(866) 778-1922

I  love it when the Misinformed make unjustified comments like this one....Sir/ Ma'am you are sadly mistaken here. You are setting these bloggers up for failure. You may want to read the Laws, before making unjustified comments. See for yourself it is all public records. Mr. French has won a lot of cases on his clients behalf. You all are upset about not handling your responsibilties??? Only in America.

I don't know if it is a prank call but when I called back a secretary picked up from the law offices of William Morris.

I received a letter from this "firm" asking me to pay over three grand becasue they supposedly represent a tax payment service that paid too much money into an unidentified account under my name to pay the taxes on my home mortgage. The letter is so hideous, has several mistakes, presumes that the money was both paid into my "account" and to the "taxing authorities".My first clue that it was a scam is that I don't have a mortgage on my residence that has escrow accounts. I pay my taxes myself.They rarely answer the phone and, if they do, the person they ask you to call is conveniently away from the office.SCAM.

Got a call from 866-778-1922 claiming to be law offices (they are not).  The callers name William Morris.  take it from there....

There are times I've been behind and had bill collectors call.  I routinely send a (good) check to the actual business for the original amount, and I've never had one refused.  That way the business gets the whole amount rather than losing the c***k taken out by the bill collector -- it's win-win.  When I tell the bill collector that the debt was paid and they can verify it with the business, it shuts them up.  You have to stonewall till you know the check has cleared, but this saves a great deal of money and aggravation.  If you pay the collection agency directly, they have no shame about either adding more fees or trying to dun you twice for the same debt, claiming that the first payment was never received.  NEVER pay with a money order or other instrument where you cannot get proof that it was cashed, even if they demand it.  Send any letters return receipt requested.  If you have the receipt, that makes it way harder to deny that a payment was made.If you don't owe anything the law provides that you can demand proof of the debt.  The few times some idiot has tried to dun me for so****ing I don't owe, usually by twisting or misstating the terms in a contract ("the business is bankrupt, I'm the attorney/CPA, and you owe X$"), I demand proof of the debt and a day in court.  Then I never hear from them a***n.And don't be shy about showing up in small claims court with your mail receipts, payment receipts, image of cashed check, etc.  Tip: spend an afternoon or two in court before you go for your own case -- it's a real education in the ways people and businesses ***** up, and how the court works.

I got a call from this number at work (they called the general number) and got nothing but hold music. J*** to be precise.

P.S.  Everyone, this is definitely a fraud.  I received the same voicemail and my credit is perfect and have nothing late or past due.  It's sad when there are dishonest people in the world trying to take advantage of other hard working people so that these dishonest people can get unfairly and illegally compensated.

Psh. Don't know whether you should pay a bill with them or not.I DO KNOW that they've been given cease & desist orders for violating the debt collection laws of various states. See, for example this one out of Nevada a***nst "Law Office of W.C. French":http://fid.state.nv.us/Notices/2009/2009-03-10_CDLawOfficesOfWCFrench.pdf They look like bottom feeders who don't care if they do things the right way - the kind of folks who give debt collectors a bad name.

@ any/all of you.... you should pay whatever bill you owe that has been turned over to them.... they DO SUE for their clients. I know from personal experience. As for the connection to myownsanta.com, the attorney is LEGIT, is licensed and a member in good standing with the state bar.... and he has been a registered SANTA for MANY years. Don't confuse your inability/unwillingness to meet your obligations with someone who is making a living and, in spite of *****s like all of you... tries to bring some joy into the lives of children, year round, not just at Christmas.

The fax number for the Law Offices of WC French is 713-789-0137.  There is no way I have found to email these bottom feeders, but when you up W.C. French (the owner of the law firm) on Linkedin, you will see (ironically!) that he runs a Santa Claus business in the Houston, TX area.  The website is http://myownsanta.com/home.  There is an email address for him on that site that can be used to send him email about the abuses of his "law firm."

Voice mail from Paul Reese (on a phone I have had for only 2mos) telling me to call him ASAP since they were hired to represent "someone" on a lawsuit a***nst me.

Mike Shaver called from (866) 778-1922 ext. 1131 and said he was with WC French company...needless to say he demanded money so they wouldn't have to take up the matter in court even though a payment was made within the previous 2 weeks.  They are a debt collection company.

Someone by the name of Paul Reese from the Law Offices of W C French called wanting me to get a message to my niehgbor, who supposedly had given my name as a reference.  He said it was concerning a claim.  I gave the info to my neighbor who nothing about a claim or giving my name as a reference.  The number to call back was 1-866-778-1922 ext 1125

They called me saying they were a law office although I don't recall if they said a name, I have a 2 year old who can be very distracting, just wondering if you remember if they gave you a name.

debt collector posing as a law office to scare people into paying

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