866-998-4558

Keep getting calls from this number.  I don't answer.  Have no idea who it is.

Just received a call from 866-998-4558 asking to speak with my former husband, how would they get my number when I haven't had contact with my X in 20 years?  The person was rude and did not speak clear English, when asked the nature of the call she said in broken English, "I cannot disclose the nature of the call" and that excuses her for being rude.  Looking down the list of other people who have received this same call it appears to be a collection company.  Private information is being cultivated from what source?  Interesting at best....


Call is from Academy Collection Services.  They are trying to collect on an old debt that is beyond the statute of limitation for my state.
Caller: Academy Collection Services

I have been getting calls from this number 2 to 4 times daily for the past 2 months...I need to know why ??

You know why this happens ???

Because you do not pay your bills on time or don't have the heart to pay later even though u have the money.

Just think once you spend so much of your precious time bashing collection agencies & collectors who do their job to sustain a living. Won't it be great that you start paying your own bills instead of forgetting what we were taught as a kid. About foreign accent, people are less educated or do not fulfill the criteria for being a debt collector, (or for less investment of money) in America as compared to other parts of the world such as Europe & South Asia, hence the business is outsourced. Browse the internet to gain some knowledge folks, mere gossiping & bashing them here wont really SOLVE your problems.

In response to "Responsible Citizen"  Just because someone receives a call from a collection agency does not mean that they are unworthy of mutual respect.  I once owned a house with my mother and the town took the house under eminent domain to build a post office!  Three years latter I received a call from an investment firm asking for payment on the mortgage.  Well, the mortgage was paided by check by the town directly to the original mortgage company.  I never saw the money!  The investment firm had purchased securities in an auction and never did any research on the validity of the paper they bought.   So in conclusion not everyone who gets calls from collection agencies is a dead beat, although you have not said it directly that is exactly what you intended to convey.  If you do not want to see responses to your post like this one then you should keep your opinions to your self!

I receive at least 2 calls everyday from this number on my work and personal cell. They are trying to collect on a credit card I had 20 years ago...LOL.. I have registered this number on my phone as "never Answer" ... Keep on calling so you can listen to my voicemail douchbag!

If you would take the time to read most of these posts, that is assuming you can read, you would realize that most of the people posting don't even have a debt for this company to collect on - whether past the statue of limitations or not.  They are harassing people whose family may have had an old debt or who have the same number as someone with a past debt (phone numbers are recycled).  Trying to explain to this company that they have the wrong person is useless - they keep calling.  They call me almost everyday and I have never been past due on a payment in my life, let alone have something go to collections, in fact my credit score is perfect.  So, before you go on talking about the American education - educate yourself.  In addition, if this company has not called you, why are you posting on here?  Get a life!

Contact your states Attorney General. That's what I did. Our Attorney General will not put up with the stuff they put me through for a former roommates debt.

Calls all day every day. They ask for my husbands uncle who died 10 years ago. He lived with us when he was sick, but at a different address and phone number. They do not seem to understand that he is NOT alive. They ask all types of personal information about me that I never disclose, such as my name and social. The only reason that I continue to answer is to try to get them to quit calling. Tried to block the number, but they call from many different numbers. I am so sick of this.

So this number  866-998-4558 called me again and left no message. I called  866-998-4558 and a woman with such a terrible  foreign accent maybe Filipino  answered I do not know what she said. But she kept asking me if my name was L. Taylor. It isn't and  I  was having such trouble understanding the broken English, I told her "I can't understand anything you say"  and hung up.   Shoot if they want  something they should say it in  proper English.. or  just don't call. I wish there was a way to get even. Raine1200@yahoo.com

From a DateLine NBC episode...

The next section begins the focus on debt collection agency abuses. First, Chris Hansen focuses on Academy Collection Service. Academy Collection Service, Inc and its owner Keith Dickstein (appropriate name) were ordered by the Federal Trade Commission to pay a $2.25 million fine late last year. According to the FTC Press Release: “its collectors misled, threatened, and harassed consumers; disclosed their debts to third parties; and deposited postdated checks early, in violation of federal law. This is the largest civil penalty the FTC has obtained in a debt collection case.”

Well, it seems that Dickstein and his crew are likely to be back in court as Dateline claims to have obtained a recorded message of someone calling from their offices threatening to rape a female debtor. That’s right, not a typo. The caller clearly threatened to rape the debtor and then laughed.

Additionally, Collection Attorney Pete Barry, who has tried many cases against debt collectors is interviewed and overs some insight as to why these collection agencies break the law so often. He states, as I have here often, that for many of these rogue collection agencies, settling lawsuits is simply a cost of doing business.

They called a million times and reading this I got annoyed and called back- I've had this # for 12 years and they are looking for "Shendron Brooks" who doesn't live here, has never lived here with me, and I told them to take me off the calling list, IMMEDIATELY. If they call back, I am calling the Don't Call registry and reporting them.