In response to holyfield:
CMS is a registered business, but not an BBB accredited business. Accrediation is obtained by companies willing to pay for such status. BBB even states this does not mean they endorse these companies any more and use the same reporting methods on these companies as they would those not accredited. There is an actual explaination of BBB Accreditation right on Court Mediation Services BBB report. Supposely the "no rating" status for CMS is a software issue. My feeling is BBB does not want to seem they are endorsing a debt relief company because so many in the past have been shady. In the end though CMS does not have any customer complaints in the three reporting years. In all fairness they should have a "Satisfactory" rating. I believe ther may be some underlying politics here.
These websites you are talking about have been developed by agents of CMS. CMS has no intention of having a internet presence on their own. They strictly deal with the administrative work in eliminating your alleged debt. I do agree with you though these web pages do raise many red flags. I don't know if it is really because they are poorly developed or in the past there have been way too many actual scams. This is a case of painted with the same brush. The authorized agent I had for the process does not an internet presence in terms of a actual promotional website but has a radio presence. My research for this company was done through talking and asking a ton of questions to those involved in the program not relying on info from these website. This was followed by research on the terms and strategies they use. I talked to their legal counsel, got confirmation of his involvement and felt very secure in my decision to go ahead with CMS.
I am in the program for 6 months and have seen results. Everything CMS has detailed in their process they have done. Communication has been great too, if I have a question via email they respond within 48 hours. I have talked to others who started earlier than me and they have seen accounts on their credit reports satisfied (marked paid as agreed) or cleared entirely.
Continue your due diligence though but don't be mislead by the scam looking websites. Again the problem is they are designed by others and other than the actual text content (process details) CMS has no control over what these sites may look like.
Nico: what are your reasons to state "run as far from this company" ? At least if your trying to deter people from a company have good cause otherwise it appears has though you are slandering a reputable company with an agenda of your own. I say this because I have seen other accounts like yours but never ever have they given ANY proof as to their claims of CMS. Being skeptical of their websites or process is not proof enough.
The article is written by them. 
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