keeps calling

Yes, I owe some money.  Who doesn't, in today's economic mess?  I have always been upfront that I am a disabled widow and my only income is from social security -- which legally they cannot garnish or touch.  The most significant challenge has been attempting to get a mailing address to send that cease and decist letter.  When I ask for that address they become hostile and hang up.  Tomorrow I  will contact my state's attorney general's to begin the process.  Their constant calls have caused my already precarious health to falter.  This is harrassment.  9 calls in 5 days, from 8 am until after 10 pm is offensive.

This number has called many times and i dint like to answer numbers i dont knoe so it goes to voicemail and the message says they r looking for my fiance and for him to press 1 if him if not hang up. well i let go and it keeps calling twice a week for about 3 weeks so one day i answer and follow prompts to talk ti a person who askef if this was a number for my fiance i asked what it was regaurding she cut me off and asked in a louder ruder tone i began ti speak and she asked foor him even ruder like i was wwasting her time i yelled that she she called me and hed no right to speak to me in such a maner thats when shhe hung up. Neither the messages or this woman ever said what company they were only that it wss a financial matter. i think it must b a scam if they r so unwilling to give any info at all. the number is  800-732-4504

Did not get to phone.  Searched this page and chose to report.   I am on the do not call list,

It's a bill collector dummy's they r in Alexander Arkansas

I just got a call from this number. I did not answer, but I let it go to voicemail. When I checked vm, there was no message. I don't answer numbers I don't recognize.

caller to my home phone which does not have caller i.d.  asked to speak to me ( actually mispronounce my name) i ask who they are and i get the same answer a credit company they never say a collection just credt co. and because i will not give them my full name, ( they are confused as to the middle initial) they keep telling me by law they cannot tell me anything .ok so i say well you called me and i would like to know who you are , they get to the point where they talk over me and will not give me there number to call back to verify who they are . last person must have been a supervisor she got right to the point and was quit angry . anyway im aware of scams and such i figure if it was someone of importants they will call my cell or send me an actual letter in the mail .and i can always change my home number .

Juvenile pranks do not make a defense strategy, and debt collectors are not making sales, therefore are exempt from scrubbing the federal DNC registry.

Several stories in this thread detail illegal collection rep behavior, such as false threats of litigation, foul language, misrepresentation of debt claims, annoying call patterns, and various forms of abuse. To defeat such hostile thugs, you don't stop at filing complaints with the FTC and attorneys general. You put them on notice and sue them into submission.

If FCS thinks you owe something, be sure to respond on real paper to its federally required dunning letter with a dispute and validation request, adding that you either restrict or revoke consent to call again. Given this agency's documented need to break laws to get at your assets, you should dispute even if you agree slightly with its claim.

If the account is not legally collectable, or it's simply not you they want, you're free to send a full cease-comm, cutting off all contact. Send all notices via USPS Certified with return card. The FTC and many consumer watchdogs explain how to draft them.

Learn how to exercise your FDCPA rights as an alleged debtor at FTC-dot-gov.
http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpajump.shtm

Here's an idea: Each time they call, pick up the phone and blow a loud whistle into the receiver.  This way you don't have to speak to them or listen to them at all.  But if you want the satisfaction of going after them, set your phone to record the call & tell them you know who they are and that you're recording the call "for legal purposes" and they are instructed not to call you again, cite that you are on the state "Do Not Call" list and it is now on record that they have been warned.

International Computer Systems, Inc.
dba First Collections and First Collection Services
First Collection Services
Mary G. Dunkum - President
William Chris Dunkum, Vice President
10925 Otter Creek East Blvd
Mabelvale, AR 72103-1661
800-844-2036 800-732-4504
www.fc-services.com/
Mary G. Dunkum - President 7/30/1941
William Chris Dunkum, VP 7/05/1935
4 Anthony Lane
Mabelvale, AR 72103

Please be aware that the owners advertise on this site and monitor it regularly, so feel free to sound off if it helps.  :   )

Scooter:

International Computer Systems, Inc.
dba First Collections and First Collection Services
First Collection Services
Mary G. Dunkum - President
William Chris Dunkum, Vice President
10925 Otter Creek East Blvd
Mabelvale, AR 72103-1661
800-844-2036 800-732-4504
www.fc-services.com/
Mary G. Dunkum - President 7/30/1941
William Chris Dunkum, VP 7/05/1935
4 Anthony Lane
Mabelvale, AR 72103

To "William A. Dunkum"  a/k/a "William" . . . anon, anon . . .:
You just blew your cover, A** H***!
You said: "WE are used by Verizon as well" . . .  So it IS Windstream (& Verizon) that is selling off the data bases for these preditors!  That would explain why they can get around my call block.
You don't even care that we know that you and your botton-feeder company are monitoring this site!
Well here's news:  We know who YOU are and I am posting your info below for all to see, so they can turn the tables on you.  I hope everyone you've harassed does as I intend to do and follows up by filing a complaint with the FCC and perhaps even a class action lawsuit.  There must be an ambulance chaser out there somewhere who'd like to make a name for himself by taking up this cause.  
But William & Mary Dunkum, go crawl back under the rock you came from because we're coming for you!
Here's who they are, everyone:
International Computer Systems, Inc.
dba First Collections and First Collection Services
First Collection Services
Mary G. Dunkum - President
William Chris Dunkum, Vice President
10925 Otter Creek East Blvd
Mabelvale, AR 72103-1661
800-844-2036 800-732-4504
www.fc-services.com/
Mary G. Dunkum - President 7/30/1941
William Chris Dunkum, VP 7/05/1935
4 Anthony Lane
Mabelvale, AR 72103

And finally here's a link to the website to file a complaint with the FCC:
http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm

"Ligit company"???  Let me guess what you do for a living, A#$ H^%$!   Collection agencies that do business like this are not "legit" they are pond scum and so is anyone who defends them.

I never answer calls from "Toll Free Service" per caller ID, but ever since I sold my home based business and got a new "unlisted" phone, I've been inundated with such calls.  I let it go to voice mail and if they don't leave a message (which is usually the case) I just go online (here) and check out the number.  I then call the Individual Call Block service that comes with my phone carrier (Windstream) and add the last number called (in this case: 800 732 4504 as above) to the list of blocked calls.  This has worked great up until now.  The call is blocked before it ever rings through to me . . . BUT today they managed to ring thru even after having them blocked (which I verified on my call block list).  Who the heck are they that they can skirt around such services??  I have no debt either, but I did just get a new Visa card.  Up until now, I've never used credit cards . . . only debit cards.  Could this be the link?  Anyone else just get a new Visa card?  Sounds like an inside informant at the bank selling off names and info from the bank's data base.

Your rude response is typicaly defensive and OFFENSIVE.  It takes a certain callous kind of individual to work in your line of business.  Hopefully you will find yourself on the receiving end of this kind of rude treament some day.  Get a life & grow a heart!

This is total b***s***. They f****ng thieves!

This company calls at the same two times each day.  Since I do not recognize the number, I do not answer the calls.  They do not leave a message.  I own nobody money and have no idea why they are calling me.  I do not have a listed number.

This number called 2 days in row.  I believe it is a recording because it was impossible to interrupt.
All I got out of it was that it was a very important call for (unintelligible name), not ours,of course.  
My husband called back,told Miss Rude it was not anyone here she was looking for.  She hung up on him!  He called back immediately.  This time she told him she would remove our number from their list.  We'll see......tomorrow is another day.

Same # has been calling here for weeks they never leave a message on the recorder so I am not going to call them back. I am thinking about filing a police report.

I keep getting calls from this number 800-732-4504, for a person who is not at this number.  I have previously received these calls for the same person. I told them that this person is not at this number.  They stop calling and then they start back up again.  The last time they called some spanish speaking woman cussed me.. every which way but lose and which to say I cussed her back.. she would never give me her name.. I wrote the Attorney General's office gave them the information,, I received a call back from the Attorney General's office and said that if I ever had a problem or an issue with this number or company again. to let them know and they would take care of it ..   Well the calls started about 2 weeks ago . leaving messages for the same person they called for a year ago.   I called the number back. a spanish speaking lady would not give me her name, but asked me to give information for the person they were calling about.. and to give her my phone number. If she didn't have my phone number how is it that she knew the name (of the person who doesn't live here). Needless to say we got into it again.   My husband then calls and he speaks to a Whitney who said she would take our phone number out of their system..  Which is fine.. But I am sending another letter to the attorney general's office to let them know about the harassing calls we get from this company with a person that does not live here or is not at this number..
I would advise people to contact their local Attorney General's office to see if you can put a stop to these people.

This is from First Collection Service, or FCS as others have reported. I am *not* the person they are looking for, but they still call relentlessly (up to 10 times per day) even after I have told them multiple times that I am not the party whom they are trying to contact. I have now had to send them a registered letter asking them to stop calling me.

Know your rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, or FDCPA (http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpajump.shtm). If you ask a credit agency to stop calling you, they are required under law to honor that. If they continue to harass you, contact a consumer attorney. Many will take cases without a retainer fee in exchange for a percentage of damages collected.

Your experience is VERY simlar to mine.  I have no idea how they got my number, I don't know anyone by the name they are calling for and I have few debts and none past due.  I hope you have success in getting them off your back!

I've been getting calls twice a day with a message for someone I do not know and who does not live at my number.  I finally tried calling this number they provided and explained to the operator who answered that I did not know this person and that he did not live here and she acted annoyed but said she would take my number off the "account".  I've gotten two calls since then, already.

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This person calls and asks my parents for my information my parents give me the phone and they hang up on me!!!

SOME PEOPLE WON'T LEAVE YOUR  PARENTS ALONE!!!! WHEN SOMEONE ANSWERS THEY HANG UP!!!!!!!!!!!!! DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM?!?!?! GET OVER IT ITS CALLED HARASSMENT!!!!!

Received a call on Tuesday June 21 from 800-732-4504 wanting information but would not give me information.

I've been getting calls from this number and calls from similar people. The one thing that I've noticed is that none of them are willing to leave a message. To me this most likely points to some kind of automated dial-er. Just my observation.

I got this call to and I dont owe anyone i pay all my bills and have nothing late yet they call me telling me I owe a bill. Once I told them I would be calling my lawyer they said they had the wrong person so it is a scam and not because someone did not pay a bill

I have had bills in the past that have went to collections and not by my own doing so don't judge people for one! 2. NO bill collector will ask you for the last 4 of your social and for you to tell them your address!! If they are collectors they have this information already an other then your name they need no other info! This page is to help people with problems and to try and inform people of scams!!! You need to go look on other pages and make your rude, judgmental, and stupid remarks to other people!

I just got a call from this number and the guy asked for me by a name that i NEVER use.. i asked what the call was regarding and he said he couldn't give me that information until i told him my address and last 4 of my social!! He said his name was Kenden Johnson. He said that they sent me a letter a month ago addressed from Arkansas... I do not recall anything sent to me from Arkansas and he was rude at that and said he can NOT give me any information until i verified who i was... I said well what name do you have and he again said the name i NEVER use and i then asked  if there was another name for me on file and he said NO... I then asked him what the name of the company he worked for was and he said LC Services... Then hung up.. I have no clue what the hell is going on, but you will never get me to tell you my last 4 of my social,, I have never needed to for any reason and am not about to start! If you get a call from 800.732.4504 don't give them any information!!