800-772-1413

Left a message saying that they need to discuss with me a personal matter and that it is about some debt collection. the company name is Portfolio Recovery. Don't have any debts, don't have any intention of calling them back.

Received a recorded call on my cell phone regarding a bad debt.  I do not have any bad debts.  They left a different number to call back but I was unable to write it down. Could not find anything positive about this company on line.  I will not be returning their call.

Got 5 phone calls in 10 minutes from this company Debt recovery services who tells me that I have to call another number in reference to collecting a debt. I have excellent credit, never late on a card or debt, and think that this must be some scam, so I plan on NOT returning their calls. It appears that this company tries to strong arm people in believing they have old past debts due (maybe some are true) and tries to tell them that their possessions will be taken from them. Look on ripoffreport.com for more details.

I actually have a debt that I am working off with Portfolio but the person I haveing helping me is Kathleen and I am ALWAYS referred to her when I call and they show up on my caller ID.  This guy shows up as a private caller.  Told him I wasn't home gave me a totally different number to call with no extention.  I went to their website http://www.portfoliorecovery.com nothing new there.  When Kathleen calls she is always polite and has worked with me on my ONE debt.  Since I have only one I have no idea who this bozo is that is calling.

Have recieved several calls in the past few days.

Smells like a scam.

Didn't call.  Won't call.

I will turn in the number as well.

Been receiving calls for several days now on a number that we've had for the last five years: we still get calls for the previous owner of the number, and this is one of them.
Unfortunately portfolio's website does not have a contact email address, so here's their "whois" regarding their web registration. Fell free to write them and let them know they need an 'opt-out' for citizens who are being contacted in error:
"Visit AboutUs.org for more information about PORTFOLIORECOVERY.COM AboutUs: PORTFOLIORECOVERY.COM

   
  Registrant: Make this info private
  Portfolio Recovery Services  
  120 Corporate Blvd, Suite 100
  Norfolk, VA 23502  
  US  
   
  Domain Name: PORTFOLIORECOVERY.COM  
 
  Administrative Contact :    
  Keown, Jim  
  prs@INFI.NET  
  287 Independence Road
  Virginia Beach,, VA 23462  
  US  
  Phone: (757) 554-0586  
  Fax: 999 999 9999  
   
  Technical Contact :    
  WILLMAN, DAVE **  
  domains@stratum.net  
  300 E Main Street, Ste 150
  Norfolk, VA 23510  
  US  
  Phone: 757 626 0222  
  Fax: 757 626 0333  
   
  Record expires on 17-Jun-2009  
  Record created on 18-Jun-1998  
  Database last updated on 28-Jun-2006  
 
  Domain servers in listed order: Manage DNS  
 
  NS2.STRATUMNEWMEDIA.COM        
  NS1.STRATUM-NEWMEDIA.COM        
   
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Current Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC.  
IP Address: 204.176.104.123 (ARIN & RIPE IP search)  
IP Location: US(UNITED STATES)-VIRGINIA-NORFOLK  
Record Type: Domain Name  
Server Type: IIS 6  
Lock Status: clientTransferProhibited  
Web Site Status: Active  
DMOZ  1 listings  
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Web Site Title: Portfolio Recovery Associates - Debt Management  
Meta Description: Portfolio Recovery Associates is singularly focused on the purchase and management of delinquent consumer debt.  
Meta Keywords: Portfolio Recovery Associates, debt collection, delinquent consumer, management  
Secure: No  
E-commerce: No  
Traffic Ranking: 4  
Data as of: 07-Nov-2006 "

We have been receiving calls from this number.  We do not have *ANY* bad debts--do not even own credit cards.  I'm not returning the call--thank goodness for caller ID!

Recieved call on my CELLPHONE! I only give this number to people I know. Fortunately, I missed the call.  I have received previous calls on my home phone looking for a relative so I will not call back and they better not call again or they will get an earful.  I have perfect credit.

I'VE RECIEVED A FEW CALLS FROM THIS NUMBER AND I'VE HAD THIS PHONE # FOR ONLY A YEAR AND I HAVE NO BAD DEBTS SO I DON'T KNOW Y THEY'RE CALLING ME.
WHO DO WE REPORT THEM TO>

We have been receiving that message.....it however is about a computer that my husband had bought off of gateway and didn't fixing paying off because it was junk.....they would not take it back..So gateway charged off the debt and sold it to Portfolio Recovery

Frequent ANNOYING Evening Calls!!

The first call I received months ago - accusing me of having an outstanding auto loan - that call didn't come up on Caller ID.
The second time, today, I got on Caller ID.  She identified herself as Debt Recovery Services. Also accusing me of having an outstanding auto loan.  I too, have excellent credit. Not to push a full credit check - but just in case & if it hasn't been done in a while, it is recommended to rule out someone stealing/selling your identity.
Anyway...The key give-away in all of this ridicule... I've never ever had an auto loan.  So come on over, with your papers in hand.  Because I'll never verify my SS# over the phone!

This company keeps calling and mispronouncing our names.  No one in my house knows who this company is.  When they call they give a different number and refuse to identify themsleves.  They may give you their name but not the name of the company.  When you ask for it they scream and yell at you and then threaten you.  I went to their website and they say they are giving debt collection a better name.  That is a bold faced lie.  Even their managers scream and yell and call youa liar.  The company is also on NASDQ.  I would not want stock in a company that is so two faced. The number they give you is 866 428 6589.

First person was not nice - hung up, they called back and said "tell X to grow up and pay their bills".  So I jump onto the internet and look them up - phone the 800 number and ask for the supervisor.  The guy gets on the phone and says (honestly he said this) "WHY ARE YOU HARASSING ME?"  I said "excuse me?"  He said that he thought from his switchboard that i was a representative.   I told him that I would report them to the company hdquarters.  
What this company is, is an "electronic debtors prison".  They BUY debt from companies who scammed people and weren't paid.  Then the original company could care less about it all and the debt company keeps after and after people to pay a bogus debt.  They lie.  They contact boyfriends, girlfriends.  They keep hounding and hounding.  I wonder if they got paid if they would quit, actually -- and I thought that such things were against the law.

I have received calls from this agency for the past two years.  Most often I ignore them.  I know I have no bills in collection and I have an excellent credit rating.  

On at least two other occasions I have returned the calls to inform them that I am not who they are looking for (Robert Brady - if you're out there, pay your bill!) The people I have spoken to have been courteous but evasive until I tell them who I am.  They then promise to remove my phone number from this account.

Today I returned a call (800-860-0644) and spoke to someone named Jeremy.  He too was evasive, and became sarcastic when I told him that I would call the North Carolina State Attorney to stop these calls.  Then he got downright rude.  I don't tolerate rude people much, so I blasted him back.  And will do so again if necessary.

These people will not remove my number, which I have had for 2 years.  They call at least once a month and leave messages for me to return their call.  They obviously have Caller ID, since I never even have to give them my phone number, but aren't professional enough to verify who they are looking for.

I intend to contact the BBB and the State Attorney's office and file complaints.