They call all the time...one time I did answer and they asked if I was me. I said well who are you? They refused to tell me who they were...I said then dont call my damn number again...they still call.
Thank you for this information and I couldn't agree with you more! This is a new trick - they are using your local area code to trick you into answering the phone, then they connect you to the 800 number collection agency.
Food, Shelter = my priorities. These credit card companies and their 35% interest rates are what got me over my head, once you are just a little late and they started hitting you with these fees and interest rates, there is no way to catch up!
They ask invasive questions and harass by calling dozens of times a day. There ought to be limits on how much they can harass a person, especially during times when the economy is tough like this!
It shouldn't be legal. I had one of them call my daughter and ask for me.
How are they getting this information? How are they allowed to get into our private lives and other people's private information? This should be illegal, plain and simple.
And if they do it again, I'm going to contact the BBB and put in a complaint.
I had been getting two calls a day from them, one in the late morning or early afternoon hours and one between 8 and 9 pm., for about a month. They never left a message. Caller ID always shows "Out of Area". I figured it was a debt collector because I've gotten over 200 calls in the last four years from various bill collectors looking for the same person. I answered the call one night and it was an automated recording from a bill collector asking me to press 1 if I was the person they were looking for otherwise please press 2. I pressed 2. The second question was if you know this person please press 1 otherwise please press 2. I pressed 2 again. The third question was if you would like to stop receiving these calls please press 1 otherwise please press 2 to speak to an operator. I pressed 1. So far today I haven't received another call.
Got a call from this number this morning. I live in this area code, so I figured it might be someone I know (although caller id didn't show a name). She introduced herself & asked if I was Ms. So and So (she struggled to pronounce my last name). She was very polite, saying she was calling from Houston, TX (Ha!); apologized for calling & disturbing me this early in the morning. She asked me if I knew someone by the same last name but with a different first name that lives in Florida? I said I did not. She apologized for bothering me and then hung up.