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Portfolio collections is trying to collect very old debt they bought for pennies on a dollar.  Their records contain very old contact information which is wrong or outdated and they have been sued multiple time for unfair debt procedures.  They are being audited by IRS now because of the high number of complaints as they have no original documentation a debt is even valid.  Don't answer, but keep a log of date and times they have called.  Contact the attorney generals office in your state if they continue to harass you.

You can NOT pick up your phone anymore if you do not know the number. Said world...

Woman asking for someone with my last name.  She was polite when I said "There is no John here."

years of pest calls from Portfoolio - pure harassment !! Have never answered a single call from their hundreds yet they continue to call multiple times a day . What a business model !! Once again cid said potfoliorecov and no message left ...

Just thought I would share my list of PORTFOLIO RECOVERY phone numbers to block. You're welcome. : )

757-355-6494
757-320-4166
205-379-6018
620-860-1570
731-256-9337
817-500-4360
678-265-3904
510-343-3502
412-847-5934
859-586-9557
954-606-9402

We received a call from this number on our office line at about 8:30 AM today. No one said anything when our phone was answered, and after a few seconds you could hear the computer disconnect the call.

Here they go again!  I had to rotate out one of my blocked numbers to accommodate this one.  This one seems to call more often, so time to stop.  Hey!  Keep calling!  Even though this is year 5 that you have been harassing me.  Guess what?  I am moving in 4-6 months so time is running out!  Guess what?  I am not getting a landline phone where I am moving.  Awww, so what is poor wittle PortFOOLio going to do??  Boohoo.  Knuckle Draggers!

I do not answer unknown numbers.  Someone called this morning at 8:45 AM and when my answering machine picked it up they hug up.  The caller ID said Portfolio Recovery.  Portfolio Recovery has also called us from the following phone numbers:
205-396-3619 on 12/07/15 at 5:16 PM
404-719-4368 on 12/07/15 at 6:59 PM
412-847-5934 on 12/15/15 at 11:40 AM
602-635-3897 on 11/04/15 at 8:53 PM
678-265-3904 on 12/03/15 at 4:54 PM and again at 8:10 PM
858-568-7619 on 12/11/15 at 12:08 PM
954-606-9402 on 12/11/15 at 4:10 PM

I looked up this Portfolio Recovery on the web and found it belongs to a debt collector - http://www.portfoliorecovery.com.  The website claims “Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC are here to help you pay your debt.  Call 800.772.1413 to speak with an Account Representative…”  Since I don’t have any current or past-due debts my guess is they are trying to SCAM money out of me.  My phone number is registered on the national Do Not Call List but since this is a debt collection company they are allowed to call you and reporting them has no result …”   Since I don’t have any current or past-due debts my guess is they are trying to SCAM money out of me.  My phone number is registered on the national Do Not Call List but since this is a debt collection company they are allowed to call you and reporting them has no result.

These people are the SCUM of the earth!! My phone will block 50 numbers and 45 of the blocked numbers belong to Portfolio. We owe on a medical bill that Medicare would not cover the whole amount. It was for $225 and we pay $25 a month because we are on Social Security and Do Not get a lot of money each month. We have never missed a payment and our total owed is down to $75. The hospital listed the bill on our credit report as a "Slow" pay and Portfolio snatched it up and are trying to SCAM us out of more money. We told these bloodsuckers to stop calling and some are polite and others are downright mean. We could go after them and sue, but they never put anything in writing and would claim that their computers made a mistake in calling us. I am about ready to cancel my landline and pray they do not have the number to my cell.

You have a case and could sue.  First, Federal law requires them to put it in writing.  Second, instead of talking to them, you need to create a paper trail.  Send them letter by certified, return receipt mail.  Go to the CFPB site and learn your rights,Also file a complaint with your State. AG.  They have been sued many times successfully, and one person received an 82 million dollar judgement.  Everything you need to know follows so do yourself a huge favor and read it carefully.

PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES AKA PRA
Good news, they got slapped hard for 82 million recently:  http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article21073359.html
Also the NY AG slapped them again it seems:  http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-0 ... ion-in-new-york
CFPB fines them for lying:  http://www.consumerfinance.gov/newsroom/cfpb- ... lect-bad-debts/
Posted in:
 https://800notes.com/forum/ta-2a4cf0cd3a9e0dd ... very-associates

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-757-952-1847

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-205-379-6018

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-205-379-6019/2

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-205-396-3619/7

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-205-588-7043

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-213-443-8792

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-404-909-8732/2

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-412-847-5934/4

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-518-312-4713#p837986669093189763

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-620-708-4824

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-620-708-4838

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-620-860-0202

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-620-860-0783

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-620-860-0784

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-620-860-1573/4

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-678-265-3904

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-702-425-3735
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-714-699-3172

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-731-256-6444/3
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-731-256-7209

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-731-256-9336

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-731-256-9337/2

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-731-256-9338

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-732-256-9338

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-757-215-1948

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-757-215-2332
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-757-215-2370
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-757-320-1591

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-757-320-4166

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-757-320-4168

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-757-355-6494

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-757-355-6494/2
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-757-506-0177/11

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-757-946-1151

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-800-772-1413/47

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-800-851-9631/16
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-404-719-4368/7
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-757-821-2260
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-679-265-3904
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-205-538-1807/2
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-757-946-1156
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-731-410-3143
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-817-500-4360/4
I have to wonder why an allegedly “legitimate “business would need so many phone numbers to call out on?

Web page with contact information:  http://www.portfoliorecovery.com/contact_us.html
Make sure you read how they just lost an 83 million dollar lawsuit against them:  http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article21073359.html

Make sure you read how the NY AG spanked them bad on May 1, 2014 in the following BBB page.

BBB page with 1,318 complaints, 3 negative reviews a government action from the State of New York, an alert, and yet they get an accredited B+ rating (down from an A at least but they must still be paying big bucks for that rating)?  http://www.bbb.org/norfolk/business-reviews/d ... olk-va-51000164
Bizapedia has them as a Delaware Corporation started in 2007 as opposed to the information on the BBBB page that says 1996:
http://www.bizapedia.com/de/PORTFOLIO-RECOVERY-LLC.html
http://www.bizapedia.com/addresses/120-CORPOR ... K-VA-23502.html

Other complaint sites:
http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/portfolio-recovery-associates-c275360.html
http://www.creditreportproblems.com/Portfolio_Recovery_Associates_LLC.htm

Cases against PRA:
http://www.leagle.com/decision/In%20FDCO%2020130416695
http://www.prweb.com/releases/Class-Action/Lawsuit/prweb5253574.htm
http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district- ... 2707/228930/60/
http://dockets.justia.com/docket/california/casdce/3:2015cv00768/471398
http://www.bigclassaction.com/lawsuit/portfol ... olations-of.php
http://leagle.com/decision/In%20FDCO%20201409 ... SOCIATES,%20LLC
http://dockets.justia.com/docket/illinois/ilndce/1:2015cv02765/308374
http://www.creditreportproblems.com/pennsylva ... -practices-act/
http://www.creditreportproblems.com/portfolio ... cpa-violations/
http://designertoday.com/News/6736/Reader.Get ... .Prejudice.aspx
http://dockets.justia.com/search?query=PORTFOLIO+RECOVERY+ASSOCIATES%2C+LLC
http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/14a0266p-06.pdf
http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2012/12/28/11-56600.pdf
http://statesboro.biz/News/702/Class-Action-L ... f-The-TCPA.aspx
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/USCOURTS-mie ... 1_12-cv-11526-2
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/USCOURTS-kye ... 5_13-cv-00147-0
And a CFPB case about a lawyer who works for PRA.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/ ... ction-lawsuits/
Some more interesting reading:

http://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuild ... /td-p/8653

http://hamptonroads.com/2013/09/portfol ... dial-proof

http://www.creditreportproblems.com/Por ... es_LLC.htm

"PRA may also sometimes make harassing calls and send out threatening letters. In some cases they may have your information by mistake ~ so they are sending the WRONG PERSON collection notices!"

http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pd ... 66p-06.pdf

TCPA Class Action Suit against:
http://statesboro.biz/News/702/Class-Ac ... -TCPA.aspx

Mentioned here among other bottom feeding criminal DC's:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/ ... story.html

Lawsuit against them:

http://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-sett ... iolations/

They were  listed among the worst offenders on the late Bud Hibb's site!

Federal law (FDCPA) requires them to send you a letter (US MAIL ONLY) 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 the date of the letter and if you do so, all collection activity must be stopped until the debt is verified.
Read up on your rights here, get template letters to send and also make a complaint at this government site:  http://www.consumerfinance.gov/
Also file a complaint with your State Attorney General's office.
List of State AG’s offices:  http://consumerfraudreporting.org/stateattorneygenerallist.php