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What to do? Checks System Services

Date: Tue, 03/27/2012 - 22:32

Submitted by anc526
on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 22:32

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I took out a $400 payday loan with impact cash about 4 years ago around the same time I took out a few others. I was in a bad way and ignorant of how stupid pay day loans were.

The companies drained my bank account when the money came due and I thought that was that....

Wrong...

Every 3 months for the past year or so I've been getting phone calls saying that I'm being taken to court for check fraud. They NEVER call me first and ALWAYS call my mother-in-law, who then freaks out and calls me. It seems the calls are always coming from Buffalo, NY.

I tell them do not contact her, do not contact me, and the calls stop for a while.

This time I feel like they crossed some major lines and I'd like to know what can be done about it.

On 3/15 a man named James calls my mother-in-law. He tells her that he has fraud charges against my social security number and demands that she tell him where I'm at. She tells him not to contact her, hangs up and calls me. While I'm on the phone with her, I get a phone call from (716)362-0839, I don't switch over and it goes to my cell voicemail. This is the message he leaves for me:

"Uh yes, this is a legal notification for (maiden name) aka (married name) on march 15, 2012. My name is James White, I'm an investigator with Checks Systems Services. I'm contacting you regarding a fraud claim that was recently placed with our firm. I'd like to discuss the matter with you and obtain a statement before this matter is forwarded to your county. I can accept return calls from either yourself or a representing legal council at 1-855-770-9857 x175 and if you could please have your case number available. Once again this is going to serve as legal notification for (maiden name) (married name) on March 15, 2012."

After I hang up with my mother in law I call the guy back I tell him to remove her name from his calling list and hang up after he confirms he's done so. I refuse to discuss payments or anything else with him.

On 3/19 I get another call and let it go to voicemail. This is what it says:

"Hello this is a second and final legal notification for (maiden name) aka (married name) on March 19, 2012. This is James White contacting you from Checks Systems Services. Ma'am we've got a claim against you regarding a fraudulent check. I would like to speak with you before this matter is forwarded to your county. We may speak with either yourself or any representing council on this. The number is 1-855-770-9857. This will be the final attempt to rectify this matter voluntarily and out of court. Unfortunately, your failure to contact us at this point will result in this case being placed on a court docket. Again this serves as a final legal notice for (maiden name) (married name) on March 19th, 2012."

Shortly after that I get a phone call from my mother-in-law. He's contacted her AGAIN, demanding to know how to reach me. She tells him once again not to contact her. I call him back and tell him do not contact her or myself again that if he would like to file charges, to please do so.

The calls end for a about a week. Then on 3/21 I get a call from a local number (717) 249-9290. I answer it thinking it's about a job I applied for. A woman asks to speak to me and informs me that she has sealed paperwork that she needs me to sign for and that she'll be coming to my home the following evening. I ask her who they're from and she says she can only give me a phone number and to contact them and they can place a "stop order" on the delivery. At this point I'm driving so I ask her if she can call and leave the information on my voicemail. She does so and this is what I get:

"Hi, (first name) it's Ania. The contact number is 855-770-9858. It's possible you can put a stop order in if you know that you won't be at your place of residence between 3pm-6pm tomorrow. That will basically stop the process of me having to come out. You can just reschedule with them and they can notify me. Alrighty. Thank you."

I call the number back and reach a man that sounds like James White though he gives a different name. Once I figure out it's the same thing about Impact Cash I tell him to go ahead and have me served with papers but to stop contacting me. I hang up the phone.

Then I try to call "Ania" back. And wonder of wonders "the number you have dialed has been disconnected". I try a few more times, same thing. Next night, no Ania, no paperwork.

I'm wondering if I can't sue the hell out of this company. Surely there is SOMETHING I can do. I'm sick of the harassing calls to my mother-in-law and the threats of fraud charges.

Sorry this was so long, but I wanted to get all the information on here. Any suggestions?

Also, when I call and speak to these people they don't say "Check System Services". They say "Checks Systems". Which to me sounds like the company Chex Systems.


No, I don't think its ChexSystems and these people are trying to pass the name on to sound as if they are calling from Chex. Its just a phonetic trick to get people to start panicking. Every call threatening legal action and criminal charges was made to intimidate you into paying up. What this is is a lengthy and harassing scam.

Have you sent these people a Cease & Desist letter? In case you have and they have violated the order to stop all communication, you can drag them to court. One more thing, you need to pick up those phone calls for them to be counted as harassment.


lrhall41

Submitted by StevenDoyle on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 23:35

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what you and your mother-in-law need to do is file police reports.why?because as spaceblank stated.this is a complete lawbreaking scam.probably in INDIA as i'm guessing the idiots had thick accents.just a guess though,but the part about the guy sounding the same but using a different name smacks of that.next thing is ignore any voicemails,and do not call back any messages.after that since this scam likes to spoof/block their real number.once you realize it's them hang up without a word,or press 6 or 3 on your keypad.it will send a loud long beep.then hang up.you or your MIL is under any obligation to speak to these losers.file the report also an FTC(federal trade commission)complaint.you can file online at www.ftc.gov do those things knowing they are scamming losers.


lrhall41

Submitted by paulmergel on Wed, 03/28/2012 - 05:27

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I've got a few old payday loans out there, and I just got a very similar call to the last one described by the original poster just this morning.

I've gotten the "we have a court case against your SSN" and similar calls before, but this morning, the message was from a number in my state, with Teresa Martin (I think that's the name she gave) saying that there's a file with my name and social security number, and she will "be in my area" today and if she can't reach me she'll be coming by my residence and then workplace with papers for me to sign. She left a "case number" and a phone number to call back - 855-832-6248.

I feel like it's got to be another collections scam to try and frighten me and there's nothing I can or should do about it, but the bit about coming to my workplace in person today has me a little nervous, I have to admit.

They didn't mention which lender they were collecting for (they actually didn't mention a debt at all in the message), and I don't really want to call the number back, if for no other reason than I feel like it will confirm for them that they've got my correct phone number and it will embolden them to further harass me and let them know I'm scared.

Any thoughts on this?


lrhall41

Submitted by starkllr2 on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 07:18

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bottomfeeding scams spoof/block caller id.they can make the call look like it comes form anywhere,but from where it actually is coming from.follow the advice given in my post above as well.it applies to you too.


lrhall41

Submitted by paulmergel on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 07:29

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