202-470-2603

ive been online researching to see that this guy named Chris Adams is calling peoples homes, asking for minors and previous Discover card holders.  My personal experience was having a message left for me at a family members home asking me to return the call.  When I did the gentelman answered hello, I said I was returning a call from someone (who hadnt left a name or extension) and they said hold on. moments later they hung up and that should have been my first clue.  Then i called back, he answered Chris Adams, and I asked who or where he was calling me from and told he hung up on me.  he was very nasty and told me that I hung up on him.lol.  Asked me for a file number and when I said a file number for what he said hold on and hung up again!!...second clue.  Then lastly, still curious I called back this time it was hello again and I said "look you called my family home, who are you and what do you want, he asked for my last name and asked me to verify my ss#, when I asked for what and who he told me very rudily that "listening was a unique skill"! and I told him that I wasnt going to give him that information if he couldnt tell me who he was and what he was calling for.  He then told me that I didnt sound my age and to have an adult call him back with an attorney to discuss this matter.lol.Who is this? I dont have a Discover card, and havent experienced any identify fraud to my knowledge, or have I????

If you receive a call from this number, you have been called by junk debt / collection agency that buys debt from original creditors that has been written off or settled and is beyond the statute of limitations in most states. They are trying get the money for themselves, not the original creditor.

They are reportedly a serial violator of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). They may be illegally using credit information obtained from Experian or other credit reporting agencies.

This company has been known to contact and harass people they believe may know the person they are trying to reach including distant relatives, ex-spouses and possible former co-workers.

NEVER answer these calls if you see this as a caller ID. NEVER return these calls. NEVER give them ANY information about the person they are seeking or refer them to others.

Any "positive" comments you read in these notes about the company may have been written by employees of the company.

The company is:

Consumer Recovery Associates
2697 International Parkway #4
Suite 270
Virginia Beach, VA 23452

PO Box 2916
Virginia Beach, VA 23450-2916

16719 Huebner Rd. Bl 2, Ste 201
San Antonio, TX 78248

The following is the most comprehensive information gathered about this company from various sources on the Internet.

***If you've been called by a number not on this list or by someone using a different name, please copy this list, add the number/name in the correct order and repost it in its entirety.

Company Names that CRA reportedly uses:

CIA and Associates
CC Associates
Consumer Credit Association
Consumer Recovery Associates
Court Company
CR Associates
CR Associates, LLC
CRA Associates
CR&CC Associates
C&R Associates
C & R Associates
Farm CIA & Associates
J Lamb and Associates
and possibly GC Services

Phone numbers that CRA reportedly uses:
202-470-2603
215-325-1354
234-542-2874
310-601-7244
310-734-6338
310-855-3688
310-860-6293
317-536-5458
319-892-0349
323-319-5178
404-474-4884
404-963-8760
430-200-0007
505-349-0354
505-718-4945
517-879-4821
615-469-5268
617-674-2967
619-564-4447
619-564-4473
620-273-4256
702-946-0389
703-280-1121
706-417-9193
713-518-1966
757-271-6637
757-271-8786
757-271-8787
757-271-8788
757-271-8789
757-271-8888
757-271-8889
757-368-3622
757-368-3623
757-368-3626
757-368-3627
757-368-3628
757-368-8004
757-368-8331
757-368-8335
757-368-8337
757-368-8537
757-468-0169
775-293-4583
800-762-9864
800-913-4915
801-241-2616
801-349-2616
801-386-7803
805-284-9506
816-332-6242
859-514-0968
864-335-7028
866-272-3041
866-367-0328
866-374-6604
866-418-3360
866-442-2693
866-499-6608
866-563-9556
866-645-6269
866-645-8525
866-645-8654
866-655-0659
866-656-5380
866-657-1658
866-657-6525
866-673-1748
866-857-3916
866-861-9257
877-213-3830
877-217-7084
877-240-5390
877-240-9350
877-241-4559
877-246-1285
877-284-6622
877-289-4690
877-298-7036
877-298-7306
877-298-7806
877-320-5615
877-326-5615
877-334-2942
877-360-1616
877-407-9274
877-507-3402
877-738-4814
888-253-9713
888-310-5679
888-413-8823
888-706-4381
949-873-2855

Individual names that CRA reportedly uses:

Donald Adair
Mark Adair
Chris Adams / Christopher Adams
Mr. Adero
Amy
Laura Angelini
Anthony
Ms. Armanchile
Charles Bambino
Ms. Beagles
Ms. Blaine
Sarah Brevard / Sara Brevard
Peter Bronson
Tracy Burman
Mr. Cagle
Mrs. Campbell
Ms. Catasin
Kirby Chapman
Vincent Cignerale
Ms. Claine
Sarah Danvers / Sara Danvers
Raymond Davis
Marion Dunham
Ms. Elder
Ellie Faircloth
Jennifer Feagles
Denise Flynn
James Fox
Gail
John Gibson
Mr. Gilam / Gillum
Mr. Gilbert
Bert Glenn
Laura Glenn
Sidney Albert Glenn
Conrad Gray / Conrad Grey
Paul Gowl
Christy Hartman
Mr. Hartman
Miss Howard
Jane
Mrs. Jenkins
Ms. Jewel
James Johnson
Mrs. Johnson
Perry Johnson
Mrs. Jones
Josh
Jay Lamb / J Lamb
Mr. Lane
Tyler Lang
Mr. Ludwig
Kelly
Ms. Kitchens
Ms. Kitchum
Kristen / Kristin
Lindsay / Lindsey
Lisa
Marisa / Marisha
Stephanie Martin
Melissa
Monica
Chad Miller / Chat Miller
Dirk Miller
Gary Miller
Sherri Morse / Sherry Morse
Mr. Parker
Jack Polanski
Rebecca
Gary Reece
Gary Reison / Gary Reasons
George Reasons
Ricky Royster
Jennifer Segal
Liz Segal
Tonya Sells
Scott
Eric Scott
K C Scott
Randall Scott
Richard Scott
John Sheldon / John Shelton
Ms. Silva / Silvia / Sylvia
Michelle Silver
Mr. Sitton
Michelle Soval
Liz Spiegel / Spiegle
Christine Spruill
Stacy / Stacey
Jim Stewart
Curtis Taylor / Curtis R. Taylor
Mrs. Thompson
Tony
Vivian
Mr. Wang
Mr. Weippert
Ms. Wells
Maranda Whiten / Miranda Whitten
Gina Williams
Mrs. Yelder

If you want to take positive action:
* Report them to the Virginia Attorney General:
http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/forms-pdf/cp/oca/complaint/oca1complaint.pdf
* Call the Federal Trade Commission at +1.877.382.4357 and file a complaint

I received a call from this number today. I answered by saying my name, as I usually do. The caller then asked if I was [my name]. I said yes, he hung up.

I got something slightly different than what was reported here (although it is still scummy)

Seeing the reports on this caller ID I decided to answer and waste the caller's time.  In this case, the caller asked for me by name and said that he was calling from HP and was the executive assistant for the "Senior Manager" and that I should hold to discuss an exciting business opportunity with him.  

It seems that employing this "executive assistant" (calling from a loud boiler room call center in India) is a way around the DNC laws forbidding robocalls.  I expect that when Rachel from Card Services/Home Security gets back online after her recent slaps on the wrist she may start using this method instead of the robocalls.  

Back to the call.  I expressed overblown fake excitement at being to talk to the "Senior Manager". [1]  and repeatedly asked what the opportunity was about.  The caller said that he couldn't discuss with me but to hold for the Senior Manager.  He finally hung up before transferring me.  Oh well, that once in a lifetime opportunity to talk to the "Senior Manager" is forever gone, at least until these scumbags call back.  

I don't know if this is a new tactic related to what others have posted about this number - it was a "business opportunity" and nothing at first glance related to credit card debt.  

[1] No really - The Frigging Senior Manager wants to talk to little ol' me??!?!?!

Our phone has 6 incoming lines and just now one right after the other all six lines rand from this number.  The caller stated that he "Just tried to contact (Name of person that does not work here) but got voice mail.  Can you transfer me to the head of your IT Dept."  So I just transferred each to the next person calling from the exact same number.  Let them talk to each other.

202-470-2603 Called me at work, said he's from UPS and there's a package he needs to deliver, he tried verifiying the address of where i worked, and also asked my title at the company, he said are you a call center manager over there, and i said no(thats my title in my other job) the weird thing is he knew my work email address which is a private company email address... i have no idea how he got that...

Got a very annoying call from someone named "Floyd" who had an extremely Indian strong accent. There was a lot of background noise like a lot of fans running or something.  He claimed to be from "NexSales" which I had to have him spell because I could not understand his accent.

He asked for the director of IT by name. When I asked him to provide me his contact details he got pretty annoyed and just kept insisting that I put his call through directly to the head of IT. Each time I just said, "no, I'll take your number instead."

Finally he hung up on me.

He's called my business 3 times now. claiming to be Globex transport in Canada, UPS shipping department and FedEx. Well, needless to say We are having fun with this guy now. amazingly he stayed on hold for 20 minutes. I was able to get him to swear in 2 languages at me the next time. And finally I was able just to get him to hang up by saying "Hey remember me". I don't know if he will call back but I hope so.

I had the same thing only he said he was from DHL. He had my full name and obviously work phone number - and wanted to verify my title as well as email address. I asked him who the package is from (he said it was a small envelope) and he stated it was from "Ameresco". I asked him why he needed my email address if he has a package with my name it? I told him to just send it along. He said that he needed to email me the tracking information. I answer telephones for a living and have been dealing with BS calls for ten years of my life so I knew he was a fraud and was just messing with him at this point. I told him if he has an envelope with my name and address on it - he could just go ahead and send it along. There is not need to provide me with tracking information unless there is a problem with the delivery...and guess what happened next? HE HUNG UP ... lol

The calls received here are all the same: Men with Indian accents requesting various managers because they have packages to deliver and want to verify the correct address.  On many occasions, the connection is so bad, I can barely understand them, never mind the accents.  I've gotten fed up enough to say that we don't give out employee information, and then I hang up.  I have other callers waiting in queue and cannot waste my time on this stuff.

I received a call from someone who claimed to represent a company called Globex. He claimed to have a package to deliver to me from TransUnion.  He had my name and company physical street address and said that they were trying to send me a confirmation email, but he obviously had the incorrect email address and I refused to give it to him or confirm the real email address.  He insisted that they needed to confirm my email address to be able to send me the package, and I told him:

1) I was definitely not expecting any package from TransUnion, and
2) He should not need to confirm my email address, in order to successfully deliver the "package"

I hung up.

Regarding my previous message, the called who claimed to be calling from Globex was calling from:  202 470 2603

Got a call from this Indian man with an accent. I think he said he was calling from Portland and from Globex?. Looked here first. He asked for me. He wanted to connect me with some other person selling office supplies. Told him I was looking on-line at all the entries regarding his phone number and was definitely no interested in anything he was calling about...