800-772-1413
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another one of *Portfolio Recovery Associates* many phone numbers, they're calling & asking for the *wrong* person ...
beware! a call from 800-772-1413 (or any of PRA's other phone numbers) is a debt collection scam ~ they are *phishing* for info --AND-- using *scare tactics* to get money from you .....give - them - nothing.
Caller type: Collection Agency
Caller: Did not give their name
Company: Portfolio Recovery Associates
Number: 800-772-1413
They called me and ask me my name. I told them they should know my name if they called me. They tried years earlier to collect on a credit card I never had an account with. They are unscrupulous scum. Simply don't answer anymore.
Caller type: Collection Agency
Caller: collector
Company: Portfolio Recovery
Number: 800-772-1413
011-800-772-1413 (Foreign Coded technology to bypass your Caller ID Block) Okay. Here's some info. on Portfolio Recovery. They are persistent and have oodles of phone numbers. Some numbers have US area codes. Some calls actually ID them as Portfolio Recovery. A lot of calls do not have any ID except the area code and a phone number. This 800-772-1413 has been getting through call-blocking efforts. AT&T explained that the actual number being used by these scum is 011-800-772-1413. The 011 is out of the US and is a roundabout way of coming through as a US caller. BECAUSE PORTFOLIO USES 13 NUMBERS INSTEAD OF 10 NUMBERS IT CANNOT BE BLOCKED BY AT&T. I don't know if any phone provider can successfully block it or any other numbers they use with a foreign prefixing code. AT&T had to look it up for me because only the 800-772-1413 showed in my Caller ID window. The only defense is to let it ring and not call-back. Truthfully, every phone number not known personally should be Googled before answering and never returned to the caller. Portfolio does not care if you are the one they're looking for. They'll keep calling. God help you if you are a relative or have the same surname! Remember, they have lots of people in lots of areas with lots of phone numbers at their disposal. If you have satisfied the debt, it still makes no difference. They will get you to give information and go after the excused portion. Any information or acknowledgment from you is noted and they step-up their efforts. (Save every piece of paper you have on satisfied debts. It will give you some peace, because they WILL KEEP CALLING.) If everyone wises up and refuses to answer any unknown caller, perhaps some of the collectors, scammers and sales boiler-rooms will cease to exist. Technology has given us the power to refuse intrusion. Use it. (BTW there are multiple collectors, scammers and boiler-room operations using Foreign Prefixing to avoid discovery. It seems to be rampant. I Google everything. Everyone is a potential target.) Check out all the "Caller Information" sites like this one. The stories will make you strong.
Number: 800-772-1413
They called me and ask me my name. I told them they should know my name if they called me. They tried years earlier to collect on a credit card I never had. They are unscrupulous scum. Simply don't answer.
Caller type: Scammer
Caller: Tanya
Company: Portfolio Recovery
Number: 800-772-1413
BEWARE!! Do not try to appease these crooks by promising to pay. They will try to trick you into saying this. If you do, this will reset the clock on the statue of limitations for collecting ANY PAST DUE DEBT even if it has been over 10 years. Legally they will be able to proceed with garnishment and debt collection. Share this info!!!
Caller type: Collection Agency
Caller: Tanya
Company: Portfolio Recovery
Number: 800-772-1413
on the national do not call list, why are we receiving these calls daily???
Caller type: Other
Company: Portfolio Recovery
Number: 800-772-1413
do not answer. they call every day. I have comcast and tried to block this number but it would not accept.
Caller type: Other
Number: 800-772-1413
I was told I have some debt to settle and threatened to sue me if I don't. I felt ashamed at first but when I looked up the number online, I realized these people aren't telling the truth. They're just making the debt stories up most of the time.
Caller type: Collection Agency
Company: Portfolio Recovery
Number: 800-772-1413
LOL... This one belongs to none other than Portfolio Recovery Assets. They're among the worst of the worst and they deserve a big ole swirlie in the toilet bowl for their evil ways. Portfolio Recovery Assets is an extremely aggressive and thorough debt collection agency that calls at least twice or more every day. They will seek judgements and try to collect on old zombie debts that are way past the statute of limitations and for bloodsucking usurious companies like Bank Of America, Beneficial, Capital One, CenturyLink, MBNA and others that should have died off completely way back when the dot com, housing and credit bubbles popped.
Caller type: Collection Agency
Company: Portfolio Recovery Assets
Number: 800-772-1413
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