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"Joey Bradshaw" 6 Mar 2008
Do you work for ARG Investigations?

I got about 3 calls from them yesterday regarding an old bill that I thought I paid off. They had me convinced I didn't, so silly me gave them access to my accountfor 3 payments. ARGH!!!!! I asked for some info to be emailed to me, never got it, that's when I got scared. I checked my account, nothing had been taken out yet, thank God..so I looked online and found this site. I had to shut down my account and change my phone number. I'm so glad I found this....this site saved me hundreds of dollars.

Received call last night from a Leslie Calrk who idenfified herself as an investigator with Clark County regarding an alleged debt ! The number to call her is 716-836-4400 which traces to Djb Communications in Buffalo NY. We don't now or never had such a debt, and I told her so.  She said "oh yes you do, and we are going to sue you for it."  I asked for proof and she said "oh no, it's WAY beyond that now...." She read out an address which wasn't ours and said that was where the papers were being served.  I said something like, "go for it, lady," and hung up. She then called my MOTHER's number (she lives with us) and asked for me.  I am not sure how she knew that number, maybe by the address being the same.  Anyway, she called back, my husband answered this time and she told him that "by the way, the previous call had been recorded and a federal judge would hear it !"

I was glad to find this website and I will report them.  I am saddened that people will fall for these scams.

Got a voice mail to call--very important--I called, last name the same as the person they are looking for. I said, How did you call me when the first name and phone number are NOT the same? The guy, Mr Pratchett, went off on me, telling me that this is what they do, they look at similar names and make calls in order to get very important messages to people. "Human Error!!he says, Human Error!! Understand? Got that?" I said sure, but what if my last name was Smith? Were they going to call every Smith in the state looking for the right one? I'm really angry and would so love the web address. Still trying to figure out how to handle this insulting and rude guy. What a jerk.

I just called the number for Dorion Copeland and spoke with him directly. As a Program Director for a large collection company, I understand somewhat what they go through. They get yelled at themselves constantly and many derogatory things get said. This DOES NOT excuse the behavior of some though, so I called because of a bad skip-trace that went to my mothers house. Basically it's on an out-of-statute debt and the wording to try and get me to call was inappropriate.

Understand that collectors here CONSTANTLY from "mini-lawyers" that claim they were either debt collectors and/or have attorneys that informed them of the law. Being that I actually AM in collections and know the law, I made that clear. The person that I spoke to was EXTREMELY rude once he deemed me "uncollectable". I really couldn't care less (account out of statute, uncollectable) about that, I was more concerned about the calls to my parents house saying that it was in regards to my "well-being". I was told to send a Cease & Desist letter to 706-995-0058, I furthermore intended to send a complaint letter but stopped when I found the number for Mr. Copeland.

Anyways, I am glad that I found this site. Mr. Copeland was available and took my call. He apologized immediately, promised to close and return my account once I gave him the information from my calls and also asked that I relay my apologies to my mother. I was impressed overall, and am amazed that a VP of Operations would actually list the number here for you guys to reach him.

About it being a wrong number....guys that is an inside line. I can verify it IS correct.

Sorry, Cease and Desist letters go to 716-995-0058. The number I listed was wrong

I've got 2 or 3 calls from ARG threatening all the above actions these guys are talking about, and when i tell them there is no such debt in my name, they ask if my SSN ends in these four: "XXXX". What i believe it is, is them trying to  get you to say..."No my SSN ends in....XXXY not XXXX". So don't tell them anything.

I got a call from a Mr. Hampton. he said that they were investigating my brother? anyway the call was from NY. Very impolite message was left. he also said he was an attorney. I cannot find anything on ARG. I am happpy this site was here.... thank you. the number was 716-775-4407

ARG calling with a fake debt stating that we owed a company for a loan..stated we have paid on th loan for 3 years straight then stopped..BALONEY..We do not even own a home and my husband is disabled..so I am contacting the state of VA Attorney General and filing a police report and I am also calling consumer affairs. I looked up the telephone Number 716-836-4400 and it comes up as DJB Communications.....I also Filed A report with the FCC. Our identity hasbeen stolen before and i will not let it happen again

Got a phone call today from a rude man asking to speak to a guy I have not heard of.  When I told him this was not his number he informed me that I do know this guy.  I reiterated that I did not know who this person and had never heard from when he yelled that I do and hung up on me.  I called the number back asking to speak to the person in charge and told him that I was treated rudely and did not know this person and he hung up on me.  RUDE people.  Glad I saw this site and have an address for them.  If it happens again I will get a cease and desist letter sent out to them.

In Mr. Copeland's comment on 6 Mar 2008 he stated, "The Asset Recovery Group does approach debtors with respect and professionalism."  I would really like to know that dictionary they use because the woman I spoke with today (a Mrs. Davis who says she is an investigator) was not in any way respectful or professional.  I did have a payday loan over 2 years ago that was coming directly out of my checking account but I fell on hard times and had to close my account and couldn't continue payments at that time.  She informed me of that and said they could make arrangement of 3 monthly payments of $300 and something (which would have been no problem if I had the money or access to some but I am just now trying to get back on my feet) and I told her that that was not possible and explained my situation and that I was a single parent with no help and she got an attitude and said "there are a lot of single parents that make it!" - My thought was yeah, and a lot who don't because of deadbeat dads.  Anyway, she said "Well, we can do 6 months payments @ $164.75" and I told her at this time I could not do that either as I'm struggling to pay my bills that are necessary to live - elec., water, rent...(which is much more important for my son right now) but would be willing to do about $50 a month for now (something is better than nothing) and she said they couldn't do that and that the sheriff would be at my job tomorrow.  I agreed to pay the 6 months (had no idea how I was going to do it but I didn't want that to happen - NEVER been in trouble a day of my life) and she said it would be taken out of my checking account or debit card every month starting tomorrow.  WHAT??? - not even bothering to see if I even had it (which I don't).    I told her I didn’t have it and she told me to get it somewhere!  My exact thought was - Ummmm, helllllooooo – if I could have gotten somewhere I wouldn’t be getting these harassing phone calls from you but what I said was “Okay, I’ll not pay my electric bill so me and my 6 year old son will be w/out electric!”  I was very upset at this point, almost in tears.  She then agreed to do it the end of September.  I asked if I could do post dated checks ( I've had my debit/credit card # used by someone else after paying for something somewhere and now I hate giving out that info unless I know who it is) and she said no, it had to be bank account or debit card because the Attorney has already paid the loan out of his escrow account and it's the only way to assure he gets his money back (So in other words, they've bought out the loan off and now they are trying to get their own money back, not my fault - I didn't tell them to buy out the loan).  So, she proceeds to tell me that the attorney has just walked in and puts me on hold for about 2-3 minutes.  She comes back and says, "okay, who do you bank with?"  BUT while I was on hold, I had thoughts going through my head - 1) If there is indeed an attorney shouldn’t I have received a formal letter from him stating all this or received a formal call from him or his assistant?  I haven’t received either or.  2) Verify the place where loan was originated and address.  So, before I was about to tell her I asked, "Who was the loan with?"  She told me and I said "that is not the place where I had the loan”.  She said, "it's the place that backed the loan".  My thought was no, that would have been some sort of bank or financial institution and it definitely was not!  So I asked her, “where exactly is this place located where I took out the loan”?  That is when she really got an attitude and said, “you know where you took the loan out”.  I said, “Yes I do but the name you gave me was not the place – what is their address?”  She then said (VERY RUDELY), “I can tell you have no interest in paying this so have a nice day!”  Then she hung up on me.  So I just wanted to see if anyone else thought agreed with me that they are in no way respectful and/or professional or agreed with Mr. Copeland about the way he said they treat debtors as I was willing to work with them but she refused to verify any information for me when I requested it...it's my information, why not give it to me? Because it's a scam!!!

I had a message on my voicemail from this number with a man saying his name was Alan King and he was an attorney with this company.  He left word to call him at 1-888-288-3114 about a debt I owed.  I called him and he said I had a $613 debt from 1999.  He could not give me any information on the company I supposedly borrowed it from or what it was for.  He said I could give him my account number to settle this debt now or he would be seeking legal action for $6,000.  I would not give him my account number so he said he would be sending FedEx to my house tomorrow to pick up a check for the company, postdated when it could be taken out of my account.  I told him not to call me back, send any paperwork he had to me and I would give it to my attorney, or he could go ahead and sue me.  I want to know how this company got my address and phone number when it is unlisted?  They also had my social security number.  I wonder if I have a case of identity theft that I need to report.

Hey Guys,

After some searching I found these guys address. They call on out of statute of limitation debt that they cannot sue on. By threatening to sue you, they are breaking federal law. Send them a cease & desist letter and if they continue to call, file a police report for harrasment. Check out www.creditboards.com

2495 Main Street Suite 317
Buffalo, NY 14214

PO Box 1011
Buffalo, NY 14209

Listen, if an offer is made to settle DO NOT ACCEPT!!!!! Upon accepting of settlement you take responsibility for the debt, yours or not! Tell them you have no knowledge of said debt and have no idea what they are talking about. Deny all info relayed to you from collector. Also, Look up the "fair debt collections practices act" Extremely helpful!! Helped me out "financially" against another "zombie debt collector" last year. Look that one up also "zombie debt collectors" you will be amazed!! I am receiving calls from these guys as well but have not answered yet...just waiting for the really good stuff to be left on my machine so I can bank on their pockets as well. I will sue the hell out of them just as I did the last company who tried this sh$t with me. I KNOW the law and know how to use it in my favor. I will not pay for something that is not mine and neither should you!!!!

I received a message on my machine from this company wanting to speak to a "Johnny Thomas" there is no one by this name at our residence. The message went on to say he has had 2 suits filed against him. Have no clue what they are talking about. I returned the call and left a message saying there was no one by the name of "Johnny Thomas" at my house and please call me back to get this matter straightened out, and to take me off their list. Of course, I haven't heard anything from them. Don't know how they got my name and phone number or the name "Johnny".

I got a message today from this number as well. The fact they added JR as a suffix tipped me off that its probably BS. They stated that I was a respondant in a legal matter that I needed to pay attention to. I'm glad I can get comfort in a site like this to make sure I am not the only one dealing with these types of shennanigans.

Esta mañana mi esposo y yo tuvimos esta clase de llamada, bien amenazante y rudos diciendo que iban a llevar a mi esposo a la corte y que él tenía que pagar todos los gastos que implica ir hasta ahí aparte de lo que supuestamente debíamos de pagar. Lo más curioso es que descubrimos que esa misma deuda se pagó en el 2005, supuestamente se pagó eso era lo que creíamos, pues otra compañía de rateros como esta nos robó, nos hicieron creer que así había sido pero sorpresa 3 años después nos dimos cuenta de que no, que eran otros iguales. Yo espero que un día pare todo esto!! ¿Que acaso no hay nada que se pueda hacer en contra de estos animales??????

Una cosa similar me pasó a mí no hace mucho tiempo!! Qué bueno que encontré esta página, ahora ya no me preocupo por pagar algo que no debo!!

I received a call from Mr. Carter (716-836-4404) several months ago and I did make payment arrangments with him over the phone to prevent any "further legal action." I told Mr. Carter that I would send payment once I received payment arrangements in writing and he insisted on have my bank routing number.  I accidently gave him the wrong routing number and have yet to receive anything in writing regarding our arrangement.

Well, I got a call from an special agent Allen King, he said I needed to get back intouch with him and gave me a court doc. # and said failure to return his call would result in a default judgement. He used a last name that I haven't used in years as I have been divorced from that husband since 95. I googled this # to see if I could find anything out and was very happy to have found this page. Thank you all for posting. I think it is horrible what these people are doing and probably are getting a lot of people to send them money, which is sad.


Bien, conseguí una llamada de un rey de Allen del agente especial, él dijo I necesario para conseguir detrás el intouch con él y me dio una corte doc. # y la falta dicha de volver su llamada daría lugar a un juicio de defecto. Él utilizó un apellido ese I haven' t usado en años como me he divorciado de ese marido desde 95. Googled esto # ver si podría descubrir cualquier cosa y me placía muy haber encontrado esta página. Gracias todo por la fijación. Pienso que es horrible qué esta gente está haciendo y está consiguiendo probablemente a mucha gente enviarle el dinero, que está triste.