Yeah, they are real as*hats. The sad thing is, they probably have their employees brainwashed into thinking that they are working in a legitimate collections capacity. Folks, these ain't your normal collectors that call after you are a month or so late. They are nut sacks that buy up old and charged off debt hoping that they can cheese a few dollars out of you. First thing is, most of the time they are calling the wrong number. Even if they are calling the right number and it WAS your account at one time, likely the SOL has expired on it and they have ZERO recourse, it's been removed from your credit file it's so old and the original creditor isn't benefiting from their collections, if the original creditor is even still in business. You have NO incentive to pay these cheese dicks - in fact, it can actually damage you if you make a payment as this will likely reset the SOL. Ignore the crap out of them. Let 'em call til their phone system falls apart.
call them back 10 times for every one time they ring your phone. since they sometimes find it necessary to call 2 or 3 times a day, then this would mean 20-30 back to them. find their toll-free number so it's on their dime. dont give an account number, just ask stupid questions like "hows your day?" and "whats the weather like there" long pauses. when they get irritated, just return phrases that seem goofy and don't make sense. who cares? they find it necessary to harass us...let's return the favor.
Actually you shouldnt call them back, even if you have a caller id block on your phone. They pay phone companies and cell phone companies to have the block taken out.
For instance I had put my cell phone company put a screen name (Blah Blah) for that would show on peoples caller id instead of my phone number... Well my phone accidently ghost called them back as they were the last persons trying to reach me and when i realized someone was talking i picked up the phone and the lady asked is this Chris?
I hung up!
So just aheads up. Plus do not call them back on a work phone, house phone, or anyone you know phone. As they will retrieve the information and herrass them.
Has anyone actually been successful at getting these calls to stop? I am sorry but I am not paying my ex-husbands 17 year old phone bill. They are callings from many different numbers several times a day. I may change my phone number!
Calling from a new number for me. They have been calling several times a week for months but never leave a message. At what point is this considered harassment?? I have no outstanding debts that I know of but was divorced 18 years ago. Still I certainly shouldn't have any responsibility for ex's debts. What can be done?? It seems absurd to be paying for phone service that idiots like these can harass you with!