matthewcgraham
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Oregon
My wife was given a new cell phone number 3 years ago and ever since she has been inundated with collection calls for someone else. We have explained to the debt collector that there is no one at this number by that name, we've sent certified letters to stop the calls and it works. Until a new collector calls. Every 3 months or so we receive a new onslaught of harassing phone calls (including this morning at 6:20am which we did report to the state Attorney General's office). We explain over the phone that we were not the party they are looking for, and I will send yet another certified letter. I predict, this collector will stop. And in a few weeks the next one will start. I know the simplest course of action is to change phone numbers, but is there any other action we can take to preempt the next solicitation? Can we add a demand in the letter that they no longer contact us and erase our phone number? Or not sell it? An thoughts or suggestions would be really helpful.
Thank you, all.
Regards,
Matt Graham
My wife was given a new cell phone number 3 years ago and ever since she has been inundated with collection calls for someone else. We have explained to the debt collector that there is no one at this number by that name, we've sent certified letters to stop the calls and it works. Until a new collector calls. Every 3 months or so we receive a new onslaught of harassing phone calls (including this morning at 6:20am which we did report to the state Attorney General's office). We explain over the phone that we were not the party they are looking for, and I will send yet another certified letter. I predict, this collector will stop. And in a few weeks the next one will start. I know the simplest course of action is to change phone numbers, but is there any other action we can take to preempt the next solicitation? Can we add a demand in the letter that they no longer contact us and erase our phone number? Or not sell it? An thoughts or suggestions would be really helpful.
Thank you, all.
Regards,
Matt Graham