Weltman Weinberg Reis Co., LPA : Who are they?

Is this collection agency hired by your credit company? You can send your payments directly to the creditors without dealing with the CA. Call them and explain your problems with the CA. Offer some money in advance to make your proposal stronger.

Also, request for the latest statement of your account so that you are sure of your payments getting transferred and the balance amount owed.

They are attorney's office that does 3rd party collections. Send them a letter asking them to only contact you in writing.

Get more info on Weltman Weinberg & Reis and see how people have dealt with them.

http://www.bbb.org/cleveland

This is the BBB report on that CA/Lawers

Weltman Weinberg Reis is suing me on behalf of cach, it is for a providian account. I just filed my answer at the prothonotary office last friday, has anyone ever been sued by this bunch?

Fedup, I dealt with this company and they are one of the worst. They were the ones that told a little boy on the phone that his mom was going to jail. You can read about them on Budd Hibbs Web site. Fortunately I was able to borrow money from the bank and pay these vultures off . Keep me posted on how it goes. KYSIDE38

Weltman Weinberg Reis has been calling me as well.
Geez, I had no idea they are Attorney's.
No doubt in my mind now. They will sue.

Also disturbing is what I have been reading on other sites about
how Courts favor the creditor/CA.

I have an attorney looking at everything they sent me so far to see if I have a counter suit, he will be getting back to me sometime this week.

Every debt collector I come across violates the collection laws, including "lawyer" debt collectors. I hope you have counter claims.

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Texas,
I offered them $2000 cash when this first come up, they refused to take it. They want $2800, It is old debt they purchased, so I don't think they paid that much for it. They have been pulling little pranks through out this whole process, offering me payment plans, then stating they don't offer payment plans, it is like the right hand don't know what the left hand is doing half the time. I am still waiting on a letter of activity from the original creditor to determine if this debt is out of SOL or not, they have not returned my request. So I am sending it certified next week.

Fed,
Kindly tell them to validate or bugger off! They should not even be calling you until the debt has been completely validated.

Hey cajun,
They ain't calling me, they are sueing me on behalf of cach. Just answered the summons last friday. Waiting on a court date. Mailed them a copy and haven't got a response from them either.

Hey Fed,
I was referring to the original poster.Keep good records because you may get enough violations to pay you.

oops, sorry my bag. I have everything they sent, I just sent it all off to one of those lawyers that don't charge a thing unless they recover, those are the sharks, he is going to call me this week and let me know what is up.

Thanks for the reply Cajun.
I assume you're referring to the guest on this thread.
I am no longer a guest as I just signed up on the board.

Unfortunately, I, like many people have opted to push my CA problems under the rug.

I have answered no phone calls from WW&R and have kept no correspondence from them.


It has been two years since my last payment to the original creditor - Providian/now sold out to Washington Mutual.

The SOL in my state is four years so I am aware if they are going to sue, it will be soon. At this point, I am getting nervous.
Especially since I have found out WW&R is also a legal firm.

I have not asked them to validate.
At this point, should I take this step now?

Any advise will be very much appreciated.

[color=red][/color]Warning opinion follows:
Always validate debt with a collector that is still within the sol for legal action.

I currently have a past Sears account with WW&R and I have never been threatened and they have been more than happy to work with me.

There was a time when I went for a long time by not hearing from them or doing any correspondance, until they finally called me and real calmly and professionally, but stil with a "sense of urgency" tone, said we need to get this taken care of soon. I guess if you work with them nicely, they'll work with you nicely, but it also depends on the representative you work with.

Heck, they have been the only CA to accept my 3rd party debt management program!

Just make sure they are being on the up and up with you, cause everything can seem fine and then they come back and bite ya! Hard!

My wife received a phone call from WWR and they told her that we neeeded to pay this debt from Fleet Bank. She got scared and called me and told me to call them. First mistake. I called and they explained to me that this account was sold to Lvnv funding and then to resurgent capital and now WWR is representing resurgent capital. I have asked when the account was opened 1997 and when the charge off date was (they will not give me the charge off date). I have asked WWR for all documentation pertaining to this account and they faxed me a single page with a single payment of $100.00 paid to an attorney (Richard Boudreau (Alegis and sherman financial) on Oct 30, 2004. I have not been contacted by anyone pertaining to this account since that date. I thought I had paid this off, but I can not find documentation of it. Mistake number two. I spoke to WWR and they offered me 70% then 60% and then finally 50% settlement. I told them I would have to talk to my bank first. This was on June 28, 2007 and I told the rep. that it would be at least July 5 or 6, 2007 before I could get anything done at the bank. My wife then gets a fax from WWR and it states that a settlement authorization has been sent to my financial institution and the due date is June 29, 2007. I called my bank and told them to not issue a check to these people. This is a small town bank that I have used for years and they were not going to do it until they talked to me regardless. I did not have the funds available and would have to get a loan to pay it also. I called WWR and told them that we never had an agreement to settle for June 29, 2007. I told them myself and another rep. had discussed it, but it would not be able to get completed until July 5 or 6, 2007. This rep. claimed that he has a bounced check from me and he wanted to know how I was going to take care of it and the account. I told him I wasn't. I have never received any written documentation from WWR stating I owed a debt or this is an attempt to recover a debt. I have been reading online about these steps and I see they may have missed one. I would love to have some helpful advice on how to deal with this situation.

Guest, first of all, what state are you in? It may be past the SOL. Don't pay them anything until you get a full debt validation. I sent them a second request for DV, stating they did not fully validate. Don't give them any bank info-if you decide to settle, have it in writing. I didn't do this, and now they want the full amount. They will also refuse to give you a letter regarding settlement. After they speak with you, I believe, they have 5 days to contact you via mail stating they are attempting to collect a debt. They will threaten and try to scare you into paying before the validation, so be carefull. Keep us posted..KAren :D

1. PAYMENT OPTIONS WILL DEPEND ON PERSON THAT YOU SPEAK TO, THERE IS NO REAL STANDARD WHEN IT COMES TO PAYING BACK THE DEBT.
2. CA LAW FIRMS WORK BASICALLY LIKE THIS...YOU OWE A DEBT TO THE ORIG CRED, IF CHARGED OFF A 3RD PARTY CAN BUY IT, SO ON AT SOME POINT IF 3RD PARTY CHOOSES TO CAN FORWARD TO LAW FIRM TO COLLECT BALANCE IN FULL OR SETTLE THROUGH AGREED ARRANGEMENT, AND IN WORSE CASE SCENERIO WAGE GARN, LEIN ETC. THE FIRM DOES NOT OWN THE DEBT THE 3RD PARTY DOES, 3RD PARTY IS CLIENT OF FIRM.
3. AS IN ALL CASES BEST ADVICE IS TO JUST COMMUNICATE I HAD DEALINGS WITH WWR AND IN SOME CASES IT WAS NOT VALID MADE THEIR JOB EASIER AND I STOPPED GETTING CALLS..A WIN WIN! PEOPLE GET NEW NUMBERS ITS A FACT OF LIFE PEOPLE GO IN DEBT PEOPLE TRY TO COLLECT THAT DEBT NO NEED TO GET UPSET WHEN SOMEONE CALLS FOR SOMEONE ELSE ITS EASIER TO JUST SAY IM SORRY YOU HAVE THE WRONG NUMBER THAN IGNORE IT AND CONTINUE TO GET CALLS EVERYDAY AND THEN BE ANGRY ABOUT IT!
4. AS IN A LOT OF THINGS IN OUR LIFE THINGS ARE AUTOMATED SO WHEN YOU SAY CALL BACK AT THE END OF THE MONTH IT CAN BE HARD TO TELL A COMPUTER THAT, THINK ABOUT YOUR JOB AND HOW THINGS DONT ALWAYS WORK OUT THE WAY THE SHOULD

JUST PLAYING A LITTLE DEVILS ADVOCATE HERE FOLKS

I had problems with them too. Sent them the DV letter back in July and got no reply. Then I found out a couple months ago they tried suing me using an old address I haven't lived at in 6 years (the summons was returned to the courthouse as undeliverable as the address no longer exists)

They are working on suing me for an account I had with cap 1,
I have been laid off 3 times in the past year. They don't want to set up a payment plan want it in full, I'm not willing to pay all of those late fees and int charges, I will be going to court. Has anyone faced them in court?

People, the first thing you need to do is NOT acknowledge any debt. All debt is ALLEDGED until proven. Next, you need to send them a Demand for Validation and Verification of Debt. Next, you need to make them prove that they have the legal authority to be doing anything in your state (are they licensed there)?

It does not matter if they are attorney's or not. They still have to abide by the law and they do not, but get by with it because they scare people.

You need to be informed and know your rights! Also, if it is old debt, check the Statute of Limitations in your state. If it is past the statute of limitations, then WW&R are SOL!!!!!!!

It appears they sue when there is substantial money involved. I've received numerous calls to cell without contact, then a letter arrived with no info, just an amount, now a couple of calls to house. These junk debt buyers hide behind their attorney status to intimidate people, which sounds like its working. I'm going to wait it out a while, seems I'm close to SOL. They indicate we owe Collect America for an old HSBC credit card. It's almost 5 years old and neither has ever contacted us before and hasn't posted on CR. I'm going to check reports now tho to see how serious they may be. Good luck to all in their serious times.

Make sure all of you that are dealing with WW&R are getting your debt taken care of. The are a Law Firm and they will sue you. Trust me! When they call don't get upset just calmly talk to them and most of the collectors working there will try to help you out.

weltman, weinberg & reis just stole our monies out of my bank joint bank accounts, even though it was my husbands debt!! all our money per a court order we knew 0 about. haven't even heard from these people since last year!

Summons was placed in mailbox today, after server was told I was not available. The summons was refused but "server" left it with mail. Apparently Weltman, Weinberg & Reis are suing me for Capital One. I owed almost $700.00 Oct. 2006. Now they say it's over $3,300. What can I do? I wouldn't mind making monthly payments.

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