This data comes from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database and reflects consumer complaints, not proven violations.
Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc., Elmsford, NY Branch - Debt Collector Complaint Profile
CFPB complaint profile across 44 states, reputation grade D.
Complaints by issue type
What consumers report about Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc., Elmsford, NY Branch
- Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
255 complaints
- Communication tactics
Communication tactics
118 complaints
- Attempts to collect debt not owed
Attempts to collect debt not owed
111 complaints
- Disclosure verification of debt 92
Disclosure verification of debt
92 complaints
- Written notification about debt 58
Written notification about debt
58 complaints
- False statements or representation 43
False statements or representation
43 complaints
Data updated September 2026
CFPB complaint disposition
CCDB record retrieval-masters-creditors-bureau-inc-elmsford-ny-branch Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc., Elmsford, NY Branch
Grade D · 707 CFPB filings · 91% timely · lead issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed · vol #200 · compose #324
- VOL 707
- GRADE D
- 12MO 3
- STATES 44
- TIMELY 91%
- DISPUTE 13%
- ISSUE Cont'd attempts collect de…
- RANK #200
- COMPOSE #324
Volume peers
Nearest volume peer: State Collection Service, Inc. (710 complaints)
Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc., Elmsford, NY Branch's 707 CFPB complaints sit next to State Collection Service, Inc. on the volume neighbourhood; peer NAMES stay, and disposition VALUES are this collector's. Grades compare collectors to each other - a complaint is a filing, not a proven violation. How to read a complaint count →
How the 707 complaints break down
Every complaint issue type on record for Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc., Elmsford, NY Branch, not just the top ones shown above.
Reputation score breakdown
Blends complaint volume, timely-response rate, dispute rate, and recent trend from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database into one comparable 0-100 score. Not an official CFPB rating and not a finding of wrongdoing — see methodology for the exact formula.
Distributed filing map
Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc., Elmsford, NY Branch spreads filings across 44 states - Texas leads at only 10.3%
Figures below come from this collector's company_states / company_monthly rows and corpus RankMaps. Corpus placement method.
- Most-even geography
- Lead state under 15%
- Texas still leads at 10.3% across 44 states
- Seasonal peak
- 2024-10 8.5%
- 8–15% band · 7 filings
- Corpus ranks
- #200 volume
- #324 composite
- Among 5,420 volume-ranked / 536 scored collectors with 200+ complaints
How does Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc., Elmsford, NY Branch compare to its peers?
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.
Response speed vs. dispute rate, among similar-volume collectors
Timely response and dispute rate track only weakly together nationally (r=0.22 among collectors with 5+ complaints): answering promptly does not reliably buy Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc., Elmsford, NY Branch a lower dispute rate.
Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc., Elmsford, NY Branch's complaint volume in context
Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc., Elmsford, NY Branch vs all collectors by complaint volume
Where this collector's total CFPB complaint count sits among every tracked debt collector (volume, not a quality ranking)
707 Top 4% higher than 96% of 5,420 collectors
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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026
Complaint Trend (24 months)
Falling ↓Issue Detail Breakdown
| Issue | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed | |
| Communication tactics | |
| Attempts to collect debt not owed | |
| Disclosure verification of debt | |
| Written notification about debt | |
| False statements or representation | |
| Improper contact or sharing of info | |
| Took or threatened to take negative or legal action | |
| Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly | |
| Taking/threatening an illegal action | |
Where do complaints against Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc., Elmsford, NY Branch come from?
Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc., Elmsford, NY Branch's own per-state count, not a national baseline.
Top states by complaints against Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc., Elmsford, NY Branch
Across 44 states with at least one filing
- Texas
Texas
73 complaints
- Florida
Florida
66 complaints
- New York
New York
66 complaints
- California
California
58 complaints
- New Jersey
New Jersey
47 complaints
- Georgia
Georgia
36 complaints
- Virginia
Virginia
34 complaints
- Maryland 26
Maryland
26 complaints
Compare beyond geography
Nationwide peers by volume & timely response
Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc., Elmsford, NY Branch: nearest all-time CFPB complaint volume and nearest CFPB timely-response rate among collectors with at least 100 logged complaints. State breakdowns above stay geographic; these neighborhoods vary by metric.
Similar filing volume
Nearest collectors by total CFPB complaints. This record: 707.
Similar timely response rate
Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 91.33522727272727%.
- Pollack & Rosen, P.A. Δ 0.0 pts · grade D 91.32947976878613%timely
- Credit Protection Association, L.P. Δ 0.0 pts · grade D 91.3265306122449%timely
- Army and Air Force Exchange Service Δ 0.1 pts · grade F 91.47180192572215%timely
- WAKEFIELD & ASSOCIATES, INC. Δ 0.2 pts · grade F 91.54118689105402%timely
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According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Consumer Complaint Database, 1,139,236 debt collection complaints are represented in the current PlainCollector snapshot. See our methodology for how PlainCollector computes each company's reputation grade from this data.
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| Sources | the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database |