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Submitted by TMD on Mon, 01/30/2006 - 14:22
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edcombs.com/FSL5CS/Custom/TOCSpecial.asp
This lawfirm Edelman, Combs & Latturner is a group of consumer protection and class action lawyers.

This website is apparently for a group of lawyers that wants information on several of the companies that are constantly complained about on this forum. They want info from anyone who has been contacted by them or sent a letter.

Here they are listed in alphabetical order:

Academy Collection
Account Portfolios (collection agency/ bad debt buyer)
Adler & Associates
Alegis Group
allied interstate (collection agency)
AllianceOne, Inc.
AllianceOne Receivables Management
Aman Collection Service
American Coradius
Ameri-CK
Ashwood Financial
Asset Acceptance Corporation (bad debt buyer)
Asset Protection & Recovery Solutions, L.L.C. (WI debt collector)
arrow financial services (bad debt buyer and collection agency)
American Recovery Systems (debt collector)
American Revenue
AMO Recoveries (Asset Management Outsourcing) (collection agency)
Associated Recovery Systems/ ARS National Services
Atlantic Credit & Finance
Bennett & Deloney
Blatt, Hasenmiller
Blitt & Gaines
Bonded Collection Corporation
Boudreau & Associates
Bowman, Heintz
Bronson & Migliaccio, LLP
Bureaus
Bureaus Investment
Burke, Costanza & Cuppy (debt collection letters)
Capital Management Services
Credit Bureau Enterprises
Capitol Credit Service (Madison, WI)
Cavalry (bad debt buyer)
cbe group
CCB Credit Services (collection agency)
Chex Systems
Client Services, Inc. (collection agency)
Coldata (collection agency)
Collins Financial
Collectcorp
Credit Collection Service
Credit Management Services
Credit Protection Association
Creditors' Alliance
Creditors Interchange
DebtOne
Diversified Adjustment Services
Dun & Bradstreet RMS
DUNSCOMM
Dymacol
Encore Receivable
Epstein & Frisch
ER Systems
Excalibur (bad debt buyer)
FBCS (Philadelphia, PA)
Ferleger & Associates
Financial Asset Management
Financial Credit Corporation (bad debt buyer)
Financial Recovery Services
First Performance Recovery
First Select Corporation (bad debt buyer)
FMA Enterprises
Fourscore (bad debt buyer)
GC Services (collection agency)
Gerald E. Moore & Associates
Grabowski & Greene
Gulf State Credit (collection agency/ bad debt buyer)
Guyer & Enichen
Harris & Harris (collection agency)
Harvard Collection Services
Heady Financial
I.C. System
Illinois Collection Services
IntelliRisk
J. C. Christensen & Associates
KCA Financial Services
Kramer & Frank
LTD Financial Services
LVNV
Macey, Wilensky, Cohen
Malcolm S. Gerald & Associates
McMahan & Sigunick
Medical Collection System/ Robert Mistovich
MEDCLR
Midland Credit Management/ MCM
MKM Acquisitions
Moss Codilis (sends demands for mortgage companies)
M.R.S. Associates (collection agency)
National Action Financial Services
National Asset Management Enterprises
National Enterprise Systems
National Financial Systems
Nationwide Credit
New Century Financial Services, Inc.
NCO
NCO Financial Systems (collection agency, bad debt buyer)
northland group (collection agency)
Outsourcing Solutions (OSI)
Phillips & Cohen Associates, Ltd.
Pinnacle Credit Services (collection agency)
Pinnacle Financial
Pioneer Credit Recovery
Platinum Financial Services
Plaza Associates
portfolio recovery associates
PRA III, LLC
Pro Com Services (Central Illinois collection agency)
Professional Credit Management
Professional Recovery Systems
Protocol Recovery Service
Receivable Management Solutions
Redline Recovery Services
Revenue Management
Revenue Production Management, Inc., doing business as RPM, Inc. (collection agency)
Salvatore Spinelli
Schwartz & Schwartz
Shapiro & Kreisman
Southwest Credit Corp.
Sunrise Credit Services
Surpas Resource Corporation
Tate & Kirlin Associates
Transworld
Trauner, Cohen & Thomas
Unifund (bad debt buyer)
Universal Fidelity Corporation
Valentine & Kebartas
Van Ru Credit
Walinski & Trunkett
Weltman, Weinberg
Worldwide Asset Management
Worldwide Asset Purchasing
Worldzen (bad debt buyer)
Zwicker & Associates

This may be worth researching.


They are refusing payments because I missed one. They said they would take the money out of my account but failed to say you have to go on line and set up a recurring debit. When I found out a payment was missed I called and was told it is to late we have already filed suit on 1 and are demanding payment in full. Threes weeks after I set up the plans I was served with court papers on the second account. I have and appointment with a lawyer tomorrow.


Submitted by on Thu, 08/28/2008 - 07:08

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Hello Everyone!!
You all cannot imagine how my spouse and I have suffered from home invasion by allied interstate, Pioneer Recovery, DCS, ICS.
Understand that if you have student loans and your spouse like mine gets seriously ill you have the right to a hardship deferment or you may have the right to having your loans expunged.
I was never given the right. these companies started to call our home 24/7, calling our children, their places of employment, our friends, neighbors and any employer that I tried to get a job at. they ruined my credibility, reputation and I have not been able ti find employment for 10 + years now.
They called every fifteen minutes last may and my spouse sustained renal failure, was in critical condition and has not recovered.
If anyone of you have been brutalized by these companies you have a recourse!!! These companies have violatedthe 1974 Fair Credit Protection Act which was ammended in 1997, however, the context of language did not and these companies are liable to be held by your filinf their violations with an attorney and the courts!!!!
My spouse will never be the same. I have lost much but they will pay!!!


Submitted by on Thu, 09/25/2008 - 07:49

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Mr. M. at CCS threatened to have my ex jailed for tax evasion, although we always paid all and on time. He told this to my best friend and attempted to collect the money from her, telling her all of the above AND my personal info to boot. He negotiated the "settlement" with her. There was supposed to be $1,000 down and I could make payments. He went back on his word to me and changed the story when he spoke to my friend, collecting another $9,000 from her without ever speaking to me about it. When I found out, I had her stop payment until we could get this in writing from him. He faxed five times, but all were blank. I printed and it printed just fine. We are Cedar Fire survivors and our house still is without hot water. It wasn't supposed to take so long to finish our house, but I'm in debt because of that. I take care of a brain injured daughter - he still pulled this. It can't be legal. He even used the "God bless" line. Please, God sneezes out greater quality than this slick guy.


Submitted by on Mon, 10/13/2008 - 19:34

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LJ, it appears they have violated the fdcpa, you or your ex can't be jailed for failure to pay a debt. Why is your friend doing the negotiating? DON'T EVER agree to make payments until you have it in writing! I would Send them a DV letter, make them prove they own the debt and/or have the right to collect it! I would also include a C&D letter advising them to cease contact with my friend. BTW, how old is this debt?


Submitted by on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 02:24

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There are four debts. I moved, signed the house over to my ex and he agreed to take care of the debts in exchange. On Sunday, a process server was at my door for one of the debts owed. I had a heads up at that point and took it upon myself to follow up and contact everyone. Before this my credit score was in the upper 8s, and all said paid, never late. This man represented himself to be an attorney, stating that he was calling from **** Law Firm and he couldn't return our calls because he had to be in court. This to us intimated that he was in fact an attorney. He had no authorization to negotiate anything with my friend. He had agreed to accept $1,000 and I was to make payments. He was to fax this in writing. Over the weekend he collected the $1,000 from her as agreed. He said he couldn't email us the information, he had to fax it . He pretended to fax things to us, but as I said, all pages were blank. She called him for a receipt, as promised, but he told her that my ex was going to jail for tax evasion. He lied and said she offered to give him $9,000 more to "make it go away." He called my ex and threatened to lein our properties and to have things sold at a sheriff's sale. One has been for sale for six months where our house originally burned from the Cedar Fire. It's part of a trust. The other is part of a declared disaster and is homesteaded. I'm glad that my friend listened to me and stopped payment on the checks. This guy went nuts this morning, calling her nine times between eight and nint o'clock. He called five times here and I picked up on the fifth call. My ex is a cancer patient and again he threatened to jail him and slap a lein on all we own. Then proceeded to tell him that I said he was a deadbeat dad and was allowing his child to starve, and more, that my best friend told him that. My child is a brain injury survivor and three weeks ago the claw from a tractor clipped my head, causing loss of eyesight in one eye, bruising the brain stem and causing a small amount of bleeding around the stem. I called him and initiated contact when I learned it was due. I had perfect credit and care deeply about my credit. I have a horse that was given to my daughter for her physical therapy. Can that horse be sold as part of collecting a debt? She is part of the family. I'm to open a home day care soon. I want to pay everything and will. What can I do? I have to stay home because of my daughter and I'm not well myself. Should I declare bankruptcy? I just don't know what to do. Our contractor bailed out on us and we still don't even have hot water, which is required for the walk-through for the home day care. I don't know what to do. Thank you for your response earlier. It's the most information I've received thus far.


Submitted by on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 12:26

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Hi,I'm sorry that I didn't back to you. Yes, I am in California. The unpolished credit collection gentleman I spoke of above won't be an issue as of this upcoming Friday. There is only one bill now that I owe and this is on a credit card through Discover. I can't pay it all at once. I was served on this one. It's how I learned that my ex (separated) didn't pay anything all this time and it's for nearly $6,500. I don't know if they will allow payments, but I'd like to go into negotiations with more knowledge about what's available before I speak with them.???? This will be my only outstanding debt. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you for your time.


Submitted by on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 20:49

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I just spoke with them and they agreed to take payments and we will renegotiate things once the day care is up and running. They were really understanding. I agreed that I owe this and explained all that had happened, but took full repsonsiblity, as I made this debt. I thought it would be harder to talk to them. I guess that's the key; talking. I hope everyone here has the same result. Be well and thank you!


Submitted by on Wed, 10/22/2008 - 11:38

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i am dealing with these guys right now and i think they should be sued because i got served to go to court by these guys and when that happened i called the party they are representing and they have no record of the account on file they are misrepresenting the plantiff and i think that is fraud


Submitted by on Sat, 01/03/2009 - 00:30

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I recieved a phone call from them and I thought they were legit. But after receiving their so called contract I'm having doubts about sending them my money for my student loan. I don't know what too do. Any suggestions?


Submitted by on Sun, 06/21/2009 - 06:44

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Edelman & Combs are unlikely to do anything for anybody. They want to gather all the information about these debt collection companies they can so the information can be used in various class action lawsuits they have going. Class action lawsuits benefit the attorneys greatly but the consumers get little or nothing at all. Many of my students have contacted Edelman & Combs about various debt collectors and all they get back is an invitation to join a class action lawsuit. Edelman don't want to take their individual cases because there is little money in it for them. One of my students, Mark M. of Rhode Island contacted them with a case and wanted them to to prosecute it for him. they refused but wanted him to join their class action lawsuit. Mark said no, sued them privately and got over $7,000 total and Edelman still hasn't setteled their case. Ethyl G of Chicago wanted them to take her case and they refused. When she won in court then they wanted to take her case. She said no as well.
So the lesson is clear. Don't mess with lawyers. Learn how to win in court without lawyers. It isn't hard to do.


Submitted by on Sun, 06/21/2009 - 08:30

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i see you are back creditwrench.watch yourself.lawyers do help in these cases.i will be watching you.


Submitted by paulmergel on Sun, 06/21/2009 - 14:39

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I received a phone call from CBE Group who is listed on this website. I had a problem with Citifinancial a while ago, but paid off my debt. I have a letter from Citifinancial stating my account has been paid in full. They then sold my account to Portfolio Recovery Assoc. stating that I still owed them $1,000.00 which was inaccurate. I reported it to Experian, which in turn was able to resolve the issue. I have a written letter & documentation from Portfolio Recovery Assoc. stating they will delete the negative report from all three crediting agencies. They did do so. Back to my original sentence, I received a call from CBE Group now, they have left no messages, but this is the 2nd phone call I received from them. If they are indeed calling about the $1,000.00 I DO NOT OWE as per my documentation from both prior companies, can I hire a lawyer to sue Citifinancial based on my information and proof?


Submitted by on Fri, 05/07/2010 - 12:21

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