Victim of harrassment from 904-356-0927

Be careful with the people on the said number. They are from Ellis Crosby. Lots of consumer complaints are against them on the internet for fraudulent collection practices. Besides, they were even sued by the Florida Attorney General and later on, the company had to file bankruptcy.

Ellis Crosby has been suspended from doing collections in legal terms. Later on, they started using other names for running their businesses. Most common names were Anthony Galloway and Associates, Jacoby Meyers etc. You should read the thread below for many other complaints against them.

http://forums.debtcc.com/forums/about4104.html

Do not get intimidated when the collector calls up. They will try to use scary tactics to collect the money from you. FDCPA protects us from falling in wrong hands. Read the legal tips mentioned in the Federal Trade Collection and knows the ways of dealing with such people.

You must place your formal complaint against these illegal collectors at the FTC, BBB and the local consumer protection office. They have huge complaints against them and your recent complaint will make them completely alert forcing immediate actions.

They same guy just called me and said the same thing. At my place of employment, i do not answer "private numbers". Thats the beauty of having a direct line with caller id and voice mail. Any reputable company has their number listed. Why are bill collectors calling themselves "investigators"?

It's the common scare tactics often used by most of the collectors in the collections. They know that they are contacting because the person has defaulted in making the payment. It is just a way to taunt with threats of arrest and incarceration.

These tactics are defined as illegal in the fair debt collection practices. The collectors are legally restricted from intimidating and frightening people. If you can get these calls recorded for proving the violation, you can sue them for $1000.

Consumer protection laws have been framed to keep unscrupulous collectors from involving in illegal techniques. The permissible practices are clearly defined in the Federal Trade Commission's rules on Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (fdcpa)

they are also using the number 904-233-7111 for their "warants" department. They called me again this morning

Have the calls recorded for legal proof. Before you record, check the laws in your state and see if you can record them secretly or you need to take permission from the other party. 35 states allow the audio recording without taking permission. In which state do you live, sharaylewiss?

I live in Texas

Great, you can record the phone calls without taking the permission from the collection agency. Texas's statute allows recording the phone calls secretly. Thus, you need to attach a recording device on your phone and record the conversation that sounds violating the federal consumer laws

Why can't these crooks be sent to jail where they belong? I hate these White Collar crime tolerances. Pilfering someones account and harrasing them is no different from breaking and entering or harrasing someone on the street.

This company just called my job and talked to my Supervisor and disclosed all kinds of personal informatioin about me. I filed a complaint with the BBB about them

Tambaka27 your complaint needs to go to the FTC and Attorney General's office, not just the BBB....the BBB has no authority over them, and will not get them in trouble, they just help resolve disputes...these people need legal action taken against them.