888-846-6092

Received a text regarding a matter their office is handling. Must be calling the previous phone numbers owner. It's a pay as you go phone that the number came with the phone so it's been recycled. Debt collector is using old info, I've had the phone for a while. Watch "Buffaloed" the world of debt recycling for debts past the statute of limitations for legal collection. It won't stop the calls, but it's entertaining.

Fortunately for you that is a problem that is extremely easy to fix.

You will need to send them a certified, return receipt debt validation (by law they have to go back to the original creditor to prove you owe the debt), cease and desist calling, or "not me" letter (this will be the best money that you have ever invested).  Also send it first class mail in case no one will sign for it.  Make a notation of that fact at the bottom of the letter.  You also need to report them to the proper agencies to which I have provided links to.  Then you need to go out and get a consumer lawyer to sue them on a contingency basis (no money out of your pocket) and let them pay you for the harassment.  If everyone did these three things, these crooks would be bankrupt, and we would all be the richer for it.  Use these web sites to find an attorney in your state that will probably take the case on a contingency basis (no money out of your pocket up front):  http://www.consumeradvocates.org/
http://www.consumeradvocates.org/find-an-atto ... tates_value=All

Everything else you need to know follows including at least two or more federal and state agencies where you should report their criminal activities.

CENTRAL PORTFOLIO CONTROL AKA HASTER LAW OFFICE

Web site with alleged contact info:  https://cpcrecovery.com/contact/

BBB gives them a B+ rating with 79 complaints and 24 negative reviews along with 44 positive reviews that the employees started writing on 1/25/21 as of 5/11/22 http://www.bbb.org/minnesota/business-reviews ... rie-mn-25002217

BBB gives Haster an A+ rating with 0 complaints (again 3 complaints were removed):  http://www.bbb.org/minnesota/business-reviews ... lis-mn-96089339

Employees review their criminal activities for this organization:  http://www.indeed.com/cmp/Central-Portfolio-Control

Minnesota Dept. of State info:
Minnesota Business Name
Central Portfolio Control Inc.
Business Type
Business Corporation (Domestic)
MN Statute
302A
File Number
10J-65
Home Jurisdiction
Minnesota
Filing Date
11/02/1998
Status
Active / In Good Standing
Renewal Due Date
12/31/2016
Registered Office Address
6640 Shady Oak Road Suite 300
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
USA
Number of Shares
1,000
Registered Agent(s)
Mark A Hedge
Chief Executive Officer
Mark A Hedge
6640 Shady Oak Road Suite 300
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
USA
Principal Executive Office Address
6640 Shady Oak Road Suite 300
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
USA

Minnesota Dept. of Commerce license with names of the criminals working there:

State
Minnesota
Board
Debt
Inquiry Date
05/15/2015 10:52 AM
CENTRAL PORTFOLIO CONTROL INC

Business Location Address 6640 SHADY OAK RD
SUITE 300
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minnesota 55344

Business Phone Number 952-944-5440

Fax Phone Number

Licenses
Collection Agency

License Number
Original Issue Date
Status
Effective Date
20170007
04-14-1999
Active
04-14-1999

Enforcement Action
This individual or company has at one time had formal administrative action taken against one or more Commerce-issued license(s). To get additional data on any such action(s), please (1) contact the Commerce Investigation Unit at (651) 539-1600 or (800) 657-3602 (phone hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) or (2) click the following link and use the search utility to locate Orders involving this individual or company.

If this licensee is an individual who has contested the accuracy or completeness of any public data on him- or herself that is available here on Pulse or any other Website maintained by Commerce, then any Statement of Disagreement submitted by this individual to Commerce pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 13.04, subd. 4(a) is published while the data is in dispute and can be found by following the instructions in (2) above.
Individual Associations
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Full Name
License Number
License Type
ADKINS , ROBERT
20614297
Debt Collector
AIELLO , JOSEPH
20620033
Debt Collector
Amadeck , Debbi
40120237
Debt Collector
Arevalo , Irvin
40257600
Debt Collector
Arnold , Kayla
40411578
Debt Collector
Ashton , Richard
40387295
Debt Collector
Bachman , Lindsay
40278290
Debt Collector
BARRETT , JULE
40101498
Debt Collector
BARRETT , ROBERT
3008747
Debt Collector
Benham , Alexander
40347941
Debt Collector

Looks like they have two violations in Minnesota alone:

https://www.cards.commerce.state.mn.us/CARDS/ ... oup&documentId={82BAF330-6F2F-4594-BCFE-EF91309E249D}&documentTitle=90230&documentType=1
https://www.cards.commerce.state.mn.us/CARDS/ ... oup&documentId={31BEA8DD-BCEA-4365-A0ED-09574A636BF0}&documentTitle=59797&documentType=1

Minnesota Dept. of State info says that Haster was dissolved in October, 2015:
Business Type
Business Corporation (Domestic)
MN Statute
302A
File Number
2396159-2
Home Jurisdiction
Minnesota
Filing Date
06/13/2007
Status
Inactive
Renewal Due Date
12/31/2015
Registered Office Address
345 6th Ave N
#406
Minneapolis, MN 55401
USA
Number of Shares
10,000
Registered Agent(s)
(Optional) None provided
Chief Executive Officer
Lisa A. Haster
6640 Shady Oak Rd. Ste. 340
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
USA
Principal Executive Office Address
6640 Shady Oak Rd. Ste. 340
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
USA
Comments
Law

Minnesota BAR information for the owner of Haster:
  Lawyer ID
0310979
  Date Admitted
10/26/01
  Last Payment
04/01/15

  Authorized to Practice Law?
AUTHORIZED
  CLE Status
3

  Last Name
HASTER
  First Name
LISA
  Middle Name
A
  Address
METROPOLITAN LAW GROUP, PA
730 STINSON BLVD
#210
MINNEAPOLIS, MN  55413
  Foreign Address?
No

  Professional Liability Insurance
Lawyer does represent private clients
WESCO INSURANCE
Will maintain policy for one year

Lots of complaints about their illegal collection methods:
http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/cpc-central-portfolio-control/eden-prairie-minnesota-55344/cpc-central-portfolio-control-do-not-pay-any-old-debt-to-cpc-central-portfolio-control-406615
http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/central-portfolio-control-minnesota-c138282.html
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/directory/central-portfolio-control
http://forums.debtcc.com/collection-agencies/central-portfolio-control.html
http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/central-portfolio-control-minnesota-maryland-c145933.html
http://www.justanswer.com/consumer-protection ... io-control.html
Looks like they get sued a lot:
http://www.law360.com/cases/5329a6d6e9e89a7b2900ade5
http://www.plainsite.org/dockets/kwc7p8cz/new ... io-control-inc/
http://www.schneiderwallace.com/other_cases_detail.php?id=167381
http://www.law360.com/cases/54be7352a09caa1145000001
https://dockets.justia.com/docket/pennsylvania/paedce/2:2013cv05450/482062/
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCOURTS-mied-2_07-cv-14831
http://www.plainsite.org/dockets/kvf8bvq6/new ... trol-inc-et-al/

It is incumbent upon them under the law to prove that the debt exists and that you owe it, and (this is the important part) that they have the legal right to collect it.  You are not obligated under the law to prove that you don’t owe or that it is paid. 

Federal law (FDCPA) requires them to send you a letter (US MAIL ONLY) postmarked 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 receipt of the letter and if you do so, all collection activity must be stopped until the debt is verified.  If and when you get that letter you should immediately send that debt validation letter by certified, return receipt mail.

First, you should make a complaint at this Federal Agency, and while there you should also read up on how debt collection is supposed to work as well as what your rights in this matter are: https://www.consumerfinance.gov/

Also file complaints with the FTC: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/#crnt&panel1-1

Also file a complaint with your State Attorney General's office.
List of State AG’s offices:   https://800notes.com/faq/attorney-general

Also file here:  Minnesota:   https://mn.gov/commerce/consumers/file-a-complaint/#complaint