No idea who they are, but they are the dumbest people ever. They called me, with a recording saying "for this message to be in english press 1". So I pressed 1, and waited as it connected me to their rep. The person who picked up the phone rattles off some company name that I wasn't paying attention to, and asked if she can help me as if I called her. I POLITELY told her that her company robo dialed my number and I am just trying to find out why. So she promptly hung up without saying another word.
I get these same numbers calling me. I put a picture of a devil with a pitchfork on my phone. Titled it 1st National Collection Bureau from Hell. Playing a si-fi ringtone. I don't talk to the Devil anytime so many flags go off when they call.
I called them back using skype. I was connected to some woman who game me her first name. I told her that I was getting calls from them all the time. She asked for the phone number I was getting the calls at. I told them the real number they had been calling. They asked me if I was James Hawkins. Told them "no". The woman told me that she would remove it from their system, and it would take 24 hours for the number to drop from their system. And she actually apologize for any inconvenience. Had I been the person they were really trying to contact, it looks like an easy fix to me. Of course, time will tell if she was just blowing smoke, and I continue to receive calls. But hopefully this puts an end to it.
Well - it is October. Time for my work cellphone (I.T. Support for Hilton) to get the annual debt collector calls for Kimberly Johnson. This started in 2008, resurfaced in 2009, and here we are again in 2010. Someone in our department has been carrying this phone number for over 5 years -- and we never employed anyone by the name of Kimberly Johnson.
Well - it is October. Time for my work cellphone (I.T. Support for Hilton) to get the annual debt collector calls for Kimberly Johnson. This started in 2008, resurfaced in 2009, and here we are again in 2010. Someone in our department has been carrying this phone number for over 5 years -- and we never employed anyone by the name of Kimberly Johnson.
Have gotten these calls for a few months. I too don't answer unless I know the caller.
It looks like many folks have filed complaints. How long does it take the FTC to investigate?