The fact that you and Brian are willfully ignorant of the scope of the Do Not Call registry and the Telemarketing Sales Rule does not render those things useless. Why would you complain about actions which, once again, DO NOT APPLY and expect anyone to "look into these things further"? The triple-B is a blind alley mainly because it's a glorified business directory service with no regulatory power, known to be run like a payola scheme.
The real issue is one of apathy. When your rights are abused by collectors it's *your job* to assert them. Filing complaints with the proper channels, chiefly the FTC and attorneys general, may help your neighbors but will not summon a rescuer to fight your battle. As stated here months ago, the controlling federal law is the FDCPA. "Look into" that and you'll have a whole toolbag of defenses and weapons for defeating scofflaw collection agencies, often without a lawyer holding your hand.
As to the good suggestion of recording phone evidence, the stinger is an issue of consent. The majority of states won't require you to announce your recording. Linked below is a guide to the issues aimed at journalists which does good job of explaining things. Also of use, in August 2010 the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that single party consent is just peachy for recording the phone person-to-person, so long as your intent is not in some way criminal or malicious.
I have been getting calls from this number (716-568-7925) basically on a DAILY basis. They have left me pre-recorded messages from about 3 or 4 different business, yet they all have the same voice! These people have threatened me numerous times (never ONCE stated that they are a debt collector with the attempt to collect a debt - isn't that required by law that they must state that??) They say that the charges have been filed and passed on to the courts and that I will have a sheriff at my door or place of work to give me a subpoena. The times have come and gone that I have gotten all these threats and nothing has happened. This has been going on for almost a year now. They have called me as L. Ryan Copeland, Brown Meyers & Associates, and now RPG. Are these people legit, or are they trying to scam me, and scare me half to death??? Someone... PLEASE ADVISE!!
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http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-716-568-7670
I'll repeat and modify my response there from two weeks ago.
You are indeed the victim of cheap debt collector fright tactics. Those threats you're hearing are both false and illegal, indicating there is no proof of claim. Lack of disclosure of a business name and lack of a "mini Miranda" telling you of the caller's purpose can also be violative. Carefully document all calls and make ready to file suit. If you're not ready to run pro se, a decent consumer lawyer should take such cases on contingency.
Be certain before you act that this agency of many names actually claims you, and not some stranger being skip traced, are liable for some debt. If so, you were owed a required dunning letter long ago. If you do have a good case, don't sit too long. You get one year from a given violation to include it in a suit for the statutory payback. (Though it does sound like you would still have a sufficient pattern of abuse clocking from -- let's say early this year.)
You'll need to dispute the debt and set contact restrictions in a letter sent USPS Certified with return card. By now you would be long past the point where these thugs need to validate, but you can at least silence your phone with the "all calls inconvenient" line. If your demand is ignored, drop another log in your lawsuit fire.
Learn how to exercise your FDCPA rights as an alleged debtor at FTC-dot-gov.
http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpajump.shtm
same thing is happening to me - messages left on my cell phone several times a week. I have no debts outstanding, somebody needs to take these guys down.