I received 3 calls from this number this morning. One at 11:06 Am, No message. One at 11:37 AM, no message, and another at 11:37 AM with no message!!!! Blocked!!
Can you tell me more detailed information on how to get these people to stop calling? They are asking for an Andrea G***** and we don't even know an Andrea. I have informed them of this a hundred times and they keep telling me they have removed my number from their list, but continue to call even though I have told them not to call my home again. Even if you look our number up, it has our name in the directory I'm pretty sure this maybe was a number for this person long ago, but we've had this number for 5 years. We are on the "Do Not Call" directory, although that is for solicitors. I told them I've had enough of their crap and will record any and all future calls from them and print out our phone records showing how often they call. I cannot afford an attorney for something like this as I have to have attorney funds for my attorney for custody of my granddaughter. Surely there are other measures I can take to make them stop without having to pay for it. Maybe you have suggestions I can utilize. I have looked up online about what to do about wrong collection calls, but not much luck there. Your suggestions and any helpful information you can give will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, kkristenp.
I called these folks back after getting a couple calls from them on my cell # which I do not give out. They answered with a minimum of machine messages. They were trying to contact somebody I never heard of and whose name I likely cannot pronounce.
I have had this happen before. What it is, is that my phone number probably belonged to this other person who ran up a debt on it.
I have had my home phone since 2002 and it's unlisted. So do a search for my number and a previous owner comes up. I also think they are still handing it out because I am keep getting debt collector calls on them after all this time..
The debt collector behavior that you describe is clearly a violation of the FDCPA. I don't know why you think you would have to pay an attorney to get this to stop. Many consumer lawyers take cases like this for free, with no money up front and no risk to you, as long as you have some notes or records that document the harassment. You can get $1000 in damages (plus all legal fees and costs), and potentially a lot more depending on your state laws and whether they are calling a cell phone vs. a land line.
This company buys old debt from other credit card companies and tries to recover it. If you can block their calls, do so. They won't give up until they feel you are a lost cause. Be warned, when your credit bureau is updated with new debt or job information, they will start calling again.