These people have been bothering me about something owed to a credit card that came from a company that added so many fees and charges onto a 1000 dollar credit card (AFTER I closed it in an attempt to pay it off) that I was being asked for 1900 dollars. I didn't even use the entire 1k. The card closed my online account, which caused me to not be able to make anymore payments...and now these people are harassing me. read more

Easy to work with and very efficient. No harassing, easy to take care of right on line.

I beat this firm in court at trial on 2/15/24 by myself with no law degree and had their default judgement vacated . took a year plus trial and an appeal, and I won hands down. They don't respect the law. Gave them the evidence I was going to use at trial. They looked at it, smiled and said when can you move out? I won because they used Multiple Fabricated Account ledgers (the evidence I gave them that they gave back with a chuckle) during trial and could not say where or whom from the multiple ledgers came from. Left the courts no choice but to rule in my favor. as of today 3/18/24 they are taking me back to court for the same account but with a different Plaintiff and a DIFFERENT AMOUNT OF Debt alleged to be (again) and they will be presenting a 3rd ledger. (the stupid don't stop with these guys). This time I am going to try and have their Law Licenses suspended for intimidation, harassment, larceny and forgery. . They sent the Cook County Sheriff's to my home and had me EVITCED without a court order.(PUT ME OUT MY HOUSE) Had to call the Chicago Police Dept. just to get back in my home Dont hire them. They DO NOT RESPECT THE LAW. Its public records read more

Using the online portal made it so easy to make a payment. I can't believe I ever did it any other way. Very user friendly and easy to navigate read more

We just got a letter from them for and called from a made up date from 2013. We called and they simply answered "Hello" Sounded shady right from the start, then we asked "are you a collection agency" they replied "we can't answer that you can look us up online. We basically told them the Person listed on the Emergency visit is fully insured and has medicare/medical so please close this account. read more

settled my debt with a low price. initially I thought I had gotten scammed because of the bad reviews but after making my payment it did disappear off my credit ! so I'm happy read more

These are FAKE debt collectors!!! Ignore any letters or calls you receive from them! They sent me a letter saying I owe $897.00 from an ambulance service that never took place!! These people all of them are thieves!!! read more

Unbelievable. I was ID thefted a few years ago by a person who purchased $2,000 worth of furntiure in my name at California Furniture Galleries. Never heard of em. A year later Halsted sent me a letter offering to settle for $1,000. I sent them back a detailed explanation w a copy of the FTC id theft report and proof of identity (the real one). Asked to see a copy of the purchase receipt and delivery information within 30 days. Never heard back. Now sixteen months later I am getting vicious phone callers from debt guys saying they have a 'team coming after me.' They have called my relatives out of state. They will not listen to one word--just give a boilerplate threatening speech pretending they are with a law firm, the DA, the sheriff, that I am being served, pursued, etc. etc. What a bunch of slobs. Just rewrote the Skokie, Ill Halsted office with another letter and am following up with ALL the appropriate agencies state and federal (the state AG, the Skokie police department, the city DA, the Illinois dept of consumer affairs, the FTC, etc. Don't respond to these people and don't let them intimidate you into calling them back. They are crooks and low lifes. read more

Fake debt collectors! Called me multiple times, my caller ID said "scam likely" but it was in my area so I answered. They had my name, last 4 of my social and my current address. They pressed hard to get me to confirm my name but I wouldn't. They finally told me who they were, but hung up on me after I wouldn't give my name. A week later I received a collection letter "$985.34 outstanding debt from smartpay" I had used smartpay before but had paid it off. And my bill from them wasn't even that high ever. I check my credit regularly, it's "good" and there is no collection. Really good fake collection letter, really had me concerned until I saw these other reviews. Do not trust read more

They called my wife on 07/24/17 said she owed on an account that she doesn't owe on. Coleen Halil said she conducted an asset liability investigation and was giving her her last chance to settle voluntarily. I informed Coleen that she was breaking FDCPA. She became anxious and gave me client info, Cascade Receivables Management. She assured me the call was being recorded. I informed her that I did collections for a very long time and am aware of the FDCPA laws. I informed her she could not say such phrases as they are used as intimidation and are extremely deceptive tactics. I said that unless you plan on taking those actions that day than you are not to use such words. I then spoke to a "collections manager" by the name of "Normie" employee number "99". She refused giving her last name which Coleen did. I also asked for attorney info and she said that she would not give me that information. Information which is suppose to be given upon request. She also said conversations "may' be recorded and was extremely rude. She danced around my questions regarding the FDCPA violation. I filed complaints with the BBB, FCC as well as the Attorney General. Continued..... I got a response from Cascade Receivables Management, their client stating they pulled the "recordings" and that after review they found that all of my claims had been false and none of the claims i made ever took place. I found that strange and questioned myself as to if I had been hearing things. I knew that to not be true and verified that when they attached said "recorded" conversation to the complaint. I listened to it and was astounded to find out that the conversation had been altered. Not only was the editing job poorly executed, but the audio file had the conversation only lasting 10.07. My sprint call records via Sprint.com verified that the actual conversation lasted a total of 21 minutes. What happened to the other 10.39? That is a question I have yet to be answered. They obviously altered the recorded conversation attempting to absolve themselves of any wrong doing. Be very cautious when doing business with this company. read more

Made the mistake of scheduling a payment for 12/31/20 on 12/27/20.. did my research and canceled payment and all future payments affiliated with Halsted financial (paid a $25 fee to my bank to block payments).. Halsted wrote a personal check in my name to recieve $1,265.00.. I am now suing them for damages and identity theft. read more

I recently got an e-mail from Halsted Financial saying they purchased a debt I owed a group of emergency room physicians in Baltimore MD - they didn't mention the hospital - amounting to $972, but they were willing to settle for $486. I live fifty miles or more from the hospital where the ER docs practice (there are several ER's much closer than that to where I live) - and - I belong to a medical plan that includes 100% coverage for all emergency services no matter where I am in the U.S.; so, obviously this is a FRAUD. I called the ER MD's medical group that Halsted claimed it was working for to give them a heads up on the situation and was told they had never heard of Halstead Financial, and they thanked me for the 'heads up'. read more