They harass me too. Here is a tip to help out if they call you on your cell phone:
Add their number to you contacts with the name something like "zFU1", "zFU2", etc. (begin with a "z" so it shows up at the very end/bottom of your contacts and you won't have to always scroll past them)
Be sure to assign a ring tone of "silent" also. When they call, your cell will not ring and that takes away a lot of the bother. This method also works on some cordless home phones.

THEIR STOCK IS WAY DOWN SINCE THIS CAMPAIGN STARTED. FAR WORSE THAN THE DROPS ON WALL STREET. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

Reverse boycott. Together we are destroying their cost/benefit ratio by consuming their service. Their legal model is less vulnerable than their business model. Individual efforts against their legal model have failed for years. This united effort against their business model is succeeding.

When a company can repeatedly call with the intent of getting money their customers can repeatedly answer or call back with the intent of not giving them any. They need people to pay with as little talk as possible. They don't want to talk with people who know they are never going to pay. Be all talk and no pay. Answer when convenient. Call back. Give no information. Verify nothing. Ask as many questions as you can. Answer none.

Don't ignore/block/report them. It doesn't work. These folks want you to ignore them for as long as you can stand to or until you give them something valuable like money or information. Ignoring them is being their good customer. Sending a cease and desist is giving information. It lets them know you are still alive and remain their good customer. Preparing to initiate unlikely individual legal battles is being their good customer.

Be their bad customer. Make them talk to you fruitlessly for as long as they can stand to or until they stop selecting you as their customer. These companies cannot spend seconds much less minutes on the phone with every person who will never send them a dime. But they don't know who that is. You do. That knowledge is power. Every second you can keep their staff on the phone will render their business less profitable giving them a reason to never call you again.

Calling will not reset your SOL. Making a partial payment will.

I like to ask general questions they should but usually won't answer, "May I have the name and address of your agent for service of process?" Calmly and slowly ask them to spell every word in the address. Read it back for verification. Control the pace. If they are rushing then politely ask them to slowly repeat. "Are you a corporation and if so in which state are you incorporated?" Repeat your questions when you don't get direct answers. When they won't answer a question ask, "Would you like to comply with the business and professions codes of your state?" That is usually the point when they hang up on me but if they say they want to comply then begin your questions again.

Repeat while you have the spare time. These folks have many victims and few operators. If everyone calls back but pays nothing the mass auto-dialer business model becomes unprofitable. Don't aide and comfort the enemy by ignoring them. Call! Have a nice long slow friendly chat! Make them hang up first.

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For any business, customers who consume the most resources but don't pay (or otherwise add value) become the least desirable. Most businesses will stop (cease and desist) soliciting an undesirable customer. Those that don't stop remain knowingly vulnerable to the actions of their undesirable customers. Few companies can afford to let everyone take a piece of them whenever they want endlessly. For instance they must pay staff to answer everyone's telephone calls which can be placed at your convenience for the joy of it. Call and consume their operator time without paying or giving information. Be a bad customer. The worst customer. Inspire them to invoke their right to refuse you service by not soliciting you.

There are certainly enough victims to take down this company so ignoring/blocking seems downright Orwellian to me. Really? We're just going to passively submit and go with a block list or however we manage ignoring an endless stream of unwanted phone calls day after day? Hell no! Unite or remain conquered. Answer/return every call - become well practiced at keeping these folks on the phone - or count yourself not amongst the free.

I paid $299 and never heard from them again, mail, phone or otherwise. Certified letter has stopped thousands of CC colleciton agencies over the past 5 years. email mtsbiz2@gmail.

i'm sick of portfolio breaking the law with these nuisance calls. however the FBI or the POLICE  doesn't anything about them..i know it is a big SCAM. but nothnig happen..what's going on FBI?..please put them behind the jail as soon as possible pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee....

Can't the State or someone stop these calls, I don't have any bad debts and get lots of these calls.

Rec'd call from 620-662-8870. Didn't recognize the number, let it go to voice mail. No message left.
Google search shows it's probably Porfolio Recovery, a debt firm.
I don't owe any money and my credit is perfect.

No message --- of course, i've turned off my answering machine, and if I see any number I dont like, i just jiggle the handset to hang up  :)

If you would like to make a complaint of Harassment, then go to your local police department and file a ;complaint. Typically I contact the number and tell them that if they call the complainant again I will get a warrant on the subject I am speaking with.  They stop calling magically...

These people are real jerks.  Liars.

no message

This number shows up on my caller ID at work as Portfolio Recovery.

don't call, send letter

Hey its not a matter of paying bills i  have none and these f***s keep calling me asking for someone else even if u tell them they have the wrong number take me off your list they still keep calling and hang up if you ask for manager.

lmao!! what a good one

you can't do that legally. You're solliciting spam to a number to harrass a legal company. Just pay your dang debt or tell them you are fully aware of your rights and to stop calling about it. They must then stop and take what actions they can. In most cases they will simply sell to another collector. Its a never ending cycle until dead beats actualy pay their bills.

Called mobile, no message

They also use the number 731-215-8010. I got a call from that # today but I have the entire 731 area code blocked so they called moments ago from the 620 area code (which is now blocked) I wonder how many area codes they have access to?

Funny thing is when I picked up the phone when they first started calling they said they were looking for someone I have never heard of, I told them but I guess they thought I was lying...


Oh well, I'll just continue to block any area codes they call from until they run out.

fraudulent collection agency

pay your f***ing bills, you f***s.

Portfolio Recovery Associates is a junk debt buyer that tries to collect on ancient, invalid, uncollectible debts. They've also called me from:

620-662-1492
205-423-4020
731-984-7690
620-662-8870
757-961-3547
757-864-0020

Sometime the caller ID lists their company name but not always.

Portfolio Recovery has a new number

They called twice so I got mad and answered and a man told me that someone with the same last name as me gave them this contact number and were looking for them and asked if I knew them.  I told them that no one lived here by that name and that it is a big family and that I don't know who it was.  The guy was polite and hopefully they stop calling.

Bill collector

I have got calls from these guyson any day of the week even Sundays. They are rude.

About 2 months ago I was receiving phone calls twice a day, EVERYDAY 7 days a week. Talk about getting tired of it. So I thought and came up with an IDEA. Sure enough, 2 hrs later my cell phone rang and it was Portfolio Company's number. So, When I answered the phone this is what I said...

"Good afternoon, Thank you for contacting Portfolio Recovery Service. How may I direct your call."      The lady was dead silent for about 45 seconds. So I said, "Hello, anybody there, this is Portfolio Recovery Service. How may I direct your call."  She slowly replied,  "ummmmmm, have I got the wrong number."  I replied,, " Who were you trying to contact MAM."   SHE WAS TOTALLY DUMB FOUNDED.  She replied,, "Not the company I work for" and with that SHE HUNG UP instead of me having to.

I have not received another call from them since then.   It is worth a try. It worked for me. Also It is a Great Laugh listening to them totally DUMB FOUNDED not understanding WHAT THE HECK just HAPPENED.....

these people call me up to 5 times a day 7 days a week. i am filing bankruptcy and already gave them the information... so i thought that is illegal that they still bother me? i pick up a few times to give them the info again but it's dead air. apparently that is how they figure out the best time to call you. it's gotten ridiculous!

I just forward unanswered calls to the Federal Trade Commission's Customer Service number... so these scumbags are bothering the correct people, not me.

Please be aware that by law a debt collector can only contact you 3 times in a 7 days period. (Fair Debt Collection Act) Even if they do not leave a message just dialing your number and having it ring is an attempt. I have my cell phone auto record their numbers on my bill. I have filed numerous complaints against companies like this and they have stopped calling me. But you need to make sure that you have a record that shows dates and times with the number calling as well as what company the number belongs to. Its taken my time, but it worth it to be able to answer my phone again.

You can all stop these calls for less than $5.  Under the Fair Credit Collection Act you send a certified letter to the companies main office.  In this letter you must be very specific and tell them any and all further contact with you regarding your account must be in writing to the address they have on file ONLY.   Explain to them that any other attempt to contact you other than by U.S. mail is to stop.  That any other attempts to contact outside of the mail will result in a violation of the Federal Fair Credit Collection Act and you will report it promptly.

Be aware that these companies swap debts on their books to other companies all the time so once they get this letter from you they will sell off your debt to someone else.  Remember too that these companies bought the debt from the original card or creditor for pennies on the dollar.  They will at times make a deal with you to wipe out the debt ofr much less.  Good Luck

When my  mommy paid my bills, I could talk crap too..........