Complete scam! Just don't answer any 800 numbers you dummy!!

First of all, a debt collector must provide the consumer with the debt information in writing and mail it to you before any negotiations begin on debt collection.  When they call you, they are to state who they are, company, address and the reason for the call - not say you owe a debt and they want your credit card number or else!  That is their method of operation and it is against the law!  Collection agencies can not take you to court because they buy debts from creditors therefore, they are not the originator of the debt and have no legal grounds.  Creditors can make a judgement against you but they can not sue you for the debt and collections agencies do not have authority to file a judgement on a creditor's behalf.  For them to say they can just shows how uneducated they are about debt collections.  

Secondly, most all debts are reported to all three collection agencies by creditors, NOT COLLECTION AGENCIES and that includes ATT.  Our credit report does not reflect such a debt and ATT verified this by stating we would not have service if we owed them money.  ATT probably writes off a portion of the debt and sells it to a collection agency to absorb the remaining costs. Duh!

Thirdly, whether a person owes a debt or not, this company is under serious violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act/Federal Trade Commission and they need to be put out of business.  

All of you who think this company is legitimate, legal and providing proper etiquette for debt collecting - then please give them YOUR credit card number and pay off the bogus debts they are trying to collect on so they will leave the rest of us alone!.  

Prince Parker & Associates, you need to move on to the next victim cause we ain't buying into your BS!  Coming from an ex-debt collector who is appalled they are getting away with this!

Yes it is a collection agency for AT&T.  The thing is, I have never had service with AT&T.  We have it currently for internet services but it is in my husbands name and the bill is current.  They would not give me any information about the "debt" unless I gave them social security # and birth date.  

Idiots here :
http://www.agencederecouvrementdixon.com/accueil.html

Recouvrement@agencederecouvrementdixon.com

L?Agence de Recouvrement Dixon
6555 Chemin de la Côte des Neiges
Suite 350
Montreal, QC
H3S 2A6
Phone (514)-731-6316
Toll Free 1-800-276-1641
Fax (514)-731-5699

Well, these idiots called and OFFERED me debt collection services for my business! Left a message in french, and this person to contact : Lea at ext.5020 at 1-800-276-1641. Called the company Dixon
Strangely enough, the phone number appearing on the caller ID when they rand wasn't that one, but one that I posted before on here, trying to tell me about my " Last chance to lower your credit card fees" or some crap like that. As if...

I received another call from this number again today. I haven't answered it and no messages left. Caller ID says 'Invalid Number'. Like that ID is really going to entice me to answer..... NOT!

Got a call from a restricted number. I answered today.  Lady named Porcha asked for my ex husband. I took a message and told her that she should take his new mailing address. She said that they dont mail anything out.  Guess I'm going to tell I don't give messages to ex. LOL

Point is, many of us have no debt, no bills, no AT&T acct ever, no student loans ever....that's when we are furious with these calls.  Of course if you owe money you can be harassed, but man oh man, when you don't owe a cent this really freezes you.  There is no way, ever, to make it stop short of an expensive lawyer.  I file FTC complaints but that doesn't help.

I had several blocked calls to my cell phone and today they finally left a voicemail.  A very fast-speaking, hateful voice said it was urgent that she get a call back by 5 o'clock today.  The name she was calling for was my company, which she said backwards.  I called her back and she said she was calling about an outstanding AT&T bill and needed payment by credit or debit card over the phone to prevent further action.  The account she was calling about is a current, working AT&T account, which has no past due balance.  I informed her of this and to also stop calling my number.  She said that she would then have to take "further action."  I wished her luck.
This is a scam and a fishing expedition to scare people into paying something they don't owe.  In other words, it's FRAUD!  I have reported them to AT&T and the Attorney General.

I have received calls from these people SEVERAL times & every time it is someone telling me they are referring my case to federal court, that I owe $1000 for a payroll advance!! I've NEVER in my life had a cash advance & never will! I sent them $100 via Western Union & when I tried to confirm that they had received it, no one would call me back. They called again a few months later & claimed they knew nothing about the $100! I don't care if you people say they are legit or not, I know from PERSONAL experience that they are scam artists! I have reported them to my local police as well as the FCC but nothing is being done. They contacted my mother today & now I am planning to go IN PERSON to their office to handle this matter! I'm done screwing with these idiots!

Life happens... plain and simple. These guys are doing a job. And if we all get personal about it, it will ping pong back and forth forever and do nothing but increase everyone's blood pressure.

Debtors: if you can't or won't cooperate, the paperwork will proceed through the collection channels.

Collectors: if you get personal about your profession, to the point of de-humanizing the debtor, you will ultimately fail.

Both sides need to stay in check. It's really simple, people. Debtors, don't answer the phone unless you are willing and able to make a payment. If the collector doesn't contact you, he or she will continue to sit in their cubicle for the rest of their day and do what they get paid to do anyway. And if any family members are being contacted and wish not to be, they can tell them to stop calling, and by law they have to.
PROBLEM SOLVED!

I do not have any past due bills so they are not calling ME.  Someone else may have used my phone number but my credit is outstanding.  

If the entity was not gutless and trying to take advantage of someone, they would have stated their name and connected me with a live voice.

I have a reject list on my phone - have added the calling number and their 800 # to it.

It called ME and says hold for the next representative.
I called them back at their request and the automated answerer says all lines are busy, call back later.
I think I'll choose to 'not' call it back.

Don't be a jerk....I just bought my new home in December...I paid in cash.  I don't owe anyone anything and I'm getting calls from this number.  Not everyone out there is avoiding paying bills.  FYI

Good Morning
I am receiving on my personal mobile phone many call from Prince Parker and associates.
I don't have anything to do with them
Regards
Silvano

If people pay there bill you would never have to worry about getting a debt collector. I know that because debt collector only call when there is a bill that is not paid to a company. Remember things can happen you any one and something these things happen where you can pay your bill. What to do call the company regarding the bill and work it out with the company before it gets to a debt collector.

Prince Parker & Associates, Inc
8625 CROWN CRESCENT CT
CHARLOTTE NC 28227

Title:    PRESIDENT    
Name: JEFF PARKER

Update to Mr. Jeff Parker's home address google map link that was broken in the last post.

JEFF PARKER's Home Address
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PRINCE-PARKER & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Title:    PRESIDENT    
Name: JEFF PARKER    
Business Address: 8625 Crown Crescent Court Ste. 200, Charlotte, NC 28227

Follow this link to confirm who Prince Parker's President is:
http://www.secretary.state.nc.us/corporations/Corp.aspx?PitemId=4969403
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Sleep well tonight Mr. Jeff Parker...I'm sure all the people your looking for and abusing with your frivolous collection calls will "NOW" be look for you very soon! Perhaps then, rather than speaking to your robot collection agents, those receiving your relentless abuse will be able to talk to you face-to-face to discuss your desire to collect their money.

Alright people, now you know who to talk to, so what are you going to do about it?
Are you a victim of Prince Parker's abuse?
Are you going to allow Jeff Parker and his associates to destroy your life, or are you going to do something about it?
Is Mr. Jeff Parker's company Prince Parker looking for you?
Why not go to Jeff Parker's house and let him know he can stop looking because you, because you just found him?
Has Mr. Jeff Parker's company made your life a living HELL?

Mr. Parker, I'll be praying for your repentance and strict adherence to God's Ten Commandments!

Sincerely,

Another Victim

These people call me all the time. I do not owe money, have good credit and have never had an AT&T bill in my name. Instead of judging people why don't you find a way to help those who are being scammed. You seem to have a lot of time to sit around doing nothing... I can do that.. my bills are paid..in response to pay your bills

AT & T sold me DSL and the equipment never worked. I shipped it back using their labels. The charge would have been $328 if I hadn't shipped it. I shipped it, it was traceable to them. They waited 6 months and charged me $1700 for the equipment and 6 months service. I never used it once. I've been told 3 times by AT&T that they were satisfied with my proof (AT&T tells me now I don't owe them in fact).

That was 3 years ago. I just started getting calls from this number, they say that they don't know what the charge is for but now it $3300.

These people aren't reputable. So you can jump down off that perch on this number.

This number repeatedly calls for "reno," I have no idea who this is!

They are harassing my family in two different states. I have never even had an account with AT&T.

to the j*rks that are yelling (CAPS) to posters to "pay your bills"
alot of these people said they DO NOT owe - stop being a**holes
alot of these collectors are NOT following the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act - if they DID we wouldn't have sites like this complaining about them.

He called because you owe a bill!! PPA is a COLLECTIONS COMPANY not a scam just pay your bills and they will stop calling!!!

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another whinney a** debtor it's a shame you have to be called and begged to pay your debts what did you think that the service was free this is america after all            pay your debts =no calls

stop whinning and pay your debts it's a shame some one has to hire a collections agency to make you people pay your debts nothing is free nobody told these dead beats to get phones they can not pay for

Please be more clear.  

What do you mean by "pay your bills"?  

Do you mean pay for services that we did not request?  

Did you mean pay for Monthly fees for big name companies like AT&T to ignore your cancellation requests - and then tell you (12 different reps) that your account *IS* cancelled - and find out later that they have NOT cancelled it - after 12 calls over 3 months? - And continued to Bill you during that time?

Or did you mean explaining all this over and over again (another 8 calls) to a Collection Agency who explicitly tells you that *research* is not their job?

The Collection Agency doesn't get paid if they research the problem.  They get paid if you give into harrassment.

Prince Parker has called me with 6-8 different reps - all of which - have *no* interest in whether we actually owe any money.

Prince Parker is an actual debt collecting service.  AT&T does not call regarding late or unpaid bills from this number; if this is the number they call from it is definitely a collection service.