Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP

This firm is the contact number the state tax board gave me. They garnished my refund when I don’t even use the toll roads in the car registered to me, but even if I did… I have a toll roads account with my car on there! Can’t get through to anyone to get an answer as to why. Not sure how to go about getting the $ 300 they took from my tax refund after never receiving a letter or a ticket or anything!

Send the letter below to these SCAMMERS if you do not believe you owe them anything and legally they must stop the collection process:
Date
Your Name
Your Address
Collection Agency
Collection Agency Address
Re: Acct # XXXX-​XXXX-​XXXX-​XXXX
To Whom It May Concern,
I am sending this letter to you in response to a notice I received from you on (date of letter). Be advised, this is not a refusal to pay, but a notice sent pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 USC 1692g Sec. 809 (b) that your claim is disputed and validation is requested.
This is NOT a request for «verification» or proof of my mailing address, but a request for VALIDATION made pursuant to the above named Title and Section. I respectfully request that your office provide me with competent evidence that I have any legal obligation to pay you.
Please provide me with the following:
What the money you say I owe is for;
Explain and show me how you calculated what you say I owe;
Provide me with copies of any papers that show I agreed to pay what you say I owe;
Provide a verification or copy of any judgment if applicable;
Identify the original creditor;
Prove the Statute of Limitations has not expired on this account;
Show me that you are licensed to collect in my state; and
Provide me with your license numbers and Registered Agent.
If your offices have reported invalidated information to any of the three major Credit Bureau’s (Equifax, Experian or TransUnion), said action might constitute fraud under both Federal and State Laws. Due to this fact, if any negative mark is found on any of my credit reports by your company or the company that you represent I will not hesitate in bringing legal action against you for the following:
Violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act
Violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
Defamation of Character
If your offices are able to provide the proper documentation as requested, I will require at least 30 days to investigate this information and during such time all collection activity must cease and desist.
Also during this validation period, if any action is taken which could be considered detrimental to any of my credit reports, I will consult with my legal counsel. This includes any information to a credit reporting repository that could be inaccurate or invalidated or verifying an account as accurate when in fact there is no provided proof that it is.
If your offices fail to respond to this validation request within 30 days from the date of your receipt, all references to this account must be deleted and completely removed from my credit file and a copy of such deletion request shall be sent to me immediately.
I would also like to request, in writing, that no telephone contact be made by your offices to my home or to my place of employment. If your offices attempt telephone communication with me, including but not limited to computer generated calls or correspondence sent to any third parties, it will be considered harassment and I will have no choice but to file suit. All future communications with me MUST be done in writing and sent to the address noted in this letter.
This is an attempt to correct your records, any information obtained shall be used for that purpose.
Best Regards,
Your Signature
Your Name

They seem to have recently started collecting for the city of San Francisco.
To all of my SF neighbors: write your supervisors and tell them that this is NOT OK. SF needs to hire ethical contractors to operate on behalf of the city.
UPDATE: If you live in California, and they’re coming after you for old ass debts that are probably not even yours, there is a very good chance a statute of limitations is in effect. In California, it’s 3 years from the date of delinquency for the debt.
DON’T PAY THESE CROOKS! (If you can avoid it legally.) The more money they make, the more of an incentive they have to continue harassing us.

These have sent me multiple letters requesting a debt collection for a toll ticket on a car that I had sold 2 months prior to the actual ticket. I no longer had the Transfer of Liability because I had obviously sent it into the CA DMV.
Over several months of DMV CA visits, I was able to request Certified Records from the State of CA that showed the historical documents of the transfer of liability. I sent these records back to them with the noted transfer of liability two months before the toll ticket was recorded.
Nearly 2 years later, they sent me another request to pay the ticket that I had provided all of the required documentation for saying «it’s not enough». And requested more information of the transfer of liability, which I swear I had spent 3 DMV appointments and $ 40+ to clear my name of this bullshit. Complete crooks.

Received a letter claiming I owed the Los Angeles County tax collector for a bad check for $ 168. When I disputed and explained my taxes were paid out of my escrow account and have never been late nor paid by personal check, the story changed to owing the amount for Animal Care and Control. When I argued that I do not write checks and have never dealt with Animal Control, I was hung up on.
SCAM!

Interesting article everyone should read about this corporation. I had a ticket back in 2008 that was taken care of by David Sprecher. 2012 and I leave for the army and ship out to Arizona, now I get a letter stating that I owe Houston municipal $ 386, or I might get a fine. Tried calling but now answer…

People who work for this firm are rude and treat people like crap. I tried to get more information on the debt I supposedly owed, and when they didn’t have answers they just hang up on me.

SCAMMERS!!! DO NOT PAY THEM I also got a letter from this attorney for the same thing, I called the City of Las Vegas and this letter was a scam. DO NOT PAY THEM!

SCAM they sent me a letter saying I owe $ 216.25 for unpaid bridge/​tunnel tolls, well that’s really weird considering I have an EZ pass! I tried calling them and I was on hold for over an Hour, an automated recording would come on every now and then and say «sorry for your wait, if you’d like to leave a voice mail please press 2 and we will transfer you»

I recently had to deal with this firm/​debt collection agency. They are infamous for their price gouging to a point where CNN did a background check on them. It is a short story about how they have lobbied their way into collecting on parking tickets, speeding tickets on behalf of the respective city where you received said ticket. My $ 200 speeding ticket — which I paid in full and was returned to me by the county court because, why? I can only think to thank the highly educated personnel employed there — once again tried to haunt me in the form of a threatening letter from this firm letting me know that there is a warrant issued from the court for my arrest due to non-​payment, this time for $ 325. What? Huh? I ended up paying once again. With the extra amount. The firm does not seem to be interested in the details at all. I’ll be contacting Better Business Bureau.
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Calling me about a issue from 2011, it’s now 2015. Regarding a 91 express lane fine. I have always had an account with 91 express lanes, and in fact have money still in that account. They want me to send in tons of papers to prove it. Not my issue, it’s either their issue or 91 express lanes issue for not keeping their records in track.

Hands down the worst service I’ve ever received.
I received a letter stating that I had unpaid tolls and was therefore being sent to collections by this law firm. I received the letter a few weeks after it was sent since I was travelling so I had a one week window to take care of the process.
I paid the toll road charges the day I drove on the roads so it was an incorrect billing. Because I had limited time to handle the process, I sent a letter explaining that I was not guilty of this charge, the receipts proving I had paid them, and a check just so I wouldn’t default in the event that they decided to be difficult. In the letter, I clearly explained that I was not guilty, I had already paid, and therefore they should not cash the check. Naturally, they cashed the check.
When I called to discuss why they cashed the check, they were VERY RUDE. I nicely explained to them that they shouldn’t have cashed the check and I would like my money back. They went on to say «Why would you ever send a check that you don’t want cashed?»… What kind of business is this? They don’t read a letter that contains receipts and proof I don’t owe the money?
I first talked to one of their staff members (Nancy) who treated me very poorly and as I result I asked to speak to a supervisor. The supervisor (Adrian) was just as rude and disrespectful and ultimately told me I can dispute the charge by sending a letter — I ALREADY DID THIS BEFORE THEY CASHED THE CHECK — but I’m now supposed to do this again but there are no guarantees they will give me my money back. When I asked how to go about his, rather than giving me an address to send the check, he hung up on me.
Hands down the worst legal firm you will ever deal with. If you’re going to be a respectful law firm, you should read your letters and treat your customers with respect. Both of those employees deserve to be fired and I don’t recommend that ANYONE does business with these people.

Got a letter stating there is a warrant out for my arrest due to 13 unpaid citation violations totaling over $ 5k. The driver’s license number on the letter isn’t mine, nor is it even in the correct state. I am in NY & they say they’re going to take my TEXAS license away. I gave a call and they even gave the wrong birthday on file for «me.» I think this is a scam and/​or scare tactic of some sort, but who do I report this to?

Scam!!! Received a letter in the mail. I ALMOST paid the toll violation. But something seemed odd.
I called the real fdot and they said they did not send it!

They just took part of my state refund stating I owed them money from a bogus ticket that we received. We also
Provided proof that the transponder was in the vehicle at the time of the ticket. So upset!

This is the most mafia-​like debt collection agency in history and they’re getting worse. They handle debt collection for many municipalities including the City of Chicago, and the Illinois Tollway system. I’ve had wages garnished twice by them, paid a HUGE settlement for unpaid tolls (in which what seems to be an anomaly was actually reduced), and am on a payment plan now with them.
This is what I hate with the payment plan in Chicago:
1) only doubled tickets are included
2) must be $ 750 or more
3) 22% additional charge for starting plan
4) miss one payment, you’re off and can never enroll again
5) must start with a $ 500 down payment.
Even after agreeing to all that, I paid more than the billed amount every month. I fell on hard times 8 months later and would have to pay ONE day late. Contacted the City’s office and they gave me the number to LGB&S. Now, I don’t have a problem paying what I owe when I can do so, but after charging the excessive fees and additional fines I would think I’d get a little more respect. EVERY time I’d call and mention paying a day late, the associate would hang up. The evidently are instructed to do so by management, and that is what throws them over the top. The need to be civilly charged for deceptive practices because they make attempts to add hardship or prevent resolution for the sake of profit.
The worse company imaginable.

This is a SCAM. I just received a letter in the mail. I called the California Department of Transportation/​Toll Road Department to check on a payment I made back in January. They have everything on record and confirmed that this is a SCAM attempt to extort money from you.
Do yourself a favor, call your state department of transportation. I called the One Time Toll Payment Department and they not only substantiated the amount of my payment, my record was received and everything was free and clean. Their supervisor advised to throw away the letter. Most of these scams from this company come through email, so they were very interested to learn that they are now sending bogus notices by mail.
SCAM SCAM SCAM. You may need to wait on the phone for heavy call volume, but I had answers from the California Department of Transporation, so it is worth the time and 15 minutes of waiting, just to be sure.

This firm and collections agency is so incredibly unpleasant to work with (that is, they won’t work with you at all unless you’re ready to pay 100% of supposed owed fees over the phone immediately), that I just told them to buzz off and forget about seeing any of my money.
While my personal issues at hand are not of any particular importance, I owed $ 200 on a violation which was somehow turned into $ 732.00 by LGBS and was unable to be contested in the Illinois traffic court/​system for a mistake on their end. Thieves.
What I ended up doing was not paying LGBS and instead allowing my vehicle to be added to the city’s «Boot list» and, after LGBS threatened me last year over the phone and then laughed at me, my vehicle was booted (so I got away without paying them a dime for over a year).
Since the vehicle was booted, the outstanding balance was transferred back to city services, and I’d much rather pay the $ 60 boot removal fee to work with city personnel and have the money go to them than have anything to LGBS. I would encourage others to do the same.*
*Do not take my rant as legal counsel.

They paid the ticket I sent a check for on the red light

This city has changed drastically and for the worst. I feel completely scammed and out of control of my life when it comes to parking tickets. It seems like the city is so thirsty for money and putting cameras up everywhere. They do not even allow you to do a payment plan until your tickets double! The fees are ridiculous. For every doubled speeding ticket I had (which I accumulated 6 tickets in 6 minutes on Irving Park Rd doing 41 mph) I got a $ 44.00 fee for being on the payment plan. Each $ 200 ticket got a payment plan fee of $ 44.00 which equals $ 264 just for starting the plan!!! the representative never even discussed this with me! So basically in order to get on a payment plan and pay my tickets they fined me on top of my fine on top of my fine!
Once you get on a plan be sure not to accumulate any more tickets or pay them off right away! They no longer allow you to add tickets to and existing plan. They have discovered a clever new way to charge you even more money and confuse you so you have a higher likely-​hood of defaulting your plan. They now make you set up an entirely new payment plan for new tickets. YES! You can have 2,3 even 4 different payment plans with different due dates and balances due. So confusing and unnecessary, just another scam gimmick!

To add fuel to my fire my last two paychecks had $ 150 in wages garnished due to «delinquent tickets». I called the City of Chicago and Linebarger Goggan Blair & Samson to find out what why my money was being withheld and they told me I am current in my payments and they do not know why my hard earned money was being stolen from me. They said my only option was to write a letter to the state (which I have and I am still awaiting a response) explaining to them that there has been a mistake. In the mean time I’m paying two different payment plans and have my checks garnished at the same time.
I am a low income mother and what this city has done to me has been devastating. I can not even afford my rent because over $ 500 dollars of my monthly minimum wage pay has gone to the City and nobody cares or will work with me at all! I work 6 days a week, pay my taxes and my bills on-​top and I feel so abused and stepped on. I hate the Politicians who run this city for ruining me every chance they get