do not call this number again

Never pay a caller any money unless they MAIL you proof that (a) the debt is your husbands and (b) they are legally able to collect said debt in your state.  If they refuse to mail proof of debt, then you can tell them that per the FDCPA, they are owed NOTHING.

I received a call from these people for a debt from 2007 that I never knew about until recently (from portfolio recovery) for $117 . (404) 719-4368. Atlanta area code.  It was a debt for my husband and I told the woman I would need to talk to him about it and she asked for his number so she could talk to him. I told her no. Then she asked where he was working. I told her that he wasn't, so then she asked me where I was working. I told her I wasn't working. Then she says well what income do you have? I told her that was none of her business. Then she asks me if we could pay a one time payment of  $87.00. Jeez!

they are calling everyday and would not send me any kind of info on my account in the mail help

It is not legal for them to be calling you at work.  But they will stop at nothing.  There are statutes of limitations on certain types of debt.  Check those out you can go online I believe it is the Fair Credit reporting aCT. .... there ARE CERTAIN PLACES THEY CANNOT CALL YOU AND WORK IS ONE.
They also have been known to call friends and relatives which is also not legal.

Another scam from Portfolio Recovery Associates, even if I had debts - which I do not - why are they calling on a Sunday one call at 9:35am and another at 5:23pm.
Get a caller id block app and a Google voice # so you can have peace and quiet from these scammers.

I'm now up  to 20 different Portfolio Recovery numbers that have called since my daughter racked up a whopping $500 on a Wal-Mart card that she never paid.  Yes, that makes it her fault, but you gotta love their persistence!


404-921-2521
404-935-6551
404-909-8732
404-941-8908
407-347-4021
412-282-1421
412-282-1423
443-313-1382
484-489-2841
602-842-7194
626-209-2244
678-265-1576
702-410-7497
757-864-0020
847-915-4056
847-994-2545
847-994-2550
847-994-2553
847-994-2555
866-428-8102

Left No msg, New Portfolio collection agency number.

I feel bad for those guys having to work on Sunday mornings. Thank God for Google Voice's spam feature!

this number keeps calling me - I am on the DO NOT CALL LIST ALSO

Portfolio Recovery - they've been calling using different numbers. I don't have any debt and this is a new number for me so I don't even know if it's actually for me since I never, ever answer if I don't recognize a number.
This company is total scum. They purchase 20 year old credit card debt for pennies and try to harass people into paying up. DO NOT talk to them or for Pete's sake don't enter into any kind of agreement with them. If you want to settle a debt go back to the original debtor. If you agree to pay Protfolio it re-validates the debt since you now have a contract with them - and they will screw you with penalties and interest on a debt you don't legally owe anymore or may have paid off years ago. They LIE.   I handle wage garnishments at work so know how these places operate. As an attorney once advised me "tell them to go pound sand".

Have not heard from these pathetic bottom-feeding pond scum for more than a week! And now, here they come, UNKNOWN in the caller ID, after the Attorney general's office told them to identify themselves when they call!  MY, my, my...surely Portfoolio would not ignore such good legal advice? This was call # 359 since their lawyer Pearson wrote to me that they had "decided to cease collection efforts" on some unverified debt for a credit card from a bank that does not exist. Extortion scam, people, do not engage these vermin, ignore, do not pick up.

A bottom feeder Port O A(holes)

Well... they wanted to come take the motorcycles we purchased 10 years ago at our Beaverton address and will be here tomorrow.  Fine with me since we never bought motorcycles and do not live in Beaverton. They rattled off some address and all I said was :the loan is the same address it was taken out in" so I feel for the home owner when they show up for motorcycles they most likely never purchased either

Someone from this number keeps call me and I do not want them to continue.

Complete F****ng morons

I have been receiving calls from this number as well. I was recently sued by a law firm in New York who claimed they were representing Citibank but I have every reason to believe this law firm bought a written-off debt because IRS policy forbids anyone from collecting debts that are written off because a "bad debt expense" can be deducted from income tax. I would love love to know the name of the law office you dealt with, it may be the same one I dealt with. Someone once told me that FTC stands for Federal Trade Commission AND F#$% The Consumer/citizen. I believe they are right.

Another  #  from  the  EXTORTIONIST (PRA)! ...Shows  up  on  my  caller  ID  as  "UNAVAILABLE" ....I  Do  Not  answer  phone  numbers  that  I  don't  Recognize ...AND ....There  Is  No  Law  That  Says ....I  HAVE  TO!

PRA!  Who  are  U  trying  to  Fool?!?!?! ....Everybody  knows  about  U  &  Ur  "TRICKS"! ....Keep  Running  Ur  Scam,  Ur  Days  are  Numbered  &  U  will  be  PUT  TO  SHAME!!!!!!!

They are not only using this number and the other numbers listed, but also they are also calling using State Names on Caller ID with no area code just a 3x4 digit number so you can't trace the number.

the call looks like this:  KENTUCKY    333-6666

Refused to agree not to call back when told that the person didn't live here. She said "I don't have a list. We just talked to him last week at this number." Total lie. She was a rude jerk.

I have tried over and over and over to deal with the DO NOT CALL/FTC and they absolutely DO NOTHING TO STOP THESE CROOKS

CALL THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION AT 1-202-326-2222 OR ON THE WEB GO TO www.ftc.gov  THEN THEY WILL STOP. BE SURE TO HAVE THE TEL # THEY CALLED YOU FROM AND THE NAME OF THE PERSON THAT CALLED YOU, DOCUMENT EVERY WORD THEY SAID TO YOU. THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION DOES NOT TOLERATE THIS ABUSE, EVEN IF YOU OWE PORTFOLIO MONEY.

Here is a list of the numbers that called my home in one day.  I haven't kept any of the others, but Portfolio Recovery the name on one.  No, I do not answer as I don't recognize the numbers.

404-921-2537
609-318-3363
800-860-0644
412-282-1421

Portfolio recovery I have not answered the phone when they call because I have no bad debt filed chapter 13 over 9 years ago and paid off all bad debt thats what chapter 13 is dip s**** and if your calling for the people who use to live here like the other creditors you can stop not sure how the heck you get my number since I have had it for years but the BROWNS don't live here. I moved into my house 3 years ago and all of a sudden credotirs have been calling one actually tried to tell me whoever had the debt gave them this number I said REALLY I don't think so nice try they never called back. Next time recovery calls gonna answer and see who they are looking for.

Portfolio Recovery keeps calling my Mother on a weekly basis. They claim that she owes over $1000 through a power company that she NEVER received service from. They said they knew her social security number and rattled off some numbers which weren't even close to being correct.  She informed them of this and didn't disclose any of her personal information to them but did hang up after telling them not to call back. They used the number 412-282-1421.

Portfolio Strategies, calling about debt that belongs to a guy named Mike. Wrong number, so leave me alone.

this is really dumb. I got a new number to avoid people i didnt want to talk to, not to have misc. people call me up and bug the crap out of me

sounded rude, not sure who they are

get them to stop calling

This is the most annoying debt collector ever.They are trying to say I owe money from over 20 years ago.I am contacting an attorney.