Unifund CCR and Blatt, Hasenmiller, et al.
Date: Mon, 05/10/2010 - 18:43
hello,
I have a strange and bizarre case on my hands. Last fall, my father received a summons from a law firm known as Blatt, Hasenmiller, Leibsker & Moore claiming that he owed a debt in the amount of $498 on behalf Unifund CCR, who supposedly purchased this debt from First USA Bank. Since we have very similar names, he called me and had me talk to them, and they said that it was neither him nor me. However a month later, a judgment was ruled against my father. He called his lawyers and identity theft insurance company who got the judgment vacated.
Jump to April of this year, and i received a summons to appear in court for the same exact debt! They even sent the same documents that they sent my father, and now they claim that it is me from my SSN and DOB. I had not heard from them, but they claim that they have been sending me communications since May of '09 to my address (impossible;I moved here in Sept.).
Anyway, I called a lawyer who advised me to file an answer, and he has been giving me advice on how to proceed. Its quite silly, as the filing fee is close to $200 and the debt is only for $498. I have faxed a copy of my answer to them along with mailing it, but I wonder what else I can do. This is not my debt, and I have never heard of Unifund of First USA Bank before this incident. Also the people at the law firm were quite rude...when I started to ask for evidence of the debt, they began speaking very tersely before hanging up on me. Any suggestions?
FYI, I live in Illinois.
I have a strange and bizarre case on my hands. Last fall, my father received a summons from a law firm known as Blatt, Hasenmiller, Leibsker & Moore claiming that he owed a debt in the amount of $498 on behalf Unifund CCR, who supposedly purchased this debt from First USA Bank. Since we have very similar names, he called me and had me talk to them, and they said that it was neither him nor me. However a month later, a judgment was ruled against my father. He called his lawyers and identity theft insurance company who got the judgment vacated.
Jump to April of this year, and i received a summons to appear in court for the same exact debt! They even sent the same documents that they sent my father, and now they claim that it is me from my SSN and DOB. I had not heard from them, but they claim that they have been sending me communications since May of '09 to my address (impossible;I moved here in Sept.).
Anyway, I called a lawyer who advised me to file an answer, and he has been giving me advice on how to proceed. Its quite silly, as the filing fee is close to $200 and the debt is only for $498. I have faxed a copy of my answer to them along with mailing it, but I wonder what else I can do. This is not my debt, and I have never heard of Unifund of First USA Bank before this incident. Also the people at the law firm were quite rude...when I started to ask for evidence of the debt, they began speaking very tersely before hanging up on me. Any suggestions?
FYI, I live in Illinois.
well yes.get all info from your father on his case with UNIFUND.
well yes.get all info from your father on his case with UNIFUND.file a motion to dismiss with prejudice using that info as reason for this.UNIFUND is a pile of garbage that tries to collect from people on debts that don't exist.better yet show this lawyer the papers from your fathers case.i bet he would go after the slime on a contingency basis.either way use your fathers case to your advantage to either get it dismissed with prejudice,or countersue them.
