One Source Consulting LLC

Victim Location 40517

Total money lost $80

Type of a scam Debt Collections

I received a message from a relative that they’d been contacted regarding a legal matter, including a bogus docket number. I called the number 1-866-240-6556 and a woman who said her name was Sarah Lewis answered. Sarah, stated that I had a court docket with the county in which I resided in regarding a default on a payday loan and they were going to deliver papers to my job to prosecute me for criminal fraud. Out of duress and anxiety she coerced me to agree to making bi-weekly payments to avoid going to jail and having criminal charges filed. I asked for them to send me documentation substantiating the claim/amount of money I owed. Because not only had I NEVER received any written communication from this bogus company recently or within the last three years. The amount they were telling me I owed was well above any debt I ever recalled owing. I called them the next day after getting an eerie feeling that something wasn’t right with their approach or process. Initially, I asked them why they didn’t call me in the beginning to make contact instead of a relative–if they’re a legitimate debt collection agency they should have my information–more importantly, my phone number. They refused to provide documentation, somehow had acquired my bank information, former address, said they had copies of my driver’s license, etc. So once again I asked them to send this information to me as they should have it available being that they were initially going to file "criminal charges." A "supervisor", who went by the name of Jennifer Bryan and another by Ms. Sullivan (who wouldn’t provide her first name/the one she made up) were extremely rude and reluctant to provide the verification they said they had on file to press charges against me. So, I explained to Sullivan how suggestive it is that they won’t provide documentation to validate their claim, they lack professionalism in talking to people, they do not have a auto-recorded message as most creditors due explaining the conversations are recorded in attempt to collect, etc. They do not have a website and what information a Google search does generate, isn’t anything other than a Lisa Toepfer, "Registered Agent". Ms. Sullivan advised the company just opened and "websites are very expensive" so, they don’t have the money for it. They provided the address, 5999 South Ave Ste. 199, Hamburg, NY 14075 which I wasn’t even able to find in the yellow pages for One Source Consulting, LLC. I called the Attorney general’s office and they advised this sounds like a scam because they explained my rights under the Consumer Protection. More importantly, under the Fair Debt Collection Act, it is against the law to threaten to use the criminal process to collect payday loans unless a notice to this effect is posted on the premises of the established location. DO NOT give them any information, card information, validate any of their lies. Tell them to send you mail correspondence or that you’re going to acquire legal personnel before agreeing to anything. They use NCW Billing to process payments–which too, if a Google is done you will see is a SCAM. If One Source LLC was a legitimate they would operate as such. It’s sad that people make a job out of scamming honest citizens out of their hard earned money. All in all, this is a SCAM, SCAM, SCAM! The more questions you ask them, the ruder they become which in my opinion is because they’re LIARS and have no valid defense for their deceitful plots to scam people.

Names associated with persons that work at this company:

Jennifer Bryan ext 404

Ms. Sullivan

Sarah Lewis ext 407

Samantha Jasinski