951-824-7073

Portfolio Recovery. -

This robocaller continues on a crazy roll this month. The company is Portfolio Recovery, a debt-collecting company that buys written-off debt from banks, retailers, etc., for pennies on the dollar. They get their customers' phone numbers (which often are no longer even valid) and try to browbeat people they call into paying on debts that may or may not be true. Also, when Portfolio is on the case, such debts are long past being legally collectible. Over the past three years, Portfolio has used an array of about 33 different numbers in various Area Codes to harass people, but in December (so far), they have added several numbers to their repertoire. Remember, too: They call from 8:15 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week, all year long. (Any call-blocking service automatically intercepts all Portfolio calls, thankfully.) Today was a first with this number, and they have added 10 other new numbers this month. The numbers that Portfolio uses now totals 43:
205-396-3619
205-396-3627
205-484-0134
205-623-2948
240-565-0414
404-220-9772
404-719-4368
404-865-3247
404-909-8732
412-235-6111
412-847-5582
412-847-5934
412-924-8169
440-638-5278
440-638-5676
469-608-8899
479-935-8973
484-498-2389
510-343-3502
510-343-5211
518-312-4713
602-635-3897
620-263-3537
620-263-3546
626-521-5311
678-265-3904
678-275-8939
702-425-3735
731-345-4195
731-345-4203
800-772-1413 main number
817-479-9154
817-500-4360
817-500-9094
847-737-4347
847-737-4494
858-568-7619
859-586-9557
859-635-4142
859-795-3413
914-595-7031
951-824-7073
954-606-9402

Yep.  the review here is correct.  Portfolio Recovery.  They keep calling our office for a past tenant that has not been around for three years...  Block em and send them some paperwork if needed...

block this number  from portafolio hassofoolio jajajjaaa 951-824-7073 collection agency block it ok.

They call constantly under various numbers.  I'm done blocking....as my phone blocks 250 numbers and they seem to have as many numbers as they want.  I just don't answer any number that is not in my call list.  I have no idea how they got my number or why they keep calling!!!  Very annoying....and I know that's exactly their point...to annoy!!

These people hassled me some years ago over debts owedon credit cards by a  person with a similar name to mine, now its started again. A person with an accent (Hindustani ?)  that made it impossible for me to understand left a phone number to call back. I did not do this because I knew I dont owe these bottom feeders any money and I dont care

CID "PORTFOLIORECOV", no message left.

I didn't answer but I decided to call them back just to play with them as I know i'm debt free.After asking the gentleman what he wanted he asked for my name and phone no so I gave it to him.After a few seconds he says "no,I cant find anything on you so somebody must have dialed the wrong number,well darn it !.

Interesting.  We have no outstanding debt and never have so why would they need to be calling here.  They have called 2?times today and 1 time last week each using a dif phone number.  We don't know them so we don't answer.  I will happily block any numbers from them.

May be calling if they know they can rely on the numbers they call always have an answer, even if it's an automatic one. You might not have any outstanding debt, but a thief will still try to trick you into believing you do. If there's a machine taking the call, they might believe you're away from the phone and you'll be back eventually. If you're able, allow unknown numbers no kind of answer at all and be patient. They get sick of wasting time with numbers that have nothing at all.

Portfolio is a well known criminal enterprise that operates as a debt collector.  They don't care if you owe or don't owe, they just want someone, anyone to pay.  Unless you have a large amount of open numbers you can block, you will be out of luck since they have at the very least 400 or more numbers they use to call people.  Your best bet is to do the following:

You need to send them a certified, return receipt debt validation, cease and desist calling, or "not me" letter (think of it as the best $6.47 you 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 agencies where you should report their criminal activities.

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/

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 1,351 (the BBB wiped off 31 complaints so that Portfolio could keep their A rating) complaints, 3 negative reviews a government action from the State of New York, an alert, and yet they get an accredited A rating (back up from a B+, they removed 31 complaints and 2 negative reviews to get them that rating, but  they must still must be paying big bucks for that rating boost):  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) 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.

Read up on your rights here 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:   https://800notes.com/faq/attorney-general

Another Portfolio Recovery call. I never answer when they call or any other unknown names and numbers.

Use going voice for your voicemail. You have unlimited call blocking

Maybe you got someone else's number that owed funds?

thank you for all you work to help others.

I understand completely, they call daily

Another Portfolio Recovery call. No message was left. Called at 8:08am and 5:09pm eastern time. I never answer calls from them.

These idiots called at 8:26 am on 2/17/17. I do not owe any debt and I certainly do not answer any calls from Portfolio Recovery or, for that matter, ANY calls where I do not recognize area code or number. As I have stated many times before on this website, IF SOOO IMPORTANT, LEAVE A MESSAGE!

I have no debt.

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