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Selip & Stylianou (Previously Cohen & Slamowitz)

199 Crossways Park Dr W, Woodbury, NY, 11797, US
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Selip & Stylianou (Previously Cohen & Slamowitz) - Illegal actions!

Above mentioned pretend to be lawyers. Used another firm to levy my account and get a court order, that I wasn't notified about., and are holding my SS check. Original bill was $800. Amount on levy $4200.00. I have found that they have violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. They are functioning illegal. I have Faxed all my information. They do not return phone calls. Having illegally seized my account, I cant pay my Gas and Electric, or other bills that I pay from my $584.00 SS check.

They are shown on the internet for several violations, class action suits, and their scam type, illegal actions.

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faceman
Brooklyn, US
Nov 19, 2012 12:31 pm EST

I have been to court with Cohen and Slamowitz recently over a debt I owed. I was able to settle thanks to a very lenient judge. This law firm is a pencil pushing phone call making firm. No attorneys actually show up directly from this firm. They hire local settlement attorneys and pay them to make an appearance on their behalf. This is straight from the lawyers mouth as she explained it to me before! she knew who I was! Be very careful in your dealings with them as they do like to bend or break the law quite frequently. Also document everything and get names of who calls you.

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Jimbee7
Wappingers Falls, US
Oct 22, 2010 7:40 pm EDT
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They served me with a "summons" at 7am by what looked to be an undercover cop in an unmarked car. I just called them and they refused to answer any questions. I asked them about this summons and why it didn't show up in the public records on the court website. They refused to answer anything and said get a lawyer.

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beenserved
NY, US
Jul 14, 2010 2:45 pm EDT
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o to the civil courthouse. Tell the court clerk that you want to appeal the default judgement because teh Affidavit of Proof of Service was fraudulent. Many times they forge signatures on the Proof of Service. When it goes to trial you can use these defenses:

1. The debt is outside of the Statute of Limitations. Let them proove otherwise.
2. Junk collectors are not allowed to sue in a civil court.
3. Are they licensed to collect debts in your state?
4. Ask for the original loan or credit card application with your signature.
5. State that they violated terms of FDCRA.
6. Do a search on Cohen and Slamowitz. You will come up with loads of info.

This site will guide you step by step:
http://www.creditboards.com/forums/

You can Cohen & Slamowitz in Federal or State Court for violations of FDCRA. Do a search of FDCRA. You can get $1000 for each violation as long as you sue within 1 year of the violation. You can sue in the civil and federal or state court at the same time.

I hope this helps. I was in the same shoes.

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EdL
Brooklyn, US
Nov 02, 2009 7:54 pm EST

Yeah, my wife just got a notice from this firm as well. The balance is for $1491.21. This balance has been in dispute for over a year with Captial One and it just kept on rolling, the original balance was less than $400. And no one from Captial One seemed to care to reply directly and help us settle this dispute on the account. With no income, we cannot afford to make any payments for now, and sadly not enough savings to cover the bill. We have a couple hundred dollars in the bank, but I guess these aholes will do what they do to get their hands on it still! No, we do not have a house or a car. In fact, we live in a basement. We don't even have SSI, foodtsamp or any government aid besides medicaid. So, my question is, what good will it do for them to sue us and obtain a judgement even if they win? We are so broke it is not even funny. I mean, I am willing to work with the bank in the future to settle this account, but not now. Not that we don't wanna, the truth is...we can't. What should I do? Help please?

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Sue, NY
blue point, US
May 28, 2009 7:53 pm EDT

I too found out I had a supposed judgement my them and well I just got the judge to sign off on an order to show cause serving them tomorrow with the paperwork. They put the judgment in nassau and filed for the garnishment in suffolk. They called me illegally in March at 7:30am claiming to be Suffolk county Jury Duty and that I was in violation of not showing., and falsely got my employer info out of me by scaring me into and now my employer was going to be served on june 12th stopped that dead in its tracks. My lawyer was already suing them with the fair federal credit practices act which they clearly ignored. ### of the earth, Fight it fight it fight it. I had all this misidentification all over my report and when i contacted them they asked me to validate the debt ME?

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Shy Ali
, US
Mar 08, 2009 12:47 pm EDT

In New York State, PATTERSON Signed a law 1/1/09 stating You had to have over $2500. in the bank before your account could be frozen. And I don't think your Social Security can be frozen if you have direct deposit.

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dawn “loadiegirl263”
, US
Aug 24, 2018 5:19 am EDT
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true and cuomo signed a law protecting low income people with bank accounts with only exempt funds for company from scum like cohen and slamowitz...or whatever funny name they are calling themselves these days!

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sue and bill
bergen, US
Feb 23, 2009 2:29 pm EST

omg ijust found this wed site slamowitz treat us like crip they garnish my husband paycheck and when we called about it they said what part of garnishment dont you understand i could not believe this we were not served any papers and when ask where the papers were he said they were given to a neighbor and that they did not need to be hand delived this is all about a credit card that we never had when ask about seeing the app. they said it was to late for that nand i have that in a letter from them with them taking that money out we might lose our house please someone help us sueutter1960@yahoo.com

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ihateineptness
Yonkers, US
Feb 17, 2009 1:45 am EST

These idiots are leaving prerecorded computer generated messages on my answering machine for someone I do not even know!
These ###s are so inept that the message states to hangup if I am NOT that person and if I continue to listen I am admitting that I AM that person (which I'm not)
Well, how the heck can I do that if I am not even there and the completed message is already on my machine.

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kate
Riverhead, US
Feb 02, 2009 9:38 pm EST

I had a summons sent to me earlier in january to answer 20 days from the date of the letter. the same day i took it to my lawyer who in turn contacted them. they came to a verbal and written agreement (transmitted by fax and mail) that i would pay 1500 out of the almost 1800 i owe by feb 13th. I just checked my checking accounts, i have 2 at the same bank, because i know of the tactics they perform towards others, and low and behold. 20 days after the date on the summons, my accounts are frozen. they got 1790 out of my main account, froze the remaining one to expire 3/2010 for 3500, and my other account for the same amout, 3500. so 8800 for a 1800 debt that my lawyer is handling with them direct! isnt that a violation?

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indentured
Buffalo, US
Jan 15, 2009 12:48 pm EST
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I have a default judgment against me and I have tried for days to contact them regarding a conditional release of my bank account to release the restraint. they have given me 3 wrong fax numbers so far, and have been rude to me and have even hung up on me. I'm beginning to think that these ### just want to intimidate debtors rather than get their money.

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