Never answer I mean NEVER answer any of these calls. You are under no obligation to do so or divulge information or to speak to anyone from a collection agency even if you are in collection status with some of your accounts for whatever reason (not so uncommon).
Let them call as much as they want. It is annoying but they do eventually go away. If you get mail correspondence, you can send them a return mail with instructions to no longer contact you on any telephone number. If they do continue to call you thereafter, (send certified so you know that they received the letter), you just made $1000 from them plus costs,even if you do owe their client a balance! There are many form letters that will have all the appropriate verbiage on the Internet that you can download.
Remember, some of these firms ("Bottom Feeders"), buy old debts for penny s on the dollar and do their best to collect anything at all.
The caller ID for this number says NOVOLINKCOMM, as with several other numbers that are the same but end in 6992, 6993, 6995. Caller ID's for United Recovery Systems that I have receive have various 800 number area codes. The NOVOLINK calls began after the United Recover calls ceased. Are they the same company?
Today these some kind of champaign from bottom feeders to try to deceive me into picking up the phone to hear their scam.
I believe these calls come from the same company (or several companies working in harmony) masking their caller ID to trick me.
Today they first they called from phone number 713-955-9269 using Caller ID "UNASSIGNED". 800notes identified as UNITED RECOVERY
Later today they called from phone number 713-955-9263, using Caller ID "UNASSIGNED". 800notes identified as United Recovery
Later today they called from phone number 800-772-1413, using Caller ID "TOLL FREE CALLE". 800notes identified as Portfolio Recovery
Later today they called from phone number 281-901-6998, using Caller ID: "Private Caller" . 800notes identified them as United Recovery Systems - Debt Collector and/or NOVOLINKCOMM
This is the way they work. Using different phone number, masking their correct Caller ID.
I don't have outstanding debts! This is just harassment. There should be a law against this.