First Financial Recovery Services
Complaint 17173 Details

The company known as First Financial Recovery Services billed me for $4995.00 for recovery of monies from a company that scammed me out of over $30,000.00. The amount they billed me for was $29,380.00 recovered; they recovered $9150.00 which meant I owed them $1555.00, not the $4995.00. I was unable to raise the full $4995.00. I called and spoke with Frank McHugh ( the owner ) and asked if he could give me a little more time or take the rest ($795.00) from the timeshare recovery fees, he said he had no problem with that; to just send the $4200.00 I had by cashier's check.
After checking our balances for nearly a week, we noticed that they had only recovered $9150.00, not the $29,380.00 we were billed for.Despite repeated calls, after a week or so all I could get was a voice mail to leave a message and they would get back to me. After calling and leaving messages for over a month, suddenly the phone number was no longer in use.
I called the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs and was unable to get any information other than what I had. I Googled Francis ( Frank ) Mc Hugh and by hit and miss found out he was now running a place called "American Judical Advocates" and at least 2 of the FFRS employee names matched the names of employees of this new business. I called and spoke with Frank who said to send him statements for December through February to prove the money had not been removed and placed back on my account later and he would take care of the $2650.00 owed to me. I sent copies of my statements from December through April. After this, I have not been able to speak with him because he's in a meeting, on the phone, out of the office, etc. This has been going on for going on two months. If he is really this busy, cut me a check for the $2650.00 he owes me and stop avoiding my calls if you are an HONEST business man.