Hess Kennedy & Company has defrauded me out of $2500.00

I will tell you all from my experience that this company will take your money and they will not call your creditors like they say they will do. I've been put on hold for the last time with them and I'm going to settle my own debts! I've had to learn the hard way. I had a debt with one of my creditors for almost $10,000 and I got them to settle for $2,000. Now all I have to do is get one more of them to settle like this and I'm home free. I will never get into a mess like this again! With the help of the lord and my family I will never get my life so turned around. People stay away from Hess Kennedy and save your money for other life things like paying your debts yourself. Just talk with them and tell them the truth! It will work I promise. I'm living proof!

Report them to your state's attorney general's office as well as the state that Hess Kennedy is located in. This could get the ball rolling on an investigation.

The other names these frauds at Hess Kennedy & Company go by are:
1.) Superior Debt Services
2.) HK Credit Services
3.) Consumer credit counseling
4.) Credit Counseling of America
5.) First Consumer debt consolidation

If you know of more names please post them on here. Your days are numbered Hess Kennedy & Co.!

Another name is ADF - American Debt Foundation.
I signed up with Hess and Kennedy which turned out to be ADF in July 2006.

This place stinks and stay away from it and Edward, Michael, and all the others that work there. When I signed up last June I felt a little comfort and then I started to get the run around. I thought I'll give them another chance and here we are 2007 and nothing is different. I can't get my refund and I'm out of 500.00 and some one else is making a profit off of me and thousands more like myself. I truly wish someone would put a stop to this and now. I hate people doing this to people lik me and the others in this forum. Edward is a liar and so is all his Associates that work there. Come on Hess why do you do this? I've settled one of my bills and will do the same with the rest. So now who needs you I don't!!!

This place stinks. I get the runaround. You are not really saying very much of anything.

You are so full of poison.

Neither are you, Edward. So I guess what's good for the goose is good for the gander, to quote an old saying. You call your clients liars when they come to this forum to post complaints, yet you are quick to throw a fit about those same clients if they say the same thing about your company. Interesting customer service tactic.

Saying "I'm sorry about your experience - what can I do to help?" or offering something other than defensive, repetitive speeech, accusations and challenges might be more helpful. But somehow, I don't think you're interested in that.

Sorry i dont help people that have had customer service issues but report "theivery, fraud, etc."

EDWARD ~ Is that not customer service. Pretty much everything in business is a type of customer service. Ok, so maybe you don't handle the everyday phone calls of dealing with people on a day in and day out bases, but you are still performing a service for customers. I really do not think that you company would appreciate how you are representing them on the forum. The more I read what you have written and how you are writing it and your reactions to what people say makes me very leary of your company and makes me question what your real motives are here. Also, makes me question your age! Your response are something I would expect from my 14 and 17 year old, not a grown person. It is one thing to defend your company, but there is a right way and a wrong way and you are definilty handling things the wrong way. Unfortunatly you seem to just be validating some of the people's claims on this board.

This is going nowhere. :roll:

I have a question I did sign papers w/ Hess & kennedy, or HK or whatever I wich I would have seen all this first, I my first payment is to be made in March, SHould I call my back & stop payment & contact a lawyer???? How can they make promises that don;t work...

Edward,
I thought your complianace officer"help" banned you from coming here. I just want to add that there are loads of dirt on this company if you know where to look. If you are having problems with these guys,file a bar complaint against Laura Hess at the florida bar. That should make them wake up and handle their business affairs instead of coming here and whining like a dam@ baby! Treat your customers right and they would not be here screaming about getting ripped off by your company!!!!

Just to add I pulled list of managing directors from florida secretary of state and cross referenced it to florida state bar association and the only director I found licensed to practice law is Laura Hess. So if you are dealing with them on phone,remember this.Also remember if they claim to be attorney they must be licensed in state where their office is or they legally cannot practice law.Sure they could go to their home state and practice but not in florida.Ed,if you wish I can upload my research data for proof!Found all this info through public available records on internet.

sic 'em bulldog!

:shock: :shock: :shock: Ah Heck!!!Scared him away already :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: I wanted to play truth or dare. :twisted:

He's been gone for what, over a week now?

True unless that poster"help" from Hess was him playing a different personality.

Yeah, safe assumption: EDWARD = help

But only in one sense of that formula. Most would agree HK is anything BUT helpful :roll: ...

From the multiple pages I have read here,they are good at seperating people from their cash.That is about it. :evil:

Likely, sadly, from those whom need it most. That type of behavior ranks right up there with predatory PDL's.

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Uhhh, Adam, you already posted that on this thread...
Talk about zealous :roll:

Sorry for the dup, did not see it come up. Anxious to get the knowledge in the hands of the people. This stuff works 100% against creditors and debt collectors. We are filing 4 more class action lawsuits this week, and have an entire division working on knocking out payday loan companies using TILA and Reg Z and the Banks that are funding these loan sharks.

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USA OFFICES:
HESS KENNEDY COMPANY
210 NORTH UNIVERSITY DRIVE
SECOND FLOOR
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA 33071
954.752.1950 TELEPHONE
INFO(at)HESSKENNEDYCOMPANY.COM

HESS KENNEDY COMPANY
60 EAST 42ND STREET
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK 10165
INFO(at)HESSKENNEDYCOMPANY.COM

HESS KENNEDY COMPANY
2440 16TH STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103
INFO(at)HESSKENNEDYCOMPANY.COM

Here is there contact stuff directly from there website.Although I'll contact them myself if hell ever freezes over!

So Do I go w/ these people or not

Cold and poor read above posts. I cannot in good faith recommend these guys until some in our community have had their customer service issues resolved.

Cold ~ I agree, read everything that is one here and go from there. I have never had any dealings with these people, but from everything that has transpired on this forum and how people have been treated and such, I would not go with them. "Edward" put a very sour taste in my mouth and it would take a lot to get rid of it. I am not sure if "help" or any other poster is the same person that was on here before, but I don't feel comfortable about them at all. Just go through and read everything and then decide from there.

thanks guys, not sure what to do but I'll figure it out

Hope something works out for you. Good Luck!!

i need to know how to cancel with these people and if you get refund and how much do they charge ?? if anyone knows?

By the was the BBB report on Hess Kennedy & Company has an unsatisfactory record.

Hess Kennedy & Company has a horrible BBB report.

Once you cancel with Hess Kennedy Company they will hand you bill for all the money they defrauded out you so far. If you continue to pay them when it comes time to settle with your creditors they will ignore you. Don't be a fooled by there lies man!

I need a phone numder to reach the hess kennedy law firm

their number is:1 800 760 0585 Call them and give them down the road. Stay away from this company and get out while you can. Take it from someone who knows and they will take your money!! They are frauds!!

Hi, we've been with Hess/Kennedy for one year. They have settled one debt only, they do not send any kind of account info or statements, and we are frustrated by their lack of communication.

I just tried calling them to find out where my refund that was request in January is.. they have a new number, which is 1-877-556-3328. You get a recording telling you to press '4' if you are a client. You press '4' and get a recording saying the mailbox is full and are hung up on.

It's an absolute joke.....

Some 'rep' named Adam tells you to send queries to help(at)hesskennedylaw.com and you will get a response. Nope, no response... in fact, tried every email address I had for this company, no response. No response to written letters, faxes and can't get anyone on the phone....Waiting to see what happens with the complaints that have been filed.

I have been trying to get a hold of "litigation" for 3 weeks now. Capital One bank keeps taking me to court and Hess Kennedy will not help.

Well let me tell you what hess kennedy sucks and i don't care who knows it either. I'm sick and tired of hearing how good they are and they are not. Wake up america and look at this place. Stay away and not let them take your money. Capital one was one of my debts and i'm settleing with them now. I hope to rid of them for good. I still am getting letters in the mail that they lost me as a customer and they want me back. Will tough titty said the kitty i an't going back. They will make it without me. I hate credit cards and hope to never have one again. I know they are too easy to use and you'll never get out of debt. I like to sleep to good at night and i don't like the phone calls. Good luck guest. Hess will not help you either with your debt just drake you in deeper!!

Just an update..... I finally received a full refund from HK for the money that was in my escrow/settlement account. I hope those of you who have had problems get similar results.

15 Months and 2000 dollars later I got nothing

Guest - I had to close the bank account that they were debiting my payments from, and then sent a letter via certified mail/return receipt requested advising them that I was terminating their services and wanted a refund of the funds that had been deposited into my escrow/settlement account.

They ignored my request, ignored my emails and when I called, I was put on hold forever, and then after holding for so long, someone would hang up on me each time and I never got to speak to anyone.

I finally filed a complaint with the Florida BBB in their area and also filed a complaint with the Florida Attorney General's Office. Only after filing these complaints did I get my refund. Of course, Hess Kennedy tried to say that they were only doing it as a goodwill gesture, that I was not entitled to anything back, so be prepared for some garbage like that, but if it gets you a refund, they can BS all they want.

Please don't forget to file with the Florida Bar Association since ole Laura Hess is the head manager as well as a bar card licensed attorney.

Hey, I know try the Oakview Law Firm theeereee greeeat

Guest I would welcome experience positive or negative from any debt settlement firm. I will check them out just as completely as your own firm.

Sure you would. Check them out then and report back.