877-523-5580

Said they are legal counsel working w/ state of Ohio for a debt owed to Checksmart from 6 YEARS AGO...said criminal charges have been filed on me for not paying a check. Said I have been found guilty because I didn't show up for court and criminal charges of check deception have been filed against me. Said I would be facing jail time. He said I needed to pay by 5pm today in order to not be served a court summons. I told him I would call back with payment before 5. My dad suggested I cal the bar association and verify the "lawyer's" info so I did-she said she has had 4 exact same calls today and referred me to the Ohio Attorney General's Office. The AG said right from the get go that this is a scam.....In Ohio they cannot threaten you with criminal charges for a private debt, they cannot threaten you with being arrested and the AG said any real "lawyer" would know this. I called back to 877-523-5580 and asked for the firm name, address and license number. They gave me the info but conveniently the "lawyer" who was waiting for me to pay was unable to speak to me after I said I reported them to the AG. I called the AG back and gave them the info and guess what? ALL OF IT WAS BOGUS!!! The address they gave wasn't even real! If they call you, report it to your Attorney General office!!!!!

Hello - I just got a call from these guys, the same exact thing.  Although I haven't called back.  I had a lady calling saying she's a process server and that I had to respond or she'd have to come out to my home to serve me.  Claiming it's a criminal/civil manner and I have court dates.  Love to know any follow up you have had to this?

Eric: They left the same message for me before I returned their call. Please report this to the attorney general in your state and let them know they have been reported to the AG in Ohio and the AG in Ohio said they are using illegal debt collecting procedures and violating FEDERAL laws. I don't know where you are but in Ohio it is Illegal for them to threaten you with criminal charges. The "attorneys" have never called me back but I get 15 or so calls from them at different various 877 #'s each day since I spoke with them but they NEVER leave a message. Hope this helps.

Oh, and btw, if you search "Law Office of Artem Kaslow" on yahoo, you get nothing....what kind of "lawyer" doesn't even have a website?

I  got the same phone call saying they was from a law office

I got the same call, they called my cell phone, my dads house in Oregon and my moms house. I'm.in Ca. These people won't answer if you call back. You can't get through however you can leave a vm and I've been having a hey day leaving them horrible terrible mean messages.

Actually, my bankruptcy lawyer has no website, he does have an email.  You can find him listed in the yellow page type listings, though, and the phone book.