8772281217

I received a call from 716-986-9606 (sapiro and price) in reagards to a payday loan from 2007. Unfortunatly i didnt get any names, but i spoke to a female and a male. The advised me that i made a payment back in 07 and didnt make anymore....The last name, bank info, and employee info was incorrect, on top of the fact that i've never taken a pay day loan in my life. I tried to explain that to her, but she didnt wanna hear that she only wanted a payment and continued to threaten me with a lawsuit. She was very rude and aggressive to the point where i let her have it.....I cursed her out sooo bad....i used ever curse word, insult, and whatever else i could think of and told her not to call my house anymore. She said you're such a scum bag and hung up......She didnt know who she was messing with. I called back and a male answered "what". i asked to speak to the women who called me and explained what was going on.....he began to get aggressive and rude and said "i think u just used a fake name to do ur fraud business....i let him have it too. She got back on the phone i let her a$$ have it again...Me and this lady and this guy were going back and forth for about 30 mins with insults and curse words, at that point it wasnt even about the debt anymore.....At that point i realized (from working in collections) this was fraud and they were just trying to scam people out of money......she lucky she wasnt in my city or i would have found her and beat that a$$. Please dont make any payment arrangements with this company....its totally 100% fraud.......I dared her to call my house again, and i havent heard from them since

I got a call from "Shapiro and Price" about monies owed, but they were actually calling  my home looking for my mother-in-law.  I called them back and told them they have the wrong person and to stop calling me.

I receive my calls from 866-377-5362 that claim to be Sharpio & Price. They say they are collection for a payday loan which I did indeed pay off. The company I had the payday loan with was CashnetUSA and this Sharpio & Price claim that since I did not receive a Paid in Full note from them I am still liable for over $1,000. This place if not to be believed......

I got 2 recorded messages from this number concerning an attempt to collect a debt for a returned check.  I really fount this to be odd, especially since I haven't had a checking account since Nov. 2005!  At first I talked to a woman who identified herself as Diane,  I ask Diane how did she get my home # since it's been a privately listed # for the last 4 years.  Diane just kept repeating, "give me your # and we can talk about your returned check."  I kept telling her that I did not have a checking account and wanted to know why they were calling my family members about my this. Diane said she did not have my sister's # listed, only 5 # with my area code or another code in my state.  My sister lives in another state, received the same message I did about 2 hours apart, and then emailed me a transcription of the entire message and asked how they got her #?  Diane said that they only called phone #s that were attached to a client's file and my sister's # was not listed or called.  How would my sister have the exact, same message recorded on her answering machine that I received on the same evening if they did not call her?  

Diane asked for my claim #, which I provided from the message. She put me one hold and came back and told me that I wrote a check 3 years ago to Advance America, for a pay day loan.  I knew this was never happened so I to send me a copy of it.  Again, I have not had a checking account for 5 years???  Hello what's going on?  She then said that their office received a file with the name of the company who hired them to collect the debt, so she could not send me a copy and that she couldn't talk any more because there were other lines ringing and hung up on me.

Well, being the HOT PEPPER that I am, I called her back and told her that I didn't appreciate her hanging up on me.  She said just call back an ask for extension 200, a supervisor can help you and hung up again.  I called back and press x200, another women answered and she kept changing the topic when I asked her for their address so I can mail a complaint letter to my states' Attorney General for harassment.  She gave me P.O. Box 661, Amhurst, NY 14226 (sound familiar?).  I further asked for the street address and the name of the senior partner. "Hold On, I'll put my supervisor on the line for you."

Since I was already on the internet, I googled this firm and this link appeared along with other searches that listing their street address.  Now I'm on the phone with "Daniel Patrick."  He said he could only disclose their P.O. Box and I over-voiced him by saying, don't worry, I googled you and your address is: 14226 or 4246 Ridge Lea Amherst, NY 14226.  He couldn't explain why they couldn't mail me a copy of the check or how they got my family's #s.  He could not give me the first names of Shapiro or Price, but he could say that they weren't an actual law office, they are just hired by clients to collect debts that they weren't able to.  Daniel wasn't too helpful, but promised not to call my sister again cause he deleted her info from my file. REMEMBER - Diane argued that my sister "wasn't called because her info wasn't attached to my file."  One lie, after another.

So, I too believe that I'm also a victim of their scam.  I'll be mailing a complaint letter to the BBB asap.  If anyone else is called or bothered by these people, please do the same.  Their scam needs to stop!

Continued from above:  my next door neighbor told me that she received a call from these people day regarding the same thing - used the same recorded message.  When she asked why they were calling her because I did not even live with her, she was told, "well your her neighbor and you can walk next door and give her our message,."  I do not know how they compile info on me.  If anyone knows how they receive info on people, please let me know.  Thanks.

The # that Shapiro & Price asked me us to call was 1-877-228-1217.  I did manage to get their fax # (not sure if it's a valid #) from Daniel Patrick - 716-833-8100.  Hope you guys write complaint letters to the BBB or your state's Attorney General.  This scam need to be stopped.

When I got a call from this so called firm I never responded to any of the messages cause I read all the blogs about this company then when I did answer I told them they were a scam and yo go shove it.. About three days later I recieved a summons from a uniformed Marshall I showed up to court and there were trying to sue me for 800% of what the actual loan was for and take me up on fraud charges bad check charges and theft of goods and services I stood up there and explained to the judge that when they called they threatened me with legal procedings and said that they were gnna sue me I even had a recorded call. The judge stated the only way there allowed to say that is if they actually intend on taking u to court so after everything was said and done I ended up getting sued for 2589.00 on a loan I borrowed of 375 and I had to do 7 weeks in county jail for all the charges. I wish I just wouldve paid the settlement they gave me when I had the chance cause this turned into a way bigger problem then I ever thought it would be......

MH

Out of all the people reporting on this blog you are the only one that say you have been served papers and had to go to court seems to me you are one of the ones on the scam team. What are you trying to do convince everyone to pay Shapiro and Price. They told me that they just open for business in April but yet their are blogs back from last year someone is lying and I think you work for them as well. Yall are pathethic to try to scam people out of their hard earn money get a life!!!!!

These guys had info on bills we had been working on paying off. Then I decided to check the better Business Bureau. Who had no info on them ever being a company. Then I googled the number and found this info thanks for saving my A** on this.

I received a phone call from Vivian Ford X-105 from Shapiro & Price Corp a couple of weeks ago.  She said I owed a debt on a fraudulent check loan written in April 2007.  FIRST OF ALL IT IS NOT FRAUDULENT TO WRITE A CHECK ON AN OPEN CHECKING ACCOUNT REGARDLESS IF THERE IS MONEY IN THE ACCOUNT IN THE STATE I LIVE.  SECOND OF ALL I THOUGHT I PAID THIS DEBT.  She told me I needed to settle this debt in 48 hours or I would be sued.  I asked her about the amount of the debt which by their records was over twice what I took the loan out for.  She said it was interest on the account and they could settle the $1,910.00 bill for $1,146.00 if I made payment in 48 hours. I advised her I could not make a payment until the following Thursday after my unemployment arrived and could only pay $100 a month.  She then said I could  make 10 months of payments at $114.60 each.  She advised that once I made the first payment the interest accrual would stop.  Told her I did not feel comfortable giving my bank account information over the phone to a company I knew nothing about.  She asked me for my email address so she could send me documentation.  SHE ADVISED ME TO GET A PREPAID VISA AND SET IT UP ON AUTOMATIC PAYMENTS.  TWO DAYS LATER I WAS EMAILED AN UNSIGNED FORM LETTER, NOT CONFIRMING OUR PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS BUT STATING I NEEDED TO SETTLE BY SEPTEMBER 15TH IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,146.00.  From Address: PO Box 661, Amherst, NY  14226 and physical address of 4246 Ridge Lea Rd., Amherst, NY 14226.  Toll Free Phone: (866)377-5362 and Fax: (716)833-8100.  I printed the letter and took it to the loan agency where I originally wrote the check.  They said they had never heard of Shapiro & Price or Viking LLC.  The teller at the original loan company called Shapiro & Price while I was standing there.  She identified herself and asked about there collections procedures.  The man on the other end refused to give her that information.  She then asked about why the bill would be so high when my bill with them was only $710.  He said it was interest at 18%.  She said her company does not charge interest.  He argued and said that they did and told her that I should call him at X-130.  The original loan company had sold my debt to National Credit in the amount of $710 in June 2009.  I called them and they sold the debt  to Resolution Management for the same amount $710 in August 2009.  I called Resolution Management and left a voice mail. The voice mail was a woman's name and did not identify the company.  I then called the original loan company's corporate office and spoke to two people, they both said the debt was for $710 and they knew nothing about any interest.  They both told me to be cautious about the company trying to collect because the procedures they were using are not normal.  They told me to ask the company for a MEDIA REQUEST which tells who bought and sold the account. I called Shapiro & Price and they said they would email me some sort of affidavit showing they were the owner of the debt.  This man was at X-117 and told me to call him back once I received the email.  This was a week ago and I still have not received the affidavit.  I called Shapiro & Price again this morning and left a voice mail.  That was three hours ago and have not received a call back.  I googled Resolution Management and did find an email address to send for a media request.  I then googled Viking LLC and as yet scanning the pages have not yet found them.  I googled Shapiro & Price and found several websites stating they are a scam.  It has been over two weeks since Shapiro & Price first contacted me by phone.  Don't you think I would have received a letter in the mail by now from them?

Contact the FTC and file a complaint as well as the NY Attorney General's Office.  They are scammers who are being investigated for fraud and violation of the truth in lending laws.  They told me they ARE NOT attorneys, though their messages state they are.  Liars through and though.

They MUST provide proof of the debt - this is ILLEGAL collections practices and needs to be reported to the NY Attorney General's office and the FTC.  They are being investigated for FRAUD.

And oh - yeah, even though they say they are not related to "the law offices of Scott B. Wheat", they are really NR group which IS the same as "law offices of Scott B. Wheat".  What a bunch of liars.

That sounds real sketchy.  You cannot be put in JAIL for failure to pay a loan.  They can garnish wages, they can contact you to collect, but they cannot put anyone in jail for failure to repay a loan.  If that were the case - half the country would be in county.

Here is the FTC complaint I just filed 2010-10-08 at https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/
At 0923 am MDT 2010-10-08 a message was left on my cell voice mail originating from 210-249-0540. I had never seen this number previously. The message said it from Vivion Ford of The SR Group calling for me. This person said she was a paralegal for a law office and had been given my case [sic] involving a series of bad checks they "believed were issued in my name or with my account number." She said that my voice mail message allowed her to consider this formal notice (my voice mail said simply, This is me, leave a message---no last name given) that I was a person of interest in this investigation and to have my attorney or myself contact her immediately at 888-239-9586 x106. [end of message]. When I returned home later and listened to the message, finding it unbelievable and suspicious, I researched this information on the Interent and discovered numerous complaints about Vivion Ford misrepresenting herself under various guises to act as a collection agent apparently from a company known as Shapiro and Price located at 4246 Ridge Lea Rd in Buffalo, NY 14226-1069, although this might be a false address since business directory Manta had a note that this was a scam company trying to collect money by scaring people. The Manta notice did say that the 716-833-8100 number given for Shapiro and Price was a fax number used by the company. This company apparently has posted job ads to recruit nefarious telephone operators like Vivion Ford at Monster (see Job ID 643365 at Monster.com Posted October 3, 2010, description: COLLECTIONS: E. Aurora, hiring exp’d collectors/team leaders for new E.A. office. Great pay, relaxed office. Bonus on cash collected. Make the move & call 888-239-9586). Vivion Ford called my cell from a VoIP telephone number 210-249-0540 via Time Warner Telecom broadband Internet service in San Antonio, Texas. A search on Vivion Ford revealed other folks that she has called in the last month misrepresenting herself and threatening people to try to force collections or other transfer of funds. She sent an unsigned form letter to one recipient giving address to send payments to as PO Box 661, Amherst, NY 14226 and physical address 4246 Ridge Lea Rd, Amherst, NY 14226 with toll free number 888-377-5362 and fax 716-833-8100. This particular incident recorded that they could not locate Shapiro and Price, but that a company called Resolution Management seemed to be involved. This woman Vivion Ford and the company behind her must be violating various state and federal laws---I cannot believe it is legal to falsely claim to be investigating check fraud in order to threaten someone into what is likely a fraudulent debt collection. I do not have any legitimate debts in collection (there are several in dispute). I would appreciate this information being used to aggregate complaints to the point the FTC can act against this company and these individuals to stop this pernicious activity. Thank you for your assistance.

i received a call from 716-650-5664. same as all the other complaints stating i owed on a payday loan, they have an affidavit for court in my county, blah blah blah. i asked them 2 mail me info they said they could email it 2 me but i still havent received any info.

I have been receiving calls at my job from a Mr Riley supposedly working for the legal firm of Shapiro & Price. He identifies himself as a litigation officer & wants to discuss with me a check fraud charge. If I don't call back they will start legal proceedings in my city. I have faxed them demanding they cease & disist calling my work. That just makes them call more. Today I received a message from Mr Riley on my brand new cell phone that is unpublished. I did have a pay day loan at one time but that was paid off years ago. I am so done with these people. I have filed a complaint with the Attorney General & have notified them of this BUT I continue getting the same calls. I want to know HOW they got my new number if it is unpublished?

My Mother got these idiots good... Don't mess with Momma! Shaprio & Price called my Mother stating that I owed money on a payday loan that I had paid off two years ago (have the proof in my records). They told her there was pending litigation against me for an unpaid debt and that she could take care of the matter. Well my Mother contacted me and I pulled my records about the payday loan I had taken out in 2006; fell behind in payments, but had paid back in full the end of 2008. I told her that I had conversations with this firm and they wouldn't listen.  My Mother decided to call back the company after she had researched the company on the internet; she told them they were scam artists and that she had my Brother, a tax attorney, research the law regarding debt collection and that we were ready to sue THEM for fraud!  She told them she had all the proof she needed to go forward and then told them that for $5,000 they could settle with US out of court; We would be more than happy to settle our suit against them this one time offer by end of business today using their checking account, or debit card through PAYPAL... (I was laughing my @ss off when she told me) The woman became flustered which resulted in name calling at which time my Mother announced, "Thank you, I have that on tape now.. will serve as great evidence in court."  She then announced that maybe the woman (collector) would serve time at Camp Cupcake,  you know where Martha Stewart had served time." my Mom closed with, "You have until 5:00p today to decide on settling dear." at which time my Mother hung up on a cursing and shaken debt collector..... We haven't heard from them.

I too have been recieving calls from "shaprio and price", unfortunatly I didn't do the research that I shoud have.  I've made 2 payments to these people totaling $231, I decided to google them and found tons of complaints on them.  Is this company legit or not?

I received a call from a Patricia Baker from Shapiro and Price on a payday loan from 2006. I settled the debt. I never received a letter 30 days from payment.Now,I think I was scamed,according to all these complaints.I wish I would of seen this earlier!! the number I have is 1-877-228-1217 The company that took the money out is Integrity Management 1-877-274-0848 I can't get ahold of them either!!! It really seemed legit. I even received a letter before the money was taken out,about the agreement.

Integrity Management is a mortgage company. If I were you, I'd immediately go to the bank and close your account. I'd also report the fraud against your account when you do so. I've already contacted the BBB, the FTC and the New York Attorney General's office. Please do not give them anymore information or anymore of your money!!!!