Maxwell, Turner & Associates

The firm contacted me with claims that they can retrieve debts from debtors fast, usually within 10 days. If they do not collect, they don't charge. It has been, to date, 6 months and no collections have been made, but I did receive an invoice for some reason. It seems that when it comes to upfront attorney fees, they do contact you when they say they will.

After that happens, try and contact them and you will get an answer, leave a message, but there's no return phone call. It becomes perpetual, until you figure out you've been scammed. Do not believe a thing that comes from this company. You want to retrieve your money, hire a local attorney, and spend a little bit of it. If it is worth it, of course. Trust me when I say this. Thank you, and spread the word.

They promised me to collect money from a client. Melissa ** contacted me with the story about the same secretary family member passed away recently and was related to his boss. He was taking this claim very personal and she needs $ 1,752 to cover lawyer's fee and start my case against my client. That was all this story because since March 15, 2010 until this day, 06/14/10, I haven't received any phone call regarding my case. I assumed this kind of people and companies need to be out of business because they are worse than our dishonest clients. I hope we can get our hands in this really good people for acting and get money for honest people and we can get our money back.

I was contacted by this company and they explained to me what they did. They are a debt collection company. I told them that I own a small plumbing and heating company in MA. I also told them that I had several unpaid bills, mostly contractors, that were not taking my calls or returning my messages. They asked me to give them a try with just one unpaid account. I wouldn't have to pay them anything unless they collected. The person I was dealing with was **.

So, they told me that they contacted the debtor. They also told me that the debtor said a lot of untrue and nasty things about me, my company, and my employees. And the debtor also made such rude and crude remarks to the girl that contacted him, that she was in tears. He said some really mean things about her mother, who had just passed away. Well, wouldn't you know that this girl's father owns Maxwell, Turner, and Associates Inc. He is very upset and is taking this account personal. ** then told me that we should pursue litigation against the debtor. I had to send in a check for $602 to cover litigation expenses up front.

Well, after they received the check, that was it. There were no phone calls to me and no return phone calls from them when I called. I even sent faxes with messages to call me back but there were no return phone calls. I couldn't find any other phone numbers for them. I did contact the American Lawyers Company and they gave me a number for the Commercial Collections Agency Association. The gentleman I spoke with there told me that I was the 10th caller that day. The company was out of business and that a lawsuit has been brought against them by the Bakersfield District Attorney. They had contacted me in March. So, it looks like I got scammed. I would love to get my hands on these people. To pull something like this in today's economy is as low as it gets.

Lesson learned, I hope. I did contact the District Attorney in Bakersfield, CA and left him my name. I will file a consumer complaint and forward it to the DA.

I received a call from Mrs. **. She said she was a debt collector for business. I told her I had a personal debt that I needed to collect on, but I did not have the information ready. She said it didn't matter and that she could collect with just the names of the parties involved. I hesitated and told her I would rather have all the information for her. She said she would call me back then.

Before I proceeded, I checked them out with the California Business portal; and I asked her for her information. She sent me an IRS-issued document and a Business Portal printout. We proceeded with giving her the info. Once, she had the info, she called us back saying she had found the people but that they had insulted the daughter of the attorney and that it had become a personal matter. She further said that for $1256, they would go to trial for me to collect.

I have contacted them several times, and Melissa has never called me back. They kept telling me she's busy and that they were awaiting a court date. Currently, they are not answering the phone. I do not have money, and I had to come up with that money, hoping they could help me collect. I sent it to them, and I believe now that it was a scam. Can any of the real lawyers help me with this?

I was contacted by them, and they stated that they collected bad debt for commercial companies such as mine. I explained that I had a broker that owed me $1200.00. They explained that they could recover the money for only a 20% fee. Next, they explained that for $600.00, they would go after the companies' business licenses so that they would close them down and so that they would not commit frauds like this again on companies like mine.

I sent them a check for $600.00, and that was the last that I heard from them. My phone calls were not returned, and when I finally did talk to someone, I told them that I believe they are a fraud because there has not been any communication with me since I sent my money. Prior to me sending the money, I was getting calls daily. Please tell me what I can do to stop people like this from getting away with pure fraud and hurting the poor man like my self.

This company contacted me claiming that they can retrieve debt owed to me. I told them about a personal judgment I had against someone. In 5 minutes they called me back and told me that they found the person I was looking for. Long story short, they are scammers! They found the right name but the wrong person. They harassed this poor woman whose husband is a lawyer. After he called my office, which he should have known nothing about my company since from the beginning, I explained that this was a personal matter, not business. I realized that this company had the wrong person.

I called them to explain this and they told me that this lawyer was the one scamming me. I told them that this was not true and that they had made a mistake. The "supervisor" got on the phone and told me, "If I want any lip from you, I'll pull down my zipper and have your husband leave the room." Exact words. Then they try to tell me why I should send them money to get the money owed to me, telling me that I would get it all back in the end. Yeah, right! Stay away from this company, they are frauds! I am already out the money that I had to get a judgment for and now this company wants to rip me off even more by taking more of my money.