800-754-0961
| testy 2014-06-18 15:39:09 Unknown |
and you are paranoid schizophrenic.
| testy 2014-06-18 15:37:14 Unknown |
I called 8007540961 and reached Verizon Wireless financial services so you have no idea what you're talking about.
| testy 2014-06-18 15:36:38 Unknown |
then the person you spoke to is a complete idiot.
I called 8007540961 and reached Verizon Wireless financial services so they have no idea what they're talking about.
| testy 2014-06-18 15:26:56 Unknown |
This is by far the best answer to this particular thread.
| testy 2014-06-18 15:25:56 Unknown |
The customer service rep you spoke to is an idiot then because it is a Verizon number.
| testy 2014-06-18 15:24:16 Unknown |
If you had bothered to read what you were signing you would have known about the data charges. All smartphones use data. They were designed to do so. Verizon isn't going to just give you data.
| testy 2014-06-18 15:21:50 Unknown |
Go ahead and switch carriers. If you think this issue is specific to Verizon just don't pay your Bill there either. If you weren't the account owner how would you know the payment was late?
| dhthomsen 2014-06-11 20:31:33 Unknown |
To all concerned:
Thanks for all of your postings as they helped me track this down.
The group that makes these obnoxious phone calls IS part of Verizon.
I'm told by Verizon customer service that it is not Customer Service but some kind of sales group that is trying to sell more
of everything and uses any excuse to call.
To prevent these calls one has to do a CPNI block on the number(s) on your account.
I'm told that doing this block prevents these calls.
Supposedly there is a place on the paper bill with a check-box to put this CPNI block into place.
I use paperless billing so I did not see it. It still may be there but I missed it.
I hope that this helpful to all.
DT
| Greg 2014-05-08 18:36:32 Debt Collector |
It's not a scam. Just Verizon trying to get you to pay your bill.
| concerned 2014-05-08 16:28:01 Unknown |
I called out the number and it started out with the AT&T jingle........I hung up
| Phone Scam 2014-05-06 22:54:31 Debt Collector |
I have received two calls from these people, both times caller ID came up as "Debt Collection Scam". They always leave a message with this 800 phone number and it is not Verizon as I have contacted Verizon directly and they do not have this 800 number. The caller ID is interesting in that these people don't even have the intelligence to make up a believable caller ID.
| Bryan 2014-04-12 21:08:09 Event Reminder |
My son got the call, even though my number, not his, is the main account. Every few years I miss a notice, and instead of texting me like they usually do, they call one of the other phones on the account instead of my phone. I called cust service and asked them to please express my preference to call only my number and not the other numbers on the account. I am wondering if other people here that are not Verizon customers maybe have a number that used to be a Verizon number as a secondary number on somebody else's account, and they likewise called the 3rd or 4th ex-number instead of their main number?
| Vicky 2014-03-27 17:53:26 Debt Collector |
My husband received a voicemail to return call to 1-800-754-0961. I called *611 on my Verizon phone. Verified my balance and spoke to financial services. Then I called the 1-800-754-0961 from office phone and it is a verizon phone number calling to set up payment arrangement on outstanding balance.
| KS 2014-03-20 19:16:47 Unknown |
Verizon says is is a phishing scam.
| frankie 2014-02-20 17:50:22 Unknown |
Your a scumbag just like the company you work for
| Frankie 2014-02-20 17:48:00 Unknown |
By law dept collectors are not allowed to call you on weekends so if they are speak to a lawyer u can get back up to fifteen hundred each time they called you on weekends and I believe after 8 o'clock don't quote me on the time I'd have to double check
| Frankie 2014-02-20 17:43:19 Unknown |
Verizon sucks they are scam artists I just got a bill in the mail saying I didn't pay a bill from 2012 but yet my service was never interrupted watch out for verizon, and to all the clowns making pay your bill comments put a sock in it cz im sure you wouldn't double pay on a bill or pay for fraudulent charges either Verizon sucks period
| Fake call 2014-01-27 16:35:31 Unknown |
Yep sounds like the lady that is calling me to.
| Fake call 2014-01-27 16:34:22 Unknown |
This is a very rude Black lady that calls she really wants that information. I forgot to put this in my first message.
| Fake call ! 2014-01-27 16:30:14 Debt Collector |
They call and say they are from a collection agency and want to verify my name and address and SSI and when I refused and questioned who they were they say I owe a bill and I can call them back at the number they just called me on. I told them OK and hung up. NEVER give out this information over the phone believe me a true collection agency has all this information before they call you.
Same lady and number called back 2 weeks latter asking for me by name and I reminded her it didn't work last time it is not going to work now and she hung up.
| Just Me 2013-09-05 17:07:14 Debt Collector |
I recieved a call from this number. I heard the lady say it was collections, then asked for my address and date of birth. She said she couldn't tell me the company until they had all my info. Told her she needed to tell me the company first. Then she said if I would listen instead of talking I would've heard her the first time. I told her when she developed customer service skills to call me back and hung up.
| Dave 2013-08-30 17:50:24 Unknown |
or if it is legit...someone should tell the verizon reps about it.
| Dave 2013-08-30 17:48:06 Unknown |
This is NOT verizon. It is a great copy/scam/ Dial *611 to get customer service via the internal system and ask....they will confirm is IS A SCAM......
| anonymous 2013-08-28 18:39:37 Unknown |
It's amazing these jokers have been around so long. Anyway, these guys are not legit, and they're on this page right now posting instructions on how to get scammed by them.
| lizard 2013-08-28 18:25:26 Unknown |
I don't have a verizon account
| Broke Too 2013-08-24 00:17:06 Debt Collector |
It is VERIZON - sort of. VERIZON like many large companies, in a cost cutting measure has farmed out their collections activities to third party companies, who in many cases can be VERY aggressive, since they earn a %age off the amounts they collect. Don't bother calling VERIZON to complain, the dissatisfaction is just a cost of business for them, even with complaints & customers switching carriers, it is still cheaper for them to pay SOMEONE ELSE to call on & collect from delinquent accounts. They will call from multiple different locations/cities/phone #'s in one day since it works on a phone bank Que system, a worker in a call center's computer automatically dials the next delinquent phone # & if gets a live body the call center rep picks up, if not, it calls the next # on their list. Pay by web or in store only, really the only safe way anymore, even if they 'turn' you off you will still be able to RECEIVE calls & make texts in & out on your phone for a while before they totally shut it off for lack of payment.
| Tom K 2013-08-16 18:10:28 Unknown |
This number calls me and when I answer there isn't a single sound. They call at least 3 times a day. I'm not behind on my bill or anything,
| A 2013-05-17 15:31:06 Unknown |
They also call you about unreturned equipment that they actual acknowledge receiving, but still insist on charging you.
| Robert 2013-05-17 15:20:19 Unknown |
Asks if I'm Renee Silva, prees 1 for yes and 2 for no...
| bbdee 2013-05-10 17:51:19 Unknown |
They call even if u have paid. S***, I've been shut off before after I paid and had a receipt showing payment because they said their pay station was broke. They call paid bill, late bill, or no bill