They just called at my grahms house today asked for both times. The first time they said they where financial masters inc. and they needed to speak to her I said she was unavailable and they proceeded to give a message and a different number for he'd to call and I told them to take her the number off the call list and not to call back and that she would not be getting the message. Ten mins later they called back and claimed to be the FBI. Hahaha. What a jk. Freaking [***].
Got a call this morning from a man identifying himself as a representative for GE. He said that GE made my home alarm system and that he could offer me a discount on my monitoring maintenance charges. He mentioned the name of the current company I use and that he could offer me the service for less. After a couple minutes of my asking how he got my number and that my alarm company has NEVER called me in 18 years, I suspected a scammer at work. I asked him politely to put this number on the "DO NOT CALL" list. I called my alarm monitoring company to tell them of the call and they say they don't sell my information and that they would trace the call. I asked them to let me know what they find. During that call the account rep said she'd like to offer me a discount on their service since we've been "long time customers". I said SURE! So there's a silver lining to this cloud!
It is also against the law for such CA (Collection Agencies) to put ANYTHING on your credit at any time what-so-ever.
Only the original creditor can put anything on your credit. If any CA puts a debt on your credit you can sue them for violating FDCPA regulations and get $1000 per instance of it.
This number keeps calling my work phone/business. I keep holding for a representitave and explainning we do not know the person they are looking for and ask to be removed.