Nov 21, 2012
I AM A RETIRED POLICE OFFICER AND PRESENTLY A LICENSED PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR IN CALIFORNIA. MY MOTHER, WHO IS 86 YRS OLD, MY YOUNGEST SON AND I, HAVE RECEIVED PHONE CALLS FROM THIS NUMBER. THE LADY FLAT OUT SAID THAT SHE IS A PARALEGAL WORKING FOR A LAW FIRM. SHE DEMANDED THAT I GIVE HER THE PHONE NUMBER OF MY OLDEST SON. SHE SAID THAT HE IS CURRENTLY BEING INVESTIGATED FOR FRAUD.
I CALLED HER BACK AND TOLD HER THAT I WOULD HAVE MY SON CALL HER. I QUESTIONED HER ABOUT BEING A LAW FIRM AND NOT A DEBT COLLECTOR. SHE ASSURED ME THAT SHE IS WORKING IN/FOR A LAW FIRM. SHE WOULD NOT ANSWER ANY OF MY QUESTIONS. I TOLD HER THAT THE NUMBER SHE CALLED WAS MY MOTHERS NUMBER AND NOT TO CALL IT AGAIN.
I TOLD MY SON ABOUT THE CALL AND GAVE HIM THE NUMBER. THIS IS A LONG STANDING DEBATE BETWEEN A COLLECTION AGENCY AND MY SON. HE HAS SPOKEN TO AN ATTORNEY AND FILED A COMPLAINT BUT THIS WAS OVER A YEAR AGO.
TODAY, NOV. 21, 2012 MY YOUNGEST SON AGAIN RECEIVED A CALL FROM THESE PEOPLE. THEY AGAIN REPRESENTED THEMSELVES AS "CR ASSOCIATES" A LAW FIRM.
MY YOUNGEST SON GAVE ME THE NUMBER 419-453-8466. I CALLED IT AND TALKED TO "RACHEL". SHE TOLD ME THEY WERE A LAW FIRM. I TOLD HER THAT THEY WERE A COLLECTION AGENCY AND THEY WERE NOT TO CALL MY YOUNGEST SONS NUMBER AGAIN.
SHE GOT ANGRY AND TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD CALL THIS NUMBER TO GET HOLD OF MY OLDEST SON. I TOLD HER NOT TO CALL THIS NUMBER AS IT WAS HARASSMENT. SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE WOULD CALL THE NUMBER OR I COULD HAVE MY SON CALL HER.
I ASKED FOR THE LEAD ATTORNEYS TEXAS STATE BAR NUMBER AND THEIR BOND NUMBER. SHE HUNG UP ON ME. I CALLED HER BACK. I TOLD HER TO REMOVE THE NUMBER FROM HER CALL LIST. SHE HUNG UP ON ME. I CALLED HER BACK AND SHE TOLD ME THAT IF I CONTINUED TO CALL HER SHE WOULD HAVE MY YOUNGEST SONS NUMBER CALLED 25 TIMES A DAY. I TOLD HER THAT WAS HARASSMENT. SHE BEGAN YELLING AT ME A TALKED OVER MY REQUEST. I TOLD HER THAT AS LONG AS THEY CONTINUED TO CALL MY YOUNGEST SONS NUMBER I WOULD CONTINUE TO CALL THEM. I TOLD HER THAT I WAS GOING TO FILE A COMPLAINT. SHE CALLED ME A "CRACKER WHITE [***]" AND HUNG UP.
WOW THAT WAS A FIRST FOR ME. IN THE 25 YEARS OF BEING A COP I WAS NEVER CALLED THAT. RACHEL KIND OF LET IT ALL HANG OUT. NO PARALEGAL FROM A LAW FIRM WOULD (IN HER RIGHT MIND) USE RACHEL'S TONE OF VOICE, MAKE THREATS AND MAKE SUCH A RACIAL SLUR.
HER DEMEANOR FLAT TELLS A PERSON WITH COMMON SENSE THAT THIS IS A COLLECTION AGENCY AND NOT A LAW OFFICE. I COULD HEAR THE OTHER COLLECTION CALLERS IN THE BACKGROUND MAKING THEIR CALLS.
SOMEONE IN TEXAS NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE AND CORRECT (OR WHAT EVER) THESE PEOPLE.
THIS CR ASSOCIATES CALLING FROM THIS NUMBER HAVE FLAT OUT MISREPRESENTED THEMSELVES AS A LAW FIRM