received a call and voice mail on my cell stating to call tracy but gave a 877 number but the number showed up a 757-716-7196.....strange.
she the called me at work turned me over to her supervisor sara kitchen, rude lady told her i was at work, to please get to the point about the matter, she advised i call her later, i said no briefly tell me what this is about and i will investigate it. she said a bounced check, but every time i asked for information she tried to answer with something different or avoid the question. She got rude and said "good luck"       really sara you must have low self esteem to work for people like this, as you cannot find anything better to do with your life or you cannot get a better job...i feel sorry for you.
SCAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
PEOPLE GET A LIFE AND DO SOMETHING BESIDES TRYNG TO SCAM PEOPLE

I got a phone call from a girl just after 8am, saying she has paperwork and asking if I am ___  ___ with the last four of my social being XXXX.  My response was "Uh, ok...." like confused.  She put me on hold and came back on with her boss,  Mr. Shapiro claiming he is "attempting to collect a debt" from 2004.  He restated my social security number, asked me about all of my previous addresses, which he already had, and told me that he can give me any information about the place that I supposedly owed including my old bank account information, address of the store, and listed off the place where the debt supposedly came from....First of all, how does he have ALL of my previous addresses?  He shouldn't be looking at my credit information even if they are debt collectors, they do not need to look at my credit file, just the file they have bought.  Next flag would be that when I asked to mail a money order they said they do not do that, that it must be an ACH transaction.  Next big flag was that, they are calling my cell phone number...how did they even get that?  And to top it off, a week or two ago my husband got a similar phone call from a different number, saying they were a different company trying to collect on an old payday loan from the exact same company that this place claimed to be trying to collect for.  I called the FTC and filed a claim after seeing many of these posts.  The post included below is one that I found particularly helpful and I am going to add the information I have to this list below.


TheLibrarian
24 Jan 2012


This is from a bottom feeding Debt Collector - Consumer Recovery Associates. All you have to do to stop the harrassing calls is tell them: "Don't ever call me again, or I will report you to the FDCPA".

If they call you, they have illegally tapped into your credit file in hopes of collecting debt that is beyond the SOL (statute of limitations) for collecting. DO NOT OFFER ANY PERSONAL INFO like your social security # or banking info.

If you want to take positive action:

* Report them to the Virginia Attorney General:

http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/forms-pdf/cp/oca/complaint/oca1complaint.pdf

* Call the Federal Trade Commission at +1.877.382.4357 and file a complaint


If you receive a call from this number, you may have been called by junk debt / collection agency that buys debt from original creditors that has been written off or settled and is beyond the statute of limitations in most states. They may be trying get the money for themselves, not the original creditor.

They are reportedly a serial violator of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). They may be illegally using credit information obtained from Experian or other credit reporting agencies.

This company has been known to contact and harass people they believe may know the person they are trying to reach including distant relatives, ex-spouses and possible former co-workers.

NEVER answer these calls if you see this as a caller ID. NEVER return these calls. NEVER give them ANY information about the person they are seeking or refer them to others.

Any ?positive? comments you read in these notes about the company may have been written by employees of the company.

The company is:

Consumer Recovery Associates
2697 International Parkway #4
Suite 270
PO Box 2916
Virginia Beach, VA 23450-2916

The following is the most comprehensive information gathered about this company from various sources on the Internet.

***If you?ve been called by a number not on this list or by someone using a different name, please copy this list, add the number/name in the correct order and repost it in its entirety.

Company Names that CRA reportedly uses:

Consumer Recovery Associates
CIA and Associates
CC Associates
Consumer Credit Association
Consumer Recovery Associates
Court Company
CR Associates
C&R Associates
C & R Associates
Farm CIA & Associates
J Lamb and Associates
and possibly GC Services

Phone numbers that CRA reportedly uses:
215-325-1354
234-542-2874
310-601-7244
310-734-6338
310-855-3688
310-860-6293
317-536-5458
319-892-0349
323-319-5178
404-474-4884
404-963-8760
430-200-0007
505-349-0354
505-718-4945
517-879-4821
615-469-5268
617-674-2967
619-564-4447
619-564-4473
620-273-4256
702-946-0389
703-280-1121
706-417-9193
713-518-1966
757-271-6637
757-271-8786
757-271-8787
757-271-8788
757-271-8789
757-271-8888
757-271-8889
757-368-3622
757-368-3623
757-368-3627
757-368-8004
757-368-8331
757-368-8337
757-368-8537
757-468-0169
757-716-7190
757-716-7193
757-716-7196
775-293-4583
800-762-9864
800-913-4915
801-241-2616
801-349-2616
801-386-7803
805-284-9506
816-332-6242
859-514-0968
864-335-7028
866-272-3041
866-367-0328
866-374-6604
866-418-3360
866-442-2693
866-499-6608
866-563-9556
866-645-6269
866-645-8525
866-645-8654
866-655-0659
866-656-5380
866-657-1658
866-657-6525
866-673-1748
866-857-3916
866-861-9257
866-946-1358
877-213-3830
877-217-7084
877-240-5390
877-240-9350
877-241-4559
877-284-6622
877-289-4690
877-298-7036
877-298-7306
877-298-7806
877-320-5615
877-326-5615
877-334-2942
877-360-1616
877-394-0392
877-394-0396
877-407-9274
877-507-3402
877-738-4814
888-253-9713
888-310-5679
888-413-8823
888-706-4381
949-873-2855

Individual names that CRA reportedly uses:

Donald Adair
Mark Adair
Chris Adams / Christopher Adams
Allie
Amy
Laura Angelini
Charles Bambino
Ms. Beagles
Ms. Blaine
Sarah Brevard / Sara Brevard
Peter Bronson
Tracy Burman
Mr. Cagle
Mrs. Campbell
Ms. Catasin
Kirby Chapman
Vincent Cignerale
Ms. Claine
Sarah Danvers / Sara Danvers
Raymond Davis
Marion Dunham
Ms. Elder
Ellie Faircloth
Jennifer Feagles
Denise Flynn
James Fox
Gail
John Gibson
Mr. Gilam / Gillum
Bert Glenn
Laura Glenn
Sidney Albert Glenn
Conrad Gray / Conrad Grey
Paul Gowl
Miss Harris
Christy Hartman
Mr. Hartman
Miss Howard
Jane
Mrs. Jenkins
Ms. Jewel
James Johnson
Mrs. Johnson
Perry Johnson
Mrs. Jones
Jay Lamb / J Lamb
Mr. Lane
Tyler Lang
Mr. Ludwig
Kelly
Ms. Kitchens
Ms. Kitchum
Kristen / Kristin
Lindsay / Lindsey
Lisa
Marisa / Marisha
Stephanie Martin
Melissa
Monica
Chad Miller / Chat Miller
Gary Miller
Sherri Morse / Sherry Morse
Mr. Parker
Rebecca
Gary Reison / Gary Reasons
George Reasons
Jennifer Segal
Liz Segal
Tonya Sells
Scott
Eric Scott
K C Scott
Randall Scott
Richard Scott
John Sheldon / John Shelton
Ms. Silva / Silvia / Sylvia
Mr. Shapiro (extension 2013)
Michelle Silver
Mr. Sitton
Liz Spiegel / Spiegle
Christine Spruill
Stacy / Stacey
Jim Stewart
Curtis Taylor / Curtis R. Taylor
Mrs. Thompson
Tony
Vivian
Mr. Wang
Mr. Weippert
Ms. Wells
Maranda Whiten / Miranda Whitten
Gina Williams
Mrs. Yelder

If you want to take positive action:

* Report them to the Virginia Attorney General:
http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/forms-pdf/cp/oca/complaint/oca1complaint.pdf
* Call the Federal Trade Commission at +1.877.382.4357 and file a complaint

I got a call from (757) 716-7190 at about 10:56 on my cell, don't know how they got it.  Called back their (877) 394-0396 number they left on the vm.

A guy calling himself Mr. Gridlock took my call and began talking about a card that I may or may not have had from a decade ago.  I asked him to send me a letter at my home address, as I needed to research their claim and whether a statue of limitations had run, if indeed the account had been mine.  He then got rude and started raising his voice claiming it wasn't a statute of limitations issue and that they were going to 1099 for the amount.  I then told him to mail me a letter stating that if indeed it was his company's intention to do so.  He then said he might or might not, that they didn't have to.  I then asked for his company's mailing address and he got even more rude and obnoxious telling me to look it up.  At least I got in a "do***ebag" in there before hanging up on him.

Definite bottom feeders.  By the way, these people can choose not to use their real names, so you never know who you're actually talking to.

They called my cell but hung up after two rings. I tried to call back but a prerecorded message said the number was no longer in service. How is that even possible?

This caller was collecting money from me. saying it was debt i owe from premier card. Dont even have it and they know my name

received a call on my cell from 757-716-7190 saying he was with CRA.  I just hung up. I don't know any CRA.

Got a call today from 757-716-7190 said I had an old debt from Dec. 2000 . I told them I had lost some of my memory last year which I did so they had me upset rude a** people . Gave me a number to call back it was 877-394-0396 when I called it back the man that answered was as rude as could be , even went as far as cusing me . This is a scam don't fall for it . Now I am going to give them a taste of their own medicine and I am going to call them everyday at all hours and harass them lol.

Just got a call from these people calling for my husband. Told me he had written a bad check in Ohio in October 2005. We lived in PA at that time and my husband does not even know HOW to write a check. All our checking accounts are in my name only and he would not even be able to sign a check. Then the man started talking dirty and calling me bad names. then he hung up on me.  If someone calls from CRA just hang up, they are nasty scammers.

Called and woman named Nicole said she needed to talk to me about an account and gave last four of my social put me on hold and man came on the phone. He said he was calling regarding an account and that I needed to make a statement. I asked him was he an attorney he said I need you to make a statement about this account and then he started yelling at me. I told him to contact my attorney and hung up.

I recieved a call today not even sure how they got my number back from 2002 not sure if I even realy owe this bill  how are they getting personal information and cell numbers.When they call back Im refusing to answer

This is from a bottom feeding Debt Collector - Consumer Recovery Associates. All you have to do to stop the harrassing calls is tell them: "Don't ever call me again, or I will report you to the FDCPA".

If they call you, they have illegally tapped into your credit file in hopes of collecting debt that is beyond the SOL (statute of limitations) for collecting. DO NOT OFFER ANY PERSONAL INFO like your social security # or banking info.

If you want to take positive action:

* Report them to the Virginia Attorney General:

http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/forms-pdf/cp/oca/complaint/oca1complaint.pdf

* Call the Federal Trade Commission at +1.877.382.4357 and file a complaint


If you receive a call from this number, you may have been called by junk debt / collection agency that buys debt from original creditors that has been written off or settled and is beyond the statute of limitations in most states. They may be trying get the money for themselves, not the original creditor.

They are reportedly a serial violator of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). They may be illegally using credit information obtained from Experian or other credit reporting agencies.

This company has been known to contact and harass people they believe may know the person they are trying to reach including distant relatives, ex-spouses and possible former co-workers.

NEVER answer these calls if you see this as a caller ID. NEVER return these calls. NEVER give them ANY information about the person they are seeking or refer them to others.

Any ?positive? comments you read in these notes about the company may have been written by employees of the company.

The company is:

Consumer Recovery Associates
2697 International Parkway #4
Suite 270
PO Box 2916
Virginia Beach, VA 23450-2916

The following is the most comprehensive information gathered about this company from various sources on the Internet.

***If you?ve been called by a number not on this list or by someone using a different name, please copy this list, add the number/name in the correct order and repost it in its entirety.

Company Names that CRA reportedly uses:

CIA and Associates
CC Associates
Consumer Credit Association
Consumer Recovery Associates
Court Company
CR Associates
C&R Associates
C & R Associates
Farm CIA & Associates
J Lamb and Associates
and possibly GC Services

Phone numbers that CRA reportedly uses:
215-325-1354
234-542-2874
310-601-7244
310-734-6338
310-855-3688
310-860-6293
317-536-5458
319-892-0349
323-319-5178
404-474-4884
404-963-8760
430-200-0007
505-349-0354
505-718-4945
517-879-4821
615-469-5268
617-674-2967
619-564-4447
619-564-4473
620-273-4256
702-946-0389
703-280-1121
706-417-9193
713-518-1966
757-271-6637
757-271-8786
757-271-8787
757-271-8788
757-271-8789
757-271-8888
757-271-8889
757-368-3622
757-368-3623
757-368-3627
757-368-8004
757-368-8331
757-368-8337
757-368-8537
757-468-0169
775-293-4583
800-762-9864
800-913-4915
801-241-2616
801-349-2616
801-386-7803
805-284-9506
816-332-6242
859-514-0968
864-335-7028
866-272-3041
866-367-0328
866-374-6604
866-418-3360
866-442-2693
866-499-6608
866-563-9556
866-645-6269
866-645-8525
866-645-8654
866-655-0659
866-656-5380
866-657-1658
866-657-6525
866-673-1748
866-857-3916
866-861-9257
866-946-1358
877-213-3830
877-217-7084
877-240-5390
877-240-9350
877-241-4559
877-284-6622
877-289-4690
877-298-7036
877-298-7306
877-298-7806
877-320-5615
877-326-5615
877-334-2942
877-360-1616
877-394-0392
877-407-9274
877-507-3402
877-738-4814
888-253-9713
888-310-5679
888-413-8823
888-706-4381
949-873-2855

Individual names that CRA reportedly uses:

Donald Adair
Mark Adair
Chris Adams / Christopher Adams
Allie
Amy
Laura Angelini
Charles Bambino
Ms. Beagles
Ms. Blaine
Sarah Brevard / Sara Brevard
Peter Bronson
Tracy Burman
Mr. Cagle
Mrs. Campbell
Ms. Catasin
Kirby Chapman
Vincent Cignerale
Ms. Claine
Sarah Danvers / Sara Danvers
Raymond Davis
Marion Dunham
Ms. Elder
Ellie Faircloth
Jennifer Feagles
Denise Flynn
James Fox
Gail
John Gibson
Mr. Gilam / Gillum
Bert Glenn
Laura Glenn
Sidney Albert Glenn
Conrad Gray / Conrad Grey
Paul Gowl
Miss Harris
Christy Hartman
Mr. Hartman
Miss Howard
Jane
Mrs. Jenkins
Ms. Jewel
James Johnson
Mrs. Johnson
Perry Johnson
Mrs. Jones
Jay Lamb / J Lamb
Mr. Lane
Tyler Lang
Mr. Ludwig
Kelly
Ms. Kitchens
Ms. Kitchum
Kristen / Kristin
Lindsay / Lindsey
Lisa
Marisa / Marisha
Stephanie Martin
Melissa
Monica
Chad Miller / Chat Miller
Gary Miller
Sherri Morse / Sherry Morse
Mr. Parker
Rebecca
Gary Reison / Gary Reasons
George Reasons
Jennifer Segal
Liz Segal
Tonya Sells
Scott
Eric Scott
K C Scott
Randall Scott
Richard Scott
John Sheldon / John Shelton
Ms. Silva / Silvia / Sylvia
Michelle Silver
Mr. Sitton
Liz Spiegel / Spiegle
Christine Spruill
Stacy / Stacey
Jim Stewart
Curtis Taylor / Curtis R. Taylor
Mrs. Thompson
Tony
Vivian
Mr. Wang
Mr. Weippert
Ms. Wells
Maranda Whiten / Miranda Whitten
Gina Williams
Mrs. Yelder

If you want to take positive action:

* Report them to the Virginia Attorney General:
http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/forms-pdf/cp/oca/complaint/oca1complaint.pdf
* Call the Federal Trade Commission at +1.877.382.4357 and file a complaint

I just received a call from this 757-716-7190 number saying I owe money from an old bill I paid off. This lady knew a lot of my information and when I start asking questions she kept trying to talk over me. I finally told her she wasn't get anything from me and hung up on her. How in the heck our these people getting personal information and cell phone numbers? Nothing is secure anymore.

Just got a call from a woman who said she was calling from Consumers recovery service.
I said yes to her question of is your name..... she then proceeded to ask me for private information because she had a very very personal item to discuss about some paperwork that she had come to her office.  I said okay...
she asked my social and I said "I'm sorry what is this about? and I said I didn't know who she was could she give me some information about what she was calling about.  She got very angry...raised her voice and took an aggressive threatening tone babbling like a crazy woman who had been in a war zone at me.  I asked her to please calm down (thinking to myself what is wrong with this woman) I said I would have to know the company she is referring to
She angrily informed me that I was to give her the information now and then started to yell and say if you ever had a po box with ____ number you will answer my questions.
I asked her to please calm down and lower her voice because it was difficult to think and follow what she was on about.  She would not stop so I said I don't know who you are - send mail to me because I am in a public directory and have nothing to hide from and HUNG UP.
This woman was strangely wicked.  She was on some war path and I have never even talked with her prior to this nor anyone else such as this....she was very demanding and defensive.  Completely unprofessional conversation for our first greeting if she is representing some company who has sent her "VERY PRIVATE AND PERSONAL PAPERS TO DISCUSS WITH ME"  Personally, seems like bad business. Not to mention a bit unusual.  Note: I have no outstanding business relations or collectors, or people I owe money to.  This leaves me to believe it must be some type of fraud.  She wouldn't even tell me what her company did...strange???

just recieved a call i did not answer, 757-7167190

I got a call from 757-76-7190 asking for someone not at my home. when I asked who they were they would not say. I called the number back from another phone and found out they were CRS... I asked the man I was talking to what company they were and he would not say. Strange, so I googled the number and landed here. Creepy when they wont tell you who thay are.

Some woman named, Sherry, just called and left a message for me to call her on some 1-800 number regarding a reference number she gave me.  I owe no money to any collectors.

How to get a call-blocker:

Go to the home page of whocallsme and enter this number: 3059182338, then look for my post dated 12/26/11.

Please remove from calling my cell and harrassing me. I have identity theft and do not wish to give payment over the phone

I just received a call from them telling me that I owed a bill from 2002,I was not even living their at the time,man was rude,started yelling at me,and calling me names,would not listen at all,eventually he hung up on me.Who are these people/

It is a Collection Agency "Consumer Recovery Services".

Same as others she said this is Tracy and she had some papers in her office well Tracy join the club i have papers in my office also dont bother with them they are just bottom feeders

This is a bill collector they have been calling for someone at my number for over a year. I finally just blocked the number.

The incoming number was 757-716-7190 and the call back number was 877-394-0396. Can we say SCAM?????!!!!!!!

I got a VM on my cell phone today about a credit card i paid off 10 years ago and the RUDE chick that left the messege was Nichole and some guy that's a jerk answers the phone. Plus they know the last 4. Digits of my social.

Got a voicemail from that chick Samantha saying it was urgent to call her back. Well I did and some guy picked up saying that he's with CRA. How the hell are these people getting my cell # and knowing my social? Scary.

THEY LEFT ME A MESAGGE ON MY CEL TO CALL THIS NUMBER ALSO 877-394-0396 HER NAME WAS NICOLE. IT WAS LIKE SHE WAS READING TO LEAVE ME THE MESSAGE.

Called My cell phone asking for one name and called my house phone asking for my maiden name. I have not went by my maiden name in 9 years. They do not say where they are calling from. I did some research on the phone numbers that come up on the caller ID and the number they leave, it goes to portfolio recovery associates in Va Beach.

Called my cell phone! How in the heck are they able to call cell phones? I didn't answer, so she left a voice mail. Asking specifically for me to call her back. Sounded as if she was on a cell phone, while driving. She said her name was Samantha. I am not calling back. This crap needs to stop. I still can't figure out how they get our cell phone numbers. Oh, and caller ID said the number was from Virginia.

This lady calls MY cell phone asking for my wife.  Thats the first flag, then she says a random name and offers to give me an 800number for me to call.  I tell her I have her number on caller id and my wife can call her back.  I ask what is in regard to and lady says in regard to papers that recieved at their office.  Her overall vague answers to my questions just told me she was full of you know what.  She hung up after the second time of me asking what office is she referring to.  TOTAL SCAM do not give these people any info.  If they are for real they will give you there company info so you can at least check them out before calling them back, real companies have nothing to hide.

Got a voicemail from Tracy Bermin(msp) at CRA said she had some information that she just received at her desk (then proceeded to list some random number, didn't say what it meant or was for) and that I might not even be aware of. Left 877-397-0392 as the call back number. Previous poster listed them as Consumer Recovery Service. Googled them and they are an asset recovery service. Makes sense, I was listed as a 'reference' on someone elses minivan purchase, which I know this person is in default however, I don't think they've recovered the vehicle (hence the VM to me)