July 2008 I had a friend who worked for this company he was a great collector not only did they lie to him and try to scam him they didn't even pay him for the time he worked there this company is a scam they lie to creditors and their collectors i know 3 people who worked there and didn't get paid
May
2008 The Delta Group has dissolved and is
now the Fortis Financial Group.
Past illegal collection practices that included but not
limited to threats of legal action, arrest, incarceration,
foreclosure, wage garnishment on out of status accounts have
not ceased, in spite of the owner's assurance such would
happen.
Mid-April 2008 the owners shut down for a week to facilitate
a change over from the Delta Group to the now know as Fortis
Financial Group. The owners state the main reason for the
change was to make a clean break from all of the past
questionable collection practices to completely compliant
practices. The only thing they changed was the name of the
company.
With the reconstitution of the Delta Group now known as the
Fortis Financial Group the illegal practices that were
supposed to be in the past came back with a vengeance.
This company is well on the way to providing more headaches,
heartburn and harassment of people who are neither the
debtors or remotely responsible for the original debt.
(We call this a Judgment Shift - when the judgments pile up, change the name and keep on truckin'...)
2007 It was nice to read the comments about Delta Group...not too long ago I was contacted by Evans Law Firm, and to read that they are linked with each other makes sense. I was contacted today by Delta Group and before calling I looked them up here and sure enough it made for a fun phone call to them. I called and they didn't answer professionally and when I asked for the name of the company they didn't even tell me, I believe they said they were a law firm and then I asked for the name of the lawyers and they wouldn't give me the info. I gave them a funky fake name when asked and they proceeded to tell me I was a "liar" and I said well so are you and don't call me again. Making these calls when you are aware of your rights and know your credit history and statutes of limitations sure makes it fun to talk to these people...they get a taste of their own medicine. I called back and proceeded to tell them that if they were truly a legit company and law firm I would never have been treated like that and would have been given information quickly and politely. I told them they are on an Agency Watch list of really bad people and to stop calling me! I'll be sending a Cease Communication letter soon.
2007 Jamie Lake from Delta Group called and left a msg on my answering machine saying my husbands identity had been stolen. Needless to say I picked up. Turns out they were trying to reach me about a debt my ex-husband's brother had. I have been shed of this family for 23 years. My ex has stalked me for years. When confronted they are now threatening to tell my ex where to find me and accusing me of harassing them. They call and start laughing in the phone ar burp or other disgusting sounds. Unfortunately I have no recourse for the harassment or the terror they have instilled due to their games. Once again I have to go into hiding. Please be careful, these people are ruthless and have no conscience about them. They are also very sophomoric. I am having to change my number and possibly move now. If anyone ever decides to sue them, let me know, I will help.
2007 These SCUMBAGS left a message on my answering machine, asking for an unintelligible name, saying that I was in a case and that I or my attorney should contact within 72 hours. Forgetting that a LAWSUIT HAS PAPERS SERVED FIRST, I called these idiots at their 866# to see what was going on and they said it was likely an error but could not tell me for sure without a case number. When I called back with the case number, the operator was some cocky teenage/college aged sounding kid who wouldn't even give the matter attention for more than 1 minute - I still thought that there was indeed a possibility that I was being sued be somebody (once again, I forgot that you GET PAPERS FIRST). He hung up laughing so I called their local # which was on my caller ID to see if I would get to the bottom of things and it was some other young cocky kid laughing and calling me names and some woman cut in and said "stop ha harassing us" in an angry tone; I simply wanted to know what was going on. I asked them "What is the Delta Group (the name on my caller id) and their answer was "I don't have time for this" and I was hung up on. Not knowing exactly what to do but knowing that something wasn't right (I have no accounts in collections, just one credit card that is maxed out and over the limit) I called the police but obviously there wasn't much more that they could do other than take the phone number of this company. Where/how they got my UNPUBLISHED NUMBER I would like to know.
2007 I recently received a call from a representative of the delta group in regards to a debt i owed 5 years ago. these people could not have been nicer with helping me resolve this matter. I have tried to pay this debt for years but kept getting redirected to other agencies. This debt was ruining my credit. I was so happy they called me with an offer to close the account. They were so helpful with me and my credit is now perfect again. I wish that any other debt i may have ends of in this companies hands Wow! Get back to us when the pixie dust wears off.
2007 I just quit working for Delta Group
today as i refuse to be apart of the illegal activity going
on in that outfit. I can assure consumers that these people
are not federal Agents, nor Private Investigators, Nor
Attorneys or clerks or cops. I worked there for a whole
disgusting week. I have been in the collections business for
well over 6 years and seen some shady outfits but this takes
the cake!!!!! Lenahan has nothing on these guys!!!! Be sure
to call "Joe" as often as you like and tell him he is a
criminal and that he gives a bad rap to compliant collectors
such as myself.
Just Tell them "Mr. Black" referred you.
2007 The "Delta Group" has been calling trying to reach my mother. A Ms. Toni Chiles calls and has repeatedly left messages stating that her social security number is under investigation. I have called them to let them know they have a wrong number. They then proceeded to obtain my father's unlisted number, call him, leave a message including my mothers full name and that her social security number is under investigation. I proceeded to return this call, advising them they have called numerous incorrect numbers, and to stop. Once the company ID themselves as an assett verification company, but nobody else will say anything. I can't get an address (so I can send a letter) and they claim to have never heard of the owners. They want me to give them all my information, telling me they have me on caller ID (which I blocked) stating "I have you on my caller ID genius" & "until you tell me who you are we will continue to call you, ok genius". Well, this got me to the ftc website to file a complaint as well as this site. When I listened to the messages again Ms. Chiles actually indicated, that the soc sec # was under investigation, either my mother or her attorney should call back, and that we need to conduct ourselves appropriately. Our reports are all clean in our family, and we have no idea what they are even calling about, and I can't get the harassment to stop, even though I know it's my right!
2007 We have been receiving phone calls from them for several months. They always leave this serious yet allusive message about "theft of your social security number". Today their message was along the lines that he really needed to talk with my husband in regards to the investigation being done in our county regarding his social security number and a claim being filed at our courthouse. I have NEVER gotten any mail from these people just phone calls. The number they use was (716)2043161. His name was Daryn Free or Freeze. He was such a mumbler it's hard to understand what he is saying.
I had a telephone encounter with the Delta Group this week. I was threatened with legal action on an 11 year old charged-off account with Bank One and told I would be mailed a 1099 debt cancellation form, W 9 Request for Tax Payers Info which I am required to fill out by law under S1.61-12. So I did a little research and came across some info on this company on your web site. I called Delta the next day and requested from them faxed written verification of the account & amount owed by the original creditor. When I didn't hear from them within several hours I contacted them with a second request for verification. I was told that because I was uncooperative I wasn't worth their time and they would proceed with legal action in my county of residence.
The Delta Group contacted me as they have apparently done with many others, pretending to be collection agencies. I almost fell for their game. They will only contact by phone and when i requested them to fax me some proof it took me for attempts to get them to send me anything which showed NO proof at all...anyone and everyone be careful and wise to them.