Great advice posted by an attorney on:
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-718-732-0174

"IF they do not provide you with the verification of the debt, the debt is invalid and not subject to collection.  PAY NOTHING TO ANYBODY UNLESS THEY PROVIDE YOU WITH WRITTEN VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT, AND ONLY THEN IF YOU FEEL THE DEBT IS VALID - otherwise, let them sue you for the debt, as a real law firm will only bring a legal action on a truly valid debt".

Go here to obtain the template for the DV letter and read more on your consumer rights under the FDCPA:  http://www.fair-debt-collection.com/

I keep getting calls from this company. I answered them once and they said I owed for a credit card I had consolidated over 4yrs ago. I asked them to send me information and/or a statement, then said they had sent information and they tried to confirm my address. It was some address I had never heard of let alone lived at. Sounds sketchy to me.

This company keeps calling my cell, but I never pick up.  I am on a do-not-call list, and I don't owe anyone a cent.  They never leave a message.

Kept getting calls from 800-504-2429. They would leave a message for someone named Demetri Jolly??? No idea who that is. I've had the same cell # for years so I am suspicious as to why this is happening now. I called back which was probably not a good idea, and let them know that Demetri Jolly was not at this # and that I had no idea who that was. The lady, Ms Abrahams, stated that she would remove my # and apologized for the inconvenience. Since I never stated my # when I called, I asked her if she needed my # to verify that it was removed from their system. She said yes, and then read off my # which was one # off. I corrected her (which was also probably not a good idea) and she said "yes, I'm sorry I misspoke" and hung up. That threw up red flags for me and made me wonder if they were fishing.

Can anyone explain why they would call a phone # looking for a person, knowing that the person is not at that #? What is the intention behind that?

yes these people have also kept calling me and keep asking for Robert something.... I am NOT him -_-

9-16-10 AM female caller, Capital Management for Richard Cox call # 800-504-2429  PM several hang ups. maybe from this same number. online search, Buffalo, NY  Debt or Prank?

8-30-10 female caller: management collections for Richard Cox  call 800-(3F)-504-2429  strange to say 3F in the phone number Debt or Prank?  different Debt collections will ask for names that do not go with the phone number to whom they are calling.

Can you tell me the banks name? I have been harassed FOR YEARS and I think it's the same IDIOTS!!! THEY WANT OLIVIA STEAVENS, AND I'M NOT HER!!!!!!! Please help me!

800 209 1179 says they're capital management services, debt collector, no caller id.

800 504 2429 put them in donotcall.gov.

Yesterday my relatives received a call asking for information about me, saying this was regarding a debt with my bank.

I don't have any history of having debts....

I will call the attorney generals office in my state if these people persist!

yep, defintly capital management services  i called back just to make sure.
first call hung up in my face,
second call hung up in my face
third call give me the number we called. gave number, were are looking for blah blah blah
nope thats not me. who is that?
is this a debt collectore? we are a financial services.
do you do investments? we are  a financial services.

YEP - scammers. cant answer questions, wont say who they are. etc etc
commit every illegal action of the fdcpa.

do not answer your phone.

They called me on a settled debt and said their is a balance  from the settlement that occurred in 2008.  I am looking for a brick and mortor address.   As to where my lawyer can send them a letter of intent if they call me again with this scam

They called my house today and asked for my husband's ex-wife of 15 years.  Too bad this isn't the first one.  We get calls all the time.  She apparently has an aversion to paying her bills.

First, you need to make sure that you don't know the person they are asking for.  If you do, give it up and tell them any information they're seeking.  That's the quickest way to get them off the line.  Most of the time, they are calling your number based on credit history, address history and phone history.  Credit Collectors will go to distant cousins and old roommates  to find out the information they are seeking.

I usually re-iterate that the phone number they called is publicly registered to my husband and I.  That the address attached to that phone number is legally registered to my husband and I.  His divorce is public record.   And that our marriage  is public record as well.  Knowing all of these facts, they can reasonably conclude that they are calling the wrong person on purpose and are indeed violating my rights.

After you have both agreed that you are not the person they are seeking, then you need to tell them that if they call your home phone number again, that it will be considered harassment and that you will be forced to seek legal action.

Ask for their company name.  Ask for that person's name and any extension number they might have.  Let them know that you WANT to have this conversation recorded so that when you sue them for harrassment, they will have their own records to reference.   Note the date and time that your call began and ended.  Let them know that you've written this down.

I've been going through this for 7 years now and I've got it down to a science.  Unfortunately, you will have to repeat this process every time they sell the debt to another agency as one threat of lawsuit only applies to the one calling at the time.  

Good Luck!

yeah - 8005042429 Capitol etc. with auto msg in rude voice telling me to hang up if i ain't who they want. i hung up

These people are calling my cell# and asking for me,  I I tell them they have the wrong # because I don't know who they are, then ask for my mother.  I recently applied for one car loan with my mom as a co applicant.  I think they are getting the info from this car dealership.  It was Berge Ford dealer so be careful when you are applying for credit.  I think Berge Ford sold our credit info to this company.

In the past three days I have had 4 additional calls asking for different people on my same cell phone.  Word to whoever is doing this: if you're committing a fraud try to get the name of the person you are trying to scam instead of going through the damn phone book.

I called the Seattle Police Department

I am so sorry sixkandtired, but these people will not stop. You can get your phone number changed once a year for free, but I have more fun putting those air cans right in there ears when they call. Now however since they are calling people near us we barely know I am getting pissed...I know what you are going through..Good luck and buy an air can, they only cost $1.00

Pat

A person calling themselves Mr Merced called from this number to a woman who lives near us, She was very unnerved by the whole incident and said she didn't know where we lived and she barely knew us. Looking now, we have gotten calls from these people for years, problem is we aren't the people they are looking for..Good luck you fvcking morons  from Capital Managment

i have been getting calls from this number asking for a person that does not live at my home. I always tell them they have the wrong number, but I keep getting the calls....I think for the same person(I am not sure because I don't always understand the caller). How can i get the calls to stop?

Capital Manangement Services, a collection agency in
Buffalo, New York. other numbers are :
800-787-0871
866-843-9116
800-906-5917
800-519-2649
800-504-2404
800-295-6137
716-873-1695
716-566-2630
716-871-9050

fax numbers - 716-852-1620  or
716-566-2107
email address - dbiondolillo@cms-collect.com

They called then sent a text

why is this number calling my phone

Calling for a person I have no idea who it is.  Called me twice withint an hour.

Received a voice mail from this number 800-504-2429. I am very baffled and I strongly believe they're a scam using some sort of number forwarding to disguise who they really are. The reasons I know this...

1. I've have NEVER in my entire life not settled a debt! My credit is absolutely blemish free.
2. I have lived at this same address for 3 yrs. and not one letter from the company they say they are (Capitol Management) has ever contacted me via letter or VM on my actual (personal) phone number that I've had for... oh about 10 yrs.
3. The number they called is my land line and it IS listed under my name. No creditor would ever have this number because I just received it about 1yr ago. Unless creditors started googling for people that owe them money? --I doubt it.
4. The women on the voice mail says my name, then she proceeded to play an automated message that asks for someone else???? Umm.... WHY?

All these reason point to FRAUD! Every one please beware and smarter before you ever give your personal information over the phone. ALWAYS look up who they are, and the company they represent. If you don't remember anything regarding it. Have them send you letter with a company letter head so that you may contact the ACTUAL company. NO scam artist would go through this much trouble...right? Be careful!

Yes, they keep calling even though they can't speak well, and hang up when I call to get off their list.  Never heard of the person they are trying to get.

I just got a call on my cell from the 800-504-2429 people and she was very rude, said whe was first looking for a guy then was looking for a girl after I told her she had the wrong number. Then demended to know how longe I had the phone number.

SHe then told me the address of the person she was lookinf for, whis wasnt my address either.
I'm wondering is its a hacker scam to get a persons info.

Left message with roomate to call the above number and a Reference number and ask for a Wendy. The number that showed up on caller ID was 877-219-6608. Don't know who people are and am not calling back.

looking for someone I don't know they have been informed of that person not living here and they continue to call.  Last call was addressed to me saying that I knew the whereabouts of this person, when I called them to tell them they were wrong they started asking why I was hiding my father.  My current last name is my married name.  Lady got all offended cause I raised my voice at her and totally dismissed my call and hung up on me.  These people are wrong ruthless, and can care less whether they have the right people or not

They can keep calling until their face turn blue,
I don't pick up phone if I don't know who's calling,
left me a message to call back about a business matter,
business matter my a$$.