They called my cell. I called back to see "who" was calling. Machine answered CRA - I hung up naturally; and looked them up on the web - only to find a rap sheet here.
I was harrassed 3 years ago about a debt that was 10 years old. At that time, I called the Better Business Bureau. Found out it was a scam company that they've been investigating. They are just nobodies that search your info., find an old unpaid debt, claim that they are going to sue you if you don't pay them immediately. Unfortunately, a lot of people know that they did have an old debt, feel bad about it, and send this fradulate 'debt collector' a lot of money. Everytime the bureau is close to catching them they disappear; only to reappear somewhere else, scamming someone else. The Bureau told me never ever pay an old debt to anyone claiming to be a collector. Most companies write off debts within 5-7 years. If in doubt, let it be clearified in court before the judge.
These scum called me today and woke me up demanding to talk to my ex-husband whom I divorced 8 years ago and moved 3 states away from. When I told them that he lives in IL, they demanded a phone number which, even if I did have, which I didn't, as much as I despise my ex, I would not provide them with. Let them do their own dirty work and find him. I would like to know how they found me, when I moved several years ago, and don't even use the married name. I figure that if they can hunt me down, they can sure as hell hunt him down. They said they would remove my number, and I told them that I was documenting and recording all calls and would report them and sue them for violations of TCPA if the calls continued. We'll see..
They have been calling me constantly concerning an old debt over 10 years old. They also sent me a letter. They left no message. This is "Consumer Recovery Associates" out of Virgina Beach, VA.