Thanks for the information on Harris Connect, LLC. I got a card from the "Alumni Relations Office, Wentworth Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 3140, Chesapeake, VA 23327-3140." It was labeled Electronic Service Requested and printed on the card were the words "FIRST-CLASS" and "IMPORTANT NOTICE." They were preparing a publication titled "Wentworth Institute of Technology Alumni Today." I NEVER went to Wentworth and was tempted to call the number, 1-877-596-9052, and tell them off but am glad I did not call. In fine print is the name on the yellowish card is the company name "Harris Connect, LLC." So I'll look for calls from this number next - in fact I'll enter the number on the Panasonic BLOCK list just in case. I am already registered with nomorobo.com so I may see if they catch it first. They have listed Monica Key, Director of Alumni Relations, Wentworth Institute of Technology on the card so I may try to call her at the true alumni contact number. Maybe they'll react and complain to Harris Connect, LLC.

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This number calls everyday, soooo tired of this...pleaseeeeee have it stop!!!!!!!!!

called and asked alot of personal information, of which I gave none.  They asked for name, SS # and credit card information to get me on an Alumni list for my school.

called, asked for someone who has passed away over two years ago !!!!

So you say.

Work for them they have been in business over 50 years. Not scam

Some hang up calls can be tolerated, but not excessive from the same number.  It is just plain rude to keep calling and hanging up.   How easy it would be to say "sorry wrong number".  Don't keep calling someone and hanging up.

This number calls my work number several times a week, with no one on the other end when I pick up.

BBB ratings are of no use. they are based on $$ donations to BBB

theywont be fined.

Why waste time and expectations with the DNC list?  There is no system set up to actually ENFORCE it.

When you see something strange or unknown on your Caller ID, simply:

                                        Don't answer it

Until I came on here today, I never would have connected this phone number with the postcards I received asking me to call and update my information for an alumni publication from my college.  

Like others have mentioned, I got two postcards over the course of a month asking me to call in and confirm my information and make sure my "listing is correct".  However, I had a gut instinct to not respond because they sent it in my first married name, which it was when I graduated in '93, but at my new, current address of the house that I just bought in my second married name less than a year ago.  To make it even more odd, I lived in California for several years and just moved back and bought this house, so any address changes would be from a Los Angeles address in my current name.  There just shouldn't be any way for all these names and addresses to add up and connect to me here and now since the name they're looking for me with hasn't been correct for 15 years.  I'm not on the lam or trying to stay underground, LOL, but it doesn't make sense how they even got to me correctly.

Then I started coming home from work and seeing 'Harris Pri Ani' on the caller ID, but no messages ever left by whomever was calling.  This morning on a day off they called again and I answered, thinking maybe I was getting yet another call for the last person who had my number; I just had a landline put in and I get tons of collection and skip tracing calls for her.  I was surprised when they asked for me by that old married name.  I just replied that there was no one here by that name.  (Truthfully, there ISN'T anyone here with that legal name!) He just apologized and said that "I'll find her another way."  To further emphasize how much this all doesn't make sense, the listing for my landline is under my current married name also, like my change of address from California would have been, yet he called it and asked for the first, old married name.  

Well, I came here to look the number up and found this.  

SO glad I didn't respond to the postcards or identify myself to the caller.  Sounds like confirming any of your graduate info gets you a whole lot of trouble with a big scam that involves collections and a black mark on your credit.  I graduated from Davenport University in Michigan, and they totally make the postcards look like they're coming from the university itself, or at least they're someone sanctioned by the university to be compiling this info for them.  Now, of course, I can read between the lines and see that it only says 'Publication Office for - Davenport University'...they must be the publication office for all the schools.  Sounds like a lot of people here have contacted their schools and the response is that none of them have this company working for them.  There has to be a way of reporting these clowns... I mean they have Davenport's logo on the card and someone's name on it claiming to the be director of alumni relations for the university.  I can't believe the schools haven't tried to put a stop to this.

unwanted and unknown caller!

Appears to be a Asian S&M club located in San Francisco. They again as the last note says they are trying to get new members especially women. Just hang up and ignore them.

I am not sure why I received a call from this #, the person on the other end was reluctant to give his name and the purpose for the call when my dad asked to take a message. I wish not to receive any more calls from them since I've read the previous comments,

This number is connected to a Japanese S&M club located in Virginia. the are trying to recruit new female members. Hang up at once!

I have received numerous calls from this number, at work.  Today I got a lengthy VM that sounded like an open line on the other end.  I Googled the number which led me to this site.  After reading other comments, I took a chance and called the number back.  It comes back to Harris Connect Publishing; if you follow the instructions you will be directed to a menu that allows to input your telephone number that is being called, which places the number on Harris' "Do Not Call List".  Your number is removed within 24-48 hours.  This is easily accomplished without having to talk to a human on the other end of the line and listening to further sales pitches.  Hope this helps.

I have an unlisted number. They are saying they are from the Columbia alumni association
I didn't pick up. They left a message. I didn't go to Columbia.

No ... actually they are anything but Legit . I and my wife both called all our Alumni associations from HS straight thru Gad school  to see if they'd hired this company to collect data on us and to a number each and every one gave  an emphatic N-O !

Harris is a phone scam pure and simple who's intent is to collect data ... as well as funds if possible on you for further use

Best advice ... either do not pick up ... or hang up if you do ! FYI requesting them to remove you from their list only results in even more frequent calls .. which is another ' Tell ' that Harris is anything BUT legit !

THIS NUMBER CALLS ON A REGULAR BASIS & IS CALLING A PLACE OF BUSINESS AT RAMDOM.  WHEN A INDIVIDUAL DOES GET ON THE PHONE & YOU ASK THEM IF THEY CAN BE HELPED THEY HANG UP

After the first call from this number, I directed all calls from this business to the local time and temperature recording. Caller ID shows up, but my phone does not ring, so I am no longer bothered by their unrequested calls. Sunny skies are ahead.

I received a call from 757-962-8857.  There was no voicemail, just breathing and banging.

I see that I am on page nine of complaints about this number.  That really says something about how persistent this company is.

Calls incessantly day after day after day.  It's harassment.

Note to the several people fighting collections - if someone asks to confirm information for a "directory" - always ask FIRST if confirming the information will result in a product (book, CD, whatever).  If so, expect a charge.  If you don't want the product, decline to confirm their information.  If they are evasive in their answers, decline to confirm the information.  Learned this from a similar call made to a business I worked at.  Another employee innocently confirmed the information, but the collection calls were sent to me.  

If you want to mess with them, I suppose you could give them the address to Wrigley Field (ala The Blues Brothers).

You're saying that everyone posting on this thread has no lives? You're just going online and standing up for a telemarketer for what reason because you have a life? Oh yeah because you work for Harris Connect. Don't be so obvious joker.

I received a call from 757-962-8857 not even smart enough to block their number although it's clear from the number of posts they're scam artists, so they called today, you wait and wait and no one comes on the line.  I dialed back the number and they have 4 'options', 1) add your info 2) place your order 3) remove you from calling list 4) hear the list of options again ... I tried 3 for obvious reasons, but at the end none of the options actually do anything and eventually you get pissed off and hang up.  Would be nice if some 'companies' could actually find real business to do instead of just pissing folks off and trying to scam.  Or maybe they're just some perverts who enjoy logging on to a site like this and seeing that they got some folks all spun up.

I am assuming they are calling about an update to my alma mater's registry but I really don't care.  I don't appreciate being called at work about this sort of stuff.

I have received a number of calls that leave no message or say nothing the few times I have answered. I sometimes hear background noise.

So much for the National Do Not Call Registry.  I keep getting calls from this number with a listing of Directory OFC.  I refuse to answer, however, I think it just makes them want to call back more until they get someone.  One of these days I am going to get one of these people on the phone and say that so and so went to prison or something really crazy and see what they say.