Harrassing phone calls/constant calls at all hours/scam

ComplaintsUnsolicited Phone CallsPortfolio Recovery Associates

Complaint

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Angel Baasch
Country: United States
This company has called my phone for months at all hours for a debt long ago taken care of & even for the previous persdon(s) who had this Ph# before me & unknown to me. They continue to harrass & insist they are not a scam, but won't stop calling. I'm an elderly senior citizen & was kind in the begining, they said they would remove the number..they have called from Las Vegas, Nv. ..east coast, California..they have callers all over the world I guess. PLEASE get them to stop calling . I am sweriously ill & can't handle anymore. Thank you kindly, Ms. Baasch

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    "Cake"
    no comment..scam  is all I say.
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    tj
    They have a history of complaints of harassing calls to people who do not owe alleged debts.  Over the last month, similar complaints against them have been rising.

    Complaints of harassing calls from either real debt collectors or fake debt collectors have recently included reports that the calls come from various area codes.  This may be due to use of VoIP services, which are cheaper than normal phone service, and which can provide calls reentering the phone system at various area codes.  

    Sometimes this is used by debt collectors to create the appearance of a local call.  At other times numerous phone numbers from various locations are used in an apparent attempt to get around call blocking.

    It is illegal for debt collectors to engage in harassing and abusive calls.  It is a violation of FDCPA and similar state debt collection laws.  

    There is no reason for them to continue to harass you with calls when you have already told them you don't know the party they are trying to reach, that they can't be reached at your number, and you have requested that they cease calling you.  

    There is no reason to let this continue, especially as it is affecting your health.

    File a complaint with FTC, then contact your state Attorney General for assistance.

    If your state Attorney General cannot get the calls to cease, contact a consumer attorney with experience in FDCPA litigation.  FDCPA allows courts to award actual and statutory damages, as well as attorney fees, so you should be able to find attorneys who will take such cases on contingency.  

    You might try www.naca.net
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    Miche
    I just received a call from this so-called company about a credit that I never opened nor had.  I told them numerous times to send me the information (without providing my address)because I did not know about such claim from 1999!  It was crazy.  The lady that spoke to me was rude, harrassing, and twisted my words accusingly. Who do I need to contact about this...I am VERY angry that they have my phone number and do not want this to continue.
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    Rome
    Yes I have been gettn harrasing calls from them too, every time its a different number, its very annoying they have no particular time as such, they call at any time....last night they called at 8:30...its very annoying seriously, can something be done about it....
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    Payson
    Have also been receiving harrassing calls. The so-called debt they are trying to collect on is 23 years old and has been paid. These people are scam artists.
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    jeff steel
    Same here. I paid my balance three years ago and they call eveyday from a 407 area code.
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    j p
    I am sick of the continuous phone calls from Portfolio Recovery every day, several times a day except for Sundays.  I don't pick up and will never pick up.  How do I stop them?
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    mrsd
    We have been getting calls from Portfolio about credit cards that my husband was supposed to have taken out from back in 1986 and one in 2002. These are approximate dates. We have told them repeatedly that my husband never had the credit cards, they may have been taken out in his name by a previous spouse without his knowledge. I'm not saying my husband is stupid but he is not able to complete a credit card app on his own. Thus since Portfolio says the card is in his name, they had to have been taken out by his former wife. The former wife has passed away a couple of years ago. I the present wife have just gone through breast cancer and am being treated for depression along with other complications due to the chemo therapy. We have tried to tell Portfolio that the card was not taken out by my husband. And since the debt was so old they could not collect on it anyway. They continue to call even on Sunday's and tell me that they would think I would want to help my husband clear up this debt etc. I told them I have thousands of dollars in doctor bills of my own and was not interested in paying an old debt that an ex wife of my husbands made that was not even collectable anymore. Statute of limitations in PA is 4 years. I told these people that they can't do anything about it anyway so they insist on telling me that the debt was not dead, and they can collect. I am not about to send them money or anything else that could bring this debt back to being collectable. It is dead from my understanding, so it's best to let sleeping dogs lay. But these people continue to call and try to get us to send them money.
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    Kay
    Yes, they call my home every day except Sunday too. I never answer when I do not recognize a number and they have yet to leave a voice mail. I checked the internet after seeing the number on my caller id and they sound like total bottom feeders. I just had a family member who lived in my home pass away Monday and the phone ringing and seeing it is them really has got me a jittery mess. I owe no credit cards nor my spouse. I cannot figure why a bill collector would be calling my home unless it is about 1 of my relatives who may have given my number for a reference. I know several of my relatives due to the bad economy are probably having problems keeping up with bills and such, but they still should have no reason to call me on a daily basis. From what I have read on many websites it would do me no good to tell them they have the wrong number. I just wish their was a way to block their calls. I do not dare to turn ringer off as I have elderly relatives that need to be able to reach me. Do these idiots ever leave a voice mail or do they just like to bug you with calling figuring eventually you will pick up and answer in frustration. So sick of it.
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    ATF
    They call 1 - 3 times a day including Sundays, and have been doing so for a couple of years. They never leave a message.
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    Angela
    I have debt I owe, I can’t pay right now I’m on ssi, portfolio keeps calling even on sundays after I have informed them to cease and desist put it in writing but they keep calling

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