Yes, I am getting these calls. But I haven't had a land line phone for years. Just got one a couple of months ago and no one knows my number. But I keep getting calls for the person that had this number before me. Bank mortgae people calling, credit card people , Dr. Offices. Just all kinds of people calling asking for the couple that had this number before. Evidently phone com. didn't let number stay vacant very long before they reassigned it. I got all the other calls stopped. Now just this one. I could get my phone number changed, but then have to go thru all of that again. Or I could remove my phone and go back to not having land line. Don't really need it. Use my cell phone all the time.
Sick of this caller!!!! 1-512-532-8633...Said I "May have an outstanding legal matter"...yeah, right. Calls every single day around 1:00 in the afternoon. So sick of this..
Called these guys back. Answered by a guy who was very indignant when I started to ask questions. He finally asked me if I still lived at XXXXX 150 East street. I asked what town, what state. He told me Palmetto, Florida. I asked what the purpose of the phone call was, and got irrate and said he didn't have to take my "hostile attitude." I then got hostile, and demanded to know what this was about. He said he was collecting on an overdue ticket from Crawford County. I then told him he was full of it, as there is no Crawford County in Florida, and Palmetto is in Manatee County and that I was pretty sure he was just a scam artist. He got really po'd and started to berate me and said I was being an idiot, as he was just trying to "help me." Since I used to live in Palmetto, I told him again he was full of it, as there is no 150th Street or Avenue in Palmetto. Very small town. What I think is someone who used my name was given a ticket or summons, and gave a false address. Gila is probably calling every name in the phone book that matches the offender. What a shameful way of doing business.
Amazing, they called back and asked for me again like I had never spoke to them. This guy was nicer, but was like pulling hen's teeth to get him to say this was about a court case in Crawford.... this time it was Crawford County, Arkansas (which he pronounced AR-KANSAS). Told him I had never lived in Arkansas, and he again asked me if my name was XXX XXXXXX, and if I had lived at XXXXXX 150th East Street in AR-KANSAS. Told him that it was real simple, if I had never lived in Arkansas, then by extrapolation he should know that I had never lived in Crawford, Arkansas, or ANY address in that state, or AR-KANSAS. (he did not get the joke, and continued with, "is your date of birth 14 April, 1955." I said no, and he said he would remove my name from the system. The only reason I answered this time was because I did some research online and found out GILA is a real company doing debt collection for municiple governments. Again, they are just calling names in the phone data bank that match those of people they are trying to collect. It is harrassment, but it is apparently legal.
I Googled this # over a month ago when the calls started and learned they are a no good debt collection outfit. The calls continued so I devised a plan of attack. Each time I get a call from "GILA CORP," I say "Hello" then let them say, "Steve?" I then say, "He's around here somewhere. I need to run to the bathroom. Just a minute." I then play a recording of some very loud grunting, farting and the sound of things plopping into water and then I yell into the phone "HONEY! I NEED A ROLL OF TOILET PAPER! WILL YOU PLEASE BRING ME A ROLL?!?!" Then I turn the recording of going potty back on and let it play until they hang up.
I recently got a New cell number in Hawaii and in the last 4 weeks, I have been getting a call from Gila Corp daily.
When I answer, no one says anything, it's silent.