Mann Bracken LLP calling me to pay back a debt. What to do?

Call your local county courthouse and check.

Mann Bracken can sue you. They represented Citicards when I was 7 months behind on payments. It was legit. The summons is listed on the county's court website, the sheriff served me, and rather than going to court, we reached a Consent Judgment which was signed by me, a judge, and Mann Bracken's attorneys. I also thought they were trying to intimidate me and many others told me I wouldn't get sued buy I did. Be careful and consult a lawyer. Whether they're scamming you or not, protect yourself and save yourself from all the stress.

That is unfortunate that someone told you that you couldn't get sued....

The problem against Mann Bracken is that they don't respect Federal Law (the FDCPA) and act like boorish "hall-monitor" children. It's obvious they can sue, they hand out summons like it was Halloween candy.

By the way, a consent Judgment is still a Judgment. My big question is how could you not afford to pay your bills on time but you can afford to pay on a judgment. Speaking of stress... Miss a payment and they swiftly garnish your wages (unless you are lucky enough to live in a state where they can't do that).

the judgment has been filed now i am getting letters from them demanding full payment or they enforce the judgment. what do i do next

Once you get a judgment against you there is not much you can do except pay it or they will garnish your wages, depending on your state. Also depending on your state, an unpaid judgment could sit on your credit report for up to 20 years, plus get up to 20% interest rate applied to it!

In other words you have 2 options: pay it, or file bankruptcy. If you can't pay it, you should have already file bankruptcy.

I have been served with a summons to court on 7/7 by Mann Bracken LLC and called and spoke with this lady and tried to explain my situation she told me to do hardship I would have to come up with 800 today and 200 every month after for 3000. The original debt is only 2500. I also spoke with the attorney listed and he offered me 100 a month for the whole 4400 and said no other fees would be added. Should I go with that just to stay out of court?

If you accept it, and you get it *in writing*, then sure, why not? It's always good to avoid a judgment if at all possible.

I had an account with Capital One. 4 years ago Capital One sent me a letter stating the account has been paid in full. Now they have hired Mann Bracken to go after me. They have even filed papers in court. I can't understand how a creditor can send you a letter and say its paid in full and 4 years later come after me.

mann and braken have been harrasing my father, at a residence of which I have never lived. There is a debt I owe but I myself have never been contacted about anything. Is this legal for them to be contacting my father and not me?

If he gives them your phone number, then they can no longer call him. But they will keep calling him if they have reason to believe that he *does* have your contact info. Another way to stop it is for him to tell them to Cease & Desist calling, and then follow that up with a letter.

I have been getting calls from them. I tried to work with them to pay off a past debt of my husbands'. They aren't willing to work with me at all. They had me promise to pay more money a month than what I and my husband bring home in a month. I don't know what they are trying to do. I'm going to call them back tomorrow and change the amount that I will pay back and lower the payment.

It's funny, I have never received a letter from them stating that I owe them money.

Am I doing the right thing? Help please

First thing you need to do is send them a DV letter by CMRRR, making them prove that they own the debt and have the right to collect it. Secondly if you do agree to pay them, make sure they put the agreement in writing on their letterhead and signed by a manager. DON'T GIVE THEM you bank information. They will empty your bank account.

I have a old credit card that I stoped paying in the amount of $2500 through chase. MannBrakken sent me a letter with the intent to sue a couple days ago. I have read several things on this site that say they are crooks and the debt will never go away with them. I want to start paying this debt. Can I pay chase, a debt consolidation company or is mannbrakken my only choice?

Mann Bracken is currently sueing me for $1500. Upon calling the office, I was put on hold and never able to reach a human being - leaving a message several times. I had 20 days to respond to the summons and of course waited til' about the last minute. I finally reached someone, after being transferred a dozen or so times. I was informed that about $250 had been added to my debt for court costs, etc. After speaking to the lady, whose job title I am unaware of, they settled my debt for around $1100. Could have been better, but definately could have been worse. I'm still apprehensive about paying that amount of money to someone I don't completely trust, but I really have no choice. good luck to all when settling their debt.

Has anyone been able to contact Mann Bracken LLp this month? All the numbers I have are disconnected and I'm concern of a pyament beening drafted from my account since I can't talk with anyone.

I have tried calling several times and I keep getting the same message: "This number has been temporarily disconnected". I'm also worried.

Look on Next level credit.com, they have a news clip about Mann Bracken main office closing down for good.

I have been making payments to Mann and Bracken to payoff a Dell Account. I have called to today and all the numbers are temporarly discounted and their website points back to Go Daddy! I'm sick as sick can be. What do I do?

i can't get throught either. I would stop your automatic payment and see if they call you which I doubt since none of us can get through. I'm calling my creditor that hired them to resolve through them. Thank God I have reciepts of my payments.

I paid off a Capital One account in June of 2008. Mann Bracken has gone out of business and have sold my account to another collection agency who is trying to collect again! I have all the documents to prove the account was settled in full but they did not tell Capital One.
I am working with Debt Regret and they are a huge!!! help. Has any one else had there paid accounts refered to another collector?

Yes settled 4 debts with them all paid in full. just had contacts from two differnt attorny firms on two of the debts. Trying to clear up now. Very stressfull again!

Yes, Mann Bracken LLC can sue. They did me and then tried to garnish my state income tax return money that I pay on my property taxes. The judge reviewed all my information packet regarding my extreme hardship being on SSD and lifted the garnishment against me. I must say that the attorney that was there was very nice. I am very concerned at the moment because I am trying to send a payment and do not have an envelpe because they did not cash my last months check to send me a receipt with another envelope to pay the bill the next month. I have tried several numbers that I had on them and they are all unavailable or unable to send as dialed. When I look online at their website, I get this Go Daddy page so HOW DO YOU CONTACT THEM ONLINE????!!! Something does not smell good here. They have an office here in Novi, Michigan or at least they did. They ARE an attorney firm so where are they lodged at now??

Ther'ye Done! All debts they were collecting that were settled and paid (due to them not repoarting they were settled and paid to the companies that hired them) and all outstansding debts have been transferred to other collection agencies... They must have squandered the money they were collecting. For those that had settlements and made payments, hope you kept copies and records. We have been dooped! Thanks a lot MB, you should all go to PRISON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

these guys are scumbags - my girlfriend has a 350 debt with them that has suddenly turned into 900 dollars - plus, there are 9 months worth of missing billings in their file they sent to us - i'm going to court with her on Thursday to tell them GFO - and I don't mean Good For You.

meant GFY and it didn't mean 'good for you!!' I've just did all my girlfriend's debt to them on Excel and they seem to be in cahoots with Capitol One- over 750 bucks worth of charges on a credit line of 450 - what part of that doesn't say W.R.O.N.G??

We can not contact Mann Bracken to find our balance. We have been paying them since 6-15-07. We have never gotten a balance sent to us, payments recieved or any correspondence what so ever. The number we have for the Atlanta office and it is not in service. Is there a way to get ahold of these losers??????? If someone else has taken over the debts how do we contact them?

I had a court date 04/12/2010 and the case was put off the docket what do I do now

I let a collection go for a motorcyle loan (credit card type) and ignored all the letters and calls I got from Mann Bracken LLC, since then they took me to court, won, and garnished my wages for the full amount. that was since paid off about 6 months ago, how do I go about getting the pink slip for the motorcycle, now that it is officially paid off??

I would not pay them a dime. See i used to work there and they were nothing but a bunch of a** holes to work with but at the same time i have dealt with debtors who said the same thing they made a payment but the balance would not ever go down because the so called lawyer were pocketing the money and not applying the $$$ to the balance of the account. I wish you all luck and iam thankful not to work there anymore. Karma got them back

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