It is a collection agency :)

Corporate Collection Services (CCS) on behalf of RCN.

I have never used RCN and don't live in any area that they serve but I still am getting the phone calls. Pretty sure it's a scam.

Unwanted calls all day long.

a female voice robo type conversation telling me important to call back 800 number.  Call constantly and all times of day.

Comes on my cell daily.  No message.  Annoying, comes at all hours

keeps calling every saturday for last 2 weeks have no outstanding bills but do not say anything

Kevin confirms that they are breaking state and fed FDCPA laws.


Only those collection agencies THAT DO NOT FOLLOW THE LAWS have their employees trolling complaint boards and post their drivel..


File complaints with

Federal Trade Commission  https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en

Your State Attorney General
State Attorney General is every state they have offices

Link to all State Attorney General Websites www.naag.org

If you or they are located in NY ? use this SPECIAL Link  www.NYDebtHelp.com
This special website was created by NY AG Andrew Cuomo specifically for reporting illegal debt collection practices.  HE?S CRACKING DOWN AND SHUTTING THEM DOWN!

Also report your calls and contacts with debt collectors at http://www.budhibbs.com/index.html  If the company is listed under agencies ? report there. If not on the list YET, click on Watchlist! and add to the list.   You can also post here http://www.collectorsexposed.com/forum2/index.php?board=2.0

Debt Collectors DO NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS INFORMATION!    
The INFORMED CONSUMER IS THE DEBT COLLECTORS WORST ENEMY!

Dealing with Debt Collectors
http://www.budhibbs.com/start.html


Statute of Limitations by State ? always double check YOUR OWN STATE Government Website
http://www.budhibbs.com/statute_of_limitations.htm


Recording calls from Debt Collectors - always double check YOUR OWN STATE Government Website
http://www.budhibbs.com/record.htm


From Federal Trade Commission Website ? FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT
Debt Collection FAQs: A Guide for Consumers
If you?re behind in paying your bills, or a creditor?s records mistakenly make it appear that you are, a debt collector may be contacting you.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation?s consumer protection agency, enforces the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), which prohibits debt collectors from using abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices to collect from you.
Under the FDCPA, a debt collector is someone who regularly collects debts owed to others. This includes collection agencies, lawyers who collect debts on a regular basis, and companies that buy delinquent debts and then try to collect them.
Here are some questions and answers about your rights under the Act.

What types of debts are covered?
The Act covers personal, family, and household debts, including money you owe on a personal credit card account, an auto loan, a medical bill, and your mortgage. The FDCPA doesn?t cover debts you incurred to run a business.

Can a debt collector contact me any time or any place?
No. A debt collector may not contact you at inconvenient times or places, such as before 8 in the morning or after 9 at night, unless you agree to it. And collectors may not contact you at work if they?re told (orally or in writing) that you?re not allowed to get calls there.

How can I stop a debt collector from contacting me?
If a collector contacts you about a debt, you may want to talk to them at least once to see if you can resolve the matter ? even if you don?t think you owe the debt, can?t repay it immediately, or think that the collector is contacting you by mistake. If you decide after contacting the debt collector that you don?t want the collector to contact you again, tell the collector ? in writing ? to stop contacting you. Here?s how to do that:
Make a copy of your letter. Send the original by certified mail, and pay for a ?return receipt? so you?ll be able to document what the collector received. Once the collector receives your letter, they may not contact you again, with two exceptions: a collector can contact you to tell you there will be no further contact or to let you know that they or the creditor intend to take a specific action, like filing a lawsuit. Sending such a letter to a debt collector you owe money to does not get rid of the debt, but it should stop the contact. The creditor or the debt collector still can sue you to collect the debt.

Can a debt collector contact anyone else about my debt?
If an attorney is representing you about the debt, the debt collector must contact the attorney, rather than you. If you don?t have an attorney, a collector may contact other people ? but only to find out your address, your home phone number, and where you work. Collectors usually are prohibited from contacting third parties more than once. Other than to obtain this location information about you, a debt collector generally is not permitted to discuss your debt with anyone other than you, your spouse, or your attorney.

What does the debt collector have to tell me about the debt?
Every collector must send you a written ?validation notice? telling you how much money you owe within five days after they first contact you. This notice also must include the name of the creditor to whom you owe the money, and how to proceed if you don?t think you owe the money.

Can a debt collector keep contacting me if I don?t think I owe any money?
If you send the debt collector a letter stating that you don?t owe any or all of the money, or asking for verification of the debt, that collector must stop contacting you. You have to send that letter within 30 days after you receive the validation notice. But a collector can begin contacting you again if it sends you written verification of the debt, like a copy of a bill for the amount you owe.

What practices are off limits for debt collectors?
Harassment. Debt collectors may not harass, oppress, or abuse you or any third parties they contact. For example, they may not:
    use threats of violence or harm;
    publish a list of names of people who refuse to pay their debts (but they can give this information to the credit reporting companies);
    use obscene or profane language; or
    repeatedly use the phone to annoy someone.

False statements. Debt collectors may not lie when they are trying to collect a debt. For example, they may not:
    falsely claim that they are attorneys or government representatives;
    falsely claim that you have committed a crime;
    falsely represent that they operate or work for a credit reporting company;
    misrepresent the amount you owe;
    indicate that papers they send you are legal forms if they aren?t; or
    indicate that papers they send to you aren?t legal forms if they are.

Debt collectors also are prohibited from saying that:
    you will be arrested if you don?t pay your debt;
    they?ll seize, garnish, attach, or sell your property or wages unless they are permitted by law to take the action and intend to do so; or
    legal action will be taken against you, if doing so would be illegal or if they don?t intend to take the action.

Debt collectors may not:
    give false credit information about you to anyone, including a credit reporting company;
    send you anything that looks like an official document from a court or government agency if it isn?t; or
    use a false company name.

Unfair practices. Debt collectors may not engage in unfair practices when they try to collect a debt. For example, they may not:
    try to collect any interest, fee, or other charge on top of the amount you owe unless the contract that created your debt ? or your state law ? allows the charge;
    deposit a post-dated check early;
    take or threaten to take your property unless it can be done legally; or
    contact you by postcard.

Can I control which debts my payments apply to?
Yes. If a debt collector is trying to collect more than one debt from you, the collector must apply any payment you make to the debt you select. Equally important, a debt collector may not apply a payment to a debt you don?t think you owe.

Can a debt collector garnish my bank account or my wages?
If you don?t pay a debt, a creditor or its debt collector generally can sue you to collect. If they win, the court will enter a judgment against you. The judgment states the amount of money you owe, and allows the creditor or collector to get a garnishment order against you, directing a third party, like your bank, to turn over funds from your account to pay the debt.
Wage garnishment happens when your employer withholds part of your compensation to pay your debts. Your wages usually can be garnished only as the result of a court order. Don?t ignore a lawsuit summons. If you do, you lose the opportunity to fight a wage garnishment.

Can federal benefits be garnished?
Many federal benefits are exempt from garnishment, including:
    Social Security Benefits
    Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefits
    Veterans? Benefits
    Civil Service and Federal Retirement and Disability Benefits
    Service Members? Pay
    Military Annuities and Survivors? Benefits
    Student Assistance
    Railroad Retirement Benefits
    Merchant Seamen Wages
    Longshoremen?s and Harbor Workers? Death and Disability Benefits
    Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Benefits
    Compensation for Injury, Death, or Detention of Employees of U.S. Contractors Outside the U.S.
    Federal Emergency Management Agency Federal Disaster Assistance
But federal benefits may be garnished under certain circumstances, including to pay delinquent taxes, alimony, child support, or student loans.

Do I have any recourse if I think a debt collector has violated the law?
You have the right to sue a collector in a state or federal court within one year from the date the law was violated. If you win, the judge can require the collector to pay you for any damages you can prove you suffered because of the illegal collection practices, like lost wages and medical bills. The judge can require the debt collector to pay you up to $1,000, even if you can?t prove that you suffered actual damages. You also can be reimbursed for your attorney?s fees and court costs. A group of people also may sue a debt collector as part of a class action lawsuit and recover money for damages up to $500,000, or one percent of the collector?s net worth, whichever amount is lower. Even if a debt collector violates the FDCPA in trying to collect a debt, the debt does not go away if you owe it.

What should I do if a debt collector sues me?
If a debt collector files a lawsuit against you to collect a debt, respond to the lawsuit, either personally or through your lawyer, by the date specified in the court papers to preserve your rights.

Where do I report a debt collector for an alleged violation?
Report any problems you have with a debt collector to your state Attorney General?s office (www.naag.org) and the Federal Trade Commission (www.ftc.gov). Many states have their own debt collection laws that are different from the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Your Attorney General?s office can help you determine your rights under your state?s law.

For More Information
To learn more about debt collection and other credit-related issues, visit www.ftc.gov/credit and MyMoney.gov, the U.S. government?s portal to financial education.
The FTC works for the consumer to prevent fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair business practices in the marketplace and to provide information to help consumers spot, stop, and avoid them. To file a complaint or to get free information on consumer issues, visit ftc.gov or call toll-free, 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357); TTY: 1-866-653-4261. The FTC enters consumer complaints into the Consumer Sentinel Network, a secure online database and investigative tool used by hundreds of civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad.
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I get calls from this company all day long everyday for a bill that was paid over 5 months ago.
even though i have faxed them copies of all my cancelled checks relating to the bill they are calling about that still doesn't stop them.
Most of the time the number shows up as unknown but sometimes it shows up as Bryan Fleming.
Give Weisberg & Meyers LLC @ 1-866-773-6152
You have rights as a consumer.

Constant calls 1/2 hour apart with no one on other end just music!!! Don't know why they call!! Happening for weeks! STOP!!

Aside from the multiple calls each day that i have been receiving for several weeks -- but there is never a message left, I have now found out who this phone number belongs to from this site.  Since i haven't had medical bills, i thought to review my mother's EOBs from Medicare and Secondary insurance, and there is nothing to indicate that Byram Medical has ever tried to bill either Third Party insurance!  Additionally, they have never billed my mother; but yesterday, my mother (who is 89!) received a threatening letter from a Bill Collector demanding payment of $66.67!!!!!  Are they kidding?  I called the "Maryland" number last night around 9pm, and a message indicated that "this mailbox is full."

left a voice message saying that the call is from a debt collector and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

quit calling me - i AM Not who you are trying to reach - You people are either the stupidest people on earth or just a royal pain in the a**

I received  a call from this# and when I picked up and no ans other side.  How about if we block this# on our cell#.  Just a thought.

Thanks for all the posts.  Got a call from this 301 number this morning on my cell and when I answered, no one was there...auto dialer.  I have no debts with anyone, so this must be harrassment and/or scam, etc.  I called them back and when someone answered the call (in the que) they said to me, "Hi may I speak with Adonis?", I replied:  "I don't know, because I called you, you didn't all me."  She responded with, "How can I help you?"  and I asked to be taken off the call list, she said "ok."

Well if they are bill collectors then they shouldnt be calling me....I have not outstanding bills or credit cards, yet every morning at 8.26 they call me...when I answer the phone is ringing, so I hang up, but they leave me a message...so when I call them back to them they have the wrong number, they tell me "we are not wrong, give me your SS# to verify", well I am not stupid to give my SS# to someone I do not know....Scammers I am sure.

http://www.ftc.gov/os/1998/06/compl9.pld.htm

skip down to "DEFENDANTS' COURSE OF CONDUCT" and it explains what they do. Scam 100%

A Canadian Based Company w/ DBA Corporate Collection Service, INC Hence CCS [They  used to be Commercial Credit Agency INC so they had to do what SBC had to do  change there  name to AT&T] , allegedly local processing Center address of 23550 Commerce Park Ste 5000 Beachwood, OH 44122, There headquarter is  listed as  23220 Chagrin Blvd Bldg 2 Suite  400 Woodmere, OH 44122-5408(Bldg is   also known as  two commerce park  Square, Woodmere burb By Cleveland); (216) 464-2565; www.corporate-collections.com {BTW which  is  always  down. I wonder Y}

Other Known Previous Address:
1801 E 9th Suite 1700 Cleveland OH 44114-3188 (AMTrust Bank Ctr) Top floor

President/CEO: Jack J. Grdina U would never find him in his office but U R guarantee to run into him @ www.shakerheightscc.org , Country Club, frequent but an average Golfer though.


One Word ?Scammer? as far as FTC or FCC is concerns Good Luck. They have all in there hip pocket. This administration or the next one same s*** all over. Just simply different face

PS  CORRECT INFO IF DEMED WRONG

i keep getting calls multiple times a day,they never leave a message and when i called the number 3012230048 a woman answered and would not identify themselves or who the company was. she kept badgering me for my information, i told her she wasnt going to get it and i hung up.

is there somekind of federal number that can be called to stop these @#$%^&*@#!$%

Whoever these "people" are, they need to check out this site and see what they are doing to us. I get these calls at least five times a day if not more and when I did answer, it was some recording. SO, now I just push the off button on my phone.

I got the same call from this number, and it said that I should call back to 1866-247-4644 to get a help. I DON'T NEED HELP!!!!!STOP CALLING!!!!!

I too have been receiving calls from this number.  The message always say call 1-866-247-4644 and someone will help you. I don't answer the phone when I see an unrecognizable number on my caller ID.
Since phone numbers are recycled, we are getting calls from bill collectors due to OTHER people not paying their bills.  I am on the do not call list as well.  A do not call list should be created for bill collectors.

They call at 4 time a day.Please don't callme.

YOU NEED TO LEARN HOW TO SPELL, "MR OBVIOUS"..."BIL COLECTORS" IS SPELLED, "BILL COLLECTORS".....I HAVE AN IDEA, STOP CALLING AND I'LL PAY MY BILLS! I HAPPEN TO KNOW YOU'RE NOT ONE OF MY BILLS!!!!

AFTER READING YOUR COMMENT, "KEVIN", SEEMS LIKE YOUR THE IDIOT BILL COLLECTOR!!!!!!!!!!!  A LEGITAMATE BILL COLLECTOR DOESN'T CALL AT MIDNIGHT AND DOESN'T CONTINUE HARRASSING PEOPLE BY CALLING THEM 15-20 TIMES A DAY....SO MY GUESS, "KEVIN", IS YOU'RE THE IDIOT....KEEP CALLING THOUGH, THAT'S WHY I HAVE VOICEMAIL, IT'S SO EASY TO JUST CLEAR IT OUT WITHOUT EVEN LISTENING TO THE MULITPLE MESSAGES YOU AND YOUR SCAMMERS LEAVE....:-)

these are bil colectors,  pay your bills and they will stop calling

Called my cell phone using an auto dialer, when i answer i told the person i was not the one they are calling for and told her it was against the law to use a auto dialer to call cell phones, she got rude whne i would not give her information about my cell or myself,,, i hung up on them

I get calls atleast twice daily with exactly the same message. It is really annoying. Can something be done about it,like reporting some authority?

You are the idiot.  We have no bills past due and they call us too.  We get calls all day and it gets to voicemail then says "the voicemail box is full".  Filed a complaint with FCC.  They like to use wrong numbers and harass people.  Calling after 9pm in the local time zone is illegal.

THEY ARE BILL COLECTORS!!! YOU IDIOTS!!!!