getting calls from this # but usually dead air. Collection agents have called my # which we've had for 6 years and ask for the couple that lived in the house we bought 1 year ago! That phone number was never theirs!  It's called skip tracing, they see their address and that there is a new phone# attached to it, so they hound the new homeowners/phone owners, etc. and it takes several attempts to remove the #.  biggest beef: if someone is going to call you about "important business matter" then there needs to be someone on the phone when you pick up, not a recording asking you to wait.  that's a huge insult!

got a call from this number and i could berly understand her she just said I owe like 400 dollars to something and i asked from what and she just kept mumbling, she said i need to pay it now, she was rude the whole time...i have a young voice so she finally said is your parents there I was like no there not, but I'm 21 and live on my own lol...

Call my cell phone and never says anything.

I got a call from this whack 210-340-7737 number.  I called them back using *67 before dialing their phone number to hide my personal phone number, and asked them where their office was located so that I could come in and make a payment for my outstanding balance. They then asked for my account number.  I told them I didn't know it yet but, I would get it in person face to face when I validate that they are a legitimate company.  They then hung up on me.  

Unfortunately, I previously worked in Wash DC in a Forensic Information Security Officer capacity on the WWW.  Using my experience I have deduced the following information regarding this company.

Owner: Sam San Marco

Website:  http://www.datasearchinc.com/about.htm

Address:

Data Search
POB 461289
San Antonio, Tx. 78246

DataSearch Inc.
85 NE Loop 410 Suite 575
San Antonio, Texas 78216

Phone: (210) 340-3990, 800) 929-6088
Fax:   (210) 340-4548
E-mail: cs@datasearchinc.com

If you are dealing with University Health System bills, since they are a hospital, you have the legal right to negotiate your bill to something you can afford and pay it off with the hospital directly to eliminate the debt and stop these annoying calls.  That is what I would do, then you can circumvent these chumsucking scumbags.  Remember, knowledge is power...  The collection practices of third-party collectors are directly regulated by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FCRA) administered by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Signed,

The "Irritated IT Guy"

I received a call from this number.  It turned out to be a billing agency for a hospital where I had treatment.  They were very professional and courteous.  I see that most of the posts here are negative.  I owed the money and it was a debt that was mine to pay.  I paid it off with no problems after making arrangements to do so.  I guess the rest of the people posting here don't seem to think they should pay their bills and that everything should be given to them for free.  I guess the liberals have more time to type than the conservatives.