I also called all other family members to warn them about this. I told her I believed that she thought they were a legitimate company - but I wanted her to go home that night and Google the company name - when it came up I wanted her to scroll down to the phone # she was calling from and then to read the "miles" and "miles" of complaints about Ascension Point - going back several years and then tell me if she believes they are legitimate. Our Recovery Services program will provide extraordinary care and competence by utilizing evidenced-based treatment models focused on beginning the process of. Someone else came on the line and reassured me that they were a legitimate company - (they even had a BBB logo on their site).
After several more calls from them I asked to talk to this person's supervisor. I called my attorney and he told me to just ignore them. Told her I get all the mail and every bill gets paid when it is supposed to get paid and there were no outstanding debts. Asking to speak to someone who had the authority to talk to them about his estate. Hopefully this is the end of this particular agency trying to collect a debt on a deceased relative.Ĭalls came through several months after my husband's death.
So far, I have not received any additional calls. Most of the time, these bottom-feeders will try to threaten, intimidate and harass you over the phone until somebody at some point settles the outstanding debt(s), usually involving immediate family members. I was then informed that they would be sending me two letters in the mail confirming that they could not collect the debt due to the above circumstances.įortunately, I had lucked out on the second call and received somebody who was actually polite. Having done so, I explained to the guy that there were no administrators, executors, probate/probate proceedings and, absolutely no assets of/belonging to the deceased. They then asked me to verify my name and the date of death of the deceased. They were looking to collect on a debt in excess of $2,700+.Īfter the standard notification that the call was being monitored and recorded, they first explained to me that nobody is responsible for paying the deceased's debt(s) by law and that this was just merely an attempt at doing so. I researched AscensionPoint and found numerous pages of complaints on them being a scam and not to pay them anything.Recently, a relative of mine had passed away about three months ago and I received a call twice within the same day from this agency. They say we are n't responsible for the debt but they keep calling. BBB Rating and Accreditation information may be delayed up to a week. They have continued to call me and my wife on our personal phones and her work phone. Accreditation is not a BBB endorsement or evaluation of the business’ product quality or competency in performing services. The collection company is AscensionPoint Services. I stopped payment on the check as soon as I learned what she did. She gave them a check by phone to be cashed a few days later. She did n't know it had been written off by the original company and she agreed to pay it. ( excused the debt ) When I got home my wife said a collection company called and wanted payment for that same debt. I went into the store to pay it and learned that they had written it off. First, on the BBB, this collections company has received 44 complaints closed in the last 3 years and 18 complaints closed in the last 12 months as well as 53 customer reviews awarding the company only 1.15 stars out of 5. TX Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed Debt collection: Credit cardĬomplaint: My mother died XXXX/XXXX/2014 and left an unpaid credit card. AscensionPoint Recovery Services has a large number of complaints posted across the internet. '' What estate if I am still alive and the the letter was sent addressed to me!Ĭompany Response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law Closed with monetary relief He did not have insurance coverage for XXXX work, so he applied for XXXX and received and then it also stated to me : " You personally are not required to pay any of the debts from the estate. Itasca, IL Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed Debt collection: MedicalĬomplaint: My husband, XXXX-years-old needed XXXX replaced, since previous XXXX were XXXX at hospital he was in prior to XXXX visit.
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