THEIR STOCK IS WAY DOWN SINCE THIS CAMPAIGN STARTED. FAR WORSE THAN THE DROPS ON WALL STREET. EVERYONE 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.

even debt collectors cannot call, complain to the ftc, or send letter asking for all paperwork on the ALLEDGED debt. never admit anything to them and NEVER give our info, just keep asking them to adbide by the collections laws by sending you all documents regarding debt, but DO NOT ADMIT TO OWNING THE DEBT, DONT' TEL THEM ANYTHING JUST KEEP ASKING THEM FOR THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT, MOST OF THEM CAN'T PONY UP, CAUSE DEBTS GET SOLE TO OTHER IDIOTS PROTECT YOURSELF, RESEARCH WITH RIGHTS USE LOCAL COURTS IF NEED BE.

Have called twice today. If I don't recognize the number, I do not answer. They do not leave a message.

That sound too good to be true and it probably is.  These people are not nice they will try to get money out of you whativer they can.  If you think they will remove something from you credit report, or stat calling you again, when another company purchases the debt for pennies on the dollar, you will just begin the phone process all over again. Dont' believe them, if you do I have a bridge I can sell you. Smarten up and do your research

1st of al lthey don't know your mother has alzheimers, and they don't care, they can harass family member or employer once, until you put a stop to it.  Educate yourself there is alot of this stuff on line.. go to budd hibbs

its the ftc, also file with your attorney general  I'm reading these posts and just want to tell everyone research, reasearch,  go to budd hibbs

never OFFER PAYMENT, THATS WHAT THEY WANT TO RE-AGE THE DEBT SO THE ENTIRE THING STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN GET ON LINE, THAT ARE SO MANY PROECTIONS FOR CONSUMERS

what debt collectors do is look for any old debt you may have so they can collect on it, go to budd hibbs. he has fantastic steps you can take.  Knowledge is key

I would DEFINITELY report these ppl to the FCC for harassment.  They have NO business calling you for a debt that is not yours.

I had a magicjack phone number but the unit broke and never used it since. However, MagicJack just notified me that I had a 29 minute voice mail message from 7312158010,  Amazing that their connection would stay on the line for 29 minutes.

get calls daily, multiple times a day.....talked to someone once! After they called my fiance's cell phone looking for me. Trying to collect on a so called debt from 10 years ago! Checked statue of limitations for the state that I haven't lived in in 8 years, and it is way past! Very frustrating, but PORTFOLIO RECOVERY just tries to scam u into paying something that either isn't even yours or doesn't even exist on your credit report. Ignore them! Here are all the numbers I have that they have called from: 757-864-0020    620-662-1492    731-984-7690     731-215-8010  unfortunately there are more, but my cell phone only keeps most 10 recent calls...

I got a call from this number on 10/19/10 at 7:30 pm. left no message....this is my cell phone they are calling. Also found out there is another number they use also 205-423-4020...got a call today from them...again no message....again on my cell phone.

harassment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Send Portfolio Recovery a letter of Cease Communication. They HAVE to stop calling after 30 days, but you must give them another way to contact you. Like a free email account you do not use for anything else.

Keep getting calls from 7312158010 and they never leave a message.

This is Portfolio Recovery, a debt collector. of old debts, real old, most are out of the date they can collect. If they call you ask them for a state License in the state you live. If they can't produce one, tell them you can't deal with them  because they aren't licensed in your state. They can't take you to court if its that old, if they aren't licensed, well they just can't collect from you, file a complaint with the state,
there are real problems for them trying to collect from you without a license. Just hang up on them.
I do want every one to understand this is not legal advise in any way.I'm not an attorney.
Talk to your attorney, you can sue them for many things if they violate the collection laws..

I've been getting calls from Portfolio for a year.Now up to 6 times a day.Knowing they aren't looking for me, I called.
They we're very nice and will be taking my name off their call list.
Some who know they have no issues might just want to make a simple phone call back to them and see how it works out for you.
I called the 866 number listed in "Friends" post back on page 1

Good luck,
Sp0iler

I've been getting calls from Portfolio for a year.Now up to 6 times a day.Knowing they aren't looking for me, I called.
They we're very nice and will be taking my name off their call list.
Some who know they have no issues might just want to make a simple phone call back to them and see how it works out for you.
I called the 866 number listed in "Friends" post down below.

Good luck,
Sp0iler

They call my phone several times, asking for some one other then me, they won't stop calling even if I tell them I have never heard of the person they are calling for 714-717-6668

These guys even call on Sunday ! Tenacious little buggers. I should just tell them that I died or I should call them and tell them that I want to collect money from them. Ha Ha !

They called me , asking if I knew a name. I told the guy no. He got  pissed cause I did not know the person he was looing for.I told him to go pound sand.

Yes its Portfolio.. I Have assigned all their numbers with the acronym: DNA (Do Not Answer). And thanks everyone for advising of their tactics...

Please discontinue calling the numbr 504.835.5829 looking for a Barbara Maud.  No one by that name resides here.  I am reporting you to the the Federal Trade Commissions regarding harassment and also contacting the Fair Debt Collection Practions Act.

Probably Portfolio Recovery--Zombie debt collectors, go after charged off/settled debts or anything they can get. Use a ton of differnent numbers from different area codes, F-ing relentless. Scum.

Good information.  Thank you for sharing.  I will check with my State to see what the laws are here.  Again, thank you for taking the time to put up this information.  You really helped me know what to do. I will be sending a letter....

These people "Portfolio Recovery" call me several times a day and for several YEARS now.  I have explained that I am NOT who they want, I am NOT the person they are asking for, I do NOT owe any bills to anybody.  They don't believe me.  I quit answering, they still call.
I have actually called the number and you get a recording with no information other than "please stay on the line, your call is important to us"..... LOL

PORTFOLIO RECOVERY CALLS FROM  ALL OVER THE US. HERE ARE SOME MORE NUMBERS THAT ARE THEM.307-462-2583 WYOMING--731-984-7690 TENNESSEE, 404 418-4510 GA. 620-662-8870 KANSAS. THEY CONTINUE TO CALL AFTER THE DEBT HAS BEEN FORGIVEN. CHECK WITH YOUR STATE LAWS, AFTER SO MANY YEARS GO BY AND YOU HAVE  NOT MADE A PAYMENT( LIKE CALIF IS 4 YRS AND FL IS 5 YEARS) YOU NO LONGER OWE AND ITS PASSED THE TIME PERIOD WHEN A DEBT COLLECTOR COULD LEGALLY SUE TO COLLECT  CHECK OUT YOUR STATES STATUE OF LIMITATIONS ON DEBT COLLECTION IN EVERY STATE THE STATUE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CREDIT CARD DEBT BEGINS TO TICK FROM THE DATE YOU FAILED TO MAKE A PAYMENT THAT WAS DUEAS LONG AS YOU NEVER MADE ANOTHER PAYMENT ON THAT CREDIT CARD ACCOUNT. AFTER THAT DATE IF YOU ARE CONTACTED BY A COLLECTION AGENCY ANDYOU MAKE A PROMISE TO SEND IN A CHECK OR ACTUALLY DO SEND IN A SMALL AMT OF MONEY, IT ISPOSSIBLE  THAT THE STATUE OF LIMITATIONS STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN.SO BE AWARE. WITHIN 30 DAYS OF BEING CONTACTED SEND THE COLLECTOR A LETTER (BE SURE TO SEND IT CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED) STATING YOU DIDNT OWE THE MONEY, AND REQUESTING PROOF THE DEBT IS VALID (SUCH AS A COPY OF THE BILL YOU SUPPOSEDLY OWE). IF THE COLLECTION AGENCY DOSNT VERIFY THE DEBT WITHIN 30 DAYS, IT CAN NO LONGER KEEP CONTACTING YOU AND CANNOT LIST THE DEBT ON YOUR CREDIT REPORT.

Very obnoxious young man - would not identify himself

Someone called my house minutes ago, asking for me with my maiden name. I've been married for 10 years! I didn't know who it was so I hung up and googled the number and the name "Portfolio Recovery" which was on my caller ID. I have no idea why a debt collector is trying to get me with my maiden name - even if I owed someone money from that time period (which I don't) the statute of limitations is long over. Extremely strange. I hope my ID's not getting stolen.