CRB reviews and complaints

I received a letter today from CRB attempting to collect a debt of $74.95 from a VISA charge (I don't have ANY credit cards) for a company that I never did any business with. I noticed in other complaints listed here that "Paul Snyder" is a popular character with this company and when I asked to speak with him, he wasn't "available". Instead I was placed on hold and the same person (I recognized the same voice) by another name offered to assist me. I briefly explained the situation and I was told to go to the police. Once they receive the police report, they will write off the debt. I'm certain that they are hoping I will just pay the "small" amount and move on. I will be taking this to the police as well as the postal inspector and see what happens.

Sally in Pittsburgh, PA

I received a collection action letter from a company called CRB. CRB indicated that they were trying to collect a debt for a company name R & R Resources Inc located in Las Vegas, NV. The letter indicated that I owed over $523.68. I called the name provided in the letter for an explanation and spoke to a Ms Martin. She indicated that you know you owe the debt and I told her I didn't. She said that she would be willing to take $250.00 as a debt settlement. I additionally questioned why the company hadn't made any attempt to collect the debt, Ms Martin indicated that they where handling this action for this company and with this I finished the phone call. I got on the internet and started doing research as to what my options relative to the debt was. I found out that I could request that CRB provide me with verification of the charges. I sent a certified letter to them indicating that I had no knowledge of this debt and I was requesting verification of the debt. The information provided to me was a plain piece of paper with eight transaction which indicated multiple transaction with a web site and the address of some company named R & R Resources Inc In Las Vegas without a phone number. The charges broken down as follows Transaction amount $29.97, Chargeback Fee 25.00, and Collection Fee $10.49 this information was provided eight times. Also, my credit card number was shown with some number not provided.

I sent another certified letter indicating that I was disputing these charges. I received another letter with the same information previously provided. I did some additional read on debt collection procedures and found out that I am responsible for proofing that the charges are not validate but the debt collection agency should provide me with a way to dispute the charges. Ms Martin didn't provide me no such details of how I could proof that the charges where not validate. A few days later I received a letter from CRB indicating that if I didn't paid the bill the information would be sent to the credit bureau.

Received no prior bill: just an collection notice about a serious delinquent account for$105.73 from original creditor
National A-1 Advertising, on March 31 from Paul Snyder also, ignored, due to the fact that I had not adverisited anything and it looked like a scam, as the payment was so easily taken, website http://www.paycrb.com, VISA, MC, Discover or Check. Then received 2nd notice on May 16th, looked on line, saw some of the scam listed. Today June 6th started with the first call.I will be blocking the number, reporting this to the Federal Trade Commission, The Postal Service, and The Credit Bureaus
Also a registered to letter to the company.

My son who is a minor keeps receiving a letter stating he owes $40.49 for webcams. My son doesn't even own a credit card nor does he have any webcams. This is the 3rd letter he has received. I call the number provided & no answer or it goes into voice mail say this is not a working number. Sure is something how they claim they have a license through the State of Minnesota (Dept. of Commerce) also. They have a website to make a payment on www.paycrb.com, check it out. Tired of the people who don't have a life & prey on the ones that do.

I have reeived a 2nd letter from CRB stating they have used all reasonable efforts to collect $216.81, which they say I owe National A-1 Advertising. I have never heard of this company and all of my bills are paid. I contacted this company about 2 months ago when I got the first letter and informed them I am not paying this. From everything I can research on the internet, this is a scam and they are using various company names for the debt collections. I am considering sending this to the Michigan Attorney General.

Hey everyone, go to http://www.wtol.com and click on Call 11 for Action and submit a complaint against these guys. The reporter on that site has been going after corrupt businesses. I filed a complaint just now. I think if we get a bunch of you to follow suit, they will do a story on it and finally shut these guys down.

I tried the AG's office and got nowhere.

I received a collection action letter from a company called CRB. CRB indicated that they were trying to collect a debt for a company name R & R Resourcces Inc located in Las Vegas, NV. The letter indicated that I owed over $523.68. I called the name provided in the letter for an explanation and spoke to a Ms Martin. She indicated that you know you owe the debt and I told her I didn't. She said that she would be willing to take $250.00 as a debt settlement. I also asked why this company hadn't made any attempt to collect the debt, Ms Martin indicated that they where handling this action for the company and with this I ended the phone call. I got on the internet and started doing research as to what my options relative to the debt was. I found out that I could request that CRB provide me with verification of the charges. I sent a certified letter to them indicating that I had no knowledge of this debt and I was requesting verification of the debt. The information provided to me was a plain piece of paper with eight transaction which indicated multiple transaction with a web site and the address of some company named R & R Resources Inc In Las Vegas without a phone number. The charges broken down as follows Transaction amount $29.97, Chargeback Fee 25.00, and Collection Fee $10.49 this information was provided eight times. Also, my credit card number was shown with some number not provided.
I sent another certified letter indicating that I was disputing these charges. I received another letter with the same information previously provided. I did some additional read on debt collection procedures and found out that I am responsible for proofing that the charges are not validate but the debt collection agency should provide me with a way to dispute the charges . Ms Martin didn't provide me no such details of how I could proof that the charges where not validate. A few days later I received a letter from CRB indicating that if I didn't paid the bill the information would be sent to the credit bureau.

Received a phonecall in 6/10 from a VERY nasty Ms. Martin [protected] representing CRB in Ohio wanting to know how I was going to take care of a bill for $104.97 for Advanced Telecom Services. She stated that the bill were for phone calls made to [protected] from our phone # & they knew that as they use the same tracking system that the police use. I attempted to explain I never had received a bill prior nor did I know who Advance Telecommunications or CRB was but to no avail. By end of conversation essentially she stated she acted very professional which was a mistruth & was going to end phone call which she did. I called back [protected] as I wanted to see how it was answered. Someone did answer but they stated " Hello Deborah " which initially somewhat freaked me as I expected a business would answer as one would expect; I do know this is the day of caller ID. Now this person stated they were Ms. Adams [protected] & stated she unsure what [protected] was as Ms.Martin #was [protected]. She also stated that Ms.Martin was her supervisor but initially denied that Ms.Martin was talking to me nasty then stated she would talk to her supervisor about this. Ms. Martin then stated that Advance Telecom Services didn't have an internal colection department so that was why they had to sent bills to CRB. Ms.Adams stated because of this CRB could not bill collection charges. I requested a written bill which did arrive via postal mail but did not offer any more info then above phone call. After receiving letter I got a phone call from Ms. Martin [protected] wanting to know how I was going to take care of this bill now referring it as a sportsline. I told her I knew nothing of this & have had a a block on my phone so a 900 # could not be made but she once again stated it was & they use the same tracking system the police use. My phone bills show no 900 phone calls being made as outgoing phonecalls. I hope his is helpful to someone. I do think it is sad that there are people out there who choose to live their lives w/o morales/ethics for the sake of money.

CRB says I have an outstanding debt of $101.23 from First Charge Financial. I never have done business with them and all my bills are paid on time. i called CRB and they said it was for two calls to a prono line! they gave me a phone number wnere the calls were made from and that number is not mine. CRB also told me it was charged on a visa card. I called visa with the last 4 digits they gave me and the fraud department at visa said i never had a card with those numbers in it. This CRB needs to be put out of business. They lie and give faluse information. i had my credit report sent to me and no such credit card.