me too, they have called several times. I owe nothing to anyone. These idiots are totally phishing and scamming. A "real" communication has information about you, doesn't "ask" for it. Hang up and report them to all and sundry.

they called me too this morning early at 9am, asking for my birthdate to confirm and whether I recieved a brown envelope in the mail. Whether or not i said no. I also have 1-+1 866-988-0885 call me everyday as well as 'unknown numbers' and 'private numbers'. I do owe a cable company just under $1000, and they outsource their deliquent customers after a while. This allows anyone else to set up shop and say they are collecting on their behalf. This has got to stop. I wonder if they will call me on Christmas too? Upon seeing this other post, I will be reporting them too."My mother just got ANOTHER call from these people.  I was livid and called the law firm and gave them s**t.  I have also called CRTC - DO NOT CALL LIST (her number was registered) and reported them 1-+1 866-580-3625,then called PHONEBUSTERS - THEY DEAL WITH FRAUDULENT PHONE CALLS 1-+1 888-495-8501 and will be calling THE LAW SOCIETY OF UPPER CANADA 1-+1 800-668-7380 shortly to report them. PLEASE - anyone who gets calls from these morons report them to ALL 3 instituions. Unfortunately, they have probably ripped off countless people and it needs to stop."Thanks for the advice redorangesmiles @ yahoo.com

Me again, and again another call.  This is a long response so I hope I can get it all in here.  This time when I got the same call I checked a little further.  This law firm is operated by Deanna Lynn Natale.  She is licensed to practice law.  Search for her at the Law Society of Upper Canada:

http://www1.lsuc.on.ca/LawyerParalegalDirectory/loadSearchPage.do

Contacting the Law Society (416) 947-3315) confirmed that Deanna Lynn Natale is a licensed attorney who is only allowed to practice law in Ontario (so people outside of Ontario need not read further).  However, I asked if there were any complaints about this Deanna Lynn Natale, and after a rather loud "sigh", the person confirmed that there were complaints, but what the complaints were about was confidential.  The Law Society will open a complaint for you, and keep it confidential if you wish to proceed (which I suggest you do - it's free and you won't have to do very much).  Technically speaking, by phoning you this Deanna Lynn Natale law firm is not breaking the law.  Although ethically, the Law Society may have problems what they are doing.  So file a complaint!

Getting you to give out your personal information is not illegal either.  What they are allegedly using it for is illegal, but very hard to prove.  Mostly because many people embarrassed that they owe money to the point where a lawyer or collection agent has called and they want to clear it up quickly, or are so disorganized that they aren't entirely sure that they owe money and pay the $100 or $150 without asking questions.  So it is up to you to make sure you're not being scammed.

So I called the Natale law firm, quoted the reference number, and they asked me my name.  I did not give them my name, instead I said, "Well you called me twice in the last month and apparently sent documents to my home so you should know that."  (I never got any documents by the way - which would be hand delivered by a low-level paralegal or private investigator if it were real "important" legal documents). I then asked what collection agency they represent and if they could send me the invoices.  The woman was unable to respond and after several more of my questions she promptly hung up on me.  I called back several times and did not say anything during any call.  On each occasion, 4 different people answered the phone.  2 men, 2 women.  So it's apparent to me that this Deanna Lynn Natale has several (4 at least) people fielding calls like this.  Google her name and number and you'll see that she's been accused of allegedly sending out false collection letters and getting people to pay up on debts that don't exist. Is this a scam?  How paranoid should you be?  99%

1) Do not give your name EVER!  If they were collecting for a real debt you owe they would already know your name and everything about you.  As someone who has owed money, and been owed money, and been to court several times (as the good guy) I can tell you it's very, very easy to track people down.  A reputable lawyer representing a reputable company would not call you on a matter like this - ever.  If you were being sued they would hand deliver Statement of Claim (it is required by law that the Plaintiff prove you are aware of the lawsuit before a judge or mediator would ever hear the case).  Other important legal documents would also be hand delivered.  Lawyer's letters would be sent to you via registered letter or a courier - something you have to sign for.  You are not legally obliged to respond to a collection agency.  They are ruthless though, so you're encouraged to respond to a legit collection agent to avoid a negative credit report.  But there are several ways to see if the collection is real (read on).

2) Ask them to send a copy of the contract of the debt you took on.  If it's real, you'll get it and it will bear your signature (don't give them an address or fax number or any identifying information and use call block --*67-- when you do call them back).  Real collection agencies / lawyers WILL do everything they can to prove you owe the money without hesitation.

3) If the collection call is false (and you'll know right away) then ask these losers to remove your telephone number from their database.  Here's the trick, don't give them your number.  :)  The reference number that you were given contains an entire LIST of phone numbers, yours included.  So you'll be doing a lot of people a solid by doing that.  You can remind them that THEY called YOU and gave YOU a reference number so they should already know that information.  They will probably hang up on you.  That's what they did to me.

Good luck, and stay private!

Just got one too. ?After this long you think someone at one of the phone companies would have caught on and disabled the number?  Dumbasses.

Also known as (905) 413-8725 This agency has been harrassing me for the past 2 months. My home phone rings long distance with that above number and at the same time my cell phone is ringing the same number. When I call back they automatically call me by name and ask for my reference #. I  do owe some money (not a lot) but have a made an agreement with a certain company to  repay *X* amount of dollars. It was the Natalie Law office. They rattled off their address but I forgot to  ask who I make the cheques payable to. They lady or Lawyer was absolutely nasty  with me, wanted to know what I spend my money on, asked if I can  take out a loan to repay this amount because the amount  that was agreed apon but someone from their office the week prior was not good enough now! She so conveniently hung up on me. When I called back I was directed to her voice mail and did not get a call back. I have just received these court papers  thru the mail with a red seal that says DRAFT on it. I am now so angered that the  don't hesitate to harrass me  which I understand they are paid for being nasty but I truly wish  some on these  people never end up in a spot where they cannot pay for something, due to unfortunate happenings, either loss of employment, dissability or even in my situation my employment changed and I make less than half of what I made 2 yrs ago. I am a single mom raising two children to the best of my abilities and have let a  few things slide. I made the choose of keeping the roof over my head and food on my table and clothes on my childrens backs.  I do not live frivilously (sp) by any means.  I am very happy to have searched  this Law office on the web here and have read many  *not so nice things * about it and  now I  think I may just  rip up the cheques I have written here! I do intend to payback the little I owe , my problem  started when I couldn't do the minimum payments and then the Minimum became way to much to even attempt. My own fault again.Anyways...Thanks for  listening.Oh and by the way. They also call and it does not ring long distance and the caller id says *Unknown caller * with either a recorded message or a ruthless nasty person on the other end

Received a letter in the mail from Natale Law Offices stating I owed ROGERS money, yet I have not been with ROGERS since I paid off a bill 4 years ago. I phoned ROGERS and they said there was nothing owing under my name and that the payment was made in full 4 years ago. I then called Natale Law Offices and spoke to a man who barely spoke english, when I told him my ordeal he put me on hold, when he came back to the phone he said "How can I help you?" lmao, the guy had no idea what was going on, so I got transfered to a girl and she said for me to email or fax her the details. I said I would rather speak to ROGERS and she then said that is fine but to make sure I get a letter from ROGERS stating I do not owe. I then told her that she can mail me as many letters as she wants because she won't be getting any money from me.Somehow this company is stealing or buying information. Whether it's people who actually do owe money or people who do not.I bet it's an extra cash grab for the government.Anyways, she can blow me.