I stupidly answered. It showed no name but my call id said the call was from Scarborough, ontario. I live in mississauga. A woman answered and in a fast voice asked me if I was me I said yea she said she was from ecn or ncn im not sure and promptly asked for my address. I hung up put the number on my auto reject list and ended up here. If it was student loans they would announce that they were from the National student loan sonething or other. The acronym has like five letters but I can't remember the rest of the name. They wouldnt need to ask your address or your sin. If a person is asking for personal information but won't tell you why dont give them the info and ask to see a supervisor. If they're still being dicks tell them that ypu aould be glad to pass their number on to the police. Then call the phone company you are with anx find out why a collection company has your number.
No message from this unknown number, and when I call back -- just rings OFF. Mike may be right, as collection agencies who buy the rights to collect student debts do not care at all if they've got the correct info or the correct phone number for the debtor in question. Anyone with a similar name (and sometimes not even that) gets the calls. They routinely assume their info to be accurate, and just keep calling forever and ever ... automatic dialling. Why this does not qualify as harassment, I have never understood. To avoid people disregarding calls, these companies also often change the number from which they're calling. "Just doing their job," maybe -- AND harassing uninvolved people like us.
They called me today and it was a recording wanting me to call a 1-800 number. The recording mentioned the company they represented but I didn't catch it. The 1-800 number I wasn't able to write down either. Just grateful to sites like this that have forms that can be filled out to let other people know of shady telephone numbers.
Received a call from them today. Didn't answer. Never had a student loan but my daughter once put me down as a personal contact for one. Is this a scam related to the recent lost data of some half a million student loan applicants/recipients? Human Resources and Skills Development, under MP Diane Findlay, lost the data. She says in the House of Commons that there has not been a breach of security to their knowledge. If you have concerns please write to any opposition MP in or closest to your home town. do not write a Conservative as it will be covered up. Peace