Yes, yet another new number for them! I've now collected 10 of them and I know there will be more. I will never pick up the phone with these numbers (nor any that I do not recognize) but I always come to this site to check.
Demand validation. No validation, no debt. It's that simple.
"IF they do not provide you with the verification of the debt, the debt is invalid and not subject to collection. PAY NOTHING TO ANYBODY UNLESS THEY PROVIDE YOU WITH WRITTEN VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT, AND ONLY THEN IF YOU FEEL THE DEBT IS VALID - otherwise, let them sue you for the debt, as a real law firm will only bring a legal action on a truly valid debt".
I feel for Bridget who got slammed by Portfolio Recovery a day or so ago... I just got 3 calls in a two-minute span from this place called Portfolio Recovery... I don't know them, nor do I owe them, but to be called so much by them is ridiculous...
Just block the number. That's what we do. They harassed my late BIL for an unvalidated debt until we sicced the IRS on them for turning in a bogus 1099-C. Now they are harassing his widow for a out-of-statute debt.