Noteworld

• 
  How to Get Your Money Back From a Debt Relief Company if You Feel Like You’ve Been Scammed

  Here is my definitive guide on how to get out of a scam and get your best shot at getting your money back. Warning, it will take some work, but it can be effective. “The steps listed...

  • Posted May 7, 2018
  • 161
• 
  Flush – Meracord / NoteWorld

  A fantastic reader / tipster (send in your tips here) sent me the following press release. Anyone know what Linda Remsberg is doing now? I looked at noteworld.com and that redirects to Evergreen Note Servicing (notecollection.com) (which...

  • Posted May 20, 2015
  • 3
• 
  Meracord, Noteworld, and Fidelity and Deposit Company Hit With Class Action

  While the flood of lawsuits against debt settlement companies has slowed considerably yet one more class action has been added against Meracord, Noteworld, and Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland. This time in Arizona. The complaint provides...

  • Posted December 10, 2013
  • 3
• 
  Meracord / NoteWorld Falls to CFPB. Global Client Solutions to Follow?

  Yesterday the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced an action and settlement against Meracord, previously known as NoteWorld. Meracord was one of the two primary players assisting debt relief companies to collect money from consumers and then pass...

  • Posted October 4, 2013
  • 4
• 
  NoteWorld / Meracord Loses Arbitration Agreement With Court

  An interesting development in the NoteWorld / Meracord world and a court case involving an arbitration agreement. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard the case between Amrish Rajagopalan and NoteWorld. Apparently NoteWorld tried to rely on...

  • Posted May 22, 2013
  • 0
• 
  Meracord / NoteWorld Still Taking a Beating Over Debt Relief Activities. Drags Many In.

  Courthouse News is reporting a new class action suit has been filed against Meracord (NoteWorld) and other for debt settlement activities. This 50 page complaint was filed by Steve Berman (steve@hbsslaw.com) with Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro in...

  • Posted April 25, 2013
  • 4
• New Life Financial Solutions, 1st United Consultants, and Expense Management America Exposed by Get Out of Debt Guy and Nailed by FTC

  As far back as early 2011, the GetOutOfDebt.org site has been publishing information about and warning consumers about suspicious and concerning practices by a number of interrelated companies promising financial help and foreclosure relief. These schemes were...

  • Posted October 9, 2012
  • 2
• 
  Reader Sends in August Belmont Agreement for Debt Elimination Through Contract Review.

  A reader sent in a recent contract for services from the debt relief company August Belmont. The tipster (send in your tips here) wanted me to read and review the agreement. The August Belmont & Company services...

  • Posted August 1, 2012
  • 1
• Lloyd Ward & Associates and Meracord Hit With RICO Class Action Suit Apparently Open to All Clients

  Yesterday the law firm of Hagens Berman filed a class action suit (3:12-cv-05657) in the State of Washington against Meracord (Formerly NoteWorld), Linda Remsberg personally, Lloyd E. Ward, Lloyd Ward PC, Lloyd Ward & Associates, The Lloyd...

  • Posted July 25, 2012
  • 3
• Meracord / Noteworld is Offering Me a Loan Modification for a Fee. – Noreen

  “Dear Steve, Received a call from a Mr. Chapman from Meracord offering to get us a loan modification for less than what we pay on two mortgages now. Claims that there is no charge for this they...

  • Posted June 11, 2012
  • 6
• Noteworld Could Not Settle My Discover Account and I Now Think It’s Expired Under the Statute of Limitations. – Mary

  “Dear Steve, I was with Note World Settlement for a long time. After them not being able to settle with Discover after 7 year. They told me Discover could NOT do anything to me any more (staute...

  • Posted May 14, 2012
  • 1
• Scott Law Group Debt Settlement Litigation List Contains Some New Companies

  The Scott Law Group in Washington State has been VERY active in going after debt settlement companies that allegedly injure consumers. It appears some new companies have been added to their list of current litigation, The new...

  • Posted April 19, 2012
  • 13
• I’m Confused About Debt Point, Legal Debt Pros, NoteWorld and Meracord. – LDZ

  “Dear Steve, I accrued my debt in a confidence crime in 2010; I have a police case open, but was told that it would take a couple years to go to court. I was drowning in interest...

  • Posted January 8, 2012
  • 6
• Meracord to be New Name for NoteWorld

  For some reason, it appears NoteWorld is changing their name to Meracord on January 9, 2012. You may wonder, what does Meracord mean? According to the document a tipster (send in your tips here) sent me, “It...

  • Posted December 9, 2011
  • 6
• I Signed a Contract With Lifeguard Financial and I’m Paying NoteWorld. – Cyndi

  “Dear Mitch, I signed a contract with lifeguard financial on August of 2009 and I have been making a payment of 637/mo to Noteworld. This month I still made a payment, I tried getting into my account...

  • Posted November 10, 2011
  • 8
• Reader Wants to Know What’s Up With NoteWorld Lawsuit

  A reader sent in a comment, “I have been following the Noteworld class action suit from afar. Are you aware of a settlement in this case? Thanks for all the good work you do out there and...

  • Posted November 3, 2011
  • 2
• Lloyd Ward & Associates – Consumer Complaint – 10-20-2011

  Date This Problem Happened: June 30, 2010 State You Live in: Nebraska Age Range: 36-50 Total Amount of Fee Paid: $2,000 Company Name: Lloyd Ward & Associates Company Address: 12655 N Central Expressway Ste 800 Dallas, TX...

  • Posted October 20, 2011
  • 1
• Veritas Legal Plan Drafts Through Global Client Solutions and NoteWorld

  The following guest post was contributed by Sean Ryan Managing Partner- Veritas Assurance Group- sean@veritaslegalplan.com If you would like to contribute a guest post, click here. Veritas Legal Plan offers the only legal plan created exclusively for...

  • Posted September 10, 2011
  • 10
• NoteWorld Hit With Class Action RICO Suit

  Thanks to a tipster (send in your tips here) we discover that NoteWorld was just hit with a lawsuit on behalf of consumers against Noteworld, LLC (“Noteworld”), claiming the Tacoma, Wash. company has violated the Racketeer Influenced...

  • Posted July 29, 2011
  • 13
• Consumer Debt Restructuring 101: What It is and Why You Should Avoid It

  In my previous article on Debt Restructuring I mentioned it was not a magic solution. So let’s look deeper into what all of this is about. Diving Deeper into Debt Restructuring The minute a debt relief product...

  • Posted July 28, 2011
  • 7
• I Fell for the Safeguard Financial Scam. How Do I Get My Money Back From NoteWorld? – Barbb

  “Dear Damon, I fell for the Safeguard Financial scam, found it was a scam through Steve’s site. I called my bank to cancel the Noteworld debit withdrawals, and will receive a refund of what they had left...

  • Posted July 21, 2011
  • 2
• Target List of Debt Settlement Companies in Washington

  Yesterday I published a story about The Scott Law Group in Washington that had just obtained a $1.5 million judgment personally against the owners of a now defunct debt settlement company, Debt Relief USA. Here is the...

  • Posted July 21, 2011
  • 0
• I Signed Up With Lifeguard Financial-FBL Associates-Noteworld. How Do I Get Out? – George

  “Dear Damon, I signed up with a debt settlement company two years ago. I signed up for a three year program with Lifeguard Financial/FBL Associates/Noteoworld. I have paid $445 for the past 24 months. They tokk over...

  • Posted June 20, 2011
  • 1
• Debt Relief Companies Targeted by Scott Law Group in Washington

  In response to an article I posted yesterday here in which I mentioned Darrell Scott, Esq. said he was going after 16 settlement companies, a reader sent in the actual list of companies. The tipster (send in...

  • Posted May 18, 2011
  • 3
• Global Client Solutions Said to Be One of the Initiators of The Concept to Evade Debt Adjuster Statutes

  Recently the Washington State Supreme Court issued a killer ruling which labels Global Client Solutions as a debt adjuster that aids and abets debt settlement companies to evade the Washington Debt Adjuster statute and is civil and...

  • Posted May 17, 2011
  • 3
• Report From the TASC Conference. Attendee Sends in Their Notes,

  Just in, an attendee at the TASC conference just held in Las Vegas has sent in their notes of what they felt was the highlights for readers. TASC – THURSDAY BOB LINDERMAN: GENERAL COUNSEL OF FREEDOM DEBT...

  • Posted May 4, 2011
  • 46
• NoteWorld Involved in Georgia Class Action Case on Debt Adjusting. Raises Bigger Issues.

  It seems the issues surrounding if payment processors in the debt settlement world is getting more complicated. This recent class action case is out of Georgia against NoteWorld and Noteworld Servicing Center; Hattie Burke v. NoteWorld. It...

  • Posted March 30, 2011
  • 4
• So What’s Your Opinion? NoteWorld Sales Assistance Seminar.

  A tipster (send in your tips here) sent me a recent email that was sent out by NoteWorld with the following comment, “Come on Noteworld, you can’t claim to be nothing more than a “payment processor”, yet...

  • Posted March 22, 2011
  • 20
• Debt Settlement Employee Sends in a Question and Comments About Companies Going Broke

  A debt settlement employee sent in the following observations using this form: Its true that no CID’s were sent out. But there is a lot of talk about the FTC requesting information on settlements being paid by...

  • Posted March 20, 2011
  • 34
• Details on Suit Filed Against Legal Helpers Debt Resolution by Illinois Attorney General Madigan

  For the sake of disclosure, everything below is what is alleged in the lawsuit against Legal Helpers Debt Resolution, also known as Macey, Aleman, Hyslip & Searns. The suit kicks attorney model debt settlement and says it...

  • Posted March 2, 2011
  • 27
• Reader is Frustrated With Credit Care Corp and P&E Solutions.

  I get a lot of tips and emails from readers. What you will find below is one very detailed email I received from a reader recently that talks about their frustration with a number of companies. The...

  • Posted January 26, 2011
  • 11
• Hey Debt Settlement Affiliate. You Know The Attorney Network Program We Promoted a Month Ago? Well.

  More than one tipster (send in your tips here) sent in the following email. In itself it is not all that newsy but what struck me is that it was only one month ago that The Attorney...

  • Posted January 14, 2011
  • 2
• NoteWorld Makes Smart Move And Says ‘No’ to Debt Settlement Companies Charging Advanced Fees

  In a move that seems aimed at the attorney model of debt settlement which is designed to circumnavigate the FTC telemarketing sales rules on debt settlement services, NoteWorld, one of the two primary escrow companies for consumer...

  • Posted October 23, 2010
  • 4
• Frank Linder, Esq. Sends In Additional Supporting Documentation Regarding Alleged Raid Against Evan Kagan, Esq. Kagan Responds.

  In a situation that is one of the strangest I’ve seen in the debt relief world, two debt relief groups are going nose-to-nose with allegations and denials of raids and malfeasance. I first reported this story here...

  • Posted October 15, 2010
  • 75
• Is the Government Going to Freeze GCS and NoteWorld Client Accounts?

  “Dear Steve, I work for a small Debt Settlement Firm in the midwest Is the Government going to Freeze GCS and Noteworld Client Accounts? Given GCS’s problems with the FDIC (and having to switch banks) and Senator...

  • Posted September 25, 2010
  • 1
• ESP Software and P&E Solutions Stopped Putting Money in Our NoteWorld Account And Now It’s Empty. What Do We Do Now? – David

  “Dear Steve, In February 2010 my wife and I enrolled in a ESP software program from P&E solutions for a period of three years. Three payments of $468.97 each were made to a Noteworld bank account in...

  • Posted August 17, 2010
  • 2
• Are Global Client Solutions and NoteWorld Going to Start Dropping Debt Settlement Companies?

  As I write this article there are only 40 days till the first part of the new Federal Trade Commission telemarketing sales rules (FTC TSR) kick in on September 27, 2010 regarding truth in advertising and good...

  • Posted August 17, 2010
  • 0
• Global Client Solutions to be Called to Testify Before the Senate Commerce Committee

  In what could be a first step towards a mortal wound for Global Client Solutions and similar companies like NoteWorld, Senator McCaskill has said that Global Client Solutions will be called to testify before a Senate Committee....

  • Posted August 12, 2010
  • 0
• Listen to the Lies This Marketing Company Tells Consumers to Sell Attorney Based Debt Settlement Services

  I’ve previously written about the attorney model debt settlement firm approach that some debt settlement companies are rushing towards in an effort to circumvent any fee ban that may be put in place. The logic is that...

  • Posted August 2, 2010
  • 3
• NoteWorld Loses BBB Accreditation Due to Relationship With Debt Settlement

  Here is an interesting fact that just came up in another story I just published. Apparently NoteWorld Servicing Center had its BBB accreditation yanked for being affiliated with the debt settlement industry. The BBB states: Why Accreditation...

  • Posted July 16, 2010
  • 8
• BBB Sends Letter of Strong Support to FTC to Ban Advance Fees for Debt Settlement and NoteWorld

  On July 2, 2010 the BBB of Southern California sent a very clear statement to the Federal Trade Commission and urged them to ban advance fees for debt settlement programs. Here are some highlights from that letter....

  • Posted July 7, 2010
  • 0
• I Went with Simon Bosch and NoteWorld and Don’t Have Enough Money to Settle. – Miguel

  “Dear Steve, I sign up with Simon and Bosch in Sep last year .I have 29K in debt. The young lady said the would keep the first 2 payments of 378.00 for charges and the rest will...

  • Posted June 30, 2010
  • 8
• NoteWorld, NoteWorld Servicing Center, Nationwide Support Services and Freedom Debt Center Slapped With Class Action Suit

  There was a very recent class action suit against NoteWorld, NoteWorld Servicing Center, Nationwide Support Services, and Freedom Debt Center. Both Nationwide Support Services and Freedom Debt Center are TASC members. – Source. Joanne Garneau, the CEO...

  • Posted June 29, 2010
  • 1
• Kentucky Signs Into Law New Tough Debt Adjusting Law That Regulates Debt Settlement Companies and Others

  I’ll admit I’m a bit late with this news but on April 13, 2010 Kentucky signed into law a new tough set of rules that regulate credit counseling, debt settlement and foreclosure assistance. FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov....

  • Posted May 11, 2010
  • 0
• Noteworld – Scam, Complaint, Review, or Praise?

  Please share your experience with this debt relief company and provide your review and feedback, in the comments section below. The goal of this page is to allow people to share information that may be important to...

  • Posted April 23, 2010
  • 24
• The Elusive USOBA Membership List Made Public

  Below you will find a document that was given to me by a USOBA member with a soul. They sent it to me at click here. I’ve actually had this for some time and I was giving...

  • Posted April 23, 2010
  • 21
• One Debt Settlement Contract That Includes – Phillips Financial, Expert Settlement Professional, NoteWorld, Global Logistics Enterprise, FBL Associates, Prepaid Legal and National Asset Exchange

  Here is an excellent example of how confusing and convoluted the debt settlement industry has become. Phillips Financial is a debt settlement company that has people sign a contract for their services that includes services provided by...

  • Posted April 20, 2010
  • 2
• Debt Settlement Company, Debt Negotiations Associates, Credit Repair Company, and Attorney to Settle FTC Charges

  A promoter of credit repair and debt relief services has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that he deceived consumers into paying thousands of dollars based on false promises that he could help solve their credit...

  • Posted March 18, 2010
  • 1
• I Was Scammed by Express Debt Settlement Holdings, Coastal Credit Solutions, Simon and Bocksch, and Noteworld. – Kevin

  “Dear Steve, My wife signed me up for Express Debt Settlement Holdings Inc without my signature or knowledge in Sept.. By the time I found out it was past the 30 days to cancel. I started expressing...

  • Posted March 11, 2010
  • 14