718-475-3700

not familiar with number.

agree -- caller identified themselves as from p.c.r.

This is a collection company for Direct loans .. Department of education. I just canceled my payment plan because I got laid off work and now they will not leave me alone

that sounds about right!. I am dealing with them now, so it is probably who called me.  thanks.

They call and do not leave a VM.  It is the company who deals with my student loans, PCR is correct.

PCR- Student loans collector

Never had any type of student loan. Last time I was in school was high school in the 1970's! Calling my cell phone!

Randi called several times a day even called my work and asked that I call back at 18005104976.  not sure what she wants.

yup! that is correct. They are called Pioneer Credit Recovery. They are for you student loans. They leave a recording but do not say who they are. I have a different 1-888 number they call from too. But when I call back this 718 number it says your call may be recorded then it hangs up on you. They are not too bad when you do talk to them. They are very good about working out a reasonable payment. If you never call them back or try to settle your loan, they will garnish your wages. Once you have paid a certain amount out of default of your school loans you can have it deferred if you cannot afford to pay at that time.

They called twice and left no message. I answered after work and they said my name - I said yes. They said my last name and I said yes. Then they hung up on me - This number should be cancelled!!!!

I am already in the middle of a payment program, and am still getting these anoying calls!

Pioneer Credit Recovery is a legitimate collection agency working on behalf of the U.S. Dept. of Education to collect defaulted student loans.  That being said, their tactics are often unethical at best.  Once the government hands over your Direct Loan account to PCR, you do have to work out a payment plan with them; however, you can then pay the U.S. Department of Education *directly* for the duration of the nine-month agreement, at which time your account is out of collection and back with Direct Loans.

I immediately began paying the US Department of Education when I entered the repayment program, because that was the original creditor and who the mail came from.  Later, I found out that the collection agency doesn't get their "cut" for collecting the debt unless they collect two payments from you, which they can't legally force you to do if you are paying the original creditor as agreed.  So that is probably why the agency will keep calling you ( and me! ), saying that we haven't been paying our accounts and trying to browbeat us into paying that magical second payment.

They are calling a child's phone...one who does not have any debts!

They could be calling about a relatives' or friends' account. In my case they were calling about my brother and left a message saying he had used me for a reference.
They left an 877 phone number and a "reference" number. The reference number is something creditors use, so I asked my brother. He said NOPE, he'd never use me as a reference unless he asked me FIRST.

I had idenity theft but no student loans, trying to muddle thru the existing 'collectors' can't deal with any new ones.

No one in our family ever had a student loan.  NO ONE.  I believe this is a scam company and if they persist in harassing us, our lawyer would love to go scalp hunting.    BTW,  we're both in our seventies.  
These calls are coming from PCR (Pioneer Credit Recovery) in New York city.

I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY STUDENT LOANS, WHY WOULD THEY CALL ME?

This is a scam! Report them to police!

Do not give out any of your information. They will use it against you and claim you owe them money from a prior loan. It's all a scam. This has been on the news several times. The authorities are trying to locate them and arrest them.