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Report: #420197

Complaint Review: CBCS - Columbus Ohio

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  • Reported By: king of prussia Pennsylvania
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  • CBCS PO Box 163250 Columbus, Ohio U.S.A.

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From what I've read, many others have received a phone call similar to the one I just received. Not only was the woman ignorant, but she couldn't even get the information correct! She said she was trying to collect on a PECO bill from Nov 2005 for an address where I had moved away from in Aug 2005. Then she would switch the year to 2004 (if I hadn't paid a bill in 2004, there's no way PECO would've continued to provide service to me through August '05). I still don't know to which year she was actually trying to refer!

Then she said I need 3 pieces of mail from 2005 (2004) - sure, I keep mail laying around for years, 2 copies of personal ID with my picture & my social security number. Are they nuts? Sure, let me just throw all of that personal information in the mail right now for you! I don't think so. She said I have 45 days to take care of this. And I'm just hearing about this now, in Feb '09? Something just doesn't sound right. She also said I needed a police report if I'm saying that I didn't live there.

This is crazy, but I don't know which course of action to take - certainly don't want my credit to be affected, but are these calls even legitimate? What is everyone else doing? Help, please!

Michele
king of prussia, Pennsylvania
U.S.A.

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#2 Author of original report

They're not even a BBB accredited co.

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

POSTED: Friday, February 06, 2009

Although SSN's are easy to find, I agree - I will not send them anything. When the first question out of the caller's mouth is "what is your ssn?" and they hesitate to reply when I inquire as to what the call is referencing...red flag! I looked CBCS up on BBB and they have a C rating and aren't accredited. I pulled my credit report that I printed less than a yr ago, and there's nothing on there outstanding from PECO.

It just made me nervous since she started telling me that in order to dispute the claim, I need to file a police report - as if the polic have nothing better to do. Aside from this, she was definitely one of the top 5 most ignorant and outrageous individuals I've had the displeasure of dealing with.

I'm guessing it's best to just ignore the whole thing, but how do companies such as CBCS get away with this?

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Do not send them any imfo such as your SS#

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

POSTED: Wednesday, February 04, 2009

I would not send them any imformation such as a DL or SS#

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