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!

Just recieved an annoying call from some woman who yelled at me for an account that was paid off over 10 years ago !!!!!!!   The number was (780) 328-6135.  She was just too rude for words so I hung up on her.  Tried calling that number and got a recording that it was out of service.Now I'll recognize it and not answer again.  This kind of attempt at bullying is not lawful in Canada anymore as far as I know.

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

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Have received a few calls from (780) 328-6135 and also (604) 678-5888. Leaving a message for someone we've never heard of advising that action will be taken if we do not call "Laura" from Contact Resource Services and giving a reference number and alluding to a letter we've never seen nor do we know what this is even about. Weird.  All messages say to call 1.+1 888-771-5803 - I tried calling once but was on hold for awhile so I hung up.

I just dealt with these people, i paid an old, old bill of $1000.  My wife insists that this was dealt with already but stupid ole me didn't keep any receipts of paying them.  Is there anyway that i can find out if the bill was dealt with previously??

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.