Abusive Law Office???

[Chip]

is there a way to verify if the person youre talking to is really a lawyer? can you ask for his PRC number and check it online? baka matakot pag tinanong mo.

[mbeige]

Sabihin mo namatay na (of course, that was a joke).

[Galactus]

Chances are, collection agency nga yan. But it could also be a law firm, but I doubt that the callers are lawyers themselves. Usually mga collectors lang yan, earning on commission basis from actual collections, kaya ganyan na lang magsalita.

The best thing really is for you to contact your cousin (through mutual relatives) and ask him to settle his loan. If checks are involved, BP 22 yan, and he's likely to be arrested.

[Driv3er]

if you know someone from PLDT, you can get pertinent info based on the phone numbers. Let them know you know who and where they are.

[praetorian]

I'm a lawyer and it pains me to see something like this happen, especially considering that this may not even be a bona fide law firm, just some two-bit collection agency. If it's a real law firm, your cousin would already get a formal demand letter. Lawyers generally don't use the phone to demand payment for their client - documents are a lawyer's best friend (or bane, depending on where you're coming from). If this is a collection agency, the amount of money your cousin may owe the bank may not be that much since a bank worth its salt will only refer small "bad debts" to collection agencies if filing a case to recover it is not commercially feasible (i.e. they'll spend more for the lawyer than it's worth). So, for practicality's sake, change your numbers na lang. That's the easiest, fastest way to do away with this problem.

is there a way to verify if the person youre talking to is really a lawyer? can you ask for his PRC number and check it online? baka matakot pag tinanong mo.

Lawyers are not registered with the PRC since only the Supreme Court has jurisdication over lawyers and the bar. Thus, we have "roll numbers" (referring to the number in the Roll of Attorneys we signed in the Supreme Court) instead of PRC numbers.

[Altis6453]

is there a way to verify if the person youre talking to is really a lawyer? can you ask for his PRC number and check it online? baka matakot pag tinanong mo.

Yes. You can verify it at www.supremecourt.gov.ph and check the Roll of Attorneys.

But, any Tom, Dick and Harry can go and claim he's Atty. "X". It would be better for you to trace where they hold office to verify if they are a law firm.

[pitbullz]

sumbong mo sa bitag

[oldblue]

pag nagkainitan na, pasabi mo sa mother mo: "mag-ingat ka at baka may mangyari sayo sa daan" off the record.

then anticipate nyo isasagot, pag death threat back, i-record nyo kagad. yari kagad yan sa huwes

[honismitoy]

Typical Citibank collectors

[CaRGirL]

change numbers. ang kukulit nga ng mga yan at grabe kung makamura ng tao, kahit matanda, hindi ginagalang.