209-858-3500

Did not answer, did not leave a message.

received 3 calls... various times on various days. does not leave message

It is DCS I got a call from them about "business" they have with my brother. Laura Lewis-
Stupid!
Said Manteca CA

This is Diversified Collection Services, they are a government contracted collection agency representing several government entities.  (dept education, dept treasury, state tax agencies, etc)They are legal and are governed by federal regulations for collections, not state.  They will continue these calls until you take care of the debt that is owed to the government.  The individual that owes the gov't debt will eventually lose any/all federal tax refunds until the debt is paid and they cannot get this money back even if they set up a payment arrangement with DCS, because DCS has no control over the seizure of the tax refunds.  Majority of the time bankruptcy does not stop the collection either because of the federal nature of the debt.  I worked for them for 3 years, that's how I can give you this info.

They have called me various times also saying that I owe taxes in the state of Virginia.  I have never lived in Virginia.  They somehow got my name sometime last year as well, but didn't have my phone number.  They called my grandparents and the woman posed as a friend.  She told my grandmother that she knew me from high school and asked for my phone number.  Very obviously a scam and the person commenting above is clearly in on the scam.

had a name and said they were calling for a mortgage debt.
called the # back and line went to music then cut off.

http://www.performantcorp.com/dcs/index.htm

Seems very legit- that they collect for the Dept of Education.  They may just be more aggressive in their methods (i.e. calling friends/ family and posing as people) instead of just waiting for people who owe a bunch of money to contact them..  Called about my ex who is a loser and just ignores collection companies...so what else are they gonna do?

They called me and claimed to be an Attorney with the legal Dept. I could hardly understand him and when I pressed him for his bar number he started cussing at me and every other word out of his mouth was f*** this and f*** that. He told me I was mad (crazy) and then gave me someone else's personal information to include, SSN, Name. Bank Info, DOB, and email address - at that point I couldn't contain myself and started laughing at him. He got more angered and threated to show up at my house and hurt my family. I am a law enforcement officer and was smart enough to record the entire exchange. I called back the next day and said  nothing, just played the recording! I haven't heard from them since. I turned all of the information over to the Secret Service being that they have a special unit for this kind of thing, as well as the US Attorneys office whom also has a special unit for this type of crime against individuals. From my understanding the incinuation that this terrorist was an Attorney and representing Virginia is a federal crime, furthermore the threat against my families safety in an attempt to obtain money is extortion. Both can have these people locked up for some time. If you get any of these calls RECORD them and turn them over to a local secret service office - they will route to the proper place. Also be sure to turn over to yours states Attorney's office. As the case grows these terrorists will spend a long time in jail. More importantly if they happen to be out of the county and are having these calls routed through a US area code, as some do, they are going to have additional charges filled! NEVER give them your information, if they already have it they are fishing for the one missing piece to be able to cheat you out of everything, they will even go as far as asking you fax them something authorizing them to remove money from your bank. NEVER verify the information that they do have, tell them that they are wrong and as I said before RECORD it all!!!

Furthemore, I live in VA and if anyone attempts to call you they will call you from an 804 or 540 number being that those are the only places that VA debt collection offices are. They DO NOT hire out for the purpose of debt collection. Also if ANYONE tells you that they are calling from the STATE of Virginia you can be certain that they are a fake - Virginia is not a State it is a Commonwealth and all employees of the Commonwealth refer to Virginia as just that - The Commonwealth of Virginia.

Also the DCS link that was provided by AM is that for a company which has no dealings with the Commonwealth of VA

i've received a call from this  209-858-3500 me too. Caller ID DCS.. in a brief description , what is it exactly ?

Called me in Louisiana 12 noon, did not leave a message. Some crazy S.O.B./

If they are so legit then why dont they send me something in writing?

i got a call from 1-209-858-3500. did not answer. i called back and the lady told me the initials of the "company" but refused to tell me what the bussiness WAS, you know, like the function or purpose. i told her i had received a call and if she would check her records...and she tells me sure, just give me your social security # so i can check if you have an account with us. yeah, as if!!!!

These scumbags called me and left no message AND called my neighbors looking for me. They are scum, the creditors they are collecting for are scum and can KMA.

I have not nor ever had outstanding bills that require a collection agency.  My bills have always been paid in full all my life) so this is a fake company calling.  No one said anything to me when they called today, they hung up.  

THIS IS NOTHING BUT A FALSE SCAM FOR A FACT.

If they were smart they would realize that it is illegal to contact a federal agency in reference to collecting a debt on someone.  My wife received a phone call today because this company was attempting to locate an individual that they saw my wife was friends with on facebook.  My wife hasn't even seen this person for about 14 years so it was quite a shock.  There is a line and this supposed agency crossed it.

What I was trying to get at is my wife works for a federal agency and received this call while at work for an individual she hadn't seen in 14 years!

I received a call on my cellphone yesterday from this number.  The woman asked for my husband who was unavailable.  I asked who was calling so I could take a message for him.  She gave me her name, Marilyn.  I asked who she was with.  She made brief pause and then informed me she wasn't WITH anyone; she was alone.  I asked if she could tell me what this was the nature of her call.  She paused again and then told me it was personal.  At this point, I was a little irritated with her vagueness.  I told her if was so personal to call him on his PERSONAL cellphone and not mine and hung up.

Get numerous calls from this number on my cell phone. I don't answer and they never leave a message.

So this agency will call your job looking for someone !!  I have told Kylie or whoever calls ( AS IF I DONT HAVE CALLER ID-IDIOTS!!) my direct line to !!STOP!! calling looking for this person.  In addition she will get rude as if I don't know who she is, asking to be connected to our HR department. (DUMMY-collector is stoopid enough to believe that HR wil give out that info.)  Due to the laws FDCA (Fair Dept Collection Act) states that if you answer the phone and tell them to "stop calling" they have to adhear to that. 209-858-3500.

I got a cl form them stating I owe money and when I asked them what for, they hang up.   Sounds scammy to me