2007 On September 29,2007 I received a phone call from the Law Office of Jef Booth. I was told that I owe $5,000 for a debt back in 2000 with a credit card company I don't recall ever opening an account with. The person said that they were doing me a favor by giving me a courtesy call before filing for a suit. They said that if I don't pay right away, I'd be sued and would have to pay more than what needs to be taken care of. I hung up on them because I had a hunch that something isn't right. Since then I have received 10 phone calls at home with threatening messages and now they are calling my employer. Last Thursday (October 25, 2007) I sent them a certified mail stating that I want them to cease all contact with me and that they are breaking the law. I thought that would somehow get through to them but I guess not! They called my work again today and threatened to sue my employer for not cooperating by giving them information about me. I am getting really fed up and I don't know what to do. I'm afraid that if this continues, I will end up losing my job. Please help!
Booth and Associates recently contacted us regarding a debt they claimed they purchased. We did some research on them and ran across your website. A week later they contacted a relative of mine and started to discuss the case with them and stated, "We know how to deal with that kind". He said what do you mean by that and they said deadbeat debtors. My relative asked them never to call back and they did a couple of days later. He again asked them not to call back and they have not called back since. Just after the phone call to my relative I faxed them a dispute letter and asked for evidence of their claims. No contact was returned and just a few days ago they contacted another relative and strong-armed them into giving them info on us. He did not give any info out and called me and told me they were very persistent. I again faxed a letter to their offices stating they have not provided any evidence of their claim and cease and desist any more collection activity. I also stated that they discussed personal information with a relative and that in my opinion was a violation of FCRA. Less than a week later they sent me another letter demanding payment. (Get in touch with us.)
In 2005 I was contacted numerous times by The Law Center at work. I sent a certified letter informing them not to contact me at work. However they continued, they wanted me to pay a balance of a providian card but the balance was wrong. It got to the point my boss got involved because they sent a fax to our HR dept. requesting my personal information. My HR did not release any of my personal information to them but did contact one of our Lawyers who contacted The Law Center and disputed the debt via phone with a follow up certified letter from his firm to The Law Center. This was April of 2005. 2005 was the year Katrina hit New Orleans and I lost my residence. My Lawyer never heard anything back from the Law Center concerning our dispute. We know Harry E. Cohn passed away. It is now 2 years later and a collection agency called David Taylor and Associates sent me a notice for the same account but OMG the balance is unreal now. My question is if you dispute a debt and never hear back from the collection agency can they sell your account to someone else unresolved, when it is clearly under dispute with a lawyer? I still have the voice mail sent to me back in 2005 saved and you should hear how they spoke to me, the threats were unbelievable.
I first began with receiving calls from the Law Offices of Tim Collins. Moya Kovic would call and tell me that I would be turned over to the County Offices for prosecution. He would call at inconvenient times. When I would tell him I had to leave he would try to keep me on longer. At one point he informed me that I owed 4500, another, 6000. Then he had another person call and he told me they could settle it for 1500. They contacted my husband another time and informed him I owed 7499. (Funny because the credit limit was 7500). Time and time again they stated that I had been turned over to the County Offices for prosecution. I never received paperwork from the. I have requested Validation of Debt, but of course they have not sent it. Just when I thought I had heard the last of these bottom feeders, I received a call from Booth and Associates. I was not here to answer the phone but my husband was. Jef Booth informed my husband that I had been turned over and that a case had been filed. He also stated that I should have received a Summons in the mail. Of course I have not. This evening I received a call from a Ms. C. Coates saying she worked for Booth and Associates and that my case was pending in their firm. Unfortunately for Ms. Coates her phone number showed up on my caller ID and she her "office" is not at the same address as Jef Booth. I am quite sure she has been hired to see if she can collect from anyone. These people need to get their stories straight, then maybe people would work with them. I have never denied I owe the debt, in fact I am in a Debt Management program and this is the only debt I have left. Stay away from settling with these bottom feeders. I have reported them to the State Bar Associations and I have them leaving messages on my answering machine, which I am keeping for reference. Thank you Bud Hibbs for bringing these crooks to my attention!!!!