800-375-3009

Keeps calling my cell phone, I called them, very rude, faxed me something to pay for $1,100 and don't have a clue what for, no account numbers.  I recently settled a card with Providian; they claim to be with them or Mervyn's.
Very threatening over the phone.

Person called, Investigator Moore from Empire State Recovery. Message was left on my answering machine. Clearly a scam. Number he left was 800-375-3009 with a "claims number" as well.
This is a scam, so don't respond. If there is anything important or vital (which needs to be in writing anyway), I will get it in the mail or through a courier, not my land-line phone.
Hope this helps others.

Approximately 10:00am on the 12th of August Ms.Paluski called my mother, violated my rights by telling my mother about my private affairs and discussed this debt collection with her without my permission. My rights are protected under the Privacy Act of 1974. Ms. Paluski also emotionally frightened my elderly mother by telling her that there is a warrant out for my arrest for breech of contract and theft, she told my mother I stole money. Ms. Paluski also told my mother that a uniformed officer was coming to serve me and arrest me. They also told her that the Johnson County City Attorneys were involved and seeking to find me and that I was an evader. I have lived at the same address for 4 years and have not evaded anything. I have never been served with anything about a debt from Empire State Recovery. My mother then called me and informed me that Pat Paluski had called and what was said. I took down the number and called her at 1-800-375-3009 ext 108. I asked Ms. Paluski to speak with a supervisor and was told they did not have supervisors.
   Pat Paluski represented herself to me as a Special Investigator like law enforcement. I asked what was going on and she informed me that this debt was from Providian and they were seeking to have me appear in court for breech of contract and theft. I asked what this was about again and Ms. Paluski told me I needed to get with the Johnson County City Attorney before the warrant for my arrest was issued. There is no such office in Johnson County Texas. Ms. Paluski also told me that I could probably get this debt down to approximately $900.00 by talking to the Johnson County City Attorney and that if I did not I would have to pay $3,000.00. I asked what the time frame for this debt was and Ms. Paluski told me it is from 1998,1999 and 2001. I told Ms. Paluski to what she needed to do and her reply was “good luck in court” and she hung up on me. I then called the 800 number back and waited for the next available agent and was connected with a woman named Jodi. I asked Jodi, what is the physical address for Empire State Recovery and was told we are on the 8th floor.  Jodi then connected me with a man named Charles and that he was a supervisor. I asked him what the physical address was and he told me I was yelling at him and he disconnected the call by hanging up on me. I called back and asked for Charles and asked him in the most polite way what his physical address was and he told me that my attorney needed to fax him and he would send all the information to my attorney. I informed Charles I was Pro Se and he would only give me the fax number.

This number called my sisters home and left a message for me to call Ms. Allen. I called the number and they said that I owed money to Providian and was trying to settle this out of court. When I asked to have proff of this debt they told me that I would have to pay $ 2000.00 and they would put this in escrow before I could have any information on this debt. I was supprised at the fact they had my ss and address. But when I kept insisting that I wanted proff of this debt they said that had I settled with Providian directly that I could of had that information but that they do not have the specific information just that this debt has been through collections and now sent to them and that they were trying to serve me papers, which had been returned to them with the wrong address. They kept turning things around that I had said and I would say no that is not what I said. The whole $ 2000.oo in escrow to get the information I wanted was just buzarr especially seeing how that was the same amount they said Providian was willing to settle for.

called my cell, i did not answer.  then they called my hubby's cell & left a voicemail stating they were "special investigators" & i was listed as a party in a "complaint filed with their firm", i needed to call them back within 48 hours to prevent papers being filed. BOO-CRAP.  i have been in finance & real estate since i was 19 years old.  this is a scare tactic to collect money.  they cannot arrest you for defaulting on any loan or credit agreement (except taxes).  dont let these very "special investigators" scare you.  bottom feeding professional panhandlers is all that they are!  i dont give a rip if you owe somebody money or not, lying & trying to scare someone into paying up is not an ethical approach for any company.

I received a call from one Douglas Manning and he was a litigator for the company.  He stated that I needed to contact them immediately and give them a check for the balance owed of $5000.00.  I told him I don't have that kind of money and he said they would then sign a warrant for my arrest and to turn myself in for writing a bad check over state lines along with some other charges.  I have recently called the 800-375-3009 and it has a message stating the # is invalid.  Obviously another scam by the collection agency mentioned above.