Anonymous

They call you even if the person does not live there

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They call all times of night and day, I have had my phone ring at 11 pm and as early as 5 AM.
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Anonymous

Scammers

They are Nigerian Scammers do not give them your information. They are phishing for your personal information. The caller refuses to give a full name and will barely identify the name of the company. Absolutely refuses to comply with basic questions to assist in identifying themselves. It actually appears they are fearful of informing the person they call of their identity. Legitimate companies have no problem identifying themselves. Simm Associates are hiding nefarious Deeds. They always hang up when you stand your ground and want them to tell you who they are. Reminds me of a call from Africa I recieved in which i was offered 20 oz of pure gold for 300 USD. If someone calls you make sure you know who you are talking to before you identify yourself.
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Anonymous

Very pissed!!!

They keep calling my phone and saying that I owe some company that I have never heard of money that I borrowed in 2000. They had an email account that I have never heard of a very old address from when I was 15 years old. He told me to wait 45 mins and the cops will be there to arrest me. Still waiting!!!! Scam company!!!! They just tried again and threaten in a voice mail.
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Anonymous

Threatening and Unreasonable

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Cals several times a day for someone who no longer has my number. I was told if I didnt let them talk to who they needed to I would have an arrest warrant put out on me. I simply laughed and hung up. They continue to call but I just block them now.
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Anonymous

Late night calls

I got a call from representative after 8 without any clear statement for the reason of her call. Then she says that according to state law she can call me anytime she wants.

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Guest

We just received a phone call from an associate , who was very rude and threatening. He just wanted to rant and rave.

, Speak out of both side of his mouth . He is the mooooooooooost rude human around .Does he not realize that the law does not allow his type of behavior ?He is calling about something that happened over 2 years ago .

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There is no law against rudeness. Pay nothing that is not provided in writing and valid by nature.

Two years may well be within the statute of limitations for legitimate debts, but they must prove their case in an actual court of law.

Do not be intimidated by their act ; any decent actor can scream one minute, sob the next, laugh in minute 3, scream again, etc...a decent actor or a true sociopath. Do not verbally engage with these people and give them no information whatsoever.

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Anonymous

Confusing

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I received a call from Simms associates from a man named Jonathan saying I owe $80k from a school I did actually attend but was confused because I was paying my loan. They wanted me to pay 80-95% of the amount and didn’t offer me any payment plan.

He also explained my wages would be garnished if I didn’t pay but did not receive any letter in the mail.

I told him I call back and spoke with my loan provider to find out I was paying that school and there’s no record of me defaulting. I called back and he wasn’t at his desk and called 4 days later which I didn’t answer because all the reviews I’ve seen about this company

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Guest

What do you want with me??? Blake Noah.

Anonymous

BAD BAD BAD

Calls here EVERY day. I don't owe jack *** to ANYONE and with a credit rating in well in excess of 825 I'm not likely to. And if if they are calling for someone else that I know, I wouldn't tell them anyway. I blocked their number immediately after they called the first time but they still persist in calling anyway. Sort of makes you wonder just how stupid those SOB's are doesn't it? They also call here are all hours of the day and night. I'm not an attorney but I strongly suspect they are in violation of The Fair Debt Collection Act.
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$1000
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Persistent Calls
Danai Arq

Just tried to screw me over too

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Simm Associates just called me about my PayPal account and how it's in default and wanted me to set up payments making it sound like they had the charge off account which was believable but being I have had fraud on my account I checked every company out now before I commit to anything unless I know the company itself from previous experience but this company played it so well I even called the company back after I hung up with the representative to find out what the name of the company was and whom I spoke with and the other gentleman I spoke with I told him about all my fraud and he played it off as well then I Googled them and found out all this information well I expect a phone call back at 4:30 so they can book my payments I can't wait to tell them what sleazebags they are and I may even record the call so I can add it to the posting here!

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Anonymous

Wrong number doesn't matter!

They keep calling me even though I have told them they have the wrong number! 16 times in 3 days! Are they serious? Just block them, or simply don't answer! Bunch of incompetent ***!
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Anonymous

Cagey

I am so glad I looked these people up and read these reviews! I was contacted by a woman with a celebrity's name via email who said they were a debt agency. Although I do owe to a few companies because of losing my job a year ago, I am clearing up my bills now. These people would not tell me WHAT COMPANY they were calling about, which really put up a red flag! I kept pounding away, asking "which company are you calling about??" and finally they did tell me what company they were trying to collect a debt for. Then I got a letter in the mail with nonsensical information, like it was some kind of form letter with ALL kinds of typos and misspellings and again, another red flag went up! So I looked them up and I see now that they are a cagey collection firm and I don't want to deal with them!
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Guest

Same thing happened to me. Some lady called asking me to verify my information and I wouldn't until she told me what she was calling for.

She became very hostile telling me "fine, I will make a final decision on your file." She hung up on me so I called backed and asked for the name of this company and immediately googled them while I was still on the phone with her. I read some of the reviews on here including yours to her and told her please don't call me again.

Anonymous

Simm Associates Debt Collection Review

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Horrible people they leave messages on both phone numbers no matter that they are third party they violate the FDCPA laws and they don't even care! They are not accredited by the BBB either.
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Anonymous
map-marker Garland, Texas

Simm Associates - Review in Collection Agencies category from Garland, Texas

I agree with the negative reviews. They are harassing, call relatives they have no business contacting just to get you to pay.

My sons student loan came due when he finished his class. My son didn't realize he needed to pay back the loan, he thought it was still on deferrment. They started harassing me too because i cosigned his loan but i told them i couldnt make a payment because im already paying on my sons other student loan. They harass me at home, at work, call other family members, etc and wont work with you to set up a repayment.

They want it all and they want it now.

I would never authorize a transaction over the phone. I would be afraid of them taking out money each month out of my account.

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Guest

"call relatives they have no business contacting"

They don't pull relatives out of the sky. Either they allowed or your son simply put down family members as references who are now paying the price for his foolishness.

"he thought it was still on deferrment"

Let me guess, the letters and calls asking for the money weren't enough to convince him to contact them and get this squared away.

Helicopter mom much for a loser child?

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Ingore the paid shrill for SIMMS. With that porch monkeys attitude I wouldn't pay them squat either. Be sure if you get sued by them or the original creditor you subpoena this website for a harrassment countersuit.

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anonymous ..

Hate to tell you but relatives and their contact information can be found very easily through various sources especially when running background or reference checks on individuals. You can get a lot of personal info that includes family members and their addresses & phone numbers, even past addresses & phone numbers and such among other personal info .... I know someone who used to worked as a secretary and had to do background checks on applicants for her employer

There are websites that will give you all this info on an unlimited basis for a monthly / yearly subscription fee

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Anonymous
map-marker Phoenix, Arizona

Such a horrible call

I received a call from 844-441-**** from a person named Dennis basically telling me if I didn't call back, my "case" would be referred for legal action. He said his company was called R&A.

I looked up "R&A" - nothing. So i called and a woman on the phone mumbled the name of the company so I asked her to clarify it. Sounded like Richard and sons Associates. Then she said it was Richardson and Associates.

Turns out it's Simms but they use several names to do business.. I finally talked to Dennis and he said he was calling on behalf of a payday loan company that I defaulted on and that if I didn't say I would clear it up today, they would refer it for legal action. He wanted me to confirm my SS# - I said no way and he just kept shouting at me that I needed to confirm that was my number - yes or no. I explained that I would not since I didn't know who was calling and again he said that he was not a collection agency and that he was just trying to verify a debt that I owed for their client.

Again, no more information other than it was from 2010 and they would settle for $980. Dennis got louder and louder as I refused to give him any information or commit to a repayment without seeing some type of documentation or information regarding this loan. He also stated that they had been mailing me information for "at least a year" and I'd been ignoring it (blatantly untrue - I never received anything). He finally just said they would refer it and hung up.

I will definitely report this to my state's GA as well as the BBB.

And, of course, keep an eye on my credit report.

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Guest

Tell them to screw off as the statute of limitations has expired and 1 more year left before it falls off of the credit report. Tape the call as well as threaten to put the recorded phone call on youtube.

Guest

Same thing happened to me. She said she was a mediator for Richards and associates.

This was all in voicemail. She said if I don't call them back they will actively be pursuing me at my work and home and I relinquish all rights at that point.

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What ever happened? They are doing the same to me..never had an online loan but threatening to garnish me and come to my job..

all types of rude threats.

I don't know what they're really capable of. Did they continue to harass you?

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Anonymous
map-marker Salisbury, North Carolina

Rude

They are rude and pushy. Said she could offer me a $400 payment a month, who can do that? Told her I have to go because I was at work she continue to talk and then make threats. Kept saying that we know you're working well if you help me lose this job I'm not going to be working and I'll never be able to pay . Since when did working become a bad thing . I guess I should've told her I would just quit my job so she stop harassing me. They are the worst and the call back to back to back to back but when you answer the phone they don't encourage conversation they try to bully you and make threats . They are disgrace to collection companies.
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Anonymous
map-marker Oakland, California

Called for Someone Else

Someone from the Simm associates number called me yesterday looking for my sister. I asked who it was and they played cagey, wouldn't say what they were calling for, or why, just said that I was "listed as a reference" and asked if I could pass on a message for them. I know my sister didn't list me as a reference on anything, I think they were just fishing. I played ignorant and tried to get more information (like the company name) but the guy wouldn't tell me anything just wanted to leave a message for my sister (whom I haven't seen in four years). I told him no and hung up then blocked the number in my phone. I looked it up online and found out it was this sleazy third party collection agency. I also looked up the law and found that they are only allowed to contact a third party one time in order to find contact information. So if they try to call me again I will be filing complaints with the FTC and my state attorney general. I do not appreciate getting calls for someone else's alleged debt.
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Do not call me if it's not my debt

Preferred solution: Do not call my number again and delete it from your database

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Guest

are a pain in the *** call late at night the law says that they are not to call people after 8 pm and not before 9 am in the morning something needs to be done with those *** simms and associates should have a really big fine dumped on them bunch of *** *** need to get a life blocked their number