800-599-4696
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The caller identified himself as calling from "The Marin County District Attorney Bad Check Diversion Program." In fact, it is a collection agency that has contracted with DAs across the state. There are numerous class actions against this company for using fraudulent and illegal collection methods (such as holding itself out as a government agency and threatening prosecution if you do not pay their bogus fees). District Attorneys are under much scrutiny for allowing this/these companies to essentially "buy" the name of their office to lend legitimacy to their collection efforts. The largest of these companies is American Corrective Counseling Services (ACCS) - they declared bankruptcy in 2009 when faced with numerous class action suits - and now go by the name National Corrective Group. Check out http://www.checkrestitution.com/Who-is-ACCS-.php and https://www.citizen.org/documents/LizFigueroaTestimony.pdf or just Google ACCS for more info. Consumer advocacy groups are asking that people who receive letters from these companies forward them to the California Attorney General's office. DO NOT PAY ACCS - to be guilty of writing a bad check, you must have KNOWINGLY and WILLINGLY written the check - knowing it was bad. You do not have to take the "restitution class" or pay fees to ACCS. Tell them you know what they are doing is illegal. I did and the phone calls stopped.
Caller type: Collection Agency
Caller: Marin County District Attorney
Company: Bad Check Diversion Program
Number: 800-599-4696
Total Fraud! I've been receiving calls from these people(same voices, different names; same voices, different companies; same voices, different reasons; same voices, different numbers!)
I've read comments left by other people on different websites, and I'm surprised that some people think these callers are real. They are complete scammers!
They don't have any "Charges" on anyone. They are totally phishing. The more info you give them, the closer they are to stealing your ID.
First, they simply try to bully you into accepting that there is an outstanding "ticket", "warrant", or "charge" involving
you. Some people have actually believed them and just sent them money to make it go away. Don't do it.
Even if you have any of the above outstanding, it will still be outstanding after you've paid them because they have nothing to do with your real legal problem(s). They are cold calling a bunch of numbers, and guessing what "your legal problem" may be.
If you call them back to tell them you are not the person they named in their message or that you don't have any outstanding
legal problems, they will tell you they need your info either to see if you are correct, or to make sure they will be able to delete your number from their list.
Of course once you've given them your info, they will start harassing you from other phone numbers with calls from different "employees".
And if they can't do that, they will open credit cards with your info, and or sell your info to online sites that sell it for identity theft.
Leaving comments on a website is a good way to alert other people, but...
IF YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY STOP THEM, CONTACT THE FTC(Federal Trade Commision)
You can call them 1-877-438-4338
or
use their website - http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/contact.shtm
Other phone numbers these scammers use; 207-710-0713, 804-420-4844, 800-269-0206, 877-845-5988, 800-599-4696
Caller type: Scammer
Company: They Use Various Names
Number: 800-599-4696
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