312-445-9602

Noise in background. Mutes phone after speaking. "Hello?" (mute) "hello ma'am?" (mute) I just hung up.

Morning call came. I call afternoon no answer

Leaves message saying it's DNA Services attempting to collect a debt. Not sure who they are or what debt they might be collecting since I've never heard of them and don't think I owe anybody. Blocked the number.

The company is D & A Services, LLC.  They are a debt collection service.  I don't owe any debt and they had the wrong #.

Yep, debt collection agency. I don't owe anybody anything------why are they calling me?

Well they might be skip tracing, they might think that your phone number is associated with someone who owes a debt, they might think that your name matches the name of the person they are looking for, and any number of other reasons.  Unless you talk to them, you will never know, and even more importantly, by not talking to them, you are not asserting your rights under the law.

Looks like they have an extensive history of breaking the law, and that is not surprising since they are a law firm:

You need to send them a certified, return receipt debt validation (by law they have to go back to the original creditor to prove you owe the debt), cease and desist calling, or "not me" letter (this will be the best money that you have ever invested).  Also send it first class mail in case no one will sign for it.  Make a notation of that fact at the bottom of the letter.  You also need to report them to the proper agencies to which I have provided links to.  Then you need to go out and get a consumer lawyer to sue them on a contingency basis (no money out of your pocket) and let them pay you for the harassment.  If everyone did these three things, these crooks would be bankrupt and we would all be the richer for it.  Use these web sites to find an attorney in your state that will probably take the case on a contingency basis (no money out of your pocket up front):  http://www.consumeradvocates.org/
http://www.consumeradvocates.org/find-an-atto ... tates_value=All

Everything else you need to know follows including at least two agencies where you should report their criminal activities.

DYNIA & ASSOCIATES, LLC. AKA D & A SERVICES
Number threads associated with these crooks:  https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-800-385-3314
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-224-545-5814
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-713-496-3813
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-773-295-1627/2
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-312-445-9602#p1290928826174896040
Website says that they are in Illinois and Texas: http://www.dnasllc.com/contact-us/

BBB gives them an accredited A+ with 26 complaints and 7 negative reviews (BBB removed 4 complaints and 1 negative review):  https://www.bbb.org/chicago/business-reviews/ ... nes-il-88330898
Findlaw lists them as attorneys and located in Chicago:  http://pview-beta.findlaw.com/view/4349746_1
LinkedIn page for one of the head felons there:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-prowicz-956a9141
Illinois Dept. of State info:
File Number    01817817
Entity Name    D & A SERVICES, LLC
Status    ACTIVE      On    03/13/2017
Entity Type    LLC     Type of LLC    Domestic
File Date    04/03/2006     Jurisdiction    IL
Agent Name    CHADWICK I BUTTELL     Agent Change Date    07/28/2016
Agent Street Address    150 S WACKER DR STE 1500     Principal Office    1400 E TOUHY AVE STE G2
DES PLAINES, IL 600180000
Agent City    CHICAGO     Managers       View

Agent Zip    60606     Duration
Annual Report Filing Date    03/13/2017     For Year    2017
Assumed Name    ACTIVE - DYNIA AND ASSOCIATES
INACTIVE - BUDZIK & DYNIA, LLC
Old LLC Name    03/06/2015 - DYNIA AND ASSOCIATES, LLC
06/12/2012 - BUDZIK & DYNIA, LLC
Series Name    NOT AUTHORIZED TO ESTABLISH SERIES

Illinois ARDC info shows the head lawyer as having several black marks on his record:
Full Licensed Name:     Alfred Stanley Dynia
Full Former name(s):     None
Date of Admission as Lawyer
   by Illinois Supreme Court:     November 10, 2005
Registered Business Address:    Alfred Stanley Dynia
7521 N Milwaukee Ave
Niles, IL 60714-3621
Registered Business Phone:     (773) 427-1900
Illinois Registration Status:     Active and authorized to practice law  - Last Registered Year: 2017
Malpractice Insurance:
(Current as of date of registration;
consult attorney for further information)     In annual registration, attorney reported that he/she does not have malpractice coverage. (Some attorneys, such as judges, government lawyers, and in-house corporate lawyers, may not carry coverage due to the nature of their practice setting.)
Public Record of Discipline and Pending Proceedings:
Case(s) below are identified by caption and Commission case number. If there is more than one case, the cases are listed in an order from most recent to oldest. A case may have more than one disposition or more than one component to a disposition, in which situation each disposition and component is also listed separately within that case record, again in an order from most recent to oldest.
Click on Rules and Decisions ("R & D") to access any documents regarding this lawyer that are in Rules and Decisions. R & D contains all disciplinary opinions of the Supreme Court and most other Court orders and board reports issued since 1990. If R & D does not contain the decision that you are seeking, contact the Commission's Clerk's office for assistance. Contact information for the Clerk's office is available at Office Hours.

In re Alfred Stanley Dynia, 14PR0079
(One of multiple dispositions on this case)
Disposition:    Probation
Effective Date of Disposition:    May 2, 2015
End Date of Disposition:    May 2, 2016. Probationary condition(s) satisfied.
Definition of Disposition:    Probation reflects a determination that the lawyer has engaged in misconduct, but also a finding that the lawyer may continue to practice law pursuant to specified conditions under ARDC supervision without posing a risk to the public, profession, or courts. As a result, the lawyer may continue to practice law during the period of probation, subject to the conditions imposed by the Court. Probation may be ordered for a specified period of time or for a specified period of time and until further order of the Court. Probation may be ordered in conjunction with a suspension, which may be stayed in whole or in part. A stay defers that portion of the suspension as long as the lawyer complies with probationary conditions. If the lawyer successfully completes probation, the lawyer is not actually suspended during any portion of the stayed suspension.
________________________________________
In re Alfred Stanley Dynia, 14PR0079
(One of multiple dispositions on this case)
Disposition:    Further suspension stayed
Effective Date of Disposition:    May 2, 2015
End Date of Disposition:    May 2, 2015
Definition of Disposition:    The Supreme Court may order that, following a suspension, a further period of suspension be stayed, typically in connection with an order of probation. A stay defers the further suspension period as long as the lawyer complies with probationary conditions. If the lawyer successfully completes probation, the lawyer is not actually suspended during any portion of the stayed suspension. Under those circumstances, the stayed suspension does not affect the authority of the lawyer to practice law and the lawyer may practice law during the stayed suspension. If the Court determines that the lawyer has failed to comply with probationary conditions, the Court may vacate the stay and may require that the lawyer actually serve the full suspension.
________________________________________
In re Alfred Stanley Dynia, 14PR0079
(One of multiple dispositions on this case)
Disposition:    Suspension for a specified period
Effective Date of Disposition:    April 2, 2015
End Date of Disposition:    May 2, 2015
Definition of Disposition:    Suspension for a specified period reflects a determination that the lawyer has engaged in misconduct and that the misconduct warrants an interruption of the lawyer's authority to practice law during the suspension period, which is a fixed period of time identified in the Supreme Court's order. The lawyer is not authorized to practice law during the period of the suspension.
Information:    Mr. Dynia, who was licensed in 2005, was suspended for five months, with the suspension stayed after thirty days by a one-year period of conditional probation. He mismanaged certain real estate escrow monies that he was supposed to hold in his client trust account. The suspension is effective on April 2, 2015.

Other complaints:
http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Dynia-and-Associates/desplaineschicago-Illinois-60630/Dynia-and-Associates-Budzik-and-Dynia-LlcLaw-office-of-Alfred-Dynia-real-estate-attor-1148055
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/dynia-associates-llc/des-plaines-illinois-60018/dynia-associates-llc-scammers-trying-to-get-my-info-des-plaines-illinois-1195850
https://complaintwire.org/complaint/v3k7CJvd1wg/dynia-associates

Boy, do they ever get sued a lot, there are pages and pages of lawsuits against these crooks:
https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/8751 ... ASSOCIATES,_LLC
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4311676/sands-v-dynia-associates-llc/
https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/2250 ... ices,_LLC_of_IL
https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/2299 ... ices,_LLC_of_IL
https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/2555 ... Associates,_LLC

It is incumbent upon them under the law to prove that the debt exists and that you owe it, and (this is the important part) that they have the legal right to collect it.  You are not obligated under the law to prove that you don’t owe or that it is paid.  

Federal law (FDCPA) requires them to send you a letter (US MAIL ONLY) postmarked within 5 days of their first contact that contains their name, physical address, the creditor’s name, and the amount of the alleged debt. It also must contains “mini-Miranda” telling you that it is an attempt to collect a debt and that all information will be used for those purposes.  The one other important thing that this letter must also have in it is that you have a right to dispute the debt within 30 days of receipt of the letter and if you do so, all collection activity must be stopped until the debt is verified.

First, you should make a complaint at this Federal Agency, and while there you should also read up on how debt collection is supposed to work as well as what your rights in this matter are: https://www.consumerfinance.gov/

Also file a complaint with your State Attorney General's office.
List of State AG’s offices:   https://800notes.com/faq/attorney-general

Also file a report with the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation:   http://www.idfpr.com/

Also, since they are attorneys, file a complaint here as well: http://www.iardc.org/howtorequest.html

Wouldn’t tell me who they were and wanted me to provide my information before he would tell me anything but I refused to give them any information and he seemed to get aggravated. I don’t owe any collections agency anything.

Called my work line asking to confirm my name. Nope. Inappropriate.

just called my place of employment...asked for my name rite off the bat...didnt give it to him ..told me it was an attempt to collect a debt.i asked who is he looking for.told me iam on a recorded line..didnt care...asked him again the name of the person he is looking for..all he said it was an attempt to collect a debt...what an idiot...hung up on him,,calls again he is going to get blasted...bunch of idiots must run the agency! duhhhhhh.

Called 2x today. Answered 2nd call and there was a lot of background noise(call center?).  Asked if I was Tara- I said you have a wrong number.  Then they proceeded to tell me I was on a recorded call and if Continued I was giving consent- no clue to what.  Again said it was a wrong number and they asked if i knew how to reach Tara Van Knapp.  No again- you have a wrong number.  Woman responded ok- this was a possible number they were given for Tara.  Umm... I have had this number for almost 20 years...

They are harassing my 75tr old grandfather and my work.