Now Operating as Costal Mitigation Associates, Costal Asset Management Group - too many lawsuits as Shekinah. Different name, same slime, same crime.
June 2008 So I see that Mr. Hibbs can publish comments that speak badly about a company but when an ex-employee writes in to say something that contradicts the ravings of all these fine upstanding debtors he wont even post it. (Not true - we used to publish Curtis Barnes tributes to himself daily. So we'll publish anything you want to write about. But we don't publish ANYONE who can't read, and that seems to include a lot of collectors.)
June 2008 World Wide Recovery - Dan Durbin - contacted my daughter-in-law to find my daughter. My DIL innocently provided MY phone number because she knew my daughter would not want HER number given out. I started receiving calls for my daughter but they wouldn't tell me what it was about. I refused to pass on the calls unless they would. (I didn't know they aren't supposed to). Finally, I prevailed upon my daughter to tell them they could talk to me. Mr. Durbin has taken the friendly approach this time and has charmed my daughter into believing he cares about her and her circumstances. He started out saying she owed over $16,0000 on an old CC debt. She doesn't remember having a CC with a balance but it does show up on her credit report. He refused to accept payments. He offered a settlement amount of $6,900. He threatened a law suit and even said, at one point, that he was an attorney. He threatened wage garnishment of $1,000 per month. He threatened that a police officer would come to her place of work and serve her with papers and then proceed directly to her boss to set up garnishment. That was when I knew it was a scam. He has since offered to settle for $5000 and now $3500. In each case it has to be done TODAY or she will owe the whole $16,000.
June 2008 Apparently they've gone nationwide. I've had a set of phone numbers for 5.5 years and the plurality of calls I get are debt collectors looking for someone else--and quite a number of them, too (you'd think they'd discover Google by now). I live on the EAST Coast on the shore, and I get a call from the WEST coast for a new someone else (yet another to the list of suspect debtors) plus MY NAME (as seen in the phone book, now this was a first), over a citation (he cited an alfa-numeric number: sounded like a traffic citation) & complaints (??) with a vague reference to 'your property on' a street name like mine (but without an exact address or number) by "Mr. Dorley" (Dorsey?-name was said so fast) "administrator" and "logged it" for "date and time." And gave me a time window of 24 hours to call back with the impression of consequences if I don't. The number I traced to a cell phone in Santa Ana, CA (my ex-UCLA g/f's reaction - Orange County? WTH?). So I called back with three questions and a return number: Who is this someone else? What specifically is this citation & the charge(s)? And what is the address you're talking about? I only got voice-mail; as expected, no call back. About 10 days later, I get a call last week from Ed Gruns (sp?) asking for this same someone else using the toll-free number listed above. There was no references to my name, citations/complaints, locations, or this Mr. Dorley/Dorsey. Because that name of the someone else was used, I wanted to know why my name got dragged into this, I went to work tracing that number, which led me to this website; that took awhile. I was doing some preparation for calling back. My prep for this is over. There will be no call back. All the makings of Scam Alert. Back East we have Clark Howard as a consumer advocate. He'd probably like your website as a referral for information to deal with trash like this. I wish the Districts Att'ies could do a little dance on these guys. It looks like even the debt collection fraternity gets nauseated by the presence of floating turds like these around. P.S. One of the numbers at the top that you're reporting, the one with the 305- area code, that's an original SE Florida area code. For real or mistake?
April 2008 It looks like Shekinah is operating under another new alias: Coastal Mitigation Associates. I got a call from a guy calling himself Tom Cramer (sp?) with return number of 949-812-4684 and when I googled the number came up with Shekinah, Inc. and Luis Vasquez, Atty. This guy Cramer didn't make much sense in his message spouting off about giving to Caesar what is Caesar's and other stuff that made even less sense.
2007 I just wanted to see who this "Durbin" character with ACI was, so I googled and found your site. I just wanted you to have an update as far as Shekinah goes~~ they also go by" ACI" I don't have an outstanding debt but just the way they spoke to me and threatened me because I happen to have this phone number that was on their records for someone else they tried to intimidate me and get information from me on people I never even heard of! It was so obvious I just had to see who this guy thought he was. But he told me he was with "ACI" out of Long Beach, CA. Thanks for your awesome website and information. When the comments on a really bad agency falls off like this one has, you know another name change has taken place.
2007 I thought you would get a kick out
of this one. Not only does this client break the law but
they also claim they own an account they DON'T and make
ridiculous settlement offers just to get money from you.
I work for a debt settlement company and I check out your
site on a weekly basis to see if anyone I am dealing with is
on it (the companies normally are).
In June of this yr I settled a $32,000.00 account with
Capital Recovery Services for 50% in 36 payments. When I
set-up the payments in our system Mr Thrower at Capital
Recovery Services asked that I make the payments payable to
Shekinah Ink (I thought this was odd but hey I had a
settlement letter for this account).
Last month my client received a letter Glacial Star Group
trying to collect on the same account however for the
original settled balance....no payments noted.
I in turn contacted their office to find out what was going
on and was told that Shekinah Ink was taking money on
accounts that they had no legal right to collect on. I
contact Harvest Credit Mgmt to make sure they really owned
the account. This was confirmed and they agreed to the
previous settlement.
By the way here is an updated phone number for Capital
Recovery Services/Shekinah Ink 714-380-5871 866-897-9080 as
I know the previous numbers are no good.
This is a warning to anyone contacted by this company DO NOT
GIVE THEM ANY MONEY....they may not even own the account
they claim to be collecting on and thus just stealing your
money.
2007
Shekinah uses the name, WWR, Worldwide Recovery. They call
from 305-460-3375 & 714-380-5861. You can use intellius to
find out who owns a number. These dirt bags will always try
to hide because they are weak, low income, alcoholic, drug
users. They also use e-mail from wwwrecoveries.com. The
address that they use belongs to Shekinah, it's a mixed use
C-Class office building. They go by the Names Brown, Rick,
Mr. Brown, Charles Lofton.
2414 S. FAIRVIEW ST. SUITE 210 SANTA ANA, CA 92704
(866) 897-9080 FAX: (714) 200-0786 All of this belongs
to Shekinah
2007 THIS COMPANY IS THE DEVIL!! We started paying a bill they said we owed about a year and a half ago. I started getting curious about them last month when we tried to get in touch with them to no avail. One phone number led to another. Never got in touch with anyone. Got on the net and found this site, THANK YOU! We immediately called the bank and changed our acct. number. I knew they would be mad when they found out. Sure enough, they tried to get money out today. They called us early this morning and had some things to say to my boyfriend. I got their number from him, and that's when things got good! I called and talked to Rick. He said we only owed $1,000 and we should pay it right away. I told him we wouldn't pay anything else until we got some kind of letter from them stating how much we have paid so far and how much we still owe. He said he couldn't do that. I told him it was the law and he put me on hold. Then someone named Mr. Thompson got on. I asked his 1st name and he said "Mr.". Okay, now the stories I have heard are true. He got very mad when I explained that they weren't getting any more money until we get a letter from them. He said he could e-mail me something or fax something. I said no. I want it through the mail. He then said he couldn't because our acct. was going to be sold to another company on Friday for $300. I said "well, I either get something from you and continue to pay, or I'll just deal with the new company. He said "you have been paying us for over a year now. You want to just throw all that money away? If he sells the acct., we will have to pay all the back money we have already paid to the new company." I said, "I'll take my chances, you are not getting any money from us". He then said "thanks for the 5 grand, ha ha. And then hung up. IF these guys are legit, why can't they afford 45 cents to send a letter? DON'T EVEN DEAL WITH THESE GUYS. THEY ARE A SCAM!!!
2007 Hey Bud, here's some updated information on Shekinah's and Capital Recovery Services disgruntle employees spin-off's they started on their own. Im sure you'll start getting complaints on these as well. There's one more I'm trying to get more information on.
Newport Financial 2222 Michaelson
Newport Beach Ca
Primary Service 2155 Bellflower Long Beach Ca
ABC Services 1801 Katella Anaheim Ca
Coast to Coast 2629 Manhattan Redondo Beach Ca
My wife was contacted by these scum-bags for a debt that was paid off before she Graduated College. She talked to all the usual suspects but was told she would face a settlement for 5 times the amount of the supposed debt. She then called me at work from her cell phone and I asked her to ask them to put it in writing... That's when things really hit the fan. Any way I told her to hang up and I would call them back when I gathered more info. I found your site and sent a Cease-Comm. letter I did verify that they had received it. so far that's all that we've seen from them since. They did tell my wife they would send a letter about the debt to her...haven't seen it?! maybe the post office is slower from the west to the east. Anyway this group of wackos is way off base. So I contacted the local Hunting Beach government office that issues business licensees, and Shekinah was listed the address they give is also used by 30 + businesses in the Huntington Beach area. The address is for business start-ups to have an official sounding name. I was told that the building that this address belongs to is probably vacant. I also sent a complaint in to the Attorney General for Huntington Beach I don't know if this is going to do any good but these guys need to go away!
2007 I was contacted today by Marshall Brown at Shekinah. He told me that he worked for the law office that was representing Citibank against me. Naturally that was the first I had heard of the issue. When I asked about a collection letter, Mr. Brown claimed that it has already been sent and refused to send another copy. When asked about the account number that allegedly owed less than $3000 on, I recognized it as something Citibank charged off around ten years ago. It's been making the rounds from collection agency to collection agency ever since, usually it is with an agency like this: a speculator in obsolete bad debt. Mr. Brown wasn't rude, although he did threaten to "file a claim with the IRS," and told me that the county sheriff already had the process for service, but that he could file a "temporary stay of service," if I cooperated by giving him a fax number or an email address so that he could send me a settlement letter. I have feeling that it will never materialize. I have been having some trouble with another agency, who won't even tell me their full legal name and their address and refused to send me a written collections letter, that was going to send me an email. Obviously, they have sold or transferred this account to Shekinah. Although Mr. Brown's telephone demeanor was fairly professional by collection agency standards, which admittedly aren't very high, I can tell from my experience and what I've read hear that these are dirty, dirty collectors, maybe the worst I've dealt with yet.
2007 I am so glad to find this site today. We have rec'd phone calls from 714-475-5590 and 1-800-446-1022 and 1-888-268-1945. On my caller ID the first number registers as Shekinah, Inc. They (Greg Maroney) was very polite to my husband and told him he owed over 5,000 on a credit card that he didn't even remember. For 3 days they called giving us different info each day and finally today I talked to them and asked why they were talking about his parents. They said that my husband is a authorized user on a 12,000 limit cc of his parents (not true) and I started asking questions like what was the bus. name, their first and last name, etc and he transferred me to his boss "Mr. Nelson". Mr. Nelson refused to tell me his first name and started yelling at me calling my questions ridiculous! I restated that all I wanted to know was his first name and he said we were through and he was going after us and knew where we lived and hung up on me. I called back and Greg answered the phone by saying "Hi *** (my first name)" !!! He then transferred me to Mr. Nelson and I asked him why he hung up on me and he said that he didn't hang up on me that he thought our conversation was finished! Then I researched and found this site. We are now contacting the original cc company to find out if we truly owe anything and who we owe it to!
2007 This debt collection agency has broken every law in the book. They've been calling for weeks and my husband finally told Mr. Brown to simply put their request in the mail. Yesterday they called my husband's work cell number. My husband told the rep. to not contact him at work and he repeatedly kept calling him back and said "Are you stupid?"..."Are you on medication?" This really upset my husband. Then he called work and spoke negatively about me and my husband to my boss!!! My boss informed me of their illegal activity and is willing to submit a statement if necessary. I'm not sure how they got my work number. It's really scary to think of how nasty these people are.
2007 I have received two phone calls from
representatives of this debt collection company. I have
politely requested they send me something in writing. Each
time, the representative has refused to do so. I explained
that I did not even know the name of the company he
represented. I told him I only wanted to handle this matter
on paper - through the mail. One representative told me I
did not have the right to dictate how he contacted me. He
recited the last 4 digits of my social security number, and
informed me that he was presently holding a copy of my
credit report. He then made condescending remarks about my
age and relative intelligence. I told him that to be on the
safe side, I only wanted to handle matters of debt and
credit with paper, through the United States Postal Service.
He then hung up on me. The representative who contacted me
prior to this threatened to find out where I worked and have
my wages garnished, called me an idiot, and hung up on me.
So I filed a report with the FTC, and the LABBB. Here are
their responses: 1)The allegations made by [my name] are
false, however we apologize for any alleged misconduct by
our representative. We will cease contact by phone and will
respond via US mail. 2) We have quality control and we do
monitor phone calls, but our company makes thousands of
calls a day and we can not possibly monitor or record them
all. We are sorry that you feel that you need to be
appeased, because our apology was not meant to appease you.
We will only communicate via USPS.
I have waited 14 business days for something to arrive in
the mail. It's not coming, is it?
2007 I recently had a woman named Annie
Nelson from CRS (aka Shekinah) call my father attempting to
reach me. When she spoke with my father, she said she
represented an attorney who was about to begin proceedings
against me. My father informed her that I moved out of the
country over 3 years ago and gave her my number. This woman
then tried to get my FATHER to send her money on an old
account that I have been disputing for 3 years. First of
all, it is illegal for a collection firm to reveal ANYTHING
to a 3rd party concerning any debt. Secondly, my father gave
her the number to contact me at in Finland. She called, only
identified herself by her name and not what firm or what it
is regarding and said it was urgent that I call her "today".
I had no idea what I was in for. I phoned and she proceeded
to tell me that she was doing me a favor by calling me
because they were getting ready to file a 1099c "TODAY" and
that I need to giver her a credit card number or wire her
the money immediately. She then goes on to say that the
1099c will make the IRS my creditor and they will bill me
for the money. I asked her to send me via post a letter with
all the information on this "debt" and she refused!
Lucky for me I was a collections specialist many years ago
and know my rights. I also happen to know that a 1099c is
and it is not a selling of my debt to the IRS. These are
lies and violations of the law. Additionally, I live outside
the US and federal tax law and I have a great arrangement -
it is called the 2555ez... She is also required by law to
send me in writing the details of the alleged "debt" that I
owe.
How do these people get away with violating the FDCPA??? I
think I will start calling Annie quite often just to give
her a taste of her own medicine.
2007 They have an idiot named "Mr.
Nelson". He called and said he was attorney with Chase that
was preparing to take my brother in law to court over a
$3000 charged off Chase card. When my father in law didn't
call him back as soon as he wanted he called my house and
said that he didn't know what the hold up was but he was due
in court. He had waited because he knew that my father in
law didn't want the lawsuit to go forward against my brother
in law. Wow. I had a little fun with him called him a bottom
feeder or something like that and prompted a string of
profanity that would make Howard Stern blush prior to
hanging up on my. What a bunch of crooks. We are going to
report them due to the fact that he misrepresented the truth
over and over again and upset my father in law.
This guy had my elderly father in law (85) on the phone
forever even to the point of talking about religion.
2007 I live with a couple of elderly friends who were contacted today by an unidentified older rude and aggressive man. I took over the phone conversation and the man demanded to know who I was and when I replied "None of your business," he proceeded to try and demeanor me with rude and immature harassment. After hanging up on him, I made note of the company name and phone # that appeared on the caller ID and called him back while blocking my own #. In an intimidating tone, he answers the phone "How can I help you?" instead of identifying who he is; which he still hadn't done. I did an online search of 'Shekinah, Inc.' and found your website. A few weeks ago, someone from another company named "National Recovery" (800-360-4319) also appeared on the caller ID. I looked up the consumer rights for my state and found that collectors have to identify themselves, using their real names and cannot misrepresent themselves as someone who they aren't (attorney, gov't representative, employed by a credit bureau), otherwise, it is illegal. I am going to file a complaint with the FTC and anyone else; although from what I've read, these bullies aren't being shut down soon enough.
2007 My father received a call from Tom Krammer and he said my dad owed on a bank card from Bank of America and he never used that company. He was rude and not your typical collector. I guess these airheads did not realize I am a collector myself and we do not collect in this manner. I asked my dad for his phone # and linked it all back to this site. I called Mr Tom and requested him to call me and I will give him all the information received on his bogus collection job that he has. I also challenged him to get a real job collecting money that people actually owe. Have not head back , but I will continue to call him and give him a piece of his own medicine. There needs to be some avenue to stop these people,
2007 I got a copy of my credit and noticed this collection account from Shekinah, Inc. I called them and this guy started screaming and yelling at me then with out my consent he pulled my credit and second of all they hold a invalid account on a vehicle i paid off years ago back in 2000 so i told them i refuse to pay for something twice and the account was going to fall of my credit this September so what do the idiots do upgrade it for two years more in my opinion people like that have no right to even have access to credit reports or being in business plus they lied to me several times and that's unprofessional as well
2007 This agency is the most violent and ruthless company I have ever dealt with. They first started calling my Boss's cell phone--very embarrassing. Then I told him I am having an attorney work on my credit he snapped stating physical harm. They have not responded to any claims Lexington law firm has issued them about the claim. Its scary our government can let a company like this one continue to operate. They are liars, thieves, and jeopardize people's safety by making threats. Some one please investigate these people.
2007 I had to file three different complaints to the FTC on these jokers. They used all sorts of scare tactics like we will sue you, attach your house and personal property. So on and So on. Watch out for These guys, I had one Dave Gurev tell me he was from CRS Credit resources systems. I found out that these two companies are linked. One in orange county ca and the other in Los angels county ca. They said they were going to sue me, I said "Have me served in 7 days and to provide a signed agreement or contract" They have to prove that you have a legitimate debt. They refused, flat out calling me an a55hole and an idiot. Wow! I mean Wow! They have brass ones. They also refused to provide a proper address so I could send a cease communications letter. Bottom line....THESE GUYS ARE VIOLATORS OF THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTIONS PRACTICES ACT AND THE ROSENTHAL ACT OF CALIFORNIA. I would like to know if anyone else has had dealings with these jokers. Couple of folks. Read below.
2007 I almost feel bad for James Trent! I
would except it will take Jesus himself to come down and
stop this evilness! We all know who wrote the last remarks
it's not a surprise as she is one of his church goers!
James Trent is in the process of opening another Shekinah
That's right a Shekinah 3 and they are joining forces with
ALR Financial
well he has to hide assets somehow doesn't he? He is paying
collectors no salary and a 12% commission he has found a way
around slave labor! As you would say GOOD SHOT!
2007
There's good and bad at every aspect
of life, I too have worked, work, and will continue to work
with Shekinah Inc. The people that made the company bad,
have all gone now, because they were told to clean up their
acts and if something was getting out of hand they were told
to go home for the day. They never came back. The company
now has a group of very few, but knowledgeable individuals
whom know the FDCPA in and out and are actually looking
to live a life with this company. People leave angry because
they cannot have things their way,and end up saying things
that feed the fire. I am not here to change the world, I am
not here to preach to you, but might have had asked the same
people whom leave these bad comments a year ago and they
would have said that James Trent was gods gift to them, but
because they have always been bad, they will always be bad,
no matter whom they work for. If the individuals that are no
longer at Shekinah Inc. were to go down to the Prayer
Channel to collect, give it a week and you will see how many
complaints it gets. Its not Shekinah, its not James Trents,
but the individuals
themselves! Bad apples will always be spoiled apples, no
matter how much sugar you coat them with.
I can guarantee this will not be submitted on the website,
but its worth the effort. This is not James Trent nor any of
the staff, I am a collector. and no one will know who I am.
2007 After several threatening phone calls to me, my co-workers, and my boss I made the mistake of paying Shekinah aka The Law Office of Luis Vasquez. Since then I have sent a complaint to the BBB which resulted in NOTHING. I have also written a letter and filed a complaint with the California State Barr Association but it seems to be taking forever. My question is....should I expect an answer from the Bar association or should I just let it go? When I spoke to them the lady that questioned me about my complaint told me that Shekinah Inc had no right to collect in my state and she was working on getting my money back. It's been almost a year now.
2007 I don't want to go into full detail. But I was contacted by capitol recovery service group. they told me they could cut my debt down to a quarter of the original. All I had to do was send them a post dated check for the amount. I didn't send it to them. The next day my pregnant wife went to the hospital very sick. We found out that she could lose the baby. While we were in ICU preparing for the worst, they contacted the hospital and particularly my wife and stressed her out. The nurses were informed, and when they contacted again they were rude to hospital staff. A patient advocate was contacted on our behalf. The hospital attorneys contacted them and the calls stopped. However we lost the child, and we believe the stress they caused had adverse affect on my wife, and maybe related to the death of our child.
2007 I currently work for James Trent at
Shekinah Inc. and they are going down in a big way. You can
tell the man lives in fear he is angry and bitter and is
slowly drowning in his own vomit. Trent had to let go of
most of his collection floor because all of his top
collectors left because they were tired of James treating
them horribly. They even demoted Dana his right hand man and
his getting high buddy because they are running out of
money. Trent took all our money for investments and never
paid us back. He took six months to get us our money back
and still owes people 100's of thousands of dollars. His
house is in Shekinah's name and I am sure with all his tax
issues and law suits going on and the fact that there are so
many complaints against him for not paying back employees
both past and present investment monies due to them he is
looking at losing everything and finally closing the doors.
I work here because they made me a manager which means
nothing in the scheme of a dying company. If James worried
less about getting high and more about treating his
employees with dignity and respect he might actually be more
successful. Trent owes money to everyone in the entire
world.
One employee tried to leave this sorry company and he sent
people there to beat him up and rough him up and guilt him
into staying. Trent keeps his employees through fear
intimidation and guilt. His Ferrari was up for sale in
Newport Beach a month after he bought the thing. He needs to
sell it and pay the people who gave you money and trusted
you to invest it and pay it back in a timely manner. You
should have never invested our money and then with the
profits of that investment bought your own portfolio and put
your name on it SHAME ON YOU.
Trent you are the same man you have always been a drug
addict. you just have more money now so you aren't living on
the streets or on my couch anymore.
2007 Here is the phone number in
the Corona Office. 951-479-9603 Direct line to David Brown
(aka) Noble. To just hit the floor for anyone to pick up
951-734-9100 trust me call I guarantee you they will violate
any law you need. Put it this way Mr. Brown still thinks if
a debtor makes a payment the statute
of limitations starts
all over. FYI they do not send first demands and they are
reporting illegally on the credit reports
I have been receiving phone calls from this 1-800-714-9782 for the past week or so, though even time I answered the line would hang up. finally this time I spoke with someone named Cathy and that was calling from the Law Offices of Louis E. Vasquez regarding a debt i have from 1999. she then provided the phone to her "manager"or rep responsible for my acct who's name was Joe Dorsey. Joe then began asking how much money I could come up with and how quickly i could provide them their money before they would have to proceed with legal action. I was falling for all of it until i read this site!!! thank you so much BUD!!!!!
you saved me from dealing with these
thieves!!!! I' m going to wait for them to call me back '
so that they can get my real answer, which is nice try and
go to ****!!!
Staff Response: The hang up is an auto dialer that calls several numbers at once. The collector picks up the first human response and the other lines go dead. It's an efficient and time-saving method the big agencies and tele-marketers use. Make sure you keep an eye out for anything they follow up with in writing - you can not let those items go unanswered...