800-900-1370

You want these people to keep calling you?

They called and LM for my ex daughter in law, who has been an ex for 20 yrs. they left a message for her to call them back, I sent her a message and asked to take care of whatever this is. The next day I received another call, I decided to answer, they had 4 options, the last  was they reached a wrong number which I took, have not had anymore but I did let her know they called again....

Penn Credit Corporation (Penn for Pennsylvania) Spoke with Lynn. They're calling about a debt from 2014. She asked to verify the last 4 of my SS# I said "that's alarming if you have the last 4 of my SS#" I'm pretty sure I paid this one, I asked for a invoice sent by mail, which creditors are required by law to send.

I just called the number back and asked to be removed.  They answered ok not the first ring.  I'll see if they actually remove it.  Don't know the person they are calling about.

Left a pre-recorded message same as someone else listed "We have important business..." and call left this no. for call bsck.

I have been getting a few of these calls.  Because it looks like a telemarketer on the caller ID, especially starting with "800-900", I often just pick up the phone briefly and say "SHUT UP!" (rudely) and hang up.  Today (Wednesday, 07/06/2016), they called TWICE--once to my business number, and again to my personal number--as some telemarketers do (call both numbers).  I am from Moundsville, WV, NOT PA.  As for my electricity, I get it through AEP (AEP Ohio, I think).

just bought a new phone and no one has been given this new number yet, not even family. I just got a call from this niumber.  this has to be a scam, didnt make it to the phone in time so didnt answer.

The number is new to you, but it was probably someone else's number last year.
And these stupid "debt collectors" don't know that and don't care.
Demand they give you their business address so you can write them a letter demanding they stop calling your number as the person they are trying to call cannot receive calls at what is now your number.

William makes an excellent point. I have been issued more than one number in the past and ended up with calls for other people.

phone 1 800 900 13 70 called me very often a lady mention (Matamoros) I do not know what it means,

800Notes is not a messaging service. 800Notes does not send alerts to your callers when you post here, a complaint website with public access. You must direct your complaints to the sources of your unwanted calls.

It is unwise to publish a phone number you meant to protect in an open forum where any data harvester and scammer can find it. I've reported your comment so that Admin can redact it.

I'll finish. One's choice of carrier has no bearing on the probability of receiving collection calls and has no relation to your right to end them through direct contact, rather than playing call blocker mole whacker.

The federal Do-Not-Call registry exists to help enforce the Telemarketing Sales Rule. Please note the operative term ''marketing''. A debt collector is not a sales person and is therefore not covered. The few remaining state lists share this limitation. Here are the DNCR service terms you were supposed to review at registration time:

National Do Not Call Registry Q&A
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0108-national-do-not-call-registry

The limits of the DNCR were no secret when you registered. At the time you were in fact urged multiple times to read about them. You didn't bother, and you think that every call you personally dislike is someone else's job to cure. WHY, WHY, WHY?!

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-800-900-1370/19#p1066871433476467956

After all the flagrant lawbreaking reported in this and other Penn Credit threads and on other websites, you choose the order of an auto-attendant menu as your big gripe? Descendants of our former masters the British would say you need a sense of proportion.

Off-topic fun facts:
* Prior to being ratified, copies of the US Constitution were distributed for review in languages other than English, mainly Dutch and German. This accommodated about one of every three citizens of New York and Pennsylvania, for whom English was not a first language.

* Post-Revolution discussion of ways to affirm separation from Mother England included the possible adoption of an official language other than Americanized English. Some of the choices on the table were German, Greek, Hebrew, and Spanish.

* To this day the United States has not declared an official language. American English wins by default; it is not the primary language for about one of every five persons.

* English included in the count, around 41 percent of the hundreds of languages used across the fifty states are indigenous to a given region. In case we all forget, English was an import.

* Anyone demanding linguistic purity for a nation occupying five time zones should study this cute map prepared by the Census Bureau in 2013:
    One Map That Shows Why English Will Never Be the Official Language of the US
    http://www.businessinsider.com/one-map-that-p ... f-the-us-2013-9

More facts and a little opinion:
A species can die from lack of diversity as surely as from plague or warfare. Anyone who recalls grade school social studies or works in language instruction can tell you that language is a carrier of culture. Diversity of culture makes America stronger, not weaker, not to mention more interesting. Most of us living here are mongrels, not purebred. Every time we reject someone for being different we reject ourselves.

If any of the above are "shameful" statements, maybe we should knock down that oversized French hood ornament near Ellis Island before it fools anyone else into believing that we offer refuge to those who don't feel welcome or safe anyplace else.

Confirming SS numbers is a common method of qualifying a called party as an alleged debtor, making it safe to discuss the debt without fear of a lawsuit for privacy breach. Other forms of personal data are also frequently acceptable when a collection agent is pressed. Of course you're not obligated to submit to questioning.

Penn Credit is no "creditor" but a third party debt collector. Neither are "required by law to send" any "invoice" for an account assigned to a third party. The collection agency does, without prodding and early in the process, have to send an initial dunning letter summarizing the claim and your dispute rights. That's not the same as billing and not proof you owe.

Debt collectors are not telemarketers and they may call any state they like, barring the odd state AG order to keep away. Your rude method of deflection while ignoring call purposes is not invoking your rights to limit phone calls under any statute. Until you change that, you've no room to complain as unwanted calls persist.

Got several calls from this number trying to collect a debt from someone I never heard of.  Told them...they said OK won't call again.  Then, they call a couple of days later.  I decided to play along so when they asked for Elizabeth ******, I said hold on.  Sat quiet for about 30 seconds.  Conversation then went sorta like this:
ME:  She wants to know who is calling.
THEM: This is a call to collect a debt.
ME: (after short pause) She says she ain't gonna pay it.
THEM: Threaten lawsuit.
ME: She says she's been deadbeating collectors for years and y'all are really stupid for getting clients that will give her credit.
THEM:  Threaten lawsuit.
ME:  She says go ahead and sue...you'll never find her to serve the papers.
THEM:  What is your relation to her
ME:  Uh, she works for me.
THEM:  What kind of business do you have and what does she do
ME:  I have an Oriental Massage Parlor and I bet you can figure out just what she does here.
THEM:  click

FWIW, my number is dedicated to a fax machine but sometimes I answer it just to have fun.  I use that same script a lot of times.

Great information from others that received a call from this #. No plans on answering after reading what others said here. Hope they don't use another 800# to try to reach others.

This is NOT a debt collection company.  This is a TOTAL scam number.