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Received a call on my answering machine from Phillips & Cohen and wanted to talk to someone regarding _______ _________estate. My husband has been deceased going on 8 years, so this left me very suspicious. I looked up the phone number they left: 866-654-5605, ext: 2487, and found this information and blogs. Thank goodness I found them! We recently lost the uncle that raised my husband like a father and thought perhaps it had to do with his estate. But on second thought, decided to check it out. I'm very grateful for all your postings. Please add mine to them. Widows Beware!!!

This company has been calling for over 1-year. They just don't care, and think harassment is the only way to get people to pay off their passed relative'd debt. Can any one advise me if there is a pending class action lawsuit against Phillips & Cohen?

Received a call from 866.654.5605 saying to ask Brian at extension 2157 with a reference number. My husband only had two credit cards which I did not sign for, he had ordered a card for me on each. And once when it was late, during his illness, that credit card company called and the first thing the Rep told me was, "I just want you to know that you are not legally responsbile for having to pay this bill." I would think that would be the same now that he has passed.Thank you for this site and the comments to warn surviving spouses to beware. And yes, that "First, my condolences..." line sounds so robotic. They shouldn't even say it.

I received "the call" today from 866-654-5605 extension 2300 and the female claimed to be with Phillips and Cohen trying to collect a CitiBank credit card debt that she said my brother owed. I have paid my brother's bills over the last 14 months prior to his death just last month and I knew that he did not owe CitiBank anything. We had closed his CitiBank account last year when an unauthorized charge titled "Government Payments" showed up on his statement (that too was a scam). The caller had an attitude with me and was fishing for information from me on my brother. I have researched this and called CitiBank and they do not show any debt owed by my brother. It is obvious that this was an attempted scam. CitiBank stated they have their own collections department (not an outside agency) and it might be wise to report a fraud alert to the big three credit reporting agencies through Equifax. Oh and yes, the caller started with her condolences about my brother's passing but it was obvious it was just part of the script. Don't give them the time of day. Beware! They are bad news.

This number hung up on me when I answered.My mother recently passed away, so I would assume that is why they called.

I too have been receiving calls from a person named Colleen at the 866-654-5605 number with a legitimate sounding extension number requesting either the person handling the estate of my husband or a relative to please call her. I was told by Citibank that his loan was forgiven and therefore have not called Colleen back. I was made aware of this site by my sister who recognized the phone calls as as an attempt to get whatever they can from unsuspecting survivors. Survivors - don't fall for this, especially after reading the above messages.

Just got a call from this number. The person - Patrice Sellers - was as cold as a stone. I really grilled her for information that she had about my "exe" husband's credit card. She said that since I was the ex, all she wanted me to do was tell her who was in charge of his affairs now that he is deceased. It is such a shame since he just passed away 2 weeks ago and these people are already grave chasing. I didn't give her any information and she was pretty mad about that. Just insisted that I contact the person who was in charge of his affairs and have them call her.All I did was call everyone in the family that these people could find and let them know of this scam.

I just recieved a call in regards to my father in laws estate. They asked for my husband, told them he wasn't home and asked for her information Patricia Shaw at 866-654-5605 ext 2226. I also asked where they got our information and was very stand-offish. Glad this site is here!! Thank you.