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• Feb 13, 2024
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So I've received several vm from an 833 and 866 number from Mr. Jennings advising me to call an 877 number or a process server will deliver documents to my home or place of employment. After the 3rd time, I decided to call the one of the numbers he called from and I got an old woman "Nancy" who told me I reached K&A law firm. When I asked what kind of law firm they are, she said a civil litigator. She then looked up the number I was calling from and since it wasn't from the cell number "Mr. Jennings" called me at, she informed me my number wasn't in their file and hung up on me.

I called back and got Nancy again and asked her where the office was located at and she told me southern CA, then looked up my number again and realized it was me calling back, told me I don't have an account with them and promptly hung up again.

Suspecting a likely scam, I decided to call back again, this time getting a "Jose." I asked him about the address, he looked up my number and said it wasn't in their system and asked if I had been called on a different number. When I politely asked for the address again he refused, stating I have no business with them and hung up.

Several calls back again trying to get their address, they eventually blocked my number and it went to a '"the number you called is no longer valid." I spoofed my number again and when I called back, this time it was for some health ins company. Same "Nancy" that had answered before. So I called her out on it and stated I would be reporting this number to my local law enfrlorcement as a scam, she hung up on me.

Received another vm today 2/13/24, this time from a local number, from the same Mr. Jennings with the same message. Called the local number back from a new spoofed number (aren't those apps great?) and got "Nancy" once more. Same routine, asked for address, got hung up on. She even threatened to report MY number for harassment, which made me giggle a little, but still wouldn't give me the address.

Several calls later, get some new guy that mumbled his name. Politely asked for the address, this time got it without hesitation and this time the name of Kensington & Associates. Did a Google search of the address and the Google maps view of the building, that name is nowhere on any of the signage, confirming what I thought about this being a scam. (A law firm will have it's own building or at the very least some signage outside)

Called back one last time and got Nancy once more (she really can't remember my voice at all for some reason) and after her initial K&A greeting, just rattled off the address I was given previously and asked her if that was correct. She said yes. I informed her I searched that address and can find no mention of K&A law firm or Kensington and Associates. She then rattled off a different law firm name which I didn't catch and I said no to that as well. She then said "well you got our address and did your search, now stop calling us" then hung up.

Moral of the story, demand verification of publicly verifiable information. Do your research. Harass the harasser. Do not, under any circumstances let anyone intimidate you with legal proceedings to get you to do what they want. If it's valid, you'll actually get served and have legal proceedings and be heard out by the courts. If it's not and you do as above, you just saved yourself money and headaches trying to get it back.

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• Dec 12, 2023
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I got a phone call from a woman can’t tell you what her name is because she made sure to mumble it but she called telling me I have 24 hours to pay $900 and some dollars for my fashion bug account which as well know fashion bug has been closed for over 7 years but I did pay a debt collector 7 years ago the amount of $725 and even was able to and her proof after telling her it has been past the 7 years anyways and she tried to tell me that there is no statue on debt which is completely false. So I emailed her the proof that the debt was in fact paid and she proceeded to tell me that the debt company is no longer around and that I still owe the money. I told her it was paid and that I hope she finds better job and to have a good day so she then tells me I will be taken to court lol please take me to court I have the money transfer and the letter saying paid in full from 7 years ago

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I had a woman call me back in July saying I owed money on a Victoria Secret Credit card from 2009. I told her I already paid that off around 2010 but she convinced me that I didn't. She basically threatened me that someone would come serve me the next day and take me to court so I set up payments with her and have been paying them for the past 3 months. Today I got a call from a different "law firm" about this same "debt" and thats when I started looking up these companies. I gave them both my debit card info so my bank cancelled that card and issued a new one and I have to file a claim to try and get my money back from those payments.

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This company called me saying I had an outstanding credit card debt of $5,000. I told them this debt has been resolved and they asked that I send them a copy of the information to [email protected] or fax them at 951-848-0777. I informed them that I would not be email nor faxing them any of the documents and they could continue on with the process because I would contact my lawyer if necessary.

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My phone didn't ring because I immediately block any scam calls so they just go to voicemail. I check the message and it was someone claiming to be a legal documents processor who is going to come to my place of residence or employment to serve me. If I had any questions to call 1.844.689.1757. I call this number and a woman answers claiming to be from K & A and Associates Law Firm. She tells me that apparently I owed Bank of America $3047.42 for a charged off credit card that went to collections and sat there since 2018, and now it got turned over to their law firm so they can sue me civilly for the debt. I told her I haven't had a Bank of America credit card in over 10 years, so this doesn't make sense, so if she could send me documents, but she said she didn't have them but to pretty much trust her and she's here to help me so I don't have a judgment against me where they garnish my wages.

There were several red flags that I almost dismissed because I didn't want to get into any legal trouble.
1. I checked my credit report, and if this was bad debt since 2018 (collections or not), it would still show up since it's less than 7 years. She did emphasize I would not see this debt on my credit report, and this debt doesn't negatively impact my credit.
2. Statute of limitations in my state for bad debt is 3 years.
3. If I am sued by the creditor, it would have more than likely been a civil suit instead of small claims. She was trying to pressure me by stating the creditor can sue me in civil court instead of small claims court, which is different.
4. If they are attempting to collect, they need proof as well, which she could not give me.
5. I did a Google search for their "law firm" and could not find it under the name she gave me (several times, and she spelled it out for me), which she said was K & A and Associates. I asked her for the URL which she then corrected to Kensington Associates.
6. I asked her to verify their office address for me, which she could not. She said they are a nationwide law firm, and the address would be for an attorney local to me.
7. She stated I could only have documents or anything in writing after she secured payment. Don't fall for this!
8. She also sounded as if she was "on my side" and wanted to advocate my case to the attorney. She said they would settle for 60% of the debt which would be $1828.00, or I could do monthly payments for $242 (she never stated for how many months). Or I could counter-offer with what I could pay upfront.
9. I gave a counter-offer of $1500, and she said she will be right back to ask the attorney if they would accept. She was only gone for about 10 seconds and she came back saying, "they accept the counter-offer. You're really lucky because that almost never happens!"

Against my better judgment, I give her my debit card info so she can send me the documents. She seemed to be rushing me to get to sign the documents as well, but once I was able to search for "Kensington Associates" and browsed through their website, I listened to my gut and figured this is a scam. I told her I was not comfortable with making this payment, and would need to see documents that I owed this amount to Bank of America. She said the only thing left is that I would get served court papers and I said okay then serve them. She then hung up on me and I cancelled my debit card.

Their website is very generic and typical for what you would see as far as scammers trying to appear legitimate.
Almost Got Me
Almost Got Me

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Yes, my mother also received a call from Natalahia. She claims that my mom owes 3,151.40 from Chase Manhattan M/C back in 2008. She was extremely rude and very unprofessional. My mother wanted to see the actual paper work that was sent. She refused to re-send it. She ended threating my mom telling her that if she didn't settle today that she would get a judgment against her. She then abruptly hung up on my mom and blocked the number 1877-354-0620. This company is a scam. The address that they have listed on the website 4695 MacArthur Ct. 11th Floor
Newport Beach, CA 92660 actually belongs to another company called Staminus. The phone number is in a Chinese language 1877354号码段= 18773540620. Please do not give your money to these people!

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This is a huge scam Very well put together very well planned out one woman called me told me there was a civil lawsuit against me said if I wanted from any more information she will transfer me to the correct department gave me a reference number connect me to a gentleman that said I owed $3000 on a $1500 debt but I could sell it for 1900 today or set up a payment plan he couldn’t tell me who the other party was and said he didn’t have any ability to give me that information spoke with his higher ups about setting up a payment plan get it authorised called me back send me a contract in Google and after I called capital oneIt was transferred over to the actual company that had my debt so I set up a payment plan with them call the guy back at telling the information and he acted offended that I had done so and then change the story about who I owed the money to and then I hung up on him period I had a much longer story but somehow this thing didn’t work and cancel my story out with more details but long story short do not give these people your money they are scam artists and their damn good at it.
Capital One Scam!!!!!!!! Kensington Associates
Capital One Scam!!!!!!!! Kensington Associates

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These people called me and told me that I owe them 1989.28 from a Best Buy account that I haven't have since 2010. They said that if I didn't pay it right away that they would take me to civil court for the full amount plus court cost. I check on them and found out that they are scamming people the same way.

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I also got a call from this law firm( supposedly) that said I owed credit bank one for a unpaid card that I had back in 2008-2014. We'll we have only had one credit card from that credit bank one and we still have it. They told me that the old credit card account was already closed and I owed $1563. They did send me a email to sign an agreement to pay or the court documents would be filed on Friday 7/15/22. I thought it sounded fishy so I Google it. There's no info really on Google but I did find this sight, so I'm convinced it's a scam now and I'm so upset cuz they had me so upset! I was going to try and come up with the money. I'm so glad I found this site and that's why I'm adding my experience so it might help someone else

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I had Taylor.S @ Kensington Associates call yesterday 4/19/22 to say i owe $2000 to Capital One or they would take me to court. Called Capital One & they said they charged it off in 2008 to Elite Recovery Svcs. From my memory i haven't heard from them or got anything from them. I paid my debt to Capital One through Johnson Anderson Associates 4/7/22. Am beginning to think I've been scammed & these people are scammers.

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So these people said I owed over 6000 to capital one. Really! They said more than once I had 2 hours to pay or pay in installments. Figuring out the installments did not add up. They wanted my debit card info. Did not give! Said it is in the judges hands and I would have more charges to dispute in court. I called capital one. FRAUD. I had no such outstanding debt. FRAUD.

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Same for me. Said I owed capitol one 1512.78 and the original debt was 1512.78 and the rest was attorney fees. Nathan Foster was who i spoke to..wouldn't give me the physical address of the department to where I was calling. All he said it was in Southern California? So I called Capital One today and spoke to someone in the archives because my account was back in 2013 and they said that this credit card that they had on file was linked to a savings account and I have never had a savings account with Capital One. I only had one credit card that I took out in 2018 and they charged that off in 2019 for $294 so these charges cannot be true

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I received a call from a lady by the name of Natalahia, who claims i owe $1600 from a debt i have no knowledge of. I asked for the details, she said she cannot release that info due to HIPPA Laws. She was very rude, very unprofessional. I am trying to see if anybody has more information on this company?

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This company, a "Law Firm" reached out to my brother and my grandmother via phone in regard to my mother's "Debt". It worried my mother that they called her mother-in-law and threatened to put a lean on her property, so she paid the $4000 debt by credit card. They provider her with DocuSign document of a receipt. After examining the website and realizing 1. The address they use that appears to be a physical address is in fact a post office box 2. There is absolutely no other information anywhere on the internet about the "law firm" 3. They claimed to have a b+ rating with the BBB.com, but they are in fact not on the BBB.com website and lastly the phone number did not match the documents provided to her. I called the bank and the transaction was going to J&B financial which is some company in South Korea. I called the company, and they could not explain any of these findings. After a few back and forth comments, they simply asked "are you canceling the payment". I had my mother cancel the credit card as they now have all of her information and chase bank will be able to investigate further once the transaction is no longer pending. I asked for legal documentation to be sent and to not contact my mother anymore.

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