800-521-4956

You sound like one of them. I feel bad for you.

Not true. The companies you actually owe money to charge it off for tax purpose and sell your debt to the collection agency. So if you owe 100 dollars they sell it to the collection agency for 10 bucks but they still get the 100 dollars and profit 90. These people are rude, obnoxious, unprofessional, disrespectful and lie and manipulate people for their own financial gain.

Paying a collection agency does not go towards any bill you owe. The company you owe gets a tax charge off and sells your debt for cheap to the agency then the agency collects the whole amount and makes a profit

Never answer or talk to these rude obnoxious low class unprofessuonal lying manipulating collectors. They want you to admit to who you are and take ownership of the debt because calls are recorded so you can't dispute it. The company you owe does not receive the money and it won't help or disappear from your credit report. It actually hurts your credit report to pay and restarts the 7 years. The company you owe gets. Tax charge off and sells your debt to the collection agency. If you owed 100 dollars they buy it for 10 and if they collect they make a 90 dollar profit. They are not connected at all to the company you owe the debt to. Go to the credit reporting agency and file a dispute stating no contract because you never contracted or agreed to pay the 3rd party collection agency anything nd never confirm any info or speak to these people. Block the number and you can legally go after them for harrassment.  I suggest download an app and record your own phone calls

Collection agencies are out for profit and personal gain. They don't care about these companies. The companies owed never see a dime of the collection. Companies charge off accounts for taxes as a loss and sell the account to a collection agency. Therefore if you owe 100 dollars the collection agency buys your debt for 10 dollars and if they collect they make a 90 dollar profit. The company you actually owe the debt to doesn't see a dime of that. They lie to and manipulate you and try to scare and harrass you into paying. They need you to admit who you are and verify your identity in order to hold you legally accountable for the debt because you never agreed or contracted to pay this 3rd party agency anything and have no obligation to them. It is actually worse on you and your credit report to pay these people than not to and every payment restarts your 7 years and destroys your credit. BLOCK THE CALLS...DO NOT ANSWER

Yes he is correct verifying your info is in fact admitting the debt..research it

You have no idea what you are talking about.  Please cite the source of your information.

Have answered call from 800-521-4956 which sounds like a recording; female voice assertively says that the IRS will be filing in court against you if you don't respond immediately.  They've called several times; I've saved the call history to my phone.

I'm still getting calls for a medical debt that isn't. (tl;dr Medicare snafu- yeesh!)
I blocked the number.

If they’re not corrupt, why are they asking for a social security number? Come on!! Open your eyes.

Called, asked for info on message. When I called back, they asked again. When I asked them to tell me who they are, they said thay wouldn't tell me unless I told them first.  (!)   I found out on the web that this muber belowngs to "American agencies."  What can we do to shut hem down?

I see what you mean.  But I don't owe any money...

Instead of bitching just block their number it's as simple as that.

Ring once and hang up

My mother received a call from this phone #. When she answered, the woman said they were trying to collect a medical debt of $95.00 for prescriptions from 2011. That was 7 years ago. My mother said she did not have any debts when it came to prescriptions; she has insurance, and would pay for the medication at the time of sale. When my mother told the woman to send her a bill, the lady hung up. Then a few days later, this bogus company called again, and my mother said she wanted to know the name of the medication, and what the date of service was. Of course, the woman could not answer these questions. My mom then said she wanted a bill sent for a second time, and the lady disconnected, again! So, then I call them back, and a recording came on, and it said to wait on the line for an agent. After a minute of silence, the recording said to leave a message. I didn't, of course. I would love to file a complaint, but I don't know where to file it at, or how to go about it. I'd love to know how they got my mother's phone #; she is elderly, and this is upsetting to her because she does not have much money. I am so sick of these a**holes! Instead of scamming honest people, why don't they go and actually get a f****** job like the rest of us. What a bunch of useless  scumbags. They are complete waste of space.

You could get your mom a call blocker if her phone or service provider doesn't already have block options.

Block the number & call your atty