They also contracted to a company in Victoria who does Government Research on Food Banks, they have someone inside passing any relevant information on. Another tactic is to phone pretending to be Microsoft and telling you that there is a problem with your Windows Software, they then try and convince you to give access to your computer and lock it holding it hostage until you pay them. Don't think they use this one anymore though as it is criminal and usually doesn't work, read a few people got stung. More proof linux is better anyway.

I got called from this unknown number many times...this is part of spam and I called back saying voicemail is full.....wasting my time!

I had a debt that was written off by the company , my name was put through the eqifax, trans union , etc.. these geniouses bought the WRITTEN OFF account and now seem to think they can badger me on paying a bill thats been WRITTEN OFF!!!. this is a debt from 2006, my name has been slandered through the credit people already , because of that BILL PAID!! .Ive since repaired my credit and pay ALL of my bills . ive been advised by a few people not to pay for the simple fact they got their payment via slandering my name ..Contact resources rhymes with bottom feeding maggots! Have a nice day

CRS is not a collection agency per se, they do not work on behalf of a company that owns the ORIGINAL debt (say, if you had a debt from Canadian Tire MasterCard and they contracted a collection agency to try to get money), they in fact buy the debt from the original company that has already been written off for pennies on the dollar, then try to get money from you (hence why their offer of a certain amount of money which would be way less that you originally owed).This has two things you should be aware of.  First, since they have already bought the debt from the original company, they are not acting like a collections agency and thus do not fall under the laws that protect against collection agencies.  They can harass you to hell and back, and there is nothing you can do since they own the debt.  Second, because they bought the debt, it's is most likely outside of the mandatory period that they will be able to sue you (the original company that you owe), so you never have to pay them, but they own the debt for the balance of your life.Because old debts are wiped off your credit after an x amount of years (I think 6 or so), if the debt is no longer being pursued by the original company and CRS is after you, ignore them.  Or haggle the crap out of them to an amount so low that they'll leave you alone, i.e. if you owe $100, tell them you can pay $5 and only that or you will not answer them.  All else fails just ignore them.  It's pretty easy to filter out their calls.

I got the same, yesterday a other 780 called these claim there were from Canadian Tire Option master card, I hang up well i dont have any credit card at all. Today (780) 328-6135 called it was just a machine telling me i will receive a letter witt a reference number maching the one the machine give to me.A little reseach on the net point out that these harrassing phone call are realy from a collection agencie, and there the same people using illégal technique like seaching your personnel info or calling every matching name to find you or sending garantie approval credit card application, this way they get your updated info phone number ext,,,,,,.

Thanks this number just called me,Glad I did not answer it. There was no msg left.

I have been getting this harrassing call for about 3 months none stop dialy up to 5 or 6 times a day sometimes. i pick it up annd no one answers, i only hear click. finally about 6 days ago someone finally left a msg...2 girls talking, one giving directions, and the other saying whatever i dont think i did this right, where did you get this number, and no one saying where they were from, or who they were. 3 days later i get another message, and in a darth vader sounding mechanical shaky like they were under water voice. all i can make out is this is dave...and then that is all. i reported them to this number1-+1 800-889-9768 which i had gotten from the Police services. i also had the phone service provider lock out all telelmarketing calls, as that was all they could do for me at this point. i had never gotten a letter saying anything about i owed anything, but they have been calling me often, which i was told was in direct violation as they must send letters to ppl before calling them. that i have reported them the place i called is like a watchdog service. and told me to make sure i sent my file # from them, and my ph#, and let them know that i had been gettign these harrassing phone calls and that it is in direct violation of the poloicies that are set out,and if they didnt stop that i could file an official complaint with the registrars office and they could be charged/fined. the fax number for CRS is 1-(905) 403-8258 and to address it to the Pres/Owner of CRS

I am getting calls 2-3 times a week at my work from (780) 328-6135. I know they are calling regarding an OLD Canadian Tire MasterCard from 16yrs ago. Since then I have bought a house/car and good credit. Plus it doesn't even show up on my credit bureau. Honestly I have no intentions of paying them. Does anyone know how to get them to stop calling my work?