847-994-2555

This number is from "Portfolio Recovery Associates", they are one of many underlings of the corrupt banking system. They want a piece of you and claim they are working for those who claim, usually illegally, that you "owe" them.

You should probably disregard their calls as they most likely are breaking the law in the first place, I.E. FDCPA, etc.

Or read the FDCPA and find out how they are breaking the law so you can sue them for damages. It is extremely unlikely that they are NOT breaking the law. All the "collection" companies break these laws.

Same - They left no messages.  When I called the number back they sounded like a collections company.

This is PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES.  They are a bottom feeder collection group.  This company acts like you have an account with them i.e. a loan.  They will report on your credit report as if you took a loan out with them.  They will threaten litigation against you if you don't pay.  I would disregard their call.  DONT LET THEM SCARE YOU INTO PAYING THEM!

this tel# call people ugly?

This number and several others starting with 847-994-??? call all the time.  Per this site and other "who's calling you" sites, this is an unscrupulous creditor who uses illegal methods to harrass peopel.  Every time I block a number they call from another and I have to start blocking them all over.

I am in the same position. they are calling me multiple times per day. i even try to pick up and tell talk to them, but no one is ever there. they often ask me to accept a collect call, and i just did, because i am sick of this company calling me....and no one was on the other end. disturbing.

i get calls from 847-994-xxxx usually once a day, I get tired of their BS, so when they ask for me, i usually play with them, telling them to hold please... then i continue working or doing whatever for a minute or so, then ask who they are calling for, and again tell them "hold on, i'll look"... after 3-4 times, i tell them he (me) is not taking calls at the moment.  By law they can not call after 9pm, so when they ask when he (me) is available, I tell them times after 9pm. When they ask who they are leaving the message with, I tell them "his financial adviser"

PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES. These people keep calling me, the person they are looking for is dead, so I told them to go to hell and find her.

Hang up

this caller keeps calling at all times of the day and night, rings a few times and then gone-very irritating

THEY KEEP CALLING...

They KEEP calling and calling and calling - they seem to change their phone number every few days.  What do they think - that I don't have a Call Blocker (cause I do)?  These techniques may have worked ten years ago.  But the corrupt Collection Agency system is outdated & there is really nothing more they can do.

Unless - they change the laws & file a Criminal Complaint against you.  That's what the bank does if you accidentally write checks that your account cannot cover - and then you can't pay it back. The banks now file a "criminal charge" against you & then you have to pay Court Costs & Probation Costs.  We'll all be in Debtors' Prison before you know it.

they having been calling my cell phone asking for a women named bonnie something. I keep telling them im not this person and to stop calling me. I have had there # block and like all of you mention they call from another number.  this is harrassment!!!

Portfolio Recovery.  One of the most persistent and vulgar collection companies out there.

As many have stated, "they break most all collection practices laws on the books"  Why?  
Our Federal Government put fair collection laws into place as a way to pretend that they have concern for those who struggle with the inability to repay debts to credit cards, etc..

Unless you have a ton of time, you cannot really do much to "get even" with the likes of Portfolio Recovery.  They have been breaking these laws for years, and are still in business, so that tells you the level of interest our government has in "Protecting" us against these [***].  
What's worse, is that PEOPLE are employed to harass other people in financial trouble.  They are paid to prey on, and cause all manner of angst and stress.  

When you do answer a call, ask the person on the other end how it feels to be paid to make people miserable, how if feels to constantly harass and cause misery, even when they've been asked to stop calling.  Ask the person who calls you how it feels to be a part of a company that breaks the law, and ask how it feels for him/her to be also breaking the law.  Chances are they won't care because it takes a certain type of person to do this job.  IN short, sick and demented..

Us,  the voters, are too lazy and/or complacent and/or unable to force change.  The politicians that we put into office won't lift a finger for us, so VOTE THEM OUT, and get someone in that will.
To make change takes effort.  Get a hold of your state's legislature, and/or representative(s) and INSIST on change.

If not, just sit back and listen to the phone ring.

ALSO, their number:


847-994-2545 as well as the
847-994-2555

BTW, JUST BECAUSE they bought an unpaid loan, does NOT MAKE YOU RESPONSIBLE TO PAY THEM.  YOU OWE TO THE COMPANY YOU HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH, NOT THEM.

I HAVE ALWAYS REFUSED TO PAY A SECONDARY COMPANY.  IF THEY CALL AND YOU SAY TO STOP, ANY CALLS AFTER THAT IS NOW CONSIDERED HARASSMENT AND YOU MAY OBTAIN MONEY FROM THEM LEGALLY.  

Amber
Been thru it all!

7-24 So David just called me and asked for me. I asked who's calling and why.  He says again my name and I didn't answer but said why you are? He says you people from the Northeeast are too funny and hung up. Hahahahah laughed my ass off I am funny you hung up on yourself jetk.

These people are nasty.  They keep calling for no apparent reason.

These people will garnish your wages.

These pieces of trash won't stop calling me. I switched to AT&T about 6-7 months ago and I had to block them because they kept looking for some guy I'd never heard of. May they be forced to have a taste of proletariat justice in the future.

These people keep calling someone else's cellphone looking for me. I never used their number so I don't know how they get it. Obviously if I wanted to talk to you I would've replied to the zillion letters you've sent. A certain credit card company screwed me when my bank bounced a payment. The whole thing was a complete accident. I had perfect credit with them up until that one minor mistake but they didn't want to hear it. They responded to my honest mistake by doubling  and tripling my minimum payments so I basically told them to go [***] themselves.