(877) 230-2988

I do know what you mean I did receive my letter that I had paid it off it was ICS on top of the letter head I guess where MR. Goldstien is in the legal department theres different departments there I guess and Mr. Gldstien works in the legal/ law department thats what I was told all I know is they did send me the letter like they said they would so I am letting you know that myself personally didn't have any problems with them so maybe that may give you a bit more reassurace since you seem like you wanna take care of this matter with all the investigaqting i don't blame you one bit so many scams out there its crazy well I hope I was a little bit more help for you.....

i got an email from them stating what i owe. well the letterhead states ics, inc out of amherst, ny.

I got a call also from that same number and when I read your reply I wanted to do a bit more investigating myself.  I have relatives whom lets say can find out ANYTHING so I asked them to please do me a favor so they did.  See now it wasn't me who owed them it was my son.  Well anyhow I did find out that this number is nothing to do with the ISC they have a different owner and all they are under an Mr. Goldstein there so it is different I even spoke to him and he even****ured me that we are not that ICS that people are bad mouthing I had the business looked up and it did come back different so I thought I would want to let you know that Melissa because it did seem like you were curious any other questions you may have don't hesitate to ask. A***n my name is Marlena.

i got a call from 888-832-9915 which is ics,inc. they told me i owed $$. they knew ss#, work #, and email address. got an email from a Jen Jakubec saying i owed this money. called the company i originally owed and did a paper trail to see where these debts got sold to.  came up with northtown capital called that number and ics,inc. answered. questioned customer service rep and she claimed she had never heard of them. then when i asked her where this office was located she got ****ed and said do you want to settle this debt or not. so i ***g up

i got a call from 88-832-9915 which is ics,inc. they told me i owed $$. they knew ss#, work #, and email address. got an email from a Jen Jakubec saying i owed this money. called the company i originally owed and did a paper trail to see where these debts got sold to.  came up with northtown capital called that number and ics,inc. answered. questioned customer service rep and she claimed she had never heard of them. then when i asked her where this office was located she got ****ed and said do you want to settle this debt or not. so i ***g up

UPDATE FOR ALL YOU FOLLOWERS... BUD HIBBS ADVISED ME JASON WAS IN PRISON ON FELONIES... SEARCH "INTERSTATE CHECK SYSTEMS" OR "NORTHTOWN CAPITAL &****OCIATES" ON GOOGLE FOR ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ON THESE S***BAGS!AND DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT BUDHIBBS.COM ON THESE GUYS!

All I can say is that I received several phone calls from different people there I continued to ignore them because half the **** they were saying I sure the***** didn't believe them.  Until a month ago when I was served I then called the company back asking if they could work with me please they then told me unfortunately at this point we can't because you had already been served all we can take from you at this point is balance in full from you which my bill was 974.21 there was no way I had that amount.  I went to court last week and my 974.21 is now 7,134.27.  Yep that's right and now they are garnishing my wages. So I would believe these calls I understand how it may seem like BS but it ISN"T they are telling the TRUTH. To me Airforce Renee sound to me to be like an ex employee whom wasn't too happy maybe because she got fired and I know for me when I party on the weekends its the weekend not work and it doesn't c****e me of the person I am when I work.  You know for a while I was agreeing with you guys like bad mouthing them this and that but it came down to me being mad at myself for taking this out not paying on it and now look where I am.  So it sounds to me a lot of this *****ing is due to people being upset for oweing this debt and even being in this process.  Well I wish the best of luck to everyone and I would recommend to take care of this debt becuase they aren't playing and that the truth on my part if any questions about the process let me know I can help you and give you suggestions   I also know some good lawyers well thanks for letting me fill in

I'm in the Airforce in San Diego - originally from Tonowanda, N.Y.. I got a call from a "Tara Weathers" regarding a "Pay Day Loan" from a place called "Cash Central" that i got three years ago before a deployment - and paid off shortly after. While she was on the phone with me - i heard someone (plain as day) call her Sarah or Cherry - (Sarah is close to Tara - but wait until i tell you about the message i got. It def.  wasn't Tara) - and she responded to that person. She threatened to have my wages garnished - which i know is illegal. Then - i got a message from "Tara" telling me that if i didn't pay - that there would be legal action taken. She said so****ing along the lines of "If you keep dodging our calls instead of working with me and letting me help you - then we'll be forced to have our attorney take action. BUT - when she said her name - she said "This is Sar... Tara weathers a***n."  My sister does collections for a place in Arcade, N.Y. (I won't say her name or company name.) She told me that threatening to garnish wages, leaving harrassing messages, and threatening legal action - is NOT allowed in the NYS Collection Industry. After reading the last post from billy, i filed a complaint in San Diego and the New York State Attorney Generals office. I reckognized the last name of Jakubec... then realized that i knew Jason. I called some old friends from high school & found out that my ex-boyfriend from high school actually works there. I wouldn't do this normally, but personally - i'm  sick of being harrassed by this "Tara Weathers." So, I got in contact with my ex that works there (i won't say his name - since he fed me all of this info) and He told me all about them (and also said he'd get this payday loan mix-up taken care of. THANK GOD!) Jason apparently just got out of prison not that long ago.  (his sister Courtney Jakubec works there too apparently) The company is comprised of a few people that call themselves "The dream team." Jason is the boss there. They opened late 2009 - and have 2 other small ***nches. There's only 25 collectors on the floor. They have no drug policy - and in fact, my ex said they have parties every single weekend and it's all just ***, *****, and drugs. The names they use are aliases. - and they are a real company. HOWEVER - He told me about their tactics... They have an attorney on site. His training was comprised of 1 day - a general briefing on some laws - then was told - don't worry about the laws. Threaten, harrass, and do whatever you can to collect money. They told him that once someone says the word "sue" - they throw their in-office attorney on the phone - and they back down. My sister (who a***n, is in collections) said places like that are extremely illegal - and they'll get shut down IF PEOPLE TAKE SERIOUS ACTION. But then added - they'll then open up a***n a year later under a different name. I wish people would get lives instead of trying to earn a living calling people & harrassing them. Yes - i've even told my sister that too. It's not just that place though - there are a lot of companies like this. Being in the Airforce, you see a lot of new recruits come in and get in over their heads with Pay Day Loans... We urge them not to - right from the beginning in basic training. Unfortunately - giving young people lots of money - they'll never learn.

I just reported these people the the Attorney Generals office. They told me if they ended the call without a payment of $250 or my credit card number that they were gonna garnish my wages for up to 40% & I could do 5yrs in jail for bad checks. #1 I didn't write any bad checks, it was a loan that was paid back & I am looking at the proof as I type this. The guy I spoke to told me his name was Marcus Rush. That's a negative. Marcus Rush is a college football player & a fictional name used in the Robotech series. For Kitty Kat or w***ver to tell people to grow up...PLEASE!!!! They are ripping people off & ripped her off as well. She says pay your debt but yet she didn't pay hers until she was threatened. The loan was for $300 & they want me to pay $2100 AND the loan was already paid back. Since Kitty Kat has money to just throw around, how about coming & pay some of my bills for me. Thanks Bill for all the info. I'm actually finding more on them now.

I have posted this elseware and this it could be handy to all of you... here you go. I am located in Arizona and received a call from these s***bags. After resear****g the number and these posts, I decided to do some more research and came up with this: Interstate Check Systems is an en***y of Northtown Capital &****ociates. Northtown's web site is: http://www.northtowncap.com. Northtown's address and location is (same as Interstate Check Systems): 15 Hazelwood Drive, Suite 102, Amherst, NY 14228 - Phone: 888.358.1120 - Fax: 716.691.2122 Here are the corporate filings found at: http://app***t8.dos.state.ny.us/corp_public/corpsearch.en***y_search_entry Selected En***y Status Information Current En***y Name: INTERSTATE CHECK SYSTEMS INC. Initial DOS Filing Date: NOVEMBER 16, 2009 County: NIAGARA Jurisdiction: NEW YORK En***y Type: DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATION Current En***y Status: ACTIVE Selected En***y Address Information DOS Process (Address to which DOS will mail process if accepted on behalf of the en***y) INTERSTATE CHECK SYSTEMS INC. 3047 MAPLE ROAD NEWFANE, NEW YORK, 14108 Registered Agent SPIEGEL & UTRERA PA PC 1 MAIDEN LANE 5TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10038 Current En***y Name: NORTHTOWN CAPITAL &****OCIATES INC. Initial DOS Filing Date: OCTOBER 23, 2009 County: ERIE Jurisdiction: NEW YORK En***y Type: DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATION Current En***y Status: ACTIVE Selected En***y Address Information DOS Process (Address to which DOS will mail process if accepted on behalf of the en***y) NORTHTOWN CAPITAL &****OCIATES INC. 1 MAIDEN LANE 5TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10038 Registered Agent SPIEGEL & UTRERA P.A. P.C. 1 MAIDEN LANE 5TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10038 Don't let the DOS mailing address in NYC fool you as corporations can have correspondence go through their attorney. Here is where it gets real interesting though. I decided to research the owner's name given above, Jason Jackubec. He appears to have been a player in various buffalo collection agencies, all of which seem to break every law out there for consumer protection. I decided to search "jason jackubec ny" on Google. It corrected me, apparently the proper spelling is "Jason Jakubec". One reference comes back to another buffalo collection agency, there is also one from classmates.com and FaceBook. Classmates says jason is a 2000 graduate from Wilson High School in Wilson, NY. Being sure to have the right person, I looked up where Wilson is located. North of Buffalo about 30 miles. Just a small town it looks like... but get this, guess what town is right next door? Newfane, NY... sound familiar? See the corporate filing above for Interstate. Ok so now we have the right guy... but what is this maple road address? I did a google maps/street view search of the address. Comes back to a ritzy looking house, that's right a house... a private residence. So off we go, who's house is this? S****ed to dig a little more. Second link on google at www.ypsort.com/main/ny/newfane/ shows a name and phone number for that address: Elia Richard A 3047 Maple Rd Maple newfane 14108 716-751-9252 Wait a minute... who is Richard Elia? Second page on google says he is the Executive VP of Sevenson Environmental Services in Niagara Falls. Well the location of his company makes sense, the location of his house definitely makes sense. But how and why is he tied to a collection agency. Time to dig deeper yet a***n! Remember that facebook search that came back on google? Well for being such a big ****, he isn't big on privacy! Clear as day, right out there is all his info! His profile is wide open! Oh, and his profile does confirm all that information, plus it gives his cell phone number, personal email, and his birthday in case you want to wish him a happy one! Back to Elia though... I decided to check out his friends. He has 249, so s**** scrolling through the list! Page 3, first hit, jessica elia. Page 5 rachel elia. No richard elia though. Well I have facebook, let's search for elia's in wilson high school... nothing. But we definitely have Jason linked to the Elia family. So back to google we go. I'll s**** with some common sense. Jason is class of 2000 so let's focus on his class. Going back to google sear****g for wilson high school alumni, I come across a new site, mylife.com. Enter the name Richard Elia and Newfane and let it ride. Well, it happens to bring up other people related to the same address as Richard Elia along with his age (56). It shows a Karin and a Joseph H Elia. Time to s**** making****umptions. Richard Elia must be a ***her! Remember, Jason is in his mid 20's as facebook shared. So let's find out who this Joseph Elia is... maybe he is our guy. Same site, just c****e the first name to Joseph. Guess what, comes back to a 26 year old matched up with Richard. I can't get any more info without registering but I have a name. Joseph H Elia - let's google it. Not finding much on him, all i see is a Joseph Elia from Newfane winning some money at the Niagara Falls casino in a poker tournament. That would make sense, degenerates to tend to fall into collections. Well I'm at a loss nothing. Back to square one. So as a final result, I decided to search "northtown capital joe elia". You're not going to believe this one. 1st result on google, guess what I find: Elia, Joe, Northtown Capital &****ociates. Jakubec, Jason, Northtown Capital @****ociates - DBA Conference attendees. There it is clear as day! DBA - Debt Buyers****ociation. It is apparently a conference where these agencies go to buy and sell debt. A meet and greet of the s*** of the earth! So here are your owners! Jason Jakubec and Joe Elia... do some searches... actually, if you want to have fun, get Jason's cell phone number from his facebook page and s**** harassing him like he has been harassing us! Oh, and don't forget... file complaints with the Attorney General in both your state and in New York. New York's attorney general is not messing around anymore when it comes to collection agencies who break all the rules! I'll keep digging into this and update if I find out anymore information.

It was 3 times the balance due for me o thought it was bogus at first ... Some litegation worker by the name of Joseph kerr warned me and I refused .. He called back and I told him to do what he had to , he did and I was served 2 days later by some idiot process server next thing I know 465.00 plus court filing and retainment by advanced America $4400 . Don't think they are playin , it may take them time buy they will get you

Yea I had mr jim douglas call my cell.. he sounded bogus but I was the ****** one not call him back... 7 days later the county issued me a summons.. now I have to pay 6 times the amount or they'll garnish my wages...All OVER A loan from cash central .. bullSh*t.

My husbands grandmother received a call first, in which I returned the phone call.  I spoke to a Ray Padilla who I told and my husband that he had the wrong Elizabeth.  Oh by the way, I am from San Antonio, TEXAS. Ray explained he was working for the attorney general regarding a check n go cash advance from 2006.  I then got a call from Shawn Michaels (who happens to be the name of a wrestler in the WWE), my husband asked for an autograph but he declined...he also was told to that he had the wrong person and that HOW was my husbands grandmother involved in a debt to ME when my husband was not my husband when the debt happened.  We tried to close the case but Shawn Michaels is still investigating...whatever!!!

yes you should contact them back it my be some serious s**t===but if u choose not 2 it my come back on u in the future=== twice as worst====

My husband just got the second call from these people today (Sat. April 17) under a different number that they called from on Feb. 5. We did contact the attorney general office of our state and lodged a complaint tonight. I urge anyone who has gotten a call from them to do the same. I understand from other posts that this is a debt collection agency. They a***n told us that there was some sort of check fraud that my husband was involved in and if we didn't call back on Monday April 19 we would be served papers. They did mention that they had my husband's social security number but since I will not call them back, I don't know if this is true or not. If others have called, do they actually have your SS number or did they just say they did? I do wonder how they got our number. Others have posted that this was collection agency for a loan. The only loan we have ever taken out was from our hometown bank and if there was anything on our credit report when bank was in the process of giving us loan, we should have gotten info about it. I do urge people to report these callers. Strength in numbers:) I understand some people have actually given them money. Why would  people give them money if you don't owe it in the first place?

A Jim Douglass ext 335 had the nerve to call my parents house and say that my mom was a person of interest for somthing I had done supposably a civil suit IDK a bunck od S%^&

they called and asked for someone i didn't know and then just s****ed saying names.  i kind of got the feeling they were fishing to see if i knew someone...anyone they were looking for.  very unprofessional!!!

They called me today and left me a voicemail stating that unless i called back today they would submit the case a***nst me for check fraud. Which the only checks i write of have ever written have been to my landlord...bogus company...They also stated that they had faxed over an employment verification to my HR dept...so i sent them a Cease and decist letter back by fax and via mail. hopefully that will work...anywho...here is their information taken from the Employment Verification sheet..Interstate Check System, INC15 Hazelwood Drive Suite 102Amherst, NY 14228Phone: (877)230-2988Fax: (716)691-2440

it's interstate check systems they are a collection agency claiming they are a legal office THEY ARE NOT! Beware of them I've found several complaints a***nst them.

Called my cell.