This one is rich. The fools at the Linebarger firm sent a collection letter to the decedent's home alledging that he failed to pay a toll 472 days post mortem. The decedent passed away on May 13, 2014 and the probate estate was opened on July 14, 2014. The alledged toll incident occurred in August 2015. The deadline for claims against the estate ended on January 13, 2015 a full six months before the alledged toll debt accrued!
I'm fairly certain that the party that ran a toll had an automobile licene plate that was close to that of the decedent's. Linebarger & fools will receive a fax copy of the estate filing and their dun.
I'd have loved to have brought a Fair Debt Collections Practices Act suit against the firm but the dun was just located in a batch of unopened post forwarded by the widow. It's well past the statute of limitations and only the administrator of the estate can bring an action on behalf of the estate.
Still, this collections firm ought to check to see if they are collecting from dead men before sending these notices.-
For all of you who receive duns from these attorneys - go find out how to send a Fair Debt Collections Practices demand letter (Google is your friend) and send it Certified, Return-Receipt (that green card) and put the certified mail number on the FDCPA demand letter. You want the name and address of the original creditor, if different than the current creditor, and verification of the debt. You must send that within thirty (30) days of their first contact with you.
There are many consumer protection attorneys who would love to tag these guys. The FDCPA give $1,000.00 and reasonable attorney's fees to consumers and their attorneys where an attempt to collect a debt that is not owed (among other causes of action) is made. In this case the attempt to collect a debt from a dead man, incurred 472 days post mortem, is about as clear a case as you will ever see that the debt is not owed!
What a sloppy operation. Hold their feet to the fire!
I call the number provided by FDOT for Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP collection agency. The first phone call started with me verifying the amount due for toll violations with several representatives who for one reason or the other could not explain to me how and what the $341.98 of accumulated charges applied. while speaking rep disconnected the call..no return call. I spent a total of three hours experiencing several disconnection. The next series of calls I ask if I made a payment how to you validate it to make an adjustment if an error; Jamecia answer:
I'm telling you what I can see and I don't know how you want me to answer your questions. I asked; If i over pay your company do you give a remburstment, Rep Jamecia said I don't know what you want me to tell you but that's the amount you gotta pay. I asked to speak to a supervisor or his or her boss or name..she informed me you not going to get that information but I can transfer you to leave a message. I was so frustrated after speaking with this person i was very scared to make a payment. People trust your first instincts.
I called several other times with no break down for the charges and was told I'm not going to read all these dates to you, will send you the information by mail, yes Jamecia again. Now the drama becomes alive again I called back and spoke to Jennifer who took my credit card information by phone authorized to charge $341.98 at 5:11 pm EST. During this transaction I wanted a confirmation email at which time I provided my email address and in mid-sentence call disconnected. Call again the 877- 258-5261 another rep answers I asked for an email confirmation and then she wanted to transfer me to Jamecia I said that girl and I to not get alone. Rep said Jennifer is busy so she will send the email showing I paid.
Minutes later my credit card was double charge $341.98 ×2. Call my bank, call the company and at 5pm close. This company shows an A+ on their website for BBB, this is a joke. Every situation is not the same but all roads leading to how LGBS conduct business equals the same results of dissatisfaction and fraudulent charges. Yes FDOT puts customers at risk for being Victims using this agency. I want my $341.98 back, I don't care if the company prides on charging and no customer service skills all I know is I'm not going to rest until I get my funds return ASAP. If it's so isolated on my funds being returned I am going viral someone will hear and help me.
Recieved notification of $102.50 outstanding bill for an unpaid toll of $2.50 in California. The license plate was registered in California. I live in WA. I have never lived in California. I have never driven in California. This 'fee' of $100 will increase by $50 on a set schedule if I delay. I called the number, the spokes person was unable to provide any details to confirm whether I was the correct person and stated that I have to prove that I am not the person in question.
The reason I am reporting this is because according to their spokesperson all the law office needs to pursue a deliquent account are the following: two names that match and the last four digits of a social security number. I have name so common that in my home town there were 18 pages (white pages) of people with the same first and last name. It's ridiculous that this practice is sanctioned and occurs regularly enough that even CNN has posted a story about it. I figure the more people who report this type of shyte the sooner it will reach a critical mass and maybe...just maybe, something will happen.
My mom received a letter from them multiple times for a toll in California and each time she sent them proof that she doesn't live in California and hasn't driven in years. They dismissed it and then a few years later send her another one with a different date for unpaid toll and will fine her $100. For a disabled senior that can't drive that is a slap in the face.
I have received a letter from them saying I owed tolls of 79.13 on a license plate that even isn't mine! When I called them out on the plate and said it was a scam they immediately hung up on me!! Funny because in the state of Florida if you don't pay your tolls your license gets suspended!! Haha and this went to a "collection agency yeah ok I'm not andumb cookie you shitty company!! ;) Go f:*) someone else because it's clearly no going to be me!
To Everyone who receives a notice due from Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP - BEWARE ! This company waited nearly 1 year from the date of a traffic violation I received when visiting the state of Florida to contact me about lack of payment. I had paid the traffic ticket on line to the correct authorities at the time and had all receipts to back it up.
This company somehow gathered my information from the state data base and forwarded me a Warning that my license may be suspended if I didn't pay the fine within a couple of weeks.
They are very good at pulling this off, because they had the correct traffic code violation; but stupidly spelled my last name wrong. I guess this might be their escape out if the authories corner them. I hope everyone that receives something from these scammers checks it out.
I have receipts for my payments; but I am not sending them any of my personal informtion to back it up. If they stoop low enough to do this, who knows what else they might try to pull. I am going to contact the Attorney Generals office today.
I received a letter from a lawfirm that stated I owed money on a Felony charge that I have never committed or ever had on my record. I looked online and like I already knew, there is no charge like that on my record. These people are scamming people and I urge anyone who gets a letter from Linebarger Goggan Blair Sampson LLP, to report it immediately to your local County Attorney. On the top of the page the Lawfirm has an Iowa address with an 866 phone number and on the bottom of the page is shows their address is in San Antonio TX. This is a scam and should be reported immediately. I have not sent nor will I ever send them this money. If I owed a county any money, that county attorney will contact me and not have another lawfirm Contact me. Get real people. I have been in enough trouble with the law that I know exactly who will contact me or have me arrested for non-payment of fines. I am also going to call the County Attorney on Monday and report this and hopefully they can stop this scam.
When I got stationed in the hampton roads area there were no toll roads. As soon as they put the tolls on the bridges I got an EZ Pass and linked it to my bank account.
I was contacted today by the DMV to notify me I would be uneligible to renew my registration until I paid my outstanding balance on my tolls. I thought this was weird so I contacted the Elizabeth River Tunnels customer service to see what was going on.
They told me I had unpaid tolls from two years ago that were sent into collections. I have never received a letter, email or phone call saying I owed anything for tolls let alone that I had been sent into collections. They told me there were around 30 tolls that were unpaid (I had a EZ Pass, all tolls were paid). So the normail cost with my EZ Pass would have been around $60-80. I asked them how much I owed, they told me my balance was almost $880.
I asked if there was anything I could do since I had never heard about owing anyone anything etc and they told me the only thing I could do was call Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP who owned the debt.
I contacted Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP and explained to them my entire situation and how $880 was unreasonable and that I had never even knew I had to pay anything. I never received and kind of information regarding this debt from them.
I believe this company is a complete scam & ripoff. I am legally bound to pay them or I cannot register my vehicle. I cannot see how you're able to justify charging $880 for $80 worth of tolls, that were probably already paid for.
This company alleges to be collection agency for a parking violation company in Cinncinati, OH. This company owns lots in Milwaukee... or maybe its another company all together- they usually have several names all over the country and none actually in Milwaukee.
Anyway, they say I got a ticket but I don't recall ever getting one and I checked my checking account and I made a payment to the lot listed on the collections statement for the day in question.
They state they are also Attoneys at Law. This seems to be pretty unethical and takes advantage of urban dwellers. Or the compant SP Plus Corporation is the one trying to scam... not sure but someone should look into it.
Every month or so I get a notice in the mail that I owe the E470 Highway Authority in Colorado money for toll road fees. I have requested a court hearing for over 2 years whith no luck; in fact the last letter I got from them said they held a hearing and found me guilty as charged....The E470's collection attorney's Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP are now trying to collect from me. I asked them what court the hearing was held in and they said they didn't have that information. This is a complete scam where they are using very deseptive collection practices.
I received a letter from this law firm saying I had 2 outstanding tickets that needed to be paid. The first red flag for me was the location of the tickets. they are in a county I have never been to. the second red flag was the website I had to go to in order to pay them. it was hudspethjp2tix.com...not a .TX.gov site
I went to the site and it redirects me to https://www.ncourt.com/x-press/x-onlinepayments.aspx?juris=24BB5B45-861E-45AC-843B-E3D5075944FD yet another red flag
I entered completely bogus information besides my name and address as they had that info already, I entered a wrong citation number, the "court date" and the amount owe and it said it was correct and took me to the payment page...to which I did not continue at that point I was convinced its a total scam.
DO NOT pay them. go to the DPS.teaxas.gov site and look up your driver's license number and see if you do have outstanding tickets. if not...ignore everything from this law firm
Received a Demand for Payment in mail from Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP dated 11/20/20 for an erroneous debt in the amount of 76.90 dollars to be paid to EXPRESSTOLL. I can easily say this is a scam since I have not had a vehicle registered to me since 2015; that is five going on six years since I've owned a vehicle.
If you get online to find out more about this company, you will see that they bill people erroneously across the country based on old information; ie, 5-6 years since I've had a vehicle registered to me.
Back in January by accident I did get on a Toll road but I paid the bill ($8 and some change) and proof of conformation via email.
Today I received a bill from Linebarger saying I owed for a toll in the amount of $31.80 along with $45.00 in fees. They said they have sent multiple notices which is untrue because I haven’t received a single one I have not been on a toll road since and to boot the plate they reference is my old plate from AZ (the toll was not in AZ, the bill is for expresstoll in CO). I haven’t used that plate since we moved here 3 years ago.
I believe that they somehow accessed my info when I financed a vehicle recently because after I did, I started receiving extended warranty stuff and different mailing in regards to my car but all the mailings were using my middle name for my last name (there was obviously a typo somewhere along the line) and this notice was also using my middle name for my last name.
I sold a car, the person got a ticket in dayton on the way home after transferring it. 3-4 months later, i get a ticket from dayton oh city. I get a print out showing that it was in that persons name at the time of the ticket. Dayton takes care of it and nothing for 3 years. Then i get a letter from linebarger goggan blair & sampson, llp.
This was taken care of 3 years ago and nothing from the city of dayton for years, then all of a sudden, a out of state lawyer tring to collect a debt that i dont owe. Then i see several other complaint on scamion.com.
Thought i would warn people of these crooks. I sent my complaint letter to the attorney general of texas.
My husband received suddenly in the mail on April 30, 2020, a bill from Linebarger, etc. for $1,085.79, supposedly for the State of Oklahoma Tax Commission. He has not lived in Oklahoma for many years. There was no explanation in the initial invoice from them. A lettr was sent asking for complete validation of the debt, which would include the return in question and all supporting documents. They claim they have made many attempts to contact him, yet he had NEVER been contacted by either the state of Oklahoma Tax Commission nor their collector, this law (????) firm.
Linebarger returned a threatening letter demanding the amount within 10 days, and in this one it said the total tax due and collection fee due was $391.43. They sent NO copy of the return, any supporting documentation, or proof that they had EVER tried to contact him. We contacted the state of Oklahoma and were told this was for a tax return for 2011, but Linebarger did not mention the year at all. The support person at the law firm said he had filed the return and indicated that payment was made but it was not enclosed.
Now, this could well be a mistake of that tax office, and evidently the bank needs to be contacted to get copies of statements around the date the return was signed, because it might well have been paid. If not, all they had to do was to contact my husband and he would have checked it and paid it immediately. They waited through his bankruptcy of August of 2015 to now, growing this to now nearly $1,100, while he had no knowledge of it at all - if a mistake was made. He has no redress, no way to appeal it, no time to ask for the bank (if this is at all possible) to dig up a statement or two from EIGHT years ago to see if it was paid. Since he never made a habit of not paying his taxes, it is most likely that it WAS paid as indicated.
Now these thugs come along with nothing but threats. Reading about them, their associations with local and state entities are the result of bribery and even provision of prostitutes for politicians and local authorities use, according to a CNN Money investigation. This is why they do not have to obey any kind of debt collector law - bribery of politicians. This should not happen in America. They should have to follow the same laws any other debt collector does. They should not have the power to do anything they want to law-abiding people, without explanation or even a simple copy of what they are collecting. My husband was forced to file bankruptcy in 2015.
This would have been included if unpaid on his schedule of creditors. Linebarger knows this, but they waited and waited. I assume they got our current address from location information from credit bureaus. Every other address he lived or stayed temporarily is there. They could have contacted him YEARS ago when he still had copies of things we have no obligation to keep beyond a reasonable number of years. Now it would take months to get proof of anything and they theaten my 72 year old husband with (what?) with their demands for an unsubstantiated debt.
Mayors are corrupt in Illinois and have contracted with above law firms to collect old unpaid debts for red light camera tickets in many states is now unlawful and banned. Illinois local officials are stupid and profit millions off people harassing drivers for money without due process. The whole thing is a scam exposed by Chicago Tribune etc . No unconstitutional basis for harassing people for debts where the state doesnt even investigate if cameras work. Mayors keep getting voted in and lack cmon sense and are mostly wealthy scum.
The letter dosent state the year for which the monies are owed or what the assessments are for. Just a legal aide named Yvette Walton at 844-612-6287 ext758106 or you could pay online at their web site: http:/:www.lgbswebpayments.com and use AZDOR and online payment number 8342195. Not sure what else needs to be said
I received a letter from LGBS notifying me of a debt owed to Elizabeth River Tolls, in the amount of $84.90. As far as I knew, as of December 2017 I did not owe any money to ERT. I called the number on the letter, and asked when this debt was incurred and they told me it was for April 21st, 2017, at such and such a time one way, and a time going the other way on the same day. I said, "that sounds like a doctor's appointment, let me look that up and get back to you."
The gentleman on the phone was very polite, very calm, had the info right to hand. It sounded reasonable. However, I keep my bills for a year, and had no bill for that date from ERT. Nor did I have a doctor's appointment on that day, or any other trip scheduled on my calendar for the year. This led me to research LGBS, where I found your site.
I did not pay them anything. The letter sent to me is very well written, has my correct address and license plate number. I will be contacting Elizabeth River Tolls, and possibly our local TV station.
They also, besides the address in Texas--apparently they are no longer in Arizona--listed a PO box:
In late 2016 the owner purchased a used ford escort to replace an impala whose engine had failed. the replacement had been in an accident, suffered major rear end damage, and although it was mechanically sound, was not road worthy. the owner is elderly and became ill and was unable to do any repairs
linebarger groggon blair &Sampson llc They sent a bill to us in az for using a colorado toll road use when it was impossible for either the owner or the vehicle to have done so.
The above keeps sending me letters about that I owe for tolls. That our not mine that say that I owe $34.49 but I use a transponder for my tolls The letter is dated March 12 2018.... The refrien # 58764787
I Just wanted to file a report against them for doing this to people. Its not right an my husband was pretty mad when he read the letter. We just moved to North Dakota 4 months ago. its crazy how people can get ur information so easy. This the the only one we have recieved.
Company continues to call my cell and home phone, about past due bill. When requested to have information sent via mail, they refuse and hang up on me.
I decided to call Okklahoma Tax Commission and told that the amount the I owed for 2006 and 2012 was only 368.72 for both years.. I called this Linebergr agency and they kind pretended not understanding what I was telling them. On this call I requested a recept for what i WAS PAYING FOR. They sent me another letter on July 25, 2017 now, that I owed $880.0039 and with the same thratening interest and the amount could change. I went to the Oklahoma Tax Commission compliance office and they said that -Catherine- All I owed was 287.76 for the year 2006 and 180.31 for the year 2012 a total of 368.07 for both years. Talked to OTC Compliance office and He said ; that "It's ok, you have no credit now, you have paid all back taxes but, never explained to me why it was 1562.72 said that it will take up to 3 weeks to find out what was the reason for that 1562.72 affter I requested a refund for whatever was overpaid. Affter clarification that I did not owe any more back taxes there is another letter from these criminal, thieves for , as I stated before, for $880.00 I owing NO MORE BACK TAXES. What can I do? I've seen on your website the many people who have gone through similar situations and even not owing any taxes. Is there any body who can stop theses criminal? Is there any way to file a class demand for refunds and criminalactions trying to rip peopple off?. I deeply appreciate the attention to this message or report. Expecting somebody can help us all to gtet even with these guys(criminal) I do not understand why OTC is hiring this type of criminals, they also accountable for the pepople they hire and their actions and consequences should be liable too. Deeply appreciated.
Between the ERT & their attorneys I owe $4,978.00 in tolls - as of now. I am a single, impoverished mother. This is more than what my car is worth & almost what I made last year. The reason I owe this outstanding amount is because I am impoverished. What I mean to say is that in order to help me get on my feet my ex was providing me with car insurance along with paying all of these fees (so I thought - obviously he was not). I wasn't aware it wasn't being paid because nothing was ever mailed to my address. On top of all of this, my tags are expired - which means I can't drive my car until it's paid. I've already gotten two tickets equaling $200. I called in an attempt to arrange payments & was only offered a lesser - yet equally unattainable amount. So, in short I'd just like to thank Hampton Roads for not doing a d**n thing to help your people get ahead or make this city great. I just got a new job as a caretaker & guess what I can't drive my car & also received a wage garnishment letter. FU
Received a letter regarding an unpaid traffic fine, threatening suspension of drivers' license if unpaid, and providing an address and/or website for payment to be made. When I checked the county's website, I found out that I did not, in fact, have any unpaid traffic fines.
I received a collection letter from these attorneys in the mail. They wrote the wrong person and I am educated and wrong my own business so I am keen on the sense of fraud. This firm is playing in the hands of the poor and scared. They made me look twice but I know for a fact that I have hardly driven and definately not in this area nor have I not paid a toll when I've needed to.
So this is criminal to send such notices to people out of the blue. The only way this firm got my license plate for this county was from a speeding ticket and is wasn't Harris county but Harrison county. I paid this ticket and it was not for the amount they are collecting. So I ask... where are they getting data to send such collection notices to scare folks into paying them. The documents are very legitimate and would scare me. This is not fair in the world today especially when people are trying to get by.
I saw several posts with the same header on this site and Im afraid other folks think they really owe for a toll they missed. I don't. I know its not true as I don't travel away from home very often and not in that county. I am very familiar with Denver as well as I used to live there. The tolls on E 470 are also a scam if the data got in the wrong hands. I really think the systems today need investigating to see who is getting their hands on this data to threaten folks.
I will be tossing this letter and we shall see if another is sent. If so, I will be right back on here to let you all know. I feel for the poor person who has put so much time into correcting or trying to fix what she feels she owes. All for the good of humanity in a world gone bad. Let's stop businesses like these from continuing please.
August I recieved in my mail an official yellow statement from a company LicensePlateToll...saying i owed the $8.55 for a toll charge...i HAVENT BEEN IN Colorado since my hippie days 1072....I immediately google it and up popped several Scam notices...I recieved scam to play stuff before for Secret Shoppers...so I threw it away.Today Nov.2nd I recieved the same official yellow statement , but this time, also a yellow state from the law firm....( really odd !!?, both are on the same official ugly yellow paper) The LicensePlateToll statement had an increase of $20.00 collection charge* so now I owe $28.55....The law firm of LGB&S listed my address ,my phone # , and my plate number of my car..and a statement " Notice of Outstanding Liability" and that i have till 11/22/16 to pay in full....odd also, letter ends with salutation of very truly yours.
NOT SIGNED BY ANYONE ..odd also my plate number on the sheet was 11NAPATSY406...my plate is TSY406...
I checked online said SCAM law firm and LicensePlateToll....I called the law firm....and had an argument with the lady at the LGB&S...I am familiar with toll booths...you arrive at the highway entrance, a booth and an official are there, Ihad to pay to get on...yes one more time I HAD TO PAY TO GET ON.....So why would there be a bill to pay!!!!...SCAM!
I have never received any mail for Metro or the Harris County Transit Authority. I usually get an email on regards of any issue pertaining my account. This letter came to a surprise to me and my wife. Our account is set for automatic repayment when a certain minimum amount is reached. This could not have happened without previous notification.
Mail Fraud from Fake Law Firm pretending to be hired to collect government debt where no government debt exists. Received this message in the mail stating things in bold print such as, "IF a warrant has been issued, you may be arrested at any time by any peace officer." And states I owe a debt in the amount of $455.00 to the Culberson County Court, and has a fake driver's license number that has never been my driver's license number and also has a fake citation number...and the fake mailing address it orders me to send payment to is 'Precinct 1, PO BOX 367 Van Horn, TX 79855
I received a letter from this company about an outstanding toll amount owed. However, I have a sunpass and have it set up to automatically bill my credit card. When i go to the website on the letter i received, i noticed the site to pay is run by this lawfirm. According to the letter, payment MUST be processed by the law firm on the webitse. i then checked my sunpass account and my account is up to date. I never received anything from FTE about unpaid tolls. The letter is vague and doesnt even list the times and date of the violations. I believe this is a rip-off.
Recieved a letter via the US mail. Contacted the clerk of courts and was noted that this debt is non collectable. A month and half later Recieved anthor letter same BS. Talked to repesntive and was told the clerk of courts still had it as a outstandind Debt and would have disput it or futher action would be taken.
I received a collection notice from LGBS for unpaid parking violations in Denver, Colorado from 2002 & 2003. The tag number listed was an old tag and had not been connected to the vehicle listed on the citations for five years. It had been removed from the vehicle when it was sold in 1998. The "firm" is demanding immediate payment of $260.00 for citations unrelated to me or this vehicle, but are showing against this tag number 14 years after it was no longer in use.
I moved from the Denver area in 1999 and was living in North Carolina at the time these citations were charged. Somehow, the Denver Parking Violations Bureau has uncovered 5 citations 14 years old written up on a license plate tag that doesn't exist. I smell a rat, and I'm not the only person, apparently, deceptively being hunted by this corrupt "Law Firm" if that's what you want to call it.
I've contacted several County agencies in Colorado as well as the magistrate from the Denver Parking Violations Bureau and neither the tag nor the VIN number associated with the citations is in any databases in the state of Colorado.
I am disputing the information they have and have sent registered letters stating this to both LGBS and the Denver Parking Violations.
These people are a rip-off they are fraudulent I do not have any court costs and they try to charge me $461.28 which I do not owe and I will not pay they say that legal action will be taken if I do not pay let them try because I will not pay I did not use a credit card I did not send them a check I will not do either all I have done is look them up on the internet and found out that it is fraudulent activity and it says that it's past due court fees and fines which I know better because I have none
Today I reecived a letter demanding $9,626.71 for "past due court fees and fines" supposedly owed to the County I live in. The matter is 14 years old, and it was taken care of 14 years ago. The fines for the infraction were no where near $9k, and so naturally I inquired with my County. They've no record of me ever owing this amount, and said they do not contract debts with this company. I called the company to report my finding to them, and there was literally dead air for approximately 5 seconds after I told them I knew there was no debt and accused them of fraud.
The representative stammered and told me, "Well, I don't know why they would say that- they sent us the notice." I told her I would be calling my own lawyer to have the investigated for fraud. She started yakking over my words, so I told her to "have a great day" and hung up. This also nrought up suspicion to my spuse about how they had the info to begin with, and why they were aking for such a large amount? We recently took a large 401k loan to buy a home, and are wondering if they somehow were made aware of our withdrawal by our 401k plan administrator. We are looking into it.
Lindebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP are ripping off naive people by sending them mailings demanding monies be paid for odd traffic violations happening many years prior. Some of which are located in states the individual has never driven in.
They are getting their hands on addresses somehow. My mom is only in her new place three months and doesn't give her address to anyone - but she got a letter. Since this event I've reached out and discovered three other people all with the same experience. One who unfortuately paid and plans on suing them. Good luck...it's a houd of lawyers.
They are using an address located in San Antonio which does not exist on their website anymore but a slew of others do exist. The violations are not specific and can easily scare an individual into paying...as the letter states you must pay in full or else.
Well, this is an interesting situation I am in as well and I am ready to file a suit along with all other victims. I failed to update my credit card for my EZ Tag. I used tolls daily for the past 6 years since I moved to Texas and paid my tolls with no problems. With grad school and other things going on, updating EZ tag was the last thing on my mind. 6 months later, I find that I owe $4000!!!! Maybe 25% of that is for the actual toll.
So it went to the collection agency (the law firm Linebarger!) SHADDYYY they are extremely defensive when you ask questions and not like any other customer service/collection agency/lawfirm (a law firm that is a collection agency, doesn't that sound strange?). They are adamant that nothing can be waved. $4000!! Seriously???
I made several attempts, dealing with their rude customers service and calling the toll road back. The toll road (HCTRA and FortBed) said that Linebarger had put a note on my account saying that they shouldn't help me and to send me back to the law firm.
I started a payment plan where I put 20% down and was supposed to fill out and return a contract to them. I wasn't able to return the contract SAME DAY, so in a week and a half, by bill went up with them by $400!!
Something is seriously wrong with this system, someone needs to investigate them. This may need to be a federal case. There are many others who experienced this, so I am willing to join in a lawsuit and get to the bottom of this scam.
On or about, March 25, 2016, I received a Notice Of Debt letter from the named company. The letter stated I owed back monies of $32.81, as of March 23, 2016. I called Sunpass on April 1, 2016 and spoke to Dominque. She said my pass was $9,96 in arrears. I explained that mybank debit card was missing & I had replaced it. I paidthe amount in arrears and $20.00 to cover future tolls. At that time I gave Dominque my visa card # & my permission to withdraw money from that account in the future.
I have no knowledge of this company or their tactics, but have never dealt with for any collections. If I had late fees, I have always contacted Sunpass directly. They have in the past sent me a notice I paid quickly with out fault. My debit card information is no business of this law firm. In reading through other websites, I have found several saying what a rip off scam this company is. I feel I also am being scammed, which is not uncommon of disabled senior citizens as I am. I do not intend to pay this bogus charge and my account with Sunpass is in good standing.
EZ TAG and this law firm LINEBARGER GOOGAN BLAIR & SAMPSON LLP are making millions of us. EZ Tag corporation knows from all these years that customers card gets compromised and will not remember about the card being tagged to EZTAG. We all receive thousands of mail at home and will not realize that EZ TAG is sending a notice. Almost everyone pay online and will do not pay attention to the EZtag envelopes. The EZTag folks know this human behavioral too. So after they pile up a good ripoff unpaid balance from us, they send it over to their vulture friends at LINEBARGER GOOGAN BLAIR & SAMPSON LLP for them to rip us off even more. I ended up paying about $2600 of my hard earned money to these rich CEOs of both companies. This is a painful amount and they continue to rip off ruthlessly.
They both are blood sucking companies. They LINEBARGER GOOGAN BLAIR & SAMPSON LLP rip you off with less information when contacting them and come back at you with more collection fees. They have hired staff who are ruthless to answer your calls... She is totally rude and threatens to hang up the phone if we keep asking explanations. She is just one of the many ruthless trained staff to very skillfully answer such that they dont give enough information and then add more balance to your already ripoff balance.
I hope somebody can bring this scam by EZ TAG and LINEBARGER GOOGAN BLAIR & SAMPSON LLP scam to an end!!
Got a letter with my address but The wrong name, I recognized the name so I opened it up. The only reason I recognized the name was because the name listed us the guy that stole my identity in April 2011. Bogus stuff, no telling how many people fell for this scam.
Well, this is an interesting situation I am in as well and I am ready to file a suit along with all other victims. I failed to update my credit card for my EZ Tag. I used tolls daily for the past 6 years since I moved to Texas and paid my tolls with no problems. With grad school and other things going on, updating EZ tag was the last thing on my mind. 6 months later, I find that I owe $4000!!!! Maybe 25% of that is for the actual toll.
So it went to the collection agency (the law firm Linebarger!) SHADDYYY they are extremely defensive when you ask questions and not like any other customer service/collection agency/lawfirm (a law firm that is a collection agency, doesn't that sound strange?). They are adamant that nothing can be waved. $4000!! Seriously???
I made several attempts, dealing with their rude customers service and calling the toll road back. The toll road (HCTRA and FortBed) said that Linebarger had put a note on my account saying that they shouldn't help me and to send me back to the law firm.
I started a payment plan where I put 20% down and was supposed to fill out and return a contract to them. I wasn't able to return the contract SAME DAY, so in a week and a half, by bill went up with them by $400!!
Something is seriously wrong with this system, someone needs to investigate them. This may need to be a federal case. There are many others who experienced this, so I am willing to join in a lawsuit and get to the bottom of this scam.
I took my car to get fixed and the mechanic drove my car through the tollroad. I had an eztag on my car, so my card was chard when it gort down to $10. I called the Toll authority and they advised me to report the matter to the police and suspend the tag. I did what they told me and thought that took care of it. I still had an ez-tag account on my other cars. Two years later I get a citaition for court that included total amount due of $528.00. WHAT!
I never got anything from the toll authority, through emails, mail, phone calls NOTHING!! When I get to the hearing I discover that, there is neutral person to conduct the hearing; only the Harris County's attorney who misrepresents herself and acts like she is trying to help you. She never tells you who she really is, but advises you what to do; when you do what she has instructed you, she then turns around and turns it against in the form of a crafty lie.
Citezens of Harris County are then threatned to not see the judge. The attorney for Harris County tells them they will be given a fine of $500. and made to pay high court fees. When did we give up justice for duress in America?. You have the hearing and yoiu are not allowed to defend yourself and when it is all said and done; you have to pay the fees and the judge tells you, YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO "DUE PROCESS" DOES NOT APPLY IN TOLLROAD COURT. They only have to say they mailed you the notice, they don't have to show if you recieved it or not WHAT!
Oh there is no appeal process because, there is no record of the proceedings..... Sounds like a MOB Organization to me..
How did we as Americans allow the Tollroad Authority to take away one of our fundemental Right under the Constitution?
The even bigger question is WHY are our State Represenatives not fighting for us against it? Does "Mob money" run deep??
Are there any Constitutional Lawyers or organizations in Texas that would like to challenge such an issue??
WHAT IS THE POINT OF A CONSTITUTION, IF IT CAN BE IGNORED UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE TOLLROAD AUTHORITY??
I just received a letter in the mail today from Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP. The letter said that I needed to pay $130.00 within 10 days. I noticed that in the beginning of the letter it says "above-listed matter," but there is nothing above that tells me exactly what I did wrong.
If I have to pay $130.00 for something, then I at least want to know why. I currently have no way to call them and they do not answer their fax machines. I'm not sure if this a fraudulence, because I haven't done anything wrong in years.
I have verification that toll fees I received through Sun Pass in the Tampa area from a year ago were paid. Those tolls were less than $10.00. I received a "presorted" envelope from this law firm saying I owe money for u paid tolls. It's a scam and a half. I have half a mind to visit this location in person with law enforcement.
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This one is rich. The fools at the Linebarger firm sent a collection letter to the decedent's home alledging that he failed to pay a toll 472 days post mortem. The decedent passed away on May 13, 2014 and the probate estate was opened on July 14, 2014. The alledged toll incident occurred in August 2015. The deadline for claims against the estate ended on January 13, 2015 a full six months before the alledged toll debt accrued!
I'm fairly certain that the party that ran a toll had an automobile licene plate that was close to that of the decedent's. Linebarger & fools will receive a fax copy of the estate filing and their dun.
I'd have loved to have brought a Fair Debt Collections Practices Act suit against the firm but the dun was just located in a batch of unopened post forwarded by the widow. It's well past the statute of limitations and only the administrator of the estate can bring an action on behalf of the estate.
Still, this collections firm ought to check to see if they are collecting from dead men before sending these notices.-
For all of you who receive duns from these attorneys - go find out how to send a Fair Debt Collections Practices demand letter (Google is your friend) and send it Certified, Return-Receipt (that green card) and put the certified mail number on the FDCPA demand letter. You want the name and address of the original creditor, if different than the current creditor, and verification of the debt. You must send that within thirty (30) days of their first contact with you.
There are many consumer protection attorneys who would love to tag these guys. The FDCPA give $1,000.00 and reasonable attorney's fees to consumers and their attorneys where an attempt to collect a debt that is not owed (among other causes of action) is made. In this case the attempt to collect a debt from a dead man, incurred 472 days post mortem, is about as clear a case as you will ever see that the debt is not owed!
What a sloppy operation. Hold their feet to the fire!
I call the number provided by FDOT for Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP collection agency. The first phone call started with me verifying the amount due for toll violations with several representatives who for one reason or the other could not explain to me how and what the $341.98 of accumulated charges applied. while speaking rep disconnected the call..no return call. I spent a total of three hours experiencing several disconnection. The next series of calls I ask if I made a payment how to you validate it to make an adjustment if an error; Jamecia answer:
I'm telling you what I can see and I don't know how you want me to answer your questions. I asked; If i over pay your company do you give a remburstment, Rep Jamecia said I don't know what you want me to tell you but that's the amount you gotta pay. I asked to speak to a supervisor or his or her boss or name..she informed me you not going to get that information but I can transfer you to leave a message. I was so frustrated after speaking with this person i was very scared to make a payment. People trust your first instincts.
I called several other times with no break down for the charges and was told I'm not going to read all these dates to you, will send you the information by mail, yes Jamecia again. Now the drama becomes alive again I called back and spoke to Jennifer who took my credit card information by phone authorized to charge $341.98 at 5:11 pm EST. During this transaction I wanted a confirmation email at which time I provided my email address and in mid-sentence call disconnected. Call again the 877- 258-5261 another rep answers I asked for an email confirmation and then she wanted to transfer me to Jamecia I said that girl and I to not get alone. Rep said Jennifer is busy so she will send the email showing I paid.
Minutes later my credit card was double charge $341.98 ×2. Call my bank, call the company and at 5pm close. This company shows an A+ on their website for BBB, this is a joke. Every situation is not the same but all roads leading to how LGBS conduct business equals the same results of dissatisfaction and fraudulent charges. Yes FDOT puts customers at risk for being Victims using this agency. I want my $341.98 back, I don't care if the company prides on charging and no customer service skills all I know is I'm not going to rest until I get my funds return ASAP. If it's so isolated on my funds being returned I am going viral someone will hear and help me.
Recieved notification of $102.50 outstanding bill for an unpaid toll of $2.50 in California. The license plate was registered in California. I live in WA. I have never lived in California. I have never driven in California. This 'fee' of $100 will increase by $50 on a set schedule if I delay. I called the number, the spokes person was unable to provide any details to confirm whether I was the correct person and stated that I have to prove that I am not the person in question.
The reason I am reporting this is because according to their spokesperson all the law office needs to pursue a deliquent account are the following: two names that match and the last four digits of a social security number. I have name so common that in my home town there were 18 pages (white pages) of people with the same first and last name. It's ridiculous that this practice is sanctioned and occurs regularly enough that even CNN has posted a story about it. I figure the more people who report this type of shyte the sooner it will reach a critical mass and maybe...just maybe, something will happen.
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My mom received a letter from them multiple times for a toll in California and each time she sent them proof that she doesn't live in California and hasn't driven in years. They dismissed it and then a few years later send her another one with a different date for unpaid toll and will fine her $100. For a disabled senior that can't drive that is a slap in the face.
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I have received a letter from them saying I owed tolls of 79.13 on a license plate that even isn't mine! When I called them out on the plate and said it was a scam they immediately hung up on me!! Funny because in the state of Florida if you don't pay your tolls your license gets suspended!! Haha and this went to a "collection agency yeah ok I'm not andumb cookie you shitty company!! ;) Go f:*) someone else because it's clearly no going to be me!
To Everyone who receives a notice due from Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP - BEWARE ! This company waited nearly 1 year from the date of a traffic violation I received when visiting the state of Florida to contact me about lack of payment. I had paid the traffic ticket on line to the correct authorities at the time and had all receipts to back it up.
This company somehow gathered my information from the state data base and forwarded me a Warning that my license may be suspended if I didn't pay the fine within a couple of weeks.
They are very good at pulling this off, because they had the correct traffic code violation; but stupidly spelled my last name wrong. I guess this might be their escape out if the authories corner them. I hope everyone that receives something from these scammers checks it out.
I have receipts for my payments; but I am not sending them any of my personal informtion to back it up. If they stoop low enough to do this, who knows what else they might try to pull. I am going to contact the Attorney Generals office today.
Mary, Bethalto, Il.
I received a letter from a lawfirm that stated I owed money on a Felony charge that I have never committed or ever had on my record. I looked online and like I already knew, there is no charge like that on my record. These people are scamming people and I urge anyone who gets a letter from Linebarger Goggan Blair Sampson LLP, to report it immediately to your local County Attorney. On the top of the page the Lawfirm has an Iowa address with an 866 phone number and on the bottom of the page is shows their address is in San Antonio TX. This is a scam and should be reported immediately. I have not sent nor will I ever send them this money. If I owed a county any money, that county attorney will contact me and not have another lawfirm Contact me. Get real people. I have been in enough trouble with the law that I know exactly who will contact me or have me arrested for non-payment of fines. I am also going to call the County Attorney on Monday and report this and hopefully they can stop this scam.
When I got stationed in the hampton roads area there were no toll roads. As soon as they put the tolls on the bridges I got an EZ Pass and linked it to my bank account.
I was contacted today by the DMV to notify me I would be uneligible to renew my registration until I paid my outstanding balance on my tolls. I thought this was weird so I contacted the Elizabeth River Tunnels customer service to see what was going on.
They told me I had unpaid tolls from two years ago that were sent into collections. I have never received a letter, email or phone call saying I owed anything for tolls let alone that I had been sent into collections. They told me there were around 30 tolls that were unpaid (I had a EZ Pass, all tolls were paid). So the normail cost with my EZ Pass would have been around $60-80. I asked them how much I owed, they told me my balance was almost $880.
I asked if there was anything I could do since I had never heard about owing anyone anything etc and they told me the only thing I could do was call Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP who owned the debt.
I contacted Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP and explained to them my entire situation and how $880 was unreasonable and that I had never even knew I had to pay anything. I never received and kind of information regarding this debt from them.
I believe this company is a complete scam & ripoff. I am legally bound to pay them or I cannot register my vehicle. I cannot see how you're able to justify charging $880 for $80 worth of tolls, that were probably already paid for.
This company alleges to be collection agency for a parking violation company in Cinncinati, OH. This company owns lots in Milwaukee... or maybe its another company all together- they usually have several names all over the country and none actually in Milwaukee.
Anyway, they say I got a ticket but I don't recall ever getting one and I checked my checking account and I made a payment to the lot listed on the collections statement for the day in question.
They state they are also Attoneys at Law. This seems to be pretty unethical and takes advantage of urban dwellers. Or the compant SP Plus Corporation is the one trying to scam... not sure but someone should look into it.
Every month or so I get a notice in the mail that I owe the E470 Highway Authority in Colorado money for toll road fees. I have requested a court hearing for over 2 years whith no luck; in fact the last letter I got from them said they held a hearing and found me guilty as charged....The E470's collection attorney's Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP are now trying to collect from me. I asked them what court the hearing was held in and they said they didn't have that information. This is a complete scam where they are using very deseptive collection practices.
I received a letter from this law firm saying I had 2 outstanding tickets that needed to be paid. The first red flag for me was the location of the tickets. they are in a county I have never been to. the second red flag was the website I had to go to in order to pay them. it was hudspethjp2tix.com...not a .TX.gov site
I went to the site and it redirects me to https://www.ncourt.com/x-press/x-onlinepayments.aspx?juris=24BB5B45-861E-45AC-843B-E3D5075944FD yet another red flag
I entered completely bogus information besides my name and address as they had that info already, I entered a wrong citation number, the "court date" and the amount owe and it said it was correct and took me to the payment page...to which I did not continue at that point I was convinced its a total scam.
DO NOT pay them. go to the DPS.teaxas.gov site and look up your driver's license number and see if you do have outstanding tickets. if not...ignore everything from this law firm
Received a Demand for Payment in mail from Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP dated 11/20/20 for an erroneous debt in the amount of 76.90 dollars to be paid to EXPRESSTOLL. I can easily say this is a scam since I have not had a vehicle registered to me since 2015; that is five going on six years since I've owned a vehicle.
If you get online to find out more about this company, you will see that they bill people erroneously across the country based on old information; ie, 5-6 years since I've had a vehicle registered to me.
Back in January by accident I did get on a Toll road but I paid the bill ($8 and some change) and proof of conformation via email.
Today I received a bill from Linebarger saying I owed for a toll in the amount of $31.80 along with $45.00 in fees. They said they have sent multiple notices which is untrue because I haven’t received a single one I have not been on a toll road since and to boot the plate they reference is my old plate from AZ (the toll was not in AZ, the bill is for expresstoll in CO). I haven’t used that plate since we moved here 3 years ago.
I believe that they somehow accessed my info when I financed a vehicle recently because after I did, I started receiving extended warranty stuff and different mailing in regards to my car but all the mailings were using my middle name for my last name (there was obviously a typo somewhere along the line) and this notice was also using my middle name for my last name.
I sold a car, the person got a ticket in dayton on the way home after transferring it. 3-4 months later, i get a ticket from dayton oh city. I get a print out showing that it was in that persons name at the time of the ticket. Dayton takes care of it and nothing for 3 years. Then i get a letter from linebarger goggan blair & sampson, llp.
This was taken care of 3 years ago and nothing from the city of dayton for years, then all of a sudden, a out of state lawyer tring to collect a debt that i dont owe. Then i see several other complaint on scamion.com.
Thought i would warn people of these crooks. I sent my complaint letter to the attorney general of texas.
My husband received suddenly in the mail on April 30, 2020, a bill from Linebarger, etc. for $1,085.79, supposedly for the State of Oklahoma Tax Commission. He has not lived in Oklahoma for many years. There was no explanation in the initial invoice from them. A lettr was sent asking for complete validation of the debt, which would include the return in question and all supporting documents. They claim they have made many attempts to contact him, yet he had NEVER been contacted by either the state of Oklahoma Tax Commission nor their collector, this law (????) firm.
Linebarger returned a threatening letter demanding the amount within 10 days, and in this one it said the total tax due and collection fee due was $391.43. They sent NO copy of the return, any supporting documentation, or proof that they had EVER tried to contact him. We contacted the state of Oklahoma and were told this was for a tax return for 2011, but Linebarger did not mention the year at all. The support person at the law firm said he had filed the return and indicated that payment was made but it was not enclosed.
Now, this could well be a mistake of that tax office, and evidently the bank needs to be contacted to get copies of statements around the date the return was signed, because it might well have been paid. If not, all they had to do was to contact my husband and he would have checked it and paid it immediately. They waited through his bankruptcy of August of 2015 to now, growing this to now nearly $1,100, while he had no knowledge of it at all - if a mistake was made. He has no redress, no way to appeal it, no time to ask for the bank (if this is at all possible) to dig up a statement or two from EIGHT years ago to see if it was paid. Since he never made a habit of not paying his taxes, it is most likely that it WAS paid as indicated.
Now these thugs come along with nothing but threats. Reading about them, their associations with local and state entities are the result of bribery and even provision of prostitutes for politicians and local authorities use, according to a CNN Money investigation. This is why they do not have to obey any kind of debt collector law - bribery of politicians. This should not happen in America. They should have to follow the same laws any other debt collector does. They should not have the power to do anything they want to law-abiding people, without explanation or even a simple copy of what they are collecting. My husband was forced to file bankruptcy in 2015.
This would have been included if unpaid on his schedule of creditors. Linebarger knows this, but they waited and waited. I assume they got our current address from location information from credit bureaus. Every other address he lived or stayed temporarily is there. They could have contacted him YEARS ago when he still had copies of things we have no obligation to keep beyond a reasonable number of years. Now it would take months to get proof of anything and they theaten my 72 year old husband with (what?) with their demands for an unsubstantiated debt.
FAKE TOLL, I KNOW I DIDNT GO THROUGH.
A HELL WORLD IS A HELL WORLD. "NOTHING HERE, THIS IS THE DEVILS LAND".
Not quite sure what to do here...
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these people want to charge me 100.00 for a 2 dollar toll and threatening me be weary of these scum
Mayors are corrupt in Illinois and have contracted with above law firms to collect old unpaid debts for red light camera tickets in many states is now unlawful and banned. Illinois local officials are stupid and profit millions off people harassing drivers for money without due process. The whole thing is a scam exposed by Chicago Tribune etc . No unconstitutional basis for harassing people for debts where the state doesnt even investigate if cameras work. Mayors keep getting voted in and lack cmon sense and are mostly wealthy scum.
The letter dosent state the year for which the monies are owed or what the assessments are for. Just a legal aide named Yvette Walton at 844-612-6287 ext758106 or you could pay online at their web site: http:/:www.lgbswebpayments.com and use AZDOR and online payment number 8342195. Not sure what else needs to be said
I received a letter from LGBS notifying me of a debt owed to Elizabeth River Tolls, in the amount of $84.90. As far as I knew, as of December 2017 I did not owe any money to ERT. I called the number on the letter, and asked when this debt was incurred and they told me it was for April 21st, 2017, at such and such a time one way, and a time going the other way on the same day. I said, "that sounds like a doctor's appointment, let me look that up and get back to you."
The gentleman on the phone was very polite, very calm, had the info right to hand. It sounded reasonable. However, I keep my bills for a year, and had no bill for that date from ERT. Nor did I have a doctor's appointment on that day, or any other trip scheduled on my calendar for the year. This led me to research LGBS, where I found your site.
I did not pay them anything. The letter sent to me is very well written, has my correct address and license plate number. I will be contacting Elizabeth River Tolls, and possibly our local TV station.
They also, besides the address in Texas--apparently they are no longer in Arizona--listed a PO box:
In late 2016 the owner purchased a used ford escort to replace an impala whose engine had failed. the replacement had been in an accident, suffered major rear end damage, and although it was mechanically sound, was not road worthy. the owner is elderly and became ill and was unable to do any repairs
linebarger groggon blair &Sampson llc They sent a bill to us in az for using a colorado toll road use when it was impossible for either the owner or the vehicle to have done so.
The above keeps sending me letters about that I owe for tolls. That our not mine that say that I owe $34.49 but I use a transponder for my tolls The letter is dated March 12 2018.... The refrien # 58764787
Received notice in the mail that they were collecting a debt owed to the city of Springfield, IL.
I Just wanted to file a report against them for doing this to people. Its not right an my husband was pretty mad when he read the letter. We just moved to North Dakota 4 months ago. its crazy how people can get ur information so easy. This the the only one we have recieved.
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Company continues to call my cell and home phone, about past due bill. When requested to have information sent via mail, they refuse and hang up on me.
I decided to call Okklahoma Tax Commission and told that the amount the I owed for 2006 and 2012 was only 368.72 for both years.. I called this Linebergr agency and they kind pretended not understanding what I was telling them. On this call I requested a recept for what i WAS PAYING FOR. They sent me another letter on July 25, 2017 now, that I owed $880.0039 and with the same thratening interest and the amount could change. I went to the Oklahoma Tax Commission compliance office and they said that -Catherine- All I owed was 287.76 for the year 2006 and 180.31 for the year 2012 a total of 368.07 for both years. Talked to OTC Compliance office and He said ; that "It's ok, you have no credit now, you have paid all back taxes but, never explained to me why it was 1562.72 said that it will take up to 3 weeks to find out what was the reason for that 1562.72 affter I requested a refund for whatever was overpaid. Affter clarification that I did not owe any more back taxes there is another letter from these criminal, thieves for , as I stated before, for $880.00 I owing NO MORE BACK TAXES. What can I do? I've seen on your website the many people who have gone through similar situations and even not owing any taxes. Is there any body who can stop theses criminal? Is there any way to file a class demand for refunds and criminalactions trying to rip peopple off?. I deeply appreciate the attention to this message or report. Expecting somebody can help us all to gtet even with these guys(criminal) I do not understand why OTC is hiring this type of criminals, they also accountable for the pepople they hire and their actions and consequences should be liable too. Deeply appreciated.
Between the ERT & their attorneys I owe $4,978.00 in tolls - as of now. I am a single, impoverished mother. This is more than what my car is worth & almost what I made last year. The reason I owe this outstanding amount is because I am impoverished. What I mean to say is that in order to help me get on my feet my ex was providing me with car insurance along with paying all of these fees (so I thought - obviously he was not). I wasn't aware it wasn't being paid because nothing was ever mailed to my address. On top of all of this, my tags are expired - which means I can't drive my car until it's paid. I've already gotten two tickets equaling $200. I called in an attempt to arrange payments & was only offered a lesser - yet equally unattainable amount. So, in short I'd just like to thank Hampton Roads for not doing a d**n thing to help your people get ahead or make this city great. I just got a new job as a caretaker & guess what I can't drive my car & also received a wage garnishment letter. FU
Received a letter regarding an unpaid traffic fine, threatening suspension of drivers' license if unpaid, and providing an address and/or website for payment to be made. When I checked the county's website, I found out that I did not, in fact, have any unpaid traffic fines.
I received a collection letter from these attorneys in the mail. They wrote the wrong person and I am educated and wrong my own business so I am keen on the sense of fraud. This firm is playing in the hands of the poor and scared. They made me look twice but I know for a fact that I have hardly driven and definately not in this area nor have I not paid a toll when I've needed to.
So this is criminal to send such notices to people out of the blue. The only way this firm got my license plate for this county was from a speeding ticket and is wasn't Harris county but Harrison county. I paid this ticket and it was not for the amount they are collecting. So I ask... where are they getting data to send such collection notices to scare folks into paying them. The documents are very legitimate and would scare me. This is not fair in the world today especially when people are trying to get by.
I saw several posts with the same header on this site and Im afraid other folks think they really owe for a toll they missed. I don't. I know its not true as I don't travel away from home very often and not in that county. I am very familiar with Denver as well as I used to live there. The tolls on E 470 are also a scam if the data got in the wrong hands. I really think the systems today need investigating to see who is getting their hands on this data to threaten folks.
I will be tossing this letter and we shall see if another is sent. If so, I will be right back on here to let you all know. I feel for the poor person who has put so much time into correcting or trying to fix what she feels she owes. All for the good of humanity in a world gone bad. Let's stop businesses like these from continuing please.
My 84 year mother has been harassed with phone calls at all hours of the day, from LINEBARGER GOGGAN BLAIR & SAMPSON, LLP © for collection of my (60 year old male) toll charges on C470. Once I was notified from my mother I contact the collection attorney and they demanded payment of $215 for $6.36 of tolls. They provided me with no detail other than to say I've been assessed court filing fees, late charges, and fines? When contacting the hwy 470 people they said I actually had a $16 credit on my account.
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August I recieved in my mail an official yellow statement from a company LicensePlateToll...saying i owed the $8.55 for a toll charge...i HAVENT BEEN IN Colorado since my hippie days 1072....I immediately google it and up popped several Scam notices...I recieved scam to play stuff before for Secret Shoppers...so I threw it away.Today Nov.2nd I recieved the same official yellow statement , but this time, also a yellow state from the law firm....( really odd !!?, both are on the same official ugly yellow paper) The LicensePlateToll statement had an increase of $20.00 collection charge* so now I owe $28.55....The law firm of LGB&S listed my address ,my phone # , and my plate number of my car..and a statement " Notice of Outstanding Liability" and that i have till 11/22/16 to pay in full....odd also, letter ends with salutation of very truly yours.
NOT SIGNED BY ANYONE ..odd also my plate number on the sheet was 11NAPATSY406...my plate is TSY406...
I checked online said SCAM law firm and LicensePlateToll....I called the law firm....and had an argument with the lady at the LGB&S...I am familiar with toll booths...you arrive at the highway entrance, a booth and an official are there, Ihad to pay to get on...yes one more time I HAD TO PAY TO GET ON.....So why would there be a bill to pay!!!!...SCAM!
I have never received any mail for Metro or the Harris County Transit Authority. I usually get an email on regards of any issue pertaining my account. This letter came to a surprise to me and my wife. Our account is set for automatic repayment when a certain minimum amount is reached. This could not have happened without previous notification.
Mail Fraud from Fake Law Firm pretending to be hired to collect government debt where no government debt exists. Received this message in the mail stating things in bold print such as, "IF a warrant has been issued, you may be arrested at any time by any peace officer." And states I owe a debt in the amount of $455.00 to the Culberson County Court, and has a fake driver's license number that has never been my driver's license number and also has a fake citation number...and the fake mailing address it orders me to send payment to is 'Precinct 1, PO BOX 367 Van Horn, TX 79855
I received a letter from this company about an outstanding toll amount owed. However, I have a sunpass and have it set up to automatically bill my credit card. When i go to the website on the letter i received, i noticed the site to pay is run by this lawfirm. According to the letter, payment MUST be processed by the law firm on the webitse. i then checked my sunpass account and my account is up to date. I never received anything from FTE about unpaid tolls. The letter is vague and doesnt even list the times and date of the violations. I believe this is a rip-off.
Recieved a letter via the US mail. Contacted the clerk of courts and was noted that this debt is non collectable. A month and half later Recieved anthor letter same BS. Talked to repesntive and was told the clerk of courts still had it as a outstandind Debt and would have disput it or futher action would be taken.
I received a collection notice from LGBS for unpaid parking violations in Denver, Colorado from 2002 & 2003. The tag number listed was an old tag and had not been connected to the vehicle listed on the citations for five years. It had been removed from the vehicle when it was sold in 1998. The "firm" is demanding immediate payment of $260.00 for citations unrelated to me or this vehicle, but are showing against this tag number 14 years after it was no longer in use.
I moved from the Denver area in 1999 and was living in North Carolina at the time these citations were charged. Somehow, the Denver Parking Violations Bureau has uncovered 5 citations 14 years old written up on a license plate tag that doesn't exist. I smell a rat, and I'm not the only person, apparently, deceptively being hunted by this corrupt "Law Firm" if that's what you want to call it.
I've contacted several County agencies in Colorado as well as the magistrate from the Denver Parking Violations Bureau and neither the tag nor the VIN number associated with the citations is in any databases in the state of Colorado.
I am disputing the information they have and have sent registered letters stating this to both LGBS and the Denver Parking Violations.
These people are a rip-off they are fraudulent I do not have any court costs and they try to charge me $461.28 which I do not owe and I will not pay they say that legal action will be taken if I do not pay let them try because I will not pay I did not use a credit card I did not send them a check I will not do either all I have done is look them up on the internet and found out that it is fraudulent activity and it says that it's past due court fees and fines which I know better because I have none
Today I reecived a letter demanding $9,626.71 for "past due court fees and fines" supposedly owed to the County I live in. The matter is 14 years old, and it was taken care of 14 years ago. The fines for the infraction were no where near $9k, and so naturally I inquired with my County. They've no record of me ever owing this amount, and said they do not contract debts with this company. I called the company to report my finding to them, and there was literally dead air for approximately 5 seconds after I told them I knew there was no debt and accused them of fraud.
The representative stammered and told me, "Well, I don't know why they would say that- they sent us the notice." I told her I would be calling my own lawyer to have the investigated for fraud. She started yakking over my words, so I told her to "have a great day" and hung up. This also nrought up suspicion to my spuse about how they had the info to begin with, and why they were aking for such a large amount? We recently took a large 401k loan to buy a home, and are wondering if they somehow were made aware of our withdrawal by our 401k plan administrator. We are looking into it.
Lindebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP are ripping off naive people by sending them mailings demanding monies be paid for odd traffic violations happening many years prior. Some of which are located in states the individual has never driven in.
They are getting their hands on addresses somehow. My mom is only in her new place three months and doesn't give her address to anyone - but she got a letter. Since this event I've reached out and discovered three other people all with the same experience. One who unfortuately paid and plans on suing them. Good luck...it's a houd of lawyers.
They are using an address located in San Antonio which does not exist on their website anymore but a slew of others do exist. The violations are not specific and can easily scare an individual into paying...as the letter states you must pay in full or else.
Well, this is an interesting situation I am in as well and I am ready to file a suit along with all other victims. I failed to update my credit card for my EZ Tag. I used tolls daily for the past 6 years since I moved to Texas and paid my tolls with no problems. With grad school and other things going on, updating EZ tag was the last thing on my mind. 6 months later, I find that I owe $4000!!!! Maybe 25% of that is for the actual toll.
So it went to the collection agency (the law firm Linebarger!) SHADDYYY they are extremely defensive when you ask questions and not like any other customer service/collection agency/lawfirm (a law firm that is a collection agency, doesn't that sound strange?). They are adamant that nothing can be waved. $4000!! Seriously???
I made several attempts, dealing with their rude customers service and calling the toll road back. The toll road (HCTRA and FortBed) said that Linebarger had put a note on my account saying that they shouldn't help me and to send me back to the law firm.
I started a payment plan where I put 20% down and was supposed to fill out and return a contract to them. I wasn't able to return the contract SAME DAY, so in a week and a half, by bill went up with them by $400!!
Something is seriously wrong with this system, someone needs to investigate them. This may need to be a federal case. There are many others who experienced this, so I am willing to join in a lawsuit and get to the bottom of this scam.
On or about, March 25, 2016, I received a Notice Of Debt letter from the named company. The letter stated I owed back monies of $32.81, as of March 23, 2016. I called Sunpass on April 1, 2016 and spoke to Dominque. She said my pass was $9,96 in arrears. I explained that mybank debit card was missing & I had replaced it. I paidthe amount in arrears and $20.00 to cover future tolls. At that time I gave Dominque my visa card # & my permission to withdraw money from that account in the future.
I have no knowledge of this company or their tactics, but have never dealt with for any collections. If I had late fees, I have always contacted Sunpass directly. They have in the past sent me a notice I paid quickly with out fault. My debit card information is no business of this law firm. In reading through other websites, I have found several saying what a rip off scam this company is. I feel I also am being scammed, which is not uncommon of disabled senior citizens as I am. I do not intend to pay this bogus charge and my account with Sunpass is in good standing.
EZ TAG and this law firm LINEBARGER GOOGAN BLAIR & SAMPSON LLP are making millions of us. EZ Tag corporation knows from all these years that customers card gets compromised and will not remember about the card being tagged to EZTAG. We all receive thousands of mail at home and will not realize that EZ TAG is sending a notice. Almost everyone pay online and will do not pay attention to the EZtag envelopes. The EZTag folks know this human behavioral too. So after they pile up a good ripoff unpaid balance from us, they send it over to their vulture friends at LINEBARGER GOOGAN BLAIR & SAMPSON LLP for them to rip us off even more. I ended up paying about $2600 of my hard earned money to these rich CEOs of both companies. This is a painful amount and they continue to rip off ruthlessly.
They both are blood sucking companies. They LINEBARGER GOOGAN BLAIR & SAMPSON LLP rip you off with less information when contacting them and come back at you with more collection fees. They have hired staff who are ruthless to answer your calls... She is totally rude and threatens to hang up the phone if we keep asking explanations. She is just one of the many ruthless trained staff to very skillfully answer such that they dont give enough information and then add more balance to your already ripoff balance.
I hope somebody can bring this scam by EZ TAG and LINEBARGER GOOGAN BLAIR & SAMPSON LLP scam to an end!!
Got a letter with my address but The wrong name, I recognized the name so I opened it up. The only reason I recognized the name was because the name listed us the guy that stole my identity in April 2011. Bogus stuff, no telling how many people fell for this scam.
Well, this is an interesting situation I am in as well and I am ready to file a suit along with all other victims. I failed to update my credit card for my EZ Tag. I used tolls daily for the past 6 years since I moved to Texas and paid my tolls with no problems. With grad school and other things going on, updating EZ tag was the last thing on my mind. 6 months later, I find that I owe $4000!!!! Maybe 25% of that is for the actual toll.
So it went to the collection agency (the law firm Linebarger!) SHADDYYY they are extremely defensive when you ask questions and not like any other customer service/collection agency/lawfirm (a law firm that is a collection agency, doesn't that sound strange?). They are adamant that nothing can be waved. $4000!! Seriously???
I made several attempts, dealing with their rude customers service and calling the toll road back. The toll road (HCTRA and FortBed) said that Linebarger had put a note on my account saying that they shouldn't help me and to send me back to the law firm.
I started a payment plan where I put 20% down and was supposed to fill out and return a contract to them. I wasn't able to return the contract SAME DAY, so in a week and a half, by bill went up with them by $400!!
Something is seriously wrong with this system, someone needs to investigate them. This may need to be a federal case. There are many others who experienced this, so I am willing to join in a lawsuit and get to the bottom of this scam.
I took my car to get fixed and the mechanic drove my car through the tollroad. I had an eztag on my car, so my card was chard when it gort down to $10. I called the Toll authority and they advised me to report the matter to the police and suspend the tag. I did what they told me and thought that took care of it. I still had an ez-tag account on my other cars. Two years later I get a citaition for court that included total amount due of $528.00. WHAT!
I never got anything from the toll authority, through emails, mail, phone calls NOTHING!! When I get to the hearing I discover that, there is neutral person to conduct the hearing; only the Harris County's attorney who misrepresents herself and acts like she is trying to help you. She never tells you who she really is, but advises you what to do; when you do what she has instructed you, she then turns around and turns it against in the form of a crafty lie.
Citezens of Harris County are then threatned to not see the judge. The attorney for Harris County tells them they will be given a fine of $500. and made to pay high court fees. When did we give up justice for duress in America?. You have the hearing and yoiu are not allowed to defend yourself and when it is all said and done; you have to pay the fees and the judge tells you, YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO "DUE PROCESS" DOES NOT APPLY IN TOLLROAD COURT. They only have to say they mailed you the notice, they don't have to show if you recieved it or not WHAT!
Oh there is no appeal process because, there is no record of the proceedings..... Sounds like a MOB Organization to me..
How did we as Americans allow the Tollroad Authority to take away one of our fundemental Right under the Constitution?
The even bigger question is WHY are our State Represenatives not fighting for us against it? Does "Mob money" run deep??
Are there any Constitutional Lawyers or organizations in Texas that would like to challenge such an issue??
WHAT IS THE POINT OF A CONSTITUTION, IF IT CAN BE IGNORED UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE TOLLROAD AUTHORITY??
I just received a letter in the mail today from Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP. The letter said that I needed to pay $130.00 within 10 days. I noticed that in the beginning of the letter it says "above-listed matter," but there is nothing above that tells me exactly what I did wrong.
If I have to pay $130.00 for something, then I at least want to know why. I currently have no way to call them and they do not answer their fax machines. I'm not sure if this a fraudulence, because I haven't done anything wrong in years.
I have verification that toll fees I received through Sun Pass in the Tampa area from a year ago were paid. Those tolls were less than $10.00. I received a "presorted" envelope from this law firm saying I owe money for u paid tolls. It's a scam and a half. I have half a mind to visit this location in person with law enforcement.