Jan 20, 2009
A long time ago, I did business with a loan company based in Nevada. Due to
some hardship, I was unable to pay them (the loan was for $300.00) over 2-3 years ago. I received my first call from this same Indian gentleman, who said he was a "Mr. James" and says I owed at least $1200.00 in late fees to
settle out of court. (This was in Sept. 2008). Thinking this was legitimate, because he had my social.
security number and knew the dates of my loan. I made payments to this company in installments, totaling over $1200.00, with transaction fees from
a debit card. They gave me confirmation numbers for each transaction, but
I have yet to get the documentation, that shows that I paid this collection company (for the original loan company), that I paid them in full, plus fees.
I called the 213-799-0972 in the past, and have spoke to someone. When I made the final payment, I was told that they would mail the documents to my address. (They had my old mailing address, which tells me that this company was probably based in Nevada). But, I gave them my recent po box address and it has now been the "3rd" week and I still have not received any documents. I do believe I did owe money to the original loan company, but I did not like the way they contacted me, with threats of "going to jail" or
sue me for over $8000, (for a 300-500 loan, at that!). Because I may have lost my money in this, I wanted to know is there a way to locate companies like this, so they can be sued for such illegal practices. I, in good faith,
wanted to pay any fees owed to the original company, but did not think that I owed $1200. It should have been more like $500 at most. I know this was probably not wise to pay them anything, but some calls are sometimes legitimate, but their tactics are very underhanded. Any info from other consumers, would help on how to handle these callers. Thank you for reading my message.