This number popped up in an interesting spat of calls I received yesterday. I received two calls trying to scam me with some free alarm system (both calls were from people who could barely speak English, asking for personal information, claimed to know my "region" without ever naming it, etc.). After trolling both of these people along with hilariously false information (I'm from Alaska and my ZIP code is 12345), I received a call from this number approximately fifteen minutes later. Finally fed up, I answered, "(My City's Name) Police Department". The person quickly said he had a wrong number and hung up.

To clarify, I have only type of loan. It is a car loan, it is through a local bank, it has not been sold off to anyone else, and I have never missed a payment. These people aren't just working with debts that actually exist (though I'm sure they do a lot of sleazy stuff with actual debts) - they will troll random phone numbers and guilt you on the off chance that you do owe something to someone. A actual debt collector MUST send you a written statement detailing what the debt is, how much is owed, who it was purchased from, etc. Just tell these clowns never to call you again - if they do continue to call, they are in violation of federal law and you get to sue them. Win/win!

just got a voicemail msg from this number claiming they were the Drug Enforcement Administration needing to ask me questions about an 'ongoing investigation' ... "Officer Paul Davis, Division 39..." it sounds totally  bogus, made up name, made up voice... Anybody know who they really are?

got a call from this number
its a scam

Join class action lawsuit......by the way hows it working for you at SANTANDER

See class action lawsuit

check out class auction lawsuit for Santander on internet...SIGN UP   I guess you cant call some one 30 times a day

Check out the CLASSACTIONLAWSUITSANTANDER    I guess you cant call someone 30 times a day

this is why they ask you this  go to thihttp://www.santanderclassaction.com/s site

I have it set up to automatic pay each month from my bank account and they keep calling me..... I call them back and they confirm payment is to come out each month just like the last 6 months yet they call and call all day long... I am not about to give them another payment so they can charge me 12.95...

Says the bill collector

I know Santander took over/partnered with Sovereign several years ago, but I haven't had a loan with Sovereign since - 2003?  2004???  No idea.

They called my cell, saying my best friend (who they named) put me down as a reference and to "tell him to call them back".  Meanwhile, he did nothing of the sort.

I don't owe anyone any money.  I don't know how they got my number, but they are clearly shady.

This company, Standard, calls to harass people who have nothing to do with the party who owes them. My daughter has a car payment that was NOT 30 days late. They call her husband at WORK, they call me, her mother when she is 38 years old and lives on the other side of the US.  They call me AT WORK!!!!!! i NEED Help finding a way to put this company who are bullies out of business. These collection practices are unnecessary and ILLEGAL.  The name of the company is Standard something.  The phone number they leave is 888-222-4227.  I intend to contact the Attorney General in the state and intend to track them down. The UNITED STATES is no place for these predatory lenders. They represent anything but GOOD people. Help take them DOWN.

Yes you are obligated since they own your loan and they have all the paperwork.

My original car loan was with CitiGroup - was never late - they sold the loan to
SANTANDER CONSUMER USA - They start calling the day the loan is due - told them I have a 10 day grace period - they said not with them, that was with CitiGroup when they owned the loan - told them they have to honor the contract I signed. I refuse to deal with these people anymore, they are relentless, rude and do NOT honor anything they tell you when you try to make arrangements with them. With the economy as bad as it's been, we have fallen behind, but continue to make full payments, and now they are worried about late fees? Yah, like they won't bury those into the loan payoff balance. Here are a list of number that I have recorded so far that they use, to call me like 10 times a day on my cell phone.
(214) 614-3380   (214) 614-3380   (214) 237-3516   (214) 237-3670   (214) 540-0714   (214) 540-2035   (800) 828-2253   (888) 222-4227   (817) 887-0121   (619) 757-1242   (469) 385-5260   (972) 559-1162   (303) 658-9000
I can tell you, if I EVER go for another car loan, it will NEVER be with this company and I will make sure the company is not in the practice of selling off my auto loans!!
:-(

I wanted to respond to the hours of calls times as some may not be aware.  Say you live in Texas but you have a California Cell number, if that is the only number you have on your account, by law, they can still contact the California Cell Number during the 8 am - 9 pm time zone of CA even if you live in TX.

ALSO

If you have an attorney to represent you, you MUST have them added to the account in order to be able to speak with them, this can be done in writing or you can have them added for 24 hours on the account by phone and submitting the required information.  But you yourself have to give the information to the collector.  You will need to make sure that you have the attorney's name, the company, their contact number and how long you want them to be on the account. That letter will then need to be signed and dated and make sure that you have your full name, account number, social security number and contact information in the letter.

Using this to not speak to a collector who is calling you does not annoy them, they are happy to not speak to you because they would rather hear that than hear you cuss them out.  Not to mention, it does not bother them because it shows that you don't care about your debt and in the end it hurts you more than it could ever hurt the person that is calling you.

You are wrong in the remarks that you said that they are unworkable and would not speak to you.  It actually will show on your account that you were the one that refused to work and the reason why is because if you are late and they are contacting you to collect your LATE payment and you use that ruse to get out of talking to them, you are the one being unworkable and it will reflect on your account as such.

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I have done the same thing.  I also went on the web site and changed my phone number to a fake phone number.  Remember that song back in the 80's, 867-5309,.....yep that is my new fake number and the phone calls stop.  I don't need the bill collectors to call me to tell me that I need to pay a bill, I know that.  Don't call me....I'll call you, I already have your number!!!!!

Also when they start harassing me, I connect my LAN line to the FAX machine and the FAX machine and answer the phone through the FAX machine.  That way they get the annoying sound of a FAX being sent.

I found a solution to dealing with all the harassing calls. It is simple and effective. It will do the trick every time. When you get a call, do not hang up or do not just ignore the call. Here is the trick and it annoys them, trust me. If you have a land line phone, just pick up the phone receiver an lay it down. Do not say anything. If you have your TV or radio on, place the receiver near the TV and radio. If you want to annoy them even more, turn up your TV or the radio very loud. And if you are away from the TV or radio just lay the phone receiver down, without saying anything. If you have a cell phone, just hit your answer button and lay the phone down. A friend also tells me, he hit his answer button on his cell phone but just pretends like he has a cold and cough in the phone or he goes in the bathroom and flushes the toilet while holding the phone close to the toilet so the person hears the toilet as it flushes. I have tried these things and it appears that the calls have gone down.

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Hey everyone, I found a solution to dealing with all the harassing calls. It is simple and effective. It will do the trick every time. When you get a call, do not hang up or do not just ignore the call. Here is the trick and it annoys them, trust me. If you have a land line phone, just pick up the phone receiver an lay it down. Do not say anything. If you have your TV or radio on, place the receiver near the TV and radio. If you want to annoy them even more, turn up your TV or the radio very loud. And if you are away from the TV or radio just lay the phone receiver down, without saying anything. If you have a cell phone, just hit your answer button and lay the phone down. A friend also tells me, he hit his answer button on his cell phone but just pretends like he has a cold and cough in the phone or he goes in the bathroom and flushes the toilet while holding the phone close to the toilet so the person hears the toilet as it flushes. I have tried these things and it appears that the calls have gone down.

This is something consumers aren't aware of... the trick of selling a collection to another agency so that it appears on your credit report forever... you can callenge this!  Contact the reporting agencies as they are bound by the originating note date and when it goes into default.  Other then IRS, student loan debt or BK... 7 years is maximum that it can be reported on your credit report.  If you challenge something on your credit report as havin max'd out the 7yr limit.  The agengency then challenges the agency that is reporting a negative rating to prove they own the debt and the original documentation... the company then has 30 days to provide this information and if they can't support this information that the debt is below the 7yr mark... the neg rating is automatically removed!

These collection agencies are not god ad can't ruin your life forever... no matter what they like to think!  You all should also be aware of the statute of limitations of debt in your state.  Its usually between 4-6 years (though in some states it can be more or less).  Once you've passes the limit you can demand that agency stop contacting you!

As for Santander... they're a real piece of work!  I too have had my loan sold to them and they've made my life hell ever since.  My loan amount is still really high after 4 years of payments!  I've asked for a break down of my payments (which they have to provide). They've added an additional $536 in "fees" but have yet to explain what they are and will not provide me info on where these fees originated from... I've asked for a copy of the original note (proving that they have the ability to legally collect on my car note) and of course... they haven't provided any of this.  Whether my caqr payment is on time or not is irrelevant to them... they call 6 times a day.. 7 days a week!

I've done some research on Santander Consumer USA... their main US office is based out of TX but they're actually a subsidiary of the Bank of Spain!  I guess they think they'll save their country's banking system via the backs of Americans.  Santander is not a financial institution but a collection agency but they claim the protections of a bank... this is how they get away with what they do!  I've been keeping a detailed log of all their calls... keeping copies of phone records and a detail of everytime I've spoken to someone so that I can take this all to a lawyer... as our states AG and the FTC hasn't done s*** about this companies bad business practices!

Also... my husband had some serious hours cut so we went to them for a "loan" modification... after months of back and forths we finally got the paper work and in the paper work it says... "this laon modification only affects the payment amount and does not change anything else from your original contract"... yet the very next statement I received shows my maturity date extended for an additional 6mos... the same amount of time of my loan modification!  This too is in my "to sue them" folder!

One last item in their bad practices... they've recently begun charging $11 of their online payment feature that used to be free... another way to gouge us!  So I shrugged when I saw this the first time and tried to pay... the "system" would accept the payment using any of my banking info... including my debit card and my husbands payroll card!  So I started mailing in my payments!  I first started mailing them in early to try to avoid these calls (though at times it doesn't matter if they have my payment or not to help avoid their harassing calls)... when I mailed the payment in earlier... they would send the payment through electronically over drafting my acct... if I mail it in on my payment due date...(I have a 10 day grace that they don't recognize and charge me late fees from the day after my due date... also illegal!)... they sit on my payment for 3 weeks so they can charge me a daily late fee!  So I've had to start sending in my payment via registered mail so I can have a record of this as well!

Their business practices range from unethical to out right illegal and people need to start compiling information to sue them... class actions are hard to start.... it might be easier to find a consumer lawyer... a shark willing to work on consignment and then sue the pants off these creeps!

A collection co is only allowed two calls per day!  Each call outside of that can produce up to $1000 per call in fines and the other stuff they do is also tied to discouraging penalties!    The only reason they keep getting away with this is because not enough of us have sued them!  I know complaining about them is cathartic but we need to now take action!  There's a class action law suit in TX being worked against Santandar but you have to be a resident of TX to participate.  Two other legal firma that I'm aware of that are compiling a class action against Santander is the law office of Gary Green and David & Norris LLC... you can google them and google "Class Action Santander" and you'll see pages of results!

I'm also not sure... but the fact that they've changed some of the tenants of your original contract... such as ignoring a grace period and charging late fees may be illegal without the signing of a new contract and/or your consent... also I'm wondering how they apply most of your payment to interest... pushing your maturity date out... there may be something there!

I also think that they purposely attempt to ruin people's credit ratings so that you are stuck with them and can't refinance your loans with someone else.  I've recently switched over to a credit union... I'm working with them to refinance these last 10 months (my orignial maturity date was 1/2012 but somehow my new maturity is 9/2012 and they can't explain why... this can't be legal!)

I apologizes for the length of this post and the typos... though it important to share some of this info!  We need to do more then just complain... we need to take action!  The more of us that join class actions or start their own law suits... the quicker we'll push this company out of our lives!  The bank of Spain is trying to get a bailout via the backs of Americans anf I don't know about any of you but I'm sick and tired of our country kneeling at the throne of corporate profits above all else!  If corporations are people... then bad behaviour needs to be punished and these folks only understand is money and bottom lines!  Let's kick them in their "bottom lines" all the way back to Spain!

Best of luck to you all!

This number has been calling annoyingly

they sure the heck do! they call and leave me a voicemail then call back in the same day and leave two more.... they call all day everyday even when there's a check in the mail and it's only 1 day late... they're extremely rude and when I bring all this up to a manager they say "well this is how they conduct their business" .... so they know they are pushing their limits... today I spoke to another "manager" who advise that if we write a cease and desist letter advising to only contact by mail that this is the only way to stop the calls .... this will include calls to co-workers, relatives and old references I was assured...

I get this number 5-8 times a day.  This is a business and we do not have anything to do with bill collectors. They wait til I answer then hang up. What a waste of time, I consider this harassment.

Listed below are some of the phone numbers Santander USA
uses to contact you 24/7.

214 540-0714
214 614-3380
214-237-3516
214-237-3670
214-614-3300
214-540-2035
214-757-1242
214-540-0714
214-614-3380
303-302-1410
303-658-9000
303-832-1688
619-757-1242
619-757-1241
888-222-4227
888-422-4229
972-559-1162
972-559-1462
469-427-5001
469-385-5260
817-887-0121
800-418-1888
408-589-8836
312-393-0985
605-884-4190
866-460-2471
909-271-4254
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These MFs keep calling me. How can I stop them?