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• Dec 05, 2023
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I have recieved 4 phone calls and 2 emails from these people pertaining to a supposed a count with MBNA Bank. I have never dealt with this bank and as they are part of the Bank Of America family i called Bank of America and they said there was no record of any account with Bank of America or MBNA.

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• Dec 04, 2023
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They left a message regarding my ex husband of 18 years ago and an auto loan from 1998. I left the car with the marriage and my understanding was that my ex had it repossessed. These people creepily knew my last 4 digits of my SS # and the information about the vehicle. The "litigator" who I was transferred to proceeded to tell me that it didn't matter if I was in possession of the vehicle and that they don't have a statute of limitations. When I said that sounded bogus and I wasn't going to listen anymore he said "good luck in court". Reading these comments makes me think it's a total scam. Plus I checked the court documents and the case was dismissed and no judgments were ordered. So I'm blowing them off. Hoping as everyone else has said that it is truly a scam.

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• Dec 01, 2023
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These bottom [censored] called my elderly father threatening to “seize his bank accounts” unless he agreed to meet with a “process server” and settle his “debt.”

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• Nov 29, 2023
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My employer was contacted about serving an employee with a lawsuit. The employee no longer works here, but the caller knew quite a bit of information. The caller dialed from 760-671-1830 and the message left 888-635-2853 as the number to call back-- "on a very important matter." It sounded legitimate, but I called back asking lots of questions -- this clearly is not a law firm. The only answer given was "I can take your client off our list of people to sue." When I pushed with "so you are not going to answer my questions," the caller hung up. He did provide an address of 811 Willshire in LA. That happens to be a large office building with virtual space for rent- of course I was not given a suite #. Please do not fall for this- it is convincing in the beginning.

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• Nov 28, 2023
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Called my cell phone and job from a local number. Said I was going to be served soon and needed to call a law firm and let them know I was unaware of the situation. They explained I owed from an old debt, and that they’d settle for less. I asked for more Information on the debt and was sent this letter. Researching the name and found out they’re a scam
Calling job and phone, with old real debt

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• Nov 29, 2023
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Has anything happened with this since then? We have had the same thing happen and I really want to think it was a scam, and we are ok...

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I received 3 back to back calls from 859-475-1194 on 11/8/23 to my cell phone. When I did not answer, they called my place of employment, saying they were with Process Service Verification and asked my boss if they would be allowed to have me served court papers at work. My boss told them no and took a message for me to call them.
They left a number of 877-693-0203 and a "case number." When I called back, it rang about 5 times before anyone answered. They answered the phone as Milo with "Branford & Associates" (extension 385.) I told them I had a message to call them back and provided the case number that was left with my boss. He pulled up all my information... and I mean ALL of it. He had my name, of course. Last 4 digits of my social. My bday. My address.
Claimed that I owed $3722 from a credit card that I never had TWENTY TWO YEARS AGO from a provider I've never heard of! He said the statute of limitations recently changed from 5 years to allowing creditors to collect credit card debt from any point in time.
I told him there was no way it could be mine and I wasn't paying it. He informed me that I could either pay it or take it to court... they already had me scheduled for court on March 3rd, 2024... which is a SUNDAY.
He said they would settle for $2000 and that I had until the end of the day to call him back with a decision and if I didn't pay, they would put liens on my assets and garnish my wages for at least the next 6 years, or until it was paid off.
Understandably, I was worried and in a panic, simply because he knew all my personal info.
When I asked him to repeat the name of the firm, he told me Branford & Associates (spelling it out.) Then proceeded to tell me that a lot of people couldn't find them on Google but he knows they have a website because people make their payments that way. I did find a VERY generic website of branfordprofessionals.com with basically nothing on it.
So glad that I researched this when I got off the phone with him as he sounded very legit. I'm sure they are definitely able to scam people that aren't smart enough to research before they react and then are out thousands of dollars! Real pieces of s***.

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These sc*mbags told me I owed Citibank $33,000. I laughed-as my highest CC is under $2,000. I said, "Good try" and as I was hanging up could hear the guy making one last effort. And now, having seen all these other comments/complainants, I know with 1,000 percent certainty, they are 1,000 percent full of [censored].

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Trying to get me to make payment for something I don't know anything about

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I checked the address from there letterhead and 811 wilshire blvd is the titan building and when i checked there is no branford & associates. stephen lackley is the scammers name and they only go after bigger debt that is past the statue of limitation, just ask for proof of debt thru the us mail and they will start to make a stink so yea

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Called my wife at her place of employment which is an elementary school and spoke to the principal. They told the principal my wife was going to be served papers at the school because she had failed to pay a debt in 2005 and gave him a false case number and had him relay the message through the office which caused my wife to panic because she had no idea what it could be about. When she called the phone number back they threatened her and told her if she did not pay they were going to put a lien on her house and garnish her wages. They said they see that she has lots of equity in her house and she needed to speak to her husband so that he could take care of this out of court. They said $13383 was the amount owed and they were marking it down as a refusal to pay and they would see us in court.

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Called from an unknown number saying they were a process server and needed to confirm if I was home. They knew my county and ss. They gave me a number to call for more info. Called number, and they picked up saying “Branford & associates” sounded very professional and said I had an old vehicle repo debt from 2002(it was a legit debt) I told them the statute of limitations had expired, and they said yes but due to a “tolling agreement” I signed when I signed the contract it waives the statute. They said if I didn’t settle the debt now (for major discount) I would be served and a judgement against me for full amount and lien on my property. After digging and researching, I found out they are a scam. When I confronted them, they yelled at me, told me k sounded like a Mexican, hung up on me multiple times. I never was rude or disrespectful or raised my voice. I asked if they were a legit law firm and they said yes. I asked for the website and email, and he said he didn’t know that information because he’s never had to use it because he’s not a client! Can you believe that! Please don’t let them scare you! Don’t admit anything and don’t give out or confirm information!

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Thank you for this. They reached out to my 80 year old father trying to collect a debt from 12 years ago. He is on SS disability and has a very limited income. I am his acting POA so I dealt with them for him. You're right, they sound legit, couldn't really find any online presence. So, what ended up happening with your case? Have you refused to pay, were you served papers or anything? I appreciate all the help.

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They contacted me saying someone is on their way with a certified civil court order to be served a lawsuit against my husband , she gave me the "attoneys"info so I could call and get info. It is for a voluntary repo we had years ago, 2005 maybe, when we had really bad financial hardships. They knew our address, his last 4 of # ssn, the amounts, etc. It was very very convincing. Im so thankful I googled to see if it was a legit attorneys office.

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This is a scam. They act as though it is a legal process server with even a case number. No case exists and they are not attorneys. I have reported them to the Texas Attorney General's Fraud division. They will pursue the telephone fraud.

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Got a call from Bradford and Associates Law firm, about a car that was owned in 2005. They stated because it was totaled and gap wasn't on the vehicle, they are now going to put a lien on our house and take us to court for 7 grand. Tried to scare my husband and I by knowing his job and the amount of one of his credit cards and all our personal information included SSN. This is all public records and can be found anywhere. Do not settle with these people. If they put this much effort into an actual job, they may be happier people.

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- Belgrade, MT, USA
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I received a call from a blocked number, in the voicemail they stated "Attention this message is intended for ______ this call is pertaining to case number ____ my name is Jennifer Crawford calling with process service division this call is a notification that attempts will be made to issue certified legal documents if you debt is not paid" This call was the first red flag what company calls you out of the blue on a blocked number and includes personal details in a voicemail? How do you know you called the right number or reached the right person without verifying them first, my voice mail does not include my name or identifying information, and you just include all of my personal information in a voicemail. I called the number that was left back and they told me they were Cornell & Associates calling to collect a debt. They went on to inform me that I owed AT&T wireless $5,928 dollars but they would settle for $3,000. They said if I did not pay it by Friday (less then a week from the day they called) then they would garnish my wages and take me to court. The man on the phone went on to then provide me my social security number, car vin, co signer name address, email ETC. In an attempt I believe to "prove" their legitimacy. Red flags again, businesses, organizations, government entity's bill collectors ETC do not provide YOU your social. You provide THEM your social to verify your OWN identity. Along with the threatening nature of the call it did not seem right. I asked them to verify the legitimacy by providing me with their licensing number, weather debt collection or debt collection firm they would need to be licensed to conduct business out of California. The man did not answer my question and instead asked me to provide them with more information. I explained that I will NOT be providing them with any personal information until I was able to confirm this is not a scam. The man then got IRATE he raised his voice and stated "Just like you wont give me your information I wont give you mine!". Then he told me to call the original debtor if I needed to verify it. He threated to "see me in court". This debt was supposedly from over 8 years ago in a state I no longer live. I did not recognize this debt. I called AT&T they searched their system for any record that I ever owed them any debt or if they had submitted any debt in my name to a debt collector for payment. After multiple agents, management, internal debt collection department they were unable to find a single thing with my name. "Cornell & Associates" provided me with a account number that according to them was the account number for AT&T. When I provided that number to AT&T they told me that it was not even an AT&T account number it was DIRECTV and there was an account but it was not under my name. They advised that I confirm with DirectTV, so I called and went through the same steps they also confirmed no record of any debt. And advised that generally an overdue account would not get to the point of almost $6000 dollars even with interest or un returned equipment. The service would have been shut off and stopped way prior to it getting to that point. Despite my better judgement I called "Cornell & Associates" back. I submitted a validation of debt reqeust, I also informed them that this "Debt" was unable to be found, its not on my credit report, and I cant find a single legitimate thig about this company anywhere after extensive research. The website also looks fake. And explained that this is NOT how a professional REAL company behaves with threats and refusal of information. This person said "Oh its not on your credit because we havent reported it to your credit" "The original debtor wouldn't have any info anymore because they sold it to us" "we are a law firm not a debt collector". Obviously completely opposite information then they provided in the previous call. There is a statute of limitations for debt collection in my current state its 8 years in the state they are trying to convince me I accrued this debt in it is 4 years. Its been beyond 8 years since this "debt" was accrued. They have called my family members, they read ME my social security number without me providing ANY information to indicate that I am the person this social belongs to, included personal details on a voice mail prior to even confirming who they were calling, they switched up their story. They call from blocked numbers and have multiple different call back numbers. They get aggressive and threaten when asked for any sort of verification. The original debtors have no record of me. I dont recognize the debt. The only thing I could find about this company was other people reporting them as a scam. The search for the address they provided brought up some website that mentioned this address along with "virtual office space for rent, only $200 a month. Add legitimacy for your business with a business address for entrepreneurs" which is suspicious in its self. I looked up the business name on the CA gov database for licensed debt collectors and no version of their company name brought any results. There is a business with this name that manages rental companies nothing to due with debt. There is a lawyers office in Florida with a SIMILAR name that has NOTHING to do with debt collection and only operates and is licensed in Florida. In conclusion, I spent hours of waisted time and research and verification attempts with no results.

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I received a message from someone claiming to be from "Legal service dispatch" stating that I was going to be served notice today, and that I needed to call 866-757-1713 for more information. That I have been notified. When I called they answered Bradford and Associates. I was told that I was being sued by Americredit Financial Services for a debt from 2005 in the amount of $10,997.79. That as soon as the judge signs the papers that they were going to repossess my vehicle (which is paid for in full), and put a lien on my house. That I had one of two options 1 being that I could show up in court, and the judge would order me to pay, or 2 settle out of court for half the owed money. I told them that I never had an account with Americredit, and that I would see them in court (with more colorful language than I can put here). Then I was told to remember that I am on a recorded line, and to have a good day "sweetie". I called Americredit to find out what was going on, and they had nothing on file for my name or social. Then I called and filed a police report, and put a lock/freeze on my credit report because they had all my personal information. Be aware of fraudsters. They are everywhere.

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They gave me a fake address in Los Angeles, im pretty sure they're in huntington beach and im considering paying them a visit. Just the parking lot though, I have an idea with paint thinner. They call you from a fake number as a process server then they will call you and everyone saying they're about to serve you at your address and to make sure youll be there in an hour. Bradford and Associates thinks they can get away with stuff, one blip on my credit report and im going to the CEO's home address to settle the score.

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So you have his address/phone/email?

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I received a telephone call from a local number from a lady asking if I was at home because she needed to serve me with a civil law suite. When I asked what it was about she provided me with a phone number 844-968-4517 and case number 2022492575 when I called the number I spoke to someone name John at ext 218 stating that this is a credit card bill from 2004 and they are going to put a lien on my house. They almost got me they sent me a docusign document form. When I called back to ask for the court docket number he stated that he was unable to provide me with it because they did not file it in court as yet and they are giving me time to settle the account. This is a scam.
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Threatening to come to my work, an elementary school, for a supposed debt from nine years ago that my husband has. They’re claiming it’s a capital One credit card for $7000 which is impossible! They have called my husband’s place of business and mine threatening to serve us papers. When I called to ask some questions about it I am threatened with harassment charges! The number they say to call once I’m served is their same number!
Number 844-958-4517 Threatening to come to my work

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These people are ridiculous just sitting around trying to scam hard working people they need to be stopped!

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Called from a local number but gave an 855-924-0174 and bradford and associates name. Stating I had a 17 year old "debt" for a loan company. Could not tell me what type of loan but that it was for $7500 and I could pay now or they would put a lien on my house (a house address I've NEVER lived in)... when asking further questions they hung up on me

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