Thanks guys, i live in Florida.
From my previous post- papers were never served to my husband.
And these guys are at it again today!

They called my husbands cell phone today from an "unknown" number, saying his names was Madina and he worked for the County Clerks office and that he needed to have me call at 866-416-7971 to tell them when i would be home so they could send "Officer Johnson" to my house to serve me. And gave my husband a "docket number" which JUST SO HAPPENED to be the case # the CA gave my husband the first time they called. Of course, i didn't call back, but DID call my counties Clerk of Courts to see if there was anything on file to be served to me (current last name and maiden name) and they had NOTHING.
These guys are bottom feeders and will break any law to try and get you to contact them!
I filed complaints to the FTC and the BBB about them. Will also be contacting the Attorney General for my state, as well as California- where these scum bags are located.

Save the messages or record them on a tape. That is a violation of the law and if you ever get a chance to sue them, it would almost be an automatic win.

they called my parents and tried those same scare tactics on them and said they tried to serve me several times at my house and that i needed to call them today cuz tommarrow was my court date they made it sound like i was in trouble with the police so i started to look in to it on the net luckly i found all these post about em they truly are low lifes

I got the same call on Monday. Fortunately, I didn't answer the phone. I did save the message. They said the same things. They must have bought an old account because I haven't had a bad account since 2002. I am curious to know what kind of papers they are trying to serve, if they're not actual court papers. Does anyone know?

They are not going to serve you papers, they're only trying to scare you into paying them.

I was contacted by these same people and they used the same tactics. This all over a $300 principal amount (of course now with $550 in fees). i offered them the $300 and they said they didn't want any money from me now as they were gonna sue me and collect "legal fees". They said this is how they make their money. Now I have an alert from my credit monitoring company that they did an inquiry on my credit. I did not authorize the inquiry but my credit monitoring company says i did. I guess I need to contact experian.

I sent a request for validation of debt, certified mail, return receipt requested.Â* However, I am not sure I sent to the right address.Â* Does anyone have an updated address?Â* By sending a good validation letter, which requests no further contact except through the mail, I have heard nothing.Â* They have broken every collection law out there.

Do not believe anything these guys say. They are bottom feeders and the scums of the earth. Saw on the news last night about their tactics. The first guy that calls is a setup man, he will not give you any information but will give you the number of the company and a case number. The second guy will be a jerk and call you all kinds of names. Best thing to do with these guys is to jerk them off like they are trying to do you. Try to get there name and address if you want and check with the BBB, they have more complaints than any debtor. Do not fall for anything they say, they are liars, liars, liars what more can be said, do not fear them and certainly do not give them any information of any kind.

I got a call on Thursday at my place of employment, they said they had been trying to locate me at my old address. I purchased a home 5 years ago, and have had the same job for3. At first I thought it was a prank. I explained to Jerry from acm group that my husband had not worked since Nov.2008, and I had recently finished chemo treatment. He then took the 2855.00 that he was asking for down to 700.00. Jerry explained to me that I would have to express the payment to him overnight mail, and then call him with the tracking number. If I did not do this, he would proceed with all action against me, including a warrent for my arrest. They did somehow get my husbands cell number and called him first. He did not give them my number, but they then called me at work, and harrassed me. I explained to them that this is a total shock, that I had this bill 9 years ago, and now they are finally doing something about it. I had purchased a home and 2 cars, and never a mention of a delinquent bill!?!? I think I got taken advantage of big time. I'm just a wife and mom tring to get back on her feet after cancer, I paid it because one, I did have a bill from there at one time and two assumed that once you pay a balance the bill is paid. He threatened me with court and a warrents for my arrest. I have never been in trouble with the law, but can they arrest you for a summons to appear in court, if they can't find you to serve you?

no,they can't arrest you for that.debys are civil matters and he was saying that to scare you.the most that would happen if this was legit would be they would serve you and take you to court with any penalties for those three years added.he still couldn't have you arrested.well if they actually served you and got a judgement maybe,but it doesn't sound like that.it sounds like he's trying to scare payment.demasnd something in writing and tell him you won'tspeak to him again until then.hang up.

Hello.

I too have been receiving phone calls from ACM Group. They too give me the same 1800 number and a case number claiming I am the defendant in a lawsuit and someone will be out between the hours of 12-4pm to serve me. Both times they called my mothers home and spoke to her and my home and spoke to my dad's girlfriend. Both times, nobody has shown up.

Obviously this is an intimidation tactic to get me to cough up debts from 5 years ago. I love how these companies think harassment is going to make us pay them.

If I receive one more phone call from them, I am going to the the steps to contact the attorney general, a personal attorney, and the authorities. You all should as well.

I just noticed that another poster was from Florida. I am as well. I also thought to look on my counties clerk website to see if indeed anything had been filed under my name...and nothing.

This ENTIRE THING IS BOGUS!

My parents received a phone call stating that "they wanted to give a heads up, that I was going to be served with a subpeona tomorrow." They left a number for me to call back. 866-416-7971. Once I called this number back the man on the other end was "Jerry" and said that they were with ACM group and that I owed money for collections. When I asked him for PROOF he avoided consenting to fax / mail me proof. Also usually when you call an 800 type number back you don't get the same person. Jerry answered EVERYTIME I called, I found this fishy. I got online and went to the BBB website and nothing comes up for the number, so I googled the number and read reports of this same number trying to scam people. Also when my husband got on the phone with "Jerry", Jerry wasn't very professional. BEWARE, do NOT agree to "settle" today with these people. Get proof first.
Caller ID: Unavailable 866-416-7971
Caller: ACM Group
Caller Type: Collection Agency

These people first called me last year, May '08 about a credit card debt that was about to expire because of the SOL. They read off my history with the CC company, my credit history, and then proceeded to tell me that if I didn't pay the full amount they were asking for, they were going to "send me up" for a judgment. Well, I was scared! Long story short, the guy I talked to said that if I paid them $240 that would stop the judgment from happening. I asked them for something in writing regarding the debt and he said they didn't have to provide me with that and to stop stalling. So, I reluctantly paid them. The next day, I called an attorney that said that I needed to record my convos with them and send a DV letter certified. I did. No response from ACM.

Fast forward 1 year later and today I get an urgent voicemail on my cell phone. How these people got my cell phone number is beyond me. Left a message that said there was some paperwork that was being sent out to the Clerk's office and if I wanted the details of the information and the docs being sent, I needed to call 714-263-8632 and if I didn't w/in 24 hours they will deem the address and appt. time is valid and the documents will be sent out. They also called my fiance and said that I had used him as a reference on the application. I didn't even know him when I applied for this card over 7 years ago! They proceeded to tell him that I needed to call them and when he asked what for, the guy responded "regarding a failed appearance" and he couldn't say anymore. What?!? First of all, the guy didn't leave me a name of anything on my VM and only because I remember the phone number from last time did I know it was ACM. I have had NO contact with them in a year and they ignored my previous DV letter from last year! What gives with these people? I have not called back and probably won't. Any one have any advice on how to handle these morons?

ACM called my work and told a co worker they were looking for me that they needed to serve me in person and wanted to know who was in charge of payroll. When I called them back they said they were "Leham & Associates" and that their client was ACM group, I told him I needed their address to send a DV and to not call my work any more, he asked for my ref # and put me on hold. He came back and gave me an address of 17291 Irvine BLVD #304 Tustin,ca. When I researched it online, it was not the same address I found for ACM group posted by other people. The address I found online was 17671 Irvine Blvd, Suite 207. Tustin, CA 92780. Not sure if I should send my DV to both address????

Well the best advised I can give you is try to deal with them instead of going to court, they might offer you something better than the courts will, and if they get a hold of your job most likely they are going to garnish your wages.