800-842-3603

Received call from Mr. Brannon claiming to be from Wells Fargo Credit Services.  Either a sales call or a scam since I have no relationship with WFCS.  I returned his call.  Tried to find out what he wants.  He was very secretive.  He wouldn't tell me what the call was regarding without first asking me personal questions, but did give his extension as 8472.  I didn't bother to call back to find out whether or not he was lying about the extension.  I hate these scumbags.

I got the same sort of call, I called back but hung up because I was just curious to see what it was all about. I think it might be a scam, wellsfargo usually calls from a 515 number.

800-842-3603 is Wells Fargo Bank. We are 'secretive' b/c we have information on our customers that we won't just give out to anyone. We are not a solicitor or a scumbag, we are helping out customer out with infor about an account they hold with us.

I have been getting calls from this number claiming to be Wells Fargo. Except they continue to ask for a Christopher Allen. I have repeatedly informed the ignorant [***] I have no idea who this person is! I have even been receiving calls from Wells Fargo's attorney and I also told him he was an ass!

I have resorted to keeping a log as I am in the process of contacting an attorney to begin harrassment charges. The calls have been going on now for over 3 months, and its going to stop. If you doubt me, try me! And yes, you are SCUMBAGS!!!

Please keep us posted as to your outcome.  I'll join your litigation if necessary.  I have received several calls asking for the wrong person.

Send them this Cease Communication letter (VIA CERTIFIED MAIL, with return receipt requested). Per Section 805 of the FDCPA, they must stop calling you once they receive it, or face fines of up to $1,000.00 PER violation.

Date

Your Name
Mailing Address
Your City, State, Zip

Re: Notice to Cease Contact Regarding Debt for ______________________

Name of Collection Agency
Mailing Address
City, State, Zip

VIA CERTIFIED MAIL

I am notifying you in writing that your agency has contacted me regarding a debt for [name of person who collector is contacting you about]. No one by that name lives at my address or phone number.

Therefore, I am requesting that you cease all communication to my phone number regarding this person's debt. If you persist in believing that [name of person] is somehow connected with my address and/or phone number, please provide proof of your claim.

You should direct all future correspondence in writing as outlined in the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and to cease all communication with me by telephone.

Lastly, I would like to receive confirmation in writing that you have received this letter and will no longer be contacting me about this other person's debt, or I will be forced to seek further legal action.

I look forward to your acknowledgement that you have received this notice by [date that is two weeks from date of letter].


Sincerely,

_______________
(Signature)

Your Name
http://www.privacyrights.org/Letters/debt6.htm


§ 805.  Communication in connection with debt collection   [15 USC 1692c]
(c) CEASING COMMUNICATION.  If a consumer notifies a debt collector in writing that the consumer refuses to pay a debt or that the consumer wishes the debt collector to cease further communication with the consumer, the debt collector shall not communicate further with the consumer with respect to such debt, except --

(1) to advise the consumer that the debt collector's further efforts are being terminated;

(2) to notify the consumer that the debt collector or creditor may invoke specified remedies which are ordinarily invoked by such debt collector or creditor; or

(3) where applicable, to notify the consumer that the debt collector or creditor intends to invoke a specified remedy.

If such notice from the consumer is made by mail, notification shall be complete upon receipt.

(d) For the purpose of this section, the term "consumer" includes the consumer's spouse, parent (if the consumer is a minor), guardian, executor, or administrator.
http://www.creditinfocenter.com/legal/FDCPA.shtml#805

Oh and Kitty, yes we call out of Iowa and Oregon, sometimes those numbers come up and sometimes an 800# comes up. WF does try to call from different #s sporadically so we can get people to answer that are not paying there bill. Welcome to collections!

THE PERSON NAMED ALFALFA - (Above)- The FDCPA only applies to secondary collections and not the originator of the debt. My advice, stick to something you know. Giving advice like this is the job of an attorney. You could get someone into trouble and get sued for counseling on a legal matter without having a license to practice law. Just a friendly note as you never know who will sue.

Wells Fargo is the caller. I talked to a person directly and this is the credit card collections department.

THIS PERSON HAS NO CLUE WHAT THEY ARE DOING. SEE BELOW. SEE ABOVE.
http://www.creditinfocenter.com/legal/FDCPA.shtml#805
FDCPA DOES NOT APPLY.

THE PERSON NAMED ALFALFA - (Above)- The FDCPA only applies to secondary collections and not the originator of the debt. My advice, stick to something you know. Giving advice like this is the job of an attorney. You could get someone into trouble and get sued for counseling on a legal matter without having a license to practice law. Just a friendly note as you never know who will sue.

Wells Fargo is the caller. I talked to a person directly and this is the credit card collections department.

THIS PERSON HAS NO CLUE WHAT THEY ARE DOING. SEE BELOW. SEE ABOVE.
http://www.creditinfocenter.com/legal/FDCPA.shtml#805
FDCPA DOES NOT APPLY.
Caller ID: 800-842-3603
Caller: ?
Caller Type: Collection Agency

Wells Fargo collection... I stopped paying my Wells Fargo Visa and now they want the money. They tried settling for 50% but I still don't have the money. Oh well, see what happens next... I am sure they will send to a collection agency and will be getting calls from them shortly...

Just spoke with Wells Fargo customer service via the 800 number posted on their website.  They verified that this in a Wells Fargo number and connected me.  Upon connection, I was asked if I knew various people all of which I did not.  Supposedly my number was listed for these other people.  They cleared my number and calls should now stop.  It definetly is a collection agency but I was not harrassed in any way as they had no "beef" with me.

If you have no association with Wells Fargo, did you ever think that they might have the wrong number. If you get another call answer and find out who they are asking for. It takes about 3 minutes to find the answer. Dont let your bias ideas get in the way of finding a solution.

Has your mother ever told you that you attract bees to honey not vinegar. Maybe by yelling and screaming no one wants to listen to you. It immauter. I have had this problem if you are calm and are willing to listen you can get the problem fixed in about 5 minutes.

Three minutes to say "wrong number"? Wow.

MY mother likes a quiet house. A call blocker works even better (problem fixed in less than 5 minutes).

You sound sophisticated. Could you not think of anything more mature to say. I wasnt referencing that it takes 3 minutes to say wrong number. I said it takes "about" that long to find a solution. There is a difference.

Wells Fargo Claims that they are calling people to "assist them with paying off current debt owned to them".  Truth is, they are but only if you are willing to forgo your mortgage and food on the table to pay their $150 payments.  I have offered to pay $50 a month which is all I can afford do to lack of a job.  I get phone calls daily from them and nothing ever changes.  They even offer you to speak with a "manager" which can not help either. Here are the numbers that they call from:
515-221-6391
503-403-2665
515-221-6303
515-403-2686
877-244-4203
515-327-3019
503-403-2670
515-327-3702
800-842-3603

Depending on how delinquent your bill is depends on what state Wells Fargo calls you from.

Good Luck dealing with them!

i got a call too.
nobody doing legit business tries to pump you for personal information.
emily you sound like a very young person. have you ever been mistaken for someone else and had these bottom feeders harass you?
and even if they had the right person, there are laws. there are law regarding when they can call, about identifying themselves, stating the nature of the call, and if you say to not call me again, they must abide by it.
 i can personally attest that wells fargo -- yes, wells fargo -- has complete utter disregard for the law and i have phone logs to prove it. they use very young people who merely dial the phone in fact, a lot of people who answer it usually hear "click" as they hang up because they don't know what to say, how to handle it. wells fargo is among the banks running predatory lending scams and also took a sizable amount of our tax bail out money.
so before you, emily, or anyone else lectures and uses ancient aphorisms, you need to live a little in the real world. the number i list is not the only one wells fargo uses. I do not know why they are calling me, but this number showed up also on a friends and it was wells fargo hammering them over "credit card debt" not owed. It quite seems they make a lot of mistakes.

it's wells and yes they are human garbage.  they'd be out of biz too without their gov't bail out.

the callers are not very intelligent in that their grammer is poor and their "english" is hard to understand and comprehend.

....but then again, you can't get blood from a turnip.

Got a call from this number. Asked for some guy named Elmer. I told him he had the wrong number, and he got flip. (He had the wrong number.) Asked for a new number for the Such-and-Such residence. I reminded him that he had the wrong number, and I didn't know who he was talking about. He asked my name. I asked his. He said, "Dan from Wells Fargo, now what's your name?" I told him it was none of his business. He said I could tell him, or he would keep calling until I got tired of being harassed, and give in. I hung up on the prick. Probably a collection agency. WFCS can [***] for either not training their staff better, or not being more judicious in the collection agencies they select. Dan, you're a [***] with fat fingers; have your computer dial next time.