They have my direct phone number at work and call multiple times daily. I have answered the call many times and no one will speak. I have decided to answer each time they call and just immediately place the call on hold. It's amazing how much quicker they hang up when they get put on hold! It's annoying but I can't register the business number on the Do Not Call Registry list so it's what I have to do in order to keep smiling through the frustration. Jerks! :-O
No one has to give them your number. They also do random dialing. They also buy on debts, charge-offs, etc. that have a phone number attached to it. Then they try to get you to pay something that many times you have already paid.
I had been receiving SEVERAL calls a day asking for Amanda. Tell them she doesn't live here, no she has no husband, do not have a forwarding number, don't have a way to get a hold of her. I finally called the number, pressed 2 and they haven't called again.
I receive several calls from this number and if I block it I just another variation of the number and never leave a message, it's starting to piss me off. I'm not going to answer it and I'm not going to call back.