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.

Hi Everyone,

Here are some helpful hints in dealing with this company:

If you are receiving calls from this number:
1. Do not reply or acknowledge them
2. Contact the following resources

File Complaints with:

Law Society of Upper Canada
- File a direct complaint against
http://www.lsuc.on.ca/public/a/complaints/

Natale Law Firm
c/o Deanna Natale
1490 Denison Road
Suite 100
Markham ON
(905) 413-8545


2.Ontario Privacy Commissioner
File a complaint against:
http://www.ipc.on.ca/english/Resources/IPC-Co ... Summary/?id=668

Global International Inc (Global Credit and Collections)
1490 Denison Street,
Markham, ON
L3R-9T7
(905) 479-2222


3. Minister of Consumer Affairs
- file a complaint Both firms for they are one and the same.
http://www.sse.gov.on.ca/mcs/en/Pages/Complaint_Steps_to_File.aspx


4. If the harassment is excessive, please contact a local lawyer that specializes in consumer law and they will take up your case.



Reasons for complaints:

Firm are conducting business practices’ in breach of the Canadian collections act, as well as breaches of Canadian Privacy Law.



Some of the breaches are as follows:



Registration

4.  (1)  No person shall carry on the business of a collection agency or act as a collector unless the person is registered by the Registrar under this Act. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.14, s. 4 (1).



Name and place of business

(2)  A registered collection agency shall not carry on business in a name other than the name in which it is registered or invite the public to deal at a place other than that authorized by the registration. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.14, s. 4 (2).



Use of name to collect debts

5.  No creditor shall deal with the debtor for payment of the debt except under the name in which the debt is lawfully owing or through a registered collection agency. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.14, s. 5.



Conditions of registration

(2)  A registration is subject to such terms and conditions to give effect to the purposes of this Act as are consented to by the applicant, imposed by the Tribunal or prescribed by the regulations. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.14, s. 6 (2).



Notice requiring hearing

(2)  A notice under subsection (1) shall state that the applicant or registrant is entitled to a hearing by the Tribunal if the applicant or registrant mails or delivers, within fifteen days after service of the notice under subsection (1), notice in writing requiring a hearing to the Registrar and the Tribunal, and the applicant or registrant may require such a hearing. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.14, s. 8 (2).

Confidentiality



17.  (1)  A person who obtains information in the course of exercising a power or carrying out a duty related to the administration of this Act or the regulations shall preserve secrecy with respect to the information and shall not communicate the information to any person except,



Use of unregistered collection agency

24.  (1)  No person shall knowingly engage or use the services of a collection agency that is not registered under this Act. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.14, s. 24 (1).



Employment of unregistered collectors

(2)  No collection agency shall employ a collector or appoint or authorize a collector to act on its behalf unless the collector is registered under this Act. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.14, s. 24 (2).



False advertising

25.  Where the Registrar believes on reasonable and probable grounds that a collection agency is making false, misleading or deceptive statements in any advertisement, circular, pamphlet or similar material, the Registrar may order the immediate cessation of the use of such material, and section 8 applies with necessary modifications to the order in the same manner as to a proposal by the Registrar to refuse registration and the order of the Registrar shall take effect immediately, but the Tribunal may grant a stay until the Registrar’s order becomes final. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.14, s. 25.





Practices prohibited

22.  No collection agency or collector shall,

(a) collect or attempt to collect for a person for whom it acts any money in addition to the amount owing by the debtor;

(b) communicate or attempt to communicate with a person for the purpose of collecting, negotiating or demanding payment of a debt by a means that enables the charges or costs of the communication to be payable by that person;

(c) receive or make an agreement for the additional payment of any money by a debtor of a creditor for whom the collection agency acts, either on its own account or for the creditor and whether as a charge, cost, expense or otherwise, in consideration for any forbearance, favour, indulgence, intercession or other conduct by the collection agency;

(d) deal with a debtor in a name other than that authorized by the registration; or

(e) engage in any prohibited practice or employ any prohibited method in the collection of debts. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.14, s. 22; 2002, c. 18, Sched. E, s. 3 (1).

Been getting calls from this number lately. Seems like a scam, because I don't owe any money and I don't have any legal matters to attend to.

Receive  any bogus legal threats from Global Credit recently? Judy Sgro's daughter up to her old tricks!http://www.canadian-money-advisor.ca/threadview/457.htmlDeanna Natale, the erstwhile Damsel of Distress, Diva of Doom and Queen of Mean at Total Credit Recovery recently had a difference of opinion (involving injuries and lawsuits) with her old almer mater where she enjoyed many felicitous years of gouging the public through litigation and unscrupulous mortgage brokerage practices. She is now plying her trade up the road at Global Credit and Collections located in the Motorola Building at 8133 Warden Ave., Suite 400, Markham, Ont.,Tel. (905) 479-2222 or 1-+1 800-463-4929. Natale's office is just down the hall in suite 405 at (905) 413-8748. Basically, it's just a fancy boiler room operation with lots of security and carded entry. They haven't made too many friends. I wonder why.You didn't mention whether Global had bought up your account or were just earning a commission on it from someone else. Sometimes collection agencies will buy up large amounts of old and SOL (stats barred) paper for almost nothing on the dollar, send out bluff notices and play the numbers. Surprising, the money that's lined up to buy the stuff.Last week, I had a guy from New Brunswick send me several emails concerning exactly the same phoney statement of claim from her. Maybe she's sending them out en masse and just working the numbers.Natale sent him one of those bogus Form 7A's (Statement of Claim in Ontario Small Claims Court) threatening legal action in her jurisdiction of Richmond Hill. (I thought it should have been Newmarket, Ont.) In any event, his line of credit was just over the 6 year mark since the date of last activity on the account - which is the limitation period in NB). Natale wanted $6,000 OR ELSE! It was even more confusing since the address of the bank where the original line of credit loan was taken out and the borrower's address were in the same New Bunswick town. That would mean that any lawsuit would have to be filed there, not in Ontario, irrespective of whether or not the debt had been bought up by Global. These bogus Form 7A's always have a blank red seal in the upper left hand corner and the word "Draft" in the top middle. In this case, I told the guy that Global was SOL because the debt was SOL.It seems you also are just one more target of Natale's huffing and puffing. Since Natale is using bluffs and threatening lawsuits when, as a lawyer, she knows full well what the provincial laws of jurisdiction and limitation are, then people should send in a formal complaint to the Law Society of Upper Canada keeping copies of all her correspondence with her as submission evidence of professional misconduct.That's one of the reasons why she and George Krieser at Total Credit Recovery were able to get away with their Five Star Mortgage shenanigans at Total Credit Recovery. We effectively had a collection agency garnering unsuspecting, desperate clients for an in-house mortgage company. Some collectors were getting under the table $3000 monthly bonuses for intimidating debtors to take out second mortgages at egregious rates of 10% to 18% to cover small and marginally delinquent debts without TCR's major bank clients knowing about it. In fact, it was expressly against the banks' instructions. However, they had a way of bypassing their CISCO call manager system that would allow the banks to secretly monitor their collection calls to distressed debtors. In other words, the banks didn't want TCR using their clients as a happy hunting ground for their distressed borrowers thus forcing the banks to needlessly lose interest on the accounts. Unfortunately, TCR was able to clandestinely pull this off and doubtlessly put debtors into an even bigger debt spiral. Wayne Macleod, the current VP at TCR, would call it fiction but other employees there would disagree. Even they couldn't stomach what was going on and left. So you see, unless people know what their rights are and come forward, nothing gets done. Be very, very leery when dealing with this woman - her broom has a sharp handle.It's very doubtful or absolutely certain (depending on the province you're in and the date of the debt) that once a debt is stats barred, that it can be revived by suckering the person into making a payment and starting the limitation period **** over again as blogger Al Reynolds earlier suggested.All CRA's (Credit Reporting Agencies) in Canada are only allowed to report a delinquency 6 years from the date of the last activity on the account (which is usually a payment or a written acknowledgement from the debtor [AND NOT THE CREDITOR]. Another Natale bluff.

I think it is about time that people who have been called from this number to sue or file a court case about this Natalie person from a law firm of shady character, fraudster perhaps?  This person/persons must be stopped!


Gigi

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