I keep getting calls from these folks for a person with the same last name but a different first name. Unfortunately my telephone listing contains my first initial instead of my first name.
Usually I the incoming call is a hangup or a recording. Whenever a live person calls, I explain and ask them to remove me from the list, but usually the caller hangs up on me while I am speaking.
This is NOT a case of a changed telephone number either. I have had this telephone number since 1993!
It's fine for there to be laws about how they behave, but there doesn't seem to be a way to enforce it. During this recent blitz of calls, I dialed *69 to determine the caller ID and this is what I got: 123-456-7890. Probably illegal for business and specifically collections groups to use fake numbers - but just how does one get them to STOP?
I've sent FCC and FTC complaints on various call abusers, but that doesn't seem to do much. I am the emergency contact for an elderly relative, so I feel I have to answer the phone each time. It's terrorizing to run for the phone in worry and get one of these neanderthal collectors.