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Old 06-26-2014, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by GeoGeo View Post
We keep getting phone calls looking for a certain person that we don't know. I assume it is a collection agency trying to track someone down. I have told them every day that we do not know this person and please do not calls us again. 99.9% of the time the guy just hangs up on us. The next day we get the same phone call. I tried calling the phone number on the caller ID, but you could not get anyone and could not leave a message because the box was full. We do not know this person they are looking for. How do we put a stop to these annoying calls?
Collection companies are very persistent.
That's how they get paid.
If you were sheltering a debtor, you would probably say you don't know that person.

If you have caller ID, don't answer your phone when their number appears.
If you don't have caller ID, just put down the receiver after they identify themselves and walk away.
If it really intolerable, call your provider and ask for a different number.
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