I don't even have any bills. I pay all up front. No cc's.  Why am I getting it?  I don't have insurance either, no car.  

here's how you deal with theiving churls like this one from the 201 area code: You get on your GMAIL and click the phone receiver icon which allows free phone calls throughout the US. The perp will see only some Los Angeles number on his caller ID; a number which they can't trace or call back. I called this apostate 50 times today just to break chops and I do believe they are getting pissed off...exactly my goal. If just 5% of the victims do this, he'll soon be paying so many people to answer his phones that it will no longer be a profitable scam.  

I got a text message this morning, from an email (FreeCruiseForYou31@gmail.com) the message states that this is a special holiday deal, and I won a fully paid bahama's voyage...this phone number was sent in the message 201-535-4160.  I'm always skeptical of anything that seems too good to be true, and from all the posts I'm seeing on here I am assured it's a bunch of bull!

Received a text message from freecruise4you91@gmail.com

"Holidays winnings Awesome new's Your number has been Called for a fully-paid Bahamas vacation, Call 201-535-4160"

I reported to google, and you all should do so too, as they need to shut down this email address.

Hey idiot scammer, it's "news" not "new's"

I keep getting calls from this number. Don't have any outstanding bills, all of mine are up to date. Good to know never answer this call!!!! These people SUCK!!!!! You can't leave me a message, I don't answer your call!

Told it was computer support...called me by my last name...foreign accent
SCAM...told him to go F himself and blocked the number

Keeps calling - don't know them - have no business with them.

Thanks for these posts. I received my fist call from this number today- 5/10/12. I will be certain not to answer it. Thanks.

Just a call from this number. Looking for a Ms. Graham (I have no idea who that is). This was the 4th call in one month. I want some accountability...

I shouldn't have to pay extra to my phone company (even though it's pennies, as one commenter above) to block an unwanted call. I pay for the service and unwanted calls are actually criminal once you've told the caller (doesn't matter if it's solicitation) to stop calling.

Is it time to go to court yet?

BTW, Ron Paul has won 11 states and the media reports he hasn't won any. What's going on?

The number is calling from NJ, but, HSBC has it's corporate office in Illinois. I don't think they truly represent HSBC.

As I am reading through all these posts, it dawns on me. They called me at work the other day (as well as just now - 8:31 p.m.) They said they were calling regarding my HSBC  "so and so" credit card. I asked them to call me back on my cell phone after i am off work, and don't call me back at work. He agreed to do so . . . then, he starts getting real juvenile, as though he was trying to agitate me into an argument. I just hung up. The "so and so" part was the name of another credit card company - not HSBC...which should have been my first clue.

Then i'm sitting here thinking and realize, wait a minute, i just (today) got a bill from MY credit card company. So, why would a collection agency be trying to call too? (they wouldn't).

Be careful folks.  Even if you might be a couple of months behind go by what bill you get from your company. I am going to contact my credit card company, give them this phone number and ask them about it tomorrow morning.

keeps calling and harassing my mother for an individual who we cannot stand.

Same thing, I called it back, it says if I know the extension, to enter it, if not, stay on the line, then hangs up.

This number called me 201-535-3789. Calle back it said thanks for holding then hangs up on me any idea who it is?

we dont have any bussiness with this company and we never will , please stop to call

Do you have a name for this debt collector? They call me every day and never leave a message.

The messgae this number left today was automated.....they say they are a company called Weltman, Weinberg, & Reese.  I looked them up and they have nothing but a bunch of rip off reports and scam claims!  Don't answer or at least make them send something in writing if you dont want to avoid them!

I've been getting calls the last two mornings at around 8am. They are unknown caller on the caller ID. I was getting a recording saying my name and if you are this person press 1 to acknowledge you are this person. I finally did press one only to see who the hell was calling and was getting angry about being woke up as I am up late at night and can't leave the ringer off due to an elderly mother who needs to call and kids who when they call from school shows up as unknown caller. They said they were from West Bay aquisitions and then said to verify it was me they were going to say the last 4 of my social. (I don't give my social out to wierdos like that either and the numbers they rattled off were wrong and I told them so. They said so there isn't another person with your name there? NO. So they hung up and not an hour or two later this number calls with the same type recording and asking for someone else. I am really fixing to go off on someone. This is rediculous.

This is a collection company, the name they give you is the company they are trying to collect for. There has been CCB INC, West Bay Aquisitions, HSBC Household Savings Bank, National Recovery Agency, and a number of others. basically this is a Crap hole company that other collection companys sell off their accounts to because they were un siccessfull in getting anywhere on the debt and they feel any further exspences will be lost so they get rid of it for pennies on the Dollar. NEVER EVER EVER EVER answer a phone call of a phone number you dont know who it is. These companies want you to talk, they need you to talk, they have no case and are trying to build one. They start off with less then 5% probability of a collection and every time they speak to a live voice they associate that to an additional 5% probability of collection. DONT TALK TO ANYONE ANYTIME it will go on for years and they will drop it like the company they got it from. These are the bottom of the Barrel crack addicts drunks and groverment sucking of funds people who cant survive in the world today calling you from a sweat shop calling center. DONT TALK TO ANYONE EVER EVER>

it is a bill collection agency. It would seem that they buy debts that have been written off for a small percentage and then they try to recover the money. if they recover it they win big. if they do not, they sell the debt off at a later date. as long as there is an out standing debt, they will call. if you have a car, house, boat, loan of anykind, and your name is on a contract, then there is a legal responciblity to pay that debt. if your item was taken back and sold, then what ever was not paid on the sell, you still owe. if you have helped someone out or signed for someone else, then you are still on the hook because that is what a co-signer is saying when they do that for a friend. i know it sucks. but such is life. devorce, death, or just hard times, every one has a reason but that is not going to stop the calls. i get calls because of my exwife. yep, devorce. so... if you want the call to stop, they wont. get a call blocker. the new automated systems do this wait that says yes you are if your still here thing. its crap cause calls dont hang up when you leave a message. just block evey call that does not leave a number. thats what i do. and if i do not know it, i dont answer it. simple. set your phone not to ring when Bill calls, add all those numbers to Bill and then block bill from your phone. there. no ringer if he gets passed. also. give the people you know a ring tone and then set your phone with a silent tone for all calls. only the ones you know will have noise. hope it helps. i feel you... it gets old, i am tired of it so i am now helping out the other side. good luck troopers...

How is it that they need your name and number when they are calling you????  I'm not understanding.  I'm getting calls from them too, it's just odd.  Why are they asking for my name and number?  You just called me a** hole!

They started with me last week.  They tried the same stuff with me when I called them (using the free Google call) One thing I have learned is not to give out ANY information on the phone to anyone... I never tell them who they have reached or the number they called.  They are a debt collector called:  CCB... Because of their refusal to give information when they call or you return their call everyday people have trouble figuring out who they are and that is the way they want it.  

Be aware... they troll these sites and to see what is being said!  If the response to your report is to pay your debt or they will work with you, know it is a bunch of crud <insert your word here>  They are mean nasty people.  Does not matter if I owe a debt or not, I refuse to put up with bad behavior.  

One other thing they do not like is when you become assertive and refused to give them your name and number.  These people become down right nasty.  I now have a way to record them and I will be hooking it up!

Get audio caller ID for modem to block the calls. Or file complaint with the FTC on their website.

I have been getting calls from them too. I called them back and they will not tell me who they are or what they want but needless to say that it takes two to tango and they are down a partner in this dance. Thanks for the tip on adding a block call service to the phone service I carry. That is a great idea. I wonder if they even know that people are on to them.

This has been happening to me too and PROBLEM SOLVED!!!!!!! I called my local phone company and added a "Blocked Call' service and is only pennies per month. Each time an unwanted caller gets on my list, they are added to the block call list and never hear from them again. I also use my cell phone now (only close friends and family have) and plug my phone into my fax line so those a***oles get the fax noise to listen too. If by chance I answer a phone call that I don't recognizes, I just let them start with there little speech and tell them to get a REAL JOB and hang up. :) :) That really pisses them off and they try to call back, I answer and then hang up before they get a word out of their low life mouth.....Play their game but by your rules!!!!

This is a Debt Collector.

I get calls from these people every day.  They are relentless. I called the number back and got a very rude person that would not give me any information unless I gave him my phone number. He gave me the same story they gave Gary.

The number had been calling me all week.  I pick up and this guy starts by telling me happy early birthday.  He started telling me my credit history and that he had pulled me credit report. (Uhhh...) I asked what this call was about and that they needed to stop bothering me.  

He told me they will not and that I owed $8,800.00 on a car that had been repoed over 2 years ago that I had cosigned for.  (Funny thing is that amount owed keeps changing every time I am called.  Several different people have tried to call me about the repoed vehicle and the number has gone from $6,000.00 to $8,000.00 to $8,600.00 and now it is $8,800.00.  I have also gotten calls for a Brandon, a Braylin, and a Brandy from this company all for the exact same car.)  At this point I believe they do not know who they are looking for and that they are just looking for money.  

The other funny thing was he kept telling me I was the only one on the loan and that he had a signed copy in front of him (which they have refused to give me by the way).  He kept bugging me about my credit and read my social security number to me over the phone!  

Then, he told me I was just a sucker that somebody had used, at which point I hung up the phone because no one should treat people like that, especially not debt collectors...  I do not put up with harrassment especially from people that do not tell me who they are or who they work for.  As far as I know from the bank there was no debt owed and the bank never contacted me after the vehicle had been repoed. So, why are they calling my number?

This same company also calls me from unavailable numbers, restricted numbers and other out of state numbers.  They call me any time starting as early as 7 am and as late as 8 pm.  For the past year I have had no way of contacting them because they would not leave the company name or used fake names and any time I called an actual number they called me with they would hang up or the line would no longer be in service.  They have called claiming to be from Indiana, Illinois, ect.  This is the first time they have left a non-animated number on a voicemail and the first time they have left a number to call them back with and identified themselves.  I am finding it very annoying and want to be left alone!

This is from HSBC. This is the third phone number from them. I called them back and they refused to give me their company name unil I gave them mine. They said they were a private company in Illinois, but yes, the phone number is from NJ.

didn't answer, but, it left no message.  201-535-3789

This is a debt collector wanna be.