I had never received a call from these guys until one day I received notice that someone had tried accessing my 401K with Vanguard.  Within a few hours Portfolio Recovery called the first time and I thought it had to do with my retirement account so I answered. When I realized what they were trying to do, I hung up. I don't know if it was just a huge coincidence or if this is another tactic they use to get people to answer their phones. But they call several times a day. It's harassment.

WAY WAY WAY TOO MANY CALLS - I DON'T HAVE ANY DEBTS. NO NEED FOR THEM TO KEEP CALLING. TOO STUPID TO REALIZE CALL IS BLOCKED. PORTFOLIORECOVERY please go away!! You are like a cancer.
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404-941-8908 called Apr 5, 2014 at 4:03 pm. Caller ID = "PORTFOLIORECOV". Call BLOCKED. I have filed a formal complaint with BBB against these harassers.
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215-268-6077 called Apr 2, 2014 at 4:15 pm. Caller ID = "PORTFOLIORECOV".  This is a new phone number, trying to trip me. Call BLOCKED.
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412-924-8177 called Mar 28, 2014 at 4:36 pm. Caller ID = "PORTFOLIORECOV".  This is a new phone number, trying to catch me. Call BLOCKED.
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03/16/14 at 2:11 pm, called from 215-268-7164 using caller ID "PORTFOLIORECOV". Call BLOCKED.
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03/10/14 at 3:07 pm, called from 215-268-7164 using caller ID "PORTFOLIORECOV". Call BLOCKED.
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03/08/14 at 2:53 pm, called from 404-941-8908 using caller ID "PORTFOLIORECOV". Call BLOCKED.
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02/26/14 at 6:31pm, called from 847-915-4056 using caller ID "PORTFOLIORECOV".  Call BLOCKED.
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02/25/14 at 8:43 am, called from 404-941-8908 using caller ID "PORTFOLIORECOV". Call BLOCKED.
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02/23/14 at 8:43 am, called from 215-268-7164 using caller ID "PORTFOLIORECOV". Call BLOCKED.
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04/10/13 Wednesday at 5:12pm, called from 412-235-6111 using caller ID "PORTFOLIORECOVE". Location: Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh). 800notes identified as Portfolio Recovery Associates. Call BLOCKED.
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04/04/13 Wednesday 3:43pm, called from 800-772-1413 using fake caller ID "TOLL FREE CALLE". 800notes identified as Portfolio Recovery. Call BLOCKED.
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03/27/13 Wednesday (2nd call) at 5:44pm, called from 412-235-6111 using caller ID "PORTFOLIORECOVE". Location: Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh). 800notes identified as Portfolio Recovery Associates. Call BLOCKED.
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03/27/13 Wednesday 1:27pm, called from 800-772-1413 using fake caller ID "TOLL FREE CALLE". 800notes identified as Portfolio Recovery Associates. Call BLOCKED.
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03/23/13 Saturday 5:11pm, called from 800-772-1413 using fake caller ID "TOLL FREE CALLE". 800notes identified as Portfolio Recovery. Call BLOCKED.
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Later again (3rd Call) 03/19/13 they called from phone number 800-772-1413, using fake Caller ID "TOLL FREE CALLE". 800notes identified as Portfolio Recovery

These are scammers.  First off when I got my phone through Time Warner, Time Warner misspelled my name so bad as to be unrecognizable and almost unpronounceable.  This misspelled name tis the person they say owes for a nonexistent online loan.  The only place this incorrect name exists is in Time Warner's records.  If I did have an online loan, my legal name would have been spelled Right.  These are criminal extortionists plain and simple trying to frighten people out of a few hundred dollars.

Really wish someone could help with unwanted calls!!!!
I just resigned with National DoNot Call again this year and I'm getting more odd calls than before!!!!
I just don't answer any number I don't know. But it sure is maddening.

I'd agree with you except that I believe real vultures perform a valuable service.  These Portfolio jokers are nothing but a boil on the backside of humanity.

VULTURES: 602-842-7202 belongs to the PORTFOLIO RECOVERY REPUGNANT VULTURES!

Angie Counce, Heather Peavey,  James Chidichimo and
the rest of PORTFOLIO RECOVERY are REPUGNANT VULTURES!

http://www.linkedin.com/in/hpeavey
http://www.linkedin.com/in/angiecounce
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/james-chidichimo/2/570/178

Vultures like these buy zombie debt or phantom debt for pennies
and then try collect it at all costs. Often harassment and fraud
are not excluded methods.

Check the case of George Lovelock, who missed a payment of only 11 cents,
and collectors aggressively tried to collect more than $4,000 from him.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=4358702

VULTURES is one of the fastest growing business in our country today!

TOO MANY CALLS - I DON'T HAVE ANY DEBTS. NO NEED FOR THEM TO KEEP CALLING
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03/08/14 at 2:53 pm, called from 404-941-8908 using caller ID "PORTFOLIORECOV".
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02/26/14 at 6:31pm, called from 847-915-4056 using caller ID "PORTFOLIORECOV".
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02/25/14 at 8:43 am, called from 404-941-8908 using caller ID "PORTFOLIORECOV".
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02/23/14 at 8:43 am, called from 215-268-7164 using caller ID "PORTFOLIORECOV".
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04/10/13 Wednesday at 5:12pm, called from 412-235-6111 using caller ID "PORTFOLIORECOVE". Location: Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh). 800notes identified as Portfolio Recovery Associates.
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04/04/13 Wednesday 3:43pm, called from 800-772-1413 using fake caller ID "TOLL FREE CALLE". 800notes identified as Portfolio Recovery.
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03/27/13 Wednesday (2nd call) at 5:44pm, called from 412-235-6111 using caller ID "PORTFOLIORECOVE". Location: Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh). 800notes identified as Portfolio Recovery Associates.
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03/27/13 Wednesday 1:27pm, called from 800-772-1413 using fake caller ID "TOLL FREE CALLE". 800notes identified as Portfolio Recovery Associates.
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03/23/13 Saturday 5:11pm, called from 800-772-1413 using fake caller ID "TOLL FREE CALLE". 800notes identified as Portfolio Recovery.
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Later again (3rd Call) 03/19/13 they called from phone number 800-772-1413, using fake Caller ID "TOLL FREE CALLE". 800notes identified as Portfolio Recovery

Portfolio Recovery Associates
OMG, the call everyday, all my numbers and this has all been taken care of a long time ago.
But they keep calling like I owe them money. Once they have your number they keep calling I think just to get a certain number of calls a day on their log.

PLEASE keep us posted on your battle-I started to write 'efforts' there, but decided against it. Because, the word effort sounds fruitless and I want you to slaughter them and put them in there place! These people have broken ALL of the fair practices of debt collecting! I've dealt with them for years. They are vile and disgusting people. I'd be curious as to what their hiring practice is and where they recruit their employees. BEST OF LUCK TO YOU!

TOO MANY CALLS - I DON'T HAVE ANY DEBTS. NO NEED FOR THEM TO KEEP CALLING
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02/26/13 at 6:31pm, called from 847-915-4056 using caller ID "PORTFOLIORECOV".
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02/25/13 at 8:43 am, called from 404-941-8908 using caller ID "PORTFOLIORECOV".
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02/23/13 at 8:43 am, called from 215-268-7164 using caller ID "PORTFOLIORECOV".
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04/10/13 Wednesday at 5:12pm, called from 412-235-6111 using caller ID "PORTFOLIORECOVE". Location: Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh). 800notes identified as Portfolio Recovery Associates.
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04/04/13 Wednesday 3:43pm, called from 800-772-1413 using fake caller ID "TOLL FREE CALLE". 800notes identified as Portfolio Recovery.
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03/27/13 Wednesday (2nd call) at 5:44pm, called from 412-235-6111 using caller ID "PORTFOLIORECOVE". Location: Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh). 800notes identified as Portfolio Recovery Associates.
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03/27/13 Wednesday 1:27pm, called from 800-772-1413 using fake caller ID "TOLL FREE CALLE". 800notes identified as Portfolio Recovery Associates.
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03/23/13 Saturday 5:11pm, called from 800-772-1413 using fake caller ID "TOLL FREE CALLE". 800notes identified as Portfolio Recovery.
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Later again (3rd Call) 03/19/13 they called from phone number 800-772-1413, using fake Caller ID "TOLL FREE CALLE". 800notes identified as Portfolio Recovery

All of your comments about these bottom feeders are true and ever so helpful, but beware!  As part of the "free credit monitoring" offered by Target, it turns out Portfolio Recovery placed an "Uncollected debt" onto my 835 FICO score, pulling it down to 684!  Worse, now I have to prove I was never the person who owed the debt in the first place!  They're calling me on behalf of U.S. Bank...never owed them OR had a credit card from them....what a huge hassle.  Right now, Experian is "reviewing their claim" against me!  Seems to me Experian should know better than to take them seriously enough to compromise someone's credit so badly.  No worries, though...here's what I'm doing:  Filing a complaint against them with the FTC, then having my attorney sue Experian, showing the loans/transactions/rate increases I've endured, stemming from their erroneous reporting.  I have the time, motive, money and opportunity to nail them all!  Keep on screwing with me Buttworms - in the end, it will cost you AND I'll get the retraction I deserve.  Portfolio...may killer bees wait at your door, follow you home, sting you into a coma and build a nest on your corpse(s)!  You're filthy lying Scumbags!

Ho-Hum. Another day, another Portfolio Recovery number blocked.

They call and call and call...then don't say anything...simple form of harrassment....

404-941-8908   PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ,YOU WILL PAY YOUR DEBT YOU OWE .......

Here's a partial list of Portfolio's numerous phone numbers




731 215 8010


620 662 8870


757 864 0020


800 772 1413


407 347 4014


205 423 4020


731 984 7690


404 592 5171


484 489 2840


440 580 0720


620 662 1492


205 588 8181


757 961 3544


800 860 0644


443 313 1381


954 622 9827


443 313 1382


407 347 4021


914 513 0163


404 921 2521


440 580 0721


847 994 2540


858 346 1184


626 209 2241


859 918 0780


702 410 7069


678 265 1568


412 282 1421


877 803 0008


571 261 0047


702 410 7076


518 207 3602


407 347 6414


404 921 2537


412 282 1422


702 410 7489


626 209 2244


678 265 1576


484 489 2841


702 410 7497


412 282 1423


678 275 8928


859 586 9557


412 235 6111


404 719 4368


410 575 1863


914 595 7031


404 865 3326

They keep calling and when I call back htey say they have the wrong number, but call back over and over.

A sports cheer for these people and the organization they work for:

Ric 'em Rac 'em
Ruc 'em Suc 'em
Get that ball
And really F$% 'em

P. S. I hope all of you have non essential federal government jobs :)

They have been calling for years. Never have answered the phone, the calls just go on a list with date,time and caller ID.PRA or Portfolio recovery Assos. have a lot of different numbers they use. Pathetic, trying to profit from other people's misfortune.

Someone from this numbers calls and won't say anything when I answer. They have also called from 847-915-4056 with the same name.

scammers trying to collect fake debts

They are scammers.  They buy old debts then start everyone who has that name to get someone to admit to it.  The debts they get are past the stautue of limitations.  Ignore them and don't admit to anything, because they buy old debts that are past the stautue if limitations ad there's nithing they can do to you

Ask them for written proof of the debt they're calling you about (and do not offer your address; they -should- have it if it's a legit claim).  If they do, you'll have a starting point. If they don't, odds are pretty good they're a scammer.


I know that I had a Portfolio Recovery Service calling me a few years ago about a debt that wasn't mine and it took some doing to get them to back off, but whether this is the same "company," I couldn't tell you.

There's a lot of scam & extortion going on lately! Many threads here with lots of info on this!

Section 809 of the FDCPA http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre27.pdf requires 3rd-party debt collectors to give debtors written notice of debt (the key word is *shall*) :
"§ 809. Validation of debts
(a) Within five days after the initial communication with a consumer in connection with the collection of any debt, a debt collector shall, unless the following information is contained in the initial communication or the consumer has paid the debt, send the consumer a written notice containing?
(1) the amount of the debt;
(2) the name of the creditor to whom the debt is owed;
(3) a statement that unless the consumer, within thirty days after receipt of the notice, disputes the validity of the debt, or any portion thereof, the debt will be assumed to be valid by the debt collector;
(4) a statement that if the consumer notifies the debt collector in writing within the thirty-day period that the debt, or any portion thereof, is disputed, the debt collector will obtain verification of the debt or a copy of a judgment against the consumer and a copy of such verification or judgment will be mailed to the consumer by the debt collector; and
(5) a statement that, upon the consumer?s written request within the thirty-day period, the debt collector will provide the consumer with the name and address of the original creditor, if different from the current creditor."
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Please do file reports with the FBI, your state attorney general,FTC & FCC..

http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx
http://www.fbi.gov/
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/
https://esupport.fcc.gov/ccmsforms/form1088.action
https://complaints.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx?panel=2

Also read up on the laws and your rights:

http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpajump.shtm
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/askcfpb/search ...
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/pdf-0096-fair-credit-reporting-act.pdf

I receive calls from them daily. I don't know who they are. Yes, a debt collector agency. But are they legit or scammers? Have checked and double checked the companies I have accounts with to make sure they are all being paid.on time. So I don't get why they're calling.

Portfolio Recovery.  Eventually, I'll probably just file an FDCPA complaint against them for falsely threatening to sue.

sorry for the typo's.

Their calls are on debt that they bought for pennies on a dollar from credit card companies and some are legitimate calls--BUT -- after some time of  unsuccessfully collecting on the debt, they resell the debts they purchased it to another debt collection company but WILL still make calls in hopes of making some money.  Having been in sales...a lead is a lead forever.  Unfortunately, some people never 'trace' what happens to their debt.  Some may be gullible enough to send these losers a few dollars while they may have in fact already settled the actual debt with the legimate owner of the debt 'note'.   The people making these calls are pathetic in their own right.  They are lied to and recruited by these collection agencies. with pie in the sky commission numbers that they will never achieve.
In actuality, many people have solid good reasons for being in debt, such as illness, death of a family breadwinner, unemployment etc.  But places like Portfolio Recovery and others that practice on collecting debt they no longer own is downright criminal.  The system can't handle it and they now it.

This number calls me everyday, even on Sundays. Have no idea who they are or what they want but the number is now blocked!!

Portfolio Recovery Associates.  Bottom-feeder debt buyers.  Complete dirtbags that prove every negative stereotype about collection agencies.

this number keep calling my phone threating me I am only 14 years old and I try and tell them they have the wrong number but they keep calling and threatening me with jail.