Takhar Group - Does this collection agency collect valid debts from you?

These people's corporate office is located in freaking Canada! Here is the only Us office I could come up with:

Takhar Collection Services Ltd
1623 Military Road, Suite 537
Niagara Falls, New York 14304

Thanks, is there somewhere I can check to see if they are licensed to collect in PA?

Not certain on your state laws.Contact your state attorney general's office.They should know what requirements are needed.

Has anyone ever dealt with them before?

they don't need a license or bond in your state. They may need to register as a foreign entity with the corporations division and they have not.

Unless I am mistaken I think they do have a license in PA. I put their name into the search database on the Dept. of Corporations website and they have an active listing. Am I reading it wrong?

I've received several calls from some strange man from Takhar Group collections with an accent saying that they are a collection agency. Don't believe it.
This is one of the numbers that calls all the time: 1-877-466-5701
I told him to stop calling because they aren't even calling for anyone in my household just some random name...so I called that number back and give them a piece of my mind.

Don't believe me, go google "1-877-466-5701" each and everyone of those sites are complaints sites about Takhar Group Collection Agency somewhere in NY, which is where I live and I have no idea who they are, but I do know they are not legit. I called the better business bureau of Upstate New York. I may have to file a suit.

This is also the address that come up as "takhar group".

takhar group address: 1623 Military Road, Suite 537, Niagra Falls, New York, 14304.

takhar group phone number: 888-246-3871

takhargroup[dot]com/contact.htm

Active link deactivated - Jason

Some guy just called me at work, called himself Steven Brooks but I'm guessing thats a "working" name due to his accent. He was very condescending, demanding I pay bill right now for a past due Account - heres the rub, Ive never had an account with the company he claims! I tell "steven brooks" this and he is adamant I pay now or he is filing with my credit report. He tells me this is one final courtesy call, which I told him was pretty funny since its the only call Ive ever received. I told him theres not way on earth I was giving him a credit card number, hes just some guy that called me claiming a fake debt. Again he threatened with my credit report - I told him to mark me down as refusal to pay and Id go find this alleged past due account with the company he claims it is with. I wont pay one thin dime towards something I did not buy or receive. Then he insulted me and hung up on me. nice.

They called me some months ago stating I owed $30 (ish) for Columbia House or some kind of DVD club. The person said they did not have to send me anything in writing. Conversation ended there.
Here is an e-mail address I have on file for them.
hsingh @ takhargroup.com
website: "www.takhargroup.com"

I have just recently experienced phone calls from this group. After calling 3 times in 3 weeks, they still have not sent me anything in writing, which they are required to do by law. I told them to quit calling or I would file charges against them. They are actually located in Ontario Canada and supposedly have an office in Niagara Falls, NY (just across the border). They do have a license in the state of New York for collections. There is a website to check if a debt collector has a license in New York (probably all states). They would not give their address or location, only a toll free number to call back. They tried to get me to pay a debt over the phone with bank information but still, like i said, refuse to send anything in writing. Do not deal with them under any circumstances unless they would happen to send you something in writing and you actually owe a debt. If they keep calling me I am reporting them to the Federal Trade Commission. I have a print out of my phone calls for proof that they have called.

I have dealt with these idiots multiple times myself. I have in the past had Columbia House accounts, as have a good portion of the American public, which is probably why they use that particular scam. I have had probably 5 calls total with these losers. The first time, I demanded they provide me with documentation of what speific items I neglected to pay for. I was told they had previously sent written communications to me and verified my address. I told then that if it was that important to them, then they could spring for one final round of postage, send me a letter and I would pay it if it was legit. They just called me again and said they mailed it out two months ago, but I have received NOTHING.
The funny part is, I rather like talking to them on the phone. It amuses me the lengths they will go to, expecting people to just hand over financial information. I figure it must work, though, or they wouldn't be doing it. A friend of mine told me not to waste my time dealing with it, but I figure the longer I keep them on the phone arguing with me, the less time that guy has to spend on the phone scamming someone else.
To anyone familiar with the law, what are your options for dealing with these people? Filing with the BBB seems to mean nothing. Anything else to do?

im am a sixteen year old girl who has been revieving phone calls from takhar group of companies for a debt for some CD's from BMG music that i "ordered" in 2005 when i was only 13 . they threatened to put this debt on a credit that i have never had and wont have until i turn 18 . he also said that they would call me every day for the next seven years if i did not pay...what shoud be done a bout these people ? ... i have been to many other sites that have people saying the exact same things about this company..one call i got was from Charlie Brown with a very thick indian accent... he said the managers name was Brad Dawson and he aslo had a strong accent...help!

im am a sixteen year old girl who has been revieving phone calls from TAKHAR services for a debt for some CD's from BMG music that i "ordered" in 2005 when i was only 13 . they threatened to put this debt on a credit that i have never had and wont have until i turn 18 . he also said that they would call me every day for the next seven years if i did not pay...what shoud be done a bout these people ? ... i have been to many other sites that have people saying the exact same things about this company..one call i got was from Charlie Brown with a very thick indian accent... he said the managers name was Brad Dawson and he aslo had a strong accent...help!

I am going thru this with BMG and a diffrent CA for CD's my youngest daughter ordered. Unfortunately a parent is responsible for things like this. In your situation, I would get your parents involved. Harrassing a minor coould be construed as a criminal act. Have your parents contact Takhar. Have they sent you anything in writing? Did you order from BMG?

I have done extensive research on them. The address they provided is a UPS store. UPSstoreDOTcom can confirm it if you search by their zip code of 14304 The same thing is for the address in Laval, Quebec. They claim they have your SSN but won't confirm it, they send nothing in writing, and are calling for debts over 7 years old. I intend on finding out what the laws are in Canada and suing them there.

Yes they are registered in us not in all states though.i feel most of their work is being outsourced through india. they are basically located in canada and in NY they just occupy a dummy office. there isnt anything v can do abt it..but if they voilate any of the law just go ahead and file a suite against them evn if they thraten or harass u just record the call after informing them and use it .

just had a 25 minute convo with these fellas, they could not provide me anything in writing so i wouldnt cooperate. seems like a shady company for sure.

I just went a round with them concenring a BMG or Columbia House debt I allegedly owed. Same deal as noted above....last courtesy call before the credit companies get called. In fact, I only had 2 days left before the message was sent to the companies. I asked if I could mail a check and he stated no!!. Had to be a credit card and had to be today. I asked him what the hurry was, the debt dated back, according to him, to 2004. In any event, I toyed with him a while and eventually told him what he could do with the alleged debt.

I have tried the whole filing a claim with the BBB. It did stop the calls for about 3 weeks. Then here today just a few minutes ago. I held the phone up and farted in it. I have screamed into it and also made orgasmic noises into the phone. It was actually pretty funny to hear their responses. I eventually lead into tapping on the phone or sending text messages or breathing like a serial killer into the phone. So advice to anyone who wants to take out frustration this is a good way to do it. But if it does persist after this file of claim to the BBB I may resort to consulting a lawyer. This is ridiculous. Unlike most people on this forum I have never had a Columbia House or etc. account.

Michael, send them a Cease and Desist letter by CMRRR, this should stop all the calls.

I have just received the same phone call that many of you have. They claimed I placed orders online over 5 years ago, I told them I didn't even have a computer then! They named CD's that I have never owned. I asked why this was the first time I was hearing from them, they said I haven't responded to letters from BMG (which I haven't received) and this was the final call. I asked for the phone number to BMG Columia House- they gave me the phone number to some financial group (I found out when I called it). They claimed they have had my account since May, but the first time I hear from them is in Sept? And a final call at that? The amount owed for a few CD's that I NEVER ORDERED was over $75, he said he would let me pay $50, then $55, then $50 again. I continuosly asked how to dispute this, he told me to pay the money TODAY and then go to BMG to get the money back if I didn't owe it, or it would be reported to the credit bureau and I could try to deal with it then. This man told me that "I sound like the kind of person that can afford $50" I said, "the kind of person that will pay for someting they never bought?" I tried to explain that I would try to check into this with BMG and call them back, they repeatedly said that The $50 "deal" only could be paid NOW and that they may not have the account by Mon. or he who was willing to make this deal may be transferred somewhere else by then (today is Sat.). They continued to say they had ALL of my information, but would only verify name, address, phone #. The first man I spoke with said they had my SS#, but after repeated attempts to have them read it to me, the second man told me they didn't. They said I had plenty of time to dispute this before today, but I never heard anything before today! The man would only say his name was Rodger. I continuosly asked for a last name, he repeatedly told me this was his Indian name. After going round and round with this, I told him this was ridiculous, I know people and even have family from India and they all manage to have last names. He finally said "Rodger Smith". He continuosly said "just pay it. It's only $50." I finally said "if this was such a ridicuous amount to not pay, then you pay it!" I congratulated him on this scam of getting people to pay money they don't owe, if this actually works. I told "Rodger" I would report this to the BBB and consult with my attorney- he said "go ahead!" Well, "Rodger", games on because those are the first phone calls I'm making Mon. morning. Sound's like they're familiar with you.

Have them send you a letter stating that you owe this debt. Then counter it by sending them a certified letter stating that you will need proof of debt with your SIGNATURE.

Sorry Joe....per the fdcpa they do not have to provide you with a signature.

i just rec'd a call from someone at Takhar Coll. I've never heard from them before, & funny, this bill was paid to NRA already for the same bill these funky people are saying I still owe. I have my cancelled check & confirmation number from the company I paid it to already. What is up with this? Just how many times do yu have to pay the "same" bill to get it off your record. I've been waiting on my social security to get approved for 2 yrs now & when it finally got approved, I sat down & paid all my bills & now I'm getting calls from these jokers trying to collect "again' for the same bill!! What should i do?

Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So glad to find this because I am going through the same as all of you. These losers with their "Indian/Pakistanian" accents are calling my cell phone asking for someone whom I do not know. I told them to stop calling my cell phone because they have the wrong number. Sure enough they continue to call. They obviously not only don't speak proper english, but also, don't understand English, and continue to call me. So now tonight, I called them and told them I was recording their call and that they are in violation of the fdcpa law, and asked for their address so I can file a formal complaint against their company with the State Attorney General Office. Unfortunately I wasted many of my cell phone minutes just trying to understand this person, and finally yelled telling him to either speak proper english or put someone on who actually SPEAKS ENGLISH!! This company is bogus. I knew it from the first phone call of the loser with the Indian/Pakistanian Accent!!! Do as I did.......... REPORT THESE LOSERS! They will stop harrasing you.

This is a Canadian company, hiding behind a mail forwarding service (UPS store) just over the border. They don't care about US law, fdcpa, "no call lists", etc.

So, "No Idiot", just whom did you report them to? I'm willing!

If you can find out how they got your name/phone (from whom) you should go after that company, like BMG, report them for "hiring" these creeps. And write letters to them, complaining. Maybe they will take their collection business elsewhere.

Although in the case of BMG, I don't think anyone there has enough brains to button their shirt correctly. They make SO MANY errors and can't seem to fix them no way, nohow. Complaining to them would be like banging your head on the sidewalk. Buy your music from Amazon, they have their act together. Or online from iTunes.

I got a call from someone claiming to be with the Takhar group, and they had reached a decision on my file and it was not in my favor. what file? who are they. they also said my cavalier attitude was evidence by my path of avoidance of their calls...what calls? where is the required letter allowing me to put in writing (as required by law) any disputes of any so called debts.

DId you speak with them? DId you verify your address? If they call again, inform them they had 5 days from initial contact to send you a dunning letter. Verify your address and then end the call. When you receive the letter, follw the DV process.

These people called me today saying they were from the Trakhar group and couldn't pronounce my name right and didn't even have my current name. They told me I owed money from Columbia House and that there have been 3 attempts to contact me, and when I argued that there have been no attempts to contact me he just tried to tell me that there had been and that they were sending this to collections. He had a very thick accent and I almost enjoyed getting irritated and talking down to him for not speaking clearly or understanding what I was saying. He got my blood pressure up, but it's good to know that others are thinking this is a scam as well. Where they got their information from boggles my mind, but I think I will take out all of my current frustrations on these people if they call me back again. Hehehe :)

here is something to know # 646-367-3289 this # calls right into takhar group if you have a cell phone call it a lot and ask them if this is there address. PLAY THE SAME GAME THEY ARE!!!

takahr collections services ltd
1623 military road suite 537
niagra fall,new york. 14304

DONT !! give them no information till they answere and be real ferm with them they will hang up saying that they are not allowed to give that information out..........well if everyone called that had a cell phone and do to the collections company what they do to us they might quit. but will give them a taste of there own medicine. and so the doctor has order a script for a new drug!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it works they hung up on me and i called them 9 times with the same questions.

calling them is this harassment? if it is then them calling us is harssment too. and any type of harassment is against the law.

I have been getting there phone calls now for about 2 months 3 or 5 times a week. They asked to be called back so when I finely got chance I did and got threw to someone. First they did not know my name they called me by Tracey Sanford when I told them that was not my name they said then what is your name so I said Cindy and was stupid enough to give them my last name. At any rate they said that I was the person they were trying to reach and that I owed Virgin mobile $598.00 the odd thing is I have never had a Virgin phone I have always had Verizon wireless. They said not to worry that all I need to do was give them my credit card information and they would make $60.00 dollar a month payment out of my account until it was paid off.I kept saying that I did not owe them any money. So then he asked me for my Social Security number to verify the information on my account. I told them I do no give that out and they said that they needed it to confirm the amount owed. He said I must give him my credit card information social security number and checking account information to start paying off this money or that they would take me to court. I asked them to mail me the statement with my name saying that I owed this amount. He said he was not allowed to do that and that he would keep calling my phone until I paid them. Very rude and all though he had an American name he had a very thick Indian accent. It was all very odd since I have never been delinquent on my bills and have a very good credit score. As a mater of fact I had my credit report done in September when I bought my new home and there were no outstanding or delinquent bills. I really think this might be some sort of SCAM its very sad if it is because they are very convincing and I would hate for someone to get Scammed by them. Pleas try and let people you like family and friends that this is some sort of scam. Some kind of "Fishing SCAM"

If you do a reverse lookup for that address (1623 Military Rd, Suite 537, Niagara Falls, NY 14304), you find that it is the UPS store. In order words, they do not have an office in the US, just a forwarding service.

To stop the calls, simply write a letter stating they are not to contact you by phone anymore and mail it to them.

Since you are under 18, if anything shows up on your credit report (which I highly doubt since you don't use a SS# with BMG), you can have it removed since minors cannot be held to legally binding contracts.

I just received a call from takhar collections. The man asked for a female who I don't know, the name he gave concerned me cause this female had used my phone number last year to receive long distance service on her phone, but I paid the bill. It took me months to get this removed from my phone bill due to the non-regualted law's concerning local phone company's having to allow charges even with out proof the owner authorized.
Today's call was upsetting cause I am a well experienced collector myself. They called asking for Shannon Spencer, she has also used Shannon Smith. I advised the collector this person was reported as using my ID last year, and I asked what type of company he was calling from, he replied "it was not important and I should just pay the bill if I want the calls to stop". I asked for a supervisor he hung up. So I called back, Spoke to an Allen Wilson when I advised Mr. Wilson I was aware of which law's were just broken, with out question gave this person name, what type of debt they were collecting, the account number. WHEN I ADVISED HIM AGAIN OF THE SITUATION AND I DID NOT THINK HE UNDERSTOOD ME, I WAS NOT SHANNON THIS IS NOT HER NUMBER, HE HUNG UP WHILE CURSING ME ABOUT FALSELY IDENTIFYING MYSELF FOR INFORMATION.
THESE PEOPLE ARE FAKE AND NEED TO BE STOPPED THEY DONT SPEEK GOOD ENGLISH AND OBVIOUSLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND ENGLISH EITHER.
DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A PENDING LAW SUIT AGAINST THIS COMPANY?

this collect agency has been calling my companies for one of my employees. I have asked that they take our company number off their calling list. Most of the people that I talked to could barely speak English so I don't know if they took my company number off their calling list but if they call tomorrow I am pressing charges.

Public Utility Commission
Automatic Dial Announcing Device Report
Company: TAKHAR COLLECTION SERVICES LTD
Track No: AD070038 Type: Limited Partnership
Status: Active Received: 06/27/2007
Approved: 06/29/2007 Last Renew: 06/29/2008


Mailing Address
Primary: Company / Physical
TAKHAR COLLECTION SERVICES LTD
202 BEVERLY STREET

CAMBRIDGE ONTARIO, CD NIR 328
Main: 519-622-7100
Alt: --
Fax: 519-622-6411

Associated Names

No Associated Name Records
Identification Numbers
Certificate: 070148
Type: PERMIT
Date:
Note:
Filings:

is this a scam or what? i did get stuff from columbia house i didnt pay for should i give them my credit card number. would they charge me for life or would they stop when the bill is over

Takhar Collection is not a scam. Whenever Collection agency charges the payment whether through card or checking a/c the information gets deleted automatically coz we work under data protection act. Once the bill is paid in full den there is no need to take out a single more penny from the debtor's a/c. That's a violation of FDCPA and you can report it to FTC or BBB or you can file A LAW SUIT for the same.

you haven't read the entire thread,or your a clown.your post is so full of lies your nose is growing pinocchio.your company is a scam.pure and simple.

Who ar these people, they are harassing me, my husband is ill and I don't need the extra crap.

there is an address on the first page of this thread.send DV and C&D letters to this scamming bottomfeeder.send them certified mail return receipt.

My husband received a couple of calls from this company and wanted him to give them his debit card number to take care of the supposed debt that we owed. They said that I owed money from 2006. I called Columbia House to verify that they work with this company and they said yes they do but the incident number they gave me was incorrect, so I am very doubtful about this company. Everytime that I call them they do not answer, I just get voice mail.

Erin DON'T GIVE banking information to them or anyone else!!

Has anyone had them draft money from their account? If so, did they only take the amount that was agreed to, or did they drain it? I know no one wants to admit to being scammed, but I would really like to know how bad it is going to get. We just had these bloodsuckers call my daughter's cell phone and talk her into giving up our bank account info. We've gone to the bank and closed the account and started a new one. My husband and I have had that account for 38 years and now we have to start over with new one!!! Can anyone tell me how much they have lost? Or did the scammers only take the amount that was agreed to?

Mom, some CS's have been known to take everything that is in someone's account, you did the right thing by closing your old account and opening a new one. Have your daughter opne her own account if she intends to freely give out someone's account information.

I got a call from Takhar that I owed for 8 items I purchased at Black Expression Book Club. I do not owe anything from that company. Takhar said for me to go to the police office and file identy theif. The police listened to the whole story and immediately said to avoid this comp. but to be safe check them out on the web sites. Thanks.

i got a call, they had my info, and gave me their bank account to deposit into... i called bell they verified the file number, but the amounts are different, i'm wondering if this is legit, i mean if i get deposit receipts, then how can it not be? I Dunno, makes me nervous.

Your post makes absolutely no sense. Please clarify