541-956-8822

they call and ask for some members of my family

Rec'd a call from this number saying that they needed to reach a neighbor of mine.  They said that her number was disconnected.  I do not know the neighbor in which they were looking for.  I could hear in the background and asked if they were a collection company in which they said they could not divulge that information.  What???? your calling my house and cant tell me who you are or why you need me to pass a note to someone I do not know.  I do not appreciate someone else's collection company calling me. This is ridiculous and is a form of harassment.  I am going to see what I can to to report them.

So it sounds like this company is a big crock like most debt collectors who "cannot provide who they are or what they want".  Nice to know and I have noted never to answer this number again.  Thanks!

They have also tried contacting me at work.  Isn't that prohibited somehow or against the law?  Sounds like they are an honest organization only looking to do the right thing (sarcasm).

Oh well ... Karma will get back at them.

They can contact you at work until you tell them to stop it. Once you tell them to stop calling you at work, federal law requires them to comply. (You also can direct them to cease all communication with you.) If they don't, you can sue 'em for fun and profit.

Also, if they do call you at work, they cannot disclose or imply to a third party why they are calling. If they do, they are in violation of federal law and it's more fun and profit for you. :-)

Here's more information on dealing with debt collectors and, if need be, suing them:

http://www.budhibbs.com/First.htm
http://www.naca.net/debt-collection-abuse/
http://www.fairdebtlawyers.com/
http://www.myfairdebt.com/
http://www.consumercounselgroup.com/
http://fair-debt-collection.com/

they called my home and asked about my neighbor whom they were searching for! extremely irritating.

So I got a call from these people too. They said they were looking for someone that happened to have the same last name as I do. They said they knew this lady in Texas (well this company is not in Texas it is in Oregon because area code (541) is Oregon. Anyway I said that I didn't know that lady and that was it.
When I got off I was thinking that was really weird so I called back to see what DCS, Inc. was. The lady answered "DCS, Inc." I said "yes what do you He me earlier. I asked him how he had my info and he told me a phone directory. I kept asking him what DCS specializes in but he never answered my question. He said he worked in the call center and his job was to call people.
I went to their website www.dcswins.com and it says they are a collections agency. I just think these people will say or lie about anything to find the person that owns money...what losers!!
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They called at night and wanted to know a neighbors number, when we kept questioneing them they hung up,  They were very rude.  I don't appreciate being put into the neighbors financial problems.

where in the world are u getting ur information. u are grossly misinformed

it is not against the law for them to attempt contacting u at work. why would u even think it?? pay ur [***].

After a person tells the collector to cease communication, then any subsequent call by the collector is illegal. Sorry to ruin your disinformation campaign.

Those wanting detailed information on what a debt collector can't do, check out these links:
http://www.ftc.gov/os/2004/03/2004fdcpareport.pdf
http://www.creditinfocenter.com/legal/FDCPA_cheatsheet.shtml

Called my house 1/25/08 at 4:08 PM. No idea who they are.

yes ..its true. its illegal only after you tell them to stop calling. there isnt a law keeping them from calling u if uve never answered the phone and said anything.

Please report this number to the Federal Communications Commission. You will need to fill out form 1088. Here is the website:
https://esupport.fcc.gov/form1088/1088gform.do

I received three calls from this number in the last 5 minutes. A woman would not identify herself, did not say her company name and the purpose of the call. After I hung up, a man called with the same questions but was asking for a different person.

I submitted the information to the Federal Communication Commission.

Report to Federal Communications Commission and fill out form 1088.

recieved calls multiple times a week
no answer when you pick up
now I just let the answering machine take the call

Ditto! They called me on my cell (how the heck did they get this??) behalf of my son claiming to be a company with whom he had filed an application with but to my surprise I find out they lied! They are a debt collection company! BINGO! Not answering that call on my cell!

This is a first. This is DCS, a collection comapny. They had my account from a debt I had from the Army. I informed the man that I had paperwork proving that over 80% of the $7,000 debt was not valid, and needed to send that paperwork in to him. I told him to call me that Monday, or I would call him so I could send the paperwork to him for investigation into the validity of the debt.

I called him for over 3 weeks and he would not answer or return my calls. I became the harraser to a creditor!!! I went back to the Army and told them about my problems with the collection agency, they wouldn't call me back or accept my paperwork. The Army took my paperwork and voided the majority of the debt, and requested to take my case back so I could pay them directly since I had no luck with them, and filed a complaint. Their answer to the complaint was that I had lied and never contacted or attempted contact. I then gave the Army my cell phone bills showing I had 19 outgoing calls to them in 3 weeks, and there were 0 incoming calls from them!

They received the request to send my file back to the Army yesterday. Today, the collection agency called me for the first time since they obtained my file almost 2 months ago!!!

On the one and only converstaion I had with them, he threatened to offset my taxes, and put liens on my personal property such as my car  and house, and garnish my wages! He was very rude and told me that they would keep inflating the charges until the debt was out of control. Once I told him I could prove the debt was under $1000, he stopped talking to me entirely!

I am not sure why they are calling because they won’t tell me who I am spouse to be in debt to. They did call my house and tell my minor daughter that they were old friend of mind and needed to talk to about some important and she gave them my cell # they call me on my cell now.

These idiots did the same thing yesterday.  They called my neighbor trying to get my home #, stating that (the Caller Pam) she was my wife's sister and it was emergency, and demamded to know where she worked.  BS all the way!!!!
Most of all they were phising for the the wrong person.
Cudos to my neighbor for notifying me of these jerks.
I have my Phone recoreder setup so I can foward it to the FTC.
This won't be the first time I have won against a neglagent and fradulant bill collector.