Received a call through our 24 HR answering service. I guess when they found out we were a Funeral Home that we could not assist them! Shame! Sometimes they call wanting us to supply them information-would never offer any information without a family members permission-privacy rules & regulations. However, we have a local Attorney who handles our collections.

9493812630
8479942545

they're harassing us even though we are on do not call registry!

My daughter has been getting called by these guys for the entire year she's had the phone. Pretty sure they are after the original owner of the number, but I have no idea who that was. They should call Verizon and ask who had it prior to my daughter being assigned it.

Seriously, if I owed them something (my daughter is only 11 so she hasn't incurred any debt) shouldn't they have sent me something in the mail by now? Been living in the same spot almost 7 years now and all my prior debt was taken care of in a bankruptcy.

Simply stupid.

I have received 3 calls from these people with in 3 hours.  Each time I asked to be removed as they have the wrong number but they still call.

If you have suffered circumstances resulting in defaults on loans or bills and are hounded by bill collection agencies, do this:

1) If you get calls from numbers you don't recognize, even if they appear to be a local caller, or appear on Caller ID as innocuous (Red Cross) DON''T ANSWER THE PHONE.Collectors route through local exchanges or simply spoof the CID to trick you into answering.
2) If you get mail from out of state or even local agencies OR their lawyers requesting/requiring payment and making threats, rip them up and throw them away. Never enter into a new payment plan (with best intentions) with firms like these; any default after payments results in extension of the statute of limitations in your state (the period of time they have to sue you and get a judgement which lasts twenty years).
3) It is advisable to be responsive to notices from your local COURT. If you wish to avoid signing anything and being served personally, don't open your door when unexpected knocks or doorbell ringing occurs. The notice will eventually be taped to your door, and you will have 2-3 weeks to answer. Simply write that you are broke, out of work, living on Social Security, have no job prospects, and couldn't pay even if the debt was found to be valid by the Court. If you have valuable assets like land, home, car, that's a different story; if truly broke, these places (having done asset searches on you) are less likely to proceed with a claim in court, but may do so just to get a judgement, if only as a hedge against you possibly winning a future lottery or something. If you have assets, you should claim bankruptcy; if not, the expense is pointless, but be aware that any less valuable household things are still forfeit up to a certain point of exemption (depends on your state law). Virtually no collector bothers with you of you don't have assets that are easily liquidate-able without them paying out more court fees. Send a copy of your response to the Palintiff as well.
SIGNED: Experienced.

These people keep calling my home every day four to five times a day.  They proceed to never speak on the phone.  There is dead silence and than a busy signal.  Please stop from calling me.  I am disabled and is very difficult to get to the phone.

I'm reporting them to the Better Business Bureau. My employer recently had a telephone installed so that I could work occasionally from home. Portfolio Recovery is calling, isn't sure who their client is - but is trying to get information for basically who had the number before I got it. I can't switch the numbers - it's on all my business cards and letterhead.

They keep calling at the most obtrusive of times and new tactic - text messaging - which makes my voicemail go haywire and confuses my fax machine. As this is my work telephone number, technically this is illegal and harassment by calling me at my place of employment.

The telephone company won't help - but the BBB should or next step the State Attorney's Office.

If you were in a position to need a loan, you should be responsible enough to repay it back. If the terms of the loan are undesirable, the fault lies with yourself for accepting and signing the agreement. You are part of the problem with this country -  lazy and irresponsible mindsets.

Called many times; asked to be taken from their call list and calls stopped for awhile but have resumed

I agree with you 100%!!!!

Reported caller to the National Do Not Call registry:

https://www.donotcall.gov/

Everyone, please report any abuse to the above website.

they called twice i dont know who it was but i aint gonna answer

They called claiming to take everthing i own
if certain bills are not paid immediately.  I have
tons of bills. Only essential bills, ie phone, light and water
will be paid.  Bills related to loans of any sort will
never be paid back by me. So as far as i am concern
they can call forever.  

The whole banking industry is corrupt so they
have some nerve asking the very consumers
that they are fleecing to pay them back money
they owe.  When the banking industry almost
collapsed in 2008 due to their corrupted business
practices and had to be bailed out by the government
i decided that no banks or their affiliates were
worthy of repayment of money they loan to me.

If you notice nothing as changed with them.  They went
right back to paying out huge bonous to their
high level management personnels.

Wellll, I got a collection letter from a lawyer office. I guess if I don't respond I will get a summons. It came regular snailmail not registered return receipt. I haven't decided what to do. Any suggestions?

This is a bill collector.  They call a few times every week.  I believe this is a student loan recovery company.  Thing is, we don't nor never have had any student loans.  This all started for us about 10 years ago because my spouse has a similar name to someone else that lives in our same TOWN.  Somehow they think my spouse is this other person.  We actually had called and clarified that matter 10 years ago and thought this was done.  They have been calling for a couple of months now, but I am definitely not answering.  Like IFP, Inc.  this is a real low-life scumbag operation.  They don't even leave a message.

The person you are calling does not have this number anymore. This is a new number for me.  Please remove calls to 4432260682 off your list

yes here is what I got so far and they are starting to call before 8:30 eastern standard time isn't this against the law calling this early

1-847-994-2545
1-847-994-2557
1-847-994-2555
1-847-994-2553
1-847-994-2550

BLOCK LIST

205-588-8181 - Workcallsms
215-944-8989 - Workcallsms
239-642-8598 - Workcallsms
404-592-5171 - Workcallsms
404-968-4848 - Workcallsms
405-329-5714 - Workcallsms
407-347-4014 - Workcallsms
412-282-1420 - Workcallsms
416-800-9148 - Workcallsms
440-580-0720 - Workcallsms
443-313-1380 - Workcallsms
484-489-2840 - Workcallsms
510-355-1780 - Workcallsms
512-519-3650 - Workcallsms
602-264-2270 - Workcallsms
605-782-2890 - Workcallsms
620-662-1492 - Workcallsms
620-662-8870 - Workcallsms
626-209-2241 - Workcallsms
661-673-4507 - Workcallsms
678-265-1568 - Workcallsms
702-410-7069 - Workcallsms
714-408-3640 - Workcallsms
714-680-3192 - Workcallsms
714-992-2282 - Workcallsms
731-215-8010 - Workcallsms
731-984-7690 - Workcallsms
731-215-8010 - Workcallsms
757-321-6279 - Workcallsms
757-321-6280 - Workcallsms
757-321-6282 - Workcallsms
757-864-0020 - Workcallsms
757-961-3544 - Workcallsms
757-961-3546 - Workcallsms
757-961-3547 - Workcallsms
757-961-3548 - Workcallsms
786-206-8643 - Workcallsms
800-427-7142 - Workcallsms
800-772-1413 - Workcallsms
847-678-9710 - Workcallsms
847-994-2544 - Workcallsms
847-994-2544 - Workcallsms
858-346-1184 - Workcallsms
866-887-0973 - Workcallsms
866-940-7640 - Workcallsms
877-876-8723 - Workcallsms
888-218-5212 - Workcallsms
888-543-6072 - Workcallsms
918-442-0320 - Workcallsms
412-282-1421 - Workcallsms
404-921-2521 - Workcallsms
440-580-0721 - Workcallsms
914-513-0163 - Workcallsms
954-622-9827 - Workcallsms
407-347-4021 - Workcallsms
443-313-1382 - Workcallsms
518-207-3602 - Workcallsms
847-994-2553 - Workcallsms
847-994-2557 - Workcallsms
847-994-2555 - Workcallsms
847-994-2545 - Workcallsms

Here's my portfolio block list:

2054234020
2055888181
2055888197
2159448989
2396428598
4045925171
4049212521
4049684848
4053295714
4073474014
4073474021
4122821420
4122821421
4168009148
4405800720
4433131380
4433131381
4844892840
5103551780
5125193650
5182073600
6022642270
6022865100
6027951383
6057822890
6206621492
6206628870
6262092241
6616734507
6782651568
7024107069
7144083640
7146803192
7149922282
7312158010
7319847690
7573216279
7573216280
7573216282
7578640020
7579613544
7579613546
7579613547
7579613548
7862068643
8004277142
8007721413
8476789710
8479942540
8479942544
8479942545
8479942553
8583461184
8599180780
8599180782
8668870973
8669407640
8778768723
8882185212
8885436072
9145130163
9184420320
9546229827

This company calls me daily about a debt that does not belong to me. They have my name and phone number, but the social security number, date of birth, and address they list are not mine. And yet, they continue to harass me. When I demand their name and address, they hang up. So I can't even mail a cease and desist letter! I am being harassed about a debt that isn't even mine. I reported them to the FTC for unfair debt collection practices and suggest you do the same.

www.ftcComplaintAssistant.gov/

Calls at least 6 times a day.

I have been getting calls from this number for weeks. They won't answer when I pick up. I wouldn't mind so much if I owed someone money, but I don't owe anyone anything and they won't even answer the phone so I can set them straight.

I just filed a complaint with the BBB. Here is a link for anyone to do the same.

http://norfolk.app.bbb.org/complaint/new/51000164

A tip through my experiance, if you have caller ID, simply don't anwser when they call. The idiots have robo dialers that call a dozen or more people at once. From what I have read, the reason many times you hear silence on the other end is because some poor sap has anwsered and the high school drop out paid to harass people for them is talking to them and you are left with no one anwsering. From what I gather in my reading and experiance, if you anwser the phone it increases the likelyhood of you getting more calls. The idiots called me for a period of time and then stopped for about a year. Found out they had filed a suit against me and served it at an address I hadn't lived at for 10 years. Luckily I live in a state where the case cannot proceed without proper service. After anwsering the suit and hearing nothing back from them, I started to get phone calls again about a month ago. They are clowns.They can only win in court if you don't oppose them or show up, they almost never have what they need to counter someone who educates themself in how to oppose them in court. Not sure what the dumbasses think they will accomplish by calling me but again, they are dumbasses.

I second that Pat.  I wish our useless dirty Federal Congressman and Senators would have one of our Federal Agencies go after Portfolio Recovery Associates for this unscrupulous behavior.

Good one Pat.  You hit the nail on the head...Portfolio Recovery Associates is like a bunch of Dirty Cops or Mafia Protection guys harassing innocent hard working citizens for Free Money/Payoffs just to be left alone.

They keep calling, they never leave a message.  I don't owe any money to anyone, I pay all my bills timely.  
Even though I don't owe any money to anyone I'm willing to pay Portfolio Recovery Associates an agreed upon amount if they would just stop trying to "shake me down".  I'm game...I know they are looking for Mafia Type "Protection Money".  I'll pay for them to stop; if only they would leave a message and tell me how much "Protection Money" they want to stop calling me.

stop call me

Why does this caller continue to call me?

Multiple calls from this number.

I get calls from this number at least 3 or more times per day.  Whoever is calling doesn't leave a message and my Caller ID doesn't name who is calling, I don't answer it.