Midwest Litigation
Date: Sat, 02/28/2009 - 08:07
My sister called the sheriff, and a deputy called Midwest, told him who he was and the same guy told the DEPUTY all about the bill.
What kind of an operation IS this?
Needless to say..laws were broken more than once. I'll contact an attorney, Monday.
Midwest Litigation is a collection agency who may be calling you
Midwest Litigation is a collection agency who may be calling you up for repayment of a past debt. You should first send a debt validation letter by certified mail to check whether you owe them money or not. If they cannot validate the debt within 30 days, you need not repay them. Moreover, if they validate the debt, get it in writing that they agree to settle for $400, before paying off the debt. You can send debt validation letter at the following address:
Midwest Litigation Consultants, 4449 Easton Way Fl 2, Columbus, OH 43219-7005.
Quote:If they cannot validate the debt within 30 days, you need
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If they cannot validate the debt within 30 days, you need not repay them |
They have no time limit to validate the debt, unless you live in TX, but if your DV is timely sent w/in 30 days of receiving their initial dunning letter, they must cease collection activity until validation is provided.
Midwest Litigation Consultants - EXTORTION SCAM
This company is running a SCAM. They are trying to extort money from people. There's a lot of information about them on the internet. Google the name Midwest Litigation Consultants and you will find it. Do not pay anything. Do not give them your checking account information. They are crooks posing as law enforcement agents & debt collectors. They called me claiming I owe a debt that does not exist - from 13 years ago - (well beyond the statute of limitations for collecting a debt in my state of PA). When I asked for their address, they would not provide it. They wanted my checking account information. When I told them I was going to report them to the FBI and they got scared and backed off.
You should report them to the FBI or other authorities.
Call the sheriff back and ask him if he would be willing to sign
Call the sheriff back and ask him if he would be willing to sign an affidavit (and be willing to testify if it came to that) have him describe the call because THAT is third party disclosure. You should have your sister do this as well.
Send a DV letter and inform them that you have witnesses willing to tesify that they violated by disclosing private information to different third parties.
You should contact your local Atty Genrals office, then the FBI
You should contact your local Atty Genrals office, then the FBI and get the information for the FTC. Consumers are not the only one getting hit for this outragous law breaking! I have been doing collections for 8 years and always abide by the law. They are taking money away from collectors that work hard, including me! If a company is legit then they will be happy to work with you and happy to send/ fax you anything you need to prove the debt within the out line of what we have to provide as governed by the FDCPA. They will also give you information to there office and provide you with the information you need to report these idiots! If people don't start fighting back then people will continue to operate and confuse the general public about paying there bills and the affect it has on there credit and the economy! COMEON PEOPLE QUIT TALKING ABOUT IT AND TAKE SOME ACTION!!! CONTACT YOUR LOCAL ATHORITIES AND BE INFORMED!!! YOU HAVE RIGHTS!!!!
Oh and as a side note.... You can also contact the original cred
Oh and as a side note.... You can also contact the original creditor and get COT.... They will tell you to call the agency were the debt went to, then call them and they will tell you were they sent it or sold it to. You can continue to do this until you get to who really owns or is collecting on the debt. This is a for sure way to find out who you owe the money to.
Simply awful experience!
I have worked in the banking industry for 25 years! And I fell for this scam! Knowing better, I gave them my checking acct information and everything! When you hear the words "litigation", "court appearance", "complaint against you." A law abiding person takes it very seriously, and it affects her/his better judgement. After I hung up the phone with them, I thought "wait a minute, I don't think that I've ever had an account with that company that was "suing" me, and the address they had for me was 8 years ago, and why wouldn't they give me their address to "send a check." Then I saw this website, I immediately froze my checking account and stopped the transaction with my bank. Thank goodness this website was available, and that everyone spoke up. I imagine that I will be hearing from them again,by that time, I hope to have the authorities involved. This caused me hours of distress, they are THAT good at scamming people. Not to mention that I felt like an idiot!
FYI they are also going under the name of " Next Step Services"
FYI they are also going under the name of " Next Step Services"
And that is why this behavior MUST stop, it is unconscionable. T
And that is why this behavior MUST stop, it is unconscionable. There is no need to feel like an idiot, according to the FTC: "Believe it or not, there is no typical fraud victim, but research finds that fraud victims are likely to be educated, informed, relatively affluent, and involved in their communities. Scammers don't care about your age, race, income, or geographic location. They just want your money." (From the 1st link on my signature.)
