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Report: #263138

Complaint Review: Luebke & Baker - Peoria Illinois

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  • Luebke & Baker Peoria, Illinois U.S.A.

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I was recently contacted by someone identifying themselves as an attorney from Luebke & Baker indicating that I was being sued. My wife had taken the call and she forwarded me the name of the attorney(?) as David Baker with a phone number as I wasn't home at the time.

I immediately contacted them asking for attorney Baker. The male subject represented himself as Baker. He indicated that I owed Union 76 Oil a long standing unpaid debt. I advised him that I've never had an unpaid bill from them and I currently have an account with them. He said the bill was in excess of $700 but "they" had negotiated it down to less than $300.

I advised this subject that I was a retired fraud investigator and that this appeared to me to be a scam and that I would not pay one dime until they provided written documentation of the alleged unpaid bill. He provided me with information of my past residences, my full name, AND my social security number. At that point, I knew this to be a fraud.

I provided this charlatan a fax number to fax me the documentation but it has been three days since the conversation and no faxes have been received.

If anyone reads this posting and knows of any litigation or impending/ongoing investigation of this outfit, please contact me as I will support and provide any documentation requested. I will make contact with the FBI as well as this scam is being perpetrated via telephone over state lines.

Investigator Dave
Sunriver, Oregon
U.S.A.

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AUTHOR: Bob - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Sunday, August 05, 2007

Ok this might be a little long. I worked for this company for quite some time. I don't like them but first it will seem as though I am sticking up for them. They are not a scam. Normally those type of accounts are sent with all information date of birth, ssn ect......As for them being able to prove it I doubt it. Now on occasion all that is sent over from whatever investor purchased the accounts and placed them there they lack social security number. Sometimes the investors have their own skip tracing done and then they will note a social on the account and DOB. However it may have been someone with the same name as yours if this is the case and just an investigation error.

I can assure you that the person that you talked too is not an attorney. I wont call you a liar and say that they said they were....many people make that assumption due to things that they say and by the company name. The are not allowed to say they are attorney's and the are specifically taught not too and if asked to say no they arent attorneys. However a collector is still human and will do what they want even if it is wrong or illegal so they may have lied to you. They do hire many attorneys to sue people for debts depending on the blah blah blah....I do have a lot of inside information regarding this company and some of the things they do that aren't legit. But as for any real advice on anything at this time regarding your specific alleged account I can not really give an opinion without knowing details.

Best of Luck

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Luebke & Baker, Bill collectors posing as attorneys

AUTHOR: Investigator dave - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Wednesday, July 25, 2007

In my first report, I neglected to mention that Baker said the "alleged debt" was reported to them in 1997. Because of my background, I inquired about their due diligence in supposedly attempting to collect the debt. I had lived at a residence from 1988 until 2003 when I retired and moved out of state. He had no response for that.

What is truly disturbing is that these people had my SSN and date of birth.

In reviewing past reports of this outrageous outfit, it seems that they used the story of past magazine subscription debts. It appears that they are branching out in oil company credit cards now.

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