I've been getting voicemail messages for years about someone I don't know who is the subject of a search by a series of lawyers? detectives? credit agencies? I don't know how my phone number got associated with this person's problems, and I don't know how to deal with it because the phone numbers change with almost every call. Usually the phone number is given so fast that I can't record it, bit I did get this one. However, trying to identify the owner has not been possible. Has anyone else dealt with this kind of problem?
I've been getting voicemail messages for years about someone I don't know who is the subject of a search by a series of lawyers? detectives? credit agencies? I don't know how my phone number got associated with this person's problems, and I don't know how to deal with it because the phone numbers change with almost every call. Usually the phone number is given so fast that I can't record it, bit I did get this one. However, trying to identify the owner has not been possible. Has anyone else dealt with this kind of problem?
Hundreds if not thousands. Your number was somehow associated with this person. I would do a search of that person's name and see it you are listed as a friend or relative as the internet sites that post that stuff are notorious for posting erroneous info. Not much you can do about it unless you can identify the callers. These are generally criminals calling trying to extort money. They call family, friends, jobs, and people that supposedly know the person to create embarrassment and panic.
Read up on your rights here and also make a complaint at this government site: http://www.consumerfinance.gov/
Also file a complaint with your State Attorney General's office.
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