These calls are mostly coming to the wrong phone number where the individual isn't and has never been. Your fix only works if the individual who is the target of the call takes this action. It doesn't help those of us who have no debt and who are being endlessly spammed by callers asking for people we've never heard of.
I have been receiving phone calls two or three times a week for the last six months or so, asking for Gary Pennington. Sometimes they leave a recorded voice message to call 1-855-207-1892, sometimes not. Each time I try and call the 855 number back to confirm I'm not Gary Pennington and have no idea who he is, I'm not able to reach anyone.
I've had the same phone number since 2007 yet they continue to call.
This person keeps calling me with a message for a Sharon Lee Andrews. I understand that the person is a debt collector, but he needs to understand that this number now belongs to someone else. STOP CALLING ME.
Called for my brother, told them he didn't live here, they asked me if I could pass on a message. I said no. If they want to find someone, I'm not doing their job for them.