866-878-5796

Got a call from this number ato both my home and work phone.  I cannot have these calls coming to my work phone!  How can I stop this madness?

Whoever is making these calls is a total jerk. They call me early in the morning, late at night disturbing my irregular sleep schedule. I refuse to answer this call due to the fact that in the past when the call was answered they ask for someone else and try to grill me on the location of the person they are calling for. Please pull the plug on these people or locate them for me and I will deal with them myself!!

This is a lawyers office attempting to collect bogus debts. It's best to report him.  Do a search for Vincent Peter Cignarale and you'll see.  He's a scam artist.

Recieved a call from Vincent Signorelli, automated. When I attempted to hang up and return the call his message was being repeated.
I don't know this lawyer and I have no idea why he has called me for information concerning another individual.
This once again proves that there shouldn't be any more lawyers made until it can be proven at least 10 are no longer practicing.

They have been rude, ignorant and call over and over again, harrassing me over a debt that was written off years ago.  Calling my friends and family as well, yet I can not get them to tell me who they are representing!

For the last few days, I have been receiving this bogus call from this a guy by the name of Vincent Cignorelli.  Okay I checked out the number and name  andit does not exist.  He is a real jerk and they shoul dnot be calling me on my job for something I know nothing about.  He is a complete fool and they need to stop harassing individuals.

this is not allowed at my work and they have repeatedly been advised of this

Got a call didn't call him back though because I checked out the web and this dude is a scam

This "law firm" also calls me about an alleged debt but doesn't say anything about who it's from or how much or anything.  They call my sister and harrass her as well, telling her it's in her best interest to give me the message to call them.  I've reported this firm to the Pennsylvania State Attorney General's office and I suggest people do the same with their state's AG offices when he calls.

Got a call from this number. I do not answer numbers I do not know. I'm glad after reading the comments from others who have recieved calls from this number. Where do I report this number. I am on the do not call list.

If they do call you, you can ask them to stop calling this number. By law, they have to. That way, you can continue with your life wihtout the pesky phone calls. If you do legitimately owe the debt, you may ask for all communication henceforth to be in writing. If you do not owe the debt, you are legally allowed to dispute it also in writing. Next time they call, ask them to send proof of the debt in writing and then follow that up with a request not to call you, your family, or your place of business. You can then hang up. :-)

check this out when i googled his name this is what comes up...i already called the NY Attorney General


Rent-A-Law Office
5100 Transit Road
Depew, NY 14043

716-651-0102



Phones: 716-636-8408     716-651-0116    716-651-0102
Fax: 716-651-0598



Security (585-428-6625)- Former Position for

VINCENT PETER CIGNARALE, WHO IS NOW RENTING HIS

LAW LICENSE AS A Buffalo, NY (area) debt collector for a commission

on debts collected in his name. Below is a job description from his

former employer: Security provides guard service at key City facilities

and during various City events. Service is provided at City Hall,

the Department of Environmental Services' Operations Center and

Bureau of Water & Lighting, as well as commercial buildings acquired

by the City through foreclosure. A mobile security patrol provides

routine surveillance of City properties and secures firehouses and

libraries when necessary. The unit monitors security alarms at

City facilities and some Rochester City School District buildings.



That's experience that preps you for Debt Collection...



Another Buffalo, NY lawyer putting his career and law license

on the line, all for the promise of easy money. If he didn’t

see the Buffalo News story on the Lenahans and what

happened to them, someone should read it to him. Vincent

is renting his law license out to the Douglas J. MacKinnon,

Sr. group of liars, conmen and extortionists in the hope

of scoring some big bucks.

He's young, but you would think he was smart enough to

figure out that almost a dozen people before have tried

this stupid stunt and failed. Bankruptcy, loss of their

law license, financial ruin, public humiliation. Perhaps

Vincent can fall back on his Security career or has

enough money stashed away to get out of the huge

legal and financial problems on the horizon.

Just like the Lenahans, Terrance McKelvey, Rodney

A. Giove, Douglas R. Burgess, Timothy Collins, Sheree

Meadows, and Brenda, who all got screwed in their

dealings with MacKinnon, Vince can't see the future.

He's allowing debt collectors to lie about legal actions

that will never take place and extort monies under

the banner of bottom feeder debt buyer First American

Investment Co., headed by two famous con men; Harvey

Denis of Williamsville and Jack Sortino, of Kenmore,

NY who manufacture the bogus documents used on

these worthless accounts.

Consumers are STRONGLY warned not to fall prey to this

latest scam by these desperate conmen, liars and

extortionists, who claim they can file lawsuits,

garnish wages and seize assets. The State bar

officials in Buffalo, NY would like to hear from

you when these con men break the law. Contact them at:



New York State Office of Attorney
Grievance Committees
438 Main Street, 8th Floor

Buffalo, New York 14202
Phone: (716) 845-3630
Fax: (716) 856-2701


How smart is a person who has watched attorney after attorney drink the "kool-aid" and is willing to put the vial to his lips on command?



You do NOT want to send any money to debt collector

Vincent Cignarale for the following reasons:


1) These debts are mostly bogus, bought for pennies, many

out of statute.
2) Harvey Denis & Jack Sortino have never legally proven

one debt in a legal setting, they have manufactured

thousands of phony documents that are loaded with perjury.
3) There is a high probability that Vincent Peter Cignarale

will not survive for very long, that he will suffer the same

fate as his predecessors in a sea of lawsuits and financial ruin.
4) The New York State Bar is now aggressively going after

lawyers like Vincent who ‘rent’ their law licenses for a

commission on collected debts, from a phony law office

in a satellite location.
5) Buffalo, NY has such a high profile as the worst, most

sleazy, liars, thieves, conmen, drug addicted, convicted

felons and other criminal debt collectors that consumers

have stopped paying debt collectors up there by the millions.
6) Finally, it’s just WRONG! These are criminals, who

extort monies they are NOT entitled to. Most of them

belong in jail; not sending them money will hasten their demise.

If you are contacted by anyone from this Rent-A-Lawyer’s office

get in touch with us for assistance and referral to a REAL lawyer

who can assist you. Vincent won’t be around for very long; let’s

hasten his demise by being smart. Tape record their calls, send

us any letters you receive (Fax: 817-348-8128) contact the

officials at the state bar (above).

I keep getting these calls and they are leaving voicemails for a family member of mine.  I did the same and googled the number and got all of these responses from other people.  It is the same story over and over, exactly what is going on with me.  Why hasn't this guy been stopped?  I called the office and asked them to not call my number again, they are a big fraud and I don't appreciate it.  They laughed and assured me they are not fraud, I told them they should really think about that again.  Well, I would love to report them and will if they do not stop calling.

I have recieved multiple automated phone calls everyday from this Law Firm. They do not leave messages pertaining to why they are calling and what is about. I have not recieved any mail or other literature from them explaining why they are calling me. I have been victimizes by identity theft 3 times in the past and I am skeptical about calling them back. Not sure what to do.

They kept calling me at work and finally called my work and asked for my husband.  They asked him if I was his wife and that they were trying to collect a debt.  I called them back, hit the zero for a live person and got one!  That's a first for them!  Come to find out they were trying to get me to pay a Quik PayDay Loan from 11/2005 along with a $150 atty fee.  When asked if it was my ss# - it was from someone across the US and was no where near my #.  I hope others can get there's cleared up as quickly as I did.

I received a call from a Michael Jankowski from the Law office of Vincent Cignarale regarding a debt on a Home Depot credit account from 2004. I paid that account via a settlement offer. I asked why have I not heard from Home Depot in 4 years? All Mr. Cignarale said was that my last Payment was in February 2004 and since they did not hear from me they turned it over to First American Investment Company. Funny thing is I paid account off in October 2004 and have a copy of the cleared check. My only problem is that I can not find the settlement letter.

no proof of paid you should pay C. Eller.

Getting a call about a relative who supposedly made a loan and didn't pay it. It's a relative not me mind you why am I getting this phone call.  I talked to the person who the message was about and they did some research and found that this collection agency is bogus and filed a complaint with www.ftc.gov. I hope it works cause these people have no manners.

As a finacial consultant for a marketing firm there is one piece of advise to give everyone in this delema.  If the call is for you and this debt is paid or unpaid ALWAYS have them send you a copy of the debt that is in question.  If you've paid this debt return a copy of the paid debt and make sure it's notorized this way you have a legal standing that the document is binding with the law and they can't say it's not a legal document. If you are getting calls from them and it doesn't partain to you, you do have a legal standing in getting them to stop harassing you by calling the state Atty General's office and see what they can do.  If you owe this debt again get copies of the debt from them and make sure everything is on the up and up and if you pay this debt go through the company you owe it too first if they say it's been written off find out if someone bought the contract from them. These are the people you want to make a payment too.  Never pay by credit card or debit card.  Pay by check, cashier's check, Western Union or money order this way you have documentation of what you paid, the date you paid it and to whom you made the payment too.  Also ask for a reciept.  The best way to cover all ground is to send it certified restricted this way only the person who requested it can sign for it and you'll get the signed card back to you as proof they got your payment.  Don't go and pay something blindly without having them back it up with proof first.

In the FDCPA (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act) it states that in Article 807 Subsection A paragraph 3 that they cannot make the false representation or implication that any individual
is an attorney or that any communication is from
an attorney.

So if it's not the attoney him/herself then they are in violation of this law.  A pre-recorded message from an automated system cannot be an attorney and can't claim to be one when it's not even a person.  They cannot even communicate that it is an attorney if it's not Vincent himself.  Bad business and bad legal practices.  

Here is a link to the FDCPA where this section comes from and you'll find that what they are doing is wrong.

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre27.pdf

§ 807. False or misleading representations
A debt collector may not use any false, deceptive, or misleading
representation or means in connection with the collection
of any debt. Without limiting the general application
of the foregoing, the following conduct is a violation of this
section:
(1) The false representation or implication that the debt
collector is vouched for, bonded by, or affiliated with
the United States or any State, including the use of any
badge, uniform, or facsimile thereof.
(2) The false representation of—
(A) the character, amount, or legal status of any debt; or
(B) any services rendered or compensation which may
be lawfully received by any debt collector for the
collection of a debt.
(3) The false representation or implication that any individual
is an attorney or that any communication is from
an attorney.
(4) The representation or implication that nonpayment of
any debt will result in the arrest or imprisonment of
any person or the seizure, garnishment, attachment,
or sale of any property or wages of any person unless
such action is lawful and the debt collector or creditor
intends to take such action.
(5) The threat to take any action that cannot legally be
taken or that is not intended to be taken.
(6) The false representation or implication that a sale,
referral, or other transfer of any interest in a debt shall
cause the consumer to—
(A) lose any claim or defense to payment of the debt;
or
(B) become subject to any practice prohibited by this
title.
(7) The false representation or implication that the consumer
committed any crime or other conduct in order
to disgrace the consumer.