Since 05/19/2015 and 05/20/2015, a guy calling himself Eric Tavern, who claims to be an independent private investigator and process server based in Alameda (which he completely mis-pronounced) has been calling my phone and leaving voicemails for me, by name. In the first voicemail, he made sure to state my full name multiple times. He claimed that he needed to serve me papers for a company called McGuire Management, but failed to leave a return phone number which I thought was very odd. The second voicemail was the next day to inform me that he has been trying to serve me these documents, and that he will be coming by my house between 5pm and 7pm and if he can't reach me he will be attempting to serve me at my place of work (which he couldn't name) and this time he left a number for McGuire Management: 866-441-4082.
I called Mcguire Management and a woman answered the phones. She asked for my name, which I gave as they clearly already had it. She then asked for the last four numbers of my social security number or my address, both of which I refused to give. She then said she couldn't pull up my information because she can't verify it's me. I then stated that I'm hesitant to give out any further information as I am afraid this is was scam. I also stated that I was feeling harrassed by this investigator who was calling me daily but not providing any information. She then seemed irritated and stated that since we both can't provide any further information we should end the call. I asked her to verify the address of McGuire Management which she gave as: 600 Madison Ave. Suite 200, New York, New York 10022.
I Googled the voicemail content, the company name and address and came upon several similar reports of this scam. The guy left the same voicemail for me, almost verbatim, that he left for others. Do not pay anyone any money!
I was contacted and the person that phone me by the name of Greg said that he has been trying to get in contact with me to serve me either at home or my place of employment with a judgement to garnish my wages for a payday loan and then he proceeded to give me another number to call that he said was on the back of the paper. I then called that number and a lady answered the phone with I asked her name and she said Kathy Short then she started to vary my name, email address and last four digits of my SS # so at that time I thought that this was real while thinking I don't have a payday loan then she tells me that the loan was for $590 and with the interest and late fees it has totaled $2948 and to keep from having it sent to court and not hit my credit I could settle out of court for $1310 which I paid because I was still trying to think and then I was scared because I'm worried that they will put this on my credit and mess it up which I couldn't allow them to do that because I was in the process of buying a house. I paid the money and when we go off the phone I took a minute and started to think and doing some research at that time I came across the ripoff letter that Robyn posted telling the same exact story and then i knew that i just got scammed. I called my credit card company which we will disrupt the charge and I also contact the legal service that my employer offer us so that they can see if they can do something else. It's people like them that make life so hard because we are trying to make ends meet and you find individual such as them that pry on others for money because they don't want to earn there money the honest way.
I was contacted on april 29th and april 30th from a process server by the name of michael collins who left messages on my voicemail instructing me to be available between the hours of 5-7pm so that he may come serve me court documents. He said he would also come by my place of work if he did not reach me at home. This process server left no return phone number nor did a number show up on my caller id. He said that i could contact this number 1-877-552-9903 if i had any questions. By the time i checked my messages, it wasn't until may 4 when i called to find out more about this issue. I called and was told by a stephen lynch case #jhc3960 that i a judgment is being brought against me for bad check writing and defraud. Apparently, i had an online payday loan from a company dba sagamore finanicial on 9/4/12 in the amount of 480 ($300 loan + 180 fee). Including court fees, etc, i owed about $2960. I was told that if i paid the $480 today that they would not go forward with filing court proceedings. Mcguire mgmt had my telephone number, a home address, place of work, last four of my social security only, my bank account number. I was told that i took out this loan and it was deposited into my account on 9/4/12. I asked why wait three years to try to collect, i didn't get a very good answer. I asked if i could have more time to look into it. He said he could only grant me 24 hours. I said okay.
Meanwhile, i put a call into the bank that mcguire mgmt had on file for me and that account had been closed since 2010, so how could a deposit be made to that account. Also, no one tried to serve me at the address they had on file for me, one because there no records of me every residing at that address. I also went as far as to call the courthouse for my county and see if there was anything submitted in collections for me. My next step was to have the police investigate this issue.
When i called back to get more information, a john answered, maybe john patterson or some other individual which gave me their address of 600 madison ave #200 new york 10022. So when i googled them online.With all the information that i gathered allot of this stuff just did not add up, it did not make sense to me. I have decided not to have anything further to do with this so called company and their apparent scamming. I also looked up the address of record they said that i lived and found references to the so-called process server last name collins and the agent lynch whose handling my so-called account at mcguire.
If they try to contact me after today, i will ask them not to ever call me again or i will have to pursue further action.
I was contacted and said I would be served with legal papers from 5-7 pm and have my ID and a witness available, if I was not there I would be served at work the next day. If I had any questions call the following number 1877..... I, being the responsible party, called the number because I knew I i wouldn't be home. The gentleman stated a company was suing me for a defaulted payday loan from 2011. I told the gentleman I never took out a payday loan, and he gave me my account information with my SSN and said that was on the court document. Then I was convinced maybe I did take out this loan so I should look into this more, so I asked if I could have 24 hours to investigate. He said no, either pay 590$ now or it would be 2980$ for court fees and lawyer fees. I should have known better then, but I just paid the money and went on with my day! Then my husband heard what happened
Since 04/14/2015 and 04/15/2015, a guy calling himself Eric Tavern, who claims to be an independent private investigator and process server has been calling my brother's phone and leaving voicemails for me, by name. In the first voicemail, he claimed that he has documents for me to sign for a company called McGuire Management, and if I have any questions, to call (877) 296-8240. The second voicemail was to inform me that he has been trying to serve me these documents, and that he will be coming by my house between 5pm and 7pm, but no one showed up. The third voicemail today was to again inform me that he came by yesterday, but no one was home (which is a lie), and that he will try to serve me again at 4pm, and to make sure that there is a witness there, and again, no one showed up.
I called Mcguire Management at (877) 296-8240, and a woman by the name of Reina answered the phones. She said that McGuire Management is a pre-litigation firm, located at 600 Lexington Ave. NY, NY. When I started asking more questions, she became a little irritated, and then placed me on hold for several minutes. When she came back on, she apologized and said that it was her son on the other line, and he was calling to let her know that he missed his school bus.
To redirect the call, I explained to her the purpose of my call, and inquired again about who Eric Tavern was, but she said that she wasn't sure who he was since the company hires a lot of outside companies. Then she asked me for my social, I told her that I wasn't going to give her that. She then asked for my name which I gave her. She pulled up an account and called out the last four numbers of my social and they were correct. She said the debt was for an Alpine Direct payday loan company which I took out in July 2012 for $400.00, and the bank used to secure loan was Bank Atlantic, which was closed, so with the delinquency and added fees the balance was now $1900.00. I told her that this is clearly a scam because I do not have any business dealings with either Alpine Direct or Bank Atlantic. She said that she couldn't recognize the bank's routing number, so she would put my account on temporary hold while she further investigates and calls the bank, and that she'd get back to me tomorrow. Before she hung up she asked me if I knew these people and stated some relatives names who were supposedly listed as references. That was so troubling. If I didn't know better, I'd think these people were legit.
Rather than wait, I decided to be pro-active and do some research on the company and the address she gave me. I found the management company for that building, and called around. I finally reached a gentleman that gave me the direct number to the lobby. I called (212) 838-4758 and spoke to one of the security officers. I explained to him the purpose of my call, and he informed me that there isn't a company by that name in the building. He then said that he had gotten a call about this McGuire Management before, and the person was inquiring about their existence too. He said that maybe the lease is under a sister or parent company name so try to get a suite number or direct number. I called McGuire Management back and I got a voice mail for John Palermo. I hung up and tried 2 more times, and both attempts took me back to John Palermo's voicemail. I called the officer back at the front desk, and asked him to search for a John Palermo, but he couldn't find that name in the building's directory. Just for kicks, I did a search for all the companies operating out of 600 Lexington Ave. NY, NY, 10022, and of course McGuire Management is not listed.
In 2009, I was a victim of a similar scam where they actually got money out of me, so my apparently my information is still floating out there.
I called back 6 times this morning to try to get an address, or suite number to no avail. The first woman, Ms. Short, placed me on hold when I asked address. I hung up and called back, and a man, Mr. Biandi, picked up, and when I asked for address, he told me to hold so he can get a stationary letter off his desk to give me address. LOL. I hung up and called back and got Christian James, who told me the address was 611 Lexington Ave. NY, NY 11240. Checked address & of course it doesn't exist. In fact, zip code 11240 doesn't even exist anywhere!!! Hung up and called back and got Ms. Short again who yelled at me saying that I was being rude by calling and asking for address without identifying myself, then she asked me not to call back, and hung up the phone. Called back and got Mr. Biandi again , and when I asked for address, he slammed the phone down & disconnected call... Basically, all attempts to get an address failed.
I am haven't heard back from Eric Tavern yet, but I hope he calls back today, so I can give him a piece of my mind. It's a shame that these predators are victimizing people like this. These people aren't only predators! They are terrorists!!
I found another business that John Palermo is associated with:
MCGUIRE MANAGEMENT
NYS Department of State
Division of Corporations
Entity Information
The information contained in this database is current through December 17, 2014.
Selected Entity Name: MEDIATION MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC
Selected Entity Status Information
Current Entity Name: MEDIATION MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC
DOS ID #: 4535346
Initial DOS Filing Date: FEBRUARY 26, 2014
County: ERIE
Jurisdiction: NEW YORK
Entity Type: DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
IDs himself as the Mediation Office of John Palermo. Both Palermo and Dan Perry make appearances on 800notes trying to collect debts using questionable means. So far as I can determine there is no McGuire Management.
Current Entity Status: ACTIVE
Selected Entity Address Information
DOS Process (Address to which DOS will mail process if accepted on behalf of the entity)
McGuire Management Reviews
Since 05/19/2015 and 05/20/2015, a guy calling himself Eric Tavern, who claims to be an independent private investigator and process server based in Alameda (which he completely mis-pronounced) has been calling my phone and leaving voicemails for me, by name. In the first voicemail, he made sure to state my full name multiple times. He claimed that he needed to serve me papers for a company called McGuire Management, but failed to leave a return phone number which I thought was very odd. The second voicemail was the next day to inform me that he has been trying to serve me these documents, and that he will be coming by my house between 5pm and 7pm and if he can't reach me he will be attempting to serve me at my place of work (which he couldn't name) and this time he left a number for McGuire Management: 866-441-4082.
I called Mcguire Management and a woman answered the phones. She asked for my name, which I gave as they clearly already had it. She then asked for the last four numbers of my social security number or my address, both of which I refused to give. She then said she couldn't pull up my information because she can't verify it's me. I then stated that I'm hesitant to give out any further information as I am afraid this is was scam. I also stated that I was feeling harrassed by this investigator who was calling me daily but not providing any information. She then seemed irritated and stated that since we both can't provide any further information we should end the call. I asked her to verify the address of McGuire Management which she gave as: 600 Madison Ave. Suite 200, New York, New York 10022.
I Googled the voicemail content, the company name and address and came upon several similar reports of this scam. The guy left the same voicemail for me, almost verbatim, that he left for others. Do not pay anyone any money!
I was contacted and the person that phone me by the name of Greg said that he has been trying to get in contact with me to serve me either at home or my place of employment with a judgement to garnish my wages for a payday loan and then he proceeded to give me another number to call that he said was on the back of the paper. I then called that number and a lady answered the phone with I asked her name and she said Kathy Short then she started to vary my name, email address and last four digits of my SS # so at that time I thought that this was real while thinking I don't have a payday loan then she tells me that the loan was for $590 and with the interest and late fees it has totaled $2948 and to keep from having it sent to court and not hit my credit I could settle out of court for $1310 which I paid because I was still trying to think and then I was scared because I'm worried that they will put this on my credit and mess it up which I couldn't allow them to do that because I was in the process of buying a house. I paid the money and when we go off the phone I took a minute and started to think and doing some research at that time I came across the ripoff letter that Robyn posted telling the same exact story and then i knew that i just got scammed. I called my credit card company which we will disrupt the charge and I also contact the legal service that my employer offer us so that they can see if they can do something else. It's people like them that make life so hard because we are trying to make ends meet and you find individual such as them that pry on others for money because they don't want to earn there money the honest way.
I was contacted on april 29th and april 30th from a process server by the name of michael collins who left messages on my voicemail instructing me to be available between the hours of 5-7pm so that he may come serve me court documents. He said he would also come by my place of work if he did not reach me at home. This process server left no return phone number nor did a number show up on my caller id. He said that i could contact this number 1-877-552-9903 if i had any questions. By the time i checked my messages, it wasn't until may 4 when i called to find out more about this issue. I called and was told by a stephen lynch case #jhc3960 that i a judgment is being brought against me for bad check writing and defraud. Apparently, i had an online payday loan from a company dba sagamore finanicial on 9/4/12 in the amount of 480 ($300 loan + 180 fee). Including court fees, etc, i owed about $2960. I was told that if i paid the $480 today that they would not go forward with filing court proceedings. Mcguire mgmt had my telephone number, a home address, place of work, last four of my social security only, my bank account number. I was told that i took out this loan and it was deposited into my account on 9/4/12. I asked why wait three years to try to collect, i didn't get a very good answer. I asked if i could have more time to look into it. He said he could only grant me 24 hours. I said okay.
Meanwhile, i put a call into the bank that mcguire mgmt had on file for me and that account had been closed since 2010, so how could a deposit be made to that account. Also, no one tried to serve me at the address they had on file for me, one because there no records of me every residing at that address. I also went as far as to call the courthouse for my county and see if there was anything submitted in collections for me. My next step was to have the police investigate this issue.
When i called back to get more information, a john answered, maybe john patterson or some other individual which gave me their address of 600 madison ave #200 new york 10022. So when i googled them online.With all the information that i gathered allot of this stuff just did not add up, it did not make sense to me. I have decided not to have anything further to do with this so called company and their apparent scamming. I also looked up the address of record they said that i lived and found references to the so-called process server last name collins and the agent lynch whose handling my so-called account at mcguire.
If they try to contact me after today, i will ask them not to ever call me again or i will have to pursue further action.
I was contacted and said I would be served with legal papers from 5-7 pm and have my ID and a witness available, if I was not there I would be served at work the next day. If I had any questions call the following number 1877..... I, being the responsible party, called the number because I knew I i wouldn't be home. The gentleman stated a company was suing me for a defaulted payday loan from 2011. I told the gentleman I never took out a payday loan, and he gave me my account information with my SSN and said that was on the court document. Then I was convinced maybe I did take out this loan so I should look into this more, so I asked if I could have 24 hours to investigate. He said no, either pay 590$ now or it would be 2980$ for court fees and lawyer fees. I should have known better then, but I just paid the money and went on with my day! Then my husband heard what happened
Since 04/14/2015 and 04/15/2015, a guy calling himself Eric Tavern, who claims to be an independent private investigator and process server has been calling my brother's phone and leaving voicemails for me, by name. In the first voicemail, he claimed that he has documents for me to sign for a company called McGuire Management, and if I have any questions, to call (877) 296-8240. The second voicemail was to inform me that he has been trying to serve me these documents, and that he will be coming by my house between 5pm and 7pm, but no one showed up. The third voicemail today was to again inform me that he came by yesterday, but no one was home (which is a lie), and that he will try to serve me again at 4pm, and to make sure that there is a witness there, and again, no one showed up.
I called Mcguire Management at (877) 296-8240, and a woman by the name of Reina answered the phones. She said that McGuire Management is a pre-litigation firm, located at 600 Lexington Ave. NY, NY. When I started asking more questions, she became a little irritated, and then placed me on hold for several minutes. When she came back on, she apologized and said that it was her son on the other line, and he was calling to let her know that he missed his school bus.
To redirect the call, I explained to her the purpose of my call, and inquired again about who Eric Tavern was, but she said that she wasn't sure who he was since the company hires a lot of outside companies. Then she asked me for my social, I told her that I wasn't going to give her that. She then asked for my name which I gave her. She pulled up an account and called out the last four numbers of my social and they were correct. She said the debt was for an Alpine Direct payday loan company which I took out in July 2012 for $400.00, and the bank used to secure loan was Bank Atlantic, which was closed, so with the delinquency and added fees the balance was now $1900.00. I told her that this is clearly a scam because I do not have any business dealings with either Alpine Direct or Bank Atlantic. She said that she couldn't recognize the bank's routing number, so she would put my account on temporary hold while she further investigates and calls the bank, and that she'd get back to me tomorrow. Before she hung up she asked me if I knew these people and stated some relatives names who were supposedly listed as references. That was so troubling. If I didn't know better, I'd think these people were legit.
Rather than wait, I decided to be pro-active and do some research on the company and the address she gave me. I found the management company for that building, and called around. I finally reached a gentleman that gave me the direct number to the lobby. I called (212) 838-4758 and spoke to one of the security officers. I explained to him the purpose of my call, and he informed me that there isn't a company by that name in the building. He then said that he had gotten a call about this McGuire Management before, and the person was inquiring about their existence too. He said that maybe the lease is under a sister or parent company name so try to get a suite number or direct number. I called McGuire Management back and I got a voice mail for John Palermo. I hung up and tried 2 more times, and both attempts took me back to John Palermo's voicemail. I called the officer back at the front desk, and asked him to search for a John Palermo, but he couldn't find that name in the building's directory. Just for kicks, I did a search for all the companies operating out of 600 Lexington Ave. NY, NY, 10022, and of course McGuire Management is not listed.
In 2009, I was a victim of a similar scam where they actually got money out of me, so my apparently my information is still floating out there.
I called back 6 times this morning to try to get an address, or suite number to no avail. The first woman, Ms. Short, placed me on hold when I asked address. I hung up and called back, and a man, Mr. Biandi, picked up, and when I asked for address, he told me to hold so he can get a stationary letter off his desk to give me address. LOL. I hung up and called back and got Christian James, who told me the address was 611 Lexington Ave. NY, NY 11240. Checked address & of course it doesn't exist. In fact, zip code 11240 doesn't even exist anywhere!!! Hung up and called back and got Ms. Short again who yelled at me saying that I was being rude by calling and asking for address without identifying myself, then she asked me not to call back, and hung up the phone. Called back and got Mr. Biandi again , and when I asked for address, he slammed the phone down & disconnected call... Basically, all attempts to get an address failed.
I am haven't heard back from Eric Tavern yet, but I hope he calls back today, so I can give him a piece of my mind. It's a shame that these predators are victimizing people like this. These people aren't only predators! They are terrorists!!
I found another business that John Palermo is associated with:
MCGUIRE MANAGEMENT
NYS Department of State
Division of Corporations
Entity Information
The information contained in this database is current through December 17, 2014.
Selected Entity Name: MEDIATION MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC
Selected Entity Status Information
Current Entity Name: MEDIATION MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC
DOS ID #: 4535346
Initial DOS Filing Date: FEBRUARY 26, 2014
County: ERIE
Jurisdiction: NEW YORK
Entity Type: DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
IDs himself as the Mediation Office of John Palermo. Both Palermo and Dan Perry make appearances on 800notes trying to collect debts using questionable means. So far as I can determine there is no McGuire Management.
Current Entity Status: ACTIVE
Selected Entity Address Information
DOS Process (Address to which DOS will mail process if accepted on behalf of the entity)
C/O UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC.
7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11228
Registered Agent
UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC.
7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11228