855-800-3145

This number keeps calling and not leaving message. They have been calling me daily for last week... Not sure what company it is...

Two calls from this number and no message on two consecutive days both at 1230 noon.

Has called 8 times in a row.  Never leaves a message.

[***] trying to collect old debts
First Source Advantage
716-564-4370

Calls everyday and leaves voicemail to call her back. Sounds like a call center in India. Some sort of debt collector.

They call asking for my daughter and try to collect a old debts BUT asking the S.S# birth/date and so on! how a girl had a credit card when she was 10 years old? in other state were she never was huh? when i said to them i was talking about it with my lawyer THEY stop all the calls! DONT ANSWER CALLS FROM THAT NUMBER!!!!

Remove from my cell phone income call

Called and asked for every name in my family...including my Mom (RIP)..who passed last year...sounded like a illegal immigrant in the back of a sweat shop!!! Trick [***]!!!!

Called saying that call was being recorded and asked for some unknown name.  Very poor english speaking.  I hung up.

Very annoying. Get called everyday and nobody speaking.

The calls will be mostly from Mumbai, else from western New York. The dysfunction exhibited by this agency is staggering, even before we get to its long history of FDCPA violations, including when it was still known as Account Solutions Group.

Whether you are called a debtor or some collector thinks you can flush one out, you have rights and options. Many are simple to exercise if you only learn how. You are entitled to proof of claim and fair treatment. If one or the other is not provided, the collection agency should *not* win your assets. You are granted control of how you are contacted, the right to dispute debt claims, and the means to sue violators at low cost. The FTC and the CFPB can start you on your homework. See also if your state laws grant additional or stronger rights.

official FTC guidance and staff opinions on the FDCPA, PDF copy of the Act
http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpajump.shtm

CFPB Q&A on debt collection practices
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/askcfpb/search ... debt-collection

13 calls in a 2 hour period. Sometimes 2-3 a minute. First Source collecting for AMEX.  For $60 you can get a call blocking machine and never be bothered after the first call from a new HARRASSER

Woman with thick accent saying call may be recorded asking for employee who hasn't worked here in over 4 years.  Said she would remove our number . . . we'll see!

After reading these posts I simply blocked the incoming number on my Galaxy S4 -- simple.

Two calls today, one yesterday. About fifty last year. All asking for my late step-father. They are persistent, but I always tell them that unless they can tell me what they're calling about, they can't speak with him. They always say, "It is a personal business matter." Frankly, they're polite and businesslike. You can learn more about this company at http://www.firstsource.com/us/services/collections

For just over six dollars you can send a notice by USPS Certified to quit calling, placing the agency in a legal trap. For that excessive call pattern I would think hard about suing even if the calls did end as ordered.

FDCPA § 1692d. Harassment or abuse
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1692d

You're in an endless loop of disclosure versus privacy. FSA can't answer your questions because you're not the alleged debtor, your stepdad, who of course can no longer respond. Saying only "can't talk to him" implies that he's still alive, which is not helping either side. The collection agency in this case should be seeking the estate executor if there is one, and not try to pressure other family members to pay for what isn't their problem.

FSA's reps may be "polite and businesslike" to you, but their autodialer isn't told when to quit calling, and they will find dozens of ways to violate laws if you let them.

A lot of people are now finding out that debt does not die with the debtor. The attempt to collect debts of a deceased is the fastest growing section of the swamp. As these debts are throw-aways & bought for pennies, the profit return is great. I won't dwell on the smell test.

Received the following e-mail on my office system:
"There's something wrong with your phone system, I keep trying to call but I can't get through. Please have someone call me asap 1-855-800-0741."

Exactly what just happened to me.  Got an email saying there is something wrong with my phone and for me to call them.  What??!!   No way.