I received a phone call from a "less than gentleman" who was rude, mean and would'nt let me speak. He told me that he was hired by a bowling alley, (which I continue to frequent), in Oakhurst California. The "Less than gentleman's name is Dean Cain. Mr. Cain stated that he worked for the "Rephen Law Firm in New York". It is pronounced (reef'-in). Mr. Cain demanded that I go to a paypoint at my local Rite Aid and pay 73 dollars plus attorney fees. I told Mr. Cain that I did have two check totaling 73 dollars returned but that I paid my close friend, who owns the bowling alley, two and a half years ago, immediatly after learning that the checks were returned. Mr. Cain insisted that he was retained to collect the debt and that it was due. I asked Mr. Cain for documentation or a letter regarding this debt. He stated that he would not release any information until after the debt was paid. I called the bowling alley who stated that they never heard of Dean Cain or the Rephen Law Firm and that if I did ow them money, they would just ask me for it. They don't call collection companies.
I looked up the Rephen Law Firm online so that I could find out if Mr. Cain really worked for a Law Firm and immediatley found the name under "Rephen Law Firm Rude, Smart Aleck, Uncooperative New York New York. It was a report in "complaint". There was a story which seemed identical to mine, that is, collecting on a debt which was not owed and demanded several times the amount of the original returned check without authorization from the debtor. I'm in California, the complaint author was from South Carolina. This sounds like a Fedral Scam. So after reading the report, I called the bowling alley again. I told them about the "complaint". As with the complaint article, the last but not least familularity was that the debtor did not know that a law firm was trying to collect their debt or that any debt was due.
At that point I called the New York State Bar Association. They said that the Rephen Law Firm may be researching NSF checks nationwide and collecting them without authorization and that the Bar will have to investigate. I am now awaiting a report form to fill out, from the New York State Bar. I will continue to monitor complaint to see if anyone else has been riped off by Attorney Rephen's office. When I file my complaint to the New York State Bar Association, I will send a copy of the simular complaint Article.
Thanks complaint! If there's anything I can do for you, call me.
American Citizen
Oakhurst, California
USA
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