888-483-0836

They left a voice mail.   This is what the message said:  It was a Robert with Nation Wide carrier service delivery for you, said they are dispatching a carrier tomorrow between  3-4 pm,  they said a signature is required.  If  they cannot deliver at home, they will attempt to do so at your place of employment, in which case they would need a supervisor present to witness the signature.  If you need to reschedule you can contract the sender  888 483 0836 - tracking # 417688.

Rec'd call 4/19 from a 'restricted' number.. left a vmail saying exactly what was posted by prior poster.. 'robert with nationwide courier.. they would be dispatching someone for a delivery the next day between 3 & 4 and it would require a signature.. they said if you need to reschedule call the number' im reporting right now.. only difference was tracking number was different and there was no add'l comment about delivery to work..

SCARE tactic!!  A real process server will NOT warn you and you can NOT buy your way out of a summons once it is issued.

They called my job, my mother, and family i havent spoken to in years..is this legal?

Received same message except they left a message thinking I'm Dewayne Smith. The person calling said his name was Don Watts with SDS courier services. Number he left was 888.483.0836.

Received same call about delivering documents for someone else,  just as above.  It's a scam.  Probably trying to get people to call back saying they had the wrong number.  I didn't return the call.

Received a call from dfs. they said they were representing advance america or some bank regarding advance  america. They gave me a very fair offer to pay back a loan I was in default on prior to there being a judgment. contacted advance america and they were who they claimed to be. the man was kinda rude but asked to speak to a manager and got a guy named andrew who was very cordial.

Jeff, since you were so kind to share you experience with this caller, you could really help us out by

• Telling us what DFS stands for
  Sharing their address with us

Thanks in advance for your help with this!

Did the "very cordial" guy named Andrew MAIL you proof of the debt, as required by law? Or did you just pay him when you spoke to him because he was "very cordial"?
Just because someone claims you owe a debt doesn't mean you do and even if you know you do, unless they prove BY US MAIL that they are legally able to collect that debt, you shouldn't pay them. and certainly NEVER over the phone!

tygerkat I'm not the type of person that looks for reasons not to pay my bills. I knew I owed the debt. I went through a ruff patch in iife, and yes they had sent correspondence to me but I had since moved since and never got it, which is why Im glad I was contacted before there was a judgement. I verify who Im paying before I pay, but all my bills are paid over the phone or online. I wasn't trying to game the system when I borrowed, I just lost my job and was unable to pay it back

So you saw, yet ignored ShillKill's request for more info on this company.  Now why would that be?

schill im not this agencies keeper, or defender. Just had a debt with them. If you call them I'm sure they can provide all that info for ya.

I didn't ask you if "you were this agencies keeper", I asked you what DFS stands for and what is their address.  A reasonable and prudent person would in fact assume you knew this information if you had a detailed conversation with them and they "offered you a fair settlement"

Moreover, in your response to Tygerkat below you stated " I verify who Im (sic) paying before I pay".  Therefore, I'm puzzled you didn't answer my question.

Finally, in your OP you stated "contacted advance america (sic) and they were who they claimed to be".  Yet you don't know the name of the company.

Your non-responsive answer to my query may cast doubts on your original claims.  You state you are "not the type of person who games the system", yet it appears you are trying to game the system of this forum by posting dubious and unsubstantiated claims about a questionable collection agency.

schill we are in a forum to discus who is calling from a specific #, I told ya exactly what occured. Dont have the letter they sent in front of me but you can get all that info by calling them. Why ask me? Are they refusing to give you address and name? Didn't have that problem with them but if you are I would report them to the BBB. I verified by going to the store I borrowed the money at and asking them who I needed to pay after recieveing the call from dfs. No better way than that

So let me get this straight --- the "DFS" calls you about a loan that was in default, you walk into Advance America who tells you who you need to pay and yet you won't name them here?

You said you were going to have a judgement against you --- how do you know that?  Are you a lawyer or do you just believe anything some unknown phone caller tells you?

Did SK indicate he was called by them?  No, I think he was being overly polite to you.  I think you are so full of equine feces your eyeballs are discolored.  I think you showed up shilling for some two bit telefraud operation and realized folks are on to your chicanery.

There is a Florida Advance America BBB report with a disconnected number see http://www.bbb.org/south-east-florida/busines ... eah-fl-11012585

More so is the incorrect and  wrong usage of "schill", which actually is spelled shill!  SK is no shill, never has been, never will be! Epic Fail on your part. Pretty obvious who the shill actually is, nice going on that! ROFLMOA
No one here has problems with paying legal, verifiable bills to legal verifiable legitimate business's! No one should ever pay a professional Deadbeat extortion scammer one red cent for a phony unverifiable made up bill!  Unfortunately, professional Deadbeat extortion scammers seem to think the world owes them a living cause they are too lazy to actually work a real job!
The only thing the world owes professional Deadbeat extortion scammers is a 6 x 6 jail cell!

Whether or not you are "the type of person that looks for reasons not to pay my bills", if you didn't get proper documentation you might have just paid a random person who called you on the phone. Proving that they are the CORRECT entity to pay is part of what a real debt collector should do. You aren't stupid enough to just pay someone who calls you on the phone without proof, right?

I never said not to pay your bills. What I said was to not just pay a random caller who cannot PROVE they're legally allowed to collect on a bill. To do that, they need to mail you proof via the good ole post office. Phone calls, faxes, and emails are not valid.
By the way, if you know who this phone number belongs to, why did you come to a website set up to help identify unknown phone numbers?