When we first moved to our current house and had our phone turned on, we received phone calls 7 days a week from 7:00 in the morning until 10:00 at night from several bill collectors for various people. A couple stopped calling after we explained we just obtained the number, however, we still continued to have problems from the majority. I started recording our calls, and one particular collector informed me that he was sure that “Emma” was there and I was hiding her. This was at 10:00 at night. I gladly turned the recording over to the Attorney General’s office, along with the certified receipts for, and copies of the cease and desist letters sent to all these firms. Unfortunately, our AG never followed up, but that has always left a bad taste in my mouth as far as collectors go.
I got another phone line five years ago. I bet I got one hundred calls or more for a woman named Elsa. The calls were from bill collectors, banks and even individuals. It was the individuals that got to me. Many times they would be crying. The woman was a disaster. Finally I got some credit card calls from a correctional facility. I figured they finally nailed her and she was in prison.
I was harrassed by a mole removal from someone who stole my wife’s identity in Oregon, it was on our credit for 5 years until finally the credit reporting agency took it off.
They do suck, but a lot of people deserve some of the harrassment...