Harassing Collection Calls
Complaint
Sharon Marsh
Country: United States
I am not sure that this is the name of the company because it is very difficult to understand the name of the company. This company has called me 2 times and left 15 minutes of messages on my answering machine. He repeats his name (which I cannot understand) and his phone number over and over again for 15 minutes.........I called them back the first time approximately a month ago and told him do not call again, and today I received the same 15 minute message. He is not calling for me, but and I am not going to put up with the harassment. The phone number that he give to call back is 1-800 -335-0872. I DO NOT WANT ANYMORE COLLECTION CALLS. I HAVE GOOD CREDIT AND I DO NOT CARE WHO HE IS CALLING FOR HE HAS NO RIGHT TO CONTINUE TO CALL AND HARASS ME! Please let me know what else I can do to get him to stop!
Comments
And if someone calls and its a wrong number, just tell us, dont scream carry on. These numbers are transferred from our client files to agencies, we dont have anything to do with why its there. The advice you are given is ludacris. Never does anyone tell you, :talk to them, make arrangement, fix your credit. No, your told how to sue people. FIX YOUR OWN CREDIT GET BACK ON TRACK AND BE HAPPY> debtors are the problem in this country, thinking you are owed something. Get a grip .
Im working because the field I was trained for in college was flooded and we are in a recessive state in this country, but I have a job.
AGAIN< GET ON THE PHONE AND TELL US ITS AN INCORRECT NUMBER, INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING ABOUT IT HERE. HOW FOOLISH ARE YOU PEOPLE.
DONT BE SO EMOTIONALLY ATTACHED TO A PHONE NUMBER, IM SURE SEVERAL PEOPLE HAD IT BEFORE YOU. ESPECIALLY CELL NUMBERS.
YOUR ALL OUT OF CONTROL. SO ARE THE MORONS ADVISING YOU TO SUE.
HAVE YOU OPENED WASHINGTON MUTUAL ?? SAME AS CHASE SINCE BUY OUT
AND YOUR SPELLING IS AMAZING, WAY TO CALL US UNEDUCATED.
CON PEOPLE HOW? BY INFORMING THEM THEY HAVE NOT PAID THEIR BILLS IN OVER A YEAR? BY SETTING UP PYMT ARRANGEMENTS ? BY GETTING THEM LOW SETTLEMENTS?
YOU ARE EXTREMELY MISINFORMED TJ, STOP ENCOURAGING PEOPLE WHO GET WRONG NUMBERS TO SUE.
ITS A SIMPLE PHONE CALL,. GIVE THE NUMBER WE ARE CALLING AND WE WILL ASK IF YOU ARE WHOM EVER WE ARE LOOKING FOR. EASY AS THAT, IF YOU DONT CALL WE DONT KNOW.
YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES ALL OF YOU. LOOKING FOR A QUICK BUCK TO SUE A COMPANY JUST DOING WHAT THEY ARE HIRED FOR. THEN EITHER STOP GETTING CREDIT OR MAKE SURE YOU PAY ACCORDING TO THE TERMS ON THE CONTRACTS YOU NEVER EVER READ !!!!!
IS THIS SOMETHING YOU KNOW FOR A FACT, DONT GO AROUND SPREADING RUMORS ABOUT HIRING PERVERTS, YOU HAVE NO CLUE. EVERYONE HERE IS DRUG TESTED AND DOES BACKROUND TESTS. AGAIN YOU ARE TELLING PEOPLE LIS AND MISCONCEPTIONS.
YOUR SPECULATIONS ARE INVALID. YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. STOP LYING TO THESE PEOPLE.
WRONG NUMBERS HAPPEN, IF YOU JUST ANSWER THE PHONE, AND TELL US THAT ITS INCORRECT WE WILL REMOVE IT. SOMETIMES MULTIPLE FILES COME IN AT SPERRATE TIMES, AND OBVIOUSLY THE SAME NUMBERS ARE ON IT. SO IT CAN HAPPEN THAT YOU GET ANOTHER CALL, BUT ITS NOT INTENTIONAL. CALLING WRONG NUMBERS WASTES OUR TIME AS WELL. ANYONE IN ANY COLLECTIONS OFFICE WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO REMOVE THE INCORRECT INFO. WE JUST NEED A CALL BACK FROM YOU SO WE KNOW.
AS FAR AS TJ, HIS INFORMATION IS BASED ON HIS OPINION. YOU WOULD BE SILLY TO LISTEN TO ANYTHING HE HAS TO SAY.
YEA, FRIVOLOUS SUITS, BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU. MISADVISING THE PUBLIC.
NOT TRYING TO COLLECT DEBT FROM INCORRECT PEOPLE. ITS A WRONG NUMBER. WE DONT EVEN GIVE INFO TO INCORRECT PEOPLE. BY LAW WE VERIFY INFO TO PREVENT THESE SITUATIONS.
REALLY, IS THIS HOW YOU OPERATE?? WHAT IS YOUR INTEREST HERE?
LET ME GUESS LOW LIFE ATTORNEY, LOOKING TO FILE SUIT ?
NO ONE EVER GIVES AN UNVERIFIED PARTY SOMEONES INFO RE: DEBT. GET YOUR INFO CORRECT..
RIGHT IT STATES THAT ONCE COLLECTOR IS INFORMED THAT CALLS ARE NOT ALLOWED AT THE WORKPLACE NUMBER MUST BE REMOVED.
GET THE LAW RIGHT TJ
NUMBERS ARE CALLED UNTIL SOMEONE INFORMS US THAT THEY ARE CORRECT.
WE HAVE NO IDEA WHOS NUMBER IT ACTUALLY IS UNTIL WE SPEAK TO SOMEONE.
TJ, STOP MISINFORMING PEOPLE.
SO, ITS NOT HARRASSMENT. ESPECIALLY WITH NO KNOWLEDEGE OF WHO IS IN OWNERSHIP OF PHONE. PHONE NUMBERS, ESPECIALLY CELL NUMBERS ARE CHANGED OFTEN, NO ONE UPDATES THEIR INFO. THEREFORE THERE ARE A GOOD DEAL OF INCORRECT NUMBERS, MAKE CONTACT THEY WILL BE REMOVED..
ITS JUST A WRONG NUMBER PEOPLE. CUT US A BREAK
THEN ANSWER THE PHONE ,CALMLY TELL US INCORRECT NUMBER, WE REMOVE IT END OF STORY.
"Although it may be possible that some account was opened in your name, actually using your SSN, more often debt collectors just search for anyone with a similar name and send them a letter without first determining if they are even the right person.
THIS STATEMENT IS SO COMPLETELY FRAUDULENT. WE DO NOT GO BY JUST PEOPLES NAMES WE HAVE ALL INFO NEEDED TO ID A SPECIFIC PERSON, ADDRESS DOB, SSN.
DONT PROTECT DEBTORS. YOU SAID EARLIER THAT THIS IS ABOUT GETTING CALLS ON INCORRECT PHONE NUMBERS. YOU HAVE REALLY NOT A CLUE WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. ITS AMAZING THAT YOU WILL POST AND LIE TO SO MANY PEOPLE HERE.
"If they are a collection agency, why not say it?"
BECAUSE UNTIL CONTACT IS ESTABLISHED CORRECTLY WE CANT DISCLOSE NATURE OF CALL. ITS CALLED 3RD PARTY DISCLOSURE. PROTECTING THE PERSON WHO WE ARE CALLING FOR'S BUSINESS. COLLECTIONS ARE FINANCIAL SERVICE COMPANIES. SO WHATS THE ISSUE HERE.
"What is outragous is that you think you can fool everyone you call into believing they owe someone else's debt, or even a fake debt. If you only lied occasionally, you might get away with it indefinitely."
AGAIN, NO COLLECTION AGENCY IS GOING TO GIVE SOME RANDOM 3RD PARTY THE INFORMATION ON SOMEONE ELSES DEBT. THATS WHY THE VERIFICATION. WRONG NUMBERS DO NOT MEAN WE ARE CALLING JOHN DOE TO COLLECT FOR TIM SMITH.
AGAIN... JT HAS NO IDEA WHAT THE REAL LAWS ARE !