I have not receive a call from the 2098580600 but idid get a call from a 2098583500 and my representative name is Cindy Harris. When she first called everything seem pretty legit, she had most of my information and I knew that I have owed on my student loans. So I was told to go online and download a" E" form at www.performantpayments.com
I did all of that and akso sent in my information including a payment.
So after doing research on this company I am outrage.  I should have gone with my gut feeling. I was very skeptical after a second conversation with Cindy.
Do not trust them...I am canceling out my card information.

I am going though the same thing with these people but they never sent me an actual letter. They have called me at work, my personal phone and has called some family members of mine. I too believed it was legit since I owe student loans. I have asked them to send some paperwork on what I owe and who I owe this money to. I am yet to receive that letter. I have found out, on a bill that I got with an account number that they have on file for me, I check referenced it with my credit reports and the account number that they have for me doesn't match any account numbers I have on any of my credit reports.  I have found out that you can actually sue them for harassment. It's under precedent/law FDCPA. There are a couple of sections that you can actually sue under. I have found a website it's Lexington Law that has a lot of information on suing debt collectors. I hope this helps.

These people are sick and cruel reading you all comment im just completely out done

Im going through the same thing with these people. I was getting ready to fax them over my information anf for some reason it would not allow me to print the form. T hen i waent back on to the web page and clicked on this  site with you all and seen these comments and im so out done this just do not make any kind of sense, People will do any thing for money and it is really sad.

I have received a delinquent notice fir $37.00 for va dept of taxation I cant seem to reach the rep to pay this amount every time I call I get treated bad with bad customer service. I get switched to 5 manager no answer call back evey 30 mins get a rude rep won't give name. What is one supposed to do

I receive a letter statying I owe $8519.52 to College Loan Corporation, but the letter is address to "Dear Jeffrey Smith" with my address attached to it...Who are these peopel?

I got a post from Gail Rogriguez from performant Recovery Inc, saying that i owe $2496.45 to  State of Louisiana Department of Revenue. I never stayed in Louisiana. Definitely this is a spawn. ph no provided are 800-866-5317 and his personal cell no: 325-224-6728. I wonder how they got my post box address?
Definitely i am not going to call him.

Well the first thing you should do is write them a dispute letter. Then they will have to prove that the debt owed is valid. If they contact you before they prove the debt is valid you have the right to take legal action due to a violation of the FDCPA section 809(b). Look it up. There is some useful info pertaining to this sort of thing.

said i have to pay over 1,500 for school that i have outn of for 10yrs. irs have been taken my money to pay these spam atrist. so i am working to pay for something i can not even use now. tried of being ripped off byn the government.

I have received mail from Performant Recovery Services about my student loan debt. And I received a phone call which I answered today.  I spent maybe 30 minutes and believed it was legitimate until I went online and found out it was not, was a scam.  Scary what they did know, and I gave them some information, but mostly references they said they needed.  This is horrible...that people could do this to those of us who may have debts and are struggling.

i just recieved a letter also.Very confusing ,I live in Virginia & the letter is from California saying I owe taxes from 2011 ? ..I was about to call & pay them , then I found this site .Should I call or not ? ..I don't want to get in trouble :/..hate this ..why are some people so dis-honest ?..sad:(

We also received a letter from Performant Recovery, Inc. - Formerly known as Diversified Collection Services, Inc. (DCS, Inc.) located in Pleasanton, CA.  They claim that we own $3296.70 to the State of Louisiana Department of Revenue.  We have always paid all of our taxes!!!!  If the Dept. of Revenue says we owe them money, why wouldn't they contact us themselves??  Why send it to a debt collector--in California, no less?!  The "collector's" name is Jeffery Rivas (800-866-5317).  We didn't call them and we're certainly not going to send them any money!!!!!!!

I received a letter from "Performant Recovery INC" (formerly known as DCS) stating that I owed $1033 to the state of Louisiana Department of Revenue. I have never been a resident of the state of Louisiana.

Same thing happened to me. They claim I owe the Colorado department of revenue when I haven't made a late payment in my life! Also I haven't lived in Colorado in over 7 years so even if I did owe anyone money, Im pretty sure I would have heard from them first and not from a collection agency, scam people

I received a "Garnishment Letter" from these people which I did not fall for as it was not issued by a court or by the Federal Government. It is a basic form made to look like it came from the courts. These is a scam for sure

I got a similar letter today. They said I owed over $1000 to a company in Colorado whose phone number is in California, and I live in Texas. Go figure. At least the letter should be professional. They have spelling and grammatical errors all over the place.

A friend of mine who's been working his way out of financial trouble got a call and a letter from "Performant Recovery" about a small sum owed to the Virginia Dept of Taxation.  He's never gotten anything from the state about it so why is some collection agent in CA calling about it?

I looked it up a bit and they used to be DCS, now Performant Recovery.  Here's a link where they tell their providers about the name change... sounds like they had legal problems and had to change...

Letter says the website is www.performantpayments.com and takes you to a page which only says one word: DCSPAYMENTS

Provider portal page talking about the name change: https://www.dcsrac.com/PROVIDERPORTAL.aspx

Hope this helps somebody.  I'm still trying to get to the Dept of Taxation to talk to them about it.

I just received a delinquent debt verification notice also today September 1.2012. I decided to look them up because I knew for a fact that I didn't owe the WI department of revenue any monies.So I looked up this debt on the Wisconsin department of revenue site and it said invalid account number. Also I called the collector by the name of David Williams his voice mail comes on and it sounds very non business like, I'm not going to give these folks the time nor the day to steal from me. I must add this is very upsetting to me.

it is spam. they usually send mail and to pay something. dont give them money

I received a collection notice from DCS for a delinquent student loan. They already had all of my information and acted as if they wanted to work out a payment plan with me. While on the phone with them I googled them and came up with numerous complaints against them as scam artists. This company was supposed to be in california but the supposed Supervisor I talked to was in Oregon and the person who is reported to be in charge of my collection account is in Texas. I do not get this. I tried to find their licensing in NYC but could not find one even though on their mailed document they say they are licensed in NYC. I received a fax number but when i tried it, the number was to buy cell phones. I am going to call 7-On-Your-Side or Barbara Nevins-Taylor from Channel 9 News (I worked with her previously about a house I bought) and I am going to PUBLICALLY expose them on national television. They told me that they could garnish my wages and take my retirement 401K since my defaulted student loans are "part of our National Deficit", (the Supervisors words. Watch and listne people...it is about to get ugly.

Well I didn't know and I paid them now I am out 151.00 over the past 9 months,  I agreed beacuse I could not afford to have my pay checks garnished. after my payment they continued to take money from me. I called to check and wouldn't you know it the number provied to me was asking for my accout info...  I thought about it for a few sec call the nuber back a buck of time cause I thought I was dialing wrong But I was not. A VERY GOOD LESSON!!!! Thank YOU!!!  DCS Diversified Collection Services, INC.  A Performant company.  P.O.Box 9054, Pleasanton, CA 94566-9054.  209 858 0600
My "social workers" name was Heidi Hlomes  Ext 7882.  It sucks even more to think about how many REAL bills I could have paid with the money I GAVE THEM...

I also called them and they gave me the same BS about working with me! They wanted me to gave them my checking account number so they could automatically with draw the money.
As many of us have been told in the pass, don't give out your account number or your SS#!