Garbage you talk here I have given my financial hardship and health reasons, never said I would not find a solution, asked for a chance to get back on my feet after my shop went into receivership, lost my home, needed to look after children, get a job, and pay debts from the shop including lease, you continually harassed me, multiple texts emails phone calls that hang up when answered day and night, I was on night shift even when I asked you to cal,later in the day you still called waking me up. I had to turn off the phone then couldn't sleep worrying about the children not able to contact me.
You are parasites sucking the last drop of blood, no morals, no codes of conduct and need reporting and investigating into illegal activities including not notifying people of Court action so they don't turn up and present their case, you get the server of documents to go back to addresses not occupied I was told by the. Server of documents you kept sending him back even though they told you they were not at the address, that way you can say you tried to serve docs, very cunning, very shifty and should be investigated as underhanded and illegal.
So stop your bullsh*t I have witnesses and evidence of this and have placed it into appropriate hands. No common decencies here and yes the debt was doubled in 18 months and when asked for proof of interest charged and how they got the figure nil paperwork was forthcoming, it was requested multiple times.
Total liars here this company should be investigated thoroughly.

if you paid any attention during your training, then you would realise that we are trained to be quite ethical. As any industry there are legislative requirements that are required to be upheld. Difficult circumstances as you state aren't able to be actioned appropriately if your just dodging calls and not advising the collection agency of your hardship requirements? All that is required is an assessment of your financial situation to ascertain on what would be appropriate due to your circumstances.

They keep calling several times a day from (07) 3017 3999 I only know because I did the last number lookup thing. How did these people get my number? Does the phone company publish it somewhere? They ring continuously. I never answer it because I got the landline for ADSL only so I have given nobody the number. In any case there is the option to leave a message - they never do. This in itself is a giveaway - if they were from a legitimate person surely they would leave a message. I suppose I should just unplug the phone but it does give me some pleasure to know how much time they're wasting :).

After I kept ignoring their calls and they wouldn't leave a message, I finally called them back and spoke to a woman who identified herself as Jo. She didn't give the company name until I gave my phone number and asked why I was getting calls from them. She then said she was calling from Lion Finance and wanted my date of birth so we could continue our discussions from the last time. I refused unless she could tell me the purpose for the call and she kept trying to reiterate the privacy act. I turned it back on her and said she could at least give me an idea of why she was calling without giving specific identifying information. She then used a first name which wasn't my name - I then confirmed she had the wrong person and asked for my number to be removed from their database. I think they pull numbers for anyone who has a same or similar name to try to track the person who has the outstanding debt and will harass until they get someone to agree to foot the bill....unbelievable.

The relentless but rather boring Lyeing Finance debt collectors.
Answer the phone, who's calling, then say from which company, oh it's a private matter they say, you then say oh we don't give personal info over the phone, then say put anything in writing you scamming twxts THEY NEVER DO!

Some of the recent comments about this number tie in with my experience today, which involved a caller asking for information about a neighbour. On 30 May, a comment from blajo mentioned problems with calls from Panthera and from Lion Finance. Again this ties in because we received a call from Lion Finance (03) 9610 4585) on 22 May asking about the same neighbour. I will be phoning Telstra's unwelcome calls number 1800 805 996) and arranging to have calls from both of these numbers blocked.

Got a call on my mobile looking for someone with the sme name as my husband. They then called him and he is very wary with giving out details. He eventually agreed to give the date of birth and they said sorry wrong person. This is the second time this company have called. We don't have any debt, feels sneaky tho, I feel sorry for people under this sort of pressure.

I am a victim of identity theft as someone opened a mobile phone account with Telstra and another with Optus using my drivers licence details on line and had bills sent to a non-existent address. I was first approached by Panthera finance about Telstra account and then Lion Finance about Optus. I now have discovered that these companies are run by the same people. I made a statutory declaration with the Police, which stopped Panthera's constant calls. However Lion Finance continue to call me demanding payment . After about 50 calls, someone who unusually didn't have an Asian accent , said they would look into the matter and get back to me. Had a phone call today stating that they were prepared to make me an offer of a final settlement, which was about 25% of the original claim. However they got the same answer I always give them. As this is not my account and as I have filed a statutory statement with the police. I will not be making any payment for a debt I don't have. I am now beginning to wonder, who the real scammers are the person who fraudulently used my drivers licence details, or the company pursuing me for money I don't owe.

either spam or a debt collecto

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seems like a collec tion agency

Extortionists, beware..

No doubt you would have heard all sorts of rubbish statements like "be a grown up and pay your debts", blah blah blah. It is your job as a debt carrier to do everything in your power to legally minimise or completely absolve your debt. It is not personal, it's business and all of the institutions borrowing and collecting money do not give a second thought to minimising their obligations regardless of any moral consequences.

Get your facts straight "Morons". Look at the bankruptcy legislation - it only lasts for 3 years, but is kept on record for another 4. It is a permanent record at ITSA if someone ever bothers to look. The only time bankruptcy lasts for more than 3 years is if your trustee applies to the court to extend that period. You can also have borrowings up to $2,000 during your bankruptcy and own a car worth approx. $7,000. If you are going to go bankrupt, you generally either have no assets to lose or your debts are so out of whack with your assets that it doesn't matter. You can also travel overseas with your trustees permission.

Also, after your bankruptcy you can borrow (I have clients who now have home loans etc and have come out of bankruptcy) and you can also become a company director. Also, your record of bankruptcy disappears from the credit reporting agency reports after the 5 years that all defaults etc are on there. I have clients who went bankrupt, came out of it, had to borrow money about a year after ending their bankruptcy and were told they had a clean credit report - their bankruptcy wasn't even on there anymore..

So go away, Moron, or should I say debt collector moron. Some of us actually deal with these issues every day and get professional advice ie. from solicitors, not debt collectors or their bottom dwelling companies.

Victoria don't give your DOB to anybody! How do you know who's calling? Did you ask them to identify themselves first? There are such things as adhesion contracts particularly in regard to debt collectors who HAVE NO CONTRACT with you, therefore you are under no obligation to do anything they tell you unless they can prove they have a claim against you. Never admit to being your name = your birth certificate name in all caps. This is the corporate fiction identity, the STRAWMAN - google it and do some research it will hold you in good stead.

Came home to a message on the answering machine from this number, but asking me to call (02) 4908 7290 & rattled off a long reference no. Didn't say what it is regarding. If they can't be bothered telling me what it is regarding, I can't be bothered having to listen to the message several times in order to capture the reference no. Had to listen to it twice to get the 02 number. But I ignored that, rang back this number, they don't say the company name when you call them, you have to ask who you have reached. I told them if they want me to call back with a reference no they should leave business like messages telling me what the call is regarding. The only reason I rang back was because the message annoyed me. She said there are privacy issues - what frikkin privacy issues, they are calling me? She looked up my number & said it wasn't regarding me, they could be asking about somebody I might know. Well tell me who it is on the message & I will decide whether I want to call you. Privacy issues?

If someone cannot pay a debt to 'the original lender' then so be it - they propbably can't pay it full stop.
If no paperwork or agreement was made with a third party like lion - why would you even entertain speaking to a complete stranger about your debts with them.

Get stuffed Lion - you are complete fools preying on idiots.

For those being harassed by Lion, be aware they have a new number (02) 4911 8571. Also, they are not allowed to contact you via social media unless they are certain your social media account is not shared with anyone and is accessible only by you - basically rules out Facebook, as your Facebook page is shared by all your friends. If you are contacted via Facebook, they are in trouble. They also cannot harass you, threaten you, lie to you (saying they can take your possessions) or ask you to get someone else to pay your debt or for you to take out another loan to repay them. All these things Lion do, so why are they still allowed to operate? All of this information is available on the pages of very reputable organisation who are there to help you.

So for any of you debt collectors out there who say you can ask people to take out loans or have other people pay their debts, maybe you should read the legislation and not the company policy manual.

Also, paying off the debt collectors is not going to magically fix your credit rating - your default will still remain there for 5 years. So if you have a default from 2013, it will be there until 2018 even if it is noted as 'settled" on your report.

GO FRY LION - YOU MOB OF SCUM!!!!!

That is nonsense, "Debt Collector". As soon as someone says, "give me your date of birth", everyone knows it is either a scam or a debt collector. We are not stupid. I agree with others on this site, you don't know who it really is as you cannot confirm their details - with all the scams going on, I would never give out or even confirm my date of birth over the phone. Write me a letter and I will answer it.

Also, why are you answering a comment that is over 2 years old - read the rest of them.

IT's a debt collection company confirming your details so they don't give out personal and private information and or give away to potentially your mother or someone that debt collectors are looking for someone.

For those being harassed by Lion Finance, be aware that their staff also use their personal mobiles to phone you to see if your phone is still operational. Had some odd mobile numbers call me and found they were from Lion checking my number to see if it still works as I have blocked all their other numbers. Sick of being harassed when I don't owe any money and I have told them time and again that I am not the person they are after. The name they are chasing is my married name which I have only had for less than a year and I have not incurred any debts in that name as my husband deals with all our financial affairs.

JUST BE CAREFUL AND DON'T ANSWER ANY NUMBER YOU DON'T KNOW - genuine callers leave a message - these will not.