800-862-4187
AF
AF
2011-06-06 20:58:34
Unknown
I've had this number calling my house on and off 2 or 3 times a day for the past 2 months.  Sometimes we answer and they ask for a "Leroy Nimitz".  We've told them repeatedly that we have no clue who that person is, to stop calling us and to take our number off their list.  The calls seem to stop for a little while, then all of a sudden they will start again.  If we don't answer, a message gets left on our machine, just a pre-recorded message where they say "if you are Leroy Nemitz, please call.....".  very, very frustrating 111
FED Up
FED Up
2011-06-06 20:58:34
Unknown
They keep calling asking for someone i do not know.  I pressed 9 and spoke to an debt collector.  I let her know it was a wrong number, I do not know her party, this is my cell phone and I am very angry they keep calling.  I told her to take my number off her list.  She told me it didn't matter if I was unhappy or angry, they can continue to call.  I finally yelled at her to take it off and she said ok.
ninnie
ninnie
2011-06-06 20:58:34
Unknown
these people keep calling me and sometimes very late at night.dont have any idea what this call is about,though I am not worried.Keep looking up and hope they can get a lot of integrity and stand by their words andso on!elw in Washington state.
Fuller Law Firm
Fuller Law Firm
2011-06-06 20:58:34
Unknown
To answer some of your questions, debt collectors can call from 8am-9pm any day of the week.  They cannot call your cell phone or make collect calls to you.  The cannot tell anyone that they are attempting to contact you because of a debt, even leaving that kind of message on your answering machine is forbidden.  All of this is illegal behavior and is in violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.  I encourage you to contact a consumer lawyer in your area immediately as you are entitled to be financially compensated for this type of behavior, whether or not you owe the debt. If you are interested in speaking with an attorney please call me at (205) 834-8913.
NOT MELISSA!!
NOT MELISSA!!
2011-06-06 20:58:34
Unknown
This is a personal cell phone, they asked in a recording for a Melissa ***** There is NO Melissa at this number
wtf
wtf
2011-06-06 20:58:34
Unknown
called here - I answered.. nothing! eventually they hung up. Stupids!
eva h
eva h
2011-06-06 20:58:34
Unknown
actually I listened to the recording and stayed on the line.  Talked to a nice rep and told them they had my husbands name right but the wrong guy.  For years there has been another guy living in the same town with my husbands name, different middle initial.  

So I was happy to tell the credit collector all I knew about this jerk.  The companies he had ripped off, about his back child support being due (got a call from his x wife once), the San Francisco police and Santa Rosa Police REALLY wanted a word with him, etc.  

One good thing once I actually got a call from Austriala, apparently he had tried to get into a company to make money over the internet.  They were calling to warn him this was a scam.  The lady on the phone was so sweet once I explained the situation, that she gave me his middle initial, DOB, address and CA ID#.  We did a reverse look up and guess what he has no phone listed.  

So I told the creditors all this info.  I sure would like to visit this guy in jail, after all he owes us money for answering his calls. :D
Jody Meyer
Jody Meyer
2011-06-06 20:58:34
Unknown
I got a phone call... with no one there. Very frustrating.
Jill
Jill
2011-06-06 20:58:34
Unknown
This is a company that buys unpaid and/or settled debts, and makes profits off harassing people to pay them.  They also target customers' information they get from hacking billing systems, hoping to victimize someone.  NO COMPANY YOU'VE EVER LEGITIMATELY DONE BUSINESS WITH RECEIVED A PENNY FROM MONEY YOU SEND THEM.  Those companies received an agreed settlement, probably from your insurance company.

They aren't legit, and they don't follow any laws because they represent nobody but themselves.
DINO
DINO
2011-06-06 20:58:34
Unknown
This is Bay Area Credit Services.  They called trying to collect on Bill for someone who has been deceased for nearly 2 years.  (One would think they could have figured that out by now.)  It was left on a voice mail and the person said her name was Jane Roberts.  I returned the call to explain they had a wrong number and to tell them the person has passed and I got the rudest most obnoxious representative - claimed to be Jane Roberts but the voices was no where close to that of the one on the voice mail. She refused to hear anything I had to say and kept talking over anything I would say.  I finally hung up in disgust.  Rude, obnoxious and foul = Bay Area Credit Services.
frustrated in WA
frustrated in WA
2011-06-06 20:58:34
Unknown
Keep Calling, it comes up ringing, private, bearit credit services. They start at 8 am and continue til 8 pm even though I've told them to stop calling, I tell them that this Mrs. Lamb doesnt exist at this number and hasnt since we got it 2 years ago. This has got to stop!
Tammy
Tammy
2011-06-06 20:58:34
Unknown
I got a call from this number and the woman(heavily accented English) asked to speak with me and I told her I was, she then told me that she was calling about an old medical bill that I "already know about." I told her I didn't know which hospital bill she was talking about since someone in my family has been in the hospital 6 times in the past 18 months. It seemed likely to me that I could have missed a bill from the massive collection that has piled up. She went on to tell me it was about my hospital stay in December when I broke my leg. I asked her which specific entity this bill was regardings since I have had an ambulance bill, a life flight bill, an anesthesia bill, a lab bill, and a radiology bill, as well as a doctor's bill and a plain old hospital bill. She told me federal law prohibited her from disclosing the name of the original debtor. I told her that there was no way I was paying one dollar for a bill that some strange woman tells me I owe if she can't even tell me what it is for. She told me that  she had, "already told me all she had to." I told her that she was incorrect and that the FDCPA requires her to divulge the original creditor to me before she can attempt to collect on the debt. She hung up on me. Since this particular hospital stay is a matter for a lawsuit I actually already have an attorney dealing with the companies that I have bills for regarding the legal aspects of this. I will be giving her the information from this phone conversation first thing in the morning.
tired of these calls
tired of these calls
2011-06-06 20:58:34
Unknown
call me on my CELL PHONE, monday 3-16-2009...told me that I owed $140.00 (I think) to some doctors from $$$$ Emergency Physicians. I told her that I have never heard of this place. She then ask me if I went to a emergency room on #-##-### I told her I went to emergency room at a hospital, she then told me this must be the  doctor that took care of me & this was a bill for his services. I then informed her that my insurance company took care of all that. She then to me that no they didn't & so she then asked me for my insurance info. I told her NO, she needs to give me the info from this so called Doctor, & I will contact my Insurance company with this info & in out if they have paid anything on it or not.
She then informed me that she couldn't give me that, So I told her to give me her # & insurance company could contact her & she gave me the # 1-800-862-4187, & her name was Janice Roberts.
I called my insurance company & told them what she had said & they told me NEVER GIVE OUT THAT INFO ON THE PHONE....they looked on my account to see if they had gotten anything from the $$$$ Emergency Physicians, they informed me that it has already been paid.

So today another person called me. I asked for her name & she told me Janice Roberts & told me she was calling about the same bill. I told her what my insurance company said & she kinda got a attitude with me, about it.She said that she can't give her clients info to me. So I asked to speak to someone in charge....She told me to hold while she transfer me  so I did.....She tryed to feed me the same crap the other lady told me. I told her that I never received anything from this doctor, & she told me that I was just ingnoring the mail from them, she also informed me that her company also sent me a letter about this debt. I informed her that I have nevered gotten anything from them neihter, she said, WELL IT WAS MAILED OUT ON MARCH 13th, 2009 & I informed her that was just 3 days ago, so I would get it any day now. I informed her that when I do get it, that I wold send it to my insurance company. She said that would be OK. I asked her for her name so I would remember who I talked to about this......Well guess what she said her name was......YEAP JANICE ROBERTS...... so I asked her just how many people work there with that name & she said she was the only one.....I informed her that she was the 3rd person there that told me that was there name........

yet another so called aka for this company to use........
James
James
2011-06-06 20:58:34
Unknown
One of the the GREAT THINGS about 800 #'s of all sorts (866-888 and so on) is that SOMEONE pays for them.  So EACH TIME you call that number, there is a charge that is registered to a company / corporate account, and these charges end up on a telephone bill kinda that same as you and I get at the end of the month or quarter.  That means that SOMEONE is having to pay for them.

 Now can you imagine if everyone who got one of these calls, posted this number someone where hundreds or even THOUSANDS of people would call it.

 I bet that would make a large bill for that telemarketer company and MAYBE they would get the hint that it is not cost effective to call people and harass them when they don't even have the right number.


Just something to think about.

Just in case has anyone gotten a a call from this number
<b> 800-862-4187.</b>  It states that it is a collection agency operated by Jamie Roberts of Bay Area Collections.
JLK
JLK
2011-06-06 20:58:34
Unknown
i get 3 calls a day on my cell, which i do not answer !  they ask for ME but i know already its my ex husband they want. i got a call from them a year ago, but it was a person. they said i had a credit card in my name, opened such n such year, blah blah blah. well i said no way i never had such card ! well then he informs me if i dont pay they are taking me to court... etc, AND he said it was on my credit report and to remove it i had to pay. well i  immediately got my credit report, and its NOT THERE ! they even went so far as to say some chic named Janice ( coincidence ?) was a character witness on the card application, they had me convinced ( not quite  convinced ) that my ex had fraudulently opened an acct in my name !! its been a year since that call, now they are starting up again !   this has to be illegal and should be stopped ! after seeing this message board, i WILL be filing a complaint. oh and the do not call list, im on, alwys have been. it doesnt stop them.
Tom
Tom
2011-06-06 20:58:34
Unknown
It's now 2pm Pacific Time and they've called me on my cell # 3 times since about 10am today. I can see their number of my caller ID so I don't bother answering, and they have never left a message for me. I've been getting these calls from them off and on for a year or so. I figure if it's important enough they'll leave a mesasge. So far they haven't.
felix
felix
2011-06-06 20:58:34
Unknown
they call all the time
PacNW resident
PacNW resident
2011-06-06 20:58:34
Unknown
Keep getting calls on my cell from 800-862-4187. Don't answer calls I don't recognize but looked it up via Web to find "Bay Area Credit" and piles of complaints. I don't owe any money and have never given my cell # to any company, so I know this is a scam. I've now put my cell # on the Do Not Call registry, and following the advice of "Dana" above, will answer next time to tell them to take me off their list, so if they call again I can file a complaint with the gov't agencies "Dana" mentioned. I hate scammers!
Mark C.
Mark C.
2011-06-06 20:58:34
Unknown
Well I knew it was some type of bill collector and it was. It turned out to be Bay Area Credit Service. They are calling for a old ambulance bill I hadnt paid. Then to top it off it aint even a person on the phone its some damn machine.
Antonio
Antonio
2011-06-06 20:58:34
Unknown
These turkeys call 2 to 3 tomes a day minimum.  Am tired of their tactics. Don't know these people from Adam.
Dana
Dana
2011-06-06 20:58:34
Unknown
This is "Bay Area Collection" - I was lucky enough to inherit a new cell # on my business phone from a dead beat that owed $$ to a set of agencies. I tried calling them to inform them to quit calling but Derek didn't give a $&*% - hey he's just the late evening call center dude. My advice is to take names, dates and time you called. Ask for the address to send a cease & desist notice if need  be, but the fair collection laws in the US are such that you only need to notify them ONCE and by phone is included. Then if they call after that - take down the date/time/person's name and turn them into the attorney general's office for your state. They will be fined.
Kristel
Kristel
2011-06-06 20:58:34
Unknown
I get calls from them several times a week.  I even called the police but they said I can only file a harrassment claim if they call three or more times a day.  They are calling to collect on someone named James who I don't even know.  Maybe he had my number before me?  I've left messages and told the live operator to take me off their list.  Nothing seems to help. One of the operators even got huffy with me when I told him I'd already asked for my number to be removed. What can I do?
Glenda
Glenda
2011-06-06 20:58:34
Unknown
Continuous calls from 800-862-4187.  Have asked repeatedly to be taken off calling list.  They get rude.  Have threatened them and still does not work.  What to do?
pissed
pissed
2011-06-06 20:58:34
Unknown
how do we block this number?
Dina
Dina
2011-06-06 20:58:34
Unknown
I get a call from this number 800-862-4187 about  three times a day and I am tired of it.
Steve
Steve
2011-06-06 20:58:34
Unknown
Got a call from them tonite. Their machine did not respond when I answered. Also a call from their 877-341-2479 number on Friday a few hours after "Jody Roberts" told me they would stop calling. I assume that the "Roberts" surname is a pseudonym (have also gotten the call Janice Roberts message).
Suzy-Q
Suzy-Q
2011-06-06 20:58:34
Unknown
I do not owe any money to anyone. I have had the same telephone # for 35 years. I told the idiots that my # was on the do not call list and said "Do not call this # again" and I hope that stops the call.
T
T
2011-06-06 20:58:34
Unknown
To answer all....
Your information is easily obtainable (prev. collections exper.)
All of your information including your ss# can be bought. However, the information can not be used for anything other then "skip tracing" (research and locating)

The cease & Desist letter is the best route to go. It is a good rule of thumb to threaten debt collectors of your (legal) actions if a specific contact # is not removed.

Also, as long as you tell a debt collector that they will receive money within a few months(no specific date or amount need be specified), that is considered a valid arrangement. If you tell them you will not pay on your debt or have no intention to pay, they can settle it in court resulting in you oweing your full amount due+ court fees (yours and the debt companies).

Amount dues are negotiable. I had a outstanding balance of $500+, i was able to p/o with $200 in full during that phone call.

IMPORTANT! if you negotiate a lesser payment to pay-off your account, be sure to get it in writing first. Or else you have no proof. Debt collectors are anonymous for saying a small amount is fine and pretending like that conversation never happened to build bonus and get money from you.
Teresa
Teresa
2011-06-06 20:58:34
Unknown
I keep getting calls from this number.  One message was left that they are attempting to collect on a debt.  I do not have any outstanding or past due debts.  What can I do to stop this?
Bobbie
Bobbie
2011-06-06 20:58:34
Unknown
I have been getting calls from Janice Roberts (Bay Area Collection Service) since 2-12-08.  I screen my calls, so have never talked to them.  Most of the time they hang up as soon as my answering machine goes on.  They call about 3 times (hang-up) and finally leave a message that if I am not so and so I should hang up.  If I am so and so, I should call Janice Roberts at 1-800-862-4187. What is odd, is that my phone # is unlisted and so and so is a friend of mine who made a call from my phone in January. The phone company thinks this is probably just a random coincidence.  I'm not so sure... My friend doesn't owe anything to anyone. They called 3 times Sunday morning, 3 times Sunday night, and are after me again today (Mon.).  Has anyone sucessfully gotten rid of them?  How can they have  been doing this for as long as they have and still get away with it?
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