who is this

I don't have a loan with these people and they called. Actually I don't have any loans with any people. So whoever that douche is who wrote in all caps, YOU are the horrible one for assuming that all people have loans in the first place. Get a life.

Calling my 13 year olds cell phone. I'm pretty sure she has no outstanding debt. They never leave a message.

This is not a criminal thing. If they are calling you and telling you that they are going to get a sheriff involved they are lying. The only thing a sheriff would do is serve you civil papers for a law suit. You need to report them to your attorney general. What they are doing is against the collector rules.

Duh, you are an idiot.  If there are payments owed fine. We have never done any kind of business with these vultures.  We have payments that are on auto withdrawal from the actual financial institutions we do work with.  Condescending jack***.

they think they smart telling im looking for this person cause i met him on the street and wanted to talk to him smart but dum cause im the guy they looking for

That's Fireside bank.  Do you happen to be making car payments?  I searched it for ya, and here is a quote directly from Fireside Banks main page:

Fireside Bank, is a California based FDIC insured financial institution with offices located throughout the western United States. By purchasing retail installment contracts from dealerships, Fireside helps customers with marginal credit purchase automobiles and light trucks.

That's how they got your number, you took our a car loan, and even if they aren't who you originally went thru, they stated themselves that they "purchasing retail installment contracts from dealerships" so they could have bought your car payment contract.  Weird, I know, but now you have your answer.

Whomever said just pay your bill is an idiot. I don’t even have a car loan; Fireside calls my number looking for someone who previously used my phone number. I have called repeatedly and asked for them to stop calling me. They tell me they are taking me off the list but it never happens. Just now the lady working accused me of lying and either being the person who they are looking for or a relative of them. I have placed my phone number on the national no call list and it has not phased them so it is illegal to call me, It is also illegal to call relatives (in the state of California), and they record you when you call which is also illegal. Someone should put a stop to this…

IM JUST 17 DAYS LATE ON MY CARPAYMENT AND EXPLAINT TO THEM THAT I COULD DO A POST DATED CHECK FOR 06/26/2009 AND THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT THEY CAN'T WORK NOTHING UP WITH ME BECAUSE IM ALWAYS LATE I ONLY OWE THEM I LATE PAYMENT OF $346.00 AND THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT THEY ARE JUST GOING TO REPO MY CAR I TOLD THEM TO GO AHEAD AND DO WHAT EVER THEY WANT...I JUST DON'T CARE IM TRYING TO PAY THEM AND THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO WORK WITH ME I EXPLAIN THE CITUATION WITH MY WORK HRS. CHANGING AND THEY JUST DON'T CARE THEY ARE SO RUDE PLEASE DON'T EVER DEAL WITH THIS COMPANY THEY ALSO CALL BEFORE YOU BEING LATE ON YOUR CAR PAYMENT TO REMIND YOU THAT UR LATE WHEN IT HAS NOT BEEN OVER 10 DAYS....

I must echo many of the complaints here. I have a loan through Fireside and they are, without a doubt, the rudest, most incompetent company I have ever dealt with. Although I pay on time (sometimes a day or two before my due date) they start calling me the day after my due date. Sometimes 10 or more times a day! They call from several different numbers, and the callers are all very rude and threatening. When I explain that I've already made the payment, they insist that they have not received it and demand payment over the phone. I've filed complaints with the company, with the FTC, and with the BBB. I'm now just ignoring their calls. You just don't treat your customers this way, especially in this economy. They don't want to work with you--they want to harrass you.

I DO finance my car through Fireside and they've been ok to work with... however, I receive random calls from them every so often (like just now), when there should be no reason for a call.  I'm up-to-date with payments, insured, etc...

They call us all the time as well even when our payments are up to date or earlier then it should be. Is there not such a law anymore called Phone Harrasment. I'm going to look into it.

I have to say to the paymentmaker that even if you don't make your payment, harrasment is illegal.  3-4 times a day is rediculous.  I have had the same problem with these people.  My husband is out of work and we got a payment behind.  There is no need for them to call that much when I have already explained the situation and told them when they would get thier money.  I also told them they could come and get the car if that was not acceptable.  They still just call and call and call.  I submitted a complaint to the FTC, but that does no good!

Yep, that's Fireside Bank, apparently staffed with morons who can not understand how calling the same number over and over again looking for someone who doesn't live here will NEVER work.

For a period of time I got constant telephone calls from them looking for some illegal Mexican or something, someone who gave them a random telephone number, probably, which wound up being mine.  It took the stupid f***s a long time to get it through their moron heads that dialing the same number over and over results in reaching the same wrong person.

It's annoying when credit card companies engage in such harassment, but when legitimate banks fall in to the behavior, it's probably even more so.

To get them to stop calling just make your payments,Duh!!

This company is very annoying! At times calls sometimes 8 times a day! Thay also call past 9pm and at 7am! How can i block them from calling me!

i agree with KD from 30Dec2007.  

i just got a call ....at work.  said i needed to call ASAP and i did.  then nothing...no answers.  i attempted to call about 5 or 6 times to the extension that was left.... ext 57483.  then the guy who ever he is (william or liam or something) answers.

then he asks me for my name and i told him my first name. then he wanted my last name.  i told him he would not get that until he told me what this was all about. then he hangs up.  then i call back several more times...now the operator who answers when you  press '0' is rude.  

this has definitely got to be some sort of scamming thing.  i have gotten calls from a carpet cleaning place a few months ago on my cell...  not sure how they get the numbers and all..but there are crooks out there trying to get private info.  

just be careful.

By the way, it's Fireside bank!

The person calls, asks for me and then tells me someone listed me as a reference. I did not know the people that he mentioned and I wanted to get some additional information and as soon as I asked a question they hung up.

Got a phone call from this number and all that was asked was "what is your address?"  I asked who is this, and they said non of your concern and hung up the phone.  I google searched and got Fireside bank in CA, and a Bank of America in seattle, WA.  I do not bank with either of those banks, nor do I have loans through those banks.

I answered my husbands phone while at the DR. office and a man asked to speak to my husband. I asked him who was calling and he said his name was J.C I then asked what co. he was calling from and when he said Fireside I knew something was up. So I asked what it was regarding and he said "Woah you ask alot of questions!" I told him that he was being evasive with his one word answers and he started to yell at me! If you recieve any calls from Fireside Do Not give them any information!!!!

they call me every day, and every time i tell them that the person they are trying to reach no longer has this number i have no idea who it is. or how they can get ahold of them, its a pre paid phone.

The are the most uncompassionate bank I have every dealt with, they don't care about anyone but themselves.  The don't work with anyone!!!

I do not answer 800 calls.

I dont even have car payments we own our 3 cars outright so WTF are they so bored at work they just pick random ppl to call. Get a clue do***e bags

He called himself Mr. Musthafa 800.825.1862 - refused to state what the call was regarding
I reversed the number and found it was from Fireside Bank - he was rude and tried to come off as
a know it all - they are very agressive and I would recommend if they are calling your place of employment
to ask for the call to be recorded and clearly state that you do not wish to be harassed at your place of employment. Then proceed to report them to BBB. Remember it wasn't always like this for you and things will get better. Have faith...Good Luck

I had car financed thru Fireside Bank about 4 yrs ago. That was the time i was in college. Anyways, while in school i lost my job and wasn't able to pay for the car so i told them to come and pick up the car to have it repoed. Now they found me 4 yrs later, and start harrasing me again and even at work they've been calling. This so called Mr. Mustafa, is threatning me with various different scare tactics. One of them is that if i didn't pay what was owed to them, which is now $14k (the original loan amount was $10k), that he will get the Sheriff involved and start the legal process to garnish my wages from my employment.

Does anyone know if they can even do that to me? Any help would be good. I'm the only source of income between my wife and I, and we have a baby on the way.

Let me add to your accurate information.  I do not have marginal credit, however, someone with rather bad credit put my name down as a reference and they have harassed me trying to find the person with bad credit.  I have told them to stop calling me, but unsuccessfully.  Good grief, calling me is NOT going to get their money, but I will be blocking their number as I have received 2 calls in two days.

Got a call at work last week from this jerk Mr. Mustafa. He was rude from the very beginning. He used tons of scare tactics and started to make lots of comments about my personal life and my spouse being a flake and not helping out with bills and avoiding child support. I continue to tell him over and over again that I was NOT going to discuss my personal life with him and if we could just stick to the matter at hand. He continued to be very rude and mentioned the Sheriff's office over and over again and about paycheck garnishment which I know he can't do, already called my HR. Does he not know you attract more bees with honey than you do with rudeness? Anyone who gets a call from him ask to have someone else handle your case. Or ask to speak to his manager, he doesn't like that and will probably hang up on you like he did me. Good luck and don't fall prey to him like I did.

they can and if you don't answer they call right back