Yep so I got a call from some of these people regarding some debt my brother has.

He hasnt lived in my house for years!

So the first call tells me they wont call back..

I get a second guy who actually threatens me with harassment, stating he will call me every weekday, from monday through friday, all day from 8 am to 5 pm...after a few more threats and continuing to refuse to allow me to speak to a manager he hangs up.

My brother called them and they wouldn't release any information to him without a social security number.

I would strongly advise anyone who receives a call from these guys NOT to give them ANY personal information that is outside the public domain.

Here is a number that Allied Collections in Las Vegas Used to call me to collect a debt. Just to put it out there for people in the event they need the number, or just who it belongs to:

Allied Collections
702-939-8305

(702)939-8305

I just moved three months ago and have recieved a call from BCR everyday since i have had this number. They are looking for someone I don't even know the first two months I was nice and polite as they said they would make a note of it........but i am done today i contacted a supervisor which seeing from other post wont due anything so i'm thinking of contacting a lawyer........we should all have a class action lawsuit against them

I finally did it. BCR no longer calls for my father-in-law anymore. I stopped trying to talk to them. When they would call and start talking I would intrrupt them asking them for their name and phone number, I would keep repeating this even if they were talking untill I got what I wanted. Name and Phone number. As soon as they gave me that information I hung up. If they called back I would repeat the process. It took about a week of doing that before they stopped. But I have been call free for a month now. Good luck everyone else.

It is very simple to make them leave you alone. You have to send them a real letter on paper that says simply:


I took this from Clark Howards website and it requires very little effort. I reccomend sending it registered mail so that you have a reciept stating that they received it. If they contact you again, send another letter to the FTC. The FTC has a very nice website that explains everything about the law and tells you who is on the commision and how to contact them.

Good Luck

These people will not stop calling unless they receive a written notice, but they will not give address. Here is the address: 7575 Corporate Way, Eden Prairie, MN 55344. Send to the attention of Mark Neill or Marty Sarim, VP's of Operations. The fax number to fax a notice to is: 952-259-1191. Hope this helps.

BCR has been calling my home number for over a year a minimum of once a day and up to three times a day. They are looking for my son for a Cingular collection. He does not live at home, they will not stop calling, they demand that I take a message for him. I have explained that he does not live at my residence. I have explained he has no forwarding phone number. They do not want his address, I guess they figure I'd lie. I expressed to them just this morning that I now consider their calls threatening and asked they stop calling for a person who does not reside here and again they asked if they could leave a message! I am dropping a line to the Maine State Attorney General's office (MSAG's) today. This is the worst harassment I have ever received and I am not even the debtor, my 25 year old son is and he lives elsewhere. I am not anyone's message service. Someone said "then don't answer the phone." Caller ID does not work on half the calls, they block it. and I have two other phone numbers they have used along with dates and times recorded. The next time I field one of their calls, I am going to record it for the MSAG's office to hear for themselves. Don't anyone tell me it's against the law to record the conversation either, they are and do not disclose it to you....

So I get a call the other day at 5:02 AM from this company that insists I owe them 100.00 for a Cingular bill. Um, I have had ATT and just migrated over to cingular 8 days ago, please tell me how that is possible. The Rep then said I owe for a phone number that I have never heard of. Not even the same area code as I am in. I informed him that I have has identity fraud and that I needed some kind of documentation from them so I could give it to my lawyer. HE REFUSED! I said by law you have to send me something. He said, I dont have to send you anything. If you would just get a job and pay your bills you wouldnt have this problem, and then kept insulting me and yelling at me. I asked to speak with a supervisor and he told me I didnt need to speak with one. Total verbal abuse. Well let me tell you, I have a job. I make over 8K a month and have 3 cars and a 900,000 home. Dont you think that I would pay a bill of 100 something if I owed it? I would pay it just to get that ass to shutup and quit calling me so many times a day, but because they want to be an ass, I will be an ass. I filed a complaint with the BBB. Also notified my attorney who informed me that over 8 laws have been broken. My grandfather used to work for the US attorney generals office, so im going to ask him if they can do anything. But im sure they will keep calling, and the laws they break will just keep adding up. Thats ok, just more money I will get from the law suit.

Keep an air horn close by your phone and blast these nincompoops when they call.

I keep getting phone calls from this number:202-607-2749. Does anyone know who these people are? They say they ar from BCR but I can't figure out what they want or who they are.

Hey Mary Jo. That number is BCR. They have been calling me also. They are starting to use a 763 number too. I dont owe anybody anything but yet they call me too. Its a big mess. They are idiots. If you answer and talk to them, beware your going to get yelled at and harrassed, even if its not your account. Just read all the posts, so you have some knowledge about who this company is. Not sure if this place is a scam or not. My lawyer is figuring that out.

I got a call from BCR today, telling me I owed $1000 for Cingular. I paid it back in December with a different collection office. I have the money order and the confirmation that it was paid. I think this is a scam, I have been scammed by lots of people, ebay, paypal,yahoo auctions. The funny thing is when I answered, there was a pause then a woman asked if it was me, and I said "yes" then all of a sudden a guy answered, and didnt give me a formal introduction. I told him I already paid it, and he said that Id have to take it up with Cingular. Im wanting to get a lawyer on this. This is 1 scam that definitely wont work on me

I'm an attorney in California who has backed off several collection companies with bogus cingular wireless and ebay bills. Write and dispute the charge, tell them to produce the backup documentation and to only contact by letter. They will go away. I am contemplating contacting legislators as this appears to be an organized fraudulent scam involving several collection agencies. I just got tagged by these guys myself.

They have too many different phone numbers that they call people from-I paid a cingular debt off a year ago and they call me wanted the exact amount I paid--in fact they are trying to make me pay double!!! I told the last caller "you are in violation of the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act". but that doesn't stop them!!!

Okay, here's the skinny from a former debt collector, and a message in reply to the guy from BCR who posted his comments.

1) If you're told by a person not to call their private home phone number, you cannot legally keep calling them. No debtor needs to send you a cease and desist letter for that.

2) You're company is not the good collection agency you make it out to be. When I began getting harrassing phone calls from BCR (for what I don't know - I've checked my credit report and I am current with everyone I owe money to) 3 of the 4 times I called in a 15 minute period your collectors hung up on me. Twice when I asked them to tell me who BCR was, and once when I asked the person I was talking with to give me their name.

3) The fact that you're working for a collection agency doesn't keep you from identifying who you are when you're asked. In fact, in Alaska you are required to divulge that information upon being asked.

4) BCR makes it impossible for people to find out who they are, or how to send them any correspondence in order to have them stop harrassing you over the phone because they don't give you any information when you call them. So their claim of just sending them a cease and desist letter is a bunch of B.S. unless you know their address. Their address, by the way is: Bureau of Collection Recovery, Inc., 7575 Corporate Way, Eden Prairie, MN 55344. You should be able to find on this site an excellent copy of a cease and desist letter.

5) My last piece of advice is to contact your states Attorney General's office the first time you get a call from BCR to record and file a complaint against them.

As for the collector who is laughing as he causes innocent people to suffer because of the ineptitude of the business he works in; I can only hope that you find yourself on the recieving end of harrassment from a company like yours. Then, and only then will you truly know that your business works from the lowest rung of the moral ladder.

Your company keeps calling me looking for someone named Darnell. I DO NOT KNOW HIM AND HAVE TOLD YOU THIS SEVERAL TIMES!! Each time you apologize and then the next day you call again. I am on vacation and am trying to enjoy myself, when I get phone calls from you and become agitated!!!

STOP CALLING MY NUMBER..........SORRY, BUT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET A HOLD OF DARNELL BY CALLING ME!!!