Stop California Business Bureau Phone Harassment!
Is California Business Bureau (CBB) harassing you with constant phone calls? Do they threaten to take legal action or garnish your wages? Are they calling you at all hours or several times a day? Are they telling your family and neighbors that you owe a debt? If so what they are doing is illegal and needs to stop. You have the legal right to stop California Business Bureau phone harassment. If a collection agency violates the FDCPA, you may be eligible to receive up to $1000.00 in statutory damages, along with covering your attorney fees.
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, also known as the FDCPA, protects consumers’ rights in the context of debt collection. In other words, debt collectors must adhere to a certain set of rules when they are pursuing consumers who owe money. If a collector violates the FDCPA, you can sue the collector in court. The law allows consumers who have been victims of harassment from debt collectors to get the calls to stop in addition to recover statutory damages of up to $1,000, plus attorney fees and court costs.
Is California Business Bureau a scam?
According to the Better Business Bureau website, California Business Bureau has been in business since 1976. There have been 22 complaints closed in the last 3 years and 13 complaints closed out in the last 12 months.
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What is California Business Bureau, CBB?
California Business Bureau provides a full range of receivables management programs including pre-collect, billing, follow-up and collection services, as well as backlog/clean-up projects.
Address: 1711 S Mountain Ave
Monrovia, CA 91016-4256
Phone: (800) 755-1515
California Business Bureau, CBB Phone Harassment Examples
If CBB engages in any of the following tactics, you may have a case:
- Using profanity or abusive language
- Calling you before 8:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m.
- Calling you multiple times per week
- Talking to others about your debt
- Calling your workplace
- Threatening to sue you, harm you, or destroy your credit
- Telling you or anyone else that you’ve committed a crime
- Calling repeatedly for the wrong person
- Failing to notify you of your right to dispute the debt
- Trying to collect more than legally allowed
California Business Bureau, CBB Collection Call Numbers
Are you receiving any harassing phone calls from any of the following numbers?
(800) 755-1515, (626) 303-1515, (626) 358-3552, (800) 755-1533
If the answer is yes, then you are receiving calls from a known California Business Bureau, CBB number. You may be a victim of CBB phone harassment. The list above is not all the numbers that CBB uses. The calls can be from a different number and it still be CBB calling you. Contact our office right away so we can start the process to stop CBB from calling you illegally. Above all, no one should live with harassment!
Common Questions:
Is CBB a scam? No, CBB has been in business since 1976.
Can CBB seize my property? CBB can’t seize your property, but there are some exceptions. If the debt was tied to the property the collector may be able to repossess it. Or, if the collector has sued and obtained a judgment against you, the debt collector may be able to take certain property as permitted by the court.
Can CBB sue me? Yes, CBB can sue you so long as the debt is within the statute of limitations.
Can CBB report my debt to the collections bureaus? Yes, Debt collectors are allowed to place the collection account on your credit report
Can CBB arrest me? Debt collectors don’t have the authority to have you arrested for a debt. However, if you violate a court order, e.g. an order to appear in court, the judge can issue a warrant for your arrest. Depending on the laws in your state, you may be arrested for certain debts like unpaid child support or traffic tickets.
The following is a sample list of complaints filed against the California Business Bureau and can be found on Pacer.org.
5:19-cv-02327-JGB-KK David S. Johnson v. California Business Bureau, Inc. et al
2:19-cv-05619-PA-JC Kelsey Wilson v. California Business Bureau, Inc. et al
2:18-cv-02679-FMO-PLA Cheryl Olsen et al v. California Business Bureau, Inc. et al
3:18-cv-00029-LAB-BLM Weitzen v. California Business Bureau, Inc.
2:17-cv-03829-PA-PLA Dustin Gomez v. California Business Bureau Inc. et al
CONSUMER RIGHTS LAW FIRM, PLLC
Consumer Rights Law Firm, PLLC is a law firm that specializes in helping clients who are facing harassment from debt collectors in any form, including telephone communication. Rather than suffer alone, contact our office to begin the process to stop the CBB harassment. Our office has been assisting consumers since 2010. We have an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau.
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If you are interested in learning more about how to safeguard yourself and prevent even more harassment from CBB, call us at (877)700-5790 for immediate assistance or visit our website at www.consumerlawfirmcenter.com
Success Stories
“I would highly recommend the Consumer Rights Law Firm to anybody that has been harassed! They were very professional and straightforward about my rights”.
“I had the pleasure of dealing with Consumer Rights Law Firm PLLC on 2 different occasions the staff were very courteous and helpful, and they were familiar with the Collection Agency’s in question and the harassment calls stop, I was even compensated. I would recommend this company to anyone going thru this type of harassment a very satisfied customer”.
“Because of a lie from a third-party debt collector that threatened me financially I nearly made the mistake of paying the debt collector money I couldn’t afford. The people here were friendly, knowledgeable and settled my case quickly. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!”
Check out a links below for more information:
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/debt-collection-faqs
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
