They send me a letter that I owe $619.58 regarding a AT&t line about 7 years ago and offer me a settlement of $309.79. Is this fraud what can I do there affecting my credit.

On February 19, 2008, my sister recieved a phone call from an unknown male asking to speak with me; my sister said he did not know how to pronounce my name correctly. My sister is 35 years old, lives on her own, and aside from childhood, we have never lived at the same address or had the same phone number.

My sister called me after finishing the conversation with this unknown person who said they needed to talk to me about a personal matter. They would not give any information to my sister and asked for contact numbers for me; she did not supply that information. My sister continued to explain that the person on the phone was extremely rude and very insitent on wanting to get the information, to the point my sister had to hang up on them. When she talked to me about it, she said it sounded like a "bill collector" trying to get a hold of me. My credit rating is in the lower 800's and I have not had any late payments or outstanding bills for more then 10 years. The one thing the unknown person did was to leave a number with my sister, which she relayed to me. I called the number, got the name of the company from the automated voice recording, looked the name up on the internet, and then found this complaint site.

This company is scamming to collect on something that most likely does not exist. My only thought in them calling her and asking for me, is she underwent surgey approx. 2 months ago listing me on the forms as her power of attorney; name only no phone number. Somehow Northlands aquired this information which explains why they called her asking for me. After reading several of the other complaints filed here, I would agree and stress that you do not fall for the scam. If they do get ahold of you, check and double check any information they have before you act. I would also recommend you read through other complaints on this company to get a better idea of how they may operate.

I am getting the second letter regarding about the Northland Group Inc with Sears and Home depot. It was confusing me because I had not miss the payment on Home Depot. They kept harassing for the offer and they lied and kept changing the cost on those.

I had giving indicated of payment on Sears which I had been paying for 1335.00 per months. I knew something fishy with those company. What should I do about that? Please help! Thanks, Trudy Fisher

We opened a brand new office in a small town. Unfortunately, we chose an old number. Apparently a customer referred to the Northland Group for debt collection. The phone calls went from 1 a week to a few times a week. I didn't mind, that's my job, to answer the phones. Then I got a Customer Service person to beat them all. He asked for the lady, I told him that we were a business and she doesn't work here and never has. He told me that if "you would shut your mouth, I could give you another name she goes by". I told him to kiss my %&*#, which was a knee jerk reaction I admit. Perhaps I'm not used to being spoken that way to (we are in the South, ha). He laughed and laughed, telling me that "we'll keep calling you until we get different information". What a JERK!!

I have complained to their email addresses and got zilch for responses. The phone still continue, about one a week. They even ask if I know her, how dumb is that? We are a business! I have repeatedly told them to take us off their call list and they still continue! Unprofessional...