877-495-8624

Caller identifies themself as Mr. Dillon from American, and this is not a sales call, call back right away.

When you dial, it is a larger switchboard, does not identify company you are calling, you can roam corporate directory, or get Mr. Dillon or other operators by corporate directory.

Calls everyday, no specific pattern.

our number is on do not call registry.

We get the same calls almost everyday.  Our number is also on the do not call registry.  We don't know what to do to stop these calls.

Getting calls all day. We might go a while without hearing from them, but they start up again.  Sometimes it is a man, sometimes a woman.  This time is was a woman who identified herself as Telis Bruce, (or something like that) from American at ext 210. She tells me to contact the office promptly or.... my machine cut her off. Never has anyone given me any indication of what the call is in regards to. The number comes through as "Unavailable" or "Caller Unknown."

I've been getting these calls for a couple of months everyday!  I have privacy director on my phone service so I really never knew who was calling - the return phone number wouldn't show up on caller ID nor would I get to hear his whole message.  So, I called 877-495-8624 (the number above) and asked for Mr. Dillon.  I was transferred immediately to him and told him that I demanded to be removed from his call list immediately.  Turns out this is a collections company, and some guy named Daryl Flowers used my phone number in the past.  This isn't the first company that has called for him.  We'll see if the calls stop.

it is a collection company.  I found out Chrysler Financial had a fee on my lease the Genesee Valley dodge added after the transaction now they say I owe. SO now you know...and stay away form Genesee Valley Dodge in Flint MI.

Nasty people. ACS. They leave a message to call them and when you do they hang up on you if you don't tell them what they want to hear. Unprofessional. They must be collecting old debt for GM, Chrysler and Ford.
Tell them to take it from their government handouts. They
call from 877-495-8624 with Unknown Name on the caller ID.

It's ACS, a collection agency.

877-495-8624

Collector of Zombie Debt For car dealers and manufacturers. Call your State's Attorney General's office.


John M. on December 22, 2008
These guys call me fairly often in the morning. the number which shows up is 800-561-9118. When I answer, there is never anyone there. When I call them back, some kind of telephone receptionist answers, but almost always they do not answer you when you request who they are, but say one moment, and transfer you. Even when you get them to talk to you, they refuse to answer and insist on forwarding you. Usually you are then put on hold until someone answers , demanding that you identify yourself. When you refuse and demand that they identify themselves, they insist that they cannot unless you identify yourself first. Even when you point out that they are committing telephone harassment, they insist that they cannot identify themselves, and continue to insist that you must identify yourself to them.
The latest time they told me that it was a violation of federal law for me to even ask them who they are! I suspect that they are using a false interpretation of the HIPPA rules which are intended to protect patient privacy to claim that they may not identify themselves. This is a gross perversion of the HIPPA rules, and is in no way required by the HIPPA rules. When they call someone, they are perfectly free to identify themselves, whether or not you identify yourself first They may not release any confidential information about their target, and it is possible that they are not required to identify who their client is since it would be a health care agency and thus imply a health care issue, but when they tell you that it is illegal for you to ask their identity they are lying to you in order to try to intimidate you, which is a violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, which is Federal Law every bit as much as the HIPPA is.

I suspect that these bums are a collection agency in Ohio with the following information (which I obtained from Google)

American Collection Systems, Inc.
(614) 776-5640
(614) 839-5224 (Fax)
(800) 561-9118 (Free)
2500 Corporate Exchange Drive,
Columbus, OH 43231
Email: http://acscollections.com 

I recommend to anyone who has been subject to their harassing and intimidating activities file a complaint with the Ohio Attorney General, and the Attorney General of the state in which you live.
You can contact the Ohio Attorney General as follows:
Please first go to :
http://www.ag.state.oh.us/citizen/consumer/complaints.asp
It has useful information about filing complaints

You can file a complaint online at:
https://www.ag4ohio.gov
or you can get .pdf forms at:
http://www.ag.state.oh.us/citizen/forms/consumer_comp_frm2008.pdf
and you can file a complaint with the Ohio Attorney General by calling: 877-244-6446

I also recommend that you contact the attorney general in your own state. You can obtain information on how to do so by googling [ "your state" attorney general]

It never hurts to tell them that unless they identify themselves you will file a complaint against them for violation of the federal fair debt collection practices act, and then, after they refuse, or try to give you another lie or another demand that you identify yourself first,. then you simply say, "OK, I demanded that you identify yourself, you have refused. I am going to file a complaint with the Ohio Attorney General for telephone harassment and for violoation of the fair debt collection practices act. Goodbye"
and hang up. then, of course, you file the complaints with Ohio and your own state's attorney general.
Finally, if you know who they are collecting for, then you can contact their client, the creditor, directly, and tell them that their agent is harassing you, lying to you, and violating the fair debt collection act, and demand that they instruct their agent to immediately apologize to you in writing and conform their actions to the law, and demand that they also apologize and confirm that they have so instructed the collection agency to do so, also in writing to you. You can also remind them that the collection agency is just exactly that: their agent and their actions are imputed to their principal, namely them. Advise them that if they don't, you will be filing a complaint against them with your state and their state's (if a different state) attorney generals.

Good hunting. Go for blood, and it doesn't hurt to demand damages in the theory that it is the only way to stop them....
Well, Ciao.

877-495-8624

Collector of Zombie Debt For car dealers and manufacturers. Call your State's Attorney General's office.


John M. on December 22, 2008
These guys call me fairly often in the morning. the number which shows up is 800-561-9118. When I answer, there is never anyone there. When I call them back, some kind of telephone receptionist answers, but almost always they do not answer you when you request who they are, but say one moment, and transfer you. Even when you get them to talk to you, they refuse to answer and insist on forwarding you. Usually you are then put on hold until someone answers , demanding that you identify yourself. When you refuse and demand that they identify themselves, they insist that they cannot unless you identify yourself first. Even when you point out that they are committing telephone harassment, they insist that they cannot identify themselves, and continue to insist that you must identify yourself to them.
The latest time they told me that it was a violation of federal law for me to even ask them who they are! I suspect that they are using a false interpretation of the HIPPA rules which are intended to protect patient privacy to claim that they may not identify themselves. This is a gross perversion of the HIPPA rules, and is in no way required by the HIPPA rules. When they call someone, they are perfectly free to identify themselves, whether or not you identify yourself first They may not release any confidential information about their target, and it is possible that they are not required to identify who their client is since it would be a health care agency and thus imply a health care issue, but when they tell you that it is illegal for you to ask their identity they are lying to you in order to try to intimidate you, which is a violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, which is Federal Law every bit as much as the HIPPA is.

I suspect that these bums are a collection agency in Ohio with the following information (which I obtained from Google)

American Collection Systems, Inc.
(614) 776-5640
(614) 839-5224 (Fax)
(800) 561-9118 (Free)
2500 Corporate Exchange Drive,
Columbus, OH 43231
Email: http://acscollections.com 

I recommend to anyone who has been subject to their harassing and intimidating activities file a complaint with the Ohio Attorney General, and the Attorney General of the state in which you live.
You can contact the Ohio Attorney General as follows:
Please first go to :
http://www.ag.state.oh.us/citizen/consumer/complaints.asp
It has useful information about filing complaints

You can file a complaint online at:
https://www.ag4ohio.gov
or you can get .pdf forms at:
http://www.ag.state.oh.us/citizen/forms/consumer_comp_frm2008.pdf
and you can file a complaint with the Ohio Attorney General by calling: 877-244-6446

I also recommend that you contact the attorney general in your own state. You can obtain information on how to do so by googling [ "your state" attorney general]

It never hurts to tell them that unless they identify themselves you will file a complaint against them for violation of the federal fair debt collection practices act, and then, after they refuse, or try to give you another lie or another demand that you identify yourself first,. then you simply say, "OK, I demanded that you identify yourself, you have refused. I am going to file a complaint with the Ohio Attorney General for telephone harassment and for violoation of the fair debt collection practices act. Goodbye"
and hang up. then, of course, you file the complaints with Ohio and your own state's attorney general.
Finally, if you know who they are collecting for, then you can contact their client, the creditor, directly, and tell them that their agent is harassing you, lying to you, and violating the fair debt collection act, and demand that they instruct their agent to immediately apologize to you in writing and conform their actions to the law, and demand that they also apologize and confirm that they have so instructed the collection agency to do so, also in writing to you. You can also remind them that the collection agency is just exactly that: their agent and their actions are imputed to their principal, namely them. Advise them that if they don't, you will be filing a complaint against them with your state and their state's (if a different state) attorney generals.

Good hunting. Go for blood, and it doesn't hurt to demand damages in the theory that it is the only way to stop them....
Well, Ciao.
Caller ID: Unknown Name
Caller: American Collection Systems, Inc.
Caller Type: Collection Agency

Just rec'd a call from 877-495-8624 asking for someone who is no longer employed with us.  When I replied as such, he said, "REALLY? WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?  WHAT WAS HIS POSITION WITH YOU?" and then the real kicker, "WHAT'S THE NAME OF YOUR COMPANY?"  When I asked who was calling, he hung up.

They are collection agency for car loans.  They are very pushy, if they don't hear what they want, they treat you with a lawsuit.

I got a call for my fiance from this phone number marked Private. They told me to call back 877-495-8944 and it's a guy talking about showing up on November 11th and that my fiance should have valid identification and that they'll be showing up at our home or place of business and that "we've been notified", and if my fiance or his retained attorney want to call them back, and they referenced a case starting with a number and CJ. I was a debt collector for over a year - pretty sure they just violated the FDCPA. First of all my fiance doesn't use my phone number and second of all my voicemail says my name on it. You just released information to a 3rd party sort of. [***].

And by the way we never had a car loan! I bought my car in 2008 out right. I think this could possibly be from Chase bank or something when we closed a checking account, or something. Maybe a payday loan place? 877-495-8944 is the call back number. RECORD THE CALL IF THEY CALL YOU -- YOU CAN SUE COLLECTORS WHO VIOLATE F.D.C.P.A.

Just call them back (with a calling card). Jam their system.

They call and leave a message about my services which is part of Time Warner Cable. I blocked my number and called that number and the lady answered the phone as cable services, i asked her what company she was with and she said Saveology.  I informed her that I already had cable service and that I wanted her to stop calling me...   We will see......

Keep getting calls from 877-495-8624. leaves message that I must call.   Did so and got a recording to stay on the line.  Who ever it is - I receive at lease 3 calls a week from the #.   If it is a collection agency - I have no issues with past or current debt - so I am assuming it may be an outfit trying to dupe folks into giving out perosnal info - in order to steal ones ID.

Ok - get this - they just called me - at work - and a local company name & number came up on my caller ID - can they really do that?  How? I mean a local company that is well known - so of course I answered it!

Received a call today with a message saying: "Stay on the line for an important message"

That's when i hung up.

They did not disclose the company name.

Don't know who this is?

The caller knew a name which isn't listed anywhere and says its a call from "Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois" and says to call back a t a number 1-877-282-1378 with a personal security code.
I would not call back. Blue Cross always takes care of matters with the insurance agents and never calls consumers. Its always easier for them to call with the insurance agents anyways.
I say this is a SCAM.