Menu
Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff Customer Service Phone, Email, Contacts

Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff
reviews & complaints

www.hlschiffpc.com
www.hlschiffpc.com

Learn how the rating is calculated

3.7 22 Reviews

Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff Complaints Summary

15 Resolved
7 Unresolved
Our verdict: With a good resolution rate, Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff generally handles customer issues well. However, it’s important to be proactive. Familiarize yourself with their processes and services. Reading through various customer experiences will provide valuable insights into how they handle complex issues.
Verified
The authenticity of the customer service contact information for Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff has been meticulously verified by representatives from ComplaintsBoard using our proprietary verification system.
Click here to get notifications about new complaints of Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff. We promise not to send you any unrelated messages
Share
Claim Your Business
Take control of your profile: address complaints and engage with reviews
Write a review
File a complaint

Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff reviews & complaints 22

Sort by:

Newest Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff reviews & complaints

ComplaintsBoard
C
2:11 pm EDT

Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff A Target Accout

A year ago , Someone from this Law Firm contacted me about a old Target account.Took all the information they needed,Next thing i was served with a court date,but i was told to mail a letter from Social Security reguarding what i collect a month. Then i was told that i was well under the income that was suggested and that it would be taken care of. The onley thing i remember was the court date was set for 6/28/23 and i didn't hear anymore about it,I just assumed that it was all taken care of. Now today 8/18/23 I recieved a letter from Target stating that This Law firm is no longer handling my case, That a Rausch Sturm LLP is handling it now . I need to know if this issue was resolved or not and why wasn't i contacted. Please contact me in this matter ty. Chistina White [protected]

Desired outcome: To be notified by sombody

Read full review of Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff
Hide full review
ComplaintsBoard
F
5:59 pm EDT

Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff Lack of Info and lots of hardship

I received a notice to appear in court 9-26-16 in 4th District Court, State of RI, Washington County, IN RI, Wakefield R.I. were I am facing a Motion for Summary Judgment over an alleged bill. I have never heard of this law firm who represents Portfolio Recovery Association, LLC; I have no idea who these people, nor am I aware of any debt owed. I lost my home, car, and all that I had when National Disaster Hurricane Sandy wiped out the ocean shore houses in Westerly, RI. I became homeless, until FEMA stepped in.
Point being, I am 68, disabled, and have zero records. All my digital records were wiped out 4-15-16 or so when my PC network got his by a Ransom Hack; ((Google it)) - I paid some $1, 000 to several professionals who could NOT recover the encrypted files left behind by the serious {{USA}} hack.
Of the 17 pages of documents sent me by the DEBT collector/ their Law office... there is NO phone number and no fax number and NO email address with which to contact their R.I. addressed office. We all know that the US mail is way to slow to try for a continuance; SO WILL SOMEONE OUT THERE PLEASE GIVE ME AN EMAIL ADDRESS TO SCHIFF'S LAW OFFICES, 10 Dorrance St. Suite 515, Providence. RI 02903 ? PLEASE RUSH-- I must get a continuance since A) my wife just totaled our only working car and needs to seek medical attention, and B) I’d like to get prepared to meet who these people are, in court. I am NOT an attorney and hence must represent myself; all this for an alleged $5000 or so?!
I am Not someone who had not paid off a credit card in full each month.
As best I can tell Portofolio bought this debt from someone (who I do not know) and who knows who else is in the chain of buyers.

Please send RUSH ME, a valid email address to reach someone in their RI law office. I did, FYI, send a request for same, on their CT website. NO REPLY! Gee no surprise. Any help is much appreciated.
Respectfully,
Allen -- Elder Care Advocate- not for profit, volunteer.
9-19-16 WRITE ME DIRECT: [protected]@COMCAST.NET

God be with you all and may the SOB's disrupting my life feel the hammer of justice.

Read full review of Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff and 1 comment
Hide full review
1 comment
Add a comment
M
M
menotq
Danielson, US
Dec 07, 2016 5:32 am EST
Verified customer This comment was posted by a verified customer. Learn more

Legal disgusting bottom feeders in suits. Yes I have checked my attitude @ it's accurate!

ComplaintsBoard
J
7:54 am EDT

Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff A settlement complaint

Howard Lee Schiff law has been stalking me for over a year about a bill that I didn't make when I was notified I went to the court house to find out what was going on. Im now dealing with the courthouse in regards to this judgment that started out at $450 a year later it is now $1600 with threats to put a lien on my home falsifying me as a bad person calling my place of employment. I just need them to stop harassing me so I paid the bell requested a letter stating that I paid the judgment price now they giving me the runaround continuing to harass me stating that I still owe them money I now need a lawyer to sue a lawyers this does not SENCE why are there so many crooked lawyers out there just trying to get something out of someone this is a terrible law firm they are horrible rude disrespectful nasty unbelievable I have never in my life been treated so bad by someone who calls themselves professional and the bad part about it I can't understand anyone's name that works there this is terrible shame on them.

Read full review of Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff and 1 comment
Hide full review
1 comment
Add a comment
R
R
Ready to Roll
, US
Feb 08, 2018 8:52 am EST
Verified customer This comment was posted by a verified customer. Learn more

I read your complaint and feel awful you had to go through this. I too am being sued by Howard Lee Schiff and they have made my life a living nightmare! I want to get everyone who has had the misfortune of having to deal with them together. I have done much research on the firm and they have been sued, suspended, violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and much more! I am going to create a facebook page and want to invite everyone here on this forum and tell everyone you know who has had to deal with them. They are a huge firm but there are strength in numbers and there are tens of thousands of people all over New England!

ComplaintsBoard
S
6:53 am EDT
Resolved
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
Featured review
This review was chosen algorithmically as the most valued customer feedback.

Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff - fraud

In 2006 i was taken to court for a debt. 1600 owed for a cell phone bill. It went to collection with palasades in nj. I paid this bill off due to i couldn't get approved for a mortgage. It is now 2013 and this attorney put a lien on my house for non payment.i called the schiff group ti inquirer.they have no account number no previous payments nothing and...

Read full review of Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff and 5 comments
ComplaintsBoard
F
9:20 am EST
Resolved
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.

Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff debt

I was pulled into court by Howard Lee Schiff for money I owed to a credit card company. Being out of work and not collecting made my options slim but I agreed to pay $10 a month. I guess that wasn't good enough for them because six months later I was back at court to fight against the money they had taken from my checking account. I was dead broke and had no food. I eventually got the money back but a year later they did it again. There were 4 other people with the same complaint that day. That was $700 I couldn't afford to lose and I got no warning that they were going to do it.

Read full review of Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff and 1 comment
Resolved

The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.

Hide full review
1 comment
Add a comment
T
T
trixieB
, US
Jan 21, 2012 3:44 am EST
Verified customer This comment was posted by a verified customer. Learn more

I had the same issue with them this summer, there is a form you can fill out, we need to get some laws changed from my experience.

ComplaintsBoard
D
4:17 pm EST
Resolved
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.

Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff Iillegal garnishment

I have already been to court to have a lien removed from my home. The judge ruled in my favor for many reasons, among them are incorrect addresses, dates, names, falsified records and the fact that this is a debt from my ex, now deceased from 1997, and that the home I am in was inherited many years after my divorce.
On Christmas eve of this year, 2011, the last bit of my savings (for Christmas gifts for my children of course) disappeared. On inquiry with the bank I am informed that there has been an "execution" against my account. I asked for copies of the paper work, once again there is an error, using the wrong last name, one I have not used in 15 years, the bank permitted them to withdraw from my account, again.
I am at a loss to understand why we have no rights to be notified of such executions, before they happen and why the bank allowed this when the name on the paper work clearly did not match the account, and why this agency is allowed to run rampant through the legal system.
I am currently unemployed, have been raising my family on my own for 14 years, live from week to week with the help of family and do not know how to make this stop!
It has been a source of extreme mental anguish, causing me great anxiety, and made me fearful to trust the banking institutions as well.

Read full review of Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff
Resolved

The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.

Hide full review
ComplaintsBoard
C
5:18 pm EDT
Resolved
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.

Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff Fraud / scam

DON T LET THEM SCARE YOU! On Sept. 30 I received the following SCAM letter, word for word, from LAW OFFICES HOWARD LEE SCHIFF, P.C. 10 Dorrance St. Suite 515 Providence RI ; RE: Palisades Collection, LLC v. me, docket #, our file # Dear _____, By failing to apper at the citation hearing, the court has issued a body attachment to have you brought to court by a constable or sheriff. While we have not done so yet, we may act on this body attachment. A court hearing would require a complete examination of your financial situation to determine your ability to repay this judgement. This examination would include a discussion of your employment status, income, and expenses, among other things. Please contact our office immediately to discuss repayment of this judgement. Sincerely, (NO SIGNATURE HERE- REG FLAG!) Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff, PC. This communication is from a debt collector. FYI - THESE SCARE TACTICS ARE PROHIBTED BY FDCPA
Not having any clue what this regarded I called the # provided to find this is supposedly a past due AT&T cell phone bill from 2006 for over $2000. This is unknown to me as I have had the same cell service since 2004 without interruption. Service started as Cingular and about 2005 became AT&T. At some point in the last 5 years I would have been informed by AT&T themselves that I had a past due balance (required to do by law before sending to collections). It is also unbelievable that a giant such as AT&T (provides service to over 98 million customers) would untilize small potatoes such as Palisades and H.L. Schiff.
To poke more holes in this letter- According to the FEDERAL TRADE COMMISION; Every collector must send you a written "validation notice" telling you how much money you owe within five days after the first contact. This notice also must include the name of the creditor to whom you owe the money and how to proceed if you don't think you owe the money. I was only told the balance over the phone and they could not provide the original balance.
There are a host of things RED FLAGS in this letter. DON'T BE A VICTIM, do your homework. There are pleny of sites out there to let you know what to look for. Two I found that were helpful; Privacy Rights Clearing House and Federal Trade Commision.
Unfortunately this is not over for me, the woman on the other end of the phone had my social. YIKES!
PLEAESE IF THIS HAS HAPPENED TO YOU REPORT IT!

Read full review of Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff
Resolved

The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.

Hide full review
ComplaintsBoard
K
7:14 pm EDT
Resolved
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.

Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff Lien on House

They were chasing me for a hospital bill that was a duplicate (in error by the hospital). Rather than bothering to contact me and learning that it was an error on the part of the hospital they started harassing my wife and put a lien on my house that I had to pay $55 to have taken off. These are horrible people. They should not be allowed to do business.

Read full review of Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff
Resolved

The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.

Hide full review
ComplaintsBoard
G
7:34 pm EDT
Verified customer This complaint was posted by a verified customer. Learn more

Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff Fraud

This lawfirm represents Capital One. They do not properly validate debts and proceed with collection activity and lawsuits against you after they are unable to prove anything. They will not verify or confirm they have been assigned the account. They demand money far in excess of what they ultimately sue you for. The worst of it, they knowingly sent notice of my court date to an old address so that they could obtain default judgment against me. They were well aware of a current address. They also filed a false affidavit with the courts to obtain the judgment. The affidavit was provided by a third party company that pretended to be Capital One. The company was TSYS/NAN National Attorney Network. Capital One utilizes TSYS/NAN to find people and then NAN assigns the collection to local attorneys. Howard Lee Schiff is know and will violate many aspects of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and then attempt to hide under the guise that they are hired by Capital One and that the (FDCPA) does not apply because Cap One is an "original creditor." All of Schiff's correspondence says they are a debt collector, yet when they go to court they are Capital One's lawfirm. Beware if you are dealing with these folks. They only operate in New England. Capital One is based in Virginia. If you have paperwork from them with Affidavits and Bills of Particulars that were signed anywhere other than New England States and/or Virginia it is most likely a fraud and you do have recourse even if judgment was previously filed. Doing what they do not only violates the FDCPA, it also constitutes Fraud and Perjury. They need to be stopped, they need to be challenged and they need to be dis-barred and put out of business. Sue them and let your Attorney General know what they do if this has happened to you. All this over an account that isn't even on my credit bureau.

Read full review of Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff and 1 comment
Hide full review
1 comment
Add a comment
J
J
jjewel
, US
Jun 13, 2014 11:42 am EDT

I challenged. I made them show chain of ownership. None of the papers had my name on them. I asked them why all pertinent information was Redacted and why nothing actually had my name on. I told them to show me my signature on a note that I owe this company a dime. I challenged them in court. They dropped the suit because they didn't want me to show up at the next court date and show everyone in the room how to win. They make their money on these erroneous claims.

ComplaintsBoard
V
3:10 pm EDT
Verified customer This complaint was posted by a verified customer. Learn more

Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff identity theft

on feb 8, 2010 i was served a summons to go to court that howard lee schiff was representing ge money bank for a credit card debt that wasnt mine as i had never applied nor recieved anything. this was the first i ever heard of this. never a bill or notice or anything, but how could i i never did it. i told them i didnt even live here at the time. the phone number they had wasnt even mine. i have written them faxed them information requests but they have not complied, told me it takes time to gather. shouldnt they have it all in a folder to go to court tomorow? hmm and the affidavit for fraud specifically says do not contact federal trade commission. why not its my right. ive asked to speak to the attorney but no all i get is someone who sounds like a telermarketer. please advise. i go to court tomorow and cant afford a lawyer.

Read full review of Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff
Hide full review
ComplaintsBoard
T
7:19 pm EST
Resolved
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.

Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff SCAM ARTIST

This is the worst bunch of people that I have ever had to deal with. We had a Bernie's (GE Money) account sent to Bernie's because they messed up the contract. Even though we were making our payments, they were not being credited to the account properly. It was a 12 month contract no inetrest if paid in full within 12 months. We fought with them forever to provide us with documentation showing where our payments were posted. We never received anything. So we quit paying until the account was straightened out. In the meantime this was sent to Howard Lee Schiff . Our balance has went from $3800.00 original contract to $1457.00 (balance owed) all the way to $5200.00 since Howard Lee Schiff has taken over. I have fought with them since August 2010. They are rude, talk to people like they are dirt and they are not willing to provide you with any information. We have offered to pay the $1500.00 but they refuse stating that GE money will not settle. This is a bunch of BULL...I think the Attorney Generals office should definitely shut this place down.

Read full review of Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff
Resolved

The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.

Hide full review
ComplaintsBoard
D
3:34 am EST
Resolved
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.

Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff Attorney General needs to Shut this Company DOWN NOW

I don't understand why the Attorney General has not shut this company down, but I do feel that all complaints to her office go on deaf ears! This Collection Agency by the name of Howard Lee Schiff needs to be Stopped! We had three (3) credit cards charged off by HSBC after contacting HSBC the would not work with us. We received notification by US Mail from this Collection agent in which I sent Certified return receipt "Request for Validation" which we never received. Instead they evidently went to court without notifying us and got a default judgement on two of the cards. Within two days last week we got a Sheriff's Capias Warrant and the following day a Sheriff's Levy on our home. We have a Homestead on our home but I am being told that they Sheriff can still go after my home for the $800.00 debt, my husband did go to court on the warrant but when he showed the "Request for Validation" they continued the date but the Sheriff's Dept is saying they will levy our home in the two weeks. SO basically this doesn't make sense at all. Not sure what we are going to do can't get a loan because of the Judgements and I still don't have the money. What I don't understand is what makes these collection people think that people have this money now. I wish some Big Law Firm would go after this company and shut them down for good. I really wish Atty General Coakley would investigate this company and its practices! SHe needs to shut them down, they aren't even licensed to collect in Mass, but that doesn't seem to matter.

Read full review of Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff
Resolved

The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.

Hide full review
ComplaintsBoard
N
3:54 pm EDT
Resolved
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.

Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff misleading communications

i received 2 letters from the company . i on june 23rd 2010 that stated that i am offered to pay a settlement of 60% of the amount due in a lump sum before july 23rd, 2010 or i can pay the 70% of the settlement in 3 months of july 23, august 23, and sept 23rd. The other letter is stated that i have to pay the lump sum of the amount due before 10 days which is totally a different letter . Both of the letter is kind of misleading to me since i need to pay the 60% lump sum of the amount due before july 23rd.

Read full review of Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff
Resolved

The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.

Hide full review
ComplaintsBoard
L
12:54 pm EDT
Resolved
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.

Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff collection on debt

Howard lee schiff has been nothing but a pain in my side. I had agreed to a payment plan with them through my settlement company and am on payment #3 and this people are calling my house all the time saying they are trying to collect on my debt.. I have documents from both my settlement company and schiff agreeing to the payment plan and so far have not missed one payment but yet they are calling again.. someone need to put a stop to these people and take them to court over false practice's. They will stop at nothing and have no shame in what they do.

Read full review of Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff
Resolved

The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.

Hide full review
ComplaintsBoard
M
2:51 pm EDT
Resolved
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.

Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff debt collection

They sent us a letter stating that they were representing a company called midland funding stating we owed them 13, 000 both shciff and midland funding both appear to be total sleaze operations. We called and got the run around they would not tell us what it was regarding or who we owed or anything about midland funding. IF YOU GET A LETTER FROM THESE LOWLIFES YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY FILE A COMPLAINT AGAINST THEM WITH YOUR STATES ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE

Read full review of Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff and 1 comment
Resolved

The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.

Hide full review
1 comment
Add a comment
G
G
Gina Butman
, US
Feb 26, 2019 12:23 pm EST

They used their toll free number to call. Came up as telemarketer! Not good business. Very bad people to deal with!

ComplaintsBoard
A
8:35 pm EDT
Verified customer This complaint was posted by a verified customer. Learn more

Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff FRAUD dept collections

my complaint with this group is they are nothing but crooks in suits.
they sent me a letter saying they were trying to collect on a dept that was written off as bad dept. this dept was also over 10 years old. the schiff group then informed me of a court action against me and that i need to make payments on the dept.I made payment arraignment and started paying monthly.i made ten payment in a 12 month period. this morning i went online to my bank and was checking my accounts when i noticed my checking account was at ZERO dollars and i was being charged for a execution and a s&p charge. how can they do this legaly.nedd any info i can get on these dirtbags please ASAP. thanks

Read full review of Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff
Hide full review
ComplaintsBoard
R
12:09 pm EST
Resolved
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.

Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff service

The so called customer service is something less to be desired, horrible, horrible. I called to try and find out about anything that involves my so called case..without any resolution at all! The person who answered the phone was very, very rude and unprofessional and sounded like i was calling some fly by night place i don't know i must do more research!

Read full review of Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff and 2 comments
Resolved

The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.

Hide full review
2 comments
Add a comment
Q
Q
QUINCY2010
Bath, US
May 19, 2010 2:32 pm EDT
Verified customer This comment was posted by a verified customer. Learn more

I agree. They won't even negotiate anything and they call themselves debt collectors! Debt collectors will try to work with you if you are willing to pay but not these people. They will not make "payment arrangements". They have what they call discounted amounts which is ridiculous and expect you to pay ASAP... ya think if I had the money to pay I would have been talkng to them in the first place? When you are paying them, and you ask them to let you know what your balance is they never repond to you one way or the other. They are very unprofessional.

D
D
dirish
richond, US
Mar 22, 2010 2:27 pm EDT

Oh i agree, they call and harass you and threthen you and treat you like dirt. I have tried to make payments to my account and its next to impossible to access anything. No statements no history or nothing...

ComplaintsBoard
J
2:27 pm EST
Resolved
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.

Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff Debt Collection

I have HAD IT with these people! I was unfairly and deceptively scared into signing a judgment with these ###, I was not informed that I had the right to dispute the debt (which I believe they are required to do by law) was told that I did not want to waste the courts time and could go to jail which is illegal and I did not know this. I met them in the hallway BEFORE the courtroom, they acted like my best friend and I was basically scared into signing it and I personally NEVER stepped foot in a court room. I wish I knew then what I know now.
I have filed complaints with the Massachusetts Division of Banks, The Massachusetts Attorney General, I have written to the Governor of Massachusetts also my State Rep and the FTC. These people need to be stopped doing what they are doing, basically skating the line of the law because while they are attorneys, in reality they are debt collectors but are not subject to licensing as so because of their attorney status . I am currently looking into filing a class action lawsuit against them for deceptive practices but need more people that have been deceived like I have been. please email me at [protected]@yahoo.com

Read full review of Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff and 1 comment
Resolved

The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.

Hide full review
1 comment
Add a comment
P
P
Paramedic 218
, US
Jun 10, 2022 5:32 pm EDT

This so called law firm is into predatory collection tactics and threats of arrest and jail which is illegal they continue to harass my girlfriend daily this group of things needs to be shut down permanently

ComplaintsBoard
L
11:04 am EST
Resolved
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
Featured review
This review was chosen algorithmically as the most valued customer feedback.

Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff - Harassment

I have been dealing with this company for over six months. They are some shell debt collection company trying to collect a debt under the guise of some dead lawyers name, Howard Lee Schiff, PC. I have tried to resolve this matter in an affable manner, however I have been greeted by rude customer service agents that are curt and obviously working on...

Read full review of Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff and 14 comments
ComplaintsBoard
K
6:25 pm EDT
Resolved
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.

Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff Took more money and refused to help

I wouldn't normally go this far as to write something online regarding a company. However, these rotten, ruthless individuals had me over a barrel in the beginning of the year and I'm still seathing over it. Due in part to the fact that they appear to be untouchable. I contacted the Atty. Generals office not once but twice with no response. I decided to do a little research and come to find out...one of the Attorney's in that firm appears to hold a seat in the State of Ct.
I owed Capital One $916.00. I sent everything but $200.00 to them. Schiff's office compared what they had to what I had and there was an amount of $316.00 I sent that they didn't have. They wanted proof. I got them proof from the bank and had the VP of the bank contact them. They told us to fax the statement to them which had all the information they needed and that would satisfy them. Now keep in mind they have put a $750.00 freeze on my account! Well because Capital One does an ACH Draft, it means I, nor the bank ever gets a copy of the check back. The cash is automatically withdrawn.
The freeze is still on my account a week later. I called Schiffs office again. Explain the situation and they tell me that the statement faxed with all the information, (who it was payable to, my name, the dollar amount and date) was not good enough! They wanted the account number to Capital One that it was paid to. Well Capital One won't talk to me because it's in collection with Schiff. I asked if they would call their client, Capital One. The guy tells me..."No Way, we will not do that it's not our responsibility" Continued to tell me "it's my problem and they will not help me. I can call whoever I want...a lawyer, my bank, it didn't matter they were not doing anything for me"
Needless to say, I could never obtain this information, therefore these low life people have now received $316.00 more than what they should have. May not seem like a lot of money to most but it certainly did some damage to my budget.
Good Luck to anyone who has to deal with these people. I despise them with all of my being. How these people sleep at night is beyond me. I just hope that one day when they fall upon difficult financial times someone treats them just as they have treated all of us who have been tortured by them.

Read full review of Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff and 2 comments
Resolved

The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.

Hide full review
2 comments
Add a comment
W
W
Waydisco??
East Hartford, US
Mar 24, 2010 7:16 pm EDT

Well her is my situation, I had an account sen to Howard Schiff for collection, was scared into a payment, made the payment in the amount on $1053.00 and the account was considered paid as agreed and removed form my credit report in 2004. Guess what here it is 2010 and some credit collection agency is reporting $443 on my credit report from the orginating agency Lord and Taylor, stating that it was never fully paid! Some who Howard Schiff never reported the account properly and now they sold the account to another collection agencies for the balance of interest and late fees. I am looking feverishly for my letter that states that my account was paid as agree and I am going to talk to my lawyer to see what type of actions I can take again Howard Schiff for lying to me and going against what I have in writing. I greatly dislike this company and will tell anyone who is dealing with them, make sure you keep you back up documentation!

J
J
johnworc
, US
Feb 19, 2010 2:28 pm EST

I have HAD IT with these people! I was unfairly and deceptively scared into signing a judgment with these ###, I was not informed that I had the right to dispute the debt (which I believe they are required to do by law) was told that I did not want to waste the courts time and could go to jail which is illegal and I did not know this. I met them in the hallway BEFORE the courtroom, they acted like my best friend and I was basically scared into signing it and I personally NEVER stepped foot in a court room. I wish I knew then what I know now.
I have filed complaints with the Massachusetts Division of Banks, The Massachusetts Attorney General, I have written to the Governor of Massachusetts also my State Rep and the FTC. These people need to be stopped doing what they are doing, basically skating the line of the law because while they are attorneys, in reality they are debt collectors but are not subject to licensing as so because of their attorney status . I am currently looking into filing a class action lawsuit against them for deceptive practices but need more people that have been deceived like I have been. please email me at johnworc70@yahoo.com

Trust badge
Collect Your Trust Badge
Be recognized for outstanding customer service

Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff contacts

Website

www.hlschiffpc.com

Your Voice Matters: Our Commitment to Genuine Reviews

Empowering Real Experiences

At ComplaintsBoard, we believe in the power of true customer stories. Our platform is a space for authentic voices, where experiences, both good and bad, are shared openly and honestly.

Dedicated to Authenticity

ComplaintsBoard is vigilant in our fight against false reviews. Our team employs robust verification methods to ensure every review reflects a real customer experience, upholding the integrity of our platform.

Encouraging Detailed Feedback

ComplaintsBoard values reviews that come with real evidence. Whether it's a photo, a detailed account, or additional documentation, such substantiation adds credibility to your story, helping others make better-informed decisions.

Balanced and Constructive Conversations

We're more than just a complaints board; we're a community for balanced dialogue. ComplaintsBoard encourages reviews that not only highlight issues but also acknowledge positive aspects, fostering a fair and comprehensive understanding.

Free and Fair Platform

ComplaintsBoard's commitment to maintaining a free and unbiased platform is unwavering. Every review is treated equally, ensuring that your voice is heard and respected, regardless of the nature of your experience.

Is ComplaintsBoard.com associated with Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff?

ComplaintsBoard.com is not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff Customer Service. Initial Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff complaints should be directed to their team directly. You can find contact details for Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff above.

ComplaintsBoard.com is an independent complaint resolution platform that has been successfully voicing consumer concerns since 2004. We are doing work that matters - connecting customers with businesses around the world and help them resolve issues and be heard.

Use this comments board to leave complaints and reviews about Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff. Discuss the issues you have had with Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff and work with their customer service team to find a resolution.