I received a letter over a month ago for a check that I STOPPED payment on over 2 years ago. According to JBC however, it was an NSF. It turns out that the bank paid the check to the in ERROR and I faxed a copy of my statement to JBC showing them that it had been paid. A little over a month later I received another letter from them stating that I now owe 5 times the amount of the original check! When I called to speak to "LORI BROWN" I was told that she was in court.
The guy insisted that he could help me. He spoke in circles for 5 straight minutes saying that I had to pay the total amount but that after I pay it I should then sue the company that I wrote the check to because it seemed to him that I had been defrauded and I should go after them for the fees I was incurring with JBC. I consider myself to be rather savy in consumer issues but this guy almost had me going.
I actually offered to pay the original amount of the check just to close this case and he said he could not take less than 75% of the total bill. Finally I told him that I would have my husband call him later. I then contacted the check verification company who JBC claimed to represent and I was told that I was in good standing with them and they were not sure what was goin on. Thats when I decided that I would check this company out on the net.
What a SCAM indeed! I should have figured it out by their lack of professionalism, the grammar of the letter, the stupid phrases like "Oh yeah and the sky is red, right?" or "Just hang it up."
What a pathetic way to make a living, from the uneducated operators all the way up to whomever claims to be the lawyer. I contacted the FBI, and this is going to a WHITE COLLAR CRIME UNIT. DON'T give these people money... You don't owe it!!!
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