Confirmed. It is a medical debt collection agency. Most of the time, they have the wrong number. They've been calling my cell phone which I've only had for a couple of months. My voicemail only catches the last part of their message. I called them. They were looking for someone else.
To have your phone number removed from their system, call 800-783-9118. Provide the phone number they called you on and they will tell you who they are trying to contact. If it isn't you, they will remove your number from their system. Problem solved.
Confirmed. It is a medical debt collection agency. Most of the time, they have the wrong number. They've been calling my cell phone which I've only had for a couple of months. My voicemail only catches the last part of their message. I called them. They were looking for someone else.
To have your phone number removed from their system, call 800-783-9118. Provide the phone number they called you on and they will tell you who they are trying to contact. If it isn't you, they will remove your number from their system. Problem solved.
CMRE Financial Services
3075 E Imperial Hwy # 200
Brea, CA 92821
(714) 528-3200
Look up "collections cease and desist" for an example of a letter. Note: the letter does not eliminate the debt or make it disappear. It does provide a method to eliminate phone calls. The specifics of what those communications will be are better described on this website.
Of course we would all prefer to pay our debts BUT in certain cases companies engage in bad practice. It does no good to receive unending phone calls. Especially when you can't afford electricity or food this month.
I would encourage anyone to pay what is owed but to do so in ways that YOU control. Debt collectors do not work for your best interest. Many third party collectors are VERY unscrupulous.
Never make payment arrangements over the phone.
Never pay what are asserted to be debts owed without documentation in hand.
No offer for payment over the phone is so special that it can't be done via mail with the appropriate documentation. Be suspect of letters as well... make sure you have the actual original account information.
Be able to clearly track the account back to a debt you in fact own.
A debt owed to a collection agency that they have purchased from another collector is a quite different thing than an account due to the original creditor. What debts you decide to pay is up to your conscience but that's the point. It should be about YOUR decisions that YOU make.
Calls from 253-414-0196 are CMRE Financial Services, a medical billing collections agency.
I have had my cell for over 10 years and this number recently started calling me several times a day but never left a message so I used the advice from someone else's post and called 800-783-9118 to have my number removed from the system since they were calling in error.
Gotta say, the people were really friendly, didn't give us a hard time at all (of course I was curteous to them as well since being a collection agent SUCKS, especially for medical bills!!) After all, its not their fault some jerk gave a "random" phone number that just so happened to not be so random for me...
I gave CMRE Financial my phone number, they said, "are you Steven," I said "No" and they did NOT ask for any personal info, not even my name, and said they would remove the number from their system. I am happily impressed and wish all these "random" callers were so professional!
Thank you for giving this 800 number! I was able to call to explain that they were calling me in error. The representative was professional, did not ask for any personal info, and remove my number from the call log.