Several years ago when we were living in another place we got dealt a phone number that apparently used to belong to someone who had bought one of everything from every advertiser in the Yellow Pages and then never paid for any of it.
Debt collectors are NOT going to stop calling you just because you say that the person they are interested in isn't there anymore. People lie to them all the time. They have zero reason to believe you.
Due to the huge expanse in the use of phone numbers phone companies are recycling former numbers in 6 months or less, so your chance of getting a number that used to belong to a deadbeat, drug dealer or hooker is pretty good.
Getting the hot calls to stop is a fool's errand in today's world. If you've got a deadbeat problem like you have, the only real way to cure it is to ask your phone provider for a new number. They will gladly do it for you if you explain your situation.
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