I don't turn off to a different road..I pull into a driveway or gas stationg..LOL I think maybe I have a fear of authority??

I know I do!

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When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.

Just got a call from someone from "[/b]The Offices of Connie Church[/b]" (I assume so that it sounds more like a lawyers office) and they gave the 800-871-7730 as their call back number. She left me a message yesterday saying that I, or my retained legal counsel, needed to call her back. I have about 3 outstanding PDL's from back in November, when I went on Disability and needed them to help pay bills. So I've already had to deal with another one of their many named companies telling me that they were pressing charges and would have me arrested for fraud, and get me on Federal charges etc. It was enough to scare me into paying the 1st company $350(even though I only borrowed 200 or 300- and they are saying I still owe them $300 in 'fees'.) She even went as far as to tell me that it had happened to her, and she now had a permanent record, bc of something so small. That even though she didn't have a previous record, the judges are really cracking down and didn't care. I was so frightened, I got a friend to loan me 1/2 the amount she said I owed.
I googled the number this recent lady gave me after a friend informed me that she's gotten the same calls of a man telling her that they would embarrass her by sending the cops up to her job, etc etc.
I know I owe the original amounts borrowed, but it seems like these companies are loan sharking. The original people I contacted said the companies wouldn't even work out a payment arrangement with me, and wouldn't give me the contact info for them. It was a schpeel about how I had to pay $700, on a $300 PDL.
One of these other ones called me and wouldnt give me the name of the company he was calling from until I gave him my name. So I assume they use different company names depending on whichever way the wind blows. He barely spoke English, so I automatically assumed that it was a scare tactic. I spoke to him and he gave me the same script that the original lady, I paid, did about having me arrested etc etc. His accent was so thick that I had to have him repeat almost everything over and over. He started to get rude, and handed me off to someone else. At that point I could hear other phones ringing, and it sounded like a call center. So the other guy starts in about wanting to give me a case number, that he was trying to save me from an embarrassing situation and crap- I said, and "let me guess I have to pay the full balance by EOB today, or you press charges, right?" He told me they would. So I told him to keep dreaming bc I didn't have the money. He then said that I had a real attitude and good luck to me, bc I WOULD pay, then hung up.
BTW, I called the offices of Connie Church back and the lady that picked up, answered with "Jackson Phillips and Associates"
I'm in NC too, so from what I've been hearing recently- I think it was even illegal for the original payday loan people to give me the loan in the 1st place.

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh- the famous words of "good luck"

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When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.

i just received another call from Faye Thomas from Jackson Phillips and Associates. She left a message on my cell phone that said "I wish you all the luck because you are going to need it". Then she called my work. My receptionist is screening my call because I have told her what is going on with this company. When my receptionist asked her if this was a personal business matter, she responded with "Are you just a receptionist" "You sure are a nosy one!"....What do I do??? How do I make her stop calling me??? Are we sure that they cannot have me arrested??

Wow- She was a real *itch! You will not be arrested....its a scare tactic.....I would file a complaint against that company........you dont need to take that.....

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~ Tweety~
When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.

Do not let them intimidate you! That is what they want!

I also got a call from them about Arrowhead..They say I owe $611.00 and if I dont pay them they are going to file charges and call my job...And they even went as far as to say that my spouse would be in trouble for this also and we are not together...I told her what I could send and they wanted the whole amount up front....I did some reserch on these people and they are not part of the BBB...(Elizabeth Ingram) the rep that cll me...

These companies (Bass,Jackson) are owned by the same people.I have downloaded their licensing and corporate filings from the State of Florida. Currently I am looking deeper to find if I can dig out who else is involved before I dump it in Ag's lap.

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Keeping an eye out for consumers.
http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpa/fdcpact.htm#809
http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fcrajump.shtm
http://www.debtconsolidationcare.com.../about216.html
Use this letter to protect your rights under the FDCPA
myfairdebt.com & myfaircredit.com-Good source of case law in forums.

Lets take em down!

Oh after I get all me duckies in order I do so want to see the feds taking someone to prison for extortion,and impersonating a policeman!

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Keeping an eye out for consumers.
http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpa/fdcpact.htm#809
http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fcrajump.shtm
http://www.debtconsolidationcare.com.../about216.html
Use this letter to protect your rights under the FDCPA
myfairdebt.com & myfaircredit.com-Good source of case law in forums.

ME too! In fact, I want them to let me go with them to watch someone get cuffed....Trust me the thought of them taking me to prison at seven months pregnant was enough to make me go into preterm labor. Thank God for this site! I would have likely died if I hadn't found it before all of this happened

We had been contacted by a Meridath Lawson saying she was with Duval County at the station divison 385.Asking that I pay 700 dollars for a payday loan. That I had federal funds deposited to my account and that I with milicious intent closed my account. She threatned to come down to my job and disrupt my employment. Advising that she had already talked to my office manager and that I would lose my job if she came down there. I asked her the name of the company and she refused to give it to me. That is when she told me I had an hour and a half to get the money or she was going to put me in the system. Whatever that means. The only reason I knew that this was fraud is because a gentlemen not a week before had contacted my wife saying the same thing and that they were going to press criminal charges on her. She was told also she had 2 hours to get the money to them. She started having doubts after hanging up the phone and called the phone number back. She asked what the name of the company was and he told her Jackson and Associates. She asked what they did and he said is this Ms. Smith yelling at her he also informed her he was not playing games and that now she only had 30 minutes to pay the money. My wife never of course called back. If anyone should receive a call from these people please report it. It is illegal in the state of florida to come to someone's job and cause issues or even threaten it.

THese guys are a real piece of work. I just did some digging on my own, and I found that the address they have listed as the place of business for Evelyn and for the business is actually a tax office. 314 W 44th St, Jacksonville, FL 32208. THat's the one they have listed with the FL secretary of state for the business name filing.

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Hi I was wondering does anyone know anything about this company I spoke with Victoria Walters and I stated that I did some research and found out that this company is not a legal processing company and that someone had called their number and the receptioinist stated that this was not a legal firm I then told her that she stated to me that is my problem and I should care whether or not I have my wages ganished or whether I get placed into the system but what system she then stated that I would need to pay 400 dollars by today or she would let the people to know in the county to file charges against me is this real or not?

Welcom to the forums. Please give us more into as to why these scum are calling you. What state do you live in? Is this for a pdl and how long have you had it? They will not download you, upload you, send 25 people to your place of employment, or throw you in jail! These are illegal tactics used by unscrupulous collection agencies to scare people into paying them outrageous monies. Immediately report them to your states AG's office, the FTC, the BBB, and any other government agency that has been mentions here on the forum. You can also report them to your local police department for posing as a law enforcement agent. But you are entitled to find out what debt they are collecting for and for how much. If it is a pdl, you may have overpaid by the laws in the state that you live in.

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