May 2, 2016
You need to send them a certified, return receipt debt validation, cease and desist calling, or "not me" letter. You also need to report them to the proper agencies to which I have provided links to. Then you need to go out and get a consumer lawyer to sue them on a contingency basis (no money out of your pocket) and let them pay you for the harassment. If everyone did these three things, these crooks would be bankrupt and we would all be the richer for it.
MCCARTHY BURGESS AND WOLFF AKA MB & W AKA A BETTER WAY
Posted in: http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-440-735-5100/6
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-313-221-5224
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-630-405-5398
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-562-661-5613
Web site lists an address in Ohio: http://www.mbandw.com/index.php/contact/
BBB gives them an accredited A with 63 (down from 70 I guess they paid extra for that) complaints and 6 negative reviews:
http://www.bbb.org/cleveland/business-reviews ... nd-oh-28001847/
LinkedIn page lists them as a large employer which accounts for the good rating at the BBB: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mccarthy-burgess-&wolff
Ohio Dept. of State info:
Entity Number 1178452
Business Name MCCARTHY, BURGESS & WOLFF
Filing Type REGISTERED TRADE NAME
Status Active
Original Filing Date 08/31/2000
Expiry Date 08/31/2020
Location: County: State:
Agent / Registrant Information
MCCARTHY, BURGESS & WOLFF, INC.
26000 CANNON RD.
CLEVELAND,OH 44146
Effective Date: 06/20/2005
Contact Status: Active
Entity Number 554990
Business Name MCCARTHY, BURGESS & WOLFF, INC.
Filing Type CORPORATION FOR PROFIT
Status Active
Original Filing Date 05/20/1980
Expiry Date
Location: SHAKER HEIGHTS County: CUYAHOGA State: OHIO
Agent / Registrant Information
STEPHEN G. WOLFF
7275 CANYON POINT CIRCLE
BRECKSVILLE,OH 44140
Effective Date: 04/28/1987
Contact Status: Active
Incorporator Information
THOMAS A SAMPLINER
Other complaints:
http://forums.debtcc.com/collection-agencies/debt-occur.html
http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/mccarthy-burgess-wolf/cleveland-ohio-44146-1807/mccarthy-burgess-wolf-scare-tactics-and-personal-threats-by-a-collection-agency-jimmy-279557
http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/mccarthy-burgess-and-wolff/cleveland-ohio-44146/mccarthy-burgess-and-wolff-collection-agency-ripoff-cleveland-ohio-264315
http://www.billwarnerpi.com/2009/01/mccarthy- ... -to-be-law.html
http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/mccarthy-burgess-wolff-cleveland-ohio-c119874.html
And it looks like they are being investigated by the FBI:
http://mycollectorcom.blogspot.com/2009/06/fd ... -consumers.html
Looks like they get sued a lot:
http://www.plainsite.org/dockets/k2cgjngw/tex ... gess-and-wolff/
http://www.law360.com/cases/558ae951cc4ad10424000001
https://dockets.justia.com/docket/ohio/ohndce/1:2015cv02114/220962
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCOURTS-alsd-1_14-cv-00309/content-detail.html
http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district- ... 0617/208200/24/
http://www.law360.com/cases/4d44015d5002d115b6000062
Federal law (FDCPA) requires them to send you a letter (US MAIL ONLY) within 5 days of their first contact that contains their name, physical address, the creditor’s name, and the amount of the alleged debt. It also must contains “mini-Miranda” telling you that it is an attempt to collect a debt and that all information will be used for those purposes. The one other important thing that this letter must also have in it is that you have a right to dispute the debt within 30 days of receipt of the letter and if you do so, all collection activity must be stopped until the debt is verified.
Read up on your rights here, get template letters to send and also make a complaint at this government site: http://www.consumerfinance.gov/
Also file a complaint with your State Attorney General's office.
List of State AG’s offices: http://consumerfraudreporting.org/stateattorneygenerallist.php