Got a call from Roger Young earlier today, No idea who he is or why he is calling me but what I gather from reading the above is it is obviously debt collection. Sounded like a prerecoded message. It started in the middle and repeated twice. Stated he has an urgent pending matter that needs my immediate attention. I have received nothing in the mail from this company and have lived at the same address for several years so have no idea why they are contacting me by phone rather then mail. Should they contact me by mail I would respond with a request for them to prove validity of whatever they are trying to collect on as well as ownsership of that debt.
I have gotten calls from this company before regarding a debt I'm trying to workout with a Credit Union. They initially called my work which was not cool, but since I had moved several times and they didn't have my new cell phone number I guess I understood why they were trying. I had received letters from them while trying to work it out with this particular Credit Union. Finally I started paying them some funds to bring down my balance on a checking account that was pretty much just late fee's that had been moved into my checking account. I was trying to negotiate not paying these so that I could pay down on the credit card balance but no negotiation was possible until I cleared this debt. I'm almost clear with that and will be making my payment for the remaining $50.00 today after seeing they just called. The person I worked with at Bridgeport is Rodney Clemens (I assume his real name) but he has been very helpful and understands that many of us are struggling to meet our obligations and will work with you if you continue to communicate. My message to all of you. Don't ignore as if they are calling you at work and you owe a good chunk of money there is a good chance they will attach your wages. I'm working to avoid that. Just my 3 cents.
I get a message from this number on Sunday at 7:57 am, I returned the call later than afternoon and spoke to them and told them I was not responsible for that dollar amount. I explained that I brought in a signed form not authorizing Patelco Credit Union for overdraft charges. The lady stated "so you don't want to pay the $457 dollars? That would be correct. I received 2 calls on Monday from Vanessa, I explained to her about Sunday's call and she continued to interrupt me, I asked if she wanted to hear about the previous conversation and she said "no...are you taking care of the $457?", my response was "no, as I mentioned..." and then she hung up. I called back 3 more times, all 3 times, Vanessa answered and hung up...I can see why she's in this job....her service sucks....My attorney will be calling next!
To be honest, I have an unpaid doctors bill and this is the agency that is attempting to collect from me. I have never answered the call so I can't attest to their treatment of my case. I can say that they also send me paper statements with company letterhead et al.
I would have to make an educated guess though and say that is definitely likely that those of you being called at businesses with no legitimate debt to speak of, your number was probably put down in place of a debtors real phone number.
Thanks to student loans I don't need to worry about my credit because it's probably been at its lowest for years, but those with children, mortgages etc. Where your credit DOES need to be worried about, if you're getting paper statements is probably wise to at least try and work with them.
Called the place I retired from 15 months ago. Left a message and asked that person to get in contact with me and gave his name and number and extension. I called the number and the girl said Bridgeport and I said sorry I have the wrong number.
she said rudely "Sure you do".
I have to debts or credit cards. So this has to be a SCAM.
I got a call saying they represented Patelco Credit Union...they've called me numerous times and all about collecting overdraft charges. I don't even have this account! I asked them to produce me a document and each time I get some rude lady saying "just pay your bill" and then hangs up. I call back and they just pick up the phone and hang up over and over and over. I'm tired of the harassing calls!