PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES INC


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"Products" offered by PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES INC with at least one, but usually more complaints:

Bank account or service - Other bank product/service
Checking or savings account -
Consumer Loan - Installment loan
Consumer Loan - Vehicle loan
Credit card -
Credit card - General-purpose credit card or charge card
Credit card - Store credit card
Credit card or prepaid card - General-purpose credit card or charge card
Credit card or prepaid card - General-purpose prepaid card
Credit card or prepaid card - Store credit card
Credit reporting -
Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports - Credit reporting
Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports - Other personal consumer report
Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports - Credit repair services
Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports - Credit reporting
Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports - Other personal consumer report
Debt collection - Auto
Debt collection - Auto debt
Debt collection - Credit card
Debt collection - Credit card debt
Debt collection - Federal student loan
Debt collection - Federal student loan debt
Debt collection - I do not know
Debt collection - Medical
Debt collection - Medical debt
Debt collection - Mortgage
Debt collection - Mortgage debt
Debt collection - Non-federal student loan
Debt collection - Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
Debt collection - Other debt
Debt collection - Payday loan
Debt collection - Payday loan debt
Debt collection - Private student loan debt
Debt collection - Rental debt
Debt collection - Telecommunications debt
Debt or credit management - Debt settlement
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Debt settlement
Mortgage - Conventional home mortgage
Mortgage - Other mortgage
Mortgage - Reverse mortgage
Payday loan -
Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan - Installment loan
Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan - Payday loan
Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan - Personal line of credit
Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan - Installment loan
Prepaid card - General purpose card
Student loan - Federal student loan servicing
Student loan - Non-federal student loan
Vehicle loan or lease - Loan

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Complaint ID: 6830945

Date Received: 2023-04-13

Issue: Incorrect information on your report

Subissue: Account status incorrect

Consumer Complaint: 12 USC 1813 PLEASE REMOVE AND CHANGE TO PAID IN FULL AND RETURN ANY FUNDS DUE BACK TO ME.

Company Response:

State: VA

Zip: 23320

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-04-13

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 6829521

Date Received: 2023-04-12

Issue: Written notification about debt

Subissue: Didn't receive enough information to verify debt

Consumer Complaint: In 2021 the collection agency called to say that I had a debt and informed me that I needed to pay or face being sued by a law firm. I did not receive any documentation to confirm the debt and I am paying every month to Portfolio Recovery.

Company Response:

State: MD

Zip: 20785

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-04-12

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 6829005

Date Received: 2023-04-12

Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed

Subissue: Debt is not yours

Consumer Complaint: Hi, Portfolio Recovery Associates # Account Number XXXX XXXX has violated my rights. They have place a debt collection notice on my credit report which is hurting my consumer credit report. I have requested from them via certified mail to send me the Original Purchase Agreement for this Alleged Debt. The original purchase agreement which should have all the terms and conditions that are in this debt. They never provide the requested information. They did respond saying that I have an attorney or legal representative on this issue. No, thats false, I dont have any legal representative on this issue this is false and they are using this to keep incorrect notice on my consumer credit that is hurting me. Portfolio Recovery Associates can not provide proof that I owe this debt and that they are now owner of this debt. They have harassed me over and over they have called me repetitively via phone calls from morning until night. This is very stressful and hurt me mentally, it hindering me and my family financially because its on my consumer credit report. In accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting act Portfolio Recovery Associates violated my federally protected consumer rights to privacy and confidentiality under 15 USC 1681. Portfolio Recovery Associates has violated my rights. 15 U.S.C 1681 section 602 A. States I have the right to privacy. 15 U.S.C 1681 Section 604 A Section 2 : It also states a consumer reporting agency can not furnish a account without my written instructions 15 U.S.C 1681c. ( a ) ( 5 ) Section States : no consumer reporting agency may make any consumer report containing any of the following items of information Any other adverse item of information, other than records of convictions of crimes which antedates the report by more than seven years. 15 U.S.C. 1681s-2 ( A ) ( 1 ) A person shall not furnish any information relating to a consumer to any consumer reporting agency if the person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the information is inaccurate. Please help.

Company Response:

State: GA

Zip: 30004

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-04-12

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 6828314

Date Received: 2023-04-12

Issue: Communication tactics

Subissue: You told them to stop contacting you, but they keep trying

Consumer Complaint: I have received continued calls from Portfolio Recovery - 1 call on a daily basis and calling from XXXX numbers and local spoofing using my area code XXXX numbers. I have advised previously to stop all calls and I currently have no open collection account from them.

Company Response:

State: TX

Zip: 79938

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-04-12

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 6827537

Date Received: 2023-04-11

Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed

Subissue: Debt was paid

Consumer Complaint: Portfolio Recovery Associates Account : ending in XXXX for {$480.00}. In accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting act. This account has violated my federally protected consumer rights to privacy and confidentiality under 15 USC 1681. 15 U.S.C 1681 section 602 A. States I have the right to privacy. 15 U.S.C 1681 Section 604 A Section 2 : It also states a consumer reporting agency can not furnish an account without my written instructions In accordance with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Debt collectors are not allowed to communicate with me under the 15 USC 1692C. I am not liable for this debt with Portfolio Recovery Associates and do not have a contract with Portfolio Recovery Associates They did not provide me with the original contract/application as I requested. This company has affected my lively hood with this derogatory reporting and has caused a hardship on my personal and professional life. I have submitted several disputes and Portfolio Recovery Associates continues to report negative information on my credit report.

Company Response:

State: AZ

Zip: 85086

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-04-11

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 6826806

Date Received: 2023-04-11

Issue: Communication tactics

Subissue: Frequent or repeated calls

Consumer Complaint: Company repeated calls after agreement to pay was made.

Company Response:

State: NC

Zip: 281XX

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-04-11

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 6826362

Date Received: 2023-04-11

Issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

Subissue: Threatened to sue you for very old debt

Consumer Complaint: Portfolio Recovery Associates , LLC bought my debt from a collection company and is now taking me to court for a debt that is 8 years old and is not even on my credit report. They have involved my husband 's work to garnish my wages. I only worked for them for 2 weeks last year as help and now is going after his company to garnish wages.

Company Response:

State: FL

Zip: 32327

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-04-11

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 6825661

Date Received: 2023-04-11

Issue: Communication tactics

Subissue: Called before 8am or after 9pm

Consumer Complaint: My bill was paid directly to original creditor after bill was referred to Portfolio Recovery Associates. I informed Portfolio about settled bill yet they continue to call before XXXX and after XXXX to collect on an account that has been paid in full!

Company Response:

State: CA

Zip: 93420

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-04-11

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 6825380

Date Received: 2023-04-11

Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed

Subissue: Debt was paid

Consumer Complaint: Portfolio Recovery is reporting derogatory information onto my consumer report that needs to be removed. I didn't give consent to Portfolio Receovery to share my information with a non affiliate third party entity. The Gramm Leech Bliley Act 15 USC 6801 says that a financial institution must protect against unauthorized access or use of such nonpublic personal information which could result in substantial harm or inconvenience to any consumer. 15 USC 6802 also state that Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, a financial institution may not, directly or through any affiliate, disclose to a nonaffiliated third party any nonpublic personal information, unless such financial institution provides or has provided to the consumer a notice that complies with section XXXX of this title. Per 15 USC 6803 ; XXXX XXXX did not clearly and conspicuously give me the option to opt-out of credit reporting as it states in the Gramm Leech Bliley Act. I am asking XXXX XXXX to Cease and Desist all communications through any and all mediums unless it is for a specified remedy that I am invoking. The term " Communications '' through any and all mediums would be telephone, email, social media and any consumer report listed but not limited to : XXXX, XXXX, XXXX, XXXX, XXXX, XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX This notice is pursuant to 15 USC 1692c. The term Communication pursuant to 15 USC 1692a ( 2 ) means the conveying of information regarding a debt directly or indirectly to any person through any medium. The alleged debt is reporting onto my consumer report which is a form of communication and I need this account removed. This is also a direct violation of 15 USC 1692d ( 1 ) as my consumer report is my reputation and because this derogatory account is being reported and causing harm to my reputation I am entitled to compensation under 15 USC 1692 ( k ) of monetary relief of ( {$1000.00} )

Company Response:

State: ID

Zip: 83301

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-04-11

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 6824488

Date Received: 2023-04-11

Issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

Subissue: Threatened to sue you for very old debt

Consumer Complaint: Repeatedly called after i requested this information be mailed. Threatened to sue me to call my employer and to do anything necessary to recover this supposed debt

Company Response:

State: IN

Zip: 47906

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-04-12

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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