I talked to this guy. It was a fellow with an indian accent who wanted my checking account info to make a payment on my wamu credit card. I have a wamu credit card but never used it and, in fact, still haven't called to activate it.
I usually get calls with the caller ID saying "California". Now I started getting them with "Massachusetts". Nobody said anything and they don't leave a message. There has to be a way to stop this from happening! Why do they even call if they aren't going to say anything or leave a message? What's the point? Do people really have that much time on their hands? If it's legitimate, then why not say something? If it's a scam, why not say something? It just doesn't make sense to just call.
I started receiving calls from this number yesterday on my cell phone. Have had 6 calls from this number in 24 hours. I dont answer calls from numbers I dont recognize and they dont leave any message. I reverse directoried the number and it comes up as "(617) 449-0075 is a land line based in Boston, MA. The registered service provider is MCImetro, Ats**.
Detailed listing information is not available." So who the heck is this any why do they keep calling my phone?
This number as well as the California and Illinois numbers is from the severe collections people for Washington Mutual. It takes some time for them to pick up as the collections folks are in a different office and the "connected" call gets transfered to them.
Any people who receive more than 1 call per day from this Company and do not receive any written communications from them need to report them to the FTC and BBB. A creditor can only legally use mail to attempt to collect a debt. They are allowed to contact you via phone as a "reminder" of your debt, but have to cease immediately if you ask them to stop calling and stick to mailing you. They cannot use the phone to actually attempt to collect on the debt.
It is illegal for any collections agency, or collections department, of a creditor to harass a debtor.